A Brief History of Disbelief
Religion, Atheism May 1st. 2007, 10:18amAnything that has Christians all up in a tizzy in this country is bound to catch my eye. According to CNSNews.com, on May 4th PBS is going to begin airing a three part series on Atheism called A Brief History of Disbelief. Here’s the (very brief) preview…
Produced and narrated by Jonathan Miller, “this series is about the disappearance of something: religious faith.” It originally aired on the BBC in 2005, and an IPF page has been set up for the US airing.
Of course, the CNS News article includes all the standard fallacy-laden Christian attacks. One would think that if they truly believed that they had the absolute truth correct, then they wouldn’t be so insecure about opposing views. For example, I wonder what kind of fervor would be heard from the scientists if PBS aired a documentary that claimed Earth doesn’t exist. This absolute truth thing seems to be lost on these Christians. Hmmm, fodder for another post…
Check your local listings for times.
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May 1st, 2007 at 8:18 pm
My PBS station isn’t showing it. They’re televising an auction instead. How insane is that!?
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:10 am
Go figure. You don’t happen to live in the bible belt, do you?
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Not the buckle, but the outskirts — in Kansas. (although very soon will be moving to Virginia, much closer to the buckle….)
Did you know the term “bible belt” was coined by an atheist?
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
When I see the enthusiam for programmes like this, I forget that you don’t have the same culture of openness when it comes to matters of belief. Miller’s show is interesting, but don’t expect it to be the same as Root of All Evil?
If you can get them, the Atheism Tapes (source interviews for the programme) are interesting too. I have all but the Denys Turner one, and could *ahem* make them available…