A Brief History of Disbelief, in the US!

Beerina · 20th August 2007, 09:17 AM

Well, the first of the pro-athiest stuff from England is finally starting to appear in the US. A Brief History of Disbelief just debuted, on Detroit PBS anyway, last night.

They ran a big disclaimer explaining how this was from 2005, and they were finally showing it in the US with big, weighty rationales and gravity, probably to throw knee-jerkers off the scent.

Maybe Dawkins'll be next. Thank God (so to speak) another crack has finally appeared.

PrincessIneffabelle · 20th August 2007, 09:28 AM

I strongly advise everyone who's interested in the subject to watch and/or record all three installments of this show.

Of our three PBS stations, only one showed this mini-series. They only showed it once, and that was at 10pm! I missed about half of it, but I really enjoyed the parts that I did manage to see. If I had known it wouldn't be on again locally, I would've recorded it!

Beerina · 20th August 2007, 10:51 AM

Yeah, I TiVo'd it because I happened to stumble across it, just a few minutes before it started. Gonna snag the next 2 on the next 2 Sundays.

Solus · 20th August 2007, 11:00 AM

I checked and it's not even airing in my area.

UnrepentantSinner · 24th August 2007, 12:07 AM

I would have liked to have seen that series. I wonder if it's availible on Netflix.

A great book I read on the history of secularism in America was Susan Jacoby's Freethinkers.

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20th August 2007, 09:17 AM	#1
Beerina Sarcastic Conqueror of Notions Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: A floating island above the clouds Posts: 23,835	A Brief History of Disbelief, in the US! Well, the first of the pro-athiest stuff from England is finally starting to appear in the US. A Brief History of Disbelief just debuted, on Detroit PBS anyway, last night. They ran a big disclaimer explaining how this was from 2005, and they were finally showing it in the US with big, weighty rationales and gravity, probably to throw knee-jerkers off the scent. Maybe Dawkins'll be next. Thank God (so to speak) another crack has finally appeared.
	__________________ "Great innovations should not be forced [by way of] slender majorities." - Thomas Jefferson The government should nationalize it! Socialized, single-payer video game development and sales *now!* More, cheaper, better games, right? Right?

20th August 2007, 10:51 AM	#3
Beerina Sarcastic Conqueror of Notions Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: A floating island above the clouds Posts: 23,835	Yeah, I TiVo'd it because I happened to stumble across it, just a few minutes before it started. Gonna snag the next 2 on the next 2 Sundays.
	__________________ "Great innovations should not be forced [by way of] slender majorities." - Thomas Jefferson The government should nationalize it! Socialized, single-payer video game development and sales *now!* More, cheaper, better games, right? Right?

20th August 2007, 09:28 AM	#2
PrincessIneffabelle I'm not godless, I'm god-free Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,421	I strongly advise everyone who's interested in the subject to watch and/or record all three installments of this show. Of our three PBS stations, only one showed this mini-series. They only showed it once, and that was at 10pm! I missed about half of it, but I really enjoyed the parts that I did manage to see. If I had known it wouldn't be on again locally, I would've recorded it!

20th August 2007, 11:00 AM	#4
Solus Tinkering with my brain Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: L.A. area Posts: 1,723	I checked and it's not even airing in my area.