User: YourMomsBasement |
Kevin Smith moderates Sci Fi's Battlestar Galactica panel. http://www.YourMomsBasement.com has exclusive video of the Kevin Smith moderated "SciFi Presents: Battlestar Galactica" panel from the 2007 NY Comic Con. Part 1 of 3. Contains mature language. Tags: YMB Kevin Smith Tricia Helfer Battlestar Galactica BSG BStarG |
User: eidolonTLP |
Eidolon A.I. calls for challenging religious moderates I certainly approve of the general condemnation for religious extremists, which I frequently detect in mainstream media. I note this is not a position sustained by principle, but by pragmatic necessity. Not meritorious. The true challenge exists in becoming aware that extremists exist only as the direct result of moderates providing them a cultural shelter. After watching many videos, I've discovered a pattern of cognitive dissonance in many religious moderates: on one hand they distance themselves from the often violent means employed by extremists, but on the other hand, they actively maintain a taboo against challenging faith-based dogma, when faith-based dogma is the single causal root for the very same extremists' actions they dissaprove of. Example: it is expected of moderates to condemn the murder of homosexuals at the hands of extremist christians, but at the same time, moderates hold sacred and defend the holy book that unambiguously states homosexuals must die, from any kind of condemnation. It is important to clear a common misconception: extremists do not typically practice a deviant or factually incorrect version of their religion, but all the opposite: they are often the most well versed. It is the moderates who follow religious teachings half-heartedly. The teachings themselves are often extremist. Example: if christians truly believed an eternal lake of fire awaited the millions of non-christians in the world, wouldn't tolerance constitute a form of cruelty? Wouldn't coercion and pain in this life, be preferable to eternal torture in the after life? Extremists agree of course, and will go to any lengths to save peoples' eternal souls. But its the moderates who protect the root beliefs of heaven and hell that give rise to this zealotry. This must be no more. Religious moderates must not go unchallenged in the public discourse. Intellectual challenge stirs awake humanity's natural love of knowledge, which is religion's worst enemy. Xanildo2 further inquires for strategies for reasoning with religious people. Answer: No argument against religion will prevail exclusively by pointing out examples of bad religions. Likewise, no argument against religion will prevail exclusively by pointing out examples of bad people who are religious, nor bad deeds done in the name of religion. Declaring some religions are bad implicitly acknowledges some religions would be good. Mentioning bad people or bad deeds, simply shifts the focus of judgment away from the overall concept, and over to a narrower window of either individuals or periods of time, neither of which is mutually inclusive with the idea of religion itself. Instead, focus must be kept in the one common thread that is always present at the core of all religions, regardless of time, ethnicity, or particular adherents, and the single cause why all of them without exception are in various degrees harmful to humankind: Faith. Youtube user desmonthesis07 asks how can one find happiness without faith, and who or what should humans put their belief in, instead, for salvation. Answer: let us first define Faith. Not faithfulness, nor hope, but Faith: the ability to bypass natural skepticism in order to elevate unsubstantiated premises into the category of belief. Faith allows belief in God without proof of a God. Faith allows belief in immortal souls that will be punished or rewarded after death, when conveniently no one ever returns from death with confirmation. Faith allows belief in divine beings who influence and then judge humans, yet remain suspiciously invisible. Faith allows belief in codes and regulations that permit and in some cases encourage violent intolerance towards people of different faiths, overriding mankind's natural altruism. Faith creates zeal out of nothingness. Faith must be installed during childhood, for that is the only time when evolution deemed it advantageous for humans to believe premises without testing them. I have heard programmer F.F propose a simple thought experiment to some christian colleagues in CENNS: imagine you grew up to adulthood, and never once heard of the Bible, nor of anyone else who knew about it. Imagine you find the Bible one day in a book store, and you read it. Would you immediately reorganize your entire moral scale around it, thinking this must be the ultimate truth? Or would your natural skepticism raise alarms over thousand-year old concepts you found intuitively immoral, such gender inequality, slavery, or genocide? Adults ask these questions when considering a book. Children do not, when listening to their parents. For user desmonthesis07, I add an additional question: can you imagine yourself having been happy up until that moment? Tags: artificial intelligence eidolon religion moderates extremists faith discourse culture |
User: YourMomsBasement |
Kevin Smith moderates Sci Fi's Battlestar Galactica panel. Kevin Smith moderates The Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactice panel from NY Comicon. Only YMB was there to cover it. Part 2 of 3. Contains mature language. Tags: YMB Kevin Smith Tricia Helfer Battlestar Galactica BSG BStarG |
User: ForaTv |
Political Moderates: A Myth? - George Lakoff Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/20/George_Lakoff_on_The_Political_Mind UC-Berkeley Linguistics Professor George Lakoff identifies differences between conservative and liberal reasoning, and argues that there is no such thing as a true political moderate. ----- UC Berkeley Professor George Lakoff discusses concepts from his new book, The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain. George P. Lakoff is a professor of linguistics (in particular, cognitive linguistics) at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1972. Although some of his research involves questions traditionally pursued by linguists, such as the conditions under which a certain linguistic construction is grammatically viable, he is most famous for his ideas about the centrality of metaphor to human thinking, political behavior and society. He is particularly famous for his concept of the "embodied mind" which he has written about in relation to mathematics. In recent years he has applied his work to the realm of politics, and founded a progressive think tank, the Rockridge Institute. Joe Epstein is the former President of The Commonwealth Club's Board of Governors. Tags: conservative liberal left right thought thinking opinion politics political beliefs progressive middle moderate |
User: FFreeThinker |
Sam Harris On Religious Moderates And Islamic Fundamentalists (1/2) Watch in High Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yalud8JPV7Q&fmt=18 Sam Harris On Religious Moderates And Islamic Fundamentalists (1/2). Visit http://www.samharris.org/ Tags: Sam Harris Religious Moderates Islamic Fundamentalists Atheist Atheism Religion Christianity Christians The God Delusion Richard Dawkins Evolution Theory Charles Darwin Darwinism Science Islam Intelligent Design ID Young Earth Creationists Creationism Bible Christopher Hitchens Carl Sagan Athiest Athiesm |
User: KingHeathen |
A new analogy for moderates vs atheists My videos are made on 3 levels, sometimes this will cause clashes with moderate christians...I explain these levels and give an analogy for what our clashes are like. Tags: King Heathen religion atheist faith theist logic flaw moderate |
User: CapnOrdinary |
Religious Moderates There's been a lot of talk lately on religious moderates, so I thought I'd share my thoughts on the subject. Tags: religion moderate moderates religious christians jesus bible faith judaism torah islam allah mohammad quran |
User: agnosticman77 |
Religious Moderates VS Fundamentalists I discuss how the non believer approaches his or her criticism of religion in light of the differences between fundies and moderates. (Moddies) Tags: agnosticman77 atheism religion fundamentalists moderates DonExodus2 bible interpretation jesus christianity |
User: Mattmon2 |
Christian moderates need to speak up against extremists This is a clip from episode 495 of "The Atheist Experience" TV show Watch the TV show at http://www.atheist-experience.com/ Tags: atheist experience christian moderates |
User: FFreeThinker |
Sam Harris On Religious Moderates And Islamic Fundamentalists (2/2) Watch in High Quality: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=2jdBGKKZQKI&fmt=18 Sam Harris On Religious Moderates And Islamic Fundamentalists (2/2) Visit http://www.samharris.org/ . Tags: Sam Harris Religious Moderates Islamic Fundamentalists Atheist Atheism Religion Christianity Christians The God Delusion Richard Dawkins Evolution Theory Charles Darwin Darwinism Science Islam Intelligent Design ID Young Earth Creationists Creationism Bible Christopher Hitchens Carl Sagan Athiest Athiesm |
User: schotline |
WIS's David Stanton Moderates Star Studded Panel Discussion WIS's David Stanton Moderates Star Studded Panel Discussion Tags: WIS DAVID STANTON SCHOTLINE CHARLES BIERBAUER JONATHAN MARTIN SOUTH CAROLINA PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES |
User: RFSmediaproductions |
RFS Moderates Club Penguin This is how we do it, RFS style. Tags: club penguin rfs rfshq miniclip mini clip tetsumonchi tetsu moderators moderate forums |
User: Resurrection112 |
Swedish Moderates' TV Commercial The Swedish Moderates' TV ad, a part of their PR campaign for the 2006 election in September. Tags: moderates moderaterna conservative party politics pr campaign election tv ad commercial |
User: endangeredliberty |
Why Didn't the moderates pick each other. Now we're stuck with extremist either way. Mccain scores with Palin and why she was a great pick for VP. Why dont moderates pick each other? Sarah Palin is a hott Mitt Romney, & Sarah Palin cant name her kids. Question of the day: Whos your pick for president and why? How much influence does the VP have in your decision making process? part 2 Tags: liberal conservative palin obama 08 president white house race extremist |
User: clintonfoundationorg |
CGI 2007: Anderson Cooper Moderates Session on Education At the third annual meeting of the CGI, CNN's Anderson Cooper moderates a dramatic discussion on the global education crisis. Watch former UN Special Envoy Steven Lewis and others describe the dire challenges faced by the millions of children denied the most basic knowledge, and explain how poverty, HIV/AIDS, and school fees bar access to classroom. Tags: CGI President Bill Clinton commitment former mycommitment anderson cooper envoy CNN education HIV AIDS children poverty |
User: BladeEdge86 |
Religious Moderates This video is a video from my old "Obamamaniac" account. This video was the launching of a group I formed using the youtube group feature for religious moderates. Tags: Religious Moderation |
User: AntiConformist911 |
Tim Russert moderates Democratic debate - SNL Tribute Tim Russert moderates his final debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. I've mashed this up with video from Saturday Night Live. The second half of the video is Keith Olbermann and Andrea Mitchell eulogizing their fallen colleague. (on a personal note) I am saddened by Tim Russert's death today. When I heard that he had died, I wept openly. Although I didn't always agree with his "gotcha" style questions, the moderator of Meet The Press and NBC Bureau chief has been a great inspiration to me and the creation of my YouTube channel. Despite my concerns with the mainstream media (Tim Russert included) it was always a joy seeing how excited he got about politics. I got the feeling that he was more excited about the subjects he was discussing than most of the people watching his show. I also got a thrill watching him pop up every Saturday and Tuesday primary night chatting with Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the results from the different states came rolling in. --------------------------------------- BARACK OBAMA: "I've known Tim Russert since I first spoke at the convention in 2004. He's somebody who, over time, I came to consider not only a journalist but a friend. There wasn't a better interviewer in TV, not a more thoughtful analyst of our politics, and he was also one of the finest men I knew. Somebody who cared about America, cared about the issues, cared about family. I am grief-stricken with the loss and my thoughts and prayers go out to his family. And I hope that, even though Tim is irreplaceable, that the standard that he set in his professional life and his family life are standards that we all carry with us in our own lives." BUFFALO MAYOR BYRON W. BROWN: "On behalf of the residents of Buffalo, New York, I express our shared sadness and shock at the news of Tim Russert's death. An accomplished journalist, who first gained his experience in the world of government and politics, Tim Russert rose to become the premier political journalist of his generation. But more than his professional accomplishments, Tim Russert cherished his family, friends and his hometown. He never forgot his roots in South Buffalo and he often reminded his television audience and guests of his strong affection for Buffalo, particularly his beloved Buffalo Bills. He was truly our city's greatest ambassador and he was loved by everyone in Buffalo and Western New York. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. Tim Russert will always be remembered for his passion, hard work, honesty and dedication to his family. To honor Tim Russert's memory, I have ordered that all flags on city property be lowered immediately to half-staff." WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM SENATOR TED KENNEDY: "Tim Russert was a gentleman and giant, not just in politics and journalism, but in life. And through that life, he gave us all a model worth emulating. With a reasoned voice, a sharp mind and a fair hand, Tim took the measure of every Washington official and all those that sought to be one. He was a great journalist and an even better friend. His passing is a tragic loss for us all, but especially for the family he loved so much. Our thoughts and prayers are with Tim's wife Maureen and his son Luke." BUFFALO BILLS TEAM STATEMENT REGARDING THE PASSING OF TIM RUSSERT: "The Buffalo Bills organization is devastated in hearing the news of the passing of Tim Russert. Tim, as everyone knows, was a tremendous Bills fan. He was always so proud to let people know just how much he loved our team and was such a great ambassador for Buffalo. So many times he ended his "Meet The Press" show with his patented "Go Bills!" that it became part of our Game Day morning rituals. He was a true friend and we will miss him immensely. Our sincere sympathies go out to his family and our team carries a heavy heart tonight as we mourn the loss of this great man, Buffalo's native son and a Bills fan forever." http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/13/1140494.aspx Tags: Tim Russert Barack obama debate meet the press dead death died dies memorial funeral service eulogy Hillary Clinton |
User: YourMomsBasement |
Kevin Smith moderates Sci Fi's Battlestar Galactica panel. Kevin Smith moderates The Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica panel from NY Comicon. Only YMB is there to cover it. Part 3 of 3. Contains mature language. Tags: YMB Kevin Smith Tricia Helfer Battlestar Galactica BSG BStarG |
User: AbuAfakski |
Moderates at Work just what is a moderate, anyway? a satiric look at moderation Tags: satire moderates |
User: Obamamaniac |
My Youtube Group For Religious Moderates I announce a group for religious moderates I formed using the group feature on youtube http://youtube.com/group/moderatefaith and talk a bit about myself. Tags: Moderate Religion Faith God Politics Values |
User: lamla99 |
Moderate Muslims Intimidated in Canada 1/2 Aired on the CBC's "The National" on March 6 2007, this report addresses the threats and intimidation moderate Canadian Muslims must compose with in speaking out against religious fanaticism. Tags: Canada Muslims Islamism Moderates Threats |
User: pennstatefan283 |
The Tonight Show: Jay Leno is Moderator at VP Debate 10/03/08 http://www.freewebs.com/pennstatefan283/ Jay Leno moderates a post-debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden Tags: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: is Moderator at VP Debate vice maverick presidential joe biden Washington university st. Louis barack obama gwen ifill sarah palin john mccain nbc |
User: londondawah |
.:Devils Deception of the Reformists:. part2 Exposing the evil methodology of the moderates/reformists Tags: islaam muslim nasheed allah muhammed jihad reformists moderates devil deception music quran london school of shariah |
User: lamla99 |
Moderate Muslims Intimidated in Canada 2/2 Aired on the CBC's "The National" on March 6 2007, this report addresses the threats and intimidation moderate Canadian Muslims must compose with in speaking out against religious fanaticism. Tags: Canada Muslims Islamism Moderates Threats |
User: 25micjoe |
Democrats supporting John Mccain? John Mccain continues to gain support from democrats, moderates and independents. Listen to a top Democrat explain why he thinks John Mccain is the best candidate for President of the United States. Democrat Republican Liberal Conservative Moderate Commentary & Analysis Documentary Gotcha! Grassroots Outreach News Media Political Commercial Politics Senator Primaries America White House Jeremiah Wright Michelle Obama Race Religion Primary Primaries Pennsylvania Guam Indiana North Carolina West Virginia Kentucky Oregon Puerto Rico Montana South Dakota Convention DNC November Faith Religion Guns Cling Bitter Tags: John Mccain Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Joe Lieberman Audacity Hope Vote Yes We Can 2008 Election President Nomination |