Comments on: Superstition Kills: A Must-See Video http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/06/12/superstition-kills-a-must-see-video/ by Hemant Mehta Mon, 28 May 2012 06:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Rest http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/06/12/superstition-kills-a-must-see-video/#comment-318941 Rest Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:37:50 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=12618#comment-318941 Kudos to the humanists and rationalists working to eliminate superstition in India. Watching the kids react so joyfully to the science demonstrations was delightful. Hopefully their work will open and change minds, but, unfortunately, the purveyors of superstition are a much bigger force and won't easily be eradicated, if ever. Kudos to the humanists and rationalists working to eliminate superstition in India. Watching the kids react so joyfully to the science demonstrations was delightful. Hopefully their work will open and change minds, but, unfortunately, the purveyors of superstition are a much bigger force and won’t easily be eradicated, if ever.

]]> By: Devysciple http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/06/12/superstition-kills-a-must-see-video/#comment-318919 Devysciple Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:56:23 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=12618#comment-318919 I feel very sad for the woman and her family from the beginning of the clip. It totally reminds me of what was going on in Europe a few hundred years ago. But it was also very uplifting to see people fighting against such harmful superstitions. Now imagine a world in which <em>every</em> child has access to education, and in which there are classes like the ones depicted in <em>every</em> school. That could one day blow religion out of the water for good. Thanks for posting this, and kudos to all people around the globe fighting harmful superstition! I feel very sad for the woman and her family from the beginning of the clip. It totally reminds me of what was going on in Europe a few hundred years ago.
But it was also very uplifting to see people fighting against such harmful superstitions.
Now imagine a world in which every child has access to education, and in which there are classes like the ones depicted in every school. That could one day blow religion out of the water for good.
Thanks for posting this, and kudos to all people around the globe fighting harmful superstition!

]]> By: Will http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/06/12/superstition-kills-a-must-see-video/#comment-318870 Will Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:56:40 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=12618#comment-318870 That was a great video. I hope that they can do some real good for the people of India. That was a great video. I hope that they can do some real good for the people of India.

]]> By: VeridicusX http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/06/12/superstition-kills-a-must-see-video/#comment-318815 VeridicusX Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:36:05 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=12618#comment-318815 This documentary by Henrik Thomé is excellent! Certainly worth watching. It makes me wonder if there is anything reasonable people can do to challenge these fake "healings" perpetrated by "healing evangelists". This documentary by Henrik Thomé is excellent!
Certainly worth watching. It makes me wonder if there is anything reasonable people can do to challenge these fake “healings” perpetrated by “healing evangelists”.

]]> By: Santiago http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/06/12/superstition-kills-a-must-see-video/#comment-318735 Santiago Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:55:48 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=12618#comment-318735 Amazing that this is going on in India, that there are humanists that are opposing all these superstitions that are used to justify atrocities is tremendously uplifting. We are not alone, it seems, and there are many more of us than you'd imagine. Amazing that this is going on in India, that there are humanists that are opposing all these superstitions that are used to justify atrocities is tremendously uplifting. We are not alone, it seems, and there are many more of us than you’d imagine.

]]> By: trufru http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/06/12/superstition-kills-a-must-see-video/#comment-318732 trufru Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:49:47 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=12618#comment-318732 This sort of witch-killing is very common in some of the socially and economically backward villages in India. Some vested interest wants the victim killed for a completely non-religious reason and spreads rumours that he/she performs black magic. Forget about backward villages. I find it even more appalling that a lot of *educated* Indians are superstitious. Almost everybody believes in astrology, there are lots of "gurus" defrauding people,... the list is huge. As an atheist Indian, I find the situation really disheartening. There were a few scientists in ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) who used to take miniature models of rockets to temples before satellite launch... Incredible! http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/12/stories/2006071203640200.htm This sort of witch-killing is very common in some of the socially and economically backward villages in India. Some vested interest wants the victim killed for a completely non-religious reason and spreads rumours that he/she performs black magic.

Forget about backward villages. I find it even more appalling that a lot of *educated* Indians are superstitious. Almost everybody believes in astrology, there are lots of “gurus” defrauding people,… the list is huge. As an atheist Indian, I find the situation really disheartening.

There were a few scientists in ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) who used to take miniature models of rockets to temples before satellite launch… Incredible!

http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/12/stories/2006071203640200.htm

]]> By: Allytude http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/06/12/superstition-kills-a-must-see-video/#comment-318703 Allytude Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:37:30 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=12618#comment-318703 Could not bring myself to watch it But I am not surprised. Worse things have been done by the truly religious than by any other group. Could not bring myself to watch it But I am not surprised. Worse things have been done by the truly religious than by any other group.

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