Irreligiosophy

In this interesting conversation, we discuss the concept of “hopeful skepticism” with Nick Fiedler of the Nick and Josh Podcast, who coined the term. We also range across faith, belief, rationality, and the craziness of Mormonism. Every time I talk to rational believers, I get just a little more hopeful about the future of our [...]

For the thirteenth episode of our wildly popular ANN, we discuss this article from the Boston Globe about the ultra-religious war briefings given to President Bush, which were brimming with not-so-subtle Christian propaganda and images. If not for the frightening nature of the quoted scriptures and blatantly jingoistic captions, I’m not sure this would even [...]

We’ve been holding this one in the wings for awhile, and now is a great time to use it! In our twentieth podcast, I talk to Adele Sakler, one of our favorite interviewees, about a wide range of interesting topics. Leighton talks mostly about his brothers. It’s all right here.

By way of Pharyngula, we have this lovely article by creationist moron Peter Heck. Heck is that all-too-common breed of creationist whose ignorance about science is only matched by his arrogance about that ignorance. Read the article and see how many misconceptions, errors, and fallacies you can find. Me, I lost count. Give a listen [...]

Okay, I know we promised a discussion about the historical existence of Jesus, but I’m on a top secret 2 week mission in Texas and can’t do the topic justice right now. So rather than slap a podcast together before its time, Leighton and I discuss award-winning sci-fi author Orson Scott Card’s fear of the [...]

ANN is on time two weeks in a row! It may be a new record. Those crazy Mormons are in the news again, this time for baptizing President Obama’s mother, who has been dead since 1995. If you can’t beat ‘em while their alive, baptize ‘em after they die. Also, we briefly discuss an article [...]

Uhh, yeah. I’m not sure about this one. Leighton and I watched a video given by a professor about how religion may trace its origins to cognitive processes that evolved to help us sort out complex social interactions quickly. I really don’t know how it turned out, since I fell asleep while editing it. Not [...]

Recently we spied an article showing that nonbelievers are at least 12% more moral than people who attend church once a week. Also, the Missouri House passed a proposal that would allow pharmacists to deny patients access to legally prescribed medications if that medication makes their little Jiminy Cricket chirp up. In this week’s ANN, [...]

[leighton]Here is yet another guest who has decided to join us in our religious discussion. Odd though, I don’t think Charley and I are scary enough because he has chosen to come on alone. On Friday May 29th we are pleased to have Nick Fiedler on the show with us. Nick Fiedler is an ex-churchworker, [...]

Remember waaaaay back when we talked about having our April guests on the show? Well even though it’s May, they’re here! I think this is our best podcast to date. Pete Rollins is a fascinating fellow and Adele Sakler as always provides a unique perspective on everything we discuss. And since I’m a genius, the [...]