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Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :

Interestingly, religious fundamentalists may literally agree with that title! [Smile]

Richard Dawkins, Dan Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens sit down for a two hour conversation about all things atheist.

You can watch it for free or go buy the dvd on richarddawkins.net.

I haven't watched it yet(i just stumbled across it), but I'm sure it'll be interesting.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

Sounds like a title more appropriate for a rock band rather then a group of tired grumpy old men.
[Wink]

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

That's what they want you to think. Little do you realize that the four horsemen of the Apocalypse are four tired and grumpy old men:

Dick Cheyney is War.
Richard Simmons is Famine.
Dr. Kevorkian is Disease.
and
Abe Vigoda is Death

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Horses? Comes the apocalypse, they'll be riding Hummers.

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

GREAT video.
Love it. [Smile]

Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :

Get it straight: Dr. Kevorkian is death.

And they need to update the 4 categories to include global climate change.

Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :

Abe Vigoda is still alive!

Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :

I "watched" it, meaning I had it in the background for the last two hours. Everything they said made sense to me. I do like how ready they are to disagree with each other on some of the very small details--it adds a bit to what is otherwise a pretty boring conversation (if you've already read their books and talked about this stuff).

One good argument came about when one basically said "I don't think I would want to eradicate religion entirely, because then there's no more argument" and Dawkins pipes up with "Why on earth not?" That was funny.

Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :

Disease? What happened to Pestilence or Conquest?

Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :

quote:
Dr. Kevorkian is Disease.

It got changed to Pollution in the 19th century, though.

Posted by Zhil (Member # 10504) on :

Richard Dawkins, Dan Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens are not the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They are the Four Other Riders of the Apocalypse.

VROOOM VROOOOM.

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Elmer's Glue:
Disease? What happened to Pestilence or Conquest?

Forget that! Where's apathy??

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

Cynicism, Fluff, Sarcasm, and Tom Davidson.

Who're these other pansies y'all are talking about?

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

Rats. I misremembered cynicism as apathy.

You sure there wasn't an apathy?

Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :

Procrastination should be arriving tomorrow...

Good video BTW. Thanks. I'm reading the God Delusion and the Bible in parallel - it makes interesting reading.

I have the Hobbit on the go too, for when my brain hurts [Wink]