“What Are the Gnostic Gospels?” – Elaine Pagels | Within Reason ▶️

Elaine Pagels is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Pagels has conducted extensive research into early Christianity and Gnosticism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jExBkcB0RTs TIMESTAMPS 00:00 What is a Gnostic Gospel?04:51 How the Gnostic Gospels Were Discovered10:36 Secret Knowledge & Teachings18:01 Do the Gnostic Gospels Contradict the New…

“The Myth of Low-Serotonin & Antidepressants” – Dr. Mark Horowitz | After Skool ▶️

Cow urine was the only medicine that monks were allowed to use in early Buddhist communities. If you think about it, it is quite fair and comprehensible. If we pursue peace, we can only achieve it by rejecting everything that is a cause of trouble, that is to say everything that man has added to…

“What Religious Jews Say About Israel” – Rabbi Elhanan Beck & Rabbi Haim Sofre | The Review of Religions ▶️

What do 15,000 Jewish people in a London town think of the war in Palestine? We travelled to Stamford Hill, the heart of London, for our first in-person episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjkZDntdeAc&ab_channel=TheReviewofReligions Guests:Rabbi Elhanan Beck (spokesperson for Neturei Karta UK) & Rabbi Haim Sofre 0:00 Intro2:16 Is Israel Acting According to The Torah?5:15 Are there Anti-Zionist Jews?8:26…

Richard Dawkins on scientific truth, outgrowing God and life beyond Earth | Channel 4 ▶️

Richard Dawkins is one of the world's most famous atheists, an evolutionary biologist at Oxford and best-selling author of The God Delusion. His new book, Outgrowing God - A Beginner's Guide, aims to inform young people about religion and atheism. He talks to Krishnan about why he wrote it, his passion for scientific truth and…

The Monthly Digestif Presents: Slavoj Žižek on Christian Atheism ▶️

Documentary filmmaker and writer Sydney Lima meets the "Elvis of Cultural Theory", philosopher Slavoj Žižek at London's Moth Club. Sydney Lima is also a journalist and TV presenter. She has recently made her presenting debut on Vice Media with the documentary High Society: World's Most Expensive Rehab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkyc2tay2dw&ab_channel=SydneyLima Slavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, a Lacanian…

Dawkins’ favourite Christian: the priest who is almost an atheist | The Poetry of Reality ▶️

Dissident Dialogues is a place for dangerous ideas. Richard Dawkins had an intriguing conversation with Bishop Richard Holloway, former Head of the Church of Scotland. He is a most intelligent, interesting and pleasant man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8oHPMuahoA&ab_channel=ThePoetryofRealitywithRichardDawkins Join us as we explore the human lust to be good to others, and the impulse to give. We navigate…

“C. S. Lewis had better come up with a better argument” – Richard DAWKINS & Alex J. O’CONNOR ▶️

De şi-ar aşeza Dumnezeu fruntea pe umărul meu, ce bine ne-ar sta nouă aşa, singuri şi nemîngîiaţi... [If only God would place his forehead on my shoulder, how good it would be for us to stay like this, alone and uncomforted]. Cioran, Amurgul gândurilor [The Twilight of Thoughts] It is more important to recover, in…

“Why biblical ‘wisdom’ fails” – Stephen Woodford | Rationality Rules ▶️

Rationality Rules is a YouTube channel run by Stephen Woodford who dedicates himself to debunking supernatural beliefs and refuting religious dogma. By the way, Mozambican writer Mia Couto once gave a remarkable speech about the political exploitation of fear, in which he denounced "those who fear that fear might end" (quem tenha medo que o…

“Think for yourself: breaking out of indoctrination” – Janna Levin & Richard Dawkins | The Poetry of Reality ▶️

Kant waited until the last days of his old age to perceive the dark side of existence and to indicate “the failure of any rational theodicy.” . . . Others have been luckier: to them this occurred even before they began to philosophize. Emil CIORAN, Anathemas & Admirations If you seek yourself outside yourself, then…

“Morality, the monarchy, and the protests of Peter Hitchens” – Alex O’Connor | The Thinking Atheist ▶️

Alex J. O’Connor is the mind behind Cosmic Skeptic and Within Reason YouTube channels and podcasts, dedicated to the publication of philosophical ideas and debates in an accessible format. A graduate of philosophy and theology from St. John’s College, Oxford University, Alex is an international public speaker and debater, having delivered addresses across multiple continents…