60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 11 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEver 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 that religion has been viewed by non-religious thinkers. As well as Marx and Dawkins, religion is put under the microscope by thinkers Auguste Comte and JJ Bachoffen.
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Episodes
Religion as social control
September 14, 2012 13:25 - 1 minute - 4.95 MB VideoHad 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.
Transcript -- Religion as social control
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Religion as ritual
September 14, 2012 13:24 - 1 minute - 5.03 MB VideoExplore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how.
Transcript -- Religion as ritual
September 14, 2012 13:24 - 16.1 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Explore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how.
Religion as a mother
September 14, 2012 13:22 - 1 minute - 5.12 MB VideoWhy 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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Religion as a virus
September 14, 2012 13:19 - 1 minute - 5 MB VideoCan science and religion ever sit side by side? Not according to Richard Dawkins. And he has rock-star mice to prove it.
Transcript -- Religion as a virus
September 14, 2012 13:19 - 15.9 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Can science and religion ever sit side by side? Not according to Richard Dawkins. And he has rock-star mice to prove it.