Irreligiosophy

We were recently nominated for the Religion and Inspiration category of the PodCastAwards, so in this podcast we decide to listen to and review the other podcasts in the category. We are still recuperating.

As a follow-up to our last ANN, we find the Catholic Church behaving much the same as the American Legion in Minnesota. We also cover Carrie Prejean, former Miss America runner-up and shining example of conservative family values everywhere.

Due to multiple requests to cover the insanity of the Jehovah's Witnesses, we devote over an hour to discussing this odd Adventist/Millerite offshoot. The JWs claim, despite setting multiple end-time dates that proved to be wrong, that they are the only beacon of Jehovah left on the earth. Could they be right? I think we can all make a prediction of our own here.

Herein we discuss the recent passage of pro-gay rights legislation right here in Salt Lake City, Mormon Headquarters, with the endorsement of the Mormon Church itself. Also, we cover the actions of a group of small-minded Christian veterans who were pissed off that they were prevented from violating the 1st Amendment to our Constitution by a high school principal.

In this episode, we go over a listener's email and then launch into a number of crazy stories found in the Bible, which is supposedly the dictated words of the Almighty Ruler of the Universe himself.

After a long, Satan-worshipping absence, we're back with stories about the idiot Vatican's views on Halloween, some idiot Christian's views on Halloween, and our very own idiot Senator Orrin Hatch's measure to include prayer as a form of medical treatment in his health reform bill.

In honor of Halloween, we tackle some popular ghost stories. First up is "A Haunting in Georgia," a tale about a little girl who sees dead people, the Oxford-trained parapsychologist who fails to help them, the two psychics who fail to help them, and a fat preacher who fails to help them. Yeah, after all that, they're still haunted. Maybe all they really need is a good counselor.

In this guest podcast we interview renowned New Testament scholar and Jesus Seminarian Robert Price. We cover a broad array of topics, ranging from the New Testament borrowing material from the Old, Josephus and the Testimonium Flavianum, and just who was this Jesus character anyway, and how wmuch can we really know about him. A fascinating discussion with a fascinating guest.

We discuss a few topics we didn't address thoroughly enough in the flood podcast, and also run our Noah's Ark commercial. Lastly, we discuss the curious case of a man who killed his wife and 5 children, but didn't want to kill himself because he wasn't sure if suicide precluded his entry into Heaven.

In this episode we discuss the legion of reasons why a global flood as described in the Old Testament never happened. We go over the actual evidence, various creationist interpretations of that evidence, and then reality. We made it clean enough for kids to listen to, but unfortunately due to the subject matter most of the content will probably sail over their heads. Ah, well.

In this episode, we take on an Australian Christian effort to market Christ so that our Lord and Savior's brand image is relevant for today's on-the-go society -- we even publish our own commercial in response to theirs. We also discuss the efforts of Ray Comfort and Mike Seaver to invade college campuses in advance of Darwin Day with their new and improved "Origin of Species."

Since the Old Testament was too easy a target, we crack open our New Testaments to see if our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is actually the soft-spoken, meek pacifist who encourages family values everyone tells us he is. The results are shocking!

The prophets of irreligiosophy discuss recent news items including God smiting a devout Catholic with a stone altar, a Mormon guy getting kicked out of church for speaking out against Prop 8, and two Pace High School educators getting charged with contempt of court for violating a court order about praying at school functions.

Leighton and Chuck take on God for his gambling problem as evidenced in the ridiculous story of Job, an upright and blameless man who Satan wagers will curse God if only God will kill all his children, take away all his riches, and cover him with excruciating boils. God's response? Sure thing!

Leighton and Chuck discuss the strange Catholic booklet that encourages the devout to regularly pray before intercourse, and even suggests helpful things to say. In contrast, we offer our own pre-coital prayers.