Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
New York Daily News, via Kingjester:
AtheistTV will be launching this summer with big plans to reach out to atheists, humanists, freethinkers, and folks who are looking for a way out of faith.
Members of American Atheists, the organization behind the endeavor, think it’s about time.
“There’s a glut of religious TV programming out there, from televangelists to Christmas specials,” spokesman Dave Muscato told The News. “But there’s no atheist channel. We wanted to fill that void.”
Oh…boy…YCMTSU…
Since they’re first on the scene, American Atheists will face the challenge of defining what exactly godless programming will look like.
“We’ll have shows about philosophy, science, history,” Muscato said. “A critical examination of the facts.”
Well, I hope it’s something that brings facts to people who otherwise wouldn’t get them. Like a real documentary, of sorts. That way, people could learn about things.
But the alternative? Novel new ways of “critical” but tortured thinking, masticating over what’s already known and has already been discussed, pretending to mull over questions when the answers have already been chosen? No void there. That would be adding to another glut.
I suppose I should presume more charitably, and wish them luck. But I still have to wonder about the urgency of proselytizing lack of belief.
Muscato also hopes the channel fill encourage people who are doubting their faith to come out as atheist.
“When somebody leaves their religion, they don’t necessarily know everything about the Big Bang,” Muscato said. “This will fill in the gaps in knowledge that pastors have left behind.”
And I suppose there I have my answer: The people who insist atheism is not a religion, are simply wrong. Or at least, not talking about these particular atheists. It’s getting much more difficult to distinguish them from an actual church, is it not? They have a catechism, they have a congregation, they have a drive to spread their “word” and recruit new members. They even have high priests and evangelicals, and now a teevee show.
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“Since they’re first on the scene, American Atheists will face the challenge of defining what exactly godless programming will look like.”
“And what are we, chopped liver?” – Hollywood, most likely.
- nightfly | 05/09/2014 @ 06:22I hear the North Koreans make some wonderful films and soap operas. I wonder if Kim Jong-un does syndication….
- Severian | 05/09/2014 @ 10:38