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To continue the general coverage of the Nick Gisburne - YouTube Fear of Fatwas - issue. Here below you will find a number of videos by YouTube users in support of Nick Gisburne, and in some cases expressing their fear that the YouTube Community is being disrupted by the censorship shown during the Nick Gisburne issue. For those of you with YouTube accounts who wish to file a complaint with the YouTube, you can report a Thought Crime Policy Issue With This Form.

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In this Documentary produced by HBO, Alexandra Pelosi travels around the United States taking a look into the lives and teachings of the evangelical christian culture.  The Documentary features such importaint and interesting evangelicals as Ted Haggard (speaking again very ironically about sex lives), and Jerry Falwell.

A synopsis of the documentary can be found here on HBO’s site.   Unlike the documentary makers of Jesus Camp who sought to keep themselves seperate and unquestioning of the people they were filming, Alexandra Pelosi’s style is more of an interview where she asks the pointed questions that people who question the evangelical movement would really like to ask.  You can get an idea about the style of the documentary by watching below…

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Following the banning of Nick Gisburne from the YouTube community there has been a rash of re-posting of his videos by various people, and these re-postings have been met with some responses that you can watch here and comment about.

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So because Atheism News now has a slightly better Google factor about Nick Gisburne than his own site does, I thought it would be best for everyone to check out his site where you can find a number of his videos, and his thoughts on the whole YouTube problem.

If you have a YouTube account and want to go crazy uploading Nick’s videos he provides a number of different formats of his videos for you to download to your computer and upload to YouTube fairly quickly.

http://www.gisburne.com/

Show your support for Nick in any way that seems appropriate to you.

The following video has created a major uproar on the internet in the last twenty-four hours as Atheist Nick Gisburne was banned for creating it. In responce many youtube folks have gone nuts copying and re-publishing the video all over the internet. The video itself is a fast paced nine minute listing of every instance of Cruelty in the Koran. Over at Digg Nation this story has been getting a great deal of attention, they are talking about a revolution to bring him back. Click Here To Join The Digg Avalanch. I will do my best to continue to have an embeded version of this video for as long as I can.

There is at this time a major question about if he was banned because of his views, or because of the use of copyrighted content. If it was the copyrighted material, the question then becomes why did they single him out, and not the ten thousand other people who also are using copyrighted material?

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For those Atheists in the Austin, Texas area who are not aware of the public access show that they have on their television, please do check it out. A live call in show that feilds questions from the public on behalf of the Atheist Community of Austin, a non-profit secular foundation. The show is fun from the atheist perspective, interesting, and worth the lengthy hour and half it takes to watch it. If you are not in the Austin area you can also watch the show by searching on Google Video, where much of their archives are waiting for you to watch. Click Here To Save Time.

Below I have included an embeded episode for you to preview the work, and while it isn’t BBC quality, you can say that at least its Atheists on TV.

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For those of you who have not yet heard of this documentary produced by A&E Indie films, it is high time you check it out.  Now released to DVD the documentary is a shocking look at the inside of the Devils Lake Bible Camp run by Becky Fischer.  This film includes the ironic footage of Ted Haggard saying “I know what you did last night, give me a thousand dollars and I won’t tell your wife.”

The film also raises such questions as those that Richard Dawkins has asked.  Is religious indoctrination child abuse?  I suggest you watch the film and ask yourself.

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In this video, Richard Dawkins is interviewed by the Rational Response Squad while on his book tour for “The God Delusion.”  They discuss how scientists and atheists should and should not engage theists in discussions about god, evolution, and irrational theist ideas.  Again the idea that religion should be subject to criticism as political, economic, or artistic views are subject to criticism.

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Dear Readers,

When I started this blog a few weeks ago I did not realize that many of you would be quite so interested in reading it.  Though that is the nature of the new media world that we live in; what I think matters very little, your showing up tells me that I am doing something right.

The goal of this blog is to help you sort through the thousands of atheism related sites that are out there by pointing you towards ones that are worth your time.  We are currently doing this by looking through the massive video archives found on google, youtube, and other places to find you worthy videos to view.  We are also reviewing websites that we think are worth while, though we do those much less frequently because we have day jobs.

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In this video Paul Doeman explains that he is an atheist, and that he actually does not believe in anything. He continues that he cannot understand how adults believe in god, and the complete lack of quality questioning of belief on the part of theists. More over he believes that it is not atheist books that lead people away from theism, but theism itself. In his own words:

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In this video Paul Kurtz, founder of The Center For Inquiry, explains “What is Secular Humanism?” Explaining the robust, and competitive system of ethics for those who are seeking alternatives to religion. Paul Kurtz explains that many people in the world actually agree with Secular Humanist values and ethics, but do not realize it. An interesting watch for atheists looking for alternatives to religion.

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In this video by the BBC titled, A War On Science, examines the plan of religious organizations to take over the classroom with intelligent design (creationism).  In particular it focus’s on the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania case to get creationism in the school, and explains the nature of the conflict between evolution and creationism.  It features many prominent British scientists, such as Richard Dawkins.

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The Rev. James Huger of the website JHuger.com offers us a number of interesting atheist parables that many in the strong atheist crowd will find excellent for explaining the atheist points of view to the faith-headed.  His website offers us these parables on his website, but also most interestingly in PDF pamphlet form for anyone who might be interested in starting a door-to-door evangelical atheism campaign.

Perhaps his best atheist parable is “Kissing Hank’s Ass” in which he writes out a detailed conversation that takes place between two door-to-door evangelists proclaiming the benefits of Hankist belief, and the home owner.  This story merely takes the standard conversation you might have had with Mormons or Jehovah’s Witnesses, and adjusts the names and proclamations a bit to make it one hilarious and illustrative parable.

Mr. Huger’s “Kissing Hank’s Ass” has become so popular that the people at Nimpsy made it into a short movie. (See Below)

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In this video Sam Harris speaks before The Long Now Foundation in 2005 about: “The View from the End of the World.” The world religions have set themselves up in an incompatible, uncompromising position that will most likely result in wars. Similar to the point brought up in Tony Robinson’s, Dooms Day Code documentary.

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In this video, Yahya Gant gives the Islamic view of atheism. Sun Tzu councils that you should make moves against your enemy from an understanding. Many atheists in America are prepared to engage a Christian in debate over their beliefs. They know how the Christian will react, and what things he is likely to encounter. This video will help the atheists who has never encountered the preachers of Islam to prepare for their intellectual battle.

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For many atheists who engage in the public criticism of religion, the scope of the word religion is narrowly defined to “Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.”  However, somewhat outside of the scope of these atheists lay other smaller religions which may in fact pose a greater threat to intellectual freedom than traditional religion, depending upon where you live.  One such greater threat is the religion of Scientology.  To bring us information on this threat is Mark Bunker, Producer of Xenu TV.

This is one man who has seen what happens when you are publicly critical of The Church of Scientology, and he’s managed to get most of it on tape! 

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The topic of Superstition, as it relates to life, science, and freedom, is thoroughly explored in this 1898 work by Robert G. Ingersoll.

“There were centuries of darkness when religion had control of Christendom. Superstition was almost universal. Not one in twenty thousand could read or write. During these centuries the people lived with their back to the sunrise, and pursued their way toward the dens of ignorance and faith. There was no progress, no invention, no discovery. On every hand cruelty and worship, persecution and prayer.”

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In this video former Scientologist Tory Christman speaks out about her 30 years of experience in the Church of Scientology.  She is speaking at The Center for Inquiry LA. She left Scientology 4 years before this speech was given and as a result her scientologist husband divorced her, and her friends in the Church are no longer allowed to speak with her. In this speech she speaks to how she joined, exposes the fraud, abuses, and fearmongering of the Church of Scientology, and attributes her leaving to Skeptical challengers. It is a bit lengthy, but it is interesting.

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Richard Feynman was one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists of the 20th century, and a master storyteller.
At the start of this 1981 interview, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, Feynman eloquently describes the real beauty of nature and science with a simple anecdote:

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In this video, Al Brenner performs a superb poem at The Key West Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship titled “I am an Atheist.”  In this poem Mr. Brenner offers us humor, lyrical word play, and a sample of his musical skills.  Yet his verse keeps a serious point that all Atheists can appreciate.  This life is what matters, not the fictional one that some believe will come after.

Al Brenner has a website where you used to be able to see his other videos, but as of this date his site has been hacked by a group claiming to be Arabic Computer Hackers.  Though we do not know if he was deliberately targeted because he was an atheist, it would not be too surprising.  His website is http://www.alseye.com

Updates to follow.

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In this video Sam Harris speaks during the 2005 Idea City conference in Canada, about the importance of criticizing religious faith.  He believes that questioning faith is critical to the survival of civilization, and the battle against human suffering.  In his speech he questions the belief that religious belief should go unquestioned, and that everyone should be free to believe what they wish.  Saying that we should not respect each others beliefs, we should examine each others reasons.

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Famous evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins shares thoughts on the nature of existence, love, and his own encounter theism, in this 1995 interview with Nick Pollard. (more…)

In this video, a BBC documentary, Tony Robinson examines the End of Times beliefs of fundamentalist christians, jews, and muslims centered around the middle east holy land.  These fundamentalist christians believe that once the Jewish Temple is rebuilt, then Jesus will return.

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For those Atheists who find themselves in constant battle over the contradictions, meaning, and teachings of the bible, Koran, or Book of Mormon; Steve Wells has compiled a resource for you in the form of a website and purchasable CD-ROM, The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible.

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In this two part BBC video, Jonathan Miller explores the history of disbelief in the world and his own experiences with religion.   Though he does not believe that the word atheism is entirely useful.  Seeing that the word has taken on a sectarian weight, he prefers to look at it as disbelief.  He asks, what does it really mean to be an atheist?

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In this video, James Randi explains his challenge to Uri Geller’s claim of the ability to bend spoons and read minds.  He shows how Geller’s tricks could have been done, and shows a very interesting challenge presented to the psychic by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.  Later in the video he shows more about his challenge to evangelist faith healer Peter Popoff.

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In this video James Randi debunks the Telekinetic Psychic claims of James Hydrick in the late 1970’s on Bob Barkers, That’s My Line. The test is done before a panel of judges, who are both skeptical and accepting of psychic phenomena. Yet, the psychic still fails.

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In this video James Randi goes to Australia to test Water diviners. It demonstrates the lengths that Mr. Randi will go to set up a valid test. Though in the end the diviners give the same types of excuses you see out of every other supernaturalist.

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In this video James Randi debunks British cold reader Doris Collins. Doris Collins claimed to be a psychic capable of speaking with the dead, and also engaged in faith healing. Mr. Randi discusses the dangers of such faith healers throughout the video.

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In this old video, skeptic James Randi debunks faith healers, and points out the real danger caused by such con artists.

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In this video, Jeremy Paxman interviews Richard Dawkins about his book, The God Delusion,as a part of the Newsnight Book Club.

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In this 1987 video, Richard Dawkins examines the old arguments against darwinian evolution. In particular, the argument that the complexity of living things implies a designer.

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In this two part video, by BBC Channel 4, Richard Dawkins examines the dangers of religious thought, and the ideas supported by religions. In part two, he asks if religion might be considered child abuse, and examines in what ways it can stunt the intellectual growth of a child.  He also gets into a heated debate with Pastor Ted Haggard of the Colorodo Springs Area.

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In this video titled, Testing God, the BBC explores the implications that physics has on the theistic and atheistic arguments about the universe.

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