Discussion regarding secularism, humanism, and atheism.
…
continue reading
The last DFTR show means new beginning. Join us to discuss the beginnings of ASK and how we've been moving forward.
…
continue reading
1
#364 – Perfect people can throw stones?
59:06
59:06
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:06
The teachings of Jesus, when examined, are not exactly saying moral things.
…
continue reading
1
#363 – Would adding Jesus to movies make them better?
59:46
59:46
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:46
Want Jesus in your life? What about in your favorite movies?
…
continue reading
What if God changed his plans? Maybe he already did, about 2000 years ago. How should we face changes in general.?
…
continue reading
1
#361 - Common sense. Also A.I.
57:50
57:50
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
57:50
Atheists discuss common sense and how it interfaces with religion.. Later in the show we discuss A.I. and the race to install 'values' from the world's various societies.
…
continue reading
1
#360 - What would Mr Rogers do?
57:55
57:55
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
57:55
Ever think how Jesus would fair when compare to Mr. Rogers where compassion and empathy were concerned? We think he would lose out, big time.
…
continue reading
Atheists talk about "Woke" and what it means to them.. And why the religious (Christian, Muslims, etc.) don't seem to be, even thought they give it's tenants lip-service all the time. Indeed, they clam to own the very morality it teaches.
…
continue reading
1
#358 – God - Jesus' dad or step-dad, and other topics
59:24
59:24
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:24
According to the story, god the father,Joseph was the step-dad? Nah, think about it. God is as much the biological father as Joseph. i.e. none. But it was Joseph who raised him since day one. He's the real dad.
…
continue reading
1
#357 - Atheist responses to listener comments.
58:53
58:53
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:53
Atheist responses to listener comments.
…
continue reading
1
#356 - The Inconvenient News
59:44
59:44
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:44
Not the good news, nor the bad news. It's The Inconvenient News
…
continue reading
1
#355 - Hey! Pack it in already!
57:07
57:07
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
57:07
Atheist tell religion to pack it in for various reasons.
…
continue reading
1
#354 – The Moral of the Story
59:30
59:30
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:30
Are Christians taking the wrong morals from Bible Stories? We believe they are. Atheists discuss why that is.
…
continue reading
1
#353 - Snowflakes (the literal ones)
59:30
59:30
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:30
God, himself, designs every single snowflake? Really?
…
continue reading
1
#352 – Growing-Pains Asexuality and Fossils
58:48
58:48
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:48
We talk about the Growing-Pains with growing out of religion. Ty's asexuality and finding fossils.
…
continue reading
1
#351 - Turn it off and turn it back on again
59:17
59:17
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:17
How the god of the Bible used to reboot mankind to fix them. Also, listener comments.
…
continue reading
1
#350 - Why dont we honor religious claims in court?
58:34
58:34
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:34
Back before and during the Salem Witch Trials there was a form of evidence that was allowed called spectral evidence. And people were killed because of it. Spectral evidence is a form of evidence based upon dreams and visions, and it was based on the Christian belief system. Why don't we still do that?…
…
continue reading
1
# 349 - Narcissism, Get off my farm
59:46
59:46
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:46
Atheists discuss Narcissism, and how god, preachers and other religious people display those attributes.
…
continue reading
1
#348 - Special Pleading & Legacies
59:38
59:38
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:38
Christians routinely make general, over-broad rules about nature, the supernatural, religions and gods. Then proceed to say they don't apply in their case. They very well do! And we set about to explain the logical fallacy of Special Pleading.
…
continue reading
1
#347 – Input-Output & Who are you and why
59:20
59:20
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:20
Atheists talk about information bubbles, societies that form who you are and the ideas that you're allowed to be exposed to (or not) in that information bubble and how all of that forms the "you" that you turn out to be.
…
continue reading
1
#346 – Yesus or Jesus (also Souls)
59:44
59:44
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:44
Atheists discuss the meaning of quotes from Jesus and Yesus (aka Kanye West). Also, we'll discuss the soul, consciousness and the personality that so many of us believe to be supernatural in nature.
…
continue reading
1
#345 - The senses, the brain and the afterlife
59:53
59:53
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:53
We know what we believe to be true about the soul and the afterlife. How much do we actually know? Atheist discuss the idea of the soul and a life after death. AND near-death experiences.#
…
continue reading
1
#344 - The Unerring word of God (Revised Ed)
58:29
58:29
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:29
If god's word is inerrant then 1) why are there so many different books and 2) even in the same religion, there are so many different versions of the same book.
…
continue reading
1
#343 - Would a god detector justify belief?
58:54
58:54
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:54
If science developed a "god-detector" and it flashed "true - god found!" .. Would you believe? Would it be justified?
…
continue reading
1
#342 – If you dont believe in the afterlife then...?
56:42
56:42
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
56:42
Every time I get with believers it's always the same old question.. Really, it's more of a lack of imagination than anything else.
…
continue reading
1
#341 - We need a designated god-free zone
57:44
57:44
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
57:44
We've never had a "sample" god to test in the lab, in place of that, if had a god-free zone we could at least compare that to the holy-places preacher/priests/imam's insist are real.
…
continue reading
1
#340 – 5 Arguments for Atheism, and others
59:36
59:36
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:36
What are the best reasons for Atheism.. Come listen, get insight from 2 of us.
…
continue reading
1
#339 - Gods leadership skills, or the lack thereof
59:30
59:30
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:30
Atheists talk about god, preachers, and other religious "leaders" and how they should be graded.
…
continue reading
1
#338 – Responsibility vs Leaving it all up to god
58:53
58:53
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:53
Atheists talk about how religion allows you to abandon your own responsibility for your family, your country, and most other things. "leave it up to god" and forget about it. What "Jesus take the wheel" actually means.
…
continue reading
1
#337 - Unity, Genders and people as ornaments
59:01
59:01
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:01
Athiests discuss how the Unity Game engine policy is like religion, Genders vs Gender Roles vs Sex and people as ornaments.
…
continue reading
1
#336 - Credibility
1:01:18
1:01:18
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:01:18
Credibility: What is it. How do you get it. How do you keep it? How do you lose it?
…
continue reading
1
# 335 -Meeting of the minds
57:45
57:45
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
57:45
This episode takes it's premise from the 1977 TV show "Meeting of the Minds" hosted by Steve Allen. On this show we talk about how Charles Darwin, Jesus and Mohammad would look at today's revelations. Here is the YouTube link to the old shows: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=steve+allen+meeting+of+the+minds…
…
continue reading
1
#334 – Whats the end-game for atheists?
59:46
59:46
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:46
Atheists attempt to answer a Christian questions.. What do we want? What's our end-game goal?
…
continue reading
1
#333 – Dogmatic thinking and Trans sports II
58:25
58:25
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:25
Atheists dive deeper into the topic of Trans Sports and dogmatic thinking.
…
continue reading
1
#332 – Dogmatic thinking and trans sports
59:06
59:06
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:06
Atheist share thoughts on the controversial subject of trans sports.
…
continue reading
1
#331 - Are humans just entertainment for heaven?
58:15
58:15
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:15
Who's watching you? Your parents? Your grandmother? All of heaven? And why? Are we just their entertainment?
…
continue reading
1
#330 – God is the worst pet-owner ever
58:35
58:35
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:35
You take responsibility for your pets, which you love, but apparently god can't be bothered as his "pets", humanity, suffer continuously.
…
continue reading
1
#329 - Why don’t we argue religion in court?
59:29
59:29
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:29
The legal system, and specifically the courts, are where we traditionally go to settle "truth" claims. Why don't we take religious claims to court?
…
continue reading
1
#328 - The Concord (or Sunk Costs) Fallacy
58:09
58:09
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:09
Atheists talk about the "investment" people feel for the time they've spent in their religion, and how they're loathe to leave it after putting so much into it, even though the returns have diminished to nothing.
…
continue reading
1
#327 - The Biblical Diet
58:21
58:21
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:21
I also know it's summer, and everyone is trying to get in the right body. So why not the Biblical Diet? Manna Monotony Breakfast:Start your day with a hearty portion of manna straight from heaven. Don't worry about variety or taste; manna is a divine gift that tastes like honey wafers (Exodus 16:31).…
…
continue reading
1
#326 - Raking in all that dough from Big Atheism.
59:24
59:24
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:24
We talk about how atheists get accused of supposedly being "in atheism" for the big bucks; and how we don't really believe in it.
…
continue reading
1
#325 - Gamification of God
59:44
59:44
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:44
How religion uses the same techniques that games due to keep you interested and coming back for more.
…
continue reading
1
#324 - Atheist consistency vs religious hypocrisy
58:59
58:59
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:59
Consistency and honesty, and a willingness to explain our position.
…
continue reading
1
#320- Ty creates a religion / AIs with emotion?
59:21
59:21
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:21
Ty creates a his own personal religion / Can we program A.I.s with emotion?
…
continue reading
1
#319 - Why atheists are so angry.
56:21
56:21
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
56:21
Why atheists are angry and why they have every right to be. We go over Greta Christina's blog article (and book) about that. Greta Christina -Angry Atheists: https://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2007/10/atheists-and-an.html
…
continue reading
1
#318 - Secular vs Religious Charities
56:26
56:26
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
56:26
Secular vs Religious Charities. Are there really no atheist charities? Of course there are! Most charities are!
…
continue reading
1
#322 - Delayed Gratification
1:00:10
1:00:10
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:00:10
Religion is all about delayed gratification. Delayed, that is, until you're dead.
…
continue reading
1
#323 - You might be an atheist if...
58:57
58:57
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:57
Are you an atheist? Well you might be if..
…
continue reading
1
#321- Learning what is so good about YOU. (Also Santa Claus)
59:46
59:46
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
59:46
Today we discuss a question from a viewer: "How do you think secular people can come to terms with what's good about themselves, especially when they're used to thinking of it as something that comes from a higher power?" - Cassandra, YouTube. We also talk about what people should teach children about Santa Claus.…
…
continue reading
1
#319 - Why are atheists so angry?
56:21
56:21
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
56:21
Why are atheists so angry, and why they have every right to be.
…
continue reading
1
#317 - What IS an afterlife?
55:37
55:37
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
55:37
We al talk about it, but every religion (actually every preacher) describes a different one and many of them contradict each other.
…
continue reading