"Richard Dawkins clears up the misunderstanding of Evolution that is all too common: If we descended from Chimpanzees, then why are there still Chimpanzees?

Dawkins explains that we DID NOT descend from Chimpanzees, we both share a common ancestor."

Good Samaritan Sketch from episode 4 of That Mitchell and Webb Look.

"That Mitchell and Webb Look is a BAFTA award winning British television sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, that has currently run for two six-part series. The first episode of the third series aired on June 11th 2009.

The first episode originally aired 14 September 2006 on BBC Two. A second series was commissioned later that same year. The second series, consisting of six episodes, aired on BBC Two from 21 February 2008 to 27 March 2008 and was simulcast on BBC HD. Many of its characters and sketches are first featured in the duo's radio show That Mitchell and Webb Sound."

Being that religious belief is based on ancient dogma, you would be hard pressed to envisage it going forward. Remaining essentially the same would have to be considered its place. But no, religious belief would appear to be actually going backward in that reasoning accepted by the western Christian church in the past is being totally ignored by its adherents now.

The idea of ‘faith’ came about in Christianity during the late middle age’s in a gradual manner and permeated all religious belief over the next hundred years or so. Some would say that it was the last time the three ‘great’ monotheisms saw eye to eye. No doubt this was due to the realisation that they had no choice.
By Johnno

Richard Dawkins shows how whales evolved from a cloven-hoofed ancestor, and reveals whales' closest modern-day cousin.

This short video was filmed on a visit to the University of Nebraska Museum in Lincoln during Richard Dawkins' 2009 American tour.

With the introduction of the updated law regarding blasphemy, Ireland has effectively changed their relationship with the International Date Line (IDL). Travelers will soon need to wind back their watches to the tune of >500 years. What makes it even worse is that no individual was even asking for it.

The Constitution states that "blasphemy shall be an offense punishable in accordance with law" but the previous legislation was pretty much worthless owning to not actually specifying what blasphemy is. The possibility of holding a referendum on deleting the text has been discounted due to costs though it could be included in the one for the Lisbon treaty in October.

What of artists and Father Ted?

With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claims, and get to the truth? Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine lays out a "Baloney Detection Kit," ten questions we should ask when encountering a claim.

"Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941) is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science author. He was formerly Professor for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford and was a fellow of New College, Oxford."

"Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954 in Glendale, California) is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted to investigating and debunking pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The Skeptics Society currently has over 55,000 members."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7izNfVx7Guo

Last year Dr Humayra Abedin (pictured) was coerced by her family to return to Bangladesh for a visit then abducted and forced to marry. Her story continues below.

In December (17) the BBC broadcast the 'Thought for the day' which had Mona Siddiqui endorsing via OFCOM and the BBC that abduction is acceptable when it involves cultural issues....

By Johnno

Dedicated to exposing how religious belief poisons the lives of countless women and children the world over.
How the misogynistic nature of early beliefs has permeated history to the detriment of half the population and still does even now. How the freedom to believe what you wish has no need to result in also having the freedom to impinge on others. How the ‘it just is’ reasoning instilled into children can result in a damaged adult, if the reasoning behind ‘just is’, is fallacious.

By Johnno

Richard Dawkins interviews Craig Venter for "The Genius of Charles Darwin", the Channel 4 UK TV program which won British Broadcasting Awards' "Best Documentary Series" of 2008. Craig Venter founded The Institute for Genomic Research and has been credited with being instrumental in mapping the human genome. His team published the first complete genome of an individual human - Venter's own DNA sequence.

This footage was shot with the intention of editing for a television program. What you see here is the full extended interview, which includes a lot of rough camera transitions that were edited out of the final program (along with a lot of content).