michele / collective / tags / atheism

Tagged with “atheism” (27) activity chart

  1. An Evening with Alain de Botton

    Few thinkers have succeeded in bringing the world of ideas beyond the ivory tower with such clarity and grace as Alain de Botton. In an event that extends one of the Wheeler Centre chief themes for the year, de Botton brings his light touch and intellectual pirouettes to religion. In his only Melbourne appearance, he discusses the provocative ideas in his latest book, Religion for Atheists, arguing why atheists and agnostics should stop mocking religions and steal from them instead.

    http://wheelercentre.com/videos/video/an-evening-with-alain-de-botton/

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by briansuda 4 months ago

  2. TED: Richard Dawkins on militant atheism

    Richard Dawkins urges all atheists to openly state their position — and to fight the incursion of the church into politics and science. A fiery, funny, powerful talk.

    http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_dawkins_on_militant_atheism.html

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by adactio one year ago

  3. KQED Forum: Sam Harris

    Author Sam Harris joins us to discuss his new book, "The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values." The book explores the perils of moral relativism and the relationship between knowledge and values.

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by Indyplanets 2 years ago

  4. Why the New Atheists don’t go far enough

    "On Sunday evening I gave a talk at Revolution NYC in Brooklyn. In the talk I attempted to clarify the nature of religion and its abolition in Christianity. My hope was to provide an outline of the project I am committed to. A project that stands opposed to so much of the presently existing church…" http://peterrollins.net/blog/?p=1269

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by briansuda 2 years ago

  5. Atheists on Religion: AC Grayling and Tim Crane at the LSE

    For the last 150 years or so European philosophers and sociologists have tended to regard religion as just one more pre-scientific myth and superstition that has had its day, and likely to wither on the vine of History. This view, the secularization thesis, seems today to be in poor shape. Not only does there appear to be no sign of withering, still less a clear path of scientific and rational progress, but religion seems to be reviving. Classic atheist criticisms of religion tend today to sound increasingly strident and dogmatic. In this dialogue two of Britain’s leading philosophers who are also convinced atheists will explore the continued attractions of religious belief and its place in a European world whose secular character is itself today in question.

    From http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/podcasts/publicLecturesAndEvents.htm

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by briansuda 2 years ago

  6. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

    Stephen Batchelor, author of "Confession of a Buddhist Atheist" joins the hosts for the first installment of a three part series on Buddhism. Batchelor, a former monk in both the Tibetan and Zen traditions, was trained by monks in the Dali Lama’s inner circle. Over time he began to doubt many core doctrines of Buddhism when he found they could not withstand the test of reason. This crisis of faith prompted him to closely examine the earliest Buddhist texts. In them he found a very different conception of the Buddha and his teachings—one that is surprisingly humanistic. Also in this episode: the doubtcasters give a thumbnail sketch of the religious and social context of early Buddhism and a summery of Buddhist doctrines such as "the three marks of existence" and "the four noble truths."

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by briansuda 2 years ago

  7. Meet The Author: Richard Dawkins

    He’s the King of All the Atheists, and now Richard Dawkins is hammering home what he sees as his key argument against the existence of God. In his book, The Greatest Show on Earth, Dawkins aims to put the theory of evolution in a factually unassailable position.

    Here, at Adelaide Writers’ Week in 2010, he goes through his book chapter by chapter, and in doing so attempts to convince his audience of the absolute veracity of Darwin’s theories. Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 Location: Adelaide, Australia, Adelaide Writers’ Week, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2010/03/01/Meet_The_Author_Richard_Dawkins

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by adactio 3 years ago

  8. Defending The Faith, And Morality, Of NonBelievers

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121813448

    Humanism — the belief that ethics and morality can be vested in rationality, rather than a supernatural deity — might sound like a departure from faith communities and culture, but according to Greg Epstein, it doesn’t have to be.

    In his new book, Good Without God: What A Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe, Greg Epstein responds to challenges against humanism that spring from atheists and religious communities alike. Epstein argues that so-called nonbelievers actually share many important beliefs, and he discusses the importance of investing in these values of tolerance, responsibility, and morality.

    Epstein himself is an atheist, and the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University. Good Without God is his first book.

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by Indyplanets 3 years ago

  9. Frank Schaeffer - Crazy for God

    http://www.pointofinquiry.org/frank_schaeffer_crazy_for_god/

    Frank Schaeffer is New York Times best selling author whose books include three semi-biographical novels about life in a strict, fundamentalist household: Portofino, Zermatt, and Saving Grandma, and also the memoir Crazy For God: How I Grew Up As One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back, which is now out in paper back. His latest book is Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don’t Like Religion (or Atheism).

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by Indyplanets 3 years ago

  10. We don’t need God, we’ve got biscuits

    Charlie Brooker reads his contribution to The Atheist’s Guide to Christmas.

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by adactio 3 years ago

Page 1 of 3Older