I’ve just seen a tantalising trailer for Richard Dawkins’ documentary “The root of all evil”, which will be making an appearance next Monday. I’m a huge fan of Richard Dawkins books (more here), so I’m sure it’ll make for interesting viewing.
I hope that those of a religious persuasion will take time to tune in and give it the attention it deserves, if not to expose themselves to (on previous form) well-argued alternative views to their own, but also - perhaps - to make up for all the times us atheists have politely listened to a ministers sermon, or Radio 4’s belligerently religious (sorry, “moral”) Thought for the day.
Update: My comments on the first part of this programme are available here.
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January 10th, 2006 at 11:25 am
[...] As previously mentioned, Channel 4 are showing the two part Richard Dawkin’s documentary The Root of all Evil, and I duly settled down to watch it having been looking forward to it since seeing the first trailers. [...]
December 19th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
[...] But above all, I hope that people (that includes you, dear reader) simply try to find out for themselves the truth of the matter. A belligerent CofE/agnostic is hardly going to be the basis for a balanced documentary, almost every post/e-mail I’ve received on the matter has agreed on this point. But neither is a belligerant atheist (here and here for Dawkins’ piece on Channel 4 earlier this eyar) going to win ‘converts’ on the merit of a short television programme. There are plenty of good books on the matter, be it The God Delusion, The Atheist Universe, or even the bible itself (be sure to check in with The Skeptics Annoted Bible, and start at the beginning. A piece of paper and a pen for death, injustice and vengeful-god-fit-of-pique counting is advisable). [...]