[chuck]I like the idea given in one of the previous threads about opening up part of episode 100 to a Q&A session with listeners providing us probing questions to answer. I figure we’ll devote maybe 15-20 minutes to it, so drop any questions you’d like to see us answer, serious and otherwise, in the comments. For this Q&A session, no topic is off limits.
If all of the questions suck, well then, we’ll just have to “discover” a lot of “email” questions to answer instead.
105 Responses to “Questions for Episode 100”
What do you think is the more powerful “comfort” religion offers.
The belief that you (and your loved ones) will go to some loosely defined heaven.
Or that those that have wronged you will be sent to hell (usually quite explicitly described.)
I feel that if you could somehow gauge the the underlying “comfort” behind belief that the negative would have far more influence, and strongly felt.
Justice in reality is difficult to apply and a majority of those that harm others will escape it can be a extremely distressing idea to their victims.
What the hell is that God awful theme music and why did you choose it?
I like the theme music, it sounds like some new age stuff. Oh, here’s a couple more, fuck it, lol!
Did you guys actually see the rest of the religious nuts at the end of Religulous? It was almost funnier than the main documentary. And–
Have you guys ever considered doing a documentary? Maybe focusing on Mormonism or something?
I was just listen to my favorite irreligiosophy podcast (The rudolph one, close second is the masturbation episode) and I was just wondering which podcast are your favorites?
Rnegade87, you just stole my next question 🙁
Anyhoo, I have another one. Do you think you’ve achieved (partly or wholly) what you set out to achieve by doing Irreligiosophy?
And….
When’s the next podcast coming out?
When is the Perky Soft and Receptive Breasts show starting?
In total, how many people have had Chuck remove foreign objects from their rectums?
Does the fact that Leighton’s penis has not grown since it was cursed prove that the whole universe and all the atoms in it are expanding at exactly the same rate, except his penis?
What is the most commonly asked question that you’ve been asked by your fans since the show’s inception? (Please answer with just the question and not the answer to the answer’s question.)
I’m in nursing school and they continuously talk to us about treating a patient holistically, which means taking into account their spirituality.
@Chuck: How do you do this as a doctor? Does it ever annoy you to have to deal with people’s religious beliefs? (like refusing blood transfusions or vaccines)
@Chuck and Leighton: Do either of you have a form of spirituality (as in motivation for living, something that gives you hope, etc…) that you practice or rely on?
@Chuck and Leighton: How do you guys live in Utah? How do you stand it? I went to BYU for a year and it turned me into an atheist. I don’t think I could live there and put up with all the bullshit.
@Chuck and Leighton: If I ever come out to Utah, can i come visit you guys? 😉
I also want to know how you, Chuck, and your wife manage to make your marriage work. How are your kids raised? I have a four year old daughter and it’s hard enough raising her in a religious country with an atheist husband. I couldn’t imagine doing it if my spouse didn’t unbelieve too.
I LOVE the show!!!!
Here’s one I asked of Bob Price recently, but what the hell –
It’s indisputable that the most annoying people are “former atheists.” Of course, they never were atheists, or if they were, it was the neurotic sort who did it to get back at daddy. Do you know of anyone who seems to have converted based on rational reasons? Can you even imagine what steps they’d have to take?
I can’t think of any. To me, this person would be full of shit. But what the heck. Take a crack at it if it grabs you by the nethers.
Alternately, got any poop on the Moody institute?
@AtheistMama, as well as a few others here: Actually, I’m increasingly curious how you guys make that relationship work too. My father is very much a faithful mormon, while my mother is RADICALLY anti-theist (and I do mean anti-theist), and their relationship is like walking a tightrope slathered in butter. Fights are constant – hell, my father has subtly hinted at my decision to leave the church as a decision to side with my mother rather than side with him (apparently they’re fighting for different teams?). Do you ever encounter anything like this with your wife, especially in respects to how you raise your children?
This might be a (sorry to say) “respect” question. Charleiton, what are your views on making accomodations for people’s religious beliefs? For example, a workplace changing a farewell dinner from a Friday night to a Thursday night because some of the employee who want to attend are Jewish, or someone being excused from certain work duties because they are fasting for religious reasons. I know most of us get Xmas and Easter off from work, but that is not by choice or at our request. I would be happy to work on those days (and actually have in the past). Would be interested in hearing your views on this, dipshits.
I would love to hear you guys talk about the evolution of thought. I’m only 40 podcasts in, so I’m hoping you guys havn’t brought up such an issue yet, but it would be quite an interesting topic. I’m living in Australia, loving the podcast, and would really find it enjoyable to see an episode on this concept. Evolution of thought dictates how religion sprung up within modern society, by analysing the prevailing thought patterns of linear previous cultures. A very interesting topic I myself am currently researching. Love the show, keep on doing what you’re doing. SJ.
i want to know how the fuck toast works!
Charleighton
In times of great personal stress, do you ever regret not having the crutch of faith and prayer? I am finding it particularly hard after having faith for 40+ years to go to only relying on myself and my own actions, rather than sending a quick one upwards…
Do you miss anything in particular about being believers, and if so – what?
What is Chuck’s your favorite philosopher?
What is Leighton’s favorite beer?
Fucking magnets, how do they work?
If you had the Prophet (or his most coherent Apostle) on the show, what’s the one question you’d ask him?
Who would win in a fight between Namor and Aquaman?
What do you think of the Star Trek re-boot?
Will there be a show on the pre-existence and after-life in LDS beliefs?
Leighton:
If you could only masturbate one last time because your dick would explode after, what would you think about or watch? (be as specific as possible)
How often do you have to temporarily stop masturbating due to friction burns?
How many of your adopted ciblings (or biological ciblings) have you tried to hook up with?
Chuck:
When you’re fucking your wife and she says “Oh God!” do you say “God is dead!” or something along those lines?
Both:
How long were you atheist before you decided to tell your family?
How big is the universe as of 3/16/11?
Is the destruction in Japan due to sodomy, toleration of fags, shitty Godzilla movies, a deal with the devil, or gods payback for pearl harbor?
I take offense at that. There’s no such thing as a shitty Godzilla movie.
1.Is god more bizarre than some aspects of quantum physics?
2. If you are looking at regular porn on the net and you ejaculate onto the cat by mistake is that bestiality or just poor marksmanship?
3. How different would the world be if we were not driven to create religions?
Do you believe, as I do, that if religion offered nothing – no heavenly reward, forgiveness, reunion with dead loved ones, etc – it would have phased out of existence long ago?
And why does the Imaginary Friends podcast insist that it is The One True Podcast?!
Mark (London, UK)
@Gliblord
Then you’ve never watched the one with Matthew Broderik
Question 1: What would qualify as evidence for the existence of a god? If Jesus appeared before you and performed miracles, say, would a natural explanation (such as, “I appear to be suffering from insanity!”) not be more compelling than a supernatural one?
Question 2: If you did, upon your death, meet Jesus, what would you say?
Gem Newman, from the Winnipeg Skeptics
@Discord.agent
What Godzilla movie with Matthew Broderick. There was never a horrendous Godzilla movie with Matthew fucking Broderick, nor was there ever a sequel.
*weeps*
If there were no skunks what would we call skunk dicks? On a related note if there were no skunks what would we call skunk cabbage?
The rapture is coming on May 21. Do you guys want to attend my “Hooray, the Christians are gone!” Party on the 22nd?
In the interview with Becky Garrison, Chuck called Jesus a proto-feminist. Is that still his opinion?
One more question: How do you guys go about researching? (Besides Wikipedia, of course) I’d love some tips for finding my own “ammo”.
Will you get Christopher Hitchens on your show before he dies?
Michael says:
You complete bastard! Thanks to your question, I’ve had a prepubescent rendition of “I Am a Child of God” running though my head for a day and a half! Make it stop!
For ChuckLeighton, what do you honestly miss about church? The fellowship? The feeling of security? Hot Mormon wenches? 101 ways to serve Jello at a pot luck?
Has Chuck or Leighton ever gotten any tail from doing the podcast?-
Did Chuck or Leighton ever turn down any tail when they were Mormons?
Which host lost their virginity first?
When Leighton was in the Coast Guard what rate was he?
Did Leighton ever get naked or do anything homoerotic during a Crossing the Line ceremony in the Coast Guard?
What books or other additional sources of information do the hosts recommend listeners follow in addition to the One True Podcast?
Has any patient request a different physician after recognizing that Chuck is a heathen?
Why type of doctor is Chuck?
What was the weirdest thing Chuck has ever pulled out of a patient’s rectum? I assume it would be something interesting since he practices in Utah?
Has either of the hosts ever been in an interracial relationship? Is that possible in Utah?
Will you have future debates on your podcast? And if so, please don’t let it be the Evidence 4 Faith assholes.
When is the new podcast coming out?
It seems Mormons place a great deal of credence in ‘Received Revelations’, especially in FLDS circles. It seems virtually anyone can spout these messages via these Spiritual Telegrams and WHY do the faithful accept the validity of the messages, no matter how self serving and / or venal?
Two questions:
– Do you guys ever get death threats from zealous Christians, or smashed up mailboxes or the like?
– How the fuck do you two know so much about scripture, biblical history, Book of Mormon, Dead Sea scrolls, apocrypha, etc.? There’s gotta be more to it than just wikipedia cram sessions before each podcast. I stand in awe of your scriptural knowledge.
How many adopted siblings remain mormon?
Hiya, just wanted to leave a suggestion and figured you’d read this comment thread more thoroughly than perhaps others.
At some point y’all should do a Kent Hovind v Ray Comfort dumboff to determine which of them is actually dumber.
Leighton, how have your experiences with your adopted siblings informed your black baby jokes?
Why do you hate God?
WHERE’S MY PODCAST??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRLZk2Rik0c
Do your families get grief from the LDS church because of your podcast?
During them time when you were trying to get a female LDS on the podcast, did you ever consider giving Leighton a sex change?
Can you visit Hovind in prison and interview him?
Who’s your favorite Christian crackpot and why? Also who’s your favorite Atheist and why?
if satan’s goal is to turn people away from god, then what sense does it make for him to torture people after they leave god and end up in hell? seeing as thats how many christians seem to think thats how things work, wouldn’t that make god and satan teammates? why don’t people think this shit through before they believe it?
1. I, like some of the other commenters here, want to know more about Chuck’s family’s cult. Chuck, was it just your family or were you connected to a larger group? I sort of gathered that your parents were originally part of the LDS church. What were their reasons for leaving and becoming fundamentalists?
2. Are either of you guys related to Brigham Young?
3. Are you ever going to do that podcast about Christians and the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Was Plutarch a Greek or a Roman?
I just finished listening to the Nick Fiedler interview where he described you as polite and reasonable in your criticism of religion. After I picked myself up off the floor I checked the date the podcast interviewed which was 2009. I started listening after the P.Z. Myers interview in 2010 and assume the Fiedler interview was done before you decided to be rude about any and all religions. What happened to convince you to let loose with the anger and the insults, which I love, and be so very, very funny?
Why do you hate God? He loves you and just wants you to swim in vats of jelly beans for eternity.
I think you need to go into the numbers thing a bit more in detail. I am sure you can quote several philosophers that both agree and disagree that they exist only as a concept. It troubles me that in every conceivable or real universe, 3, 4, n dimensions, with all the physical constants altered, will have each isolated intelligent life (that reaches a certain level) independently reach the same realization (discovery) of PI and e. This is certainly not a proof, but more of a weak argument suggesting the issue should be dealt with in some detail.
When’s the next episode of Martyr Man?
just wanted to….
post the 100th comment.