Archive for February, 2008

Everything Made Easy

Friday, February 29th, 2008

YouTuber potholer54 published an excellent “made easy” series of videos that deals with what science knows about the universe and our place in it. This series is highly condensed and quite watchable, and I strongly recommend it. The first two parts are embedded below and followed by links to the rest of the series.

Chapter 1: The History of the Universe Made Easy, Part 1

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Chapter 2: The History of the Universe Made Easy, Part 2

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Errata

Chapter 3: The Origin of Life Made Easy

Response to one creationist critic of chapter 3

Sidebar: God and DNA Made Easy

Chapter 4: The Story of the Earth Made Easy

Chapter 5: The Age of Our World Made Easy

Chapter 6: Natural Selection Made Easy

Chapter 7: The Theory of Evolution Made Easy

Chapter 8: Human Evolution Made Easy

Chapter 9: Human Ancestry Made Easy

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Chapter 10: The Scientific Method Made Easy

Chapter 11: Creation ‘Science’ Made Easy

Conclusion: About the Made Easy Series

Behold The Flash Mob!

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

See also Flash mob.

Bang!

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Frozen Grand Central

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The Edinburgh Big Freeze

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Shirtless

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Randomly Chasing

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Message to Ralph Nader

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Anonymous speaks again!

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The Protestor Must Be Stopped!

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Sadly, this idiotic game isn’t a joke.

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How to battle your doubts: call BibleMan!

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Update: Here’s MADtv’s take: BibleDude!

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Bart Ehrman: Misquoting Jesus

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Jon Stewart interviews New Testament Scholar Bart Ehrman about his book Misquoting Jesus. Dr. Ehrman was once an evangelical Christian who began to doubt his faith after in-depth research of the Bible text and early Christianity.

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If that piqued your interested, you’ll want to watch this full-length lecture by Dr. Ehrman.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=397006836098752165

Ron Weinland: Discussion Part 4

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Welcome to the fourth Ron Weinland discussion thread!

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Kiddie Koran Kickers

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

OK, you come up with a better Islam-flavored version of Baby Bible Bashers.

Muslim Child Recites Qu’ran

Great voice!
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Child Imam-Do YOU know Allah?

OK, not so great voice. But he’s got the passion, eh?
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Children of the Future Jihad

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Palestinian Children’s Show

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Muslim Education

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Egyptian Cleric tells Children of Martyrdom

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Bahraini Women’s Rights Activist Ghada Jamshir Attacks Islamic Clerics for Fatwas Authorizing Sexual Abuse of Children

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Islamic Children

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Religious Child Abuse

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Do you teach your kids about eternal reward and punishment? You are hurting them.

The Most Common Religious Child Abuse

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Jesus Camp: Teaching Kids About Sin

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Religious Child Abuse: Christian vs Muslim

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The Story of Stuff

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

The Story of Stuff is a must-watch. Yes, even more important than the skateboarding dog.

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Related post: What Would Jesus Buy?

Baby Bible Basher, All Grown Up

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

In my previous post, I linked to the BBC documentary Baby Bible Bashers. Today on YouTube I ran across a stunning, 109-part documentary series on Faith Healing and Televangelism by Paul Harrison. Two of his segments discuss Marjoe Gortner, a boy raised as an evangelist from three years old. As an adult in 1972, Marjoe made one final tent revival tour, but this time with a camera crew and the secret motivation to expose himself as a charlatan, along with the entire evangelical/charismatic revival racket. The resulting film Marjoe won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Faith Healing and Evangelism, Part 25

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Faith Healing and Evangelism, Part 26

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The first part of the Faith Healing and Evangelism series is here. Be sure to see the sidebar “about this video” text for a listing of what every part in the series covers.