Julia Sweeney: Letting go of God

http://www.ted.com Julia Sweeney (God Said, "Ha!") performs the first 15 minutes of her 2006 solo show Letting Go of God. When two young Mormon missionaries knock on her door one day, it touches off a quest to completely rethink her own beliefs.

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[Marauda Frisco]

Maybe there is a god and maybe there is not. NO ONE knows one way or the other about that, but religion is an invention of men. All religions were written by men and thus are all false. Every religion came into being by men who wish to control other men. Many religions are about power and wealth for those who invented them. I do not believe for a minute that any god has ever talked to any man. No god ever wrote any book, either by himself or through any man. STOP being a slave and a sucke

[AeroplaneDope]

There was a time when people used to believe that illnesses were caused by demons or evil spirits. That concept is now rejected, even by most religious people ue to advances in science and exploration. There was a time when people believed the world was flat and you could fall off the edge. Again, this concept is now rejected due to advances in science and exploration. Soon, the common concept of God and the rules and stories of religion will be rejected and replaced too. Inevitability.

[Jan96106]

The following Christmas when my parents could finally admit that the presents came from them and they could apply the necessary restrictions (which was probably a great relief as we were not well off), my mother wryly observed, "Well, Miss Smarty, I guess you outsmarted yourself." She was definitely right, but as things go, everyone was probably better off because of that, including me.

[Jan96106]

This was so good. So funny. I want to see the rest of it.

[BoseEinstein0]

Great story teller!!!

[Ulala Umagai]

Superb video. I found this because my buddy came to be a lady-magnet - and he's fat He began attracting chicks magically. I was astounded. He behaved as if it was natural for a little bit. He ultimately admitted it two days ago. Turns out he makes use of the Jake Ayres Master Attraction Formula. Google it if you wish to know about it... He is on a date right now with a gorgeous girl... Where are the most useful of these videos online?

[Tone Tearex]

As a child I was beaten for having wet dreams, not because of the mess or being stuck to the sheets, but because it was against GOD to have this happen... so later that night when I wanked to try and reproduce this fantastic GOD given feeling, I pretended I was someone else. Now I am old, but who the fu..k am I? Now I feel very guilty about the gallons of.....of....Spurt that I wasted. The other day I found a site on the Internet that allowed me to become a MUSLIM. Now I do not feel guilty!!

[jinxy72able]

I mean think about it do you really think people 1000 yrs from now are going to still be waiting around for jesus and the end times? Eventually they will have to admit it's not gonna happen. You can only believe the end is coming soon for so long. Then again christians aren't to logical in this matter. I mean they haven't given up on the idea yet. Even though it's been 2000 yrs. I wonder if they even think about how silly they are being in this regards.

[jinxy72able]

Theists will become the minority for two reason. Firstly Science and technology. We will learn the truth more and more and our technology will eventually aloow us to do things that makes any miracle in the bible(or any holy text) seem not very impressive. And second eventually when armageddon never comes people will eventually realize the bible was false. People have been waiting for 2000 yrs. Eventually they will realize "Hey I guess this isn't gonna happen."