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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

I have just finished watching a wonderfully done yet singularly disturbing piece: the HBO documentary Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God. In it, writer/director Alex Gibney exposes the depravity of the catholic church regarding sexual child abuse by priests, particularly but not exclusively in its defense of one Father Lawrence Murphy, who had a two-decade history of such abuse at the St. John’s School for Deaf Children near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

There is no way…

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Added by Loren Miller on February 5, 2013 at 7:00am — 35 Comments

Sexual Shame in Our Politics

Read my post on Sexual Shame in our Politics at JT Eberhard's blog, based on my talk at the Texas Freethought Convention. Also, take a look at the new Richard Dawkins documentary, Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life on Youtube. The first episode deals with my research on guilt, sex and…

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Added by Darrel Ray on October 24, 2012 at 4:13pm — 2 Comments

Everyday Atheists: a documentary in progress

So today I woke up bright and early (okay, 8:45am, but it's fall break people, be sympathetic) to watch Dr. Tom Arcaro of atheist survey fame film the round table discussion that will eventually become the meat of his documentary Everyday Atheists. Perhaps ten people… Continue

Added by Rikka on October 17, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Just watched Jesus Camp, some thoughts.

I know I'm a little behind the curve but I just finished watching the documentary JESUS CAMP.

Just wanted to jot down my first impressions before I forget them, so apologies if this is a bit disorganized.

I was singularly unimpressed by the performance of the liberal Christian radio host in trying to mount a defense against and criticism of his more evangelical co-religionists. Liberal Christianity makes for a poor defender of democracy and reason indeed. The best defense… Continue

Added by Aggiememenon on August 25, 2009 at 1:17am — 3 Comments

Worked Up

I am so worked up right now. Sick, angry, sad, pissed off and shaking, Baby!

Just came from the showing of the documentary "All God's Children" at Goss Memorial Church.

This film shows some of the abuse that missionary children endured at the hands of "God's people" at the boarding school they were required to attend while their missionary parents went about building a goddam church in Africa.

This is very similar to the abuse at a Southern Baptist reform school I survived… Continue

Added by Kitty on May 23, 2009 at 9:30pm — 5 Comments

Pledge of Allegiance Blues - movie

Pledge of Allegiance Blues documents the journey of Rev. Dr. Michael Newdow, the blues-singing California physician and his battle to protect the separation between church and state, a battle that took him all the way to the United States Supreme Court where he defended the landmark "under God" lawsuit. From the controversy over the Ten Commandments monument in the Alabama State… Continue

Added by V1ktor on August 14, 2008 at 4:47pm — 2 Comments