Podcasts about God Is Not Great

Douglas Wilson, Calvinist Theologian and Minister at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, joins us to discuss the role of a Christian in today's fallen culture, his well-documented theological rivalry and friendship with prominent atheist Christopher Hitchens, and how Christians can effectively make headway in the arts by being moral rather than moralistic.       #DouglasWilson #ChristopherHitchens #Christianity  

Kyle Worley and Rebecca McLaughlin explore the question, are we better off without religion?Questions Covered in This Episode:Is America, in general, more religious than the UK?Would you say the perception of religion among non-believers is generally positive or negative?The change in 2005-2008 range, do you think the atheist tones were driving how people were thinking?Is there data around the psychological benefits of religious practice?What do you say when someone says: Religion is the cause of wars, bloodshed, and injustice? Religion hurts people…?Is religion bad or good? Why?Is there a benefit to religious worldviews abounding in the world whether they are Christian or not?Would you be comfortable describing yourself as a religious person?Are we better off without religion?Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Matthew 16:24-26“God Is Not Great” by Christopher HitchensHuman Flourishing Program at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science“Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo IshiguroAmazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Training the Church.Follow Us:Instagram | TwitterOur Sister Shows:Knowing Faith | The Family Discipleship PodcastConfronting Christianity is a podcast of Training the Church. For ad-free episodes and more content check out our Patreon.

We announce the victory in our lawsuit challenging the “The Lord's Prayer” at a West Virginia city council meeting. Attorney Liz Cavell describes FFRF's “Know Your Rights” campaign for students. Then we hear Christopher Hitchens explain why God is not great.

In this episode, I cover some of my favorite books on religion, my religious experiences, and explore the article I wrote the other day on the Roe Vs Wade overturning (+religions role in that decision).   Books discussed God is Not Great & The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens Waking Up, The Moral Landscape, The End of Faith & Letters to a Christian Nation By Sam Harris Support   The best thing you can do is share the podcast with a friend, or sign up for my new weekly newsletter. You can also see my older newsletters with this link.   This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp, so if you want to learn to understand your behavior or emotions with the help of a professional you can get 10% off your first month of therapy by heading to www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread from there you'll just need to run through a 5-minute questionnaire and you'll be matched with a therapist within 48 hours.   This podcast is also sponsored by Athletic Greens so you can get an additional 5 free travel packs and a year's supply of Vitamin D3 with your Athletic Greens subscription at www.athleticgreens.com/aneedtoread    Get a Free audiobook with Audible!    Get in touch: www.aneedtoread.co.uk/contact   

Dnes sa pozrieme na možné spojitosti náboženstva a násilia a bez jeho popierania si predstavíme niekoľko komplikácii:  ----more---- Prečítajte si túto dávku aj ako článok na SME. Súvisiace dávky: PD#177: Ako nový je Nový ateizmus?, https://bitly.com/davka177 PD#104: Mali by sme sa lepšie bez náboženstva?, https://bitly.com/davka104 PD#64: Ako sa zmenilo chápanie náboženstva, https://bitly.com/davka64 Použitá a odporúčaná literatúra: Cavanaugh, The Myth of Religious Violence, 2009. “Five Key Questions Answered on the Link between Peace & Religion” (Institute for Economics and Peace), 2015. Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation, 2006. Hitchens, God Is Not Great, 2007. Martin, Does Christianity Cause War? 2006. Mitchel, Rey, War and Religion: A Very Short Introduction, 2021. Murphy (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence, 2011. Ward, Is Religion Dangerous?, 2006. *** Baví ťa s nami rozmýšľať? ❤️ Podpor našu tvorbu ľubovoľným darom, https://bit.ly/PDdar, alebo cez Patreon, https://bit.ly/PDtreon, a čo tak štýlový merch, https://bit.ly/mercPD? Ďakujeme za podporu!

In this two-part episode, we brought back Travis Green from @letustalkbooks to talk about an unexpected combo of books: How to Have Impossible Conversations by Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay and God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens. Travis is a Senior Instructor at the U.S. Army's Military Advisor Training Academy, a world-traveler, and an atheist who loves collecting Bibles. He's a genuinely curious and compassionate person who knows how impactful difficult conversations can be. This conversation was anything but difficult for us though, as we laugh and question our way through talking about religion, foreign policy, and the intersection of these two books. Travis's Instagram Real Ballers Read website Real Ballers Read on Instagram --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realballersread/support

In this two-part episode, we brought back Travis Green from @letustalkbooks to talk about an unexpected combo of books: How to Have Impossible Conversations by Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay and God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens. Travis is a Senior Instructor at the U.S. Army's Military Advisor Training Academy, a world-traveler, and an atheist who loves collecting Bibles. He's a genuinely curious and compassionate person who knows how impactful difficult conversations can be. This conversation was anything but difficult for us though, as we laugh and question our way through talking about religion, foreign policy, and the intersection of these two books. Travis's Instagram Real Ballers Read website Real Ballers Read on Instagram --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realballersread/support

Books have always seemed like self-contained worlds to me.  Pick up a book, and you can transport yourself to any time in history—or the future. Delve into the mystical or the romantic.  Books help us to open our minds and our hearts, and over the last 30 years, Jonathan Karp has put more of those books into the hands of readers than just about anyone else. Jonathan Karp has been president and CEO of Simon & Schuster since May 2020. He joined Simon & Schuster in June 2010 as publisher of their flagship imprint and was promoted to president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing in 2018.  Karp worked briefly as a reporter for The Providence Journal and then The Miami Herald before being hired in 1989 by Random House.  He worked there for 16 years, rising to editor-in-chief of the Random House division.  He moved to Hachette Book Group in 2005, where he founded the Twelve imprint.  There, Karp published the acclaimed bestselling works, “True Compass” by Edward M. Kennedy, “God Is Not Great” by Christopher Hitchens, and “War” by Sebastian Junger.  Since joining Simon & Schuster, Karp has overseen the publication of “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson, “What Happened” by Hillary Clinton, “Fear” by Bob Woodward, “Frederick Douglass” by David Blight, the winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History, “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen, “In One Person” by John Irving, and “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Čo je to takzvaný Nový ateizmus? O čo mu ide, čo ho spája a čo rozdeľuje? A ako ho možno ohodnotiť?----more----Prečítajte si túto dávku aj ako článok na SME: https://bit.ly/SME_davka177 Použitá a odporúčaná literatúra:Dawkins, The God Delusion, 2006.Dennett, Breaking the Spell, 2006.Fergusson, Faith and Its Critics, 2009.Harris, The End of Faith, 2004.Hitchens, God Is Not Great, 2007.Kaufman, “New Atheism and Its Critics”, 2019.LeDrew, The Evolution of Atheism, 2016."The New Atheists", Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Súvisiace dávky:PD#168: Spinoza a pátranie po prvom ateistovi, https://bit.ly/davka168 PD#166: Môže za ateizmus kresťanstvo? https://bit.ly/davka166   PD#147: Kresťanskí fundamentalisti, https://bit.ly/davka147 ***Dobré veci potrebujú svoj čas. Staň sa patrónom Tvojho obľúbeného podcastu cez Patreon ❤️ (https://bit.ly/PatreonPD) alebo nás podpor jednorazovo či trvalým príkazom (https://bit.ly/CHCEMpodporit). Ďakujeme!

Hitch, la mente más sagaz de nuestro tiempo.En esta oportunidad dedicamos la conversación a repasar y redescubrir los pensamientos, convicciones e ideas de Christopher Hitchens, el periodista, pensador y gran debatidor Britanico-Americano, que dedicó gran parte de su intensa vida a temas tan variados como Ateismo, ética del capitalismo, la Madre Teresa de Calcuta, Thomas Jefferson, George Orwell, la crítica literaria, y mucho más. Un pilar fundamental para los integrantes de Herejes el Podcast - https://www.patreon.com/herejeselpodcast- Ale Durán- https://twitter.com/FunkBob -- https://www.instagram.com/ale_duran_erana/- Ale Vázquez- https://instagram.com/vasco.hereje/ -- Bobby López- https://twitter.com/BobbyEsqvlz -- https://www.instagram.com/bobbyesqvlz/ - Fuentes:God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything - Christopher HitchensHitch-22- Christopher HitchensLetters to a Young Contratian- Christopher Hitchens

Believe it or not, sometimes Christians know what they're talking about. We cover the tactic to use and not to be a jerk about it. We also cover a few examples like responding to Christopher Hitchen's "God Is Not Great", Dan Brown's "The DaVinci Code", abortion is murder, & Bible translation. The post Ep. 93 – Tactics – Just The Facts, Ma’am appeared first on Cave To The Cross Apologetics.

In the early 2000s, across the digital and print world of Christian apologetics, the so-called “New Atheism” was a central topic of conversation. Authors like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens generated quite an audience by attacking religion in general, and Christianity in particular, portraying both as irrational, evil forces in society. Books like “The God Delusion,” “God Is Not Great,” and “The End of Faith” argued that belief in God was unscientific, and that unbelief would make us all better people. You may be thinking to yourself, “I haven't really thought of those guys in quite a while.” Exactly. The movement has grown strangely quiet over the last decade. Message board debates have petered out, rallies and debates have been cancelled, and book sales flatlined. In fact, the New Atheism has been largely replaced. Some folks who once joined in on the outrage against religion got woke instead, and now aim their outrage at privilege, oppression, and perceived inequalities. Others migrated from Rational Wiki to alt-right online hubs like 4Chan and Reddit. Today, those sites are full of former Dawkins fans who swallowed so-called “red pill” ideas about race, sex, and politics, not to mention heaping doses of conspiracy theories. It's fair to say now, as Steven Poole did earlier this year in The Guardian, that the New Atheist moment has ended. But what killed it? Poole makes a strong case that it just became old news. Authors like Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, and Hitchens rode the wave of 9/11 and the War on Terror. In the aftermath of the deadliest attack in American history, it was easy to make the claim that religion itself, and not just certain religions, posed unique threats to world peace, despite obvious differences between Christianity and radical Islam. According to the New Atheists, to quote Christopher Hitchens, religion “poisons everything.” But with Al-Qaeda and ISIS in retreat and a generation coming of age that can't remember 9/11, the New Atheism is out of tracks to run on and have failed to convert a younger audience. And I also think that Patrick Henry College professor Gene Veith offers another helpful angle on the decline of the New Atheists in a piece he recently wrote at Patheos. Militant unbelief has faltered, he suggests, because it cannot adequately explain sin. Atheism is a reductionistic worldview and is forced to either deny the existence of real evil or to blame religion for it. After watching institutions and industries drown in sex scandals and innocents mowed down in nihilistic mass-shootings over the last ten years, it's clear that the fanatically religious certainly do not have a monopoly on violence and evil. In another “autopsy” of the New Atheism at Arc Digital, Ben Sixsmith suggests that those once preoccupied with arguing against the existence of God have moved on “to more intense areas of rhetorical dispute” like racial and gender oppression, while those who bang on about atheism now look—in his words—“increasingly monomaniacal, irrelevant, and dull.” So where does this leave us? With the New Atheism in its twilight years and more fashionable false worldviews taking its place, Christians need to keep apologetically focused. All false ideas need to be answered. Today, we might best serve our neighbors by pointing out the lies of identity politics or oppression politics, explaining the evolutionary roots of modern racism, and caring for the victims these bad ideas leave behind. And as we do, we'll need to point out how inadequate every other worldview is in accounting for sin and evil, which—as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn put it—runs “through every human heart.” In place of the numerous and varied failed accounts of what's wrong with our world, we'll need to continue to proclaim the truth the New Atheists denied and today's fashionable ideologues ignore: that the problem with the world, that the source of evil, is “in here” not “out there.” And because we are, at root, the source of the world's problems, salvation can only come from without not within.

What's Up Heathens! Today in the Bible God is going to k!ll more Israelites for no good reason.  24,000 of them to be exact. He does this because they started worshiping Midianite idols and sleeping with their women. So we are starting out in Moab at Shitem. I'm not sure why the town is named […]

This week we cover one of Christopher Hitchens' books, called "god is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything".  We wish we had more time to cover more of his book because there's a lot of good stuff in here, but we hope that what we're able to cover inspires you to read the book and decide for yourself: does religion poison everything?

Response to FFRF’s national Ron Reagan ad has been great! We talk about born-again Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s scandalous resignation, FFRF’s Times Square billboard, incredible contributions “in the name of Pence” to FFRF’s legal efforts, and Nonbelief Relief’s donation to the Somalia famine. After hearing Shelley Segal’s “Apocalyptic Love Song” homage to Hitchens, we listen to part of our 2007 interview of Christopher Hitchens on Freethought Radio, the year his book God Is Not Great was released.

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In this interview, recorded in Oxford ahead of the release of "God Is Not Great", Christopher Hitchens spoke to Neil Denny and Padraig Reidy about Richard Dawkins, Karl Marx, religion, blasphemy and nuclear apocalypse See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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On episode six we go deep and discuss a collection of obituaries, a book about how to improve your life with mythology, and a book that explains why “religion poisons everything”. Funny stuff! But really, in the hands of these hilarious comedians, Steve Rosenfield, Jim Earl, and Troy Conrad, it’s a surprisingly fun and informative show. We start with Jim Earl’s hilarious book of fake obituaries, “Mourning Remembrance”, which gets my highest recommendation, which is that it ”Belongs on the back of every toilet in America”. Next, we discuss a very interesting book about creativity, ‘The Icarus Deception’, with Troy Conrad, the man behind one of comedy’s most creative hit shows, ‘Set List’. And finally, we delve deep into the genius mind and compelling career of Christopher Hitchens, whose book ‘God Is Not Great’ explains everything you need to know about organized religion, and a lot about Steve Rosenfield’s career choices.! !! “God Is Not Great” - Christopher Hitchens ISBN - 978-0-446-57980-3 Pub. Atlantic Books!!! “The Icarus Deception” - Seth Godin ISBN - 978-1-101-61230-9 Pub. Portfolio/Penguin! !! “Mourning Remembrance” - Jim Earl - http://morningremembrance.com - Amazon - Kindle!

Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great, on The Three New Commandments.

Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great, on The Three New Commandments.

TOPIC: WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND A STAMP HONORING MOTHER TERESAJournalist Christopher Hitchens, author of "God Is Not Great" and an expose on Mother Teresa, "The Missionary Position," gives a sneak preview of his April Vanity Fair article about the Ten Commandments, and talks about the controversy over the Mother Teresa stamp, among other topical issues. The hosts also parse Pres. Obama's speech before the National Prayer Breakfast.

Christopher Hitchens, one of the most celebrated social critics of our time, has been a columnist for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, The Nation, Slate and Free Inquiry. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including God is Not Great (2007), A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq (2003), Why Orwell Matters (2002), The Trial of Henry Kissinger (2001), and Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001). Additionally, he has written prolifically for The London Review of Books, Granta, Harper's, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, New Left Review, The New York Review of Books, Newsweek International, The Times Literary Supplement, and The Washington Post. He is also a regular television and radio commentator. In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, Hitchens discusses his new best-selling book God Is Not Great, which is his contribution to the recent slate of best-selling atheist titles. He also explores various strategies for challenging religiosity in our society, the immorality of the Bible, how religion is bad for one's health, his many recent public debates with believers, and what he calls the war between the West and Islamism. He also comments on the relationship between atheism and intelligence, atheism and great literature, and the need for a "New Enlightenment."

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Are Women Human? Jesus, Women, and Identity Politics* for Sunday, 17 June 2007; book review: *God Is Not Great; How Religion Poisons Everything* by Christopher Hitchens (2007); film review: *La Tragedia de Macario* (2006, Mexico); poem review: *In Praise of Solid People* by C.S. Lewis.

"America's foremost literary pugilist" (Village Voice) offers an elegantly argued case against all religions.