Podcast appearances and mentions of Greta Christina

Why atheists are angry and why they have every right to be. We go over Greta Christina's blog article (and book) about that. Greta Christina -Angry Atheists: https://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2007/10/atheists-and-an.html

Premiered Sep 19, 2020 In the current climate of Black Lives Matter, dismantling institutional structures and civil unrest, engaging the Black community means more interaction with believers, and having potentially tough conversations. Mandisa Thomas will discuss how to better engage religious counterparts or both personal and professional levels, and why it is important to try and forge working relationships while also standing strong with our nonbelief. Mandisa Thomas is the Founder and President of Black Nonbelievers. She currently serves on the Boards for American Atheists and the American Humanist Association, and facilitates the Morrow, Georgia chapter of Recovering from Religion. In 2019, Mandisa was named the Freedom From Religion Foundation's Freethought Heroine, and was the recipient of the Secular Student Alliance's Backbone Award.  Hosted by Amaia Perez, the RfR Online Programming Director, and Eric Wells, the RfR Support Group Director. Resources List  - “Contradiction: A Question of Faith” by Jeremiah Camara - “Coming Out Atheist” by Greta Christina - https://streetepistemology.com More about Mandisa Thomas  - https://blacknonbelievers.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackNonbelievers - Twitter: @BNonbelievers  - Instagram @bnonbelieversinc  - YouTube: @BlackNonbelieversInc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/recovering-from-religion/message

In the midst of a new Presidential administration and battling a global health pandemic, many atheists still face challenges with openly expressing their views, and fear ostracism from family members and friends. Mandisa Thomas will discuss navigating coming out, the resources available, and also the changing climate of acceptance, and what it means to have “religious freedom”. Mandisa Thomas is the Founder and President of Black Nonbelievers. She currently serves on the Boards for American Atheists and the American Humanist Association, and facilitates the Morrow, Georgia chapter of Recovering from Religion. In 2019, Mandisa was named the Freedom From Religion Foundation's Freethought Heroine, and was the recipient of the Secular Student Alliance's Backbone Award. Hosted by Amaia Perez, the RfR Online Programming Director.   Recorded on February 15th, 2021 Discussion resources: https://www.ifyc.org/article/celebrating-nonbelievers-interfaith-america “Coming Out Atheist” by Greta Christina https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Out-Atheist-audiobook/dp/B00JPZDUF8 Street Empistemology: https://streetepistemology.com Being Non-Religions in America: https://www.secularsurvey.org RfRx - Our Community is Here - USE AND SUPPORT US!!! with Mandisa L. Thomas: https://youtu.be/vkP6C9FL51g    Learn more about Mandisa L. Thomas  https://blacknonbelievers.org YouTube: @BlackNonBelieversInc  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bnonbelieversinc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bnonbelievers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackNonbelievers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/recovering-from-religion/message

In this bumper edition, we begin a projected trilogy of episodes on James Lindsay, Twitter's favourite anti-Critical Race Theory obsessive and bullying prick.  This time, we track the earlier part of James' career as a professional reactionary, leading up to the embarassing 'Conceptual Penis hoax' of which James still seems inexplicably proud.  Daniel demonstrates (to a Jack still groggy from all the AstraZeneca nanobots coursing through his brain) that James was pretty much always the obnoxious douchebag he is now, but simply needed to learn through experience (of being called on his bullshit) how to successfully present his obnoxious douchebaggery as a profound quest to save Western civilisation from standpoint epistemology or something. Content Warnings.   Podcast Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent.  Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618 IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1   Show Notes: James Lindsay [Twitter] https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames James Lindsay [Wikipedia] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Lindsay James Lindsay's PhD Dissertation, [Combinatorial Unification of Binomial-Like Arrays] https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/723/ Joe Rogan - Exposing Social Justice with Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlqU_JMTzd4 CPAC 2021: James Lindsay on How Critical Theories Work to 'Tear Apart' the Values of America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad5ldf8jXI8  Serious Inquiries Only (formerly Atheistically Speaking) https://seriouspod.com/ AS83, Category 5 Shitstorms, with James Lindsay http://atheisticallyspeaking.com/as83-category-5-shitstorms-james-lindsay/ AS84, James LIndsay Part Two http://atheisticallyspeaking.com/as84-james-lindsay-part-2/ Peter Boghossian "Proud of Being Gay" [Tweet] https://web.archive.org/web/20150501060350if_/https://twitter.com/peterboghossian/status/527862167152758784 James Lindsay, [Not Pride and Not Prejudice: Is "Pride" Right for Uses Like "Gay Pride?"] https://web.archive.org/web/20170717143654/http://goddoesnt.blogspot.com/2014/10/not-pride-and-not-prejudice-is-pride.html "Knowing him, and having bothered to discuss it with him more thoroughly, Peter's point is that the term "pride" carries certain meanings (here: in reference to achievement, in particular) that may make it somewhat inappropriate to apply to a concept like "gay pride." As he has done in the past--controversially with groups wedded to certain other terms and ideas connected with them--he has asked for a disambiguation of the term "pride" in this context. Perhaps unsurprisingly, though for some legitimate reasons, there was a rather substantial blowback to his request to carefully consider the terminology being employed as dispassionately as possible." Greta Christina, [Peter Boghossian, and What Gay Pride Actually Means] https://the-orbit.net/greta/2014/11/01/peter-boghossian-and-what-gay-pride-actually-means/ "Okay. Fine. As a fully licensed and registered LGBT person, I will spell out to Peter Boghossian what, exactly, “gay pride” means. (Actually, to be precise, I will point out what “LGBT pride” means.) "LGBT pride does not mean being proud of having been born lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans. "It means being proud of having survived. "It means being proud of living in a homophobic, biphobic, transphobic society — a society that commonly treats us with contempt at best and violent hatred at worst — and still getting on with our lives. It means being proud of flourishing, in a society that commonly thinks we’re broken. It means being proud of being happy, in a society that commonly thinks we should be miserable. It means being proud of being good and compassionate, in a society that commonly thinks we’re wicked. It means being proud of fighting for our rights and the rights of others like us, in a society that commonly thinks we should lie down and let ourselves get walked on — or that thinks we should be grateful for crumbs and not ask for more. It means being proud of retaining our dignity, in a society that commonly treats us as laughing-stocks. It means being proud of loving our sexuality and our bodies, in a society that commonly thinks our sexuality and our bodies are disgusting. It means being proud of staying alive, in a society that commonly beats us down and wants us dead." AS191: Everybody Is Wrong About God, with James Lindsay http://atheisticallyspeaking.com/as/ AS192: Everybody Is Wrong About God, Part 2 http://atheisticallyspeaking.com/as192-everybody-is-wrong-about-god-part-2/ David Chivers, ["Book Review: James A. Lindsay's Everybody is Wrong About God"] https://thehumanist.com/arts_entertainment/books/book-review-james-lindsays-everybody-wrong-god/ "Given that Lindsay feels most people don’t intellectually believe in God anymore, his next main inquiry is an exploration of what people do mean when they say they “believe” in God. He argues that most of these people are actually articulating a more subtle need for community, comfort, and a set of morals, which they then equate with God. God is the embodiment of their ideas on what makes a good life. But once personified, they confuse their ideas of what makes for a good life with the actual individual they have created and then stubbornly argue for the existence of the said character, i.e. “God.” "Lindsay calls on atheists to recognize this phenomenon and change their arguments accordingly, addressing the needs that God personifies for the person rather than the actual belief in God. This is the next step of “post-theism.” Society must find ways to fulfill those needs in a secular way. Once those needs are addressed and met in those other ways, the need for “God” will quickly and naturally fall away." AS237: James Lindsay and Eli Bosnick on Social Justice http://atheisticallyspeaking.com/as237-james-lindsay-eli-bosnick-social-justice/) AS238: Eli and James, Part 2 http://atheisticallyspeaking.com/as238-eli-james-part-2/ AS239: Eli and James on Trigger Warnings http://atheisticallyspeaking.com/as239-eli-james-trigger-warnings/ Crisis and Trigger Warnings: Reflections on Legal Education and the Social Value of the Law https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4076&context=cklawreview "Abstract: In the same moment that law schools are embracing neoliberal strategies in response to the economic crisis caused by declining admissions, students in the classroom have begun to agitate for advance content notices (or “trigger warnings”) to alert them to any potentially trauma-inducing course materials. For faculty who have already adopted a defensive posture in response to threats to eliminate tenure, this demand feels like an additional assault on academic freedom; one that reflects a distressing student-as-consumer mentality. From this vantage point, students are too easily cast as another group of adversaries when, in actuality, students are straw targets who have little power compared to the real threat—the unchecked corporatization of legal education. This essay attempts to redirect faculty outrage back to the proper mark by decoupling the trigger-warning movement from the broader phenomenon of the neoliberal law school. It presents an alternate reading of trigger-warning mandates: as a student critique of legal pedagogy that demands access and opportunity for all students to fully engage in classroom discussions that can be difficult and are often painful. Trigger warnings give lie to the myth that law is based on dispassionate and objective legal analysis. Seen this way, trigger warnings invite students to become partners in the production of knowledge, while allowing faculty to maintain intellectually rigorous classroom environments. Faculty cannot afford to view students as antagonists. Instead, students should be enlisted as allies in our efforts to challenge the orthodoxy of market-based solutions to the legal education crisis." Katie J.M. Baker, "Teaching Rape Law in the Age of the Trigger Warning." https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katiejmbaker/teaching-rape-law-in-the-age-of-the-trigger-warning "You're in a Harvard Law classroom, which is supposed to be this advanced, high-minded environment, and when we got to rape, the conversation totally devolved into bullshit," one Harvard Law graduate said. "I don't need to pay Harvard tuition to hear men be dumbasses." "Criminal law is a required class, so even students who want to practice tax law or litigate intellectual property cases must participate in "rape week." It also means that professors who aren't necessarily experts in the field sometimes teach it. For many students, that's where the problems start. "Some hate when professors insist on using the Socratic method, a common law school teaching practice in which students are cold-called and mercilessly questioned, because a rape survivor might have to argue an accused rapist's case. Others don't understand why professors engage with students who make insensitive remarks about victims such as "What if she looked older than 12?" or "Is it still rape if it wasn't consensual but he really thought it was?" instead of shutting them down. Some law students even told BuzzFeed News that they chose to skip their "rape week" classes completely rather than seethe in silence." AS296: Life in the Light of Death, with James Lindsay http://atheisticallyspeaking.com/as296-life-light-death-james-lindsay/ SIO44: Debunking the Conceptual Penis Stunt with Eli Bosnick https://seriouspod.com/sio44-debunking-the-conceptual-penis-stunt-with-eli-bosnick/ SIO45: James Lindsay, Co-Author of the ‘Conceptual Penis’ Hoax Paper https://seriouspod.com/sio45-james-lindsay-co-author-of-the-conceptual-penis-hoax-paper/ Very Bad Wizards https://www.verybadwizards.com/ VBW Episode 116: Pain, Pleasure, and Peer-Reviewed Penises https://www.verybadwizards.com/116 VBW Episode 118: We Don't Love Them Hoax https://www.verybadwizards.com/118 The conceptual penis as a social construct https://www.skeptic.com/downloads/conceptual-penis/23311886.2017.1330439.pdf "We conclude that penises are not best understood as the male sexual organ, or as a male reproductive organ, but instead as an enacted social construct that is both damaging and problematic for society and future generations. The conceptual penis presents significant problems for gender identity and reproductive identity within social and family dynamics, is exclusionary to disenfranchised communities based upon gender or reproductive identity, is an enduring source of abuse for women and other gender-marginalized groups and individuals, is the universal performative source of rape, and is the conceptual driver behind much of climate change. "An explicit isomorphic relationship exists between the conceptual penis and the most problematic themes in toxic masculinity, and that relationship is mediated by the machismo braggadocio aspect of male hypermasculine thought and performance. A change in our discourses in science, technol-ogy, policy, economics, society, and various communities is needed to protect marginalized groups, promote the advancement of women, trans, and gender-queer individuals (including non-gendered and gender-skeptical people), and to remedy environmental impacts that follow from climate change driven by capitalist and neocapitalist overreliance on hypermasculine themes and exploitative utilization of fossil fuels." Skeptic Magazine [writeup] https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/conceptual-penis-social-contruct-sokal-style-hoax-on-gender-studies/ "Assuming the pen names “Jamie Lindsay” and “Peter Boyle,” and writing for the fictitious “Southeast Independent Social Research Group,” we wrote an absurd paper loosely composed in the style of post-structuralist discursive gender theory. The paper was ridiculous by intention, essentially arguing that penises shouldn’t be thought of as male genital organs but as damaging social constructions. We made no attempt to find out what “post-structuralist discursive gender theory” actually means. We assumed that if we were merely clear in our moral implications that maleness is intrinsically bad and that the penis is somehow at the root of it, we could get the paper published in a respectable journal." Charmaine Chua, The Slow Boat to China https://thedisorderofthings.com/2015/01/05/the-slow-boat-to-china/ "The captain tells me that the Ever Cthulhu, like all other ships, never stops for a break. It continues traversing the globe’s surface in 45-day rotations, reaching one end of its route and turning around almost immediately. Container ships are monuments that move, and 100, 000 of them ply the oceans at any given moment. In 2014, the Ever Cthulhu traveled a total of 103,000 sea miles — halfway to the moon. All that distance, all that steel, all that power. Yet, even ships as large as these require very little human labor: a few seamen to navigate, engineers to monitor the ship’s internal workings, others to keep watch, clean, fit, change the oil. The Ever Cthulhu itself has a crew of 22 men – four German, one Polish, seventeen Filipino, and one passenger: myself. Across the world’s ocean, 1.5 million invisible seafarers toil on three to nine month contracts to bind the world together through trade, though they remain, for the most part, isolated in their cabins and mess rooms, retained on precarious short-term contracts, and kept away from their families – indeed, from most of the world. The third mate, a young Filipino, tells me that all his sacrifices are worth it for a salary that pays much more than he could possibly hope for on land. In some sense then, as a container of both aspiration and drudgery, one might think of the ship more as a space than an object; a floating island of both hard labor and the possibility of better futures. "This trans-pacific passage is of particular interest to me because it is by far North America’s largest trade lane, and accounts for nearly twenty million TEUs in U.S. trade alone. This U.S.-China market is dominated by large U.S. retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, and Home Depot – companies notorious for cutting labor costs by using the enhanced mobility of labor to shift work to third parties, erecting cruel hierarchies in both their Chinese factories and U.S. stores. Transoceanic shipping is, in large part, responsible for these widening inequalities: since shipping operates beyond the territorial spaces governed by labor regulations, it allows corporations to do away with the hard-fought democratic and labor rights struggled for and earned within local labor contexts. The internationalization of the supply chain, in other words, is aided by increasing innovations in the speed and efficiency of the shipping market. As a result, circulation has been folded into the production process, becoming a field of experimentation for value-generation in its own right. Of course, there are highly uneven aspects to this story of logistics. Even as members of the International Longshore and Workers Union [negotiate their contract under embattled circumstances](http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/PMA-vs-ILWU-Negotiations-Jeapordized-Ports-Congested-2014-11-04) on the west coast of North America, indentured truck drivers [struggle against overwhelming legal barriers](http://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/port-truck-drivers-on-strike-dispatch-from-los-angeles-long-beach-ports) to unionization in Oakland and LA, port workers in mushrooming Chinese ports can scarcely dream of ILWU wages or safeguards, and factory workers around the world toil under the poverty line. The world of logistics looks very different indeed from the perspective of Taiwan, California, or the Ocean."   You're Wrong About podcast on Political Correctness: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1112270/8355175-political-correctness Samuel Hoadley-Brill on James Lindsay and CRT: https://conceptualdisinformation.substack.com/p/james-lindsay-v-critical-race-theory?r=7v05d&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy  

Atheist activist and author Greta Christina appears on this episode of Rationally Speaking, to discuss her new book, "Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, And Why." A spirited debate ensues, in which Greta, Julia and Massimo disagree over the boundaries of the "atheist movement," and the role of social justice in it. Other topics include: The cognitive biases that can make it hard to get a clear picture of whether people regret "coming out" as atheists; Plus, Greta's argument for why atheist community-building shouldn't model itself after religious communities. Sped up the speakers by ['1.12', '1.0']

Encore release September 8, 2018. Encore release June 1, 2017.   We interview Staise Gonzalez, mover and shaker with Houston Atheists, about her recent (and thus far successful effort) to prevent Helen Ukpabio from visiting the United States. For those unfamiliar with Ukpabio, she is an infamous Nigerian preacher/filmmaker whose poisonous teaching about demon possession has led many children to be abandoned, abused--even murdered--by their families. To see just how nutty Ukpabio is, check out her film "End of the Wicked." Also...North Carolina preachers with an anti-gay agenda are in the news again. This time it's Pastor Charles Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, NC. Worley's Final Solution for "the lesbians and the queers" has gone viral on the web. Finally, we review the controversy surrounding one-time Republican lobbyist Edwina Rogers as the new executive director of the Secular Coalition for America. Rogers has gotten off to a rocky start with prominent freethought bloggers, mostly for her insistence that Republicans are NOT largely anti-choice, anti-gay and anti-seperation-of-church-and-state. Read and/or listen to her interview with Greta Christina for more. Meanwhile, videos from her Republican lobbying days, like this one in which she's shown living in an 18,000 square foot mansion and wrapping gifts in money, can't help. ANNOUNCEMENTS If you're in Atlanta on Saturday, May 26, come to the Atlanta Science Tavern to hear "The Christian Right's Assault on Public Education and the Science Curriculum," a talk by Katherine Stewart, author ofThe Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children (hardcover or Kindle). The Tavern requests RSVPs, and since it fills up early, the sooner you reserve your place the better. CONTACT Visit our blog at AmericanFreethought.com. Visit the podcast at AmericanFreethought.LibSyn.com. Email us at john@americanfreethought.com or david@americanfreethought.com. (John and David are available, either together or separately, to speak in person to your group.) If you like what you hear, take a moment and leave feedback on our iTunes feed. Join our communities at Facebook, Atheist Nexus, Think Atheist or Yahoo Groups. Shop through us at Amazon.com or at CafePress.com. If you’d like to donate to the operation of this podcast, you can contribute through PayPal to editor@scifidimensions.com. We promise not to spend it on beer. May 27, 2012. Hosted by John C. Snider and David Driscoll.

Jesus tells David's mother to stop drinking. Her struggles with addiction ended when she dramatically converted to Christianity. This had a major influence on David's faith.   He approached his faith with authenticity, but soon found he was in the minority amongst friends. He learned that others approached their Christianity in different ways. David eventually enters the ministry, before burning out and distancing himself from church activities.  When David reads something from Greta Christina, it's the final straw.  After 20 years of Christianity his faith broke down in 2015.  He respects and cares for those who remain in their faith. David is interested in finding evidence based truth. He want's to discover and communicate the subtleties of why some believe, some do not and some change their minds. @GracefulAtheist on Twitter

My guest for today is writer and activist Greta Christina. She’s the author of several books including “Why are You Atheists So Angry?”, “Coming Out Atheist,” “Comforting Thoughts about Death that Have Nothing to Do with God,” and “The Way of the Heathen.” She’s also a blogger who currently blogs at The Orbit. Today we’re going to talk about her writing, feminism, and humanist sexual ethics.Links:•Greta Christina’s Blog: https://the-orbit.net/greta/ •Greta’s books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Greta-Christina/e/B00DVZY8K4/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1502219438&sr=8-1 •Greta on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretachristina •Greta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GretaChristina •Think Stephtically: https://www.youtube.com/user/ThinkingStephtically •Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bianymeanspod •Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast •The Bi Any Means/Biskeptical Podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/179617892470906/ •Email: bianymeanspodcast@gmail.com •Listener line: 410-690-3558 •My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/bianymeans/

My guest for today is writer and activist Greta Christina. She’s the author of several books including “Why are You Atheists So Angry?”, “Coming Out Atheist,” “Comforting Thoughts about Death that Have Nothing to Do with God,” and “The Way of the Heathen.” She’s also a blogger who currently blogs at The Orbit. Today we’re going to talk about her writing, feminism, and humanist sexual ethics.Links:•Greta Christina’s Blog: https://the-orbit.net/greta/ •Greta’s books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Greta-Christina/e/B00DVZY8K4/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1502219438&sr=8-1 •Greta on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretachristina •Greta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GretaChristina •Think Stephtically: https://www.youtube.com/user/ThinkingStephtically •Dream Youth: http://dreamyouth.bandcamp.com •Asher Silberman: http://www.ashersilberman.com/ •My Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bianymeanspod •Bi Any Means on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bianymeanspodcast •The Bi Any Means/Biskeptical Podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/179617892470906/ •Email: bianymeanspodcast@gmail.com •Listener line: 410-690-3558 •My Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone •Bi Any Means Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/bianymeans/

We take a look at the possible Biological component of religious experience with Dr John C Wathey John C. Wathey is a computational biologist whose research interests include evolutionary algorithms, protein folding, and the biology of nervous systems. From 1991 to 1995, he was a senior applications scientist at Biosym Technologies (now named Biovia), a company that develops molecular modeling software for the pharmaceutical industry. In 1996, he founded his own business, Wathey Research, and since that time most of his scientific research has been funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health. He is currently writing a follow-up work to The Illusion of God's Presence, which explores in detail the neurobiology of religious emotion and behavior. Further Reading: John Wathey’s website: http://www.watheyresearch.com/ John Wathey’s book “The Illusion of God’s Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing”: https://www.amazon.com/Illusion-Gods-Presence-Biological-Spiritual/dp/1633880745 John Wathey’s lecture at Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqi6vvwmLOw Clip from William Lane Craig, “Dealing with Doubt”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-fDyPU3wlQ Michael Blume, “The Reproductive Benefits of Religious Affiliation”: http://www.blume-religionswissenschaft.de/pdf/ReproductiveReligiosityBlume2009.pdf Recovering from Religion: http://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/ Adam Lee’s Daylight Atheism blog: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/essays/ Greta Christina, “Comforting Thoughts about Death that Have Nothing to Do with God”: http://www.gretachristina.com/comfort.html THANK YOU PATRONS! Josh, Society for Advancement of Sciencehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVXF–HIS6h1KBqlntnzc-Q MicroBlogganism:https://www.youtube.com/user/MicroBlogganism

Matt Dillahunty with guest Greta Christina. Greta Christina. Bat Cruise lecturer Greta Christina talks about her books and current projects.

"So you're an atheist. Now what? The way we deal with life—with love and sex, pleasure and death, reality and making stuff up—can change dramatically when we stop believing in gods, souls, and afterlives. When we leave religion—or if we never had it in the first place—where do we go? With her unique blend of compassion and humor, thoughtfulness and snark, Greta Christina most emphatically does not propose a single path to a good atheist life. She offers questions to think about, ideas that may be useful, and encouragement to choose your own way. She addresses complex issues in an accessible, down-to-earth style, including: Why we're here, Sexual transcendence, How humanism helps with depression—except when it doesn't, Stealing stuff from religion, and much more. Aimed at new and not-so-new atheists, questioning and curious believers, Christina shines a warm, fresh light on the only life we have." That's the publisher's blurb for Greta Christina's new book, The Way of the Heathen: Practicing Atheism in Everyday Life. This book is a distillation of more than a decade of thinking and writing about atheism. Greta joins us on this week's show to talk with Peggy Knudtson and Jenn Wilson about how the book came to be and why she's been wanting to write this particular one for so long.

In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Ashlyn, Lauren, Gem, and Laura discuss strategies aimed at ending homelessness with returning guest Brendan Curran-Johnson. This episode also features an interview with Greta Christina and Alex Gabriel discussing The Orbit, a new blog network focusing on atheism and social justice. Life, the Universe & … Continue reading Episode 107: Solving Homelessness →

Greta Christina has been writing professionally since 1989, on topics including atheism, sexuality and sex-positivity, LGBT issues, politics, culture, and whatever crosses her mind. She is author of Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do with God, of Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why, of Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless, and of Bending: Dirty Kinky Stories About Pain, Power, Religion, Unicorns, & More, and is editor of Paying For It: A Guide by Sex Workers for Their Clients. She has been a public speaker for many years, and is on the speaker's bureaus of the Secular Student Alliance. Her writing has appeared in multiple magazines and newspapers, including Ms., Penthouse, Chicago Sun-Times, On Our Backs, and Skeptical Inquirer, and numerous anthologies, including "Everything You Know About God Is Wrong" and three volumes of "Best American Erotica." She is on the board of directors of Foundation Beyond Belief, the humanist organization for charitable giving, and is co-founder and co-organizer of Godless Perverts, a performance series and social community that promotes a positive view of sexuality without religion. (Any views she expresses in this blog are solely hers, and do not necessarily represent either of these organizations.) She lives in San Francisco with her wife, Ingrid. You can email her at gcgreta (at) doubtfulpalace (dot) com, and follow her on Twitter at @GretaChristina .

Chris Johnson is the author of A Better Life: 100 Atheists Speak Out on Joy & Meaning in a World Without God. He is also the director or the new film…”a better life: An Exploration of Joy & Meaning in a world without god.”Greta Christina discusses her new book “Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do with God” She is also the author of “Greta Christina's Blog and several other books.

- Malou Logan, vice chairperson of Gabriela Australia discusses the campaign to free Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina worker who was arrested and sentenced to death for allegedly smuggling heroin into Indonesia. - Veloso has been in Indonesian prison since 2010 and has recently had her execution delayed. Logan makes the case that 5 years in prison is more than enough punishment for Veloso. - The article 7 Things People Who Say They're Fiscally Conservative But Socially Liberal Don't Understand by Greta Christina. - We finish the episode by making the case for the legalisation of all recreational drugs. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/06/05/101/

In this episode we respond to an article by Atheistic Fundamentalist blogger Greta Christina on just what would make her lose her belief in atheism and acquire a belief in God.

We start the show talking about three recent movies with freethought connections. Then we ask, "How do atheists deal with death?” Greta Christina tells us about her new book, Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing To Do About God. Then we talk with Barbara Mancini, who was arrested and prosecuted for handing her terminally ill 93-yr-old father prescribed medicine that he requested, a charge of "assisted suicide" that was religiously and politically motivated, and ultimately dismissed.

Our Guest this week is Greta Christina, popular atheist blogger, speaker and author of several books on atheism including her newest, “Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do With God.”   Christina discusses with Lindsay Beyerstein the tendencies we have to avoid and deny death and how it affects our abilities to cope. Christina explains how the concept of an afterlife may actually be failing to prepare people for the end of their lives, and how we can use our humanism and skepticism to find comfort in the midst of mortality and grief.  

Sharon Smith they dynamic and outspoken activist from Jamaica takes us through the steps that lead her forward and out of religion!

Greta Christina, Feminist, Prolific Blogger, Atheist and rightful Angry Atheist joins us as we discuss emerging into atheism.

In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Gem Newman, Ashlyn Noble, and Kristina Anderson review some popular science books, and are joined by Greta Christina, who tells them all about her newest book, Coming Out Atheist. Life, the Universe & Everything Else is a program promoting secular humanism and scientific skepticism presented … Continue reading Episode 81: Book Reviews (with Greta Christina!) →

Special thanks to Greta Christiana for joining us. Her book information is here:   Ebook edition: The edition is available on Amazon. (That's the link for Amazon US, btw — it's available in other regions as well.) The edition is available at Barnes & Noble. The edition is available on Smashwords. Right now, it's only available on Smashwords in epub format: I'm working to make it available in other formats. Print edition: The print edition is now available through . The print edition is also available at . Audiobook edition: The audiobook version is available on . The audiobook is also available through . The audiobook is also available through . Stories this week:    

In this episode I have part 2 of Jake Farr-Wharton on to discuss the death penalty. You can find him on Twitter @JakeFarrWharton and of course his podcast, The Imaginary Friends Show is on iTunes and elsewhere. After that I discuss a great comment left on the website by @SallyStrange regarding feminism and Greta Christina. … Continue reading AS32: Death Penalty with Jake Farr-Wharton, Part 2 → The post AS32: Death Penalty with Jake Farr-Wharton, Part 2 appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

Special thanks to Greta Christiana for joining us. Her book information is here:   Ebook edition: The edition is available on Amazon. (That’s the link for Amazon US, btw — it’s available in other regions as well.) The edition is available at Barnes & Noble. The edition is available on Smashwords. Right now, it’s only available on Smashwords in epub format: I’m working to make it available in other formats. Print edition: The print edition is now available through . The print edition is also available at . Audiobook edition: The audiobook version is available on . The audiobook is also available through . The audiobook is also available through . Stories this week:    

SPONSORED BY:  http://www.naturebox.com/thinkingatheistIt's one thing to reject a belief in gods.  It's another thing to actually broadcast that information to religious family, friends, employers, neighbors and even total strangers.In many instances, the consequences can be significant.  Families divide.  Friends disappear.  Voices are raised.  Accusations are made.  In certain regions and cultures, the word "atheist" can get you hurt or killed.So what are some of the best tactics for "coming out" as a non-believer?  In this show, we explore the subject, take your calls, and speak with Greta Christina about her new book, "Coming Out Atheist: How to Do it, How to Help Each Other, and Why?"  http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2014/03/07/coming-out-atheist-ordering-info/Email podcast@thethinkingatheist.com

AS28 received a ton of feedback. So many people felt comfortable to confess their possible unpopular opinions, which I look at as a great accomplishment for the show. In a very long Tommentary, I talk about all the messages I received about the show, and make several points about feminism and atheism, again. Also, don’t … Continue reading AS29: Reaction to Reaction to Greta Christina, and Debate with Elijiah T → The post AS29: Reaction to Reaction to Greta Christina, and Debate with Elijiah T appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

In this episode, I asked Greta Christina about the rift in atheism between feminists and for lack of a better term, anti-feminists. Greta provided a very sobering insight into the difficulty she and other women in atheism have faced. You can find Greta’s blog here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/ And her book here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2014/03/07/coming-out-atheist-ordering-info/ Then, I talk about … Continue reading AS28: Misogyny in Atheism with Greta Christina → The post AS28: Misogyny in Atheism with Greta Christina appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

This week Point of Inquiry welcomes the well-known atheist blogger, speaker, and author Greta Christina to talk about her new book, Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other and Why, a no nonsense guide to leveling with everyone in your life about your non-belief. Greta is a woman at home with difficult conversations. Her previous books include Why Are You Atheists So Angry: 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless, and Bending: Dirty Kinky Stories about Pain, Power, Religion, Unicorns & More. Plus, she edited a book called, Paying For It: A Guide By Sex Workers for Their Clients.  So, if the thought of telling your grandmother that you don't believe in God makes you queasy, Greta can help. As an out-and-proud atheist, bisexual, and retired sex worker, she's had a lot of practice being forthright about who she is.  Lindsay and Greta talk about how coming out can improve your life and strengthen the secular community. They also discuss the distinctive challenges facing women and people of color looking for a way out of the atheist closet. 

This week’s Tommentary is about what it even means to say we dislike or hate someone’s beliefs but not them as a person.  Is that possible?  Is it honest? Then, joining us this week to talk about her new book is Greta Christina!  You can find her blog here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/ And her book here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2014/03/07/coming-out-atheist-ordering-info/ … Continue reading AS27: Coming Out Atheist, with Greta Christina → The post AS27: Coming Out Atheist, with Greta Christina appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

In this episode, Todd and Kim interview Greta Christina, author of "Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why."

Coming out atheist isn’t always easy, but Greta Christina, atheist activist and blogger, has tips to make it easier for those who struggle. After scouring hundreds of coming-out-atheist stories, she comes to the conclusion that difficult as it may be, very few atheists regret coming out. Most people report feeling happier and more liberated after telling their social circle that they don’t believe in God – even if, in the beginning, that may cause strains in important relationships. In addition, coming out can help other atheists by letting them know that they are not alone and that it is possible to live a good godless life. Greta does make the important caveat that coming out is not feasible or even safe for everyone – those who might lost their jobs, custody of their children, or even their lives may have very good reasons for staying in the closet. Coming Out Atheist: How to do it, How to Help Each Other, and Why (Pitchstone Publishing, 2014) is divided into chapters describing how people came out to specific people in their lives: parents, extended family, friends, and even bosses. Greta advocates being patient and giving those around you some credit – often times, their reactions aren’t as bad as you thought they would be. Greta also stresses the importance of encouraging diversity in the atheist movement, so that coming out and staying out becomes comfortable for those in all walks of life who choose to be godless. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coming out atheist isn’t always easy, but Greta Christina, atheist activist and blogger, has tips to make it easier for those who struggle. After scouring hundreds of coming-out-atheist stories, she comes to the conclusion that difficult as it may be, very few atheists regret coming out. Most people report feeling happier and more liberated after telling their social circle that they don’t believe in God – even if, in the beginning, that may cause strains in important relationships. In addition, coming out can help other atheists by letting them know that they are not alone and that it is possible to live a good godless life. Greta does make the important caveat that coming out is not feasible or even safe for everyone – those who might lost their jobs, custody of their children, or even their lives may have very good reasons for staying in the closet. Coming Out Atheist: How to do it, How to Help Each Other, and Why (Pitchstone Publishing, 2014) is divided into chapters describing how people came out to specific people in their lives: parents, extended family, friends, and even bosses. Greta advocates being patient and giving those around you some credit – often times, their reactions aren’t as bad as you thought they would be. Greta also stresses the importance of encouraging diversity in the atheist movement, so that coming out and staying out becomes comfortable for those in all walks of life who choose to be godless. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coming out atheist isn’t always easy, but Greta Christina, atheist activist and blogger, has tips to make it easier for those who struggle. After scouring hundreds of coming-out-atheist stories, she comes to the conclusion that difficult as it may be, very few atheists regret coming out. Most people report feeling happier and more liberated after telling their social circle that they don’t believe in God – even if, in the beginning, that may cause strains in important relationships. In addition, coming out can help other atheists by letting them know that they are not alone and that it is possible to live a good godless life. Greta does make the important caveat that coming out is not feasible or even safe for everyone – those who might lost their jobs, custody of their children, or even their lives may have very good reasons for staying in the closet. Coming Out Atheist: How to do it, How to Help Each Other, and Why (Pitchstone Publishing, 2014) is divided into chapters describing how people came out to specific people in their lives: parents, extended family, friends, and even bosses. Greta advocates being patient and giving those around you some credit – often times, their reactions aren’t as bad as you thought they would be. Greta also stresses the importance of encouraging diversity in the atheist movement, so that coming out and staying out becomes comfortable for those in all walks of life who choose to be godless. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please join Black FreeThinkers April 22, 2014 @1PM PST/3PM CST as we converse with Greta Christina.  We will discuss her new book "Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why." and her previous book, "Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless," This is going to be an exciting conversation.  So please join us as we welcome Greta Christina to the show. Greta Christina is author of "Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why." Her previous book, "Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless," is an Amazon best-seller in the Atheism category, and she is also author of "Bending: Dirty Kinky Stories About Pain, Power, Religion, Unicorns, & More." She blogs at the cleverly named Greta Christina's Blog, one of the most widely-read and well-respected blogs in the atheist blogosphere, and is a regular contributor to AlterNet, Salon, Free Inquiry, and The Humanist. She was ranked by an independent analyst as one of the Top Ten most popular atheist bloggers, and her writing has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, and anthologies, including Ms., Penthouse, Skeptical Inquirer, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the anthology "Everything You Know About God Is Wrong." She is editor of the "Best Erotic Comics" anthology series and of "Paying For It: A Guide by Sex Workers for Their Clients." She has been writing professionally since 1989, on topics including atheism, skepticism, sexuality and sex-positivity, LGBT issues, politics, culture, and whatever crosses her mind. She is on the speakers' bureaus of the Secular Student Alliance and the Center for Inquiry. She tweets at @GretaChristina. She lives in San Francisco with her wife, Ingrid.

Atheist activist and author Greta Christina appears on this episode of Rationally Speaking, to discuss her new book, "Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, And Why." A spirited debate ensues, in which Greta, Julia and Massimo disagree over the boundaries of the "atheist movement," and the role of social justice in it. Other topics include: The cognitive biases that can make it hard to get a clear picture of whether people regret "coming out" as atheists; Plus, Greta's argument for why atheist community-building shouldn't model itself after religious communities.

On February 4th, 2014, Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") has agreed to debate Ken Ham, president of Answers In Genesis and The Creation Museum.  The debate will take place on Ham's home turf, at The Creation Museum, and the 800 available tickets sold out almost immediately.This event raises the larger question:  Should scientists agree to these types of debates?Some (like Richard Dawkins) say "no," as it would be akin to an obstetrician debating a proponent of the "stork theory" of reproduction.  Others insist that the debate is not only appropriate, but necessary.Joining us in this discussion are Matt Dillahunty, Dr. Richard Carrier, Greta Christina, David Silverman, Ed Hensley and AronRa.  Articles:RDFRS:  Why Bill Nye Shouldn't Debate Ken Hamhttp://www.richarddawkins.net/foundation_articles/2014/1/16/why-bill-nye-shouldn-t-debate-ken-hamAHA:  WHY THE BILL NYE-KEN HAM DEBATE IS A GOOD THINGhttp://americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2014-01-why-the-bill-nye-ken-ham-debate-is-a-good-thingAHA:  BILL NYE SHARING THE STAGE WITH KEN HAM IS A MISTAKEhttp://americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2014-01-bill-nye-sharing-the-stage-with-ken-ham-is-a-mistake 

Greta Christina jumps on the show to talk about her new book, Bending: Dirty Kinky Stories About Pain, Power, Religion, unicorns having sex with rainbows, being out as kinky, how the kink community can become more accepted and a whole […]

Radio Freethinker Episode 215 - Bad Big Data EditionThis week we discuss the latest blunder by CFI Transnational as Rebecca Watson, Greta Christina, and other leading women skeptics cut their ties to CFI-T,Ethan explains that CFI Canada has not ties/connections (beyond a shared name) with CFI Transnational,AndDon takes an extended look at the dark sides of big data and what you need to know and why its important to everyone.Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Host: Chris Mooney Later this year, May 17 to 19 in Washington, D.C., the Center for Inquiry will convene its second "Women in Secularism" conference. There are a host of great speakers, many of whom we've had on this show before, like Susan Jacoby, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Greta Christina, and Rebecca Watson. And we're going to be there covering it. But in the meantime, to get you ready, we've invited on one of the featured speakers ahead of time—Amanda Marcotte. Marcotte writes for and manages the blog Pandagon, blogs for Slate's Double X, and has two books out: It's A Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments and Get Opinionated: A Progressive's Guide to Finding Your Voice (and Taking a Little Action). She's written about politics, pop culture, and feminism for outlets such as Slate, Salon, the LA Times, the Guardian, and the American Prospect.

Premio Paulo Coelho 1. Mark Driscoll, el pastor de la iglesia Mars Hill en Seattle por decir: “Si te apuntas en una clasecita de Yoga, te estás apuntando en una clase demoniaca. Al diablo no le importa cuanto te puedas estirar, siempre y cuando vayas para el infierno”. (Noticia aquí) 2. Steve Youngblood de la iglesia City Church en Burlington, Iowa por insultar a una feligresa por cuestionar los panfletos políticos que se repartían en su iglesia. (Noticia aquí) "No se haga llamar cristiana y haga eso (criticar el activismo político en la iglesia). Necesitamos dibujar una línea en la arena”. También dijo: “Me gustaría abofetearla, su marido debería pararse y corregirla.” 3. Bill Keller de Liveprayer.com por decir que votar en estas elecciones en Estados Unidos era votar por satanás o satanás, que mejor las personas voten por Jesús. (Noticia aquí) 4. Dinesh D' Souza por predicar la moral en calzoncillos. (Noticia aquí, aquí y aquí) 5. José Ignacio Munilla el obispo de San Sebastián por decir que los jóvenes no creen en dios por “carencia afectiva” y “falta de nivel educativo”. (Noticia aquí) ‘Ayase al carajo: http://youtu.be/LymhBrluY3M http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/gm-is-alive-in-defiance-ohio-but-obamas-hopes-here-may-not-be/2012/10/21/bc9f9028-179a-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/19/scouts-ban-atheist-schoolboy_n_1984915.html Cita de cierre: "Estoy harto de todas las religiones. La religión ha dividido a la gente. No creo que haya diferencia entre el Papa usando su sombrero grande, paseando entre feligreses con una cartera humeante y un africano pintándose la cara blanca y rezándole a una piedra". - Howard Stern Participan en la discusión: @ManoloMatos y @soyelcangriman y @soyelrata del blog @elname Puedes visitar el blog y el nuevo podcast de @soyelrata y @soyelcangriman en: www.elname.com Puedes visitar el Blog de Greta Christina en: http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta Puedes bajar el podcast o subscribirte al RSS aquí: http://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-ateorizar_fg_f120851_filtro_1.xml Tema de la Próxima Semana: Bullying (Amedrentación) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ateorizar/message

Premio Paulo Coelho 1. Mark Driscoll, el pastor de la iglesia Mars Hill en Seattle por decir: “Si te apuntas en una clasecita de Yoga, te estás apuntando en una clase demoniaca. Al diablo no le importa cuanto te puedas estirar, siempre y cuando vayas para el infierno”. (Noticia aquí) 2. Steve Youngblood de la iglesia City Church en Burlington, Iowa por insultar a una feligresa por cuestionar los panfletos políticos que se repartían en su iglesia. (Noticia aquí) "No se haga llamar cristiana y haga eso (criticar el activismo político en la iglesia). Necesitamos dibujar una línea en la arena”. También dijo: “Me gustaría abofetearla, su marido debería pararse y corregirla.” 3. Bill Keller de Liveprayer.com por decir que votar en estas elecciones en Estados Unidos era votar por satanás o satanás, que mejor las personas voten por Jesús. (Noticia aquí) 4. Dinesh D' Souza por predicar la moral en calzoncillos. (Noticia aquí, aquí y aquí) 5. José Ignacio Munilla el obispo de San Sebastián por decir que los jóvenes no creen en dios por “carencia afectiva” y “falta de nivel educativo”. (Noticia aquí) ‘Ayase al carajo: http://youtu.be/LymhBrluY3M http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/gm-is-alive-in-defiance-ohio-but-obamas-hopes-here-may-not-be/2012/10/21/bc9f9028-179a-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/19/scouts-ban-atheist-schoolboy_n_1984915.html Cita de cierre: "Estoy harto de todas las religiones. La religión ha dividido a la gente. No creo que haya diferencia entre el Papa usando su sombrero grande, paseando entre feligreses con una cartera humeante y un africano pintándose la cara blanca y rezándole a una piedra". - Howard Stern Participan en la discusión: @ManoloMatos y @soyelcangriman y @soyelrata del blog @elname Puedes visitar el blog y el nuevo podcast de @soyelrata y @soyelcangriman en: www.elname.com Puedes visitar el Blog de Greta Christina en: http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta Puedes bajar el podcast o subscribirte al RSS aquí: http://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-ateorizar_fg_f120851_filtro_1.xml Tema de la Próxima Semana: Bullying (Amedrentación) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ateorizar/message

Premio Paulo Coelho: 1. El sheriff de Florida Jerry L. Demings por decretar 40 días de oración para bajar la criminalidad. (Noticia aquí y aquí) 2. Sally Quinn la reportera del Washington Post por decir que la ciudadanía estadounidense requiere la creencia en dios. (Noticia aquí y aquí) 3. Charlie Fuqua, el legislador de Arkansas por decir que favorece la pena de muerte a niños que se porten mal. (Noticia aquí) 4. La Universidad de Reading (RAHS) por expulsar a los estudiantes de la Sociedad Atea, Humanista y Secularista de una feria para recaudar fondos para hacer el debate: ¿Debe respetarse la religión? por ponerle el nombre de Mahoma a una piña. (Noticia aquí) ‘Ayase al carajo 1. http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/politica/2012/10/05/castelao-bragana-leyes-mujeres-violarlas/00031349457335097382867.htm 2. http://www.facebook.com/l/LAQFWzyJdAQG61sPsNR_2RlPGkRNWA_pMBrnE5Zr8btgH_g/www.20minutos.es/noticia/1616048/0/abogado-violador/argumenta-favor/legitima-defensa/ 3. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/10/11/kirk-cameron-when-i-tell-gay-people-theyre-going-to-hell-thats-just-me-loving-them Cita de cierre: "En la filosofía las preguntas tal vez nunca sean respondidas. En la religión dan una respuesta que nunca podrá ser cuestionada”. - Anónimo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ateorizar/message

God punishes the Pope for hating on gays, the Boy Scouts of America takes a page from churches the world over and cover up hundreds of molestations, and Mormons "fast and pray" for Romney. Dave fills in for Frank, and we play a delightful interview with noted atheist blogger Greta Christina.

Beth, Jen and Tracie are joined by Greta Christina, LIVE at the Atheist Alliance of America national convention in Denver!

More FFRF victories and activism to report this week. Listen to Russian female punk band Pussy Riot protest the government in an Orthodox church, and hear Robert Ingersoll's "Declaration of the Free" set to music. Then we talk with well-known atheist blogger Greta Christina about her new book, Why Are You Atheists So Angry?

Primera parte: Discusión sobre el tema 1. Similitudes entre el movimiento Ateo y el movimiento homosexual (o para obtener derechos e igualdad de los homosexuales): Los ateos y homosexuales salen del closet ya de adultos (identidad que no es fácil ser abierto a ella cuando somos más jóvenes) Salir del closet en los dos es algo que nos cuesta mucho porque en muchas ocasiones perdemos amistades, familiares, etc. por salir del closet. En los dos casos el salir del closet nos da un sentido de liberación La religión está en contra de ambos. Algunos miembros de los dos grupos se “han creído” los estereotipos que la sociedad/religión nos ha hecho creer sobre que somos inmorales, locos, etc. y se les hace incómodos salir del closet. En una entrevista Greta Christina (una activista/bloguera de los Estados Unidos) dijo que ella pensaba que el movimiento ateo en los Estados Unidos se encontraba en lo que era el equivalente a la década de los 70's para el movimiento homosexual. La razón para esta agresividad/apertura en el movimiento ateo fue mayormente el 9/11. En este momento la gente se dio cuenta de el daño terrible que una creencia religiosa puede traer. Además Sam Harris publicó el libro el final de la fe (The end of Faith) luego del 9/11. Esto dio cabida a otros libros como God is not Great (Hitchens), The God Delusion (Dawkins), Hitch 22 (Hitchens), The Grand Design (Hawkins), entre otros. 2. Diferencias: Cuando alguien hace un comentario en contra del os homosexuales todo el mundo se ofende y lo condena, pero cuando alguien dice algo en contra de los ateos, sólo los ateos reaccionan. (ejemplo. El papa en Londres y la respuesta de Dawkins). Los ateos directa o indirectamente le están diciendo a los creyentes que están incorrectos (los homosexuales no le dicen “ser heterosexual es incorrecto). Esto nos pone “en contra” de la gente creyente desde la salida y los pone a la defensiva. Lo más importante que podemos hacer para contribuir a derrumbar los mitos en contra de los ateos es ser abiertos a expresar nuestras creencias. La cosa que más significativamente derrumba los estereotipos hacia los ateos (y los homosexuales) es el que alguien que no es ateo conozca a algún ateo. Esto hace que esas personas que nos conocen se den cuenta de que nosotros somos personas como cualquiera otra. Que hay gente buena/mala, moral/amoral, hijueputas/decentes, etc. dentro de la comunidad atea. Además mientras más salgan del closet, más saldrán porque se sentirán que no son los únicos en el mundo (que es parte del propósito de este podcast). Otra cosa que podemos hacer es aliarnos con otros movimientos en cosas que tenemos en común (grupos pro separación de iglesia/estado, grupos ambientales, etc.). Una tercera cosa que podemos hacer es bajar el nivel de agresividad. Discutir/cuestionar/hablar con los religiosos, pero no sulfurarnos por el asunto (aunque a veces es difícil no hacerlo). Los ateos debemos de trabajar en proveer un sentido de comunidad porque la religión hace eso muy bien, y la mayoría de la gente lo que busca la religión es ese sentido de comunidad. Segunda parte: Noticias y sucesos de las últimas semanas Los druidas reconocidos como una religión: http://ateorizar.blogspot.com/2010/10/lo-menos-que-nos-hacia-falta-una.html Prohibición de las Burkas en Francia: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabah-ghezali/frances-illegal-ban-of-th_b_739516.html y http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/10/09/burka-ban-to-go-ahead-in-france-115875-22620290 Overturning Catholic Moral: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/29/overturning-catholic-mora_n_744641.html "Just Resist The Temptation": The Anti-Love Approach To Homosexuality http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-shore/how-is-being-gay-like-glu_b_747071.html After Teen Suicides, Christian Gay Opponents Look Inward http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/13/after-teen-suicides-gay-o_n_761913.html Participan en la discusión: @MsCon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ateorizar/message

Our guest this week is Greta Christina, a leading atheist blogger, speaker, and commentator, and a regular contributor to AlterNet.org. Christina is author of the new ebook Why Are You Atheists So Angry?: 99 Things that Piss Off the Godless, which grows out of a 2007 blog post on the same topic. The book will also be out in print in June. Greta Christina blogs at FreeThoughtBlogs.com, and her writing has appeared, among other places, in Ms., Penthouse, Chicago Sun-Times, On Our Backs, and Skeptical Inquirer. She is editor of the "Best Erotic Comics" anthology series, and of "Paying For It: A Guide by Sex Workers for Their Clients."

Experience the Reason Rally, the largest gathering of the secular movement in the world: Author and blogger Greta Christina tells us why she is angry, Taslima Nasrin describes her experience of fighting for secularism in a country from which she has been exiled, Mythbuster Adam Savage describes his definition of reason, with Australian musicians Tim Minchin and Shelley Segal.

We give you a preview of the Reason Rally, and the American Atheists Convention in Washington, D. C. Our guests include David Silverman, Greta Christina, Nate Phelps, Sarah Morehead, and Mandisa Lateefah Thomas. We’ll have daily episodes of the best of the Reason Rally and the Convention, with lots of interviews. Come LAF with us! … Continue reading Reason Rally Preview – Episode 52