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NEW TITLE: Richard Dawkins agrees to appear!
Posted on: April 30, 2006 - 1:57am
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NEW TITLE: Richard Dawkins agrees to appear!
I suggest you attempt to get Richard Dawkins on the show. he's an excellent documentary maker, author, and speaker. Oh, and I just registered as a bright.
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He'll be on someday. Looking at Sam Harris as the next name of that caliber.
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Absolutely we need him on.
Oh and me too, although Bright seems very similar to Rationalist.
"Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yeah, but Richard Dawkins has a British accent. That automatically means he's smarter right?
Sam Harris is great. I've read about half of The End of Faith (the semester started and I have no personal time anymore). That book is great.
"Yeah, but Richard Dawkins has a British accent. That automatically means he's smarter right?"
Ray Comfort has an accent. And he's an idiot.
:smt101
Wilson: "We were afraid that if you found out you solved a case with absolutely no medical evidence you'd think you were God." House: "God doesn't limp."
I guess if he picked up a southern accent his face would implode. That accent is the only thing keeping his one-cornered face from chrusing the void where normal people store their brain.
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I'll get back to you when I think of something worthwhile to say.
What about Kent Hovind? (sorry cbenard)
He needs to get slapped, and have all his dishonesty burned, and if you might, either make sure he sticks to BIOLOGY when discussing things, or bring an astronomer/physicist so when he does try to trail off into that you can 'knock him back down to earth'.
Though I havent heard his debates, would it be wrong to say he likes to go 1 on 1 with someone who specalises, bring up facts of an unrelated fields to make the other person look like they don't know anything and that he wins?
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I'll get back to you when I think of something worthwhile to say.
That sounds like Hovind. Isn't he in jail?
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With this administration? I would think not.......
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I'll get back to you when I think of something worthwhile to say.
I concur completely with the richard dawkins idea. The man is so excellent at getting the ideas of rationality and evolution through, he'd make an excellent guest.
Hey, I just noticed Professor Dawkins is coming to Philadelphia November 2nd. If one of you guys are planning to attend the event maybe you could try to talk to him about appearing on the show in person.
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"Atheism is life affirming in a way religion can never be."-Richard Dawkins
We'll be there. We've recently sent him an email requesting his presence on our show to coincide with his Nov. 2nd visit and haven't received a response. We've sent the email a second time now after no response the first time.
Here is a copy of the letter...
We know we have a good email address.
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I hope he comes. He would be great.
Ok, are you sitting down? Ok, now stand up. Ok, sit down again! Are you sitting down? Ok, stand up and go to the fridge, and grab a celebratory alcoholic beverage, and then sit down again.
(Waiting for you to come back from fridge.)
Ok, are you back? Are you sitting down now? Good, stay seated....
Richard Dawkins just agreed to an interview with us. All that's left is the details, logistics, and particulars.
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That's great news - I've been hearing him on various podcasts recently, obviously as part of publicising his new book, and I really find myself on the same wavelength
Favorite oxymorons: Gospel Truth, Rational Supernaturalist, Business Ethics, Christian Morality
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Awesome!
More details slowly being worked out...
It would seem Professor Dawkins will be appearing in "studio" for a live webcam discussion in our usual format of prerecording and then editing out kinks for a future broadcast. We're looking at Nov 2 around 4:30-5pm est or the day before at an unspecified time. More details developing soon. As final details are made, we'll post a topic about it.
As I understand it this will actually be listed as an official tour stop on his schedule!!
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Oh I almost forgot, we really want to donate a large sum of money on behalf of the RRS team and membership, so please participate in our fund raising drive for RDF, details will remain on the homepage until his appearance. http://www.rationalresponders.com/
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WOW.
And I might actually be able to donate to the cause too...
"Hitler burned people like Anne Frank, for that we call him evil.
"God" burns Anne Frank eternally. For that, theists call him 'good.'
Stay seated? Hell no! I just fell out of my chair.
You guys never cease to amaze me. First Carrier and now Dawkins.
Nothing left to say but WOW!
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Here's my favorite nugget of joy from my correspondence with his booking agent:
"He has turned down a number of interviews, but is enthused about what you guys are doing so he happily agreed (he's turned down FOX so be happy!)."
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Hah! He bitch slapped FAUX news and agreed to be here! That's great!
Oh it gets even better with the little nuggets of joy...
Margaret Downey, President of www.FSGP.org is his host for the day. (picture of Margaret Downey and I) She spoke with him recently about his schedule, and I quote...
"There were a few other Universities that wanted him to speak to large student bodies. Drexel University wanted him to speak at the 5pm time slot that he would need to be on your show. He opted out of the College lecture, because he really wanted to appear on your show, he's thrilled about what you guys are doing."
WOW
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Damn. Now that is cool.
That's Crrrraaaazyyyyyyy!!!
Saying there can't be morality without God,
is like saying there can't be presents without Santa Claus!
Just goes to show that we're doing something really right.
What a coup this is.
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Sorry if I overlooked it, but have you put up a post where questions could be asked to Richard Dawkins?
Here ya go Martha.
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you know...I think this only bolsters our position. I'm fucking tired of apathetic fools. All people do is bitch and complain....never do they try to achieve any change. This is why I support full heartedly the RRS. The RRS is workign at making a difference...organizing, spreading a coherent, poignant message.
Dawkin's appearance on the show, as well as Sam Harris and Richard Carrier, only goes to show that the leaders of the humanist/atheist movement support the RRS. This is big. This gives us more grounding....let's keep this going.
You guys, everyone here, rocks.
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Ummmm....did anyone see South Park last night??
I watched through my fingers....damn
I'm still traumatized.
We must favor verifiable evidence over private feeling. Otherwise we leave ourselves vulnerable to those who would obscure the truth.
~ Richard Dawkins
I didn't get to watch it last night. What was so scary?
Richard Dawkins. Having sex with Ms. Garrison. A lot.
It was.......well, there are no words...... Ms. Garrison's boobs are teh yuck.
OK. Just watched it. I just can't get over the doggie style and messed up boobs. I am still a little tripped out because I have been so obsessed with everything Dawkins lately that it's weird to see that someone would put him in that light. Oh well, it's just a joke. I can laugh. But Dawkins is still one of my heros, along with Trey Parker/Matt Stone.
First
RRS show was GREAT!!!!
I had to watch it again....this time, without covering my eyes (as much)...lol
I completely agree. Ohhh to see one of my heroes shown in that light... damn... but it's South Park and was bound to happen.
They went easy on atheism the last time around. Its about time we got our fair stomping, I'm just sorry it had to be at the expense of Dawkins. I will grovel at his feet forever in an attempt to make amends for what SP did.... well not really grovel... its the thought that counts right???
I really hope he has a damn good sense of humor.
After the shock wore off, it was really funny. I shudder to think of what pt 2 will be :shudder:
:shudders again:
And all this because the creaters of SP didnt like his latest book. Now I think Im going to have read it sooner than I had planned.
We must favor verifiable evidence over private feeling. Otherwise we leave ourselves vulnerable to those who would obscure the truth.
~ Richard Dawkins
It was called "Go, God, Go! part II" so I guess you already know, although there wasn't a part I....
Dawkins commented on his portrayal on South Park yesterday, "The least they could've done is found someone with a proper British accent."
Anybody tune in to our Dawkins show? Any thoughts?
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I tried to watch your show yesterday but I think the firewall at work was blocking it, or there was some other gremlin so I couldn't connect. I was extremely disappointed.
You said the show will air at a later date. Will it be just audio, or video too? Will you put it up on YouTube or Google Video?
Something that really struck a cord with me on yesterday's show was when Dawkins asked why religious people are so violent or angry when you don't agree with them. (and) It's not like someone would get mad if you didn't agree what car was the best.
This sentiment really hits the nail on the head for me. We were all born in this world with basically the same tools for thought. No one necessarily is even capable of fully agreeing with another person about the universe and issues we concern ourselves with. Ex. I am vegan and I know a lot of people are totally against that. But I find reason to be so and will defend that. If you are against my being a vegan then so be it but there's no reason to hate me or whatever. I know exactly what he meant by that statement because I have been attacked for not believing in god. (In a bar, no less).
I don't know if I am really trying to make a point here, I just wanted to acknowledge the whole "if you're views are different than mine then let's fight" attitude. I don't mind debates but it's when I start feeling threatened or like the person resorts to irrational behavior then I feel like nothing gets accomplished.
Unfortunately I missed the Richard Dawkins show because I had to work. Will the show be available for monthly subscribers anytime soon? if so, will it be video or just audio? I can't wait to see/hear it!
Yes, high quality edited audio in it's entirety will be available to show 30-40 subscribers and monthly subscribers within a few days at most. Also, medium quality video is available right now.
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I watched the video last night. Was it just me or was the sound quality not so good - I saw the high quality one, not the you-tube. I had to turn the volume almost all the way up to hear. I did notice the squad members were much easier to hear than the guests.
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The sound in the video was recorded from the camcorder itself and not the mics, so the sound quality is nowhere near what you get with the downloadable show.
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That makes sense. Didn't listen to the non-video version yet.
Great to Hear the Heavy Weight Champion Richard Dawkins is comming. I'm sure it will be a blast
It happened a bit ago. Here's a link to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbay-nPxxfI