Dane Cook’s Encounter With An Atheist

An atheist sneezes on Dane Cook. And the rest is hilarious.

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People React To George Carlin’s Remarks About Religion

We’ve seen George Carlin’s strong language about everything, and his remarks about religion have elicited some “critical” comments from viewers. Here are a few:

What has gotten these people all riled up? Here’s George Carlin once again:

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George Carlin Urges You To Question Everything

Society is full of half-truths and untruths. In this excerpt, George Carlin urges everyone to adopt a critical attitude to everything.

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Dawkins On What Should Offend You

At a public address in UC Berkeley, Richard Dawkins explains why offense shouldn’t matter to critical minds, however there are several things which should truly offend the critical thinker.

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Richard Dawkins Talks Of Critical Thinking And Evolution

Addressing an audience at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Richard Dawkins answers questions relating to Critical Thinking and evolution as well as the mind and the notion of existence and the soul.

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Black and Bloody Friday: Wal-Mart Worker Trampled to Death

I would like to take a few moments to express my outrage over this bit of news: a Wal-Mart worker died last Friday, trampled to death by a stampede of shoppers who were out looking for a bargain.

“In a sign of consumer desperation amid a bleak economy, the annual rite of retailing known as Black Friday turned chaotic and deadly, as shoppers scrambled for holiday bargains.

A Wal-Mart worker on Long Island, N.Y., died after being trampled by customers who broke through the doors early Friday, and other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man. At least four other people, including a woman who was eight months pregnant, were taken to hospitals.

Fights and injuries occurred elsewhere at other stores operated by Wal-Mart, the nation’s leading discount chain, which is one of the few retailers thriving in the current economy.

Meanwhile, two men at a crowded Toys “R” Us in Palm Desert, Calif., pulled guns and shot each other to death after women with them brawled, witnesses said. The company released a statement late Friday saying the deaths were related to a personal dispute and not Black Friday shopping.”

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One Voice In The Cosmic Fugue

The second episode in Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, by Carl Sagan which covered a wide range of scientific subjects including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.

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The Shores Of The Cosmic Ocean

This is the first episode of the popular PBS series: Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, hosted by Carl Sagan which covered a wide range of scientific subjects delving into the origin of life and the universe.

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Sagan, Hawking, Clarke: God, The Universe & Everything Else

British journalist Magnus Magnusson brings together an interesting panel: theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, astronomer Carl Sagan and science author Arthur C. Clarke. The panel tackles big questions about the origin of our universe and life and the existence of creation myths that religions pose to explain the origin of the universe. A rare talk with the great thinkers of our time.

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Astronomy vs. Astrology by Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan explains the common roots of the science of Astronomy and the art of Astrology–and why astrology remains within the realm of pseudo-science and superstition.

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