ANGLICAN AUTHOR CENSURED AFTER ATHEISTS DECRY HIS TED
TALK (Friday Church News Notes, June 14, 2013, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org,
The organization that sponsors the
popular TED talks has censured an
Anglican author for opposing the philosophy of materialism.
Rupert Sheldrake, a Harvard- and Cambridge-educated
biologist, brought the ire of intolerant atheists when he said that
"materialism" is a belief system like religion and that its
principles, which have become entrenched dogmas, are hindering an honest search
for truth and information. Proving Sheldrake's point, shrill materialistic
atheists attacked his talk and pressured TED to stop distribution of the video.
In response, the video was removed from TED's YouTube channel and placed in a
separate section of their website.
Sheldrake is not a Bible believer or a
creationist, but anyone in higher education who dares challenge the
evolutionary view on any level is attacked by those who consider themselves the
defenders of the Darwinian faith. The online TED videos have exceeded a billion
views.
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