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An interesting look at how the theory of evolution is coming under attack from the controversial idea known as intelligent design.

A Panorama documentary about Scientology which created a storm when it was first broadcast in the UK.

Another documentary about “The Church of Scientology”, one of the largest and richest new religious movements in the world. First broadcast by the BBC back in 1987.

A secret document which sets out a procedure for dealing with child sex abuse scandals within the Catholic Church is examined by Panorama.

Its a movie about Jesus, 9/11 and the Federal Reserve Bank all rolled into one, and depending on who you talk to its is either the absolute truth or the worst documentary ever made. Watch it and decide for yourself!

It’s a question that has engaged biblical scholars for centuries, who wrote the most important religious text in the western world? Robert Beckford travels to Jerusalem, Rome and the United States in a bid to find out.

An undercover investigation into mosques in the UK which are run by organisations whose public faces are presented as moderate but whose preachers condemn democracy and praise the Taliban for killing British soldiers.

The story of Siddartha Gautama, the prince from nepal who renounced his worldly possessions and went on a journey which lead to his enlightenment.

Enshrined in the US Constitution is the belief that there should be separation of church at state, but Patrick Henry College was founded with the aim to train young fundamentalist Christians to become the next generation of America’s most powerful. This documentary tells the story of how PHC’s mission is to ‘rechristianise’ America; to ‘preserve the world from the sinfulness of man’. Scary stuff!

You have to fast forward a couple of minutes in this one to get to the documentary.

Pretty much everything Dawkins releases is pure gold as far as I’m concerned. This two part series, which originally aired on Channel 4 back in January 2006, explores the beliefs that are treated as fact by many followers of religion and what Dawkins describes as the ‘process of non-thinking called faith’.