Ruth Hurmence Green (the older woman) was questioned, "What do you say to those people who think that the bible is a book about love?" She answered "I studied every page of this book and I didn't find enough love to fill a salt shaker." She also said, "I feel that we should stop wasting our time trying to please the supernatural and concentrate on improving the welfare of human beings."
Made 32+ years ago and it's still just as relevant today as it was back then. The hardest thing to get rid of is a bad idea - and religion is one of the worst. There are no gods to save us. We must be our own saviors. And we should work to make this world heaven on earth.
Get 20 different Christians and you'll get 20 different versions of the Bible. They can't even agree on what the Bible says amongst themselves. Talk about a house divided.
Very well put together. It's a timely documentary and could be a model warning for today's would-be theocratic politicians. Annie Laurie Gaylor has a beautiful mind.
I am so glad I found this. I did not know it existed, even though I'm a member of FFRF! You guys need to make a permalink (or embed this on) your home page, PLEASE!! Thanks for all you do. Now, back to Seidel's 'The Founding Myth'.
This is the best video that I've seen about women going in depth about why the Bible is wrong. They also makes it sound like a fun horror story. Like when Stewie on Family Guy said "I do love this God character! He's so deliciously evil!"
If it weren't for religion, humans would have landed on the moon over a thousand years ago. That is how far behind religion put us, it is responsible for millions of people put to death - people who had the genius mind we needed. Galileo?
Christopher Hitchens has made statements that life begins at conception. When you snare little arms, head, legs and other body parts that ought to tell you something. It seems to me if your going to argue for abortion you must argue that it's your body and you have a right to rid your body of another life. Ruth Green honesty is admirable.
"When fools become radical fundamentalists by being indoctrinated to consider an imaginary God, his messenger, his son, his book, or any other made-up story sacred & pray to, the developed dogma will cause them motivated ignorance while defending the sacredness."
The bible may give certain people hope, but it isn't for everybody and some people just can't figure that out. People tend to impose it on other people who choose not to listen to this crap. Christianity has gone completely out of hand and this is long beyond just opinions. People have died, Christianity in itself is ridiculous, but believing in the existence of something celestial isn't even the problem, it's the people that misconstrue the bible and use it to their own advantage. I find the concept of religion ridiculous and be openly rude to atheists and constantly try to convert people is just them being full of themselves. People have let their lives be consumed by religion and it makes me sick, the world would honestly be better with just a few more atheists.
Nope ... That's Land or "property." Of course individuals had to act it wasn't just the "Land" they wanted...so they used the "our preferred version of invisible supernatural superbeeing told us that the infidels need to be removed" - the useful idiot believers then went ahead and plundered because God told them so ....while the Kings expanded Land, cash, slaves, gold and territory. The Church was and is literally ALWAYS part of government....and God needs cash.
Many people say that, but it's a myth. Think of just American wars: War of Independence, the Civil War, WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq - how many of those were based in religion? According to the Encyclopedia of Wars, out of all 1,763 known/recorded historical conflicts, 121, or 6.87%, had religion as their primary cause.
Ruth Hurmence Green (the older woman) was questioned, "What do you say to those people who think that the bible is a book about love?" She answered "I studied every page of this book and I didn't find enough love to fill a salt shaker."
She also said, "I feel that we should stop wasting our time trying to please the supernatural and concentrate on improving the welfare of human beings."
This is the most wonderful program!
These women are so articulate.
Watching her struggle with an unreasonable audience on Oprah was really touching.
Made 32+ years ago and it's still just as relevant today as it was back then. The hardest thing to get rid of is a bad idea - and religion is one of the worst. There are no gods to save us. We must be our own saviors. And we should work to make this world heaven on earth.
And our United States has almost become unrecognizable since you wrote this comment.
Sadly, 10 years later, it's still relevant.
If people lived forever they would all go mad.
Get 20 different Christians and you'll get 20 different versions of the Bible. They can't even agree on what the Bible says amongst themselves. Talk about a house divided.
Very well put together. It's a timely documentary and could be a model warning for today's would-be theocratic politicians. Annie Laurie Gaylor has a beautiful mind.
Wow, what an awesome video. Ruth is so clear and wise in her simple words and explanations.
Excelent video, relevant today as it was 40 yrs ago..thanks to You all
I am so glad I found this. I did not know it existed, even though I'm a member of FFRF! You guys need to make a permalink (or embed this on) your home page, PLEASE!! Thanks for all you do. Now, back to Seidel's 'The Founding Myth'.
This is the most intelligent documentary I have ever heard.
This is the best video that I've seen about women going in depth about why the Bible is wrong. They also makes it sound like a fun horror story. Like when Stewie on Family Guy said "I do love this God character! He's so deliciously evil!"
Born Again Skeptics Guide to the Bible was written bu a Missourian. It figures someone from the "Show Me" state would be a skeptic!
FFRF has been around since 1980 damn !
You people are amazing ☺️👍
Excellent film. Thank you for making it available. I will share it every way I can.
A brilliant film
One hard-hitting documentary! Really enjoyed it! Wish I had seen it when I was a kid.
Wow what a courageous trailblazer. She was way ahead of her time.
Annie L. Gaylor was so pretty in her day and, of course, shes still got it. Thanks for this video guys.
Annie was and is so sweet, so smart, so sharp....
Regarding the bible, these women hit the bullseye. It is a hateful book.
Ha...Ha ...The best seller that is rarely opened.
If it weren't for religion, humans would have landed on the moon over a thousand years ago. That is how far behind religion put us, it is responsible for millions of people put to death - people who had the genius mind we needed. Galileo?
Right, religions stagnate science and technology.
Ruth Green seems very intelligent in her criticisms
Certainly I wish I never was raised to believe this was all true. The terror of hell haunts me even now that I don't believe it's real.
agreed
The Bible is basically just a Story Book and should be treated as such
it was 1980.
rip leonard.
Christopher Hitchens has made statements that life begins at conception. When you snare little arms, head, legs and other body parts that ought to tell you something. It seems to me if your going to argue for abortion you must argue that it's your body and you have a right to rid your body of another life. Ruth Green honesty is admirable.
It seems to me that Jesus Christ is an Icon that evolved in the gospels.
"When fools become radical fundamentalists by being indoctrinated to consider an imaginary God, his messenger, his son, his book, or any other made-up story sacred & pray to, the developed dogma will cause them motivated ignorance while defending the sacredness."
See? Ruth actually READ the bible herself, and used her common sense LOGIC to see through all the insanity...SBN RESONATE
In uk church and state means nothing to most people. Virtually most people don't believe it or care.
The bible may give certain people hope, but it isn't for everybody and some people just can't figure that out. People tend to impose it on other people who choose not to listen to this crap. Christianity has gone completely out of hand and this is long beyond just opinions. People have died, Christianity in itself is ridiculous, but believing in the existence of something celestial isn't even the problem, it's the people that misconstrue the bible and use it to their own advantage.
I find the concept of religion ridiculous and be openly rude to atheists and constantly try to convert people is just them being full of themselves. People have let their lives be consumed by religion and it makes me sick, the world would honestly be better with just a few more atheists.
more war has been declared in the name of God than any other reason. Believe or die.
Nope ... That's Land or "property."
Of course individuals had to act it wasn't just the "Land" they wanted...so they used the "our preferred version of invisible supernatural superbeeing told us that the infidels need to be removed" - the useful idiot believers then went ahead and plundered because God told them so ....while the Kings expanded Land, cash, slaves, gold and territory.
The Church was and is literally ALWAYS part of government....and God needs cash.
Many people say that, but it's a myth. Think of just American wars: War of Independence, the Civil War, WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq - how many of those were based in religion? According to the Encyclopedia of Wars, out of all 1,763 known/recorded historical conflicts, 121, or 6.87%, had religion as their primary cause.
This looks so old. LOL
It is old. A lot older than me.
reminds me of how fun it was to watch small market television in the 1980s and 1990s.
I wish the interviewer was a little better in the questions she asked. Don't want nobody getting ugly with me ok.
"A Second Look at Religion" happened about 5,000 years ago. This is now the billionth look at religion. Oh well! On with the show.