This Sunday: Brief History of Disbelief

Submitted by Rolf on 28 April, 2007 - 18:12

From the BBC, here is Jonathan Miller's three part series on the history of Atheism: Brief History of Disbelief - Part 1
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More in the series:

Brief History of Disbelief - Part 2
Brief History of Disbelief - Part 3

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If you put the documentary

Submitted by jay on 7 May, 2007 - 18:45.

If you put the documentary on at about 25% volume and start listening to Discover a Lovelier You it adds a whole new dimension to the album.

Snippets here and there of Miller, or Dawkins etc. come through in parts and, since we're preprogrammed for pattern recognition, there are some really neat overlapping spots (like the beginning of the song Snow.

In fact, because the album is so well produced, having something in the background really fills out the sound!

/me digs out the dvd of the show.

Humanists

Submitted by Rolf on 13 May, 2007 - 21:03.

Happy Human


After watching all 3 parts of this video, I realize that, despite great opposition throughout the ages, we have come a long way in ridding ourselves of the superstitions of the middle ages. It gives me hope that the revival of religious belief that we are now seeing in the US is in reality the death throes of an institution on its last legs.

On another note, Jonathan Miller’s reluctance to call himself an Atheist struck a chord with me. Why denigrate ourselves by allowing those on the other side of the argument to tell us who we are? Why label oneself with a term used to indicate what we are against rather than what we are for? Perhaps it is better that we call ourselves Humanists.