Some time ago, a friend sent me a DVD of Richard Dawkins' fine documentary for the BBC on religion. His thesis? Much the same as mine in the previous post--that religion is a pernicious influence on the world, not a force for good. Dawkins travels the world and documents all sorts of religious ceremonies from various cultures, interviews the most ardent and devoted followers of many faiths, and reveals all to be frightfully ignorant.
Fortunately, someone has posted this video on YouTube, so it's available to everyone. It's a terrific show, but it makes me think the world is doomed, and humanity doesn't have the capacity to emerge from intellectual dark ages into enlightenment.
Part 1
Part 2
This video has received some additional notariety lately because it contains an interview with recently disgraced minister Ted Haggard.
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