The End of God? : A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion


BBC4 21 September 2010
The End of God? : A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion


‘… Historian Dr Thomas Dixon delves into the BBC’s archive to explore the troubled relationship between religion and science. From the creationists of America to the physicists of the Large Hadron Collider, he traces the expansion of scientific knowledge and asks whether there is still room for God in the modern world.


The relationship between science and religion has been long and troubled: from the condemnation of Galileo by the Catholic Church in 17th century Italy, through the clashes between creationism and evolution in 20th century America, right up to recent claims that the universe does not need God.


Delving through the rich archive of programmes from Horizon and BBC Science, Thomas Dixon looks at what lies behind this difficult relationship. Using original footage from 1925, he tells the story of John Scopes, a Tennessee teacher who was tried for teaching evolution. He sees the connections between religion and American politics in the story of a more recent court case — the trial of Intelligent Design. He looks at what happens when new scientific discoveries start to explain events that were once seen as the workings of God, and explains how some of our most famous scientists have seen God in the grandest laws of the universe. Finally, he finds intriguing evidence from brain science which hints that belief in God is here to stay’.

Black Sun (1999) by BOYD RICE

 

Black Sun
Boyd Rice, USA, 1999, 9:46 min

 

« …like a hallucinatory motion picture Rorschach test, incorporating sound, rhythm, and archetypal symbology. »

 

On passe difficilement à côté de l’envie de justifier l’utilisation de la Swastika (apparemment le plus vieux symbole connu de l’humanité) dans le travail de BOYD RICE, dans ce film comme dans le reste – Il est un peu weird leur fétiche nazi à cette gang là (DEATH IN JUNE & related) – mais je pense que ça fait parti de la découverte (probable aussi qu’il l’explique lui-même dans son livre No, si jamais … tu arrives à en trouver une copie).

 

lol

 

FUCK BURZUM by the way. Autant que nécessaire.

The Devil Rides Out (1968) by TERENCE FISHER

 

The Devil Rides Out
Terence Fisher, UK, 1968, 96 min

 

The Duc de Richeleau and his friend Rex discover their young charge Simon has fallen in with the powers of Darkness and is about to be baptized into the service of evil. The Duc is fortunately versed in such matters and finds himself locked in a duel with the deadly Mocata, disciple of the left-hand path – IMDb

 

The Devil Rides Out (1968) by Terence Fisher

The Devil Rides Out (1968) by Terence Fisher

The Devil Rides Out (1968) by Terence Fisher

The Devil Rides Out (1968) by Terence Fisher

The Devil Rides Out (1968) by Terence Fisher

The Devil Rides Out (1968) by Terence Fisher