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The Root of All Evil? The Root of All Evil? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Root_of_All_Evil%3F - - - See the article for a lengthy discussion of the topic. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The following videos, well-produced, both visually and in content, describe some of the dangers of indoctrinating children into religious faith from a very young age, with Richard Dawkins the featured speaker, and with Dawkins' interviews with religious pro- ponents also featured. As for root of all evil, I suppose that's a reference to religious statements regarding the root of all evil residing outside of religion, when point-in-fact, religion has been contri- butory or complicit or directly involved in an alarming number of crimes against humanity that have occurred throughout recorded his- tory, and in recent times. ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ Cautionary note -- the religious myth of hell is shown in vivid detail (in 2 of the following videos), so carefully consider the psycholog- ical impact of the parts of the videos which might adversely impact children, or which might strengthen children to be able to resist or recover from the scare tactics of religions they either have already been exposed to or will likely be exposed to in the future. ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ !!! ~ - - - Root of All Evil (10 videos from Richard Dawkins) - - - Root of All Evil -- Episode 1 (1 of 5) Suicide Bombers, Non-Thinking Called Faith, Religious Extremism, Religious Faith Dis- courages Independent Thought / It's Divisive and Dangerous, Religious Reinforcement, Virgin Myth Perpetuated, Science and Faith are Deeply Opposed
Root of All Evil -- Episode 1 (3 of 5) Ted Haggard Colorado Conservative Evan- gelical Megachurch, Evangelicals are Deny- ing Scientific Evidence Just to Support Bronze Age Myths, Colorado Freethinkers Root of All Evil -- Episode 1 (4 of 5) Colorado Freethinkers (continued), In New York - Madrid - London We've Seen the Religious Insanities of the Middle East Penetrate the Heart of the Secular West, This is the Holy Land - Where the Terrible Certainties of Faith Began & Still Rage, Religion's Irrational Roots Nourish Intol- erance to the Point of Murder, Muslim's Dome of the Rock Root of All Evil -- Episode 1 (5 of 5) The Solid Walls That Religion Put Up, Religious Hatred, Point of View of a Particular Muslim, Teapot Atheists, We Are All Atheists About Most of the Gods Societies Have Ever Believed In -- Some of Us Just Go One God Further Root of All Evil -- Episode 2 (1 of 5) Faith Acts Like a Virus That Attacks the Young & Infects Generation After Gener- ation, It's Time to Question the Abuse of Childhood Innocence with Superstitious Ideas of Hellfire & Damnation, Scriptural Roots of Judeo-Christian Moral Edifice are Cruel & Brutish, Religion is Bad for Our Children & It's Bad for You, Sectarian Education Has Proved to be Deeply Damag- ing -- It Has Left a Terrible Legacy Root of All Evil -- Episode 2 (2 of 5) We Live in the Shadow of a Religiously Inspired Terror in an Era When Science Has Plainly Shown Religious Superstitions to be False, A.ccelerated C.hristian E.duc- cation, When it Comes to Children -- Think of Religion as a Dangerous Virus, If You Tell a Child That When it Dies It's Going to Roast Forever in Hell That's Abusive Root of All Evil -- Episode 2 (3 of 5) Hell Houses, Pastor Keenan Believes You Have to Scare People Into Being Good, The God of the Old Testament Has Got to be the Most Unpleasant Character in All of Fiction -- Jealous & Proud of It -- Petty -- Vindictive -- Unjust -- Unforgiving -- Racist -- An Ethnic Cleanser Urging His People on to Acts of Genocide Root of All Evil -- Episode 2 (4 of 5) New Testament Theology / Risks, While Religious Fundamentalists Betray Reason Moderate Believers Betray Reason and Faith Equally (Fence-Sitting, They Half Believe in the Bible, but How do They Decide Which Parts to Believe Literally & Which Parts are Just Allegorical) Root of All Evil -- Episode 2 (5 of 5) Religion is Simply a Parasite on a Much Older Moral Sense, Morality Stems Not From Some Fictional Deity & His Text but From Altruistic Genes That Have Been Naturally Selected in our Evolutionary Past, We Have a Moral Conscience & a Mutual Empathy & It is Constantly Evolving, This Gift of Empathy Seems to be the Building Block of Our Moral System, Atheism is Life- Affirming in a way that Religion Can Never Be |
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