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"Try and live your life as if you were a Free Person, that you didn't have to wonder what anyone else's opinion was; that you should take the risk of believing that if you were the only person who thinks what you think, that that still might well mean that you were right." - Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens - The Courage to Believe in Yourself

Why Christianity Is Impossible To Believe - Christopher Hitchens

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Christopher Hitchens "Antitheist Anthem" 
Music Video: http://youtu.be/a0ot00779RM

Song lyrics from: Christopher Hitchens vs Tony Blair - Munk Debates 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddsz9XBhrYA
Instrumental: Little People "Moon"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH6jX2haJpM

Transcript / Lyrics: 
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brothers Sisters, Comrades, Friends,

Here's my proposition,

What we have here, picked from no mean source, is a distillation of precisely what is twisted and immoral in the faith mentality.
Its essential fanaticism, its consideration of the human being as raw material, and its fantasy of purity.

Once you assume a creator and a plan, it makes us objects, in a cruel experiment, whereby we are created sick and commanded to be well. I'll repeat that. Created sick, and then ordered to be well.

And over us to supervise this, is installed a celestial dictatorship; a kind of divine North Korea. Exigent, I would say, more than exigent greedy for uncritical praise from dawn until dusk. And swift to punish the original sins with which it so tenderly gifted us in the very first place. An eternal, unalterable, judge, jury and executioner, against whom there could be no appeal. And who wasn't finished with you even when you died.
However! Let no one say there's no cure! Salvation is offered! Redemption, indeed, is promised, at the low price, of the surrender of your critical faculties.

Religion, it might be said, must be said, would have to admit, makes extraordinary claims, but, though I would maintain that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, rather daringly provides not even ordinary evidence for its extraordinary supernatural claims. To insist that we are created and not evolved, in the face of all the evidence.

Religion forces nice people to do unkind things and also makes intelligent people say stupid things.

Handed a small baby for the first time, is it your first reaction to think, "Beautiful, almost perfect. Now please hand me the sharp stone for its genitalia, that I may do the work of the Lord"? No!

As the great physicist Stephen Weinberg has aptly put it, "In the ordinary moral universe, the good will do the best they can, the worst will do the worst they can, but if you want to make good people do wicked things, you'll need religion.

Religion, and in fact any form of faith, -because it is a surrender of reason, it's a surrender of reason in favor of faith, is a fantastic force multiplier. A tremendous intensifier, of all things that are in fact divisive rather than inclusive. That's why its history is so stained with blood. Crimes against humanity, crimes against womanhood, crimes against reason and science, attacks upon medicine and enlightenment, all these appalling things.

There is no conceivable way that by calling on the supernatural, you will achieve anything like your objective of a common humanism, which is I think you're quite right to say, our only chance of, I won't call it salvation.

Thank you.

Christopher Hitchens - Antitheist Anthem (320 kbps)

Credo Public Talk - Semester 2, Week 5 (2014)
Talk given by Rob Elder.

What Would Jesus Say To Christopher Hitchens?

Ray said "evolution is a spiritual process bringing us closer to God" in this Fair Use sound bite. Clearly Ray has a Traditionalist, irrational, viewpoint regarding technology when he says it is "Godlike." 

From the atheist viewpoint "Godlike" is idiotic. It is an oxymoron to link "God" to intelligence.

The clip is from a You Tube video titled "Ray Kurzweil Documentary - James Bedsole - Extended Version (19.3 minutes)." The time-point for the clip is shortly after 9mins 40secs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5igUX43gkiU

Ray Kurzweil Godlike Comments

Hallelujah song from the NBC TV show Hannibal, season 3 episode 8 - "The Great Red Dragon"

Hallelujah - Hannibal 03x08

I was just practicing tonight and felt like recording one of the pieces.  Beethoven's Sonata No. 14 in C# minor Op. 27 No. 2, or otherwise known as 'Quasi una fantasia' or the 'Moonlight Sonata'.  I recorded this on a Steinway D and mastered it in my mastering studio www.alpinemastering.com  

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Moonlight Sonata

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Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (Glenn playing on a Steinway D)

Ashley Whillans, professor at Harvard Business School, researches time-money trade-offs. She argues more people would be happier if they spent more of their hard-earned money to buy themselves out of negative experiences. Her research shows that paying to outsource housework or to enjoy a shorter commute can have an outsized impact on happiness and relationships. Whillans is the author of the HBR article “Time for Happiness.”

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667: Use Your Money to Buy Happier Time

Anne Curzan, English professor at the University of Michigan, studies the evolution of language. While many of us roll our eyes at bizspeak — from synergy to value-add to operationalize — Curzan defends business jargon. She says the words we say around the office speak volumes about our organizations and our working relationships. She shares how to use jargon more deliberately, explains the origin of some annoying or amusing buzzwords, and discusses how English became the global business language and how that could change.

668: Why Business Jargon Isn’t All Bad

Kieran Setiya, a philosophy professor at MIT, says many people experience a mid-career crisis. Some have regrets about paths not taken or serious professional missteps; others feel a sense of boredom or futility in their ongoing streams of work. The answer isn't always to find a new job or lobby for a promotion. Motivated by his own crisis, Setiya started looking for ways to cope and discovered several strategies that can help all of us shift our perspective on our careers and get out of the slump without jumping ship. He is the author of the HBR article "Managing Your Mid-Career Crisis."

669: How to Cope With a Mid-Career Crisis

Christopher Hitchens offers introductory remarks at Revolution: A User's Manual, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival.


Christopher Hitchens Introduces Revolution: A User's Manual

Symphonic Movie Soundtracks In The Mix



Tracklist :

01) Hans Zimmer - The Contendor - Main Title (THE CONTENDOR)
02) Hans Zimmer - The Rock - Main Theme (THE ROCK)
03) Hans Zimmer - Gladiator - Main Theme (GLADIATOR)
04) Hans Zimmer & Klaus Badelt - The Curse Of The Black Pearl (Suite) (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN)
05) Brian Tyler - Summon the Worms (CHILDREN OF DUNE)
06) Christopher Field - Gothic Power (LORD OF THE RINGS Trailer Music)
07) Hans Zimmer - Safe Passage(THE LAST SAMURAI)
08) Trevor Jones - Main Title (THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS)
09) Ennio Morricone - Main Title (THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY)
10) Troels B. Folmann - Main Theme (TOMB RIDER LEGEND)
11) Enya - Aniron (Howard Shore - The Council Of Elrond) (LORD OF THE RINGS)
12) Howard Shore - The Breaking Of The Fellowship (LORD OF THE RINGS)
13) Hans Zimmer - Main Theme (GLADIATOR)
14) Hans Zimmer -- Injection (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2)
15) Hans Zimmer - Knights March (KING ARTHUR)
16) Hans Zimmer - Roll Tide (CRIMSON TIDE)
17) Brad Fiedel - Terminator 3 Theme (TERMINATOR 3)
18) Harry Gregson - Williams -  I'll Find My Own Way (X MAN ORIGINS WALVERINE)
19) Hans Zimmer - Gothams Reckoning (THE DARK KNIGHT RISES)
20) Hans Zimmer - Mombassa (INCEPTION)
21) Michael Giacchino - Mission: Impossible Theme (MI GHOST PROTOCOL)
22) Steve Jablonsky - Autobats (TRANSFORMERS)
23) Steve Jablonsky - Arrival To Earth (TRANSFORMERS)
24) John Williams - Main Theme (JURASIC PARK)
25) James Horner - Braveheart theme (BRAVEHEART)
26) Ernest Gold - Exodus Main Theme (EXODUS)
27) Nino Rota -  The Godfather (Speak Softly Love) (THE GODFATHER)
28) John Williams - Theme from Schindler's List (SCHINDLER´S LIST)



Symphonic Movie Soundtracks Mix

The most beautiful love Song ever. Unbelieveable feelings from this deaf man. Listen to it at night!

Ludwig van Beethoven composed the most beautiful music piece ever - while beeing unable to hear it; he was already deaf! Realised by Berlin Virtual Symphonics.This is a complete virtual Recording. IOS App "Beethoven to Go" now available available at the iTunes Store. The App serves to help you to read (or to learn) the score of Beethoven Symphony No.5.

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Beethoven 9th Symphony, Third Movement V 1.0

Follow the trends in modern banking platform thinking and find a roadmap for a forward-looking modernization strategy in this podcast episode. For more information on how Grant Thornton helps financial institutions succeed, visit gt.com/banks

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