The Atheism Tapes
Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Jonathan
Miller and published by BBC in 2005 - English
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In this ground-breaking series, neurologist turned
playwright and atheist Jonathan Miller interviewed
six of today's leading men of letters and science.
New York Times best-selling author Richard
Dawkins, Philosophers Daniel Dennett and Colin
McGinn, playwright Arthur Miller, theologian Denys
Turner and physicist Steven Weinberg discuss their
personal intellectual journeys and offer
illuminating analyses of nontheism from a wide
range of perspectives.
1) Colin McGinn
English philosopher McGinn speaks about the
various reasons for not believing in God, and some
of the reasons for. He gives a thorough treatment
of the ontological argument. In addition, McGinn
draws an important distinction between atheism
(lack of belief in a deity) and antitheism (active
opposition to theism); he identifies himself as
both an atheist and an antitheist. Finally, he
speculates about a post-theistic society.
2) Steven Weinberg
He talks about the effectiveness of the Design
Argument, both in the past and today. He also
discusses the reasons that people become
religious, including the varying influences of
physical and biological arguments against
religion. Miller connects this to a higher
likelihood of biologists being non-believers than
physicists, which Weinberg finds surprising.
3) Daniel Dennett
American philosopher Dennett explains why he
called one of his books Darwin's Dangerous Idea,
and why many of Darwin's contemporaries, in
particular, considered Darwin's theory of
evolution to be dangerous. He goes on to deal with
the question of consciousness (i.e., is the
consciousness/soul distinct from the body),
talking about Darwin's rejection of the soul and
the possible origins and psychological purposes of
a belief in an immaterial soul.
Next, he talks about his Christian upbringing and
how he became an atheist. He goes on to ask why it
is thought rude to criticise religious belief, and
suggests that it is due to the influential status
of the religions in question. He finishes by
wondering whether we could live effectively in a
post-theistic world.
4) Arthur Miller
As a tribute to the recently deceased playwright
Arthur Miller, another chance to see the
discussion between Jonathan Miller and Arthur
Miller about disbelief and their experiences of
anti-Semitism, recorded in 2004.
5) Richard Dawkins
Biologist Richard Dawkins talks to Jonathan Miller
about his implacable opposition to all
religion.
6) Denys Turner
Christian theologian Denys Turner defends the case
for God as the answer to the most important
questions.
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Source
VD
Video Codec: XviD 1.0.3
Video Bitrate: 1557 kbps
Video Resolution: 672x368
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.826:1
Frames Per Second: 29.970
Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: English
RunTime Per Part: 29min
Number Of Parts: 6
Part Size: 371MB
Subtitles: no
Ripped by: jvt40
Links
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1) Further Information
* BBC Four on Atheism
* Wikipedia on The Atheism Tapes
2) Related Documentaries
* The Darwin Debate
* Brief History of Disbelief
* Did Darwin Kill God
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