Uploaded August 2008 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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tagged by eddygoombah
youtube.com/eddygoombah
(check out his music!!)

about six weeks overdue...

and only 1/7...

I'll do my tagging at the end.

Sorry.




ESSENTIAL VIEWING:

Dennett on the state of religion today, and "strategic" reasons to believe in God:

full talk (skip Julia Sweeney's intro, Dawkins' intro to Dan is @ 6:00 or so and is definitely worth watching, Dennett starts at 17:00 or so):
youtube.com/watch?v=gyyRAE7PDvw
youtube.com/watch?v=1OlGne3xPDA

I'm going to try to find isolated clips that hit some of the high points.




Sam Harris on strategic and philosophical considerations of the word "atheist":

Watch this first:
youtube.com/watch?v=3KG5s_-Khvg

Q and A for that bit (optional, but worth watching):
youtube.com/watch?v=LsrtOZdJitA


Elaborating on the point shortly thereafter @ Beyond Belief 2007:
youtube.com/watch?v=LWPys6s2BVg








(Sorry, Julia. You're still awesome. But business is business.)