Irreligiosophy
By Irreligiosophy
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Podcast Description
Irreligiosophy means "the wisdom of irreligion" -- it is about questioning dogmas handed down uncritically to us and researching into the history, practice, and theology of various religions. Religious claims are scrutinized with a skeptical eye and placed in historical perspective, with an emphasis on pagan precursors (especially Egyptian and Greek) to current beliefs and practices. We focus on Christianity because that is the religion that we are most familiar with and confronted by in our daily lives.
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Explicit109: Dan Barker | A brief discussion with Dan Barker of "Godless" and "Losing Faith in Faith" fame. | 11 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit110: The End | A brief rundown of why Irreligiosophy has come to an end. | 7 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit108: John Loftus | We interview John Loftus, former preacher and current eminent atheist, author of "Why I Became an Atheist" and editor of such works as "The Christian Delusion" and "The End of Christianity." Mostly we talk about the weather. | 9 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit107: Q | We discuss the Q hypothesis, which attempts to make sense of those similarities in Matthew and Luke that are not found in Mark by positing a lost gospel that consists primarily of sayings of Jesus, possibly written by his earliest followers in rural Galilee. When removed from Matthew and Luke, Q has some interesting things to say. | 11 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit106: Bob Price and the Book of Mormon | Bob Price returns for another go-round with us Irreligiosophers, this time to discuss his unique perspective on Joseph Smith's Book of Mormon as a work of psuedepigraphy similar to the Book of Daniel or the Pastoral Epistles. | 27 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit105: The Ten Commandments | In this episode, we take apart the Ten Commandments: what are they, where did they come from, why do we care, and what do they mean? Do they actually form the basis for American jurisprudence? Should they be engraved on monuments everywhere? Do we even have the right ones? | 13 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit104: Crazy Book of Mormon Stories II | What's that, you say? There are more crazy Book of Mormon stories? Oh yeah. We got 'em. | 26 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit103: Crazy Book of Mormon Stories | In this episode we cover some of the basic crazy-ass Book of Mormon stories that are taught to young and old, male and female latter-day saints everywhere. Warning: actual Book of Mormon scriptures are read on this podcast. We do not recommend driving or operating heavy machinery while under the soporific influence of LDS scriptures. | 3 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit102: American Atheists | David Silverman, president of the American Atheists organization, overcomes his natural shyness to pimp the upcoming AA convention in Des Moines, Iowa. In between the pimping, we talk about growing up in a Jewy environment, deconverting at an early age, and evangelizing atheism. | 15 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit101: Ray Garton, Again! | Ray Garton graces our show again to spotlight a book signing that unfortunately fell through. But who cares about that when we have Ray Garton on the show! | 8 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit100: Questions from the Hoi Polloi | We answer questions submitted by our 7 or 8 listeners. Topics include Chuck's family life, Leighton's adventures, and our biggest regrets. We also break up the monotony with the occasional crazy Bible story. | 24 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit99.5: A Special Episode | Listener and number one fan Moggie puts together a very special retrospective on the first 99 episodes to buy us time to make the hundredth. | 16 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit99: E4F Part Deux | The concluding chapter of the Great Debate between Irreligiosophy and Jesus. | 6 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit98: Evidence 4 Faith Redebate | Into the lion's den once more for you, our listener, we brave the mighty onslaught of special pleading, arguments from ignorance, and just plain making s**t up that is the Evidence 4 Faith crew. We present this debate unedited, in its original form, so that you may suffer just as much as we have. | 6 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit97: Hovind Finale | For the final segment of Kent Hovind's earth-shattering, paradigm-changing, rectum-clenching doctoral dissertation, we have brought in expert Hovindologist Matt Wakefield. | 2 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit96: Hovind's Dissertation II | We take on Hovind's intellectual treatise once again, covering the religion of evolutionism and consequences of evolution. We guarantee you will feel stupider for having listened, or your money back. | 16 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit95: Ray Garton | Author Ray Garton comes on the show to discuss his involvement in the whole Haunting in Connecticut fiasco, his experiences with the Warrens and the Snedekers, and a**l rape. | 9 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit94: Chariots of Iron | Eli from Chariots of Iron comes on the show to discuss life, the universe, and everything. | 2 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit93: E4F Debate Analysis Analysis | Since the E4F guys have continued the debate without our presence, we take the time to carefully and respectfully respond to the claims they have made behind our backs. | 28 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit92: The Inter-Testamental Period | We finally get to Chuck's research on Judaism, focusing on the inter-Testamental period. We cover the period of Hasmonean independence, Roman presence, life as a client-state of Rome and then as a province under direct rule, the events leading up to and following the destruction of the second Jewish Temple in 70 CE, and finally the disastrous Bar Kochba Rebellion of the 130s. | 18 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit91: Hitler, Darwin, and Atheism | In this episode we discuss the frequently-heard Christian charge that Hitler was an atheist, and if not for Darwin we wouldn't have had Nazism or the Holocaust. | 11 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit90: More Than One Lesson | Tyler of More Than One Lesson comes on the show to discuss what a******s we were to make fun of his podcast last year. We talk about Christian filmmaking, Mormon filmmaking, and come up with a new term for Michael Moore-style documentaries. Also, we reveal the Skunk Dick of the Year for 2009. | 4 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit89: Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer | We discuss the perennial holiday classic about a reindeer born disfigured with a gigantic crimson proboscis, which apparently Leighton has never seen (I honestly don't know how he functions in society). In it, we find a shocking tale of discrimination and prejudice, led by God himself as his alter ego Santa Claus. This episode is not for the faint of heart. | 24 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit88: The Nature of Existence | Roger Nygard joins us in this episode to talk about his newly-released documentary, The Nature of Existence, where he traveled around the world quizzing people of all faiths (or faithlessnesses) about who we are, why we're here, and what to do about it all. We also discuss his previous project, Trekkies. Most importantly, we get to talk about what a huge douchebag Orson Scott Card is. | 14 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean87: Evidence 4 Faith Debate | We enter the lion's den for this podcast, appearing on a live radio broadcast by two evangelical Christians from the East Coast. Topics in this lively debate include Mormonism, atheism, arguments for and against the existence of God, and why our two podcasts seem to be mirror images of one another. | 12 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit86: The Mitzvah | Leighton shares his research on the 613 rules that must be kept by all good Jews. Yahweh help us all. | 7 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit85: Abby and the Judaic Nation | We have guest Abby on to talk all about growing up Jewish, the different flavors of Judaism, her bat-mitzvah, and all things Judaic. | 30 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit84: Haunting in Connecticut | We spend this episode unearthing the truth about the 1987 events that spawned a novel, a TV show, and a major motion picture. Turns out, the real events were dumber than the movie, if such a thing is possible. | 23 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit83: Proposition 8 | Here it is, the long-sought-after, long-withheld episode on Proposition 8. We cover a brief history of the relevant marriage law in California, changes to that law, judgments overturning those changes, voter initiatives overturning the judgments, and now another judgment overturning that initiative. Also, were those gay penguins really gay? | 16 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit82: LDS Political Primer | In preparation for the official Prop 8 podcast next week, we briefly discuss the LDS church's political history. We spend the first half-hour highlighting a few episodes of early LDS clashes with their neighbors and eventually the federal government, culminating in the Edmunds-Tucker Act and subsequent convenient revelation to do away with polygamy. The last half hour details more recent forays into the political arena, including the Equal Rights Amendment and Hawaii's gay marriage battle. | 9 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit81: FYHD Interview | Emma saves our bacon this week by providing us with this interview in honor of F You Hosts Day. | 23 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit80: Nathan Phelps | This week we discuss Fred Phelps of "God Hates F**s" Westboro Baptist Church fame with estranged son Nathan Phelps. We cover early years, the details of Nathan's leaving the church, and what happened later, as well as details of WBC theology and practices that only a family member could share. | 14 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit79: Baptism For the Dead | Wherein we explain the roots of the bizarre Mormon practice of baptizing dead people by proxy, featuring a brief guest segment with Jessica, an actual person who got suckered into doing it. | 7 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit78: LDS Missionary Experience 2 | The second part of our interview hits a more personal note. Find out what it was like in the field, how missionaries were treated by the Church they served, the culture shock, and the exit interview experience. | 31 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit77: LDS Missionary Experience I | The first part of our interview with ex-Mormon brothers Chris and Mike about their missionary experiences. We start with early church indoctrination and continue through patriarchal blessings, priesthood ordinations, sending the papers in, getting the call, MTC training, and early field experiences. | 24 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit76: Religious Podcast Takedown II | The second part of our religious podcast takedown means it's Leighton's turn to dissect some terrible Christian podcasts. Also, some Skunk Dicks and another oddball episode in the ongoing Allred saga. | 18 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit75: Religious Podcast Takedown | In this first of a two-parter, we encounter some residents of iTunes' Top Ten Religious Podcasts, Joyce Meyer and Mark Driscoll. Driscoll we met in our previous episode about the Podcast Awards, and he doesn't appear to have gotten any smarter in the interim. Joyce Meyers is just like your favorite gramma, if your gramma told you she hated your guts. We also talk about new developments in the ongoing saga of the Allred family. | 10 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit74: Atheists and Moral Language | Guest philosopher Seth discusses his concerns over the loose moral language of the New Atheists. | 4 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit73: Early Christian Heresies, Part 2 | After discussing one last heresy, Chuck hands the podcast reins with fear and trembling to Leighton, who presents his research into the many problems that result in unifying church and state. | 29 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit72: Early Christian Heresies, Part 1 | In this episode we cover the docetic and adoptionist viewpoints, which were later deemed heresies by the One True Church, and the changes in the texts of the New Testament that resulted from the attempt to win these arguments by lying. Because if early Christians have taught us anything, it's that winning an argument is more important than the truth. | 20 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit71: More New Testament Plagiarism | Wherein we discover where the New Testament authors got all those authentic details about Christ's life and death. | 14 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit70: Mormonism from a Female Perspective | In this episode we talk to Britta, a straight-shooting former Mormon woman from Texas who tells it like it is. | 29 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit69: PZ Myers | Wherein we spend an hour shooting the breeze with PZ Myers, outspoken New Atheist and Almighty Lord of Science Blogging, about Fr*ming, his appearance on Expelled, the Frackin' Cracker Incident, and all other kinds of godless fun. | 25 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit68: Crazy Yogic Cult | Wherein we discuss one of the strangest cults we've never heard of. | 22 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit67: Fake Mormon Debate | In this episode we engage Palmer, an atheist who pretended to be Mormon so we'd let him on the show. | 18 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit66: Growing Up Catholic, Down Under | Emma joins us with tales of horra, all about growing up Catholic in Australia. | 15 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit65: Hinduism, For Real This Time | We have captured an actual real-life Hindu and forced him to divulge all the secrets of the crazy religion. The majority of the show is devoted to corrected all of Leighton's mistakes from the previous Hindu podcast. | 8 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit64: Selected Apocrypha--Thomas and Barnabas | Travel back to early Christianity, where sex was bad even within the bonds of matrimony, and nobody liked the Jews. Come to think of it, not much has changed. | 31 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit63: Hinduism | We discuss Hinduism. Frankly, we don't know what the hell is going on with it either. | 20 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit62: The 1950s Comics Scare | In this episode we discuss the history of comics and the events leading up to their self-imposed Comics Code in 1955, and in which we are not in the least surprised to discover that all this mess was started by Catholic busybodies. | 15 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit61: Islam, Part Dos | So having dispensed with the historical backdrop of Muhammad and 7th century Arabia, we finish our discussion with the Quran, crazy Islamic beliefs, and women in Islam. | 27 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit60: Islam, Part One | This week we tackle Allah, Muhammad, and Islam in general. In part one, we discuss the historical backdrop of Muhammad and 7th century Mecca, as well as the "Five Pillars of Islam." | 21 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit59: Dead Sea Scrolls | So, what are these Dead Sea Scrolls, how were they discovered, and who wrote them? A brief look into selected scrolls such as the Community Rule, the Halakhic Letter, the Damascus Document, and the War Scroll sheds light on this ancient Jewish sect. | 14 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit58: Ethics without God | This week we discuss an ethical system built on two simple questions as developed by Dominick Cancilla, author of the book, "Ask Yourself to be Moral." Great for a quick, easily understood rejoinder to anyone who says that morals and ethics are impossible without God. | 6 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit57: More Chick Tracts | We just can't leave this crazy old guy alone. In this episode, we cover "Oops," "Fairy Tale," and "Last Generation." Fun times! | 1 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit56: LDS Temple Ceremony | Don't have a Mormon Temple Recommend? Want to know what goes on without getting baptized, attending church every Sunday for a year, and paying 10% of your income? This episode is for you! | 16 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit55: Respect for Other People's Beliefs, Part II | Sean continues his assault upon reason and logic, throws up a whole lot of arguments to see which ones stick, and upbraids us for not being nice to willfully stupid people. | 8 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit54: Respect for Other People's Beliefs, Part I | Leighton's brother Sean has found our site, and he does not like what he sees. He proceeds to castigate us for our lack of respect for other people's sincere but admittedly idiotic beliefs. | 8 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit53: Scientology | In this episode we decipher all those crazy acronyms and optimistic euphemisms of that transparent scam masquerading as a religion called Scientology. We talk about its history, beliefs, controversies, and gadgets, and even give details about our own visit to the local Church of Scientology. | 1 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit52: Arguments for the Existence of God | Herein we show why the various philosophical arguments for the existence of God fall apart under close inspection. We also evaluate one really crappy attempt by Mormon Apostle Boyd K. Packer. | 23 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit51: Leighton's Patriarchal Blessing | In the LDS religion, each young member at age 14 is supposed to get a "patriarchal blessing," which lays out their future life (if they live according to God's will). We discuss the accuracy of Leighton's patriarchal blessing and compare it to some others we found on the internet. | 8 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit50: Mims Carter | In a special 50th podcast episode we take on Mims Carter, the man who gave us our lowest iTunes review ever! Who will come out on top? You'll have to listen to find out. | 1 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit49: Pagan Persecution | Now the rest of the story: how when Christians gained power in the Roman Empire, they immediately turned the other cheek and meekly tolerated the existence of pagans and allowed them to practice their religion freely everywhere and for all time. Except exactly the opposite. | 25 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit48: Christian Persecution | We discuss the facts surrounding Christian persecutions in the first three centuries after Christ: how and why the Christians were persecuted in a society usually tolerant of different forms of worship, the extent of Imperial involvement, and how Christians reacted to that persecution. | 11 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit47: Kent Hovind's Dissertation | Wherein we examine creation evangelist, dinosaur guy, and tax evader Kent Hovind's 1991 doctoral dissertation, which is filled with an impressive amount of buffoonery, even for Kent Hovind. | 6 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit46: Egypt, Mummies, Humor | Anthropology Professor Ewa Wasilevska returns to discuss some interesting facets of several courses she teaches, including the anthropology of humor and laughter, ancient Egypt's history, and the death rituals of various cultures around the world. | 28 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit45: The Nativity | In this episode we cover all the contradictions, misconceptions, and outright nonsense that makes up the nativity story we are subjected to every freaking Christmas. | 17 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit44: Jehovah's Witness Guest Interview | We talk with Tall Penguin, a former Jehovah's Witness, about all things JW. Topics include odd sexual doctrines, weird stuff about blood transfusions, shunning, and Tall Penguin's personal encounter with a JW "disciplinary council." | 10 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit43: PodCastAwards Part 2 | We cover the rest of the field in the Religion and Inspiration category of the PodCastAwards competition, and reveal some shocking news about the future of Atheist News Network. | 3 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 34: Godly Lies and Beck Again | The Catholic Church, beacon of truth, hope, and morality throughout the world, is caught with its pants down (literally) in Ireland. Also, Glenn Beck says stupid things. | 28 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit42: PodCastAwards Competition | We were recently nominated for the Religion and Inspiration category of the PodCastAwards, so in this podcast we decide to listen to and review the other podcasts in the category. We are still recuperating. | 23 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAtheist News Network #33 | As a follow-up to our last ANN, we find the Catholic Church behaving much the same as the American Legion in Minnesota. We also cover Carrie Prejean, former Miss America runner-up and shining example of conservative family values everywhere. | 17 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit41: Jehovah's Witnesses | Due to multiple requests to cover the insanity of the Jehovah's Witnesses, we devote over an hour to discussing this odd Adventist/Millerite offshoot. The JWs claim, despite setting multiple end-time dates that proved to be wrong, that they are the only beacon of Jehovah left on the earth. Could they be right? I think we can all make a prediction of our own here. | 16 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 32: Mormons, Gays, and the American Legion | Herein we discuss the recent passage of pro-gay rights legislation right here in Salt Lake City, Mormon Headquarters, with the endorsement of the Mormon Church itself. Also, we cover the actions of a group of small-minded Christian veterans who were pissed off that they were prevented from violating the 1st Amendment to our Constitution by a high school principal. | 10 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit40: Crazy Bible Stories | In this episode, we go over a listener's email and then launch into a number of crazy stories found in the Bible, which is supposedly the dictated words of the Almighty Ruler of the Universe himself. | 8 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 31: Halloween, Vatican, and Faith-Based Medicine | After a long, Satan-worshipping absence, we're back with stories about the idiot Vatican's views on Halloween, some idiot Christian's views on Halloween, and our very own idiot Senator Orrin Hatch's measure to include prayer as a form of medical treatment in his health reform bill. | 3 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit39: Haunting in Georgia | In honor of Halloween, we tackle some popular ghost stories. First up is "A Haunting in Georgia," a tale about a little girl who sees dead people, the Oxford-trained parapsychologist who fails to help them, the two psychics who fail to help them, and a fat preacher who fails to help them. Yeah, after all that, they're still haunted. Maybe all they really need is a good counselor. | 11 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit38: Bob Price | In this guest podcast we interview renowned New Testament scholar and Jesus Seminarian Robert Price. We cover a broad array of topics, ranging from the New Testament borrowing material from the Old, Josephus and the Testimonium Flavianum, and just who was this Jesus character anyway, and how wmuch can we really know about him. A fascinating discussion with a fascinating guest. | 2 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 30: Flood Leftovers, and Entrance Requirements for Heaven | We discuss a few topics we didn't address thoroughly enough in the flood podcast, and also run our Noah's Ark commercial. Lastly, we discuss the curious case of a man who killed his wife and 5 children, but didn't want to kill himself because he wasn't sure if suicide precluded his entry into Heaven. | 30 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean37: Why the Flood Didn't Happen | In this episode we discuss the legion of reasons why a global flood as described in the Old Testament never happened. We go over the actual evidence, various creationist interpretations of that evidence, and then reality. We made it clean enough for kids to listen to, but unfortunately due to the subject matter most of the content will probably sail over their heads. Ah, well. | 28 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 29: Christ Marketing, and Comfort vs Darwin | In this episode, we take on an Australian Christian effort to market Christ so that our Lord and Savior's brand image is relevant for today's on-the-go society -- we even publish our own commercial in response to theirs. We also discuss the efforts of Ray Comfort and Mike Seaver to invade college campuses in advance of Darwin Day with their new and improved "Origin of Species." | 23 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit36: New Testament Morality | Since the Old Testament was too easy a target, we crack open our New Testaments to see if our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is actually the soft-spoken, meek pacifist who encourages family values everyone tells us he is. The results are shocking! | 21 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 28: The Wrath of God, Man, and the Courts | The prophets of irreligiosophy discuss recent news items including God smiting a devout Catholic with a stone altar, a Mormon guy getting kicked out of church for speaking out against Prop 8, and two Pace High School educators getting charged with contempt of court for violating a court order about praying at school functions. | 16 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit35: The Story of Job | Leighton and Chuck take on God for his gambling problem as evidenced in the ridiculous story of Job, an upright and blameless man who Satan wagers will curse God if only God will kill all his children, take away all his riches, and cover him with excruciating boils. God's response? Sure thing! | 11 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 27: Catholic Sex Prayers | Leighton and Chuck discuss the strange Catholic booklet that encourages the devout to regularly pray before intercourse, and even suggests helpful things to say. In contrast, we offer our own pre-coital prayers. | 9 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit34: Seventh Day Adventism | In this podcast, we go over some of the history of the Seventh Day Adventists, discuss some of their beliefs, and highlight the foibles of some of their luminaries, including the adventist William Miller and the prophetess Ellen G. White. | 6 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 26: Ordination, Discrimination, and Education | In this episode, we briefly discuss Chuck's son's ordination into the LDS Aaronic Priesthood, anti-gay discrimation legislation opposed by anti-anti-gay discrimination legislators, and a Christian Pastor finally admits what everyone already knew: spreading the word of the Lord is more important than edumacashun. | 1 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit33: Salt City Skeptics | Having canvassed the entire state of Utah, we have found two skeptics to talk with us about what it's like to live in a crazy, backward state that is dominated by religion. Surprisingly enough, that state is not Texas. | 28 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 25: Hammers, RPGs, and Angry Profs | Here we go around about an RPG-related hammer attack in Cedar City, Utah, as well as Professor Wasilewska's growing irritation with both the declining work ethic of college students and increasing pressures for grade inflation. | 25 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit32: Archaeology and the Exodus | Having already discussed the plagues of Exodus way back in podcast number 2, we spend this podcast discussing what, if any, archaeological evidence supports the Bible's version of the Hebrews' escape from 400 years of Egyptian captivity. SPOILER ALERT! There is none. | 23 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 24: Sweden, Switzerland, and Texas | We talk about a little village in Switzerland who want to reverse their prayers to make a glacier recede after God answered their prayers in spades, and also the new Texas law that requires all public schools to teach a class on the Bible. | 19 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit31: Favorite Jack Chick Tracts | Here we encounter three Jack Chick tracts used by evangelicals the world over to bring people to Chick's peculiar interpretation of Jesus: a Mormon tract, an anti-abortion tract, and our favorite, the Halloween tract called "Boo!" | 15 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 23: Islam Questions and Modern Sins | We discuss questions to an Islamic website about eating mermaids and m**********n during Ramadan, as well as a Catholic Bishop's modern upgrade of the seven deadly sins. | 12 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit30: Role-Playing Games | We discuss the Christian attacks against fantasy role-playing games in general and Dungeons & Dragons in particular, in light of our backgrounds playing them. | 7 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 22: Gay Penguins Strike Back! | The gay penguins are back, and this time they have eggs! The zoo-keepers discriminating against our flippered friends have relented, and granted the gay twosome some eggs from a couple with "poor hatching abilities." That's one small step for gay penguins, one giant leap for queerkind. | 5 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit29: What the Bleep | Leighton and I want the last two hours of our lives back, but we took one for the team. We bring you a review of the terrible New Age documentary, "What the Bleep Do We Know?", which confuses quantum physics with morality, consciousness, and erections. Yes, those erections. | 1 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 21: Hate Speech and Exhausted Sea Lions | A discussion about Joe Biden's "hate speech" against Christians and a tribute to our hero, Mike the Sea Lion, tragic victim of sex exhaustion. | 29 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit28: Ewa Wasilewska, Anthropologenius | University of Utah Anthropology Professor Ewa Wasilewska discusses a wide array of topics including the Enuma Elish, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Hebrew tendency to "borrow" things for their scriptures, and her hatred of Greek and Roman history. | 25 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 20: Catholic Morality | The one true church excommunications everyone involved in an abortion on a 9 year old girl in Brazil who was carrying twins because she was raped by her stepfather. | 23 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit27: Fun with LDS Missionaries | Winding up our second Mormon Month, Leighton and Chuck talk about how to stump those young, fresh-faced, eager LDS missionaries who pester you by knocking on your door all the time. | 18 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 19: Gay Couple Cuffed at LDS Temple | A gay couple gets in trouble with LDS Temple authorities for a public display of affection. | 15 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit26: LDS Advice to Young Men | We discuss two LDS articles on how to overcome the evils of m**********n, directed for some reason to Mormon males only. Two elderly men help us all out by giving such advice as to avoid admiring oneself in the mirror, leave the bathroom door open while taking showers, and to wear tight clothing to sleep in order to avoid wanking in a semi-sleep condition. Who knew you could sin in semi-sleep! | 10 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 18: Texas Schools and Atheist Game Shows | Texas Governor Rick Perry does the seemingly impossible by considering a replacement for ousted chairman of the Board of Education Don McLeroy who is even stupider than he is. Also, the Turkish game show that "rewards" atheists who convert with a trip to the holy site of the religion of their choice. | 8 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit25: The Mantle is Far, Far Greater | In this our 25th episode, we delve into LDS General Authority Boyd K. Packer's 1981 speech to his church educators on scholarship, objectivity, and fairness, and why none of those should be valued within the LDS church education system. A fascinating look into how Mormon youth should ideally be educated so as to avoid losing their faith. | 3 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 17: Sally Kern and Gay Demons | Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern is up to her old tricks once again, this time interpreting our economic woes with the wrath of God, punishing the USA for supporting her favorite sins. Thank God we have Sally to interpret God's will for us, otherwise we'd never draw that connection. Also, gay demons floating free in Connecticut. | 1 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit24: Michael Dowd, Evolutionary Evangelist | Wherein we discuss evolution, religion, science, mythology, and naturalism with itinerant evolutionary preacher Michael Dowd, author of "Thank God for Evolution." | 26 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 16: Gay Penguins and Texas Hellos | In this episode, we talk about how widespread homosexual behavior is in the animal kingdom in response to fundamental Christian complaints that it is "unnatural." We also discuss a Texas county's attempt to rid the world of the pernicious influence of "hello" in favor of "heaven-o." | 24 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit23: LDS Excommunication | Leighton discusses his research into LDS policies and procedures for excommunicating members of the flock who have let go of the iron rod. That's a Mormon reference, if you didn't get it. | 19 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 15: Imprecatory Prayer | We discuss Southern Baptist Reverend Wiley Drake's interpretation of the modern relevance and usefulness of imprecatory prayer. | 17 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit22: Did Jesus Exist? | Leighton and Chuck discuss the evidence for the existence of a historical Jesus. We cover pagan sources, Jewish sources, and the books and letters found in the New Testament. | 5 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 14: Anti-Abortion Does Not Equal Pro-Life | We cover the recent shooting of pro-choice doctor George Tiller, Kent Hovind's last-ditch SCOTUS appeal, and some surprising news from Texas. | 3 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit21: Nick Fiedler, Hopeful Skeptic | We discuss faith, belief, and the what, why, and how of Christianity and Nick Fiedler's concept of the "Hopeful Skeptic." | 31 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitANN 13: God and Country | In this episode of ANN, we talk about the religious content of President Bush's Iraq war briefings. Separate church and state much? | 26 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean20: Adele Sakler | In our twentieth podcast, we discuss a wide range of interesting topics with Adele Sakler of Queermergent. | 22 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit19: Orson Scott Card's Fear of the Gay | Orson Scott Card writes an article calling for open revolt if the government "redefines marriage" to include homosexual unions. Leighton and Chuck ponder Orson's journey over the deep end. | 15 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit18: Religion as Hijacked Cognitive Processes | Leighton and Chuck discuss arguments for the evolution of religion through the hijacking of otherwise normal, useful cognitive processes. | 8 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean17: Pete Rollins and Adele Sakler | A fascinating round-table discussion wherein we talk about Christianity almost from a post-Christian perspective. The topics are many and wide-ranging. | 1 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit16: Pagan Precursors, New Testament Edition | Chuck's research into the pagan precursors of ideas found in the New Testament and Christianity. | 25 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit15: Pagan Precursors to Biblical Beliefs | Leighton and I discuss pagan religious ideas and rituals that preceded those exact same ideas and rituals found in the Bible, sometimes by millennia. | 10 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit14: Babylon and the Bible | We discuss Babylon's creation and flood mythos and compare them to the myths found in Genesis. | 4 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit13: Atheist News Roundup, Part 2 | In this episode, we talk about the "R-word," Texas stupidity regarding evolution and creationism, and a recent study showing that the most religious patients were the most likely to desire the most aggressive interventions at end of life. | 27 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit12: LDS Problems, Part Deux | In part deux of our sleep-inducing series on Mormon doctrinal problems, we discuss Brigham Young's controversial Adam-God doctrine and the legacy of 150 years of institutionalized racism within the LDS church. | 20 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit11: LDS Problems, Part One | We discuss Leighton's research into various problems with LDS theology, practices, and leadership. | 13 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit10: Mormonism 101 | We offer a jumbled, rambling, and often confused but thoroughly enjoyable run-down of basic Mormon history and doctrine. | 6 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit9: Unanswered Questions from the Hitchens-Turek Debate | A great debate between Christopher Hitchens and Frank Turek leaves some questions unanswered. In this episode, we address those questions. | 27 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean8: Emergent Christianity | Wherein we discuss a new type of Christianity, "Emergent Christianity," with guests Adele Sakler and Peter Walker. | 20 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit7: Evolution and Intelligent Design, Part Two | The second part of the podcast, wherein we provide evidence for evolution that intelligent design does not explain, as well as arguments against intelligent design itself. | 13 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit6: Evolution and Intelligent Design, Part One | The first of a two-part series on the arguments for and against evolutionary theory and intelligent design, as well as a brief bit on the literal interpretation of scripture. | 6 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit5: Atheist News Roundup | Leighton and Chuck round up topical news items and discuss them from a secular/atheist perspective. | 30 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean4: Discussion with Becky Garrison | Leighton and Chuck launch into a discussion with Christian and author Becky Garrison. | 23 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit3: Glenn Beck's "An Unlikely Mormon" | Leighton and Chuck review Glenn Beck's "An Unlikely Mormon," a "fireside" where Beck details his conversion to the LDS faith. | 16 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Explicit2: The Exodus | Leighton's done some research into the Exodus and has some intriguing findings to share. | 9 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean1: Deconversion | For the first episode of Irreligiosophy, Leighton and Chuck discuss how, despite very different experiences and upbringings, they both moved from belief to disbelief. | 3 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 133 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
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Easily the best and most consistently amusing podcast in Christendom. And beyond come to think of it.
The best skeptical podcast out there!
Absolutely love the podcast! Not for people who get offended by religious mockery, but if you get off on stuff like that - like me - then it's a good antidote to the way we're all meant to respect nonsensical beliefs. Charlie you deserve recognition for your deep knowledge of religion and you could become a national face for atheists, whilst Leighton, you're a great guy too!
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The Best Podcast Ever
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