Got an hour or two? Check out the 2 part documentary, The God Delusion with Richard Dawkins
Part 2 is below the fold, as are the results of the Omni Brain user survey on religion (well it's really a single question).
Would you call yourself religious?
yes 13.6%
no 86.4%
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...or maybe they're just really unlucky. By way of ScienceBlogling Josh, we come across this Research 2000 poll of attitudes about astronomy.
Here's a little tidbit from my personal life that I thought I'd share, because I find it pretty amusing. I've always ridden the bus to work, because as anyone who's spent time on a college campus knows, it's impossible to get good parking spots unless you show up at about 4 am.
Back in March, I noted that I had inadvertently done an experiment to see what kinds of posts bring the most hits.
Actually, the documentary as a whole is untitled The Root of all Evil? (a title Richard Dawkins disagreed with but nevertheless went through anyway) and The God Delusion is the subtitle of part 2.
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thanks Tyler! I kinda figured that would happen since there wasn't much in the way of text to go along with the videos.
Dawkins is excellent as usual.
I loved the bit with Ted Haggard, especially given the perspective gained by recent events. I also loved the closer from part 1, "Some of us just go one god further."