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A Rough History of Disbelief -- check your local listings - x-uri - 05-16-2007
Jonathan Miller's 2005 BBC Documentary on the history and implications of disbelief is alleged to be appearing on PBS in some markets.
Dr. Miller appeared on Bill Moyer's Journal to discuss it (Which was, itself, a fairly amazing thing to see on TV -- an erudite and thoughtful "person of faith" asking honest questions of an equally thoughtful and accomplished skeptic).
If your PBS station doesn't air it, there are a few well seeded torrents out there. I just finished watching the first of the three, and it is well worth the bandwidth to download it.
Re: A Rough History of Disbelief -- check your local listings - Seacrest - 05-16-2007
http://www.abriefhistoryofdisbelief.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/atheism-tapes.shtml
Re: A Rough History of Disbelief -- check your local listings - cbelt3 - 05-16-2007
I may have to watch this, thank you.
I was the recipient of a very classical education from a group of British Benedictine monks. Educated (Oxford, Cambridge), erudite, and committed to God and the Church. Marvelous theology and philosophy classes- they were the antithesis of the classic 'do it my way or god will get you' catholic nun ruler-equipped education. Some of the brightest people I ever met in my life came through those halls.
Re: A Rough History of Disbelief -- check your local listings - macaroo - 05-17-2007
I just watched the first two of three of the documentaries. Some very heavy stuff. I goes well with the current PBS series of the Hidden Files of the Inquisition.
Re: A Rough History of Disbelief -- check your local listings - macaroo - 05-18-2007
The last 3 minutes of the third episode sums up the current state of World because of religion and fanaticism it breeds in the Middle East and the United States.
Re: A Rough History of Disbelief -- check your local listings - x-uri - 05-18-2007
Dude! No spoilers!
Funny that the title is being listed as "Brief History" everywhere -- here's a still from the opening sequence:
Re: A Rough History of Disbelief -- check your local listings - voodoopenguin - 05-18-2007
Jonathan Miller is one of the few true Renaissance men today. A doctor of medicine, a writer, a sculptor, a theatre director and a very funny man as well.
My opinion of course.
Re: A Rough History of Disbelief -- check your local listings - macaroo - 05-19-2007
I read a quote awhile back that stated: " I rather believe in God and find out he doesn't exist, than not believe and find out he really exists."
Can anyone tell me who said this?
Re: A Rough History of Disbelief -- check your local listings - Seacrest - 05-19-2007
It's Pascal's Wager.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascals_Wager
Of course, the wager invariably begs further questions, like, "which religion is the right one?", and, "if there really is a heaven and hell, do you really want to spend eternity listening to Pat and Debbie Boone and Creed, or would you rather hang with Jimi and Janice and Jim and the rest of the heathens?"
Re: A Rough History of Disbelief -- check your local listings - x-uri - 05-20-2007
I just watched he third episode -- and yes, the last three minutes were quite remarkable. It is galvanizing to see an unalloyed statement against religiosity, made with such eloquence and authority -- and somehow charming the way he finished it with a wry smile and acknowledgment that the the thoughtful disbelievers are outnumbered, and overmatched, by the "uncouth and shortsighted" agents of superstition and ignorance.