Exploring the absurdity, hypocrisy, dishonesty and out right evil aspects of all organized religion.
Mike and I explore the warped mind of a sadistic madman: Christian apologist Steve Hayes. We discuss his take on what he views to be the most "Common Objections to Christianity from Skeptics'. Yes, we got the idea from Chariots of Iron and yes they probably did a better job at it than us and yes they're show is way more popular than ours, but...I can't remember where I was going with this. Anyway, have fun listening to this and please take the time to send the Chariots of Iron guys an email telling them that Mike and I are way cooler. We can be reached at agnosticsalvation@yahoo.com where you can tell us to fuck off if you're a chariots fan :p. Feel free to download on iTunes as well.
More discussions about sex and secularity.
We cover a wide range of topics this episode, including a brief discussion about Herbalife. It should be noted that I have nothing against Herbalife products or their business model, but I do have serious issues with their near cult like indoctrination methods. At the end of this episodes are a few minutes from the previous weeks aborted effort to record a show (we had severe technical issues). Feel free to listen to us on iTunes as well.
Mike and I discuss the merits of the minimal facts aproach as introduced in the book: 'The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus'.
About 40 minutes into the show all hell breaks loose with Skype, so you'll notice things going dead for a few seconds and then resuming 3 or 4 times. Enjoy!
Just wanted to invite everyone to listen to a recently released discussion with Darrel Ray. It's a in depth talk with Darrel about his recently released sex survey. You can find it here: http://agnosticsalvation.podomatic.com/ . It's a pretty fun and informative interview and we have it on fairly good authority that the Flying Spaghetti Monster will be most displeased if you pass up on this opportunity. Is not listening to it really worth an eternity of stale beer and herpes? Personally, I wouldn’t take the chance. Feel free to contact us at agnosticsalvation@yahoo.com . You can also listen to this podcast on iTunes.
Elevatorgate and the Tea Party...two things we're all tired of hearing about...all right here in episode 21! It's funner (is that a word?) than it sounds. You can also find this episode on iTunes if you'd prefer to hear it there. Feel free to contact us at agnosticsalvation@yahoo.com or even better rate our show and leave a comment.
Covered several topics here, and rather suprisingly we find ourselves defending Harold Camping from some recent criticism. Sound quaility is reduced cause I foolishly recorded with a ceiling fan on. You can also find this episode on iTunes if you'd prefer to hear it there. Feel free to contact us at agnosticsalvation@yahoo.com or even better rate our show and leave a comment.
Once again, talkin smack about the Jesus. I'm using the old intro that I used so very long ago (but still love). It's a re-mix of a re-mix of a re-mix of some song from the awesome PC game Star Control 2. You can also find this episode on iTunes if you'd prefer to hear it there. Feel free to contact us at agnosticsalvation@yahoo.com or even better rate our show and leave a comment.
Alas, the long delayed episode 14! I wasn't there for this episode, so hear what the crew has to say when the cats away.
This is the episode we recorded in October 2010. With the exception of the references to Halloween, most of this is still applicable to today.
Consistent with our time honored tradition of releasing podcasts several months after recording them, here's an episode we recorded months ago. Enjoy!
It's just me this time (Marshall) providing you my listening audience with everything you ever needed to know about Christmas but were afraid to ask. *Spoiler Alert*: turns out your typical Nativity Scene doesn't present an accurate account of the birth of Jesus. The show is highlighted by my interview with author Rene Salm. Music by Kevin McLeod at http://incompetech.com/ Enjoy!
Our second interview with Dr. Ray, author of the God Virus. We discuss his recent experiences in Europe and how they compared with events here in the states.
Paul and I are joined by Eli of the popular podcast 'Chariots of Iron'. Eli is joining us to discuss the merits of various arguments in support of the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus; not surprisingly, we each conclude that it probably did not actually happen. To all you listeners out there, you'll notice that about 35 minutes into the show we run into some technical problems and as a result there's a 10 minute gap in the conversation. Don't contact us about it...we already know! Just to prove to Paul that it is actually possible, I've uploaded this episode within 2 days of it having been recorded...take that Paul :p.
We mainly focus on the horrible effects that non-rational thought can have upon the lives of children. I do need to apologize for a comment I made about Jenny Mccarthy's claims regarding the effects of vaccinations. She DID NOT say that they cause retardation as I at first stated. I quickly realized the error of my statement, but didn't do a very good job of correcting myself. I seemed to have implied that autism is synonymous with retardation, and this certainly is not true. There are many individuals affected by autism who have very high I.Q.s. Again, I apologize for the insensitivity of my statement. -Marshall
Where the Evidence leads episode 5. In this show Paul and I are joined by popular YouTube personality DonExodus2. We will be discussing David Klinghoffer's article about Darwin as found on the Huffington Post. We'll also answer some of the criticisms of evolution as found on http://www.evanwiggs.com/articles/reasons.html#Introduction. SPecifically we'll be answering the following criticisms of evolution: 1. Mutations only remove information rather than add information. 2. Mutations are always negative and would never make the recipient of said mutation more likely to procreate. 3. Mutations are too rare to have any real impact upon as pecies. 4. Most organs and biological features are far to complex to be the result of random mutations. (Irreducible complicity). 5. The Cambrian Explosion itself disproves the notion that life evolves slowly. In the span of 20 million years we witnessed the development of most complex life forms; where prior all life were simple single celled lifeforms. 6. No single mutation could possibly give a species any discernible advantage. 7. Punctuated equilibrium has been demonstrated to be impossible. 8. DNA or RNA could never randomly come into existence. Life could never have formed without a designer. (note: not related to evolution a common tactic) 9. The second law of thermo dynamics means that life is impossible. 10. The sun is not enough to overcome entropy. “Raw energy from the sun, if not for the ability of living things to convert it to useful energy such as sugars, proteins etc. would be a destroyer of life. In many of the scenarios of primitive life the UV radiation is looked as the driver of the mutations need for evolution, but it conversely would destroy the organism as well if not protected. In fact the mutation rate being very slow and the energy being very fast the destruction would be very many times faster than the creation. Raw energy from the sun, cannot create the specified complexity needed for life. It can only cause complexity to be lost in mutations. In the labs scientists use sophisticated equipment to polymerize proteins in the right way. If sunlight were to enter this process it would destroy the proteins.” ( from http://www.evanwiggs.com) (note: sounds like his conclusions are mere assertions to me). 11. The Big Bang is false. (note: not related to evolution). 12. “The fossil record does not show an increasing complexity. Evolutionist Dan McShea of the University of Michigan had approached this question in a detailed study of the backbones of creatures that evolutionists believe represent ancestor – descendant pairs. He wanted to see if the ‘descendant’ was more complex than the ‘ancestor’ on the average for each case. What he found was no trend at all. Other scientists studied the shells of ammonoids, a spiral shelled creature, to see if apparently related types got more complex higher in the rock strata and found there was absolutely no trend. Creationists would expect this result of these studies. McShea said: “Everybody knows that organisms get more complex as they evolve. The only trouble with what everyone knows is that there is no evidence it’s true" (http://www.evanwiggs.com/) (note: this argument contradicts the claims about the Cambrian Explosion about the rate at which life simple to complex.) 13. Where are the transitional fossils? 14. The theories regaurding Bird evolution are fabrications. • Archaeopteryx, which has been shown as a fully formed bird has been dated as evolving before many of the dinosaurs with allegedly primitive feathers. • The Archaeoraptor hoax from China in 1999 caused a cloud of “faked fossil’ that hangs over everything coming out of China. (note: a single incident of fraud completely discredits all subsequent claims? Wonder if he would apply this same standard to Christianity?) • Scale cells could never have evolved into feather cells. Music by Kevin McLeod at http://incompetech.com/
Because ASH 13 is still being edited (Howard!) we're skipping directly to ASH 14. ENJOY!
Religion...we ain't puttin up with it no more. BTW-Came up with this awesome description at 1:00 am while uploading file...probably should avoid uploading after bedtime for now on. Many of the news items we discuss on the show can be found on the Secular News Daily on www.palibandaily.com.
One of our more depressing episodes, as most of our topics involve religion inspired child abuse. Oh yeah, in case you haven't figured it out, you can email us at agnosticsalvation@yahoo.com
Howard, Jennifer, Cole and I continue our discussions about religion.
Yet another savage kick to Christianities crotch. Plus magic muslim baby.
Cole, Howard and I interview Brian (aka Brain) Keith Daulton and Amy Rohren about their popular shows 'Mr. Deity' and 'Words'.
Me, Cole and Howard shoot the poop with Darrell Ray author of 'The God Virus' and founder of Recovering From Religion.
Probably my greatest work. Poorly edited but still very worth listening too. Aired on Freethoughtradio.com March of 09. Lengthy discussions of morality and it's origin.
© 2020-2025 Ivy Podcast Discovery LLC
