I have just finished watching the controversial The root of all evil online. The documentary was first broadcast in January 2006, in 2 parts, on Channel 4 in the UK.

In Part 1: The God Delusion, he explores the "the process of non-thinking called faith". He comments on the group solidarity that religion offers and investigates the differences between faith and science. He interviews several people on their beliefs and offers his views on them.

Part 2: The Virus of Faith, he argues against the religious indoctrination of children. He compares faith to a virus, which infects the young and is passed down from generations to generations. He questions the use of hellfire and damnation to scare people into belief and doing good.

"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."-Steven Weinberg

You can watch the 2 parts on google video, Part 1 and Part 2.

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Posted by mingde on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 10:58 am | Permalink