Irreligiosophy
Summary: Irreligiosophy means “the wisdom of irreligion” — it is about questioning dogmas handed down uncritically to us and researching into the history, practice, and theology of various religions. It’s about scrutinizing religious claims with a skeptical eye and placing them in historical perspective. But ultimately, Irreligiosophy 2.0 is really about arming atheists to wage the culture war with arguments and reason. We focus on Christianity because that is the religion that we are most confronted by in our daily lives, but we see all religion and all irrationality as threats to the continued advancement of knowledge, progress, and social justice.
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Podcasts:
Don't have a Mormon Temple Recommend? Want to know what goes on without getting baptized, attending church every Sunday for a year, and paying 10% of your income? This episode is for you!
Sean continues his assault upon reason and logic, throws up a whole lot of arguments to see which ones stick, and upbraids us for not being nice to willfully stupid people.
Leighton's brother Sean has found our site, and he does not like what he sees. He proceeds to castigate us for our lack of respect for other people's sincere but admittedly idiotic beliefs.
In this episode we decipher all those crazy acronyms and optimistic euphemisms of that transparent scam masquerading as a religion called Scientology. We talk about its history, beliefs, controversies, and gadgets, and even give details about our own visit to the local Church of Scientology.
Herein we show why the various philosophical arguments for the existence of God fall apart under close inspection. We also evaluate one really crappy attempt by Mormon Apostle Boyd K. Packer.
In the LDS religion, each young member at age 14 is supposed to get a "patriarchal blessing," which lays out their future life (if they live according to God's will). We discuss the accuracy of Leighton's patriarchal blessing and compare it to some others we found on the internet.
In a special 50th podcast episode we take on Mims Carter, the man who gave us our lowest iTunes review ever! Who will come out on top? You'll have to listen to find out.
Now the rest of the story: how when Christians gained power in the Roman Empire, they immediately turned the other cheek and meekly tolerated the existence of pagans and allowed them to practice their religion freely everywhere and for all time. Except exactly the opposite.
We discuss the facts surrounding Christian persecutions in the first three centuries after Christ: how and why the Christians were persecuted in a society usually tolerant of different forms of worship, the extent of Imperial involvement, and how Christians reacted to that persecution.
Wherein we examine creation evangelist, dinosaur guy, and tax evader Kent Hovind's 1991 doctoral dissertation, which is filled with an impressive amount of buffoonery, even for Kent Hovind.
Anthropology Professor Ewa Wasilevska returns to discuss some interesting facets of several courses she teaches, including the anthropology of humor and laughter, ancient Egypt's history, and the death rituals of various cultures around the world.
In this episode we cover all the contradictions, misconceptions, and outright nonsense that makes up the nativity story we are subjected to every freaking Christmas.
We talk with Tall Penguin, a former Jehovah's Witness, about all things JW. Topics include odd sexual doctrines, weird stuff about blood transfusions, shunning, and Tall Penguin's personal encounter with a JW "disciplinary council."
We cover the rest of the field in the Religion and Inspiration category of the PodCastAwards competition, and reveal some shocking news about the future of Atheist News Network.
The Catholic Church, beacon of truth, hope, and morality throughout the world, is caught with its pants down (literally) in Ireland. Also, Glenn Beck says stupid things.
