Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief, with Jonathan Miller

Why do pro­duc­ers of such intel­li­gent pro­grams insist on insert­ing nsound effects, nois­es, so-called music which “dumb down” . It’s like draw­ing a mus­tache on the Mona Lisa.

As a recov­er­ing catholic and old fart. First rate infor­ma­tion. Thank you. : )

As a Pres­by­ter­ian so extreme as to have become an athe­ist, this gave me a new appre­ci­a­tion of the com­ic Series “Calvin and Hobbes”.

But … who is Jesus?

Hi Wal­ter
I too have received mes­sages from your so-called God Force.
I am a self described Pan­the­ist in the broad­er sense of the def­i­n­i­tion.
I believe old souls are not mor­tals, but spir­i­tu­al ener­gy forces that inhab­it our phys­i­cal bod­ies through­out life and get seper­at­ed from their host body at death and tran­scend to anoth­er dimen­sion in a par­al­lel uni­verse. String the­o­ry may have some expla­na­tion for this.
In that light, there are no epipha­nies, no good or bad luck, only mes­sages sent from old souls and received by a cho­sen few.
I am not athe­ist or agnos­tic. I believe a being or enti­ty exists that cre­at­ed life as we know it.
I think reli­gions serves most peo­ple as a way to define their exis­tence and pur­pose. A sim­ple way of explain­ing where we come from and where we are going. Liv­ing in a box. They need hope and dread the lack of intel­lec­tu­al abil­i­ty and effort to doubt such a sim­ple expla­na­tion.
That’s my take on the mat­ter.
David Rob­bins

Either link it says Video 3 is Pri­vate, I can­not access it al all!

Request for sci­en­tif­ic and cul­tur­al coop­er­a­tion: dance from the per­spec­tive of Abra­ham­ic reli­gions. Iran, Qom

Inter­na­tion­al dance con­fer­ence from the per­spec­tive of Abra­ham­ic and non-Abra­ham­ic reli­gions

Hel­lo dear
I am Ali Reza­ei from Qom, Iran. The sub­ject of my PhD the­sis was “Dance based on Shia Jafari jurispru­dence”. This the­sis was pre­sent­ed in the sem­i­nary of Qom. In this the­sis, which became a book, impor­tant top­ics are dis­cussed: the his­to­ry of dance in Islam. Tra­di­tions of pro­hi­bi­tion and per­mis­sion of danc­ing in Shia and Sun­ni. Pro­hi­bi­tion and per­mis­sion of danc­ing in Shia and Sun­ni jurispru­dence. Exam­in­ing new dances from the point of view of Shia jurispru­dence; Such as artis­tic dances, school dances, ther­a­peu­tic dances, sports dances and reli­gious dances such as Sama dance. This research, with its scope, still needs addi­tion­al research and dis­cus­sion with experts.
Some top­ics that need more research and dis­cus­sion with uni­ver­si­ty and dance experts are: indi­vid­ual free­dom and reli­gious restric­tions with a dance approach, the his­to­ry of deal­ing with the phe­nom­e­non of dance in Abra­ham­ic reli­gions (Islam, Judaism, Chris­tian­i­ty), the nature. Dance and its func­tions in non-Abra­ham­ic reli­gions (Hin­duism, Bud­dhism, Shin­to, Tao, Con­fu­cian­ism, etc.), fem­i­nin­i­ty of dance: from the per­spec­tive of his­to­ry and cul­ture, the nature of sports dances and its types, the nature of ther­a­peu­tic dance and its func­tion, the role of dance in the sys­tem Ele­men­tary edu­ca­tion with the approach of sports dances, the cul­tur­al or polit­i­cal nature of dance and the taboo nature of dance in reli­gious soci­eties, inves­ti­gat­ing the ten­den­cy to dance in non-Abra­ham­ic reli­gions.
I hope that with your coop­er­a­tion I can com­plete this research and pub­lish it inter­na­tion­al­ly. This research is not sup­port­ed sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly and finan­cial­ly in Iran due to the hatred of dance. I look for­ward to your help and I hope that with your coop­er­a­tion, we will estab­lish a sci­en­tif­ic-reli­gious coop­er­a­tion.

Reminder:
1. The pub­li­ca­tion and trans­la­tion of books on the top­ic of dance is allowed under copy­right.
2. This book and the plan of the inter­na­tion­al con­fer­ence “Dance from the per­spec­tive of Abra­ham­ic and non-Abra­ham­ic reli­gions” have been sent to uni­ver­si­ties, dance com­pa­nies and the UNESCO orga­ni­za­tion, and you are not alone in sup­port­ing this plan and con­fer­ence.
3. The book report and the result of this research will be pre­sent­ed at the inter­na­tion­al dance con­fer­ence, and if need­ed, it will be taught in a short course at your uni­ver­si­ty or insti­tute.
4. The fem­i­nin­i­ty of dance and women is an impor­tant issue in the dis­cus­sion of dance from the point of view of Islam­ic reli­gion and Islam­ic his­to­ry. Now extreme Mus­lims (Shia and Sun­ni) have a prob­lem with female dancers and pun­ish them for danc­ing. Islam­ic tra­di­tions are also dif­fer­ent about wom­en’s dance. This issue is the most impor­tant chal­lenge of Islam and Abra­ham­ic reli­gions in research and social issues relat­ed to dance.
5. Inter­na­tion­al Dance Con­fer­ence:
A) This con­fer­ence is in col­lab­o­ra­tion with UNESCO (rep­re­sent­ing the world com­mu­ni­ty), the Vat­i­can (rep­re­sent­ing Chris­tian­i­ty), Azhar Uni­ver­si­ty in Egypt (rep­re­sent­ing Sun­nis), Najaf Ashraf Sem­i­nary (rep­re­sent­ing Jafari Shi­ites) and the Union of Rab­bis of Islam­ic Coun­tries. will be held. held by the Jews).
b) This con­fer­ence is held every two years in one of the five con­ti­nents. Its per­ma­nent sec­re­tari­at is at the World Dance Orga­ni­za­tion in Paris.
c) The pur­pose of hold­ing this con­fer­ence is to clear the con­fu­sion of art, music and dance from the point of view of schol­ars of Abra­ham­ic and non-Abra­ham­ic reli­gions.
d) This con­fer­ence will be held with the pres­ence of schol­ars and uni­ver­si­ty pro­fes­sors and dance the­o­rists.
e) This con­fer­ence will have four main com­mis­sions: reli­gion and dance, women and dance, his­to­ry and dance, soci­ety (cul­ture) and dance.
f) The expens­es of the con­fer­ence are pro­vid­ed by char­i­ties and uni­ver­si­ties and it has no gov­ern­ment or reli­gious affil­i­a­tion.
g) In addi­tion to this sci­en­tif­ic con­fer­ence, tele­vi­sion pro­grams and doc­u­men­taries with the pres­ence of experts will be pro­duced and broad­cast about the var­i­ous aspects of dance from the per­spec­tive of Abra­ham­ic reli­gions and in the his­to­ry and today of Islam­ic soci­eties (Shia and Sun­ni).
h) This meet­ing will be a mod­el for oth­er chal­leng­ing cul­tur­al and artis­tic issues in Abra­ham­ic and non-Abra­ham­ic reli­gions. Top­ics such as: Wom­en’s iden­ti­ty in Abra­ham­ic lit­er­a­ture. Music in Abra­ham­ic reli­gions, cloth­ing and cloth­ing in Abra­ham­ic reli­gions, paint­ing and sculp­ture in Abra­ham­ic reli­gions. Games and enter­tain­ment in Abra­ham­ic reli­gions. Hap­pi­ness in Abra­ham­ic reli­gions
j) This meet­ing will bring the con­ver­gence of reli­gions and reli­gions in chal­leng­ing cul­tur­al-artis­tic issues and will turn your insti­tu­tion into a cen­ter for the dis­cus­sion of civ­i­liza­tions and reli­gions and the cen­ter of dis­course of reli­gions and reli­gions. This inter­na­tion­al event will be your hon­or and I will be hap­py to share in this hon­or. I hope for your wise deci­sion and the cen­ter. A deci­sion that will have strong media cov­er­age and will affect sev­er­al bil­lions of fol­low­ers of dif­fer­ent reli­gions and inform all of them about the par­tic­i­pants of the con­fer­ence and this con­fer­ence.
Ali Reza­ei
Iran. Qom

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Year of birth: 1971
Place of birth: Najaf Ashraf, Iraq
Iran­ian nation­al­i­ty
Occu­pa­tion: researcher and writer: screen­writer, expert in Islam­ic his­to­ry and Shi­ite jurispru­dence.
Degree: Ph.D. from the sem­i­nary of Qom (with the title of dance from the point of view of the Jafari sect)
Mas­ter’s degree: Fac­ul­ty of Broad­cast­ing, Qom branch
Reli­gious sci­ences: par­tic­i­pa­tion in the advanced cours­es of Aya­tol­lah Vahid Kho­rasani, the late Aya­tol­lah Javad Tabrizi, Seyyed Ahmed Madi Mousavi (jurispru­dence and prin­ci­ples).
Address: Iran. Qom. Rouhani St
Kausar4. Num­ber 326.
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