[Vision2020] About Evidence

[Scott Dredge]

The God Damned Atheists can be more annoying than Fundys.  I think 
anyone who tries to push their religion (or lack thereof) on anyone else
 is a complete phony.  If you really believe in God (or don't) you 
should be secure in that belief such that you don't need to convince 
anyone else of this.  If you're an atheist only you know what's in your 
heart, otherwise only you and God know what's in your heart.

Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:08:54 -0700
From: art.deco.studios at gmail.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] About Evidence

Atheism and Critical Thinking (Video)http://mysticpolitics.com/atheism-and-critical-thinking-video/
July 17, 2012
		
				
			A series of videos from UK artist and secular humanist QualiaSoup discussing critical thinking, science, philosophy and the natural world.

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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