by cameron | Jan 2, 2007 | Christianity, Podcast
Well we said we were going to do it last night and tonight, in our first attempt, we CURED OUR FIRST CHRISTIAN.
Here’s some links you might want to follow up.
Molly’s blog. Oh yeah Molly, you may have had to give up your belief in Christianity but you at least got a link out of it. The lengths some people will go to for their Googlerank.
Duncan’s blog.
The Blasphemy Challenge.
Some resources you might find handy when you try to cure a Christian in your life:
The Bible and Jesus Myth.
The Skeptics Annotated Bible.
Help me “Cure A Christian” on future episodes! If you’re a Christian, and you want to be cured, come on the show or suggest a friend!
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The G’Day World Theme Song is “Save Me†by The Napoleon Blown Aparts.
by cameron | Dec 30, 2006 | Christianity, Podcast, Uncategorized
I can’t tell you how exhilarated I am tonight after watching Richard Dawkins’ two-part DVD “The Root Of All Evil?“. For years I have become increasingly uncomfortable with the feeling that I should just accept christianity as a reasonable viewpoint. Particularly as my boys grow up, I find it unreasonable that they should be told that the religious perspective is as equally valid a way of thinking about the world and their place in it as a rational, reason-based perspective which takes in all of the facts available to them.
Earlier today I also listened to the Point of Inquiry podcast with Sam Harris, author of “Letter To A Christian Nation” and it was equally as exhilarating. To finally have some highly erudite statesmen for the reason-based community is a relief and inspiration, even though the message they are delivering, that reason is on a slippery slope in the West at the moment, is one that is deeply concerning to me.
Humanity has had to endure thousands of years of persecution and being held back from progress as a result of the particular mythologies of the leaders of our societies. Too many millions of people had to die to get us to the privileged position we are in the 21st century, where we have the freedom to review the facts and make a reason-based decision on how the world works and our position in it.
The thought that religious zealots could reverse that trend, sending us back to the dark ages, should be terrifying to any sane person.
by cameron | Dec 11, 2006 | Christianity, free will, Uncategorized
Last week, after the very excellent STIRR Sydney event, me old mate Brenton Perry (remember him from our free will cast?) drank beer and discussed how free will doesn’t exist, how we will save Shane from Christianity, why you shouldn’t take your position on global warming from Michael Crichton, and how damn insignificant humans are in the whole scheme of things and arrogant it is of those humans how think the whole universe was created just for them. And then I happened to stumble onto this six-month old post from Dick Hardt which puts our place in the Universe into some perspective. I highly recommend you check it out.
I’m currently reading Ideas: A Brief History by Peter Watson and it’s very enjoyable. Today I was learning about FOXP2 (“forkhead box P2”), a gene that is implicated in the development of language skills. Many scientists believe evolved in humans about 200,000 years ago and which, when mutated, gave early homo sapiens the ability to communicate which of course gave them an enormous survival advantage. The same genes appears in mice and chimps, with only a couple of molecules different from the version that we have.
And I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of Richard Dawkins’ new book “The God Delusion”. The preface is here to read in pdf format. Sounds like a brilliant book and I’m going to try to get him on the show. Father Bob should love that.
by cameron | Apr 13, 2006 | Christianity, Jesus mythology, Podcast
UPDATE: Hey if iTunes pulled down the wrong show, that’s my fault folks. We had two enclosures, all fixed now. Mea culpa.
Today Rich and I are joined by Dr Malcolm Choat, Department of Ancient History, Division of Humanities, Macquarie University, Sydney, who is Australia’s (and, as far as we’re concerned, the WORLD’S) leading expert on early christianity and the Judas Gospel.
Here’s the Wikipedia link to the document in question.
We also chat about today’s launch of the Google Calendar! Very exciting stuff.
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