Watch it!
BBC4, 21:30,
Jonathan Miller's Brief History of Disbelief.
Today, 11th October 2004
Watch it!
YOU are the MAN - Mr Miller!
Tennessee Williams
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" - Epicurus
"I don't know that Atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God." - George Bush Snr
Its not BC anymore, IE 200 years BC its
BCE.
Introduction to Atheism
It was a good programme.
On the BBC website you linked to, I laughed at this link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/
I would never have looked there ... :-)
Hehe, yes I thought the irony of putting it under 'religion' and having a section on 'rituals' was very funny but I guess its just using a basic template.
JM is constructing a religion out of "disbelief". People need a belief as we need food, sex, etc. It is in our genes. Some call their belief: religion. JM calls his belief: desbelief. If you don't belief, you have to make a belief of dis-believe.
You may perceive as such, but I certainly dont. I dont believe in disbeif, I simply dont have a belief in anything.