Atheist Roundtable

Last time I got through about 20 questions.  Let's keep it going.

Yeah, someof the questions are silly, and yeah, my answers to silly questions are silly.  But that is what you get with a silly question.  If I can, I'll try to re-phrase the question, but I'll try to keep the intent of the quesion.

 

This episode will be jam-packed with science and evolution related questions!

Call in and add to the awesomeness!!

This is going to take more than one show.  I've found a wonderful apologetic site that has 100 questions for atheists.  I'm going to answer them all!!

Since this is a website, I'd usually respond in written form.  But I haven't bloged in some time and I like the format of radio better. So I'm just going to read the questions and give my answers.

Mind you, some of the questions are really dumb.  

Put your helmet on for head desk protection and strap in!

Plus your calls.

May the awesome be with you.

http://iloveatheists.com/top_100/challenge_category/Questions%20for%20Atheists/challenge_answer/288

The news has lit up this past week with stories of sexual assults at the hands of religious leaders, and some of them are not even catholic!!  I guess everyone saw all the grand press the catholics get for this kind of nonsense and didn't want to be left behind.

I noticed that there are two phrases that are absent from the bible:  "Thou shall make certain all of thy sex partners are consenting adults," and "Thou shall not in any way ever abuse thy children."  Why is that?  Some moral compass.

I'll rant on and on about how this crap burns my britches.

Plus your calls.

More burnt britches than you can handle!

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As a believer, whenever I screwed up, I could turn to god, or jesus, or confess my sins to a priest.  I could pray.  I could turn to the doctrine of grace and forgiveness.  

What do I do now that I don't have that?  I still make mistakes, that's for sure.  I still screw up.  Do I cower in a corner?  Do I cover it up and hope no one notices?  How do I cope?

It's easier than ever before.

Plus your calls.

How much faith does it take to be an atheist?  Is faith a virtue?  Are science and faith compatible?  Is science a form of faith?

I think it's time for a 30 mintue rant about how much I flipping despise faith.  

Plus your calls.

The awesomeness will runneth over.

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Strap yourself in for what is going to be a bumpy ride.  Michael is going to crucify your beliefs and show you how your biases are blinding you to the truth.  He may even teach your host a thing or two!

No calls this show, I'm afraid.  Still there will be no shortage of eargasms!

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So what's it like trying to raide freethinking kids in this religious society?  I have an 8 year old and a 4 year old.  My son, the 8 year old, has been dealing with thoughts of the afterlife since his great-grandma died.  

I'll talk about how we talk to him about our beliefs, how we deal with the hard issue of death and loss.  And what we do without very religious families.

Plus your calls.

It will be awesome!!

This episode is a request from a fan.  When I was growing up Catholic, it was common for me to take small, random objects to the priest for a belssing.  Mostly religious objects, like crosses, or prayer cards, or rosaries were blessed, but the ocassional wrist watch and bicycle got thrown in.  

I'll tell the story of getting stuff blessed for no reason.  Like a scene from Dogma.

Plus your calls.

There's a new development in the atheist movement:  churches.  Atheists are gathering in congregations.  We are having secular services.  ls this a good thing, or does it lend too much to the idea that atheism is a religion?

Let us reason together.

Plus your calls.

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I've scheduled a make-up episode with Rob Everhart.  I'm sure he'll show this time.

We'll take on the reactions from the religious right to the DOMA and Prop 8 rulings last week.

Plus, your calls.

Another gay old time!!

 

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