Greed is good. War is inevitable. Whether in political theory or popular culture, human nature is often portrayed as selfish and power hungry. UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner challenges this notion... continue reading
posted by enoch 9 years 12 months ago • 2,027 views • 4:37Why I'm an atheist
Updated: 2 years 6 months ago
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Religion was once important for civilization, as we tried to figure out how the world worked when we didn't have the knowledge to understand anything. That time is long over, delayed by at least a millennium because of religion. Now we see that it's divisive, illogical, ignorant, and demonstrably false. Here's why.
Keynote speaker Matt Inman introduces us to a new deity, enlightening the San Francisco audience in the process, in the first ever BAHFest West keynote at the historic Castro Theatre
posted by Grimm 1 decade 2 weeks ago • 605 views • 11:27YouTube: Bill Nye (The Science Guy) comments on a previous Big Think video in which he denounces the teaching of creationism to America's students. Bill Nye is the author of Undeniable: Evolution and the... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 3 weeks ago • 936 views • 6:56This conservative christian mom visits the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and attempts to disprove evolution in her limited way. There are other vids from her at the link below http://geekologie.com/2014/... continue reading
posted by lv_hunter 1 decade 4 weeks ago • 1,477 views • 1:05Who knew? Red Bull must be the energy drink of Jesus.
posted by eric3579 1 decade 1 month 2 weeks ago • 2,075 views • 2:14what an asshole
posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,113 views • 6:14Wife of mega-church pastor Joel Osteen is awarded no points for her idiotic statement.
posted by cricket 1 decade 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,775 views • 1:02A perfect example of how much hate and intolerance still exists today. This family gave a young man two options: attend a pray the gay away intervention, or face being disowned by the very people who are... continue reading
posted by cricket 1 decade 3 months 4 weeks ago • 1,114 views • 5:11After the passing of Robin Williams, the Westboro Baptist Church have said they will picket his funeral. Adam Hills shares his views on the subject.
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 4 months 1 week ago • 1,036 views • 2:15Saudi Arabia tries, three times, to stop Center For Inquiry representative Josephine Macintosh from delivering a statement critical of their repeated assaults on freedom of religion, belief, and expression... continue reading
posted by Taint 1 decade 4 months 4 weeks ago • 726 views • 8:31Fail. The more I think about this video, the more grief struck I become.
posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,291 views • 1:18Meiden Van Halal - Muslim girls collide with Teeuwen - Subtitled
posted by Sagemind 1 decade 5 years 1 month ago • 1,617 viewsDutch comedian Hans Teeuwen appears as a guest on a Muslim TV show and also appears to have all the answers. While this clip involves reading subtitles, I think it's important because it gets to the heart... continue reading
posted by shuac 1 decade 7 months ago • 1,251 views • 7:15I think they could use a bit more practice. Amateurs!
posted by eric3579 1 decade 7 months 2 weeks ago • 339 views • 1:31and remember all dicks look weird.
posted by eric3579 1 decade 7 months 4 weeks ago • 4,072 views • 3:40Huckabee fails on so many levels here. He fails basic human critical thinking. He whines about freedom, but then happily throws away his freedom to be a lemming for an imaginary friend with demonstrably... continue reading
posted by VoodooV 1 decade 8 months 2 weeks ago • 738 views • 4:33Jesus Christ visits Sarah Silverman to discuss women's reproductive rights.
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 1 decade 11 months 1 week ago • 1,070 views • 5:08About 60,000 African migrants have arrived in Israel since 2006, fleeing unrest in their home countries. But upon arrival in the ostensibly democratic country, the migrants have faced intense persecution... continue reading
posted by enoch 1 decade 1 year 2 months ago • 1,287 views • 10:56Another one of those stories that is hard to believe is real but actually is. Matt Pitt, leader of one of the largest Christian Youth organizations on earth, gets wasted on live TV and tries to lure kids... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 1 decade 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,576 views • 7:32Sam Harris, author of The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values, argues that by denying contraception during the AIDS epidemic in Africa, the Catholic Church acted unethically and irresponsibly.... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 1 decade 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 793 views • 2:53