26 November, 2010 "Is Religion a Force for Good in the World?"

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From: Ants! Natures Secret Power A giant ant colony is pumped full of concrete, then excavated to reveal the complexity of its inner structure. Watch full video here: www.youtube.com

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - Sam Harris and Chris Hedges debate over the role that religion and politics play in Islamic extremism. Credit: Truthdig www.truthdig.com creativecommons.org

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26 November, 2010 "Is Religion a Force for Good in the World?"

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26 November, 2010 "Is Religion a Force for Good in the World?"

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26 November, 2010 "Is Religion a Force for Good in the World?"

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26 November, 2010 "Is Religion a Force for Good in the World?"

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26 November, 2010 "Is Religion a Force for Good in the World?"

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - Sam Harris and Chris Hedges debate over the role that religion and politics play in Islamic extremism. Credit: Truthdig www.truthdig.com creativecommons.org

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Christopher and Peter Hitchens, Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public life, Oct 12, 2010.

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26 November, 2010 "Is Religion a Force for Good in the World?"

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This is Sam Harris' talk from the AAI 07 conference in Washington, DC. Introduction by Julia Sweeney. Video by: The Richard Dawkins Foundation richarddawkins.net Camera: Wayne Marsala Josh Timonen Edited by: Josh Timonen

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Christopher Hitchens debated Rabbi Shmuley at Cooper Union, New York on Thursday, September 16, 2010.

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I'm sure that some people will probably find this offensive... but please try to bear in mind that it is a cartoon cat - and it is intended to be exaggerated. I'm personally not a big advocate of irresponsible sexual behavior, however the fact remains that there are a lot of people who do engage in such behavior, oftentimes with unsuspecting partners who aren't so promiscuous. For its intended purpose as a safe-sex PSA I think it works. It's also pretty damn funny. Enjoy.

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In the west, our gender defines us as individuals and as a society. It influences how we act and interact, even our characteristics. Strength and aggression are seen as masculine, sensitivity and insight are feminine -- so when you can't tell who's male and who's female, it can be confusing, disturbing and at times frightening. This is the story of America's post-operative transmen, Thailand's kathoeys, the Fa'afafine of Samoa, the sex-reassignment surgery capital of the world, Trinidad, Colorado, USA and a couple in a long-term relationship in which both partners are transgender.

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Berkeley Arts & Letters Presents: Can Science Determine Human Values? SAM HARRIS The Moral Landscape November 10, 2010 First Congregational Church of Berkeley (2345 Channing Way at Dana, Berkeley CA.)

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Dan Dennett talks about purposely-confusing theology and how it's used. He also describes his new project interviewing clergyman who secretly don't believe anymore, and introduces a new term: "Deepity." Dan Dennett is the author of many excellent books, including "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon" and "Darwin's Dangerous Idea". He is also featured in the video "The Four Horsemen" along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens. Filmed by JOSH TIMONEN Edited by JOEL PASHBY richarddawkins.net

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Talk by Naomi Wolf author of "The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot" given October 11, 2007 at Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus. *** Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

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Berkeley Arts & Letters Presents: Can Science Determine Human Values? SAM HARRIS The Moral Landscape November 10, 2010 First Congregational Church of Berkeley (2345 Channing Way at Dana, Berkeley CA.)

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Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us. www.ted.com

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Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. From TEDtalks: www.ted.com

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Philosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion -- all religion -- to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon. Then he takes on The Purpose-Driven Life, disputing its claim that, to be moral, one must deny evolution. www.ted.com

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On the 30th of September 2007, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens sat down for a first-of-its-kind, unmoderated 2-hour discussion, convened by RDFRS and filmed by Josh Timonen. All four authors have recently received a large amount of media attention for their writings against religion - some positive, and some negative. In this conversation the group trades stories of the public's reaction to their recent books, their unexpected successes, criticisms and common misrepresentations. They discuss the tough questions about religion that face to world today, and propose new strategies for going forward. Credit: The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science richarddawkins.net

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"The Mascot" by Vladislav Starevich French title: FETICHE MASCOTTE (1933) Vladislav Starevich (August 8, 1882 - February 26, 1965), born Władysław Starewicz (Russian: Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Старе́вич), was a Russian and French stop-motion animator who used insects and animals as his protagonists. (His name can also be spelled Starevitch, Starewich and Starewitch.) en.wikipedia.org Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

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Debate date: October 11, 2007 Debate location: Gaston Hall, in Georgetown University's Healy Hall

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On the 30th of September 2007, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens sat down for a first-of-its-kind, unmoderated 2-hour discussion, convened by RDFRS and filmed by Josh Timonen. All four authors have recently received a large amount of media attention for their writings against religion - some positive, and some negative. In this conversation the group trades stories of the public's reaction to their recent books, their unexpected successes, criticisms and common misrepresentations. They discuss the tough questions about religion that face to world today, and propose new strategies for going forward. Credit: The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science richarddawkins.net

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Many babies are born intersex with genitals that did not fully develop in the womb. In such situations, most doctors declare a state of medical emergency, and quickly move to operate in an effort to "fix" the child and give it the appearance of either a male or female. But this intervention is not always welcome: Many intersex adults that were surgically changed in infancy now insist they should have been given a choice in the matter. In many cases the gender they were assigned at birth does not match the gender they grew to believe they were. This begs a larger question: How much of our gender identity is formed by nature and how much by nurture? "Sex: Unknown" delves into the complex world of gender identity.

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A beautiful paint-on-glass animation by Aleksandr Petrov (1992). Story by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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Excerpted from James Balog's time-lapse photos of extreme ice loss. Full presentation at: www.youtube.com

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French animation written and directed by Konstantin Bronzit IMDb: A family lives in a house that teeters precariously on the very tip of a mountain. The balance of the house is affected not only by the family that lives inside, but also their cow, dog, cat, a passing bird, and a man with a couple of sheep who returns in a car... www.imdb.com

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Description from OnKneesforJesus: Tea Party and Concerned Women for America rip apart gay conservative

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BBC3 - Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The gay Radio 1 DJ finds out what it's like to live in a society which persecutes people like him and meets those who are leading the hate campaign.

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BBC3 - Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The gay Radio 1 DJ finds out what it's like to live in a society which persecutes people like him and meets those who are leading the hate campaign.

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Director: René Laloux Writing credits: Stefan Wul - (novel "Oms en série") Roland Topor - (adaptation, scenario and dialogue) and René Laloux - (adaptation, scenario and dialogue) Plot summary: www.imdb.com

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Marjoe is a 1972 American documentary film produced and directed by Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan about the life of evangelist Marjoe Gortner. Marjoe was a precocious child preacher with extraordinary talents, who was immensely popular in the American South. His parents earned large sums of money off him up until the point he outgrew his novelty. Marjoe rejoined the ministry as a young adult solely as a means of earning a living, and not as a believer; he spent the next several years using his fame and status as an evangelist to defraud a small fortune out of individuals both through tent revivals and televangelism. Eventually, Gortner suffered a crisis of conscience and decided to renounce his ways, offering the documentary film crew unrestricted access to him during his final revival tour, repeatedly admitting on camera that he was a con-artist and revealing the tactics used by himself and other evangelists to swindle money from people. en.wikipedia.org *** Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. This video is for Educational Purposes Only

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Horizon - The Secret You (2009) With the help of a hammer-wielding scientist, Jennifer Aniston and a general anesthetic, Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes in search of answers to one of science's greatest mysteries: how do we know who we are? While the thoughts that make us feel as though we know ourselves are easy to experience, they are notoriously difficult to explain. So, in order to find out where they come from, Marcus subjects himself to a series of probing experiments. He learns at what age our self-awareness emerges and whether other species share this trait. Next, he has his mind scrambled by a cutting-edge experiment in anaesthesia. Having survived that ordeal, Marcus is given an out-of-body experience in a bid to locate his true self. And in Hollywood, he learns how celebrities are helping scientists understand the microscopic activities of our brain. Finally, he takes part in a mind-reading experiment that both helps explain and radically alters his understanding of who he is. *** Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

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The Great Debate Panel Speakers: Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, Patricia Churchland, Lawrence Krauss, Simon Blackburn, Peter Singer and Roger Bingham. A lively panel discussion between Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, Patricia Churchland, Lawrence Krauss, Simon Blackburn, Peter Singer. If human morality is an evolutionary adaptation and if neuroscientists can identify specific brain circuitry governing moral judgment, can scientists determine what is, in fact, right and wrong? ------ The Great Debate On November 6th, 2010 a panel of renowned scientists, philosophers, and public intellectuals gathered to discuss what impact evolutionary theory and advances in neuroscience might have on traditional concepts of morality. If human morality is an evolutionary adaptation and if neuroscientists can identify specific brain circuitry governing moral judgment, can scientists determine what is, in fact, right and wrong? The panelists were psychologist Steven Pinker, author Sam Harris, philosopher Patricia Churchland, physicist Lawrence Krauss, philosopher Simon Blackburn, bioethicist Peter Singer and The Science Network's Roger Bingham. Recorded live at the Arizona State University Gammage auditorium. "The Great Debate" was sponsored by the ASU Origins Project in collaboration with the ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Center for Law, Science and Innovation; the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge; and The Science Network. www.thesciencenetwork.org

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BBC Horizon - Dr. Money And The Boy With No Penis David Reimer (birth name: Bruce Reimer, born: August 22, 1965 -- died [suicide]: May 4, 2004) was born as a healthy male, but was sexually reassigned and raised as female after his penis was accidentally destroyed during circumcision. Psychologist John Money oversaw the case and reported the reassignment as successful, and as evidence that gender identity is primarily learned. Academic sexologist Milton Diamond later reported that Reimer never identified as female, and that he began living as male at age 15. Reimer later went public with his story to discourage similar medical practices. Eventually he committed suicide, due to suffering years of severe depression, financial instability and a dissolving marriage. en.wikipedia.org *** Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. This video is for Educational Purposes Only

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The title says it all... doesn't it?

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Cruel and Unusual: Transgender Women in Prison (USA). Documentary by Janet Baus & Dan Hunt. (2006) Imagine being a woman in a men's prison. For many individuals, this is a grim reality because the US prison system decides where to place inmates based on their genitalia, not their gender identity. This award-winning documentary makes an unflinching examination of transgender women in men's prisons. Ashley, Linda, Anna, Yolanda and Ophelia describe their experiences undergoing inhumane and humiliating treatment including rape, violence, solitary confinement and denial of medial care. One interviewee explains. "A lot of times I wake up, and I look around at my surroundings, and I see all these men. I think, 'What am I doing here?'" The women in Cruel and Unusual don't deny that they must serve their sentences, but their stories raise very important questions about their treatment. www.imdb.com *** Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

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"The Insects' Christmas" by Vladislav Starevich Russian title: ROZHDYESTVO OBITATELEI LYESA Vladislav Starevich (August 8, 1882 - February 26, 1965), born Władysław Starewicz (Russian: Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Старе́вич), was a Russian and French stop-motion animator who used insects and animals as his protagonists. (His name can also be spelled Starevitch, Starewich and Starewitch.) en.wikipedia.org NOTE: The sepia tone of the video was added by me. The original had a horrible blue cast to it and I believe the sepia improved the contrast. I also added the soundtrack score, "Russian Christmas Music", which was composed by Alfred Reed in 1944. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

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Originally posted as: "My afterthoughts on the Hitchens-Dembski debate" by YouTube user AronRa: www.youtube.com The original was removed from YouTube following a dmca takedown notice served by the Prestonwood Christian Academy. Their website can be found here: www.prestonwoodchristian.org Prestonwood Christian Academy's contact info: www.prestonwoodchristian.org

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BBC3 - Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The gay Radio 1 DJ finds out what it's like to live in a society which persecutes people like him and meets those who are leading the hate campaign.

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Russian animation by Yuri Norstein (1979)

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Atheists and Agnostics speak out in Arabic - English Sub. In solidarity with those who are unable to renounce religion, esp. in Islamic countries Made by: www.youtube.com Organizing the work at: www.facebook.com Channels of (or used by) participants: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com

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Russian animation directed by Mihail Aldashin Михаил Алдашин.

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www.ted.com Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.

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