Digital Freethought Radio Hour
By Digital Freethought Radio Hour
Digital Freethought Radio HourMay 01, 2023
#365 - New Beginnings
The last DFTR show means new beginning. Join us to discuss the beginnings of ASK and how we've been moving forward.
#364 – Perfect people can throw stones?
The teachings of Jesus, when examined, are not exactly saying moral things.
#363 – Would adding Jesus to movies make them better?
Want Jesus in your life? What about in your favorite movies?
#362 - Change of Plans
What if God changed his plans? Maybe he already did, about 2000 years ago. How should we face changes in general.?
#361 - Common sense. Also A.I.
Atheists discuss common sense and how it interfaces with religion.. Later in the show we discuss A.I. and the race to install 'values' from the world's various societies.
#360 - What would Mr Rogers do?
Ever think how Jesus would fair when compare to Mr. Rogers where compassion and empathy were concerned? We think he would lose out, big time.
#359 – What is woke
Atheists talk about "Woke" and what it means to them.. And why the religious (Christian, Muslims, etc.) don't seem to be, even thought they give it's tenants lip-service all the time. Indeed, they clam to own the very morality it teaches.
#358 – God - Jesus' dad or step-dad, and other topics
According to the story, god the father,Joseph was the step-dad?
Nah, think about it. God is as much the biological father as Joseph. i.e. none. But it was Joseph who raised him since day one. He's the real dad.
#357 - Atheist responses to listener comments.
Atheist responses to listener comments.
#356 - The Inconvenient News
Not the good news, nor the bad news. It's The Inconvenient News
#355 - Hey! Pack it in already!
Atheist tell religion to pack it in for various reasons.
#354 – The Moral of the Story
Are Christians taking the wrong morals from Bible Stories? We believe they are. Atheists discuss why that is.
#353 - Snowflakes (the literal ones)
God, himself, designs every single snowflake? Really?
#352 – Growing-Pains Asexuality and Fossils
We talk about the Growing-Pains with growing out of religion. Ty's asexuality and finding fossils.
#351 - Turn it off and turn it back on again
How the god of the Bible used to reboot mankind to fix them. Also, listener comments.
#350 - Why dont we honor religious claims in court?
Back before and during the Salem Witch Trials there was a form of evidence that was allowed called spectral evidence. And people were killed because of it. Spectral evidence is a form of evidence based upon dreams and visions, and it was based on the Christian belief system. Why don't we still do that?
# 349 - Narcissism, Get off my farm
Atheists discuss Narcissism, and how god, preachers and other religious people display those attributes.
#348 - Special Pleading & Legacies
Christians routinely make general, over-broad rules about nature, the supernatural, religions and gods. Then proceed to say they don't apply in their case. They very well do! And we set about to explain the logical fallacy of Special Pleading.
#347 – Input-Output & Who are you and why
Atheists talk about information bubbles, societies that form who you are and the ideas that you're allowed to be exposed to (or not) in that information bubble and how all of that forms the "you" that you turn out to be.
#346 – Yesus or Jesus (also Souls)
Atheists discuss the meaning of quotes from Jesus and Yesus (aka Kanye West). Also, we'll discuss the soul, consciousness and the personality that so many of us believe to be supernatural in nature.
#345 - The senses, the brain and the afterlife
We know what we believe to be true about the soul and the afterlife. How much do we actually know? Atheist discuss the idea of the soul and a life after death. AND near-death experiences.#
#344 - The Unerring word of God (Revised Ed)
If god's word is inerrant then 1) why are there so many different books and 2) even in the same religion, there are so many different versions of the same book.
#343 - Would a god detector justify belief?
If science developed a "god-detector" and it flashed "true - god found!" .. Would you believe? Would it be justified?
#342 – If you dont believe in the afterlife then...?
Every time I get with believers it's always the same old question.. Really, it's more of a lack of imagination than anything else.
#341 - We need a designated god-free zone
We've never had a "sample" god to test in the lab, in place of that, if had a god-free zone we could at least compare that to the holy-places preacher/priests/imam's insist are real.
#340 – 5 Arguments for Atheism, and others
What are the best reasons for Atheism.. Come listen, get insight from 2 of us.
#339 - Gods leadership skills, or the lack thereof
Atheists talk about god, preachers, and other religious "leaders" and how they should be graded.
#338 – Responsibility vs Leaving it all up to god
Atheists talk about how religion allows you to abandon your own responsibility for your family, your country, and most other things. "leave it up to god" and forget about it. What "Jesus take the wheel" actually means.
#337 - Unity, Genders and people as ornaments
Athiests discuss how the Unity Game engine policy is like religion, Genders vs Gender Roles vs Sex and people as ornaments.
#336 - Credibility
Credibility: What is it. How do you get it. How do you keep it? How do you lose it?
# 335 -Meeting of the minds
This episode takes it's premise from the 1977 TV show "Meeting of the Minds" hosted by Steve Allen. On this show we talk about how Charles Darwin, Jesus and Mohammad would look at today's revelations.
Here is the YouTube link to the old shows:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=steve+allen+meeting+of+the+minds
#334 – Whats the end-game for atheists?
Atheists attempt to answer a Christian questions.. What do we want? What's our end-game goal?
#333 – Dogmatic thinking and Trans sports II
Atheists dive deeper into the topic of Trans Sports and dogmatic thinking.
#332 – Dogmatic thinking and trans sports
Atheist share thoughts on the controversial subject of trans sports.
#331 - Are humans just entertainment for heaven?
Who's watching you? Your parents? Your grandmother? All of heaven? And why? Are we just their entertainment?
#330 – God is the worst pet-owner ever
You take responsibility for your pets, which you love, but apparently god can't be bothered as his "pets", humanity, suffer continuously.
#329 - Why don’t we argue religion in court?
The legal system, and specifically the courts, are where we traditionally go to settle "truth" claims. Why don't we take religious claims to court?
#328 - The Concord (or Sunk Costs) Fallacy
Atheists talk about the "investment" people feel for the time they've spent in their religion, and how they're loathe to leave it after putting so much into it, even though the returns have diminished to nothing.
#327 - The Biblical Diet
I also know it's summer, and everyone is trying to get in the right body. So why not the Biblical Diet?
Manna Monotony Breakfast: Start your day with a hearty portion of manna straight from heaven. Don't worry about variety or taste; manna is a divine gift that tastes like honey wafers (Exodus 16:31).
#326 - Raking in all that dough from Big Atheism.
We talk about how atheists get accused of supposedly being "in atheism" for the big bucks; and how we don't really believe in it.
#325 - Gamification of God
How religion uses the same techniques that games due to keep you interested and coming back for more.
#324 - Atheist consistency vs religious hypocrisy
Consistency and honesty, and a willingness to explain our position.
#320- Ty creates a religion / AIs with emotion?
Ty creates a his own personal religion / Can we program A.I.s with emotion?
#319 - Why atheists are so angry.
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
#318 - Secular vs Religious Charities
Secular vs Religious Charities. Are there really no atheist charities? Of course there are! Most charities are!
#322 - Delayed Gratification
Religion is all about delayed gratification. Delayed, that is, until you're dead.
#323 - You might be an atheist if...
Are you an atheist? Well you might be if..
#321- Learning what is so good about YOU. (Also Santa Claus)
Today we discuss a question from a viewer: "How do you think secular people can come to terms with what's good about themselves, especially when they're used to thinking of it as something that comes from a higher power?" - Cassandra, YouTube. We also talk about what people should teach children about Santa Claus.
#319 - Why are atheists so angry?
Why are atheists so angry, and why they have every right to be.
#317 - What IS an afterlife?
We al talk about it, but every religion (actually every preacher) describes a different one and many of them contradict each other.