Podcasts about Humanism

Welcome back to the Atheist Experience everyone! Today, here to kick off our first episode back in the studio are your hosts, Jim Barrows and Christy Powell!Our first audience question is from Aaron from TX who is wondering how our host's ended up volunteering here at the ACA?Rodney from MI is calling to prove the existence of the Christian God. Their evidence is that they believe in Jesus and his life story, and the likeness of the near-death experience accounts.Next is Gohan from TX who wants to know when it is ok to force someone else's to use their body without their permission? This person is like the magic eight ball of anti-abortion arguments, always wrong.Next is Andrew from TX who asks why theist apologists continue trying to use the non-interactive deistic “nothing” god as a stepping stone to get to their own interactive god.Up next is Vàclav from the Czech Republic who is calling to tell us about the biblical stories and mythological claims that convinced them in the past.Next up is Larry from TX gets annoyed when people tell him that Atheism is just another religion and is wondering if the host's have any advice for how to respond.Nancy from TX points out that Austin is known as a beacon of blue in a sea of red, and is concerned about how the insane governmental decisions are going to affect that “balance.”Steve from FL is grieving a loved one, and despite recognizing the irrationality of believing in a God without evidence, they still feel a pull towards it due to the hope it gives of seeing them again. The caller is wondering if our hosts have any advice for how to sequester this feeling of hope.

Pagan Humanism video at either Rumble or YourTube This week I continue to prove that we have a National Religion called Pagan Humanism. The 1st Amendment allows for freedom of religion with the deeper meaning and intent of freedom of … Continue reading → The post Episode 359: Pagan Humanism the National Religion appeared first on Sam Adams the 'Puritan Patriot' Returns.

Podcast Transcript This week's episode features Jason's interview with Dr. Elaina George on Liberty Talk FM regarding the topic of humanism and the Christian worldview. About The Author Dr. Jason Garwood Jason The post The Christian Perspective on Humanism appeared first on Cross & Crown Radio.

In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Jim Barrows is joined by Kenneth Leonard!First up is Kevin from FL who compares our relationship to God, as a child's to their parents. From this, the caller claims that God's past actions and “rules” about morality are disagreeable to us because we are incapable of understanding his reasoning in a similar manner to how a child doesn't understand why playing video games all day can be detrimental.Marcus from KY apparently has a miraculous survival story after getting attacked by a black bear. What about the story indicates a miracle occurred?Jay from MO asks our hosts about evil atheists and if they would want to live in a sin filled, evil atheist world filled. I'm not necessarily saying the framing of the question is underdeveloped, but, I'm definitely saying that.Jody from DC is coming in with a plan to prove God's existence with metaphysics and ontology. I am looking for an oasis of a single relevant point in this expansive desert of ideas.Next is Mohammed in the United Arab Emirates who is an Atheist parent with a child entering the school system soon, and doesn't want to outright tell their kid that God is made up, but also doesn't want their child to be pressured into Islam by those around them.Next is Rich from GA who asks our hosts if they would think getting cast into hell by God is unfair because they maintained their skepticism and didn't accept God prior to their death? Well yeah, obviously.Up next is Michael from FL came out of religion and became a skeptic relatively recently, and explains that when he hears personal religious anecdotes, they feel like they have to actively hold back their years of indoctrination that draws them to those claims, but recognizes that just “tuning it out” is no longer skepticism.

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In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Dave Warnock is joined by Forrest Valkai!First up is Devon from CA who asks our hosts why tragedies, big or small, influence people's position on the God belief either one way or the other? Why do bad things happen to good people, and vice versa?Next up is Daniel from NJ who recently had a conversation about evolution with their creationist father, and felt scientifically unequipped to rebut the creationist claims. Creationism itself is a claim that requires evidence, and the truth of evolution is entirely irrelevant to proving creationism.Gabe from KY acknowledges that since their deconversion from Mormonism, they have struggled to put the magical thinking they utilized while religious behind them and engage in critical, skeptical thinking. The caller wants advice on how to rectify this, and apply skeptical thinking practically.Patrick from FL claims Atheism is a faith. Is it faith to say “I don't believe you,” to a claim? Patrick sure thinks so.Next is Timothy from FL is calling to ask our hosts when they think a fetus gains the rights of personhood, and what the evidence for that timeframe is?Rob from CA is calling to claim that science no longer supports evolution, and provides examples of naturally “unexplainable” phenomena to support this. Turns out, they are explainable. Oh yeah also, God flooding the world was 110% justified!Next is Joseph from TN believes that since we cannot know anything with 100% absolute certainty that we must need faith.George from NY who wants advice on how to converse with people who make unjustified claims, and are obviously unwilling to move their position even a little?Finally, Paul from MN asks our hosts if they have ever considered using Numbers 5:20 against Christians “pro-lifers.” As we have learned today, and almost exert episode, most Christians don't know their own bible, and those that do and hold that position will find ways to ignore specific verses that are inconvenient.

What Can I Live Wholeheartedly, in the Age of Anxiety? C3 Teacher Kent Dobson raises that question this week in our series The Great Questions.

Hey there Youtube wanderer. Sit a spell, warm up by the fire, and enjoy another episode of Truth Wanted! This week Dan is joined by former pastor turned humanist author Drew Bekius!This week's Patron of the Week is Richard… just Richard. May you join the ranks of folks like Cher, and be showered with fame, fortune, and enough plastic surgery to keep you looking young well into middle age!Our first caller is Richard (no, not that Richard) from Arizona. He's struggling with a lingering fear of hell, and asks how our hosts got over this hurdle. Drew asks some probing questions, and Dan reminds our caller that this stuff takes time to conquer. Drew recommends finding community, and shares a great analogy to car accidents that seems to help. Be patient with yourself Richard!Isaiah's calling back from Korea, asking if a multiverse could affect the likelihood of a god being real. Short answer, no. Dan and Drew can't see how multiple universes could affect the null hypothesis or make deities more likely. Drew pushes back on the idea that more universes equals greater probability for creator gods, and Dan refutes Isaiah's argument from incredulity. Nature is beautiful, but lots of pretty things we have explanations for don't require sky wizards.Next we have William in Canada, who thinks humanism is just a reimagining of concepts from holy texts. Drew draws a great picture of how those authors then, and people now, construct our moral views through the lens of our experience. Dan simplifies the discussion by pointing out that most people want the same things, regardless of the century they're living in. Is humanism a new iteration of humanity's efforts to build a moral code? Sure, but that's a far cry from a religion.That'll wrap it up for this week folks, join us next week, although it won't be hosted by Ashton Kutcher and Russell Crowe's atheist avatars, it'll still be pretty good. See you then!

Ali is the founder of Think Again Productions in Canada. A multimedia teaching ministry shedding light on mysteries and treasures of scriptural knowledge coming from the Lord to this generation…Knowledge which is making the bible more real than ever…just when we thought it was all myth! Evidence keeps agreeing with the bible's tale…from biblical cities peering through the sand to “alien” abductions and prophetic events, the mysteries of the bible have opened up to our generation in a way no other could see it…In 2006 Think Again Productions released the groundbreaking documentary UFOs Angels & Gods on google video it received 270 thousand views in 9 months.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCY1P99bugk&t=278shttps://thinkagainproductions.com/

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS This week we're going to be talking about the U.S. government providing funding to promote atheism worldwide. This, of course, has led to some political debate; but that's not why we're talking about it here. I try to steer clear of politics on […]

On today's show Brian Whiteside talks about Humanist Ceremonies, VHI Park Runs return, David Gillick talks about the benefits of running and Actress Jenny Agutter talks about the new film Railway Children Return.

This is a personal message from my heart. May you be blessed on your journey finding the God beyond all fear.

In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by JMike!First up is John from CA who says that there are multiple pathways to reaching the truth about God's existence, and that a pathway available to one person might not be accessible to another.Next up is Dean from CA who believes that science doesn't require methodological naturalism, but does require philosophical naturalism. So scientists get to use unmeasurable supernatural phenomenon to create new theories? Seems legit.Questioning Theist from WA finds the host's arguements for God relatively convincing, but doesn't think their credible due to the caller's disagreements with the host's other positions. So if we both agree that the sun causes skin cancer, but you don't like my position on a women's rights to bodily autonomy, therefore you won't be a pro-sunscreener like me? Wut?Next up is Brandon from WA who claims that the time doesn't exist in the subconscious, and uses the perceived time before death as evidence of this.Serge from Australia is calling to ask why Atheists are asking for evidence and why Theists would want to present any. Why do beliefs require evidence?Next is Jonah from TN who is wondering if our host's think that this show and other like it have opened the floodgates for the online platforming of evangelicals or presups like Darth Dawkins?Next up is Mike from WA asks if naturalists have proven the natural origin of life. As the caller doesn't believe in naturalism, they conclude that Theists must have proven it by default.Next is David from TX is calling to argue that differences in epistemology allow for different standards of acceptable evidence and arguement. I mean sure, but that doesn't mean they should be accepted or be convincing.Tom from the UK is calling to present an arguement that can somehow disprove every God, Theist or Deist, regardless of their respective properties.Seth from CA from is calling to say that porn has perpetuated a bad perception of women, and therefore God exists? How did we get here?

Today we have ObjectivelyDan joined by Johnny P. Angel who will work through topics of ontology, AI, binary systems, and 911 conspiracies.First caller is Noah in OK wants to know what the world would be like without religion and how to create change to prevent theocracy. We would have different kinds of magical thinking but we would not have dogmatic religious branded thinking. People would not be able to tell fairy tale stories that justify not liking other people. Get out there, vote, call representatives, vote with your dollar, get engaged, search what you can do to push back, give your creativity and get moving in a constructive way.Xeno in South Korea is next who wants to talk about ontology where an entity has to depend on another entity and therefore everything is divisible and has an origin point which is god. This is an oversimplification of what we know of the universe. When you use the word, “god” as the origin, you are sneaking in other qualities that are not within the definition. Why can't this be called physics? Why would there not be a bigger origin point than god? If god has things that make him contingent on something else, then he is not the origin.Dean in CA is next, who is a creator of AI and argues that religion could be a factor in the creation of Artificial Intelligence(AI) and that some AIs have religious views now. Advanced chatbots will just say what you want to hear while religious algorithms can end up pushing people in certain directions. If we design an AI, do we program it with assumptions that god is not real? Think about what choices you make when programming and why.Alok in CA does not agree with the binary system of being convinced, and would rather attribute a percentage to his level of belief. If you are not sure, the classic label is agnostic. Some use belief scales to determine the strength of the belief. Just because we are not convinced that Thor exists, does not mean that Thor does not exist. Discovering the reason behind this belief is much more important than the label. Rather than alienating people who are not hardcore anti-theists we need to find the common goals we have in common.Marcia in NC is a 911 Truther and is questioning why certain key people were out of touch or new to the job when this happened. It is not an unnatural inclination to be skeptical of the events that occurred that day, however many of these claims are truly bananas. That does not mean there were no mistakes made within the chain of command. This is an excellent call for Truth Wanted.Gabe in KY is the final caller who argues that if we just snapped our fingers and got rid of religion, we would eventually be seeing the same problems. We agree, and human beings want to find ways to have magical thinking. If we teach people how to teach skeptically, religion will start to evaporate. Religion is a front of where social war is taking place.Thank you for tuning in! Please thank essential workers in all areas. We will see you next week!

A long spiritual search, which began shortly after the 1979 Shia revolution, in his native Iran, lead Ali Siadatan became a disciple of the Nazarene in 1991.In 1996 Ali completed a Masters degree in French Language & Literature at the University of Toronto. In September of 1999 he answered the call of the Lord over his life and opened a centre to minister to urbanites through martial and healing arts as well as spiritual studies for seekers. Ali has a Black Belt in Kung Fu and has been training since 1991. He is married and has two wonderful daughters.His research into UFOs has inspired him to write a fiction book which he is working on, as well as shooting a second documentary on the rise of the Antichrist entitled: Goliath Rising: Hybrids Nephilim & Titans.Ali is the founder of Think Again Productions in Canada. A multimedia teaching ministry shedding light on mysteries and treasures of scriptural knowledge coming from the Lord to this generation…Knowledge which is making the bible more real than ever…just when we thought it was all myth! Evidence keeps agreeing with the bible's tale…from biblical cities peering through the sand to “alien” abductions and prophetic events, the mysteries of the bible have opened up to our generation in a way no other could see it…In 2006 Think Again Productions released the groundbreaking documentary UFOs Angels & Gods on google video it received 270 thousand views in 9 months.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCY1P99bugk&t=278shttps://thinkagainproductions.com/

For decades, Humanism has been a prominent ethical tradition in our congregation, and for many UU congregations across the Midwest. But what is Humanism all about? This Sunday, join members of the First Unitarian Humanist Group to explore Humanism through history and a little entertainment.Support the show

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: The Biden Administration is giving millions of dollars to international "organizations committed to the practice and spread of Atheism and Humanism." Congressional Republicans are not happy about it and they've written a letter demanding answers. Author Gordon Chang, joins to discuss the Vatican's deal with China regarding the appointment of bishops, including vocal criticism against it by Cardinal Joseph Zen, former Archbishop of Hong Kong. Additionally, Chang talks about President Xi's visit to Hong Kong last week to celebrate its 25th anniversary of being handed over from Britain, a report that the Pentagon is considering using hot air balloons as a way to track hypersonic missiles, and more. And according to a recent report from the Associated Press, more than 1 million voters in the past year have switched to the Republican party. Associate Professor of Political Science at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Colin Swearingen, joins to talk more about the 1 million voters changing parties and the factors that may be driving this shift. Finally this evening, an organization of religious sisters from around the world has launched a new initiative called 'New Leaders.' Associate Vice President of Program Operations and Head of Catholic Sisters, Sister Jane Wakahiu, joins to tell us more about this new leadership program and why it started now. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn

Liberal religion in general and Humanism in particular have come in for a lot of criticism for being “individualistic.” This is a misunderstanding concerning what individual conscience means in the context of communal action. As the philosopher John Dewey put it, “A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode… Read More »Independence is a State of Mind The post Independence is a State of Mind appeared first on First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis.

In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Forrest Valkai!First up is Christian from the UK who has a hypothetical argument for the existence of a God or a divine being.Next up is John from India, who has found a connection between Anti-Natalism and Anthropodicy and has concluded that the only justification for having children in this imperfect universe is universal salvation.Next is John from TX claims to have scientific, historical, and testimonial evidence for God. When the hosts push for the scientific evidence, the caller continually wants to return to their personal testimony instead.Declan from Australia is calling to ask why atheists don't believe in the Christian God when he's made the caller's life, and apparently everybody's life, better?Alex from CA is a deist who believes that a non-interactive intelligent creator-God can be demonstrated through perceived coincidences? Wouldn't coincidental creation imply that things weren't intelligently designed?Mr. Warlight from AK says Matt is a Gothic Preacher. What & Why?Our final call is Andrew from ME believes the supernatural is a requirement for the first two laws of thermodynamics to be true.

Kent Dobson opens our new series with his teaching and a David Whyte poem which ends with the phrase “questions that have no right to go away.”

Larry Knapp has one of the most incredible stories you'll ever hear. He was once one of the best race car drivers in the world, breaking records and developing new technologies to help cars go faster. All that took a turn one day and he found himself in federal prison at San Quinton, the prison made famous by Johnny Cash, where he performed live for inmates. This story is powerful, vulnerable, and one of hope, as healing is possible for us all, no matter how old you are along your journey. 

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The title of Ikeda's 2002 peace proposal is "The Humanism of the Middle Way: Dawn of a Global Civilization." This episode is a little on the shorter side. My intention is to offer up some initial impressions of the document and highlight one or more key concepts. I encourage interested listeners to check out Ikeda's full text here (https://www.daisakuikeda.org/assets/files/peace2002.pdf). May this episode spark further dialogue on the important issues he raises from 2002. For example, a discussion on dehumanization and dialogue is just as relevant today as it was twenty years ago! Enjoy!

Welcome to Talk Heathen! Today host Katy Montgomerie is joined by the amazing Kenneth Leonard who will talk with callers who present a number of ideas to them for contemplation, and talk about wasp facts involving caterpillar AIDS. In light of Father's Day, who was the worst dad in the Bible? Abraham? Lot? Noah? Jephthah? How about Yahweh himself?First up is Davan in NE who argues the soul could potentially exist partly because of having out of body experiences, even though rationally he attributes these experiences to a dream. The idea of the soul as originally brought out by the texts is valid is his stance. How can any given experience be evidence for a soul if we know these things happen in the brain? Why would we use the “soul” label? Does the soul have some other component that is not part of the brain or body?Next is Teo from Croatia who wants to talk about the possibility of a heathen experiencing a Christian god. Would you agree that it is possible for people to imagine things that are logical and make sense? How do we tell the difference between experiencing a god and our imagination? Is it possible to believe things on faith that are not true? How do you know you have had an experience with a god and if it is true? Why should anybody believe that a god has manifested anywhere? Could your same reasoning prove a genie? If you can't prove something does not exist, does that mean you can prove that it does exist?Judy from IN has an insight that we are stardust because fluorine from another planet is connected to the fluoride in our body. Katy explains who things formed including large stars, nuclear fusion, and supernovas. Scientific claims need to be supported by evidence. Truth is valued differently in the scientific community than it is the Christian community. If we have a claim, we should be able to test that model.Tony in NY feels that atheism only works in the physical world and that money is a god that we worship. Does not believing in Santa Clause only work in the physical world? Money is real and has transactional value as currency. What is the evidence of there being a non-physical world? Why do you think that thoughts are not physical? What in money maps the claim that god exists? Is there anything that religion is essential for, and we could not achieve through secular means? As atheists, we are not saying religions do not exist. We are only saying it is possible to exist without religion.Chris in Scotland would like to know if it is possible to be moral without knowing how bad you can be. He wants to know if you can truly know the best without knowing the worst. Morals are not well defined. Without defining morals, this statement is as ridiculous as not running a marathon if you never had cancer. Can you climb Mt. Everest without making your bed?Thank you for joining us today and to the essential workers! We will see you next week!

If our minds are the product of matter and if matter simply obeys strict natural laws, how can we have free will at all? This is one of the greatest philosophical questions of all, and a problem which is frequently used to attack materialistic Humanism. “Of course we have free will,” critics of materialism often say, “and materialism cannot account for that, so materialism must be wrong!” Is this correct? What is the evidence that we have free will, and what are the implications if we don't? Are our choices truly our own? Find out in this lightning-fast tour through one of the most difficult philosophical terrains of all.

Alex Vesely, MA is the grandson of Viktor Frankl. He is a producer and award-winning documentary film director at Noetic Films in Los Angeles, California. He is also a licensed psychotherapist and head of the Viktor Frankl Media Archives in Vienna. He is the director of the documentary films: “Viktor and I” and “Wizard of the Desert.”Alex discusses:•His work with the Viktor Frankl Media Archive•The theory of personality embedded in Logotherapy; the psychotherapy developed by Viktor Frankl•His filmmaking career and films•His work as a founding member of the Viktor E. Frankl Institute of America•The need for meaning making in the world The Viktor E. Frankl Institute of America:https://viktorfranklamerica.comFilms:Viktor & Ihttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt1739261/Wizard of the Desert https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3546398/The Psychology Talk Podcast is a unique conversation about psychology around the globe. Your host Dr. Scott Hoye discuss psychology with mental health practitioners and experts to keep you informed about issues and trends in the industry. https://psych-talk.comhttps://www.instagram.com/psychtalkpodcast/

We discuss what Russ Miller refers to as "Weapons of Mass Instruction," as he takes us back a few centuries through American history and what we rarely hear about the origins of our education system. Much has been said about the symptoms of decay and decline in public schools and culture we've been seeing for decades, but we how we got here is not often addressed. Daily podcast, relevant articles on issues pertaining to Christians and more can be found on Stand Up For The Truth.

I've wanted to get C.J. Zingle on the podcast for more than a year now and the timing worked for us to create this powerful episode together. Her story is amazing and she sheds light on the industry pushing the world into submission while at the same time leaving that industry to become one of the brightest lights online.For more information on C.J. or to get her book go to: https://cjzingle.com/

In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Secular Rarity is joined by Dave Warnock.First up is Sebastian from IL who is calling to voice their disagreement with Matt's bodily autonomy abortion argument.Next up is George from MD who is looking for advice for talking to their girlfriend who is a Young-Earth Creationist & biblical literalist. The caller wants to know how to go about approaching them about this subject to potentially start them changing their mind.Next is Karol from Europe who apparently has a certain set of conditions that apparently, somehow, help indicate that heaven and hell “might” be real. Loving these odds so far.Up next is Nikki from OR who is once again calling to tell everyone that they believe in God now after years of being Atheist, but still refuses to answer the host's question regarding why they believe.Vincent from UT is calling to discuss the relationship between humans and our flavor of consciousness, to use Secular Rarity's term, compared to other animals, and whether that flavor is a byproduct of our surroundings or god.Next, Anto from Italy has video evidence of flying people. Honestly wasn't expecting that–– one moment...Up next is Timothy from CA who wants to talk about the widespread misconception that science leads to the truth when all it is is a tested methodology that assists with limiting our biases while investigating reality.

Welcome to Talk Heathen where we have Jmike joined by ObjectivelyDan who will see what caller has evidence the gospels are historical. First caller is Devan in MI who describes proof as the handy work and god as the mechanic. How do you falsify this position? Why does it have to be the Christian god? We can all construct a hypothesis about anything, but it must allow for falsification. How would you know what a non-designed thing looks like? The gospels make particular claims about the world and the life of Jesus, and this is where we take issue. If this is hard to swallow, why do you believe it? What other stories like Joseph Smith and Muhammad can we consider to be plausible?Zach in NY is next, who used to be a follower of Sam Harris and wants to talk about free will. His position is that it is difficult to claim any kind of truth without it being grounded in faith and there are gaps and limitations in what atheists know as truth. When we think something is true, there is a justification for that belief, not faith. Free will means there are intentional states laden with the ability to choose. Does an agent's attitude towards a proposition have anything to do with whether or not that the proposition is true? How does volition sneak in when there is this entire trail of explanations? Did you conclude Jesus rose from the dead before or after considering these arguments? The strength of a secular world view is we don't have to explain the claims made in scriptures. Here To Serve in NY questions the use of the word faith in relation to the hosts being former Christians and that the hosts were never true Christians. Why don't you make us true Christians by giving us evidence? An argument using logical propositions is not the same thing as evidence. Arguments do not lead to evidence. We look at evidence first and that leads us to the conclusion. Whenever you have a trail of reasoning, the premises must be true. Ad hominem fallacies do not prove anything about the seven day cycle. Thank you for tuning in this week and please join us next time to see who can provide the evidence that gets us to believe!

I think that, if anything, we as a nation and as individuals have not mourned or eulogized our pandemic dead enough.  I don't think we've processed the great numbers of loss, or the compound sadnesses of not only the deaths of family members, but being unable to be with them to say goodbye.  In this episode, in between the 2-year anniversary of her passing and the 1-year anniversary of her burial, I share the eulogy I gave my mother.

Friend of the show, Jeremy Smith, joins us to discuss Laruelle, translations, non-humanism, and more on this week's edition of MUHH. We looked at Laruelle's Homo Ex Machina. Jeremy's Links: Blog: https://endemictheory.wordpress.com/ London Critical Conference http://londoncritical.org/ Unlearning Nihilism http://unlearningnihilism.org/ Oraxiom: Journal of Non-Philosophy http://oraxiom.org/

After earning his Kinesiology degree from Washington State University, Charles Clay experienced a devastating back injury while snowboarding. Despite his doctor's orders to undergo spinal surgery, he chose to follow his intuition and began the journey to self-healing. On this journey, he experienced a spiritual awakening that led him to discover the power of ancient healing practices, Neurokinetic Therapy, and Eastern philosophy. Integrated with modern-day science, this path allowed him to achieve optimal healing. Following his recovery, he was compelled to dedicate his time and expertise to support others in transforming their pain into purpose.For more information go to: https://www.charlesclay.coach/

Rebecca, Monica, Alison, and Liz discuss the religious liberty issues arising in death penalty cases. Since 2019, questions about what religious liberty rights are afforded to those sentenced to death at the moment of their execution have been featured at the high court. Rebecca walks us through four notable cases on this issue and the hosts discuss what it means for religious liberty cases overall.   Background “Court blocks execution, will weigh in on inmate's religious-liberty claims” Death Penalty Information Center poll Relevant Cases Furman v. Georgia Dunn v. Ray ”Divided court allows Alabama execution to go forward” Murphy v. Collier “Supreme Court intervenes in execution of Buddhist prisoner” Gutierrez v. Collier “Justices block Texas execution” Dunn v. Smith “Court won't allow Alabama execution without a pastor” Ramirez v. Collier Coalition amicus brief

A past recipient of Harvard's Humanist of the Year award, Dale McGowan is an activist, speaker, author, and Chief Content Manger for http://www.onlysky.media.He joins Seth Andrews for a candid conversation about media, bias, values, religion, and how we might better our efforts to improve the world. https://dalemcgowan.comVIDEO of this interview: https://youtu.be/aGrR8_Qpz0c