This women is brilliant, her words are thoughtfull and rational. How can anyone argue with this. I wish from the bottom of my heart that people wake up. I also wish that by the time the AVERAGE human does it wont be too late.
Two vibrant, expanding souls: Margaret Atwood and Bill Moyers. One translation of Yahweh claims to be "I am becoming that which I am becoming" and over the decades I have received much pleasure, guidance, and spirit from what Atwood and Moyers are becoming. (Down to earth, Part 1/3 has no sound while Part 2/3 and 3/3 are delightfully audible.) Thank you for offering this powerful conversation to us.
Her argument about how people will 'probably have to give up their freedoms in order to preserve them' This happened in Russia after the Russian Revolution. In the early stages there was direct workers control and the Bolsheviks persuaded them 'in order to defend the revolution' to give up their free and voluntary socialism for an authoritarian one. This has happened throughout history.
Brett Maine and neo-nazi pride is at an all time high. Blacks, latinos and all other non-white people are in real trouble from Trump's supporters. You people are crazy and dangerous!
If you liked Oryx & Crake, you should go out and grab her new book, The Year of the Flood, which is a successor to Oryx & Crake (well, same setting but it's told through a parallel perspective).
Most people will give up their freedoms for security. But in her book, this is why the constitution is such an important document. It gives every one in this country rights. These rights and ideas have been bought and paid for by blood. Some rights have taken longer to pass. The constitution is more important that the president of the united states. People do take some rights for granted. But don't let any one take them from you.
@lollerskates77777 She says in this video at about 7:40 that the theocracy she's put in The Handmaid's Tale never calls itself Christian. She then goes on to say: "It's slogans etcetera, etcetera all from the Old Testament". (Presumably that the novel uses slogans from the Old Testament, but the new form of government itself does not call itself Christian)
When Margaret talks about atheism being a rigid believe in the non-existence of gods, I am reminded of Christopher Hitchens response to Sean Hannity blathering on with "gotcha" atheist criticisms. "One gets the impression you have never read the works of the people that oppose your position"
She talks about how a society like this can come about when cultures and societies come under stress, and people look for others to blame ... and then she herself blames. A lot of what she says here is spot on EXCEPT it is deceiving or misleading by way of omission and palter, and some are saying the cult in the series is Christian merely because of the use of some bible scripture taken out of context and the use of crosses, etc. There is nothing Christian about this cult in the series however. True Christianity believes in free will and individual choice, not totalitarianism. People can call themselves whatever they want but it doesn't mean that they are actually what they say there are (like the crusaders might of called themselves Christian but were they?). The term "Christian" seems to be a term used very loosely these days. Christian simply means follower of Christ. A mark of a true Christian is Love, and nothing like what is portrayed in the cult in this series that same refer to as Christianity.
You cannot deny that religions, Christianity included, have been vehicles for wretched things in history. I'm not personally religious (somewhere on the line betweem atheism - agnosticism) and I believe that it's not a personal belief in a higher power that is the problem, it's the belief in scripture that is the problem. Moreover, the people who believe that those stories must apply to all of society. For instance, the people who say "We are all god's children" or believe that others should convert to a religion, then that's where the authoritarianism peeks through. Those are dangerous people. Of course belief in a higher power is not a bad thing. It's people who want to control others with religion that is the bad thing.
As a writer though, she just intimidates me, and makes my lay down my pen in despair. I can't write anything worthy of comparison with her work, or intellect. So why bother? I'm depressed by my inadequacies.
Hey I love cute kittens as much as the next guy, but I don't know if that constitutes the greatest communications revolution in history ;-) P.S.: Kittens!
Writing isn't a competition - I know what you mean, it's hard to see others' stylistic abilities and avoid measuring yourself up to them. You will never write an Atwood book, and she will never write a book the way you would. Ideas about quality comparison aside, just keep exploring notions - philosophical, political, et cetera - that drive you. Figure out what aspect or form of storytelling you like the most and develop! Just keep writing!
Why is everyone always saying she's so brilliant/such a genius? Anyone who picks up books and studies history can gather this information. I'm not saying she's not good at what she does, she absolutely is, but I hear people throwing around "brilliant" and "genius" all the time and I just don't get it. We're all capable of collecting information and forming opinions about it. Not trying to be rude to the author, I just genuinely want to know why people think this.
The Tanakh IS the old testament and Judaism has a strong emphasis on following the religious laws within them. Like going through a grocery list everyday. Jesus informed the heracies to get away from consuming oneself with the details of the laws in the old testament but to focus on ones faith in God because not believing in him and his son is the only unforgivable sin.
Also, you accuse Islam of not protesting terrorism. My point, that flew straight over your head, was unless you have protested wrongs done by xtianity, when you have actually put yourself out there and signed petitions and marched against the injustice, then you really have no right to judge. But what's it to you? It's in other countries - therefore you don't care. Guess what? That's pretty much how they feel about us. Apathy exists in every religion.
Actually I don't hate Israel. But I also don't hate the Palestinians who were uprooted for that state to exist either. How typical that you see things in complete black and white - the blinders of religion As for a democracy, you do realize Iran once had a democratic gov't right? But they wanted to trade with the godless Russians, so the good old U.S of A stepped in, deposed him, and instituted the Shah who was so hated, it saw a spike of extremism that still exists to this day.
heh, "Really, you just cannot debate this type of crazy." Good stuff :-) It's hard to let outrageous b.s. go unresponded to on TH-cam, but, the TH-cam comments section really is the absolute gutter of discourse.
Very interesting how that Atwood's ignorance that the source of her ignominious novel was the greatest heresy in Christianity which Calvinism that was in turn wholly ignorant of what predestination means in the Old Testament, that of course had everything to do with the 12 tribes of Israel and never was applied to Christianity. One wonders did she ever check out the Bible and actually looked at what Paul said in Romans 8: 29 and noticed he was speaking in the past tense, with a view to the end of the age? "For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters." how then could this ever be applied to Christian believers, when Paul had already said "let every man be persuaded by his own mind.? of course it can't since in the nature of the case this involved a prior agreement, a covenant which God had made with Israel, and actually those who had died and never received the promise...of the Land, This is simply God keeping His promise and His soveriegn right to save the elect of Israel. That in a nutshell is predestination. having read her book myself years back, my reaction was disgust at her anti-intellectualism in that she overlooked the dire necessity of women's reproduction to keep the human race going. She seemed to ignore the rights of the father and the unborn child in her support of a woman's right to abort a child. pregnancy is not caused in a vacuum, its always in the context of a civilized society which is certainly suicidal if if allows its women to destroy the future offspring of that society. But King Solomon was so right, there is nothing new under the sun, as in ancient Israel, women sacrificed they babies to Baal, which they did for convenience sake just as women do today. Show me a civilization that murders its babies, and I'll show you a civilization that will die of all age. I wish America had more thinkers, cause sadly we have almost none to speak of today.
It's rare to see someone proudly side with the villain of a story. There are plenty of women (I'd comfortably say most women) who want to be mothers and have a family, so abortion will never be a threat to extinction. Heck, some could counter your argument by saying that it is actually an unintended solution to the current over-population, so your argument doesn't hold up. But I don't think you really believe that humans will die out because of abortion. No, it's usually the case that people who hold anti-equality religious beliefs, such as yourself, want to control women through reproduction. I think that's more what your interested in, not extinction. Please know: women are more than their uteruses. There are some people who laugh when Handmaid's Tale fans say that the book is quickly materializing into reality. And then we see a comment like this, made in August of 2019, that really scares us.
@@s.l.3281 we me are sick to death of all this talk about women as they are only half of the human race not all. I find myself half agreeing the comedian Bill burr who said women are overrated,. but more with Ann culter who said that women should get out of college and find a good man to support them and used all they enegy to raise children and not to mess politc as we see them screaming with pussy hates and disrupting things, and these are over priledged middle class white women screaming we want our rights of eqquality Yeah, the whole world wants us men to be gay and then they will love us and stop calling our God given manhood it toxic masculinity, yeah we are sick to death of you women who are totally insane having fallen for cultural Marxism which is using to destroy Western civilization, sorry for the rant but hey, did reply to the hand maid crap.
@@solangeboudreau6467 Duh, I'm a happily married father of two children living here in Sweden who really loves women. but I perfectly agree with Ann Coulter saying that women have tons of energy ( blessed by God to have) and that as soon as they finish University they should find the nearest decent man and marry him and raise children and not to get into politics which is why so many childless (middle class white) women are using all the God-given child raising energy to wear pussy hats and screaming like banshees at every major pollictal rally and event and are destroying the very fabric our Western civilization ok?
She has no idea what atheism is-- for example, take an igtheist-- also known as a theological noncognitivist. This is an atheist position, and is not "an absolute stand." She is making a bogus claim about a straw-man atheist.
i did have misfortune of reading blind assassin by her actually. I really don't get if she is so feminist why doesn't she write books about women being more capable and taking change instead she is is just whining about abuse :s
Since when has the church been concerned about fairness? That's a lovely straw man you have. While many did protest and stand among them, there were more who didn't. Yes yes, the dog, sister, brother argument again. It's funny, but I don't think I've seen any weddings in Canada to dogs, and gay marriage has been a right for a little while now. OMG, you mean the world ISN'T falling apart? How could that be?
Well, you'd certainly recognize a bigot wouldn't you? Your church is nothing short of entertaining. I particularly enjoyed the latest bit of news. You know, about the father who raped his 9 year old and impregnated her. Yet she, her mother, and the doctors who performed the life-saving abortion (yes, life saving, as she was too tiny to carry to term) were all excommunicated, while the father is still practicing. Now, what was that about condoning incest?
What's sad is your overall ignorance to anything that doesn't jive with your catholic faith and teachings. That's the truly sad thing. You need to read more world news or you need to get out more. Your choice.
You don't seem to have considered the the oppression of women by a certain religion that is Christianity and the fact that it has established a repressive theocracy here. Christianity, Islam, Jesus Christ, Mohammad, whatever. Mythology is Mythology is Mythology.
And smug Americans feel it is their duty to start wars and play world police. I'm thinking that in this theoretical car of yours, you are the six month old who doesn't have a clue what the fuck is going on.
You're right, I am, and that's to show you how asinine your argument actually is. You should really see a psychiatrist about your islamophobia. There might be medication you can take.
She put this well. "A blueprint for the kind of things do when they're put under pressure." She said, I only put stuff in there that people have done. That's important to know when viewing her work.
@@BillyBike416 Yeah, it seems like moral relativism is the quickest and easiest way for a society to spiral downwards. No type of government on earth is automatically immune from people abusing their power and making immoral decisions. To accuse a theocracy of being automatically worse than a democratic republic (as some people do), I think, is missing the point that both of those types of government can work well if people actually follow objective Truth. (and both of these governments can fail if people don't follow objective Truth). Also, if the beliefs that the theocracy is based on are wrong, well, obviously a theocracy based on those beliefs isn't going to help. And thus, we all need to be seeking objective Truth, which moral relativism detrimentally discourages (because objective Truth is Truth for EVERYONE, not just truth for oneself as moral relativists like to emphasize).
"The Handmaid`s Tail" is a work of sheer genius. I`m not a femanist nor am I a liberal. Atwood`s novel is one of the great dystopian novels of the 20th century.
I really enjoyed this video, thank you so much for posting it! I don't know much about her work, however Ms. Atwood sure does say a lot of intelligent things here. I admire both Bill Moyers and Margaret Atwood for discussing such an important and delicate subject such as "faith and reason" here. Personally, I believe in a higher power that is intelligent and good. I am an artist (some might debate me on that one!), and really feel that devoting a large part of one's life to creative endeavor surely is something of a daring sacrifice because there is often no money in it, and the creative person could starve (put simply!) I really have faith and find it reasonable to believe that every person does have some ability to create art, whether it be in the area of painting or drawing or writing or music or something else. I think it's so sad when people are 'beaten down' into believing that they have no artistic, creative talents, which could really enrich their lives, if they wanted to explore such and avenue. Going so deep into oneself, like Ms. Atwood must do as an author, or any good writer or artist for that matter, can often be something of a great risk, particularly when done "right" because the best work, I feel, comes from when we go the deepest within ourselves into unchartered territory. We might 'lose' ourselves a little, or maybe even a lot, but the rewards can be so great, for us, and, especially for those whom we may inspire. Again, thank you very much for posting this. It's so hard to find substantial shows on T.V. or anywhere else these days!
I too am amazed how Americans were not in an uproar over the Patriot Act. At least some Americans began to see their liberties being taking away by the time Obama started to really attempt doing so even moreso and got in an uproar then, but now some are blaming Trump who is trying to reinstate them and say instead that he is doing just the opposite.
Totalitarian governments must either destroy religion or attach themselves to it because it represents a authority higher than themselves. Notice in the US the more politicians that openly identify as deeply religious we have the more authoritarian we become. Religion is important but it should be left out of politics, Jimmy Carter was a great example to follow.
If you don’t have time to watch this in it’s entirety, start at 06:30 She answers so many questions that are now more important than when this was filmed, 15 years ago. I’ve got chills!
You didn't listen to the part where she says the problem with society is labelling others as the problem and thinking you'd have peace and prosperity if only you got rid of THAT group?
This horrific and we have to know it is not glorifying God at all. He is against this. His order for family does bring Him glory and abortion is never His idea. And yet we know He loves us with a never ending love and the practice described by Atwood is part of the worship of religion and the devil. God is not religious He is our creator and His Son is our savior and His Holy Spirit is our teacher and comforter. John 3:16
Tsk Tsk. Have you ever heard the expression, "When you assume you make an ass out of you and me"? Well you just made an ass out of yourself. As a former Christian, I've read the bible in it's entirety. Cover to cover. Even all of those stupid laws in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Having grown up in the southern region known as "The Bible Belt", I AM familiar with the mindsets of a great many Christians. So, are you actually going to address my comment now, or try to tear me down some more?
The Handsmaid tale is already true, alive and real. It's in the Middle East. People won't believe how Arab women are treated. If you're interested read 'Headscarfs and Hymens" by Mona Eltahawey.
You know, I don't recall the Puritans having reproductive concubines. I suppose a few must have had them on the side, since, you know, that always happens. But that's not what her book was about, was it?
Margaret Atwood a true Canadian treasure. We definitely are living in scary times currently.
She is so inspiring, when she speaks you want to listen.
"In order to preserve our freedoms we have to give them up for now." NSA anyone?
Agree
This women is brilliant, her words are thoughtfull and rational. How can anyone argue with this. I wish from the bottom of my heart that people wake up. I also wish that by the time the AVERAGE human does it wont be too late.
"Wanna bet?"
Chilling...
Absolutely love Margaret Atwood; infact my dissertation was mainly focused on her novels and themes. Also, her voice is really soothing!
Two vibrant, expanding souls: Margaret Atwood and Bill Moyers. One translation of Yahweh claims to be "I am becoming that which I am becoming" and over the decades I have received much pleasure, guidance, and spirit from what Atwood and Moyers are becoming. (Down to earth, Part 1/3 has no sound while Part 2/3 and 3/3 are delightfully audible.) Thank you for offering this powerful conversation to us.
Her argument about how people will 'probably have to give up their freedoms in order to preserve them' This happened in Russia after the Russian Revolution. In the early stages there was direct workers control and the Bolsheviks persuaded them 'in order to defend the revolution' to give up their free and voluntary socialism for an authoritarian one. This has happened throughout history.
Ms Atwood must of seen into the future because it sounds like right now 2021. She is very interesting to listen to.
With this election, we are swiftly headed towards the time she speaks of here.
No we (our country) is not
slade tuner, you are in denial...
Whatever
Lol you hardcore paranoid liberals are hilarious. Look out he’s lowering unemployment, increasing wages and cutting taxes ahhhh, resist resist! He’s hitler! it’s so entertaining. #trumpderangementsyndrome
Brett Maine and neo-nazi pride is at an all time high. Blacks, latinos and all other non-white people are in real trouble from Trump's supporters. You people are crazy and dangerous!
wish she was my grandma
Same
What an incredibly insightful person.
Thank you so much Margaret Atwood!!
If you liked Oryx & Crake, you should go out and grab her new book, The Year of the Flood, which is a successor to Oryx & Crake (well, same setting but it's told through a parallel perspective).
Thank you very much for posting this entire interview! Gracias!
This is so relevan right now!
Like her i'm an agnostic and secular humanist.
Nobadaddy. Lol. She's so good.
please give more info...Date of interview? and program? Interviewer name? Thankyou
July 28, 2006 broadcast of Bill Moyers: On Faith and Reason on PBS. The interviewer claims to be Bill Moyers but may in fact be Lou Ferrigno.
plautusbrassus LOL...
Most people will give up their freedoms for security. But in her book, this is why the constitution is such an important document. It gives every one in this country rights. These rights and ideas have been bought and paid for by blood. Some rights have taken longer to pass. The constitution is more important that the president of the united states. People do take some rights for granted. But don't let any one take them from you.
as anyone seen, Heaven on Earth?? It's a movie she wrote--but I can't find it on here anywhere!!! Can someone please post it???
What's the name of the interviewer ?
@lollerskates77777 She says in this video at about 7:40 that the theocracy she's put in The Handmaid's Tale never calls itself Christian. She then goes on to say: "It's slogans etcetera, etcetera all from the Old Testament". (Presumably that the novel uses slogans from the Old Testament, but the new form of government itself does not call itself Christian)
This is frighteningly prescient.
Genius
That's in the movie. You should read the book!
This has no audio. Is there a mirror video somewhere?
When Margaret talks about atheism being a rigid believe in the non-existence of gods, I am reminded of Christopher Hitchens response to Sean Hannity blathering on with "gotcha" atheist criticisms.
"One gets the impression you have never read the works of the people that oppose your position"
She talks about how a society like this can come about when cultures and societies come under stress, and people look for others to blame ... and then she herself blames.
A lot of what she says here is spot on EXCEPT it is deceiving or misleading by way of omission and palter, and some are saying the cult in the series is Christian merely because of the use of some bible scripture taken out of context and the use of crosses, etc. There is nothing Christian about this cult in the series however. True Christianity believes in free will and individual choice, not totalitarianism. People can call themselves whatever they want but it doesn't mean that they are actually what they say there are (like the crusaders might of called themselves Christian but were they?). The term "Christian" seems to be a term used very loosely these days. Christian simply means follower of Christ. A mark of a true Christian is Love, and nothing like what is portrayed in the cult in this series that same refer to as Christianity.
You cannot deny that religions, Christianity included, have been vehicles for wretched things in history.
I'm not personally religious (somewhere on the line betweem atheism - agnosticism) and I believe that it's not a personal belief in a higher power that is the problem, it's the belief in scripture that is the problem. Moreover, the people who believe that those stories must apply to all of society. For instance, the people who say "We are all god's children" or believe that others should convert to a religion, then that's where the authoritarianism peeks through. Those are dangerous people.
Of course belief in a higher power is not a bad thing. It's people who want to control others with religion that is the bad thing.
Audio doesn't work on my computer
why is the sound not working?
As a writer though, she just intimidates me, and makes my lay down my pen in despair. I can't write anything worthy of comparison with her work, or intellect. So why bother? I'm depressed by my inadequacies.
is it just me or is there NO sound?
Why did PBS disable comments for the original of this video? Freakin' PBS!
Hey I love cute kittens as much as the next guy, but I don't know if that constitutes the greatest communications revolution in history ;-)
P.S.: Kittens!
Writing isn't a competition - I know what you mean, it's hard to see others' stylistic abilities and avoid measuring yourself up to them. You will never write an Atwood book, and she will never write a book the way you would. Ideas about quality comparison aside, just keep exploring notions - philosophical, political, et cetera - that drive you. Figure out what aspect or form of storytelling you like the most and develop!
Just keep writing!
Why is everyone always saying she's so brilliant/such a genius? Anyone who picks up books and studies history can gather this information. I'm not saying she's not good at what she does, she absolutely is, but I hear people throwing around "brilliant" and "genius" all the time and I just don't get it. We're all capable of collecting information and forming opinions about it. Not trying to be rude to the author, I just genuinely want to know why people think this.
Because she’s well studied.
Unfortunately, most people are blissfully and willfully ignorant.
She is cashing in on that bet.
The Tanakh IS the old testament and Judaism has a strong emphasis on following the religious laws within them. Like going through a grocery list everyday. Jesus informed the heracies to get away from consuming oneself with the details of the laws in the old testament but to focus on ones faith in God because not believing in him and his son is the only unforgivable sin.
Also, you accuse Islam of not protesting terrorism.
My point, that flew straight over your head, was unless you have protested wrongs done by xtianity, when you have actually put yourself out there and signed petitions and marched against the injustice, then you really have no right to judge.
But what's it to you? It's in other countries - therefore you don't care. Guess what? That's pretty much how they feel about us.
Apathy exists in every religion.
This is really scary in a corona context
Totally agree.
Actually I don't hate Israel. But I also don't hate the Palestinians who were uprooted for that state to exist either. How typical that you see things in complete black and white - the blinders of religion
As for a democracy, you do realize Iran once had a democratic gov't right? But they wanted to trade with the godless Russians, so the good old U.S of A stepped in, deposed him, and instituted the Shah who was so hated, it saw a spike of extremism that still exists to this day.
View in 240p for the audio. Meow.
When she talks about this, this is what I see happening among the liberals and globalists.
You confused liberals and globalists with religious bigots and nazis kiddo
heh, "Really, you just cannot debate this type of crazy."
Good stuff :-) It's hard to let outrageous b.s. go unresponded to on TH-cam, but, the TH-cam comments section really is the absolute gutter of discourse.
Never mind that a majority of modern Christians do not adhere to any of the teachings or ideas you listed.
@VincentBrooke1 Thanks.
@GirlWithBlondeHair I thought her name was Kate?
Atwood's definition of an antinomian sounds like Trump. Truly scary.
alhumdulillah.
Utah
This woman just predicted America post 9/11
Depressing isn't it?
The greatest communications revolution in our history and it still just boils down to primates throwing shit at each other.
how so?
Very interesting how that Atwood's ignorance that the source of her ignominious novel was the greatest heresy in Christianity which Calvinism that was in turn wholly ignorant of what predestination means in the Old Testament, that of course had everything to do with the 12 tribes of Israel and never was applied to Christianity.
One wonders did she ever check out the Bible and actually looked at what Paul said in Romans 8: 29 and noticed he was speaking in the past tense, with a view to the end of the age?
"For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters." how then could this ever be applied to Christian believers, when Paul had already said "let every man be persuaded by his own mind.? of course it can't since in the nature of the case this involved a prior agreement, a covenant which God had made with Israel, and actually those who had died and never received the promise...of the Land, This is simply God keeping His promise and His soveriegn right to save the elect of Israel.
That in a nutshell is predestination.
having read her book myself years back, my reaction was disgust at her anti-intellectualism in that she overlooked the dire necessity of women's reproduction to keep the human race going. She seemed to ignore the rights of the father and the unborn child in her support of a woman's right to abort a child. pregnancy is not caused in a vacuum, its always in the context of a civilized society which is certainly suicidal if if allows its women to destroy the future offspring of that society.
But King Solomon was so right, there is nothing new under the sun, as in ancient Israel, women sacrificed they babies to Baal, which they did for convenience sake just as women do today.
Show me a civilization that murders its babies, and I'll show you a civilization that will die of all age.
I wish America had more thinkers, cause sadly we have almost none to speak of today.
It's rare to see someone proudly side with the villain of a story.
There are plenty of women (I'd comfortably say most women) who want to be mothers and have a family, so abortion will never be a threat to extinction. Heck, some could counter your argument by saying that it is actually an unintended solution to the current over-population, so your argument doesn't hold up.
But I don't think you really believe that humans will die out because of abortion. No, it's usually the case that people who hold anti-equality religious beliefs, such as yourself, want to control women through reproduction. I think that's more what your interested in, not extinction. Please know: women are more than their uteruses.
There are some people who laugh when Handmaid's Tale fans say that the book is quickly materializing into reality. And then we see a comment like this, made in August of 2019, that really scares us.
@@s.l.3281 we me are sick to death of all this talk about women as they are only half of the human race not all. I find myself half agreeing the comedian Bill burr who said women are overrated,. but more with Ann culter who said that women should get out of college and find a good man to support them and used all they enegy to raise children and not to mess politc as we see them screaming with pussy hates and disrupting things, and these are over priledged middle class white women screaming we want our rights of eqquality
Yeah, the whole world wants us men to be gay and then they will love us and stop calling our God given manhood it toxic masculinity, yeah we are sick to death of you women who are totally insane having fallen for cultural Marxism which is using to destroy Western civilization, sorry for the rant but hey, did reply to the hand maid crap.
@@solangeboudreau6467 Duh, I'm a happily married father of two children living here in Sweden who really loves women. but I perfectly agree with Ann Coulter saying that women have tons of energy ( blessed by God to have) and that as soon as they finish University they should find the nearest decent man and marry him and raise children and not to get into politics which is why so many childless (middle class white) women are using all the God-given child raising energy to wear pussy hats and screaming like banshees at every major pollictal rally and event and are destroying the very fabric our Western civilization ok?
She is an INTJ.
Yes, you don't know about it,therefore it MUST be true.
Buddy, what you don't know could fill an internet.
Bill Moyers
Well you would certainly recognize self-criticism, wouldn't you? It's part of the Catholic culture, after all.
It's not hard to see how a new wiiter would be intimatated. I'm sure I'm not the first.
@StephenBagley247
View in 240p,... got it
And yet the head of the church is a former brown-shirt.
What happened with the audio?
Ask god to fix it...
She has no idea what atheism is-- for example, take an igtheist-- also known as a theological noncognitivist. This is an atheist position, and is not "an absolute stand." She is making a bogus claim about a straw-man atheist.
Syncopator
It's the lack of belief in gods.
Simply that.
i did have misfortune of reading blind assassin by her actually. I really don't get if she is so feminist why doesn't she write books about women being more capable and taking change instead she is is just whining about abuse :s
Since when has the church been concerned about fairness?
That's a lovely straw man you have.
While many did protest and stand among them, there were more who didn't. Yes yes, the dog, sister, brother argument again. It's funny, but I don't think I've seen any weddings in Canada to dogs, and gay marriage has been a right for a little while now. OMG, you mean the world ISN'T falling apart? How could that be?
she is woke.
Well, you'd certainly recognize a bigot wouldn't you?
Your church is nothing short of entertaining. I particularly enjoyed the latest bit of news. You know, about the father who raped his 9 year old and impregnated her. Yet she, her mother, and the doctors who performed the life-saving abortion (yes, life saving, as she was too tiny to carry to term) were all excommunicated, while the father is still practicing.
Now, what was that about condoning incest?
you are talking about Iran.
What's sad is your overall ignorance to anything that doesn't jive with your catholic faith and teachings.
That's the truly sad thing.
You need to read more world news or you need to get out more. Your choice.
Do your own grunt work.
You might learn something.
You don't seem to have considered the the oppression of women by a certain religion that is Christianity and the fact that it has established a repressive theocracy here.
Christianity, Islam, Jesus Christ, Mohammad, whatever. Mythology is Mythology is Mythology.
there is no proof for the existence of the supernatural....so why not give religion a miss?
And smug Americans feel it is their duty to start wars and play world police.
I'm thinking that in this theoretical car of yours, you are the six month old who doesn't have a clue what the fuck is going on.
1984 is a a lot better book
You're right, I am, and that's to show you how asinine your argument actually is.
You should really see a psychiatrist about your islamophobia. There might be medication you can take.
She put this well. "A blueprint for the kind of things do when they're put under pressure." She said, I only put stuff in there that people have done. That's important to know when viewing her work.
Watching this in late 2021 is revelatory. Ms Atwood speaks of things changing "rapidly". She hits the nail squarely on the head.
"What is needed for a really good tyranny is an unquestionable idea or authority." Truer words were never written.
What is needed for a really good tyranny is a society without absolutes so that Truth can be made up as we go along.
@@BillyBike416 Yeah, it seems like moral relativism is the quickest and easiest way for a society to spiral downwards. No type of government on earth is automatically immune from people abusing their power and making immoral decisions. To accuse a theocracy of being automatically worse than a democratic republic (as some people do), I think, is missing the point that both of those types of government can work well if people actually follow objective Truth. (and both of these governments can fail if people don't follow objective Truth).
Also, if the beliefs that the theocracy is based on are wrong, well, obviously a theocracy based on those beliefs isn't going to help. And thus, we all need to be seeking objective Truth, which moral relativism detrimentally discourages (because objective Truth is Truth for EVERYONE, not just truth for oneself as moral relativists like to emphasize).
And that happened with the Trump movement…as well as the QAnon movement. America is doomed if these people control and influence all policy.
This is spooky. I forgot how brilliant she is.
"The Handmaid`s Tail" is a work of sheer genius. I`m not a femanist nor am I a liberal. Atwood`s novel is one of the great dystopian novels of the 20th century.
AGREED! as a woman she portrays the gender inequality ever presentits not about religion its about deep seeded beliefs of men rising to power ie trump
It’s a bunch of bull
I really enjoyed this video, thank you so much for posting it! I don't know much about her work, however Ms. Atwood sure does say a lot of intelligent things here. I admire both Bill Moyers and Margaret Atwood for discussing such an important and delicate subject such as "faith and reason" here. Personally, I believe in a higher power that is intelligent and good. I am an artist (some might debate me on that one!), and really feel that devoting a large part of one's life to creative endeavor surely is something of a daring sacrifice because there is often no money in it, and the creative person could starve (put simply!) I really have faith and find it reasonable to believe that every person does have some ability to create art, whether it be in the area of painting or drawing or writing or music or something else. I think it's so sad when people are 'beaten down' into believing that they have no artistic, creative talents, which could really enrich their lives, if they wanted to explore such and avenue. Going so deep into oneself, like Ms. Atwood must do as an author, or any good writer or artist for that matter, can often be something of a great risk, particularly when done "right" because the best work, I feel, comes from when we go the deepest within ourselves into unchartered territory. We might 'lose' ourselves a little, or maybe even a lot, but the rewards can be so great, for us, and, especially for those whom we may inspire. Again, thank you very much for posting this. It's so hard to find substantial shows on T.V. or anywhere else these days!
I too am amazed how Americans were not in an uproar over the Patriot Act. At least some Americans began to see their liberties being taking away by the time Obama started to really attempt doing so even moreso and got in an uproar then, but now some are blaming Trump who is trying to reinstate them and say instead that he is doing just the opposite.
seth h - How's he doing that exactly? Has he overturned the Patriot Act? He's never mentioned it.
Totalitarian governments must either destroy religion or attach themselves to it because it represents a authority higher than themselves. Notice in the US the more politicians that openly identify as deeply religious we have the more authoritarian we become. Religion is important but it should be left out of politics, Jimmy Carter was a great example to follow.
If you don’t have time to watch this in it’s entirety, start at 06:30
She answers so many questions that are now more important than when this was filmed, 15 years ago. I’ve got chills!
Wow, freaky listening to this in the age of trump. 6:51
You didn't listen to the part where she says the problem with society is labelling others as the problem and thinking you'd have peace and prosperity if only you got rid of THAT group?
Welcome, I'm glad that I had the ability and opportunity to share it with everyone.
Ms. Atwood writes for the "sophisticated" mind, the intellect, the thinkers of society. Her books are too bookish for me, if you get my drift.
September 2019 and even more worth listening to.
I am a Christian and a conservative and I think The Handmaids Tale should be read by everyone there are lessons for people on the left and the right!
Well said!
This horrific and we have to know it is not glorifying God at all. He is against this. His order for family does bring Him glory and abortion is never His idea. And yet we know He loves us with a never ending love and the practice described by Atwood is part of the worship of religion and the devil. God is not religious He is our creator and His Son is our savior and His Holy Spirit is our teacher and comforter. John 3:16
@@celestehofer6830Nobody cares about your imaginary and its inane need for humans to worship and adore it. What a pathetic idea.
@@celestehofer6830are you serious? The deity of the bible would love this kind of tyranny. He lives and kills for it.
Tsk Tsk. Have you ever heard the expression, "When you assume you make an ass out of you and me"? Well you just made an ass out of yourself.
As a former Christian, I've read the bible in it's entirety. Cover to cover. Even all of those stupid laws in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
Having grown up in the southern region known as "The Bible Belt", I AM familiar with the mindsets of a great many Christians.
So, are you actually going to address my comment now, or try to tear me down some more?
so relevant on politics today
"the trains will run on time..."
how many of us just want that comfort and security over the truth?
You would say, “Report your neighbor if they have more than X # of ppl over for Thanksgiving.”
These things are happening here in southern Oregon I'm in Medford these things happened here it's the twenties almost too
her book is extremely powerful. and she is a very intelligent women
She's brilliant.
The Handsmaid tale is already true, alive and real. It's in the Middle East. People won't believe how Arab women are treated. If you're interested read 'Headscarfs and Hymens" by Mona Eltahawey.
You know, I don't recall the Puritans having reproductive concubines. I suppose a few must have had them on the side, since, you know, that always happens. But that's not what her book was about, was it?
UGH! i hated the ending i wish she'd told us what really happend to offred instead of leaving us on a cliff hanging there >:(