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Richard Carrier · 07-22-2005, 03:59 PM

Richard Carrier will be appearing in Santa Barbara, California, at a public showing of the new movie The God Who Wasn't There (in which he appears). He will be answering questions from the audience after the show, and selling and signing copies of his book Sense and Goodness without God.

The event is sponsored by the The Humanist Society of Santa Barbara and will be held at 3pm, Saturday, August 20 (I presume that's curtain time for the start of the movie). The location is the Vista Del Monte Patio Room often employed by the HSSB for its meetings (see links above or go to www.santabarbarahumanists.org for more information).

For those not in-the-know, as the HSSB website aptly says, The God Who Wasn't There premiered "in May to standing room-only audiences in San Francisco" (it has since appeared in many places all over the country, receiving national press attention), and "this bold and hilarious new film holds modern Christianity up to a merciless spotlight, and presents evidence that Jesus never existed." It is certainly a fun, feel-good movie for atheists that presents some of the most tantalizing evidence that Jesus was a mythical person and then bashes the most disturbing aspects of Christian fundamentalism.

Conversely, Sense and Goodness without God is not about Jesus or Christianity, but about one major alternative to it: humanist naturalism. Carrier defends in detail a complete worldview, including how we know things, what the findings of the sciences tell us about ourselves and the world we live in, and how all this entails or recommends certain perspectives on ethics, aesthetics, and politics. The tie-in for the movie is that Carrier discusses some of the elements of his book, and how they relate to some social problems created by Christianity, in an extended interview among the DVD additional features, which might be shown after the movie and Q & A on Saturday.

Toto · 07-22-2005, 04:35 PM

There is a long thread on this movie in PS&SA - God Who Wasn't There.

Brian Flemming will also show it in LA and Orange County the next day - Sunday Aug 21.

Ted Hoffman · 07-23-2005, 07:47 AM

From what a friend has told me, Carrier is very articulate in the interview featuring him. I am definitely going to get a copy.

07-22-2005, 03:59 PM	#1
Richard Carrier Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: California, USA Posts: 338	Richard Carrier in Santa Barbara for The God Who Wasn't There Richard Carrier will be appearing in Santa Barbara, California, at a public showing of the new movie The God Who Wasn't There (in which he appears). He will be answering questions from the audience after the show, and selling and signing copies of his book Sense and Goodness without God. The event is sponsored by the The Humanist Society of Santa Barbara and will be held at 3pm, Saturday, August 20 (I presume that's curtain time for the start of the movie). The location is the Vista Del Monte Patio Room often employed by the HSSB for its meetings (see links above or go to www.santabarbarahumanists.org for more information). For those not in-the-know, as the HSSB website aptly says, The God Who Wasn't There premiered "in May to standing room-only audiences in San Francisco" (it has since appeared in many places all over the country, receiving national press attention), and "this bold and hilarious new film holds modern Christianity up to a merciless spotlight, and presents evidence that Jesus never existed." It is certainly a fun, feel-good movie for atheists that presents some of the most tantalizing evidence that Jesus was a mythical person and then bashes the most disturbing aspects of Christian fundamentalism. Conversely, Sense and Goodness without God is not about Jesus or Christianity, but about one major alternative to it: humanist naturalism. Carrier defends in detail a complete worldview, including how we know things, what the findings of the sciences tell us about ourselves and the world we live in, and how all this entails or recommends certain perspectives on ethics, aesthetics, and politics. The tie-in for the movie is that Carrier discusses some of the elements of his book, and how they relate to some social problems created by Christianity, in an extended interview among the DVD additional features, which might be shown after the movie and Q & A on Saturday.

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07-22-2005, 04:35 PM	#2
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	There is a long thread on this movie in PS&SA - God Who Wasn't There. Brian Flemming will also show it in LA and Orange County the next day - Sunday Aug 21.

07-23-2005, 07:47 AM	#3
Ted Hoffman Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: "" Posts: 3,863	From what a friend has told me, Carrier is very articulate in the interview featuring him. I am definitely going to get a copy.

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