Richard Dawkins: An atheist's call to arms
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http://www.ted.com Biologist Richard Dawkins launches into a full-on appeal for atheists to make public their beliefs and to aggressively fight the incursion of religion into politics and education. Dawkins' scornful tone drew strongly mixed reactions from the audience; some stood and applauded his courage. Others wondered whether his strident a... Read more
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- -: Richard Dawkins: An atheist's call to arms
April 15, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Richard Dawkins launches into a full-on appeal for atheists to make public their beliefs and to aggressively fight the incursion of religion into politics and education. Dawkins' scornful tone drew strongly mixed reactions from the audience; some stood and applauded h...
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- -: Does Teaching Intelligent Design Benefit Science Education?
December 12, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/10/28/Battle_of_Ideas_Debating_Darwin University of Warwick Professor of Sociology Steve Fuller argues that teaching Intelligent Design in collaboration with evolution would benefit science education in the long run. ----- "Debating Darwin: Should evoluti...
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- -: Was the Bible Meant to be Taken Literally? - Guy Consolmagno
March 27, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/02/Brother_Guy_Consolmagno_God_s_Mechanics Astronomer, author and Jesuit brother Guy Consolmagno discusses the creationist theory of the origin of life, arguing that this theory rests on a literal interpretation of the bible that is not practical. -----...
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- -: Physicist Leonard Susskind Rejects Intelligent Design
August 12, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/23/Leonard_Susskind_-_The_Black_Hole_War Stanford University theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind rejects the idea of "intelligent design" as a theory for the origins of the universe. ----- Recognizing a contradiction in Stephen Hawking's claim that...
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- -: Palin and Obama, A Clash of Civilizations - Bernard-Henri Lévy
October 31, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/25/Arianna_Huffington_and_Bernard-Henri_Levy_at_the_LAPL French philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy describes the 2008 U.S. Presidential election as a "clash of civilizations" between two competing world views, respectively embodied by Barack O...
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- -: Evolution Warning Labels and Scientific Theory - Kenneth Miller
January 27, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/18/Kenneth_Miller_on_Evolution_and_Intelligent_Design Cell biologist Kenneth Miller examines the evolution warning label his biology textbook was given when used in Cobb County, Georgia high schools. Miller rebukes arguments that dismiss evolution as "ju...
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- -: The Evolution Debate: It's Not About Theology - Michael Ruse
March 13, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/17/Michael_Ruse_on_Darwinism Science philosopher Michael Ruse says the conflict between creationism and evolution is not a theological debate, but a cultural debate akin to abortion, gay marriage and capital punishment. "Evolution represents one side, ra...
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- -: Why Richard Dawkins Doesn't Debate Creationists
October 28, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/07/Richard_Dawkins_The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explains that he no longer debates creationists because his presence only validates their status. He compares the situation to a reproductive scientist agreeing to debat...
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- -: Darwin's Stance on Christianity? A Damnable Doctrine
August 2, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/22/Elliott_Sober_Darwin_and_Intelligent_Design Professor of Philosophy Elliot Sober analyzes Charles Darwin's critique of religion and Christianity. Darwin's stance that an omnipotent God would not have been so evil, Sober argues, was shaped by the amoun...
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- -: Richard Dawkins: Who Was the First Human?
October 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2011 Biologist and author Richard Dawkins presents a thought experiment to explain human origins. Following each generation backwards across millions of years of evolution, Dawkins shows why no species -- including homo sapiens -- ...
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