This Wednesday 1st July Leviathan: Political Cabaret presents a special discussion and debate at the Science Gallery.
Starting at 8pm and hosted by BBC’s William Crawley, stand up artist Abie Philbin Bowman will perform some comedy. This will be followed by a discussion with two of Ireland’s leading scientists, Dr William Reville and David McConnell, on how religion spreads.
Finally we have a classic Leviathan style debate with Michael Kelly, Deputy Editor of the Irish Catholic, Dr Peter Rollins, author of “How (not) to speak of God”, Gerard Rory, Scientologist and Mick Nugent, Chair of Atheists Ireland.
Come along and ask questions and give your views. Feel free to submit questions vis the comments button below.
UPDATE: John Birt calls for athiests to have their say on the BBC
This sounds like an excellent night. The infections aspect playing on the religion as a meme argument - A contagious information pattern that replicates by symbiotically infecting human minds and altering their behavior, causing them to propagate the pattern.
Unfortunately I’m going to miss it though - any news on podcasting it? pretty please?
thanks & love the show
Comment by jason goff — June 25, 2009 @ 5:01 pm
Thanks for the positive feedback. Pity you can’t make it. We are moving towards podcasting - slightly glacial like but we are moving towards it. At the moment we are focusing on taking highlights from the events and putting them up so people can get an idea of the night.
Comment by amandab — June 25, 2009 @ 6:42 pm
Thanks for the reply. That’s great news.
This next leviathon sounds really intriguing.
looking forward to it.
cheers
Comment by jason goff — June 26, 2009 @ 9:26 am
[...] This month the debate will take place in the Science Gallery and is entitled ‘Is Religion Infectious: The Spread and Future of Religion’. [...]
Pingback by PeterRollins.net » Blog Archive » Leviathan debate: Is Religion Infectious? — June 27, 2009 @ 12:14 pm
Turned up at 7.45 at Trinity last night and tried to get into this lecture with my 17 year old son, who is fascintaed about this topic, but it had sold out from 7.30p.m. and we were turned away - we were so disappointed! I guess that is a good sign, though.
Hope the night went well.
Comment by Mary — July 2, 2009 @ 11:41 am
Do you have a mailing list for these events, if so would love to be put on it and sorry to miss last night.
Comment by Aileen Cashman — July 2, 2009 @ 12:06 pm
We do have a mailing list and you are now on it. Anyone who wants to join the mailing list is welcome. Just send a comment stating you want to be added and we will add your email to the list.
Comment by amandab — July 2, 2009 @ 1:55 pm
Sorry you couldn’t get in. I have put your email onto our mailing list so you will be notified on advance of all future Leviathan debates and can go straight to Leviathan.ie and click on the Buy Tickets Now button to book tickets early and avoid diaapointment.
Comment by amandab — July 2, 2009 @ 1:59 pm