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Root of All Evil

Date:
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Time:
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
Florence
Email:
Phone:
510-681-8699
Location Details:
Humanist Hall
390 27th Street
midtown Oakland, between Telegraph and Broadway, below Pill Hill
http://www.HumanistHall.org

ROOT OF ALL EVIL
Richard Dawkins, Secular Humanist

In this documentary, Richard Dawkins examines how religious faith is gaining ground in the face of rational, scientific truth. This film takes you to some of the world's religious hot-spots, both in America and the Middle East. Dawkins meets with religious leaders and their followers, as well as scientists and skeptics to examine the power of religion. He explores the state of the three Abrahamic religions in the world today, from the political influence of rich and powerful Christian fundamentalist institutions in America to the deadly clash of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the Middle East. He describes the Holy Land as the least enlightened place in the world, a microcosm of the threat to rational values and civilization posed by religion, whose irrational roots, he says, are nourishing intolerance and murder. However, in spite their irrationality, religions offer a sense of one's place in the world. This is important to everyone but has particular significance for minorities and peoples under political, economic, or military pressure. Some people may even accept Dawkins' atheistic and scientific deconstruction of the religious myths they have grown up with but still defend and nurture the matrix of institutions, practices, and relationships which make them who they are.

Wheelchair accessible at 411 28th Street

Before and after the film, everyone's invited to indulge in our vegetarian Humanist Tea House

$5 donations are accepted
Added to the calendar on Tue, May 27, 2008 4:44PM
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