[chuck]So I had initially planned to do a podcast every 2 weeks, but that won’t happen this month. Look forward to the next podcast on February 1st. I think I’ll skip the second part of the empty tomb podcast (as it’s mostly a rehashing of the first part, just fleshed out with more detail), and instead do episode two on CS Lewis and “Mere Christianity.” Lewis is possibly the foremost Christian apologist of the 20th century and “Mere Christianity” his foremost apologetic work.

I was surprised while reading the book how many of these arguments I’d already encountered in regular conversations with actual Christians, as opposed to apologetic Christians who can recount the Kalam Cosmological Argument by rote (while not fully grasping it or its implications), or attempt to grill me on context, chapter, and verse of the Bible. Lewis’s arguments are the ones you’re most likely to hear from your neighbor or coworker, so we’ll cover both the arguments and why they ultimately fail (… or do they?). It just might make for the best podcast in the history of the universe.

For the first episode of the second coming of Irreligiosophy, join Matt and Chuck as we tackle William Lane Craig’s arguments for the central claims of Christianity: the empty tomb and resurrection. I am willing to grant for the sake of argument that Jesus’s tomb was as empty as my rectal vault after a combo burrito from Pancho’s, but as we find out, the existence of an empty tomb does not necessarily lead to a conclusion of resurrection.

Source: Jefferey Jay Lowder, Historical Evidence and the Empty Tomb Story: A Reply to William Lane Craig, The Empty Tomb, pp. 261-306, Prometheus Books, 2005.

[chuck]In observance of Brunalia, the folks at Meat Mutant have released their latest episode. It’s all about taking down Evidence 4 Faith’s ridiculous “Amazing True Biblical Prophecies” podcast, guest starring me.

It all ends here, folks. I have given up the ghost after trudging my way through 12 chapters of the oddly-named “What Is Truth?” by Kirk Hastings. In this episode we cover the recent bannings of 99% of the members posting on Kirk’s “Question Irreligiosophy Project,” as well as my now-deleted review of his Superman fan fiction story. Matt and I make it all the way through Part XI, “The Case for Christ,” but only halfway through Part XII, “What About All These Other Here Religions?” before my brain finally overloaded from the sheer magnitude of dumb.

I must retreat now, and think no more on moronic Christian pseudo-arguments for their evidence-free religion, or quite possibly even dumber Christian arguments against other evidence-free religions.

The next chapter in our continuing series on “How Dumb Can Arguments for Christianity Get?” is live! The answer: pretty dumb indeed. We cover Kirk’s gaffes on the manuscript evidence for the Old and New Testament, discuss the Amazon reviews for “What Is Truth?”, dramatically re-enact some of Kirk’s Irreligiosophy comics, and engage in serious literary criticism of one of Kirk’s fan fiction stories.

All that packed into one hour of juicy podcasttainment. Don’t say I never gave you anything.

[chuck]Matt and I had some trouble lining up our schedules over the last week, so the next podcast will have to wait until next week. One alternative explanation, provided by Kirk “Grant Gardner” Hastings himself, is that we are afraid of his book, and don’t have the courage to expose ourselves to it:

The various nasty, negative posts in reply to this comment by me only serve to prove how incredibly childish and dishonest the atheist members of Irreligiosophy really are. Their reviews contain no intelligent content, only shallow put-downs, because they are not the least bit interested in reason, logic, or truth; they are only interested in insulting everyone who disagrees with them. This is clear evidence of very sick, dishonest, insecure minds. They are afraid of my book, because it reveals the easily verifiable truths about life and God that they simply don’t want to face. That’s why many of them haven’t even read it (even though they attempt to “review” it!) — they haven’t the courage to expose themselves to what it really says. Such people are little more than cowards and troublemakers, and they will get what they deserve out of life in the end.

Oh, I’ve exposed myself to it, Kirk. Repeatedly. See y’all next week.