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Root of all evil
« on: May 20, 2007, 06:13:06 AM »
If some on here are towards my way of thinking, this show could be interesting.

COMPASS: ROOT OF ALL EVIL? Part One The God Delusion
Sunday 20 May at 21:30
ABC

In this strongly authored two-part series, Professor Richard Dawkins accuses the three main religions – Christianity, Islam and Judaism – of beliefs that defy science, and of stunting the mind’s capacity for understanding. He embarks on a personal, controversial and, at times, humorous journey to prove that religion is the root of all evil.
In the first episode Professor Dawkins challenges what he describes as 'a process of non-thinking called faith'. He ranges from the political influence of rich and powerful Christian fundamentalist institutions in America to the deadly clash of Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the Middle East. He describes the Holy Land as the least enlightened place in the world, a microcosm of the threat to rational values and civilisation posed by religion, whose irrational roots, he says, are nourishing intolerance and murder.
On his journey he takes a humorous look at the more bizarre expressions of religious fervour, such as the vision of the Virgin Mary in a grilled-cheese sandwich.


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Re: Root of all evil
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2007, 08:04:45 AM »

It is not as simple as blaming religion.

Greed and Capitalism have to share some of the blame as well.

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Re: Root of all evil
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2007, 06:53:49 PM »
Any nutter can twist anything and use it as a tool for evil. It's about all achieving power and control and greed. Most of these fundamentalists are corrupt religious frauds anyway and just interpret things they way they want to even if it's opposite to the message of their religion. If there was no religion they would just use something else - race, social status, gender, etc. Whatever it takes to make themselves seem superior at the expense of another group.

In regards to Science, you've got the silencing of Galileo by the Church on one side and Issac Newton being a staunch Christian IIRC on the other. Science itself can be used for good and evil purposes (eg: Nukes , biological and chemical warfare).

 
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