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Elizabeth Dutton: Creative Writing, Driftwood & Emma Roberts (Interview 2016)

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Reza Aslan & Cenk Uygur-Bigotry, Fundamentalism and Neo Atheism in the Media

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks discusses religion, Sam Harris and Bill Maher with Reza Aslan. Reza Aslan; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American writer, ...

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S. F. commented on 07 Mar 2016

Sam Harris is miles above in reasoning over these two. Dolts.

Winsome Losesome commented on 12 Mar 2016

you dost protest too much, methinks

CallDwn theSky commented on 12 Mar 2016

+Winsome Losesome yes, and how i'm sorry that you have his member in your mouth so often. then again, not everyone is like me in that i would rather and do instead eat pussy

Winsome Losesome commented on 12 Mar 2016

+CallDwn theSky Sounds like you spend some time thinking of Sam's member.

Cuda man commented on 12 Mar 2016

+CallDwn theSky Sam's the shit.

CallDwn theSky commented on 12 Mar 2016

+S. F. wow - so you do get some time off sucking sam's dick to comment on a youtube video? thats great

Cuda man commented on 09 Mar 2016

You are correct

Kireina 雨 commented on 17 Jan 2016

these guys know A LOT about christianity and almost ZERO about Islam.

Kireina 雨 commented on 23 Feb 2016

+JCsTime JC yeah reza thinks that whatever you say about yourself then be it, how stupid, then if i say that i'm a math genius and you all can't understand my cleverness, while i can't even solve a basic math problem .... he is not a muslim, he just thinks that islam is just another ideology, and it's so ignorant the fact that he thinks that religion is a way of expressing one's self, when it's really not, i think he only believes there is a god; reza is not really a muslim, just saying that i'm a muslim, doesn't make me a muslim, just saying that i'am european while i'm african, that really doesn't change anything, anyways , there is just wayy to much flaws in reza's way of thinking...

JCsTime JC commented on 22 Feb 2016

How strange, right? Reza is a Muslim, and Cenk is an ex muslim.

Chakravarti J commented on 26 Jan 2016

+Aki Sakura Only the ones who stereotype asians and brown people, but usually they are cool, I love white girls and live in the usa

Kireina 雨 commented on 25 Jan 2016

+Chakravarti J islam is indeed a religion of peace and intelligence , but your comment is hilarious , 'unlike white americans'?

Chakravarti J commented on 25 Jan 2016

+Aki Sakura Islam is a religion of peace and intelligence, unlike white americans

alfred koenig commented on 08 Jan 2016

Mohammad was a rapist and slave owner. Prove me wrong, cunts.

alfred koenig commented on 31 Jan 2016

+Chakravarti J Once again you've shot yourself in the foot. Not one single person in this thread has mentioned Jihad. It appears that you insist on having a conversation with yourself.

Chakravarti J commented on 31 Jan 2016

+alfred koenig +hikelfin Hey you little fool, JIHAD does not always mean to kill others. Look up the real meaning of Jihad

alfred koenig commented on 30 Jan 2016

+Chakravarti J I never once mentioned 9/11. It's pathetic if you have to make things up in an attempt to win an argument.

hikelfin commented on 30 Jan 2016

+Chakravarti J Because Islam is bullshit? How can you expect rights to protect your desire to act like a war criminal because of some fables an angel allegedly told Muhammad?

Chakravarti J commented on 26 Jan 2016

+alfred koenig You are the one who keeps crying about 9/11. and why should Muslim not have the right to defend thier relgion with Jihad?

alfred koenig commented on 26 Jan 2016

+Chakravarti J Your intellectual and grammatical prowess is underwhelming. Please educate yourself before addressing your betters.

Chakravarti J commented on 26 Jan 2016

+alfred koenig You excited cuz your mother just got done abusing you while you dreamed about ur sisters who are married to Indian and Asian Muslim boys. This is the typical white cracker family in your country retard

alfred koenig commented on 26 Jan 2016

+Chakravarti J Wow! What a concise and informative point. Thanks for sharing.

Chakravarti J commented on 25 Jan 2016

+alfred koenig Fuck you racist ameriCUNT, done crying from ur san BURNadino yet??

2015 Grad Lecture - The Musicality of Writing

This is my grad lecture from the University of California at Riverside's MFA program in creative writing. The lecture looks at writing style from a musical ...

The World is Waiting for the New You

U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera gives the commencement address at the University of California, Riverside on June 14, 2015. Herrera is Professor ...

Conversations with Great Minds - Dr. Reza Aslan - Was Jesus a revolutionary?

Joining Thom for tonight's Conversation With Great Minds is Dr. Reza Aslan. Dr. Aslan is a critically acclaimed writer and religious scholar and currently serves ...

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Wolfgang Siegfried commented on 05 Nov 2014

"Great Minds"? Fucking hell talk about low standards

Wolfgang Siegfried commented on 14 Sep 2015

+Jay Kay Nice strawmen and ad hominems bro, you would make Reza proud!

Jay Kay commented on 14 Sep 2015

+Wolfgang Siegfried So a retard like you thinks someone isn't a great mind solely on the basis that he spent years in college honing his skills even though hi skill set may be considered obscure by some "small" minds? LOL - by that yardstick, you must probably think that someone who spends all his day in his mom's basement drinking beer, playing video games and eating pizza is a truly "great" mind!!! BTW, how's your mom's basement?

Jay Kay commented on 14 Sep 2015

+Wolfgang Siegfried LOL. I'm pretty sure you're an expert on "low standards" seeing that your comments are retarded and you're probably sitting in your mom's basement!

Mo McSuave commented on 02 Jul 2015

+Wolfgang Siegfried lol.Give him credit for distinguishing between the man and God. Hopefully people can see this video and understand Jesus in a more accurate historical perspective of a revolutionary going against the grain. Not much more to it really on a transcendental level and all that

realswhattheytellyou commented on 11 Dec 2014

hmmm, ok . I see what your saying about him but may i ask what you, (keep in mind im not asking if its an "old story or his "ground breaking new research" ) may i ask, what specifically is it that you reject in the book zealot ?

Wolfgang Siegfried commented on 11 Dec 2014

facepalm1) The fact you can't see anything wrong with his qualifications you copy and pasted shows you haven't gone to University. Yes he has obviously spent time studying this field so he would know more than the average person. However he is in no way, shape or form an 'expert'. He isn't even considered a minor scholar by his peers. 2) You didn't provide me with any accredited peer review journals this so called 'great mind' has contributed to or featured in. P.S. don't even bother looking because there are none. 3) You fail to clarify why his work "Zealot" or any other book he has written isn't simply a rehash and spin of work from other actual scholars that have come before him. Protip; he isn't even a researcher let alone a 'ground-breaking' one,Seriously if all we had to do to be considered a 'great mind' was major in something from a different degree and then plagiarize work we would all be 'great minds'. This is what I mean by 'low standards'.

realswhattheytellyou commented on 11 Dec 2014

....so I see you THINK you can just laugh off his education because YOU find it 'frivolous' or what have you...... LOL....... right, you make LOT of sense......Aslan's degrees include a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Santa Clara University (Major focus: New Testament; Minor: Greek) , a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard University (Major focus: History of Religions), a PhD in the Sociology of Religions from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa,

Wolfgang Siegfried commented on 10 Dec 2014

+realswhattheytellyou "Extensive education"? Lol what you mean his PhD in sociology specializing in "the history of religions"? HAHA. Why don't you go ahead and tell me all the peer reviewed journals that this "great mind" has contributed to or featured in...???I got some advice for you kid - look beyond the surface. Or you can be a gullible sheep thinking this guy is a 'respected scholar' (he isn't) and buy his book "Zealot" thinking it is something groundbreaking that has actual scholars jumping up and down in awe (Protip; it isn't.)

realswhattheytellyou commented on 10 Dec 2014

.... what exactly did he say that makes you say hes a speaker setting low standards, now lets remember his extensive education, which gives him more credibility thatn you, but lets hear what you mean by criticism, what did he say that makes him a speaker who meets "low standards" what did he say ??

Ethan Lintemuth commented on 13 Feb 2014

Reza seems like a nice and genuine guy. He has extreme knowledge, but what is knowledge without wisdom? He use to believe Christ was Lord but then fell away as he studied it at school. So many scholars and people that don't believe, dont believe because they they dont see "evidence" of Jesus being Lord scientifically or historically ect. Ok Jesus says he is the messiah and that doesn't mean God in jewish context. But what does "I am the way the truth and the life" mean in jewish context? Or I am the Son of God? Or healing the dead and sick, walking on water, taking on the sins of the world, dying and rising from the dead mean in jewish context?...The problem when one trys to find/prove God scientifically and historically is that you can't. You cant scientifically or historically prove or disprove the supernatural. When you look for evidence on paper you cut yourself off from the channel in which you would find God, prove God and experience him the most. Thats through losing your life to him, your soul! Your Heart. Feeling that presence that words cant describe and you know is real. Then you will need no proof of physical matter. I hope you have that one day Dr. Aslan.

kamran kam commented on 18 Mar 2014

Actually he never said he was son of God he said God is my father, well that is true, God is everyones father as God is the creator!

RipTheJackR commented on 10 Dec 2013

Adambrown Hussein What provoked Reza Aslan to pursue religion is that together with Random House he plagiarized & distorted a manuscript titled "No god but God" in 2005 & came out with a book of the same title. Having tasted the illicit loot, he decided to concentrate on misrepresenting Islam under the guardianship of Islamophobes. Well, hes out there making you assholes look good, be happy about that. His "misrepresentation" makes Islam look better, and people who ive seen be the harshest vs Reza Aslan are islamists - makes me think Reza cant be that bad afterall - hes a run of the mill liberal, a pretty ok guy I guess.

yonis gure commented on 14 Dec 2013

A lot of book titles are from previous books/manuscripts/quotes/poems. Is that really plagiarism? If it is, then aren't I plagiarizing oxford english dictionary right now?

Youth Development Academy: Session Two 2015

The Casserole Reading with Kat Sanchez and Michelle Lin

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Greg Bem commented on 06 May 2013

Subtitle: "Talented young babe poets in front of bookcases"

Elizabeth Aamot commented on 06 May 2013

Good show, Chelsea and Kat and Michelle!

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