By Irreligiosophy
A podcast about the wisdom of irreligion, and all that entails.
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Leaping head first into the creation-evolution wars, we fire five salvos: ERVs, chromosomal fusion, shared pseudogenes, duck dicks, and Tiktaalik. It's like learning Jedi mind tricks against creationists.
This episode we chat with David Michael, an atheist never-Mormon who decided to voluntarily read the Book of Mormon, on purpose, and make a podcast about it. Also a few Skunkdicks and Matt gets a word in edgewise.
In this episode we examine the "objective morality" of God as documented in his Holy Word. Unsurprisingly, we find that the God of the Jews is not quite so omnibenevolent as we've been led to believe.
This episode covers LDS claims about Hebrew ancestry for the Native Americans. Is it possible to put these claims to a scientific test? If so, what does DNA say about Mormonism? Spoiler alert: Mormons won't like the answer.
I'm taking the month off to celebrate freedom from financial bondage, but since we already recorded some stuff, why not release it and pretend like it's some sort of mini episode?
Sweet Jesus, another gospel! We've reached the final fourth narrative about Jesus, this one as different from the previous three as the previous three were different from the Infinity Man. Plus, more Skunk Dicks!
Bill Nye the Science Guy takes on Ken Ham the Observational Bloke in a debate for the ages, and we listened to it so you don't have to.
Matt takes the reins of the podcast and demonstrates his anthropological expertise by taking us through the 9 levels of Norse existence, from the beginning of Ginnungagap all the way to Ragnarok. All of this has been scientifically verified, of...
For the first episode of the new year, we relive the skunkiest dicks of the last year. Beware, extremely stinky people ahead!
If you've ever wondered why we set up pagan symbols of life and rebirth around the winter solstice or deck our halls with boughs of holly, this podcast is for you.
Our geek-centric discussion with atheist Kerry Jackson of X-96 "Radio from Hell" and the Geekshow podcast concludes with some heated back and forth about the shittiness (or lack thereof) of Star Trek: Into Darkness, how Kerry can call himself a...
We finish our in-depth coverage of the Gospel According to Saint Luke by focusing in on he famous parables found only in Luke, like the one where Jesus says to drag unbelievers in front of him and slaughter them.
The Warrens are back, this time portrayed as a pair of compassionate yet scholarly ghost hunters who just want to help people avoid demonic anal rape.
Continuing our series on the gospels, we move into the final synoptic gospel, Luke. No surprise here, Jesus seems to be every bit the asshole he was in the previous synoptics.
We discuss common flaws in logic and argumentation and end up with a quiz to see if anyone paid attention.
In which we interview famous X-96 radio DJ and prominent atheist Kerry Jackson. Part 1 covers his early years growing up in Salem, Utah through the KJQ years, his run-in with cancer, and beyond.
Part 2 of Matthew covers Jesus's triumphal entry on the backs of two donkeys, the fig tree episode, the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, and zombies busting out and roaming around Jerusalem.
Our second in a series of hard-hitting investigative exposes of the four gospels covers the book of Matthew, covering such astounding events as GPS stars, virgin births, tempting Satans, sermonizing messiahs, and more jewiness than you can shake a menorrah...
Part two of our investigative report on the Witch Craze includes instructions on how to become a witch, transcripts from actual witch trials, and Matt's in-depth research into the witch trials in Salem.
Part one of a two-part episode about what the hell happened when the entire world went crazy for two hundred years, killing somewhere between 50,000 and 80,000 women. We discuss the circumstances that led up to the Witch Craze as...
We tackle the first of the good news to be written about the life of Jesus, which includes his bread-multiplyin' shenanigans, as well as some wonderful stories about pig herders, fig trees, and inflicting bodily harm on some money-changers. Join...
This week we look at Lorin Woolley's expanded 1929 statement, with added details such as the appearance of Jesus, glowing faces, and levitating prophets that he forgot the first time around. We also discuss various fundamentalist groups, as well as...
We take on the history of LDS polygamy, the federal response, and the subsequent 1890 Manifesto when the church was faced with losing money. Jailtime and untold suffering? No problem. Take my money? Instant revelation. We also cover the fundie...
WARNING! Explicit science content! We discuss spontaneous generation, creation myths of various cultures, and what we know of abiogenesis. If scary words like Krebs Cycle, deoxyribonucleic acid, or Günter Wächtershäuser scare you, stay far away from this podcast.
In this episode Chuck gets castigated for not allowing Matt to talk, we spend more time talking about penises, and we finish off our discussion of CS Lewis's crappy book.
In Book II we finally get to CS Lewis' reasons to believe Christianity as opposed to all of the other superstitions out there. We also appease the men's rights activists by discussing male circumcision.
Here we cover the rest of Book I and find lots more "philosophy" and "apologetics" inside.
In this episode we briefly cover the life and times of always Christian apologist and sometimes bad fantasy novelist CS Lewis. We also compare and contrast feminism and misogyny within 1940s Christian apologetics and 21st century atheism, and then finally...
Chuck and Matt go over William Lane Craig's ten arguments for the empty tomb and find them EXTREMELY COMPELLING.
Here Matt and I boldly venture into the realm of poorly reworded Lee Strobel and CS Lewis arguments, and then find out why Mr. Hastings believes all religions other than Christianity are wrong, wrong, wrong. Also we talk about Kirk...
Now we move into the religious section of Kirk's book and find Mr. Hastings no more prepared to tackle theological ideas than scientific ones. In addition to covering Kirk's weird ideas about the reliability of the Bible, we read some...
Chuck and Matt take on 4 more chapters of "What Is Truth?" Tune in for more exasperated sighs, head-banging-against-walls, and lots more junior high level misunderstandings of science.
Here Chuck and Matt the Hovindologist discuss the first 1/3rd of Kirk Hastings brilliant work, "What Is Truth?" where Kirk should receive a Nobel Prize for demolishing evil-utionary theory.
A brief rundown of why Irreligiosophy has come to an end.
A brief discussion with Dan Barker of "Godless" and "Losing Faith in Faith" fame.
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.
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...
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.
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...
What's that, you say? There are more crazy Book of Mormon stories? Oh yeah. We got 'em.
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...
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,...
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!
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.
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.
The concluding chapter of the Great Debate between Irreligiosophy and Jesus.
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 shit up that is the Evidence 4 Faith crew. We present this debate unedited, in...
For the final segment of Kent Hovind's earth-shattering, paradigm-changing, rectum-clenching doctoral dissertation, we have brought in expert Hovindologist Matt Wakefield.
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.
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 anal rape.