In this episode of Still Unbelievable! Matthew is in conversation with Phil from the flawed theology podcast. Phil is a fellow contributor of the Apostate book that is now available and tells the stories of 21 people who have left Christianity. Links in the show notes for the book and Phil's podcast content.

1) Apostate

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPNBSCBG

2) Flawed Theology podcast

https://www.flawedtheologypodcast.com/

3) Capitol riots with Christian aligned flags and symbols

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/09/us/capitol-hill-insurrection-extremist-flags-soh/index.html

4) Epicurean paradox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurean_paradox

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In this episode of Still Unbelievable! Matthew reviews another conversion story. This one features Daniel, who is known as Darwin to Jesus on that hive of shitiness formally known as Twitter. Daniel's takes on matters of religion and atheism are bad, so bad that there are many who actually think he's a troll parodying the worst of religion. Our confidence that he is a real Christian is about 90%, the 10% in reserve is because there are times we wonder if he is a very clever troll. The main reason is because a troll couldn't keep it up for as long as he has. Which makes the things he says worthy of Matthew's special brand of sarcastic retort, which will be employed by the bucket in this episode, because the things Daniel says are genuinely pathetic and any christian who gives his stupidity a platform deserves ridicule.

The episode being responded to is link 1 and is from the podcast, Ex-skeptic. Yes, there really is a podcast called ex-skeptic, featuring versions of Christianity that actually celebrate turning away from skeptical thought. It's as though they are no longer ashamed of unreasonable credulity. If we weren't so busy rolling our eyes, we'd actually find time to pity those fools.

And with that done, let's get on with the shit show.

1) Original episode

https://exskeptic.org/podcast/dismantling-atheism-daniels-story/

2) Ben Affleck, Sam Harris and Bill Maher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vln9D81eO60

3) The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

https://amzn.eu/d/7dzrycN

4) How Morality Has the Objectivity that Matters—Without God

https://secularhumanism.org/2014/07/cont-how-morality-has-the-objectivity-that-matterswithout-god/

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In this episode of Still Unbelievable, Matthew interviews Tim, who is a fellow contributor to the book Apostate.

See the below for links to the book, other podcasts and items mentioned in this discussion.

1) Buy Apostate

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPNBSCBG

2) Matthew on the Graceful Atheist

https://gracefulatheist.com/2019/06/20/matthew-taylor-confessions-of-a-young-earth-creationist/

https://gracefulatheist.com/2023/12/30/matthew-taylor-why-we-podcast/

3) Genetically Modified Skeptic

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG1uayRlzz3ahT8ISRdyw7Q

4) Gutsick Gibbon

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJNcAH2yzV3VAMYIGxCZ8_w

5) NonStampCollector

https://www.youtube.com/@NonStampCollector

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In this episode of Still Unbelievable, Matthew welcoms back friend of the podcast, Clint Heacock to talk about Clint's book, Not so Shiny not so Happy People and Apostate and the process of writing and publishing.

See the show notes for links to the books and to Clint's podcast, dismantling doctrine.

1) buy Not So Shiny Not So Happy People

https://amzn.eu/d/eKzA4se

2) Buy Apostate

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPNBSCBG

3) buy Still Unbelievable!

https://amzn.eu/d/5zaoHzh

4) Dismantling Doctrine Podcast

https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=dismantling%20doctrine%20podcast

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In this episode of Still Unbelievable, Matthew chats with Liz Charlotte Grant. Liz's book, Knock at the Sky is recommended for anyone who considers themself a doubter, questioner or deconstructor. It is a book that will bring a new perspective to female characters in genesis. We appreciated Liz's book and found her witty and engaging to converse with. We have no doubt you will enjoy this conversation. As always, links to topics we raise are in the show notes, including links to Liz's website and where to buy her book.

1) Liz Charlotte Grant

https://lizcharlotte.com/about

2) Pre order the book

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/knock-at-the-sky-liz-charlotte-grant/1146133120

3) Almost Heretical

Listen to Liz on almost Heretical podcast

https://almostheretical.com/liz-charlotte-grant/

4) Abraham's Excellent Adventure

An alternative version of the Abraham and Issac story, not the one mentioned by Matthew in the episode, but still an interesting retelling.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/abrahams-2735409

5) Toxic Empathy

https://www.wikihow.com/Toxic-Empathy

6) The Empathy List

https://www.thempathylist.com/

7) The Binding of Isaac

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-binding-of-isaac/

8) Why the Midrash Has Abraham Thrown into Nimrod’s Furnace

https://www.thetorah.com/article/why-the-midrash-has-abraham-thrown-into-nimrods-furnace

9) nimrod vs abraham

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/112333/jewish/Nimrod-and-Abraham.htm

10) Abrahams birth and back story

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/246612/jewish/Abraham.htm

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In this episode of Still Unbelievable, Matthew interviews Sarah Bacaller. This is an exciting episode because it is the first official episode celebrating the launch of the book Apostate. Sarah has organised 21 different people who each recount some of their recovery from Christianity. There will be more episodes that discuss the book, including interviews with contributors. To buy the book, see link 1 in the show notes, Sarah's book, Fault Lines, that she mentions, is link 2.

1) Apostate

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPNBSCBG

2) Sarah's Book - The Fault Lines Founding Liberty

https://www.perlego.com/book/1977416/the-fault-lines-founding-liberty-pdf?campaignid=436530068&adgroupid=1353500616599525&msclkid=cff54170bda812b8672e26162d4c6361

3) The Stacie's Mom Podcast - Apostate: Deconversion Stories with Sarah & Phil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5e6HJq2W-0

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In this episode Matthew comments on a two part series of Christians talking about deconversion.

It really is as bad as you think it will be, and is one reason why Christians are spending far too much time talking and not enough time paying attention. The episodes are from the Apologetics Radio show and were published in 2021.

1) the original episodes

https://apologetics.com/deconversion/

https://apologetics.com/deconversion-part-2/

Apple podcast links

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/deconversion/id91466394?i=1000529383652

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/deconversion-part-2/id91466394?i=1000536435151

2) BIOLA

https://apologetics.com/author/jnoyes/

3) Jon Noyes

https://www.biola.edu/about/theological-positions?_gl=1*1qzn87w*_gcl_au*MjAzNTQ5MTgxNC4xNzMwNjI0NjA4*_ga*MTA3Nzc3MTE2OC4xNzIwODg2NTIw*_ga_YFBWBXLQJ7*MTczMDYyNDYwNy4zLjEuMTczMDYyNDcyOS4zNi4wLjA.

4) Deconstructionism

https://www.philosophybasics.com/movements_deconstructionism.html

5) Jon Steingard

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4BTWDakXuxtb8CaMTgzDSb

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Apologist Vince Vitale did a review of a Free Will debate, see the link no 1 in the show notes. The original debate is at link 2. Matthew reviews Vince's review because there are some Christian justifications for free will that simply do not make any sense.

1)

https://www.premier.plus/unbelievable/podcasts/episodes/christian-philosopher-vince-vitale-stunned-by-free-will-showdown-alex-oconnor-vs-alex-carter

2)

https://www.premierunbelievable.com/unbelievable/free-will-vs-determinism-whos-really-in-controlalex-oconnor-vs-prof-alex-carter-hosted-by-ruth-jackson/18133.article

3) Foiling

https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/the-beginners-guide-to-foil-surfing

4) EAAN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_argument_against_naturalism

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In this episode of Still Unbelievable! David from Skeptics and Seekers joins Matthew to discuss, and answer, 3 questions that Cameron Bertuzzi posted onto his Capturing Christianity channel. We're unimpressed by these questions because we think they reveal an attempt to trap atheists into a specific answer, and as such they are not good faith questions. This is why our discussion of the questions run to an hour. This is the edited audio of a video David and Matthew recorded, to see the full unedited video see the links in the show notes. The link to the original questions video is also in the show notes, along with the full text of the questions.

The Questions:

1) do you believe that our beliefs ought to be proportioned to the evidence?

2) if we could verify that a miracle occurred, is that good reason to think god exists?

3) if you're an atheist and you said yes to no1. and you think we have a way of verifying that miracles exists. How many of the millions of claims have you deeply investigated?

1) original video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK3ArZ1r4bs

2) skeptics and seekers

https://skepticsandseekers.squarespace.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@skepticsandseekers4715

3) The video version of this audio content

https://youtu.be/_0E8W3Srdtk

4) Sai Baba

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Baba_of_Shirdi

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Episode 122 Bekah McNeel - This Is Going To Hurt

In this episode of Still Unbelievable! We welcome back Bekah McNeel. Bekah is a journalist and author. We interviewed Bekah for her first book, Bringing Up Kids when Church Lets You Down in Episode 91, see link in the show notes. In this episode Matthew talks with Bekah about her next book, This is Going to Hurt: Following Jesus in a Divided America. See the show notes for more on Bekah and her books. We enjoyed having Bekah as a guest, we find her insightful and compassionate, we hope you enjoy this episode as much as Matthew enjoyed the conversation.

1) Bekah McNeel

https://bekahmcneel.com/about/

2) Buy Bekah's Books

https://bekahmcneel.com/book/

3) Bekah on Still Unbelievable! in March 2023

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/still-unbelievable/episodes/Episode-91---Bringing-Up-Kids-When-Church-Lets-You-Down-e1vsm9j

4) Bekah on Sojourners

https://sojo.net/biography/bekah-mcneel

5) Antinomianism

https://slife.org/antinomianism/

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