[Vision2020] About Evidence

[Art Deco]

Atheism and Critical Thinking (Video)
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July 17, 2012

*A series of videos from UK artist and secular humanist
QualiaSoup<http://www.youtube.com/user/QualiaSoup>discussing critical
thinking, science, philosophy and the natural world.
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Part 1 – *The burden of proof*; Makers of supernatural claims have an
inescapable burden of proof.

Part 2 - *Lack of belief in gods*; Explaining the concept, refuting common
objections and giving a number of reasons that atheists are sometimes
‘fervent’.

Part 3 - *Critical Thinking*; A look at some of the principles of critical
thinking.

Part 4 - *Putting faith in its place*; Faith has no place demanding
agreement or punishing disagreement.

Part 5 - *Open-mindedness*; A look at some of the flawed thinking that
prompts people who believe in certain non-scientific concepts to advise
others who don’t to be more open-minded.

Part 6 - *Arguing with ghosts*; A brief look at the pointless exercise of
telling people, rather than asking them, what they believe.

Part 7 - *It *could* just be coincidence*; This video shows how probability
theory is sufficient to explain even seemingly remarkable coincidences.

Part 8 - *Skewed views of science*; A look at the pitfalls of arguing
against science from incomprehension or emotion.

Part 9 - *The faith cake*; This video challenges the claim that a belief in
science requires equal faith to the belief in a god.

Part 10 - *In the beginning, God created injustice*; The impossible
situation of Adam and Eve, and the unjust treatment they suffered from the
‘merciful and loving’ god.
Part 11 - *Hell: an excessive punishment*; Some believe atheists deserve an
infinitely grislier fate than this, simply for doubting the existence of a
being that doesn’t openly present itself. I’ve always been curious about
that.

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Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
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