[irrelig]Yeah, I know we promised an episode on the Mormon involvement in Proposition 8, but we lied. In this episode, Leighton finds some religious podcasts and takes them apart while I sit back in a state of thorough confusion.
Also, some Skunk Dicks and a really bizarre episode in the ongoing Allred saga. It’s all in episode 76.
39 Responses to “76: Religious Podcast Takedown II”
Sweet can’t wait to listen to it on my 5 hour bus ride
I can’t wait for the Prop 8 podcast… and love the idea of revisiting the star trek and lotr priests podcast. I think it is more than slightly off that they not only found a danish priest to do that particular podcast, but that he is actually geeky enough to gain the admiration of the One True Podcast.
Hey Leighton – in all your exhaustive research did you notice that Adrian Rogers is dead? He died in 2005. So these podcasts are just recycled sermons from years ago. But he’s still popular – some of the Christian radio station broadcast recordings of his sermons on a regular basis. Of course, it was crazy talk when he was alive and it’s still crazy talk now..
Wow… Just listened to the podcast! BTW I love you guys. So entertaining!
I have to say… I live in Alabama so I have experienced my share of crazy family drama but to ask to borrow an already used coffin for a family members funeral??? This tops it off! Your family is a Jerry Springer show waiting to happen!
Leighton, here is a cost saving idea for your frugal family. Have everyone get together, and shop for and purchase a high-end casket for the entire Allred family’s use. You can use the high-end casket for the viewing and then purchase a cheap pine box for the cremation. If your family can agree on a single casket, you’ll save a few dimes. You can even get it customized…maybe have the family member’s names, dates of birth and death engraved into a plaque on the top or side of the casket.
Another option is to rent a casket.
@Rockhead: In Leighton’s defense, he did mention that Adrian Rogers is dead. Leighton pondered the painful manner in which Rogers died, and cursed Rogers’ podcast for the pain it caused him while listening.
According to Leighton’s one true source, Wikipedia, “In November 2005, Rogers contracted pneumonia of both lungs as a complication of colon cancer treatments, and died following a period of mechanical ventilation at the age of seventy-four.” I guess God stopped breathing life into Dr. Rogers. Damn science kept him alive and away from God. DAMN YOU, SCIENCE!
“In Leighton’s defense, he did mention that Adrian Rogers is dead.”
I must have fallen asleep during that part. Happens a lot when Leighton is talking.
Another great podcast. I was banging my fists on the table, chanting “where’s my podcast, where’s my podcast”
Love the bit about the coffin. Life with Leighton’s family must be and experience.
So does Glen Beck make the next one? He’s doing the Native American/Lost tribe thing again. But you guys are probably all over that.
The witch has a “penis enhancement” spell too, lol. Maybe she should meet up with the judge?
Would that “penis enhancement” spell be considered a curse? Maybe we could all get together and get one for Leighton?
That’s awesome, Ironic Name. Chuck, you just have to add “Buy Leighton a Wiccan Penis Enhancement Spell” to this page along with “Buy Us a Beer”. I was also amused that the pic of the guy in his undies in her ad had the option to “enlarge” under it, and even THAT didn’t work.
Pro Haunters, eh? Back when I was involved in haunts, the biggest headache was dealing with fire marshals that were fundies… they would find any and every excuse to not grant that permit… hope you have better luck. Haunts are so rewarding, and so fun to produce… just watch out for the morons who like to screw around… upgrading security was the first thing I did, and never regretted it. Hope you’ll take pics!
the nerd priest sounds so much like Keith Apikary – the legendary video game player.
I think he does pray before large battles in world of warcraft.
Hey Leighton you racist hijo de puta! White guys can beat their wives almost as well as Mexicans. It’s just like basketball – we may not be as good as black guys, but we can still play the game. Why are constantly trying to keep the white man down? Don’t we have it hard enough as it is without you constantly making us feel inferior?
@pinguino: Leighton is an equal opportunity offender.
Great show. The geeky priest pisses me off. I’m sick of churches trying to act hip. “Hey kids, I’m going to rap about the real playa, my friend, Jesus.” Bleh, just typing that gave me Internet cancer.
I am going to listen to it all over again, just for the nerdy priest. This was the most telling example of cognitive dissonance I have ever seen. He chastisises another priest for supporting the Dutch in the world cup and a couple of minutes later he makes an ad that starts out like recruitment for a Gay Pride flotilla.
Link him to Dan Savage please.
I was disappointed that you didn’t cover the podcast “Evidence 4 Faith”. It’s not in the “Top 10” religious podcasts, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t the most entertaining. It’s two VERY serious guys – one being an “apologist” (the worst that I’ve ever heard, read or seen – he’s like a fresh-outta-High-Schooler who read a few paragraphs of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”), and the other being a medical doctor; a fact of which he reminds us every episode when he introduces himself as “DOCTOR Mike Lurakis” – yes, in ALL CAPS. Their “arguments” are so flimsy as to be nonexistent (Leighton could easily tear them apart), they’re young-earthers (you could have fun with that without even saying anything), and their show – a radio show-cum-podcast (yes, Leighton, “cum”) – is apparently produced by a blind autistic monkey. I have never in my life heard more microphone fuck-ups, disconnected callers (which, by the way, they’ve had about 3 of in the entire 3 or so years that they’ve been doing this), or such poor preparation as I’ve heard in these guys’ podcast. It’s really so funny that it makes up for the unrelenting discomfort that one feels when listening to it.
Also, their CCM theme song renders the show infinitely more ironic than its name alone could render it. Its only redeeming quality is that the website (http://evidence4faith.com/) is very pretty.
I sent them an email inviting them to come onto the show. I figure that will be a bit more interesting than us tearing apart their podcast.
eeep the skunk dick I posted got a mention! Finally my life has validation… also I knew there was a reason I couldn’t stand Lord of the Rings…or star trek and didn’t Leighton already get cursed for a larger dick? how did that work out?
I just listened to podcast 76 and wanted to make an observation about the latest tale in the Allred saga. Leighton, the fact that your family was considering a used coffin is GOOD! It’s a sign that their rational neurons aren’t all dead. You might want to try encouraging these little moments of clarity and not take them to task for being inconsistent with their kookier tendencies. And it would enhance the reputation of your coffin! As long as they gave it back.
Glenn Beck is having an August 28, extravaganza. Hoping to be the headliner for a live rally of 100 thousand attendees Glenn will introduce Sarah Palin. There is a very informative and fast paced interview with the author of “Glenn Beck’s War on Reason” on the Point of Inquiry podcast exposing Glenn’s sordid ego and the crying technique he has taken from the Mormon ceremonies into his television performances. August 13, 2010 Point of Inquiry podcast, search Point of Inquiry – iTunes. Chuck and Leighton you should ask for a volunteer to record answers to questions of attendees before the rally starts, what hoot that would be. Please get Alexander Zaitchik on your show post rally. He is hawking a book so would likely be interviewed. From the Point of Inquiry episode you would get salacious ideas of what to probe into.
I listened to the PoI podcast on my way to work this morning. Chris Mooney is a douche, but the interviewee sounded like he had done some thorough research into Beck’s history, including an incident where he called up a competitor’s wife after her hospitalization (for a miscarriage, I think?) and insulted her on air. He lost his audience and job rapidly after that, but somehow keeps bouncing back. The guy also hinted that Beck had been misrepresenting the facts about his mother’s demise all throughout his career (presumably for personal gain), but didn’t go into any detail. I’d love to have him on the show.
Hey dudes, I’m finally reviewing you for iTunes after being a solid fan for months now. 5 stars, wish you had a daily show. My job has a lot of busy work and you guys make the time fly. As a superfan, I’m very aware of how much you enjoy listener suggestions for shows. How about debunking William Lane Craig. I can understand guys like Ray Comfort because they are genuinely too simple-minded to understand how ridiculous they sound. But Dr. Craig is smart enough to know better. He’s a true deception artist and I’d love to hear you dudes rip him a bright shiny new one.
You’re the second listener to mention William Lane Craig as a target, so that means a significant proportion of our fan base agrees with you. I think he has a website where he lays out all of his apologetics. Maybe we’ll critique a few of his web pages for an episode.
Being as you guys are Haunters… you could do a podcast on the ‘Hell Houses’ that pop up during the Halloween season… some of them are sad and hilarious at the same time.
Expanding on what poster ‘colluvial’ said the Allred family showed they do have the ability to think rationally and this issue shows just how engrained religion is in everyone. The very idea of using a used coffin makes believers and atheists alike cringe with discomfort. Even atheists, such as myself, who believe death is the end have a negative initial reaction to this, the ‘respect for the dead’ is a prevalent notion even when for all practical purposes a used coffin would work just fine. Funeral homes make their money equating amount spent as proportional to amount loved. The container matters little to the deceased. Great podcast!
Perhaps a little clarification on the coffin is in order. I actually wasn’t cringing or even uncomfortable at the idea of the coffin being used. Far as I figure, that just adds to the legend of the coffin when we put it in the haunted house. The way I see it, when I’m dead at best I should be thrown out of a moving truck into the wilderness where the animals can have a bit of a meal. What shocked and disgusted me is my family views the body and spirit completely differently. The view is the body needs to be preserved so it can be raised at the second coming and that the deceased was actually going to be standing there at the funeral watching things. It wasn’t rational thought which led them to think frugally. Only the fact that when money comes into the picture all morality and religious thought goes out the window. Such strongly held beliefs tossed aside at the drop of a hat is what disgusted me about the entire situation and the funny thing is I see this behavior on almost a weekly basis. This was just one of the most astonishing examples I’ve come across in the last bit.
Hi Guys, Loved the last 2 podcasts, I had forgotten how bloody hilarious (and downright stupid) some of these religious orifices are. You have got me back into listening to some of this crazzzzy nonscience ones out there, I particularly enjoy the submissions from the ‘Reasons to Believe’ stable with the wonderful “wisdom” of Dr’s Hugh Ross and Fuz Rana (or is that Fuzifinkin Rana). Some of these have me laying on the floor with tears rolling down my face as I struggle not to piss myself, I strongly recommend them to anyone with any kind of science background, no wait scratch that, anyone with an IQ higher than a slime mold! Also being from the UK I had never heard of Kent Hovind before you guys introduced me to him, and I have been lucky enough to find some of his “teachings” in podcast form, what a prize sized bellend. All this stuff makes me laugh but it terrifies me that people actually believe this shit and can contort their mental faculties into such extremes of delusion and double think.
Anyway many thanks for the one true podcast, keep up the good work.
Hey, Leighton: sorry, dude. For real. I know — and to be frank, probably most everyone knows — a family member who is goddamfuckinCRAYZEE! In my case, it was my mother’s father who was a…let’s just say I, at the age of 11, found a tape in his VCR called “Cum Dripping Blowjobs”. I never went back to his house again, and I didn’t know what that meant for another 2 years (this was proto-internet, keep in mind). I hope you know and treat the guys from “Evidence 4 Faith” as straw dogs and fuck them (with a broken broom handle) into submission. Leighton, even YOU can do it. For realz. I believe in you! Some of the coolest guys (except for all of them) I’ve known have been CoastGuarders(R), and they’re great.
Seriously though, you’re the Yang to Chuck’s Yin. Fuck their shit right up.
I was disappointed that you didn’t cover the podcast “Evidence 4 Faith”. It’s not in the “Top 10″ religious podcasts, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t the most entertaining. It’s two VERY serious guys – one being an “apologist” (the worst that I’ve ever heard, read or seen – he’s like a fresh-outta-High-Schooler who read a few paragraphs of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”), and the other being a medical doctor; a fact of which he reminds us every episode when he introduces himself as “DOCTOR Mike Lurakis” – yes, in ALL CAPS. Their “arguments” are so flimsy as to be nonexistent (Leighton could easily tear them apart), they’re young-earthers (you could have fun with that without even saying anything), and their show – a radio show-cum-podcast (yes, Leighton, “cum”) – is apparently produced by a blind autistic monkey. I have never in my life heard more microphone fuck-ups, disconnected callers (which, by the way, they’ve had about 3 of in the entire 3 or so years that they’ve been doing this), or such poor preparation as I’ve heard in these guys’ podcast. It’s really so funny that it makes up for the unrelenting discomfort that one feels when listening to it.
+1
Just re-listening to the first few podcasts… Esp the Exodus podcast. Leighton shows intelligence there. Why did you dumb down? Just curious.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:55 AM Pacific
Chuck, I wrote to Zaitchik author of Glenn Beck’s War on Reason and asked if he would be a guest on the Irreligiosophy podcast. This was his response.
“Thanks for the note. I’d love to hear from the hosts of Irreligiosity. I’m at [this phone number] or this email. Alex Zaitchik”
Sounds good, especially with the big Beck Rally soon to take place.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:57 AM Pacific
The e-mail address I used to contact Alex was zaitchik@gmail.com
Awesome. I edited his phone number out but I have it. We’ll be in touch ASAP. Thanks!
Is Jerry Springer still on the air? Leighton, I agree with whomever said your family should be on the show. And it would be a great way to advertise this Podcast to a new audience.
So why is the nerd priest in Denmark speaking English? I’m not sure if he’s a nerd;I think he’s just smoked too much weed.
Hey Leighton, did you buy an actual casket from a funeral home or is that some kind of novelty Count Dracula coffin? Being a mortician, I know that caskets tend to be on the expensive side. I’m guessing you didn’t drop a ton of cash for a steel casket or anything, so I was wondering if it’s like some Halloween coffin. It would make the story even more hilarious.
And by the way, cremation is much cheaper. muaahah
Chuck there is a podcast I listen to called “Science News Flash” found on iTunes. It is produced by the Reasons To Believe organization. I listen to the following science podcasts also found on iTunes, Astronomy Cast, Current Science and Technology, Diffusion Science Radio, The Naked Scientists, Naked Astronomy, National Geographic Daily News, Nature Podcast, NPR On Science Podcast, NPR Science Friday, Quirks and Quarks (a true gem, energetic and fast paced), Science in Action, Science Weekly (from the Guardian UK also one of my favs. they promote atheism because of its contribution to rational thought. They get flack but are unabashed), The Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures, The Skeptics Guide to the Universe – appreciate Bob Novella’s science segments most.
I really like Science News Flash because they pitch out two to three programs per week. The teams scours the science news headlines and explain current findings in a comprehensible manner, often giving more background detail than the other shows. If a topic is mentioned in the other science shows I listen to, RTB’s Science News Flash will clarify the news items in a way that reinforces my learning. The team is scholarly and give informed underpinnings to biological, anthropological and astro-physical topics. The podcasts range in length from about 13 – 25 minutes. The last third of each podcast is designated to how science relates to truths of the bible.
You have to listen for a while before the hosts will blurt out really bizarre beliefs. They believe Hebrew ancients lived 8 – 9 hundred years. They believe in each named chain in the list of pre-hominens and hominens but think man was a special and separate creation. They are turn-up-your-nose disgusted that man had SEX with gorillas – determined so they say by the fact that for many centuries we have shared similar genital fauna. It makes them gastronomically frothy that we did NAUGHTY things with Neanderthals – those soulless animals. They also have a population count pre-flood or post-flood that requires 19 out of every 20 people being murdered. They believe the flood was basically in the Tigress / Euphrates area. Animals round the earth were spared but there was a bottleneck of mankind caused by the flood.
The Reasons To Believe scientists respect all scientist including atheists. When they did their Phds they considered their atheist colleagues to be honest, decent people. Good science from an atheist is highly praised as such by them. Their vitriol gushes when they are misquoted and demeaned by young earth creationists. You can feel heat from their reddened faces coming through your iPod earphones, when they review debates they’ve had with young earth creationists.
Chuck I would like to hear you argue against something they say over and over. They REPEATEDLY PREDICT that no planet shall be found that would support intelligent life. No stellar system will have the characteristics of our solar system – a rocky planet in the habitable zone, with as little water as earth, protective gas giants keeping it safe. They claim and probably rightly that planets similar to ours would be surrounded in water, that tectonic activity in a rock and water environment is necessary for the recycling of minerals and chemicals because mountains are pushed up and erosion (rivers I guess) enrich the land and the sea. They use the current exo-planets as the basis for their knowledge and have examined 470 such bodies from the exo-planet catalogue.
Also, Chuck, do you have an argument regarding the giants which they believe existed? Haven’t the 900 year old life spans been refuted as a mistranslation of some archaic unit of time?
Please listen to SCIENCE NEWS FLASH: “Stephen Hawking Says God Did Not Create the Universe: What Do You Think?” September 3, 2010. In the second half they present the concept that no planet shall be found that will support more than microbes.
Rich Orman of Dogma Free America would be a good 20 minute guest. If you limit him to 15 or 20 minutes your audience won’t have to listen to a long description of his podcast. Perhaps he could share three of four of his weirdest / most tragic religious fanatical events. The reasons he would be a good guest: can’t curse on his “clean” podcast so loves to LET ‘ER RIP on “explicit” podcasts, will respond effusively to your verbal antics, bit of an imposing guest but you two will handle ‘im easily.