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The Atheism Tapes



Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Jonathan Miller and published by BBC in 2005 - English narration







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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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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



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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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