60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone

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September 14, 2012 Religion as social control
Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. He’d obviously never been to a Gulag.
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September 14, 2012 Transcript -- Religion as social control
Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. He’d obviously never been to a Gulag.
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September 14, 2012 Religion as ritual
Explore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how.
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September 14, 2012 Transcript -- Religion as ritual
Explore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how.
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September 14, 2012 Religion as a mother
Why do so many people picture God as a man? JJ Bachofen suggested there was once a time when it was the Goddess, not God that people turned to for religious guidance.
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September 14, 2012 Transcript -- Religion as a mother
Why do so many people picture God as a man? JJ Bachofen suggested there was once a time when it was the Goddess, not God that people turned to for religious guidance.
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September 14, 2012 Religion as a virus
Can science and religion ever sit side by side? Not according to Richard Dawkins. And he has rock-star mice to prove it.
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September 14, 2012 Transcript -- Religion as a virus
Can science and religion ever sit side by side? Not according to Richard Dawkins. And he has rock-star mice to prove it.
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Ever wondered why Karl Marx thought religion was like Opium - or whether religion is possible without a god? Voiced by David Mitchell, this series of four 60 second animations examines different ways…

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