Proscenium

Proscenium

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Proscenium episodes

  • Matthew Leaves Christianity: Interview with David from The Graceful Atheist
    David, The Graceful Atheist, interviewed Matthew abut leaving Christianity, and David has been kind enough to allow us to use that interview. To support David's work, we are only publishing half the interview, and we hope that you will go to your podcast software and subscribe to The Graceful Atheist to hear the rest. We thank David for his work and his friendship.
    To get in touch, send us an email:  
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    https://anchor.fm/still-unbelievable/message
    46 min
  • Episode 20: Are Moral Values subjective?
    Doug comes back to join Andrew and Matthew in discussing moral values. Doug caused some amusement during the Ask An Atheist Day Question Show Special by suggesting that moral values were in fact Objective. This episode discussing the issue further and asks what it means to have objective moral values when there is no Christian god to give them.
    Ask us a question by leaving a voice message here:  https://anchor.fm/reasonpress/message
    The Cosmic Skeptic episode on morality that is recommended during the show can be found here: http://cosmicskeptic.libsyn.com/4-rationality-rules-is-morality-objective
    2 hr 5 min
  • Episode 19: What is the value of Polemic?
    Matthew and Andrew invite David from Skeptics and Seekers to talk about Polemic and its value in discussions on religion. Does comedy count as polemic and is what we say more important than how we say it?
    This episode includes audio clips to demonstrate some of the points being discussed.
     Ask us a question by leaving a voice message here:  https://anchor.fm/reasonpress/message
    1 hr 39 min
  • Episode 18: Ask An Atheist Day Question show special - part 3 of 3

    In this final hour long episode, Matthew, Andrew and Doug get to the end of the questions they've been answering for the Ask An Atheist Day special. Is our existence contingent and are there questions science can't answer? Do you agree with our answers? As always, feedback, questions, comments, challenges, and to come onto the show, find us at ReasonPress.net

    Ask us a question using this link:  https://anchor.fm/reasonpress/message

    55 min
  • Episode 13: The Burden of Proof, Bayes Theorem, and Molinism

    In a fairly technical episode, Matthew and Andrew chat with Dale Glover from Skeptics and Seekers on a variety of topics having to do with the burden of proof. When we talk in a semiformal or formal setting, there are issues of burden of proof, who has the responsibility of proof, and how it changes hands. Along with this burden, we should consider what constitutes evidence, and who should provide it.

    To take burden of proof seriously, we must consider the ways we establish that some bit of evidence is reliable and how we might come to think of some aspect of it as unconvincing. To do this, we talk about Bayes Theorem, Molinism, deduction, induction, and much much more.


    Come along with us for a satisfying exploration of how skeptics and Christians differ and where they agree on the burden of proof and how to think about evidence.

    2 hr 14 min
  • Episode 12 - Can atheism explain Consciousness?

    In November 2018 Ernest Massey wrote a blog post, for UK Christian website Premier, on consciousness and how it demolished his atheism, saving his faith. Andrew and Matthew have a fabulous conversation with him on the question of can atheism explain consciousness. Ernest demonstrates his honesty and his integrity in this discussion as well as his wonderful sense of humour. This is a perfect example of the kinds of conversation we at Ask An Atheist Anything wish to promote.

    Find Ernest's blog post here: https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Unbelievable-blog/How-consciousness-demolished-my-atheism-and-saved-my-faith

    The 9 minute video of  David Chalmers discussing consciousness, that Andrew mentions during the episode, can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5DfnIjZPGw

    As always, for comments, feedback, questions, or to appear on the podcast visit ReasonPress.net


    1 hr 38 min

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