Oh the Humanity!

Oh the Humanity!

By Richard BlaineSociety & CulturePhilosophy
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Oh the Humanity! episodes

  • Catfished

    I discuss witchcraft, oh my. That is, that it used to be part of the law as of the 17th century. I then go on to read over 2 chapters from my book:

    Catfished? and Mack the Guru.

    31 min
  • Thank you God?
    A bit of reading on this Thanksgiving Day 2019. Plus a couple of jokes 😉 Also a correction. Peter Frampton didn’t die as far as I know. I was thinking of Tom Petty at that moment. I’m sorry.
    31 min
  • Not Funny?

    I discuss why Christian comedians aren't very funny, and then discuss the topic of evil. (The show with the good child actors is called Emergence.)

    Correction: I mention Dave Warnock appearing on the Grateful Atheist, but no, it's called the Graceful Atheist. https://youtu.be/w_prmxWrWMg

    30 min
  • Jesus is Dead followed by DePaul

    I am just reminded of the famous Nietzsche quote “God is dead,” and what a clamor that caused. But I was not thinking about that when I came up with the title of this chapter. I discuss Necromancy, and the instance of a pastor "talking to Jesus" live in front of thousands of people, as if he's still alive.


    Later I discuss a chapter I wrote about the life of Paul which I called DePaul. Paul's voice, or whoever wrote that stuff, makes up the majority of the New Testament, so much so that it could really be called the Church of Paul.

    35 min
  • You're not even 50.
    In this episode I discuss Franklin Graham criticizing people who have stepped away from the faith. I then summarize a few chapters of my upcoming book Oh the Humanity!:
    You're not even 50 - discusses an article that asks if Jesus lived a longer life than is widely known based on a verse in which some disciples said to him "You're not even 50."
    What's Your Spiritual Gift - I discuss the irony of claiming the gift of discernment while also being a Christian. The two don't fit together.  
    Look Ma No Hands - discusses pastor analogies.
    30 min
  • Billy Graham and Others

    Hello folks. Today I meandered around speaking of Billy Graham, a chapter called Don't Deny the Tithe (about giving money to the church even while totally in debt to credit cards and the IRS), and finally the "Is There a God?" question, which is a better one than "do you believe in God?"

    30 min
  • Paul in Chains?

    I noticed that many of the songs we played in church today centered around a theme of people being in shame, hopeless, and in chains. Then I realized it was because the sermon topic was Acts 26, discussing Paul in chains making his case with King Agrippa and Festus. Agrippa considered what Paul had to say, but Festus was like "dude, you're bat crazy." I then discuss a Table of Contents I recently compiled for my book, Oh The Humanity. It's not published officially, but you can contact me and buy it if you want. It's a 1,200 page pdf file right now LOL, although there's a page break after each chapter, so some of those pages are blank. It's about 420 pages long if it were in a hard copy.


    By the way, the word I couldn't think of while recording this was ambition. On the one hand humans are being described as being completely covered in shame, in guilt, in a tomb as it were, and more or less like zombies. My point is that no, human beings can be ambitious and recover from hard times with the help of friends. With a little pride and ambition too and learning from others. Jesus isn't a way out for you, since he died like all other human beings have. But learning from other people, especially those who have lived since the world was discovered to be round, is the right option if you are struggling. And if you're not struggling, consider helping others, with no secret religious agenda. Just because it's the right thing to do and you want to experience the happiness of helping people..

    30 min
  • I'm Here Now

    I tried something new today - an impromptu episode based on a few topics, and not on a chapter from my writings. I discuss being here now. What I mean is, as opposed to after I die, people like to say, well, he's going to a better place, he's still with us, etc. My point is, that as a non believer now, I don't feel I'll still be around somewhere participating from afar, in tomorrowland. But I'm here now. Let's meet, let's jam on music, let's write, create. 

    I go on to discuss 2 other topics: Amber Guyger being told she's forgiven and handed a Bible, before they carted her off to jail for 10 years. And the other one was the Kentucky Governor and his state-sponsored Bring your Bible to School Day video. By the way, this improv style approach seems to take longer and Anchor cut me off at 30 minutes. I guess there was a limit I was unaware of, so even though I wasn't done yet, the episode stops right at 30 min.

    30 min
  • Are you going with me?

    This episode features me reading a chapter written early on in my progression away from believing in God. I discuss a car accident a friend had that could've been way worse, but fortunately my friend survived. But then, everyone began saying God stepped into that situation because it wasn't his time to go. I disagree with that and surmise that physics took over, and my friend was very fortunate indeed, but no thanks to God (who doesn't exist anyway of course).

    20 min

About Oh the Humanity!

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After 30 years as a born again believer, and 20 as a professional "Christian" musician, I had a free thought, and then a second one. To explore my new thinking that there was no God, I started writing…