Godless Rebelution

We were happy to have Temell Buggs join us in-studio once again! We've missed his sexy voice, and we're sure you have too.

In this episode:

• We briefly revisit the topic of free will 

Atheists of Utah was fortunate to be able to work with Dr. Carrier to sponsor this event at the downtown Salt Lake City public library while he is moving across the country.

We apologize for the audio quality not being as good as the talk deserves, but the content is very interesting and informative. We have several friends in the polyamory community and thought we knew a lot about their world, but w learned more during this one talk than we have in the last two or three years combined. 

Richard Carrier, Ph.D., is a philosopher and historian with degrees from Berkeley and Columbia, specializing in the contemporary philosophy of naturalism, and in Greco-Roman philosophy, science, and religion, including the origins of Christianity. He blogs and lectures worldwide, teaches courses online at Partners for Secular Activism, and is the author of many books, including his defense of a naturalist worldview in Sense and Goodness without God, his academic case for the non-existence of Jesus in On the Historicity of Jesus, his work on historical methodology in Proving History, his study of ancient science in Science Education in the Early Roman Empire, his responses to 21st century Christian apologetics in Why I Am Not a Christian and Not the Impossible Faith, and an anthology of his papers on the subject of history in Hitler Homer Bible Christ. He has also authored chapters in many other books, and articles in magazines and academic journals, and on his namesake blog, covering subjects from politics and philosophy to feminism and polyamory. 

For more about Dr. Carrier and his work see www.richardcarrier.info.

We spend quite a bit of time talking about the notion of free will. Does it exist, or does it only seem to exist because of a post hoc rationalization? We also cover the following items:

• Matt responds to a criticism/challenge from Felicia Entwistle from the Utah Outcasts podcast

It was a long night & we were all a little punchy by the end of the show, but we didn't want to leave the rebelutionaries without having anything from us this week. You're welcome.

• Intro to determinism and free will

• Why Ted Cruz failed

It's been a rough week at the Heathen Hacienda but we can't help thinking Ted Cruz dropping out of the race for POTUS is one of the best things ever. 

In this episode:

• Chaplin was a good dog

Is everybody else as pissed off at all the trans* bashing going on as we are? It seems to be taking up the majority of all of the more recent news items. 

In this episode:

• It's a sad fact that people you trust will sometimes betray that trust

Matt, Ryan, and Dan are all in-studio this week, and Ryan prepared a special song featuring the infamous Pastor James David Manning. In this episode:

• The Manning Rap

• BYU's dishonorable honor code

Matt, Ryan and I (Dan) have been doing the show together for nearly two years now, and we had a fantastic time recording this milestone episode. We talked about some current events, responded to some listener feedback, and shared some old memories & sound clips from previous shows. We've come a long way over the last two years, and we really appreciate our awesome listener base.  

Thank you all for listening, for your feedback, your input, and for all of the words of encouragement we've received!

In this episode:

• Recent screening of the movie "Spotlight" at the Salt Lake City Downtown library