Morality through Evolution, not religion...

Can Evolution Explain Morality?   Read more here...


Richard Dawkins On The Source Of Morality...watch it here...

Moral Minds: The Evolution of Human Morality...  Listen to the discussion here...

The Gospels - Summarised!

Too busy to read all the gospels?  Then prepare for the fires of Hell!   But seriously, here's a link to summaries of each gospel and other bits of the New Testament. 

The Gospels - summarised

Do we need religion for morality? Is religion immoral?

Here are some links to stuff I found this morning, there will be better examples of each topic out there, just use these as initial ideas:

Is morality linked to religion?

Here are some examples of when religions can, due to their beliefs, commit acts that may be seen as immoral by others:

Abortion Clinic Violence

Discrimination againts women in religion:

women and religion

Judaism and Women

Issues around the condom ban relating to HIV etc in Africa:

Condoms

Religion damages the environment?

Religion and Environment

Are Natural Disasters and 9-11 actually God's punishments for our sins?  People like Jerry Falwell think so...

Westboro 911

Falwell 911

Pat Robertson Top 10

Plato's Euthyfro

Fancy reading all of 'Euthyfro'?  Of course you do!  (spoiler alert...at the end, it turns out that Bruce Willis is dead!)

Plato's Euthyfro

Peter Singer & John Hare - Moral Mammals: Why Do We Matter?

Is the existence of a creator God foundational to human morality? Does theism or atheism provide the best foundation for human worth? Can we treat morality as independent of religion?

Peter Singer, controversial atheist philosopher and one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People", discusses the implications of atheism and theism for morality with John Hare, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale.

Singer and Hare

Documentaries on Religion, mostly relating to Morality

Link to full list of religion documentaries (some are full versions, others are compiled from segments on youtube, not ideal but they are free so don't moan about it) :

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/category/religion/

'Virus of Faith'  Richard Dawkins explains how religious faith acts like a virus which is particularly virulent to the young. In challenging interviews with a Hasidic Rabbi and the head of a city academy, which has adopted the American 'Accelerated Christian Education' curriculum, he tackles the rise of faith schools in Britain and argues that religious education saddles our children with evident falsehoods and an inflexible moral outlook.

Virus of Faith

Christopher Hitchens and Tony Blair debate whether religion is a force for good in the world:

Hitchens v Blair

Bill Maher's 'Religulous':

Religulous

Jonathan Miller's interviews with leading Atheists:

The Atheism Tapes

Louis Theroux meets the Westboro Baptist Church:

The Most Hated Family in America

BBC Horizon Documentary on Science and Religion including Scopes Monkey Trial:

End of God?

Documentary on Fundamentalists of all varieties:

The Fundamentalists


If you're really hardcore and want to experience the thrill of lectures on religion and atheism, science and faith, check out some of these videos from the 'Beyond Belief' conferences.

Beyond Belief

Christian Evangelical Scandals

To argue against the idea that religious people are 'more moral' than non-religous people, choose a few examples from this list:

Immoral Christians

The BBC compiled a list of the sex scandals in the Catholic Church:

BBC link