michael shermer and daniel peterson from the freedom for us -- michael eric dyson.hat truth sounds like. and our unfinished conversation about race in america. thursday at 8:00 p.m. microsoft president brad smith with the future president. and on friday at 8:00 p.m. adam bello and all points books talks about publishing authors from both the political right and left. watch book tv this weekend in prime time on c-span two. the sunday on oral histories. we continue our series on women's -- women in congress. and even my members resistance to me. but finally their acceptance of me. i was on the drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i made a contribution. they allowed me to know

doctor michael shermer. he's the founding publisher of skeptic magazine. he's a monthly communist for scientific american. a regular contributor to many magazines and newspapers around the country and a presidential fellow at chapman university. his latest book is heavens on earth. the scientific search for the afterlife and mortality and utopia. he will be speaking on the negative side of the proposition today. [applause] >> well, i consider it the positive side. [laughter] ladies and gentlemen, i think we've seen an example of how to play baseball without the bases. or the ball. the question is, "is faith compatible with reason?" what do you mean by these words? the traditional definition of faith is belief without sufficient reason or justification. if faith is believing without reason, then it can't possibly be compatible with reason. this is like asking, is blindness compatible with vision? no. is hearing compatible with deafness? no. were appropriate for ..., is slavery compatible with freedom?no, it isn't. it's a contradiction in terms. faith may ge

freedomfest conference held in las vegas, brigham young university's daniel peterson debated michael shermeron the question on whether religious faith and reason are compatible. this is moderated by stephen watts. it runs an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, it's 1:00 so we will start this big debate. faith versus reason. we have a tremendous debate that is going to occur here but i wanted to welcome everybody to freedomfest y

tuesday, michael shermer and daniel peterson from the freedom fest debate. wednesday at 8:00 p.m., michael eric dyson with his book "what truth sounds like, rfk, james baldwin, and are unfinished conversation about race in america." "theday, brad smith with future of computing." bellow talksam about publishing authors from both the political right and left. watch book tv next week in prime time on c-span 2. c-span, where history unfolds daily. was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. government and private sector, they also talked about training employees within the organization and security. this event was hosted by the website nextgov. alex: good morning and welcome. i am alex treadway. it is my pleasure to welcome you to today's event.

eastern, michael shermer and daniel peterson from the freedom fest debate. wednesday at 8 p.m., michael eric dyson with his book, what truth sounds like: rfk, james baldwin and our unfinished conversation about race in america. thursday at 8 p.m., microsoft president brad smith with the future computed: artificial intelligence and its role in society. and on friday at 8 p.m., adam bellow and all points books talks about publishing authors from both the political right and left are. watch booktv this week in prime time on c-span2. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> host: and jonathan adelstein is president and ceo of the wireless infrastructure association, former fcc commissioner. mr. adelstein, what is this wireless infrastructure ass

also, michael shermer and daniel reason -- peterson. day at 8 p.m., michael .ric dyson with his book thursday at 8 p.m., the microsoft president, brett smith, with the future computed. p.m., adam talks from publishing authors the political right and left. watchable tv next week in primetime on c-span2. -- watch book tv next week in primetime on c-span2. >> organists gathered for a unit the night to to mark the anniversary of the first rally intralesional virginia. cane will do the best we with an admittedly imperfect set up here. me,those who don't know those who are going to be watching this at home rather than here in the park, i organized unite the right rally. i will tell you why i did that. i would like to make a few first, things clear. i am not doing this to disrespect the memory of people

michael shermer. he is of course the founding publisher of skeptic magazine. he is a monthly columnist for scientific american, regular contributor many magazines and newspapers around the country, and to a presidential fellow at chaplain university. his latest book is "heavens on earth: the scientific search for afterlife, immortality and utopia" speaking on the negative side of the prop signature today. -- proposition today. [applause] >> well, i consider it the positive side. ladies and gentlemen, i think we have just seen a splendid example how to play baseball without the bases or the ball. the question is, is faith compatible with reason? what do you mean by these words? the traditional definition of faith is belief without sufficient reason or justification. if faith is believing without reason, then it can't possibly be compatible with reason. this is like asking, is blindness capacitiable with vision? no. is hearing compatible with deafness? no. or appropriately for freedom fest, is slavery compatible with freedom? no. it isn't. it's a contradiction i

andght, michael shermer daniel peterson, is faith compatible with region -- reason? thursday at 8:00, brad smith with "the future computed." belloway at 8:00, adam talking about publishing authors from the political right and left. watch book tv this week on prime time at c-span2. starting tuesday, september 4, the confirmation hearing for brett kavanaugh to become the next supreme court justice. he serves on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. the chair of the committee says he expects the hearing to last three or four days. you can watch the entire confirmation hearing live, starting september 4 on c-span3.

michael shermer and daniel debate, is faith compatible with a, wednesday at 8:00 p.m., the book what truth sounds like. thursday at 8:00 p.m., microsoft president brad smith with the future of computing, artificial intelligence and its role in society. friday at 8:00 p.m., publishing authors from both the political right and left. watch book tv next week in prime time on c-span two. up next, our 1968 america in turmoil series will continue this morning. war onact of the vietnam the homefront and soldiers coming home. by an authorined and filmmaker. this is coming up in a moment. 1969, generations of, a profile in dissent. it talked about the different levels of support for the vietnam war. specifically, the war in vietnam troubles all americans. the gap is greatest between college students and the rest of society. >> since the war began to escalate, explainscal student one reason for the spread of radicalism, his audience is a colonoscope. vietnamsn't for the war, it would never reach the level it had. the war began as a conflict. parents andf 10 noncollege youth believe in fighting

so michael shermer is a well- known skep who is the debunker of all kinds of different ideas , para no more stuff. his goal is to find out why people do weird things. we have to decide what are weird things. when i say a conspiracy theory, who do you imagine? who is your demo? we talked about, speak from your heart, your gut, what does this conspiracy theorist look like? give me some demography. i really want you to. [ laughter ] >> so in other words, you are far more nice and politically kind and savvy that i want you to be. you would say lower education level? four conspiracy theorist? >> if you're one of the groups that has been targeted, >> so more likely to be a minority group? >> i'm not like involved in conspiracy theory and wire the people? >> people who feel wronged, and have evidence. that they have been mistreated or wronged in some way. what does that person look like? when i say, i ran into the sky on a plane, and he was and they were a conspiracy theorist, what? >> that could be poor, white, maybe people who see people dying from opioid epidemic. people who don't have eno

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eastern michael shermer and daniel peterson from the freedom fest debate is faith compatible with reason? wednesday at 8 p.m., michael eric dyson with his book, "what truth sounds like: rfk james baldwin and our unfinished conversation about race in america." thursday at 8 p.m., microsoft president brad smith with "the future computed: artificial intelligence and its role in society." and on friday at 8 p.m., adam bellow and all points books talks about publishing authors from both the political right and left. watch booktv this week in prime time on c-span2. >> saturday morning at 10:30 eastern, booktv is live at the mississippi book festival for their fourth annual lit are area lawn -- literary lawn party at the state capitol in jackson with discussions on race and identity southern history u.s. politics and presidential leadership. authors include cheryl cashin, author of loving: interracial intimacy in america and threat to white supremacy. jack davis with his pulitzer prize-winning cook, "the gulf: the making of an american sea." selena ski toes speaks with former mississippi govern

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