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Permalink Reply by Dave G on April 8, 2009 at 12:34am

I'm on Mike Shermer's eSkeptic mailing list, always some interesting articles in there.

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Permalink Reply by Godless Girl on April 8, 2009 at 1:47am

Oh yes, I recommend people follow skeptic.com's RSS feed, too. My brain drools (or maybe just melts) from all the intellectual info.

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Permalink Reply by Johnny on April 8, 2009 at 1:41am

Awesome post GG!

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Permalink Reply by Jim Turner on April 8, 2009 at 1:43am

What's it called? Might be able to download it somewhere.

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Permalink Reply by Johnny on April 8, 2009 at 3:40pm

From what I can find about Compass, its a weekly show that "examines the world of belief and values," and really seems to be about various religious beliefs. With just this preliminary information, I'm impressed that this episode really seems to present atheism from an unbiased perspective (something it seems the news and many "investigative" shows in the U.S. fail at).

Also a pretty good quote from Mike Shermer (around the 15-minute-mark): "Hey look, we're not going to put up with that anymore. You can't say things like 'atheists are not moral,' that's wrong. You might as well say 'blacks are not moral,' or 'women are not as smart,' that kind of thing. Well you can't say those other things anymore, and you can't say that about atheists anymore."

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Permalink Reply by Clancy Aimers-McGuinness on April 11, 2009 at 9:15pm

I watched it, and frankly was a little disappointed. It was very wishy washy on the whole. But I'm pleased that they finally got around to addressing the issue. One point of contention was the assertion in the voice over narration fro the promo that atheists have faith in science instead of religion. Made me want to email them with a definition of faith.

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Permalink Reply by Hidethefork on April 12, 2009 at 12:27pm

Hey, thanks. That made my day. Some of my friends need to see that because they treat me like less of a person for being atheist.

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Permalink Reply by Clancy Aimers-McGuinness on April 12, 2009 at 10:06pm

Compass does a lot of great programs. Did any one watch "Bridge over the Wadi."? about the Arab/Israeli school?

Last night the showed the second part of a two part series on the "Story of Jesus." which traced the parallels with the Jesus story from other religions.

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Permalink Reply by Godless Girl on April 12, 2009 at 10:13pm

thanks for the link!

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Permalink Reply by Muhsin Cooper on April 17, 2009 at 9:24am

I thought that was pretty awesome.

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Permalink Reply by Crispy Sea on April 19, 2009 at 5:13am

really enjoyed that, thanks GG

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Permalink Reply by luvtheheaven on January 17, 2010 at 4:07am

Awesome post, thanks so much for sharing. Loved the documentary. :D

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