- -: Sarah Vowell on the "Smart-Alecky" Geneva Bible
January 9, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/18/Sarah_Vowell_The_Wordy_Shipmates In an excerpt from her book "The Wordy Shipmates," essayist and public radio commentator Sarah Vowell explains the difference between the Geneva Bible and the King James Bible. Vowell identifies the former scripture as...
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- -: Is Religious Literalism a Modern Phenomenon? - Kenan Malik
January 23, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/02/From_Fatwa_to_Jihad_The_Rushdie_Affair Kenan Malik argues that literal interpretation of religious texts is a relatively new phenomenon, though many fundamentalists believe otherwise. Malik says literalists are disconnected from religious traditions a...
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- -: Thomas Jefferson's Bible Mashup - Steven Johnson
January 30, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/17/Steven_Johnson_The_Invention_of_Air Author Steven Johnson credits scientist Joseph Priestley's religious philosophy -- a balance of science and reason that valued morals over miracles -- as inspiration for Thomas Jefferson's "remix" of the Bible. ---...
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- -: Arguing Through a 'Messy' Bible - David Plotz
April 9, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/07/David_Plotz_-_The_Bible_Disturbing_Hilarious_Inspiring Slate editor David Plotz discusses his struggles to understand the often cruel actions of God as described by the Hebrew Bible. "Again and again, I found myself in the odd position of rooting agai...
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- -: Does Morality Need God?
December 30, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/07/The_Great_Issues_Forum_Varieties_of_Nonbelief Philosopher Colin McGinn and theologian Denys Turner discuss the question of whether atheism can coexist with a sense of morality. Both agree that morality exists independently of divinity. ----- Journal...
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- -: Does a Lack of Islamic Literacy Fuel Extremism? - Ebrahim Moosa
May 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/20/The_Rise_of_Intellectual_Reform_in_Islam Ebrahim Moosa, professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University, attributes the fundamentalism of extreme Islamists to a lack of literacy about Islamic law and tradition. He says very few resources are put into ...
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- -: Moon Landing Hoax? How Faith Blocks Reason
May 17, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/24/Dr_Eugenie_C_Scott_Science_and_Skepticism Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, distinguishes between empirically based knowledge and "revealed knowledge," or knowledge gathered from a higher power. She us...
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- -: Biblical Literalism: Jesus Hasn't Left the Galaxy
August 20, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/06/29/John_Shelby_Spong_The_Bible_It_Aint_Necessarily_So Bishop John Shelby Spong rebukes the literal interpretation of the Bible's three-tiered, Earth-centered universe. Spong cites numerous biblical references that position an all-seeing God just above th...
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- -: Sam Harris: The Moral Failings of Religion
December 22, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Sam Harris: The Moral Failings of Religion Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/10/Sam_Harris_Can_Science_Determine_Human_Values Sam Harris, author of The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values, discusses the shortcomings of organized religion as a guide for human morality...
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- -: Sam Harris: Islam Is Not a Religion of Peace
December 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/10/Sam_Harris_Can_Science_Determine_Human_Values Author Sam Harris argues that Islam -- like most religions -- is not simply a peaceful faith misrepresented by extremists. "The only problem with Islamic fundamentalism are the fundamentals of Islam," says...
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