The Geeky Atheist

It's time to get back in the swing of things with my video Sundays.

• Hot off the presses, Potholer54Debunks has a new video debunking the creationist myth that the Grand Canyon had to have been formed in the flood.

• A look back at the classic "Mr. Show", their video The Limits of Science:

• That Mitchell and Webb Look take on the Abraham and Isaac story:

• Nikola Tesla: They tried to make the world forget his name: This is a great introduction to Nikola Tesla, a great mind that most of us don't recognize the accomplishments of.

• Pat Condell: Take your god and shove him: This relatively recent find on YouTube has a good grasp of funny analogies and metaphors. Plus, he has an English accent.

• Atheist Experience: Feeling one with the universe: I was sitting in the studio for the live recording of this episode. This call almost had me laughing out loud. With his dodging nature as soon as I heard the word "recreational" I knew where this call was heading. This was the call I referenced in my Getting Spiritual post. It's where Jen, the cohost, uses the phrase, "found God in a bong." Surprisingly, I've had more hits on this phrase from Google than any other phrase.

• Five minutes with Richard Dawkins: This new interview is in an interesting format: 5 minutes, uncut. Not a lot of new material, but interesting nonetheless.

• Hitchens Uncut: Unlike the above Dawkins video, I felt that this interview actually did cover some new material (at least for me). Especially the bit about the waxing. Unfortunately this video doesn't have a way to embed, so you'll have to click through to see it.

• Atheism - Religion - Dogma: This is an excellent video that debunks the common claim that atheism is a religion. It shows how the examples of Stalin and Marx actually do not get their ideals from atheism.

• Carl Sagan's Last Interview: This two part video is a great interview that covers topics ranging from god, skepticism, and science. This is one man I wish I had the opportunity to meet.

• Atheism: A Respectable Intellectual Position: The quote I loved in this video was, "They think I'm one of the most courteous savages they've ever met."

• 10 Stupid Creationist Questions - Ten Intelligent Answers: This is a two part video that offers rebuttals to a video that contained 10 questions. The clips this author gathers are a solid collection of atheism and science related videos.

• Kissing Hank's Ass - The Movie: This is a well-done reenactment of a classic analogy used to show how ridiculous the claims of Christianity can be.

That wraps it up for this week's video Sunday.

This week was different than most in that I encountered a lot of great, long videos. Therefore, I'm dubbing this week's video Sunday a marathon edition. Let's get started, shall we?

• God, The Universe, and Everything Else: This 6 part video features Steven Hawking, Carl Sagan, and Arthur C. Clark discussing various aspects of our universe, including the belief in a god. This video is older, around when Hawking first published, "A Brief History of Everthing," and the red-shift had yet to be confirmed by Hubble. A fascinating watch.

• James Randi Lecture at NASA: Another older lecture given by James Randi. This 12-part video features Randi talking about homeopathy, psychics, and general paranormal things he's encountered. He's humorous and has a great way of presenting.

• Bart Ehrman debates William Lane Craig on the Historicity of Jesus' Resurrection: This was a great debate. William Lane Craig from what I understand usually handily wins his debates because he's very well prepared. Ehrman, however, takes the cake in this one. Having seen a lot of Ehrman's videos and how he handles the Q&A sessions, I wasn't surprised. This video makes me really want to go see an Ehrman debate in person.

• Richard Dawkins presentation at American Atheists 2009: Dawkins talks about the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Quote Mining, God as Science Fiction, and dealing with creationists. A great talk, with quite a bit of new material.

I've also been watching Cosmos, which is available freely on Hulu. Stay tuned for a regular video Sunday in another week!

I had a great week in our nation's capital, but unfortunately by, "slow updates," it turned out that I meant, "no updates." One of the problems the first week for this blog was that I was encountering links that I didn't really have much to add to, but still wanted to post them.

I've decided to solve part of this problem by doing "Video Sunday" posts. These posts will have a few videos posted that I found interesting and relevant. I usually find a few every week, and I'll save them up for a single post each week.

Here are the videos I ran across this week:

• Why We Believe in Gods: Psychiatrist Andy Thomson gives an hour-long lecture describing the reasons why we believe in gods. It's a very interesting discussion about why our mind works the way it does regarding religion.

• What Would Jesus Not Do?: I really like this guy's videos, and I'm sure I'll be posting some more of his videos. This animation postulates a discussion between angels and Yahweh before his visit to earth. It's long, but quite good.

• Sam Harris makes a joke and a point: A humorous exchange during a debate at the American Jewish University. Both hilarious, and a very good point.

• Open-mindedness: This is another person I recently discovered. This video talks about how we atheists are often called, "closed-minded," shows why this is not the case, and also shows why it's more likely that the person accusing the other person of being closed-minded is likely to be closed-minded themselves.

This concludes the first video Sunday. I know some of these videos are a bit older, but I wanted to start out with a bang of some great videos.