Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Christian Nationalism’s Grip on American Faith Is Finally Breaking – Mother Jones
…[F]or the last twelve years, I have been trying to make amends for having played such a significant role as an evangelical Christian minister in the aggressive push to transform the United States into a “Christian nation.” I helped lay the groundwork for Donald Trump’s presidency and the imposition of Christian Nationalism as America’s officially privileged and highly destructive religion. I was dead wrong in doing so…
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Monday, October 5, 2026
Free Betty (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)
After announcing the “Secularist of the Week” and the “Theocrat of the Week,” we speak with Maryam Namazie, president of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Great Britain, about the campaign to release Ibtissame Betty Lachgar from a Moroccan prison for the “crime” of wearing a T-shirt that insults Islam.
Interview:
Sunday, October 4, 2026
Friendly Atheist News Roundup 10/1/2026: Noah's Ark Was Not "100% Confirmed"
0:00 Intro
0:32 The Christian grift behind Life Surge’s celebrity-packed wealth seminars.
14:35 Scientists have not “100% confirmed” the resting place of Noah’s Ark.
27:15 Pete Hegseth gutted the military’s list of official religions. Now Air Force members must choose.
39:35 Albert Mohler’s blasphemy reversal exposes the cruel logic of Christian Nationalism.
59:07 Christian school board member melts down over class trip to “Satanic” Salem Witch Museum.
0:32 The Christian grift behind Life Surge’s celebrity-packed wealth seminars.
14:35 Scientists have not “100% confirmed” the resting place of Noah’s Ark.
27:15 Pete Hegseth gutted the military’s list of official religions. Now Air Force members must choose.
39:35 Albert Mohler’s blasphemy reversal exposes the cruel logic of Christian Nationalism.
59:07 Christian school board member melts down over class trip to “Satanic” Salem Witch Museum.
Interview:
Audio only, with Jessica:
Video, with Jessica:
Video, no Jessica:
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
The Evil Religious Beliefs of Billionaires (Drew McCoy/Genetically Modified Skeptic on YouTube)
"Billionaires justify their bad behavior with religion. Who would’ve guessed? Here I talk about Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, David Green, Mark Zuckerberg, and Mukesh Ambani"
Interview:
Democrats are running pastors for office. Republicans are attacking their religious comments. - POLITICO
“As a person of faith, I think that it’s time for the Democratic Party to reassert that Democrats are a big tent, and we have many elected officials from different faiths for whom faith is something very important to them,” said Ben McAdams, the Democratic nominee in Utah’s 1st District and a volunteer Sunday School teacher in his Latter-day Saint congregation in Salt Lake City. “The Republican Party of Donald Trump does not seem to be reflecting the Christian values that I grew up with.”…
Atheism Makes More Sense! - Jul 16 (Jon Cohen, Unconvinced on YouTube)
You know it makes sense!
Gods are silly.
Come and discuss!
0:04:06 - Aaron Brereton - Claims biblical prophecies are true, Explains his personal, distorted understanding of time, space, matter (his trinity) & o light, etc. Implies fine tuning argument.
0:19:31 - Bingo & super chats
0:22:31 - B - Claims Morality comes from God. Justifies atrocious acts in the bible as morally good and accuses jon of being a psychopath.
0:45:10 - Bingo
0:48:02 - TxPostgrad - Baseball coach that condemns abortion and talks about IQ tests
1:03:17 - Superchats
1:05:33 - David - Claims there might be evidence for God and flat earth analogy. Caller has dilemma about going back to theism.
1:14:48 - Superchats
1:15:39 - Ernest Edwards - Talks gibberish and imaginary things that makes the hosts & audience think he was under some influence.
1:18:28 - Superchats, Sean's deconstruction story
1:23:39 - Michael - Pro-religious and "allegedly atheist🫤" that argues for a utilitarian defence of the new testament amd claims communist atrocities were due to lack of christianity.
1:34:28 - Bingo & superchats
1:42:38 - Karl with a C - Claims people are defined by their actions. Proceeds to imply based off that proposition that belief is a choice
1:57:33 - Bingo
1:58:13 - Devilawesomeme - Brings in the psychology experiment out of context. Talks about fabricated memories/ confabulations as psychologists call it, out of context. Tries to argue for the accuracy of the bible & gap fill God into uncertainties around abiogenesis & big bang.
2:22:04 - Superchats
2:23:43 - Clifford - Claims christianity is the highest form of intelligence. Accuses jon of lacking the maturity and intelligence to understand the bible. Does performative laughing as Jon presents the false prophecies in the bible.
2:52:14 - Bingo & superchats
2:54:13 - Guard dog - Asks if the world is ready for secularism. Talks over the hosts and tries to argue that God exists despite there not being evidence because of utility in religion.
3:02:08 - Superchats
3:03:53 - Gerardine Farah - South african or maybe Scottish caller (the accemt sounds confusing) with sore throat claims to use science to prove God exists. Tries to use cosmological arguments (conflates big bang and carbon dating) and reads passages out of the bible, saying that it is the science that proves God. Accuses jon and Sean for not giving her a chance to speak.
3:14:54 - Gadman - Claims he died as a 6 year old from an injury and that Jesus sent him back. Sweet and innocent caller that Jon politely ended the call with.
3:20:38 - Superchats
3:23:10 - Top_Z - Discussion around choice in beliefs. Ella comes in and educates everyone on human DNA, common genetic areas with apes and also medusa viruses. Overall cordial caller
3:43:09 - Superchats
3:44:38 - DBN Khosta - Claims that mental health problems being healed by exorcism is evidence for God. Tries to argue there is no morality without God.
3:51:23 - Superchats
3:53:43 - The Guided servant - Claims a man from the 6th century knew about universal expansion and modern science. Bails out when asked to answer the ethical validity in pedophilia & scientific inaccuracies in the Quran.
3:59:30 - Midwest - friendly caller that leaves to call on the friday show
4:00:53 - Anthony - Claims Love is from God and uses cosmological argument. Gets into DNA, abiogenesis after which Scientificsnitch comes in to explain the nuances and depth of molecular biology, microbiology and evolution.
4:26:53 - Hodge - Comes in with the traditional God did it, watchmaker/designer argument. Gishgallops, gets kilswitch'd and leaves after insulting Jon with the N word.
4:36:13 - Samuel hate video
4:41:58 - Superchats
5:02:05 - Member questions
5:09:29 Bingo & Superchats
5:15:43 - Champ of champs - calls in to get clarification. Agrees and leaves
5:19:00 - Superchats
5:20:28 - Matic - Phil bro that was banned before for talking condescendingly. Does the same and gets kicked again.
5:24:13 - POTS - Claims asking for evidence is not relevant to proving God and that not all decisions are rational. Gets kilswitchd after repeated circular arguments
5:37:53 - DMC - Tries to argue around moral relativism but ends up talking over the hosts and complains about the meta of the conversation. Gets killswitchd which jon vetoes
5:51:58 - Superchats
5:58:19 - Broncoboo -Equates Gambling dilemma and other ethical dilemma to dilemma between beliefand non belief.
6:03:23 - Superchats
6:11:23 - Information on innercircle
6:15:03 - Superchats
6:16:18 - Bingo winner (le me😁), caller ratings and conclusion.
Gods are silly.
Come and discuss!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00:01 - intro and housekeeping0:04:06 - Aaron Brereton - Claims biblical prophecies are true, Explains his personal, distorted understanding of time, space, matter (his trinity) & o light, etc. Implies fine tuning argument.
0:19:31 - Bingo & super chats
0:22:31 - B - Claims Morality comes from God. Justifies atrocious acts in the bible as morally good and accuses jon of being a psychopath.
0:45:10 - Bingo
0:48:02 - TxPostgrad - Baseball coach that condemns abortion and talks about IQ tests
1:03:17 - Superchats
1:05:33 - David - Claims there might be evidence for God and flat earth analogy. Caller has dilemma about going back to theism.
1:14:48 - Superchats
1:15:39 - Ernest Edwards - Talks gibberish and imaginary things that makes the hosts & audience think he was under some influence.
1:18:28 - Superchats, Sean's deconstruction story
1:23:39 - Michael - Pro-religious and "allegedly atheist🫤" that argues for a utilitarian defence of the new testament amd claims communist atrocities were due to lack of christianity.
1:34:28 - Bingo & superchats
1:42:38 - Karl with a C - Claims people are defined by their actions. Proceeds to imply based off that proposition that belief is a choice
1:57:33 - Bingo
1:58:13 - Devilawesomeme - Brings in the psychology experiment out of context. Talks about fabricated memories/ confabulations as psychologists call it, out of context. Tries to argue for the accuracy of the bible & gap fill God into uncertainties around abiogenesis & big bang.
2:22:04 - Superchats
2:23:43 - Clifford - Claims christianity is the highest form of intelligence. Accuses jon of lacking the maturity and intelligence to understand the bible. Does performative laughing as Jon presents the false prophecies in the bible.
2:52:14 - Bingo & superchats
2:54:13 - Guard dog - Asks if the world is ready for secularism. Talks over the hosts and tries to argue that God exists despite there not being evidence because of utility in religion.
3:02:08 - Superchats
3:03:53 - Gerardine Farah - South african or maybe Scottish caller (the accemt sounds confusing) with sore throat claims to use science to prove God exists. Tries to use cosmological arguments (conflates big bang and carbon dating) and reads passages out of the bible, saying that it is the science that proves God. Accuses jon and Sean for not giving her a chance to speak.
3:14:54 - Gadman - Claims he died as a 6 year old from an injury and that Jesus sent him back. Sweet and innocent caller that Jon politely ended the call with.
3:20:38 - Superchats
3:23:10 - Top_Z - Discussion around choice in beliefs. Ella comes in and educates everyone on human DNA, common genetic areas with apes and also medusa viruses. Overall cordial caller
3:43:09 - Superchats
3:44:38 - DBN Khosta - Claims that mental health problems being healed by exorcism is evidence for God. Tries to argue there is no morality without God.
3:51:23 - Superchats
3:53:43 - The Guided servant - Claims a man from the 6th century knew about universal expansion and modern science. Bails out when asked to answer the ethical validity in pedophilia & scientific inaccuracies in the Quran.
3:59:30 - Midwest - friendly caller that leaves to call on the friday show
4:00:53 - Anthony - Claims Love is from God and uses cosmological argument. Gets into DNA, abiogenesis after which Scientificsnitch comes in to explain the nuances and depth of molecular biology, microbiology and evolution.
4:26:53 - Hodge - Comes in with the traditional God did it, watchmaker/designer argument. Gishgallops, gets kilswitch'd and leaves after insulting Jon with the N word.
4:36:13 - Samuel hate video
4:41:58 - Superchats
5:02:05 - Member questions
5:09:29 Bingo & Superchats
5:15:43 - Champ of champs - calls in to get clarification. Agrees and leaves
5:19:00 - Superchats
5:20:28 - Matic - Phil bro that was banned before for talking condescendingly. Does the same and gets kicked again.
5:24:13 - POTS - Claims asking for evidence is not relevant to proving God and that not all decisions are rational. Gets kilswitchd after repeated circular arguments
5:37:53 - DMC - Tries to argue around moral relativism but ends up talking over the hosts and complains about the meta of the conversation. Gets killswitchd which jon vetoes
5:51:58 - Superchats
5:58:19 - Broncoboo -Equates Gambling dilemma and other ethical dilemma to dilemma between beliefand non belief.
6:03:23 - Superchats
6:11:23 - Information on innercircle
6:15:03 - Superchats
6:16:18 - Bingo winner (le me😁), caller ratings and conclusion.
Interview:
Monday, September 28, 2026
LIVE DEBATE [Your God is Fiction] 5-8-2026 (Justin at DZ Debates on YouTube)
TIMESTAMPS
28:12 Lucas - If we are in a simulation, would God be the one in control of the simulation?
29:45 Leo - The Holy Spirit is quantifiable, it helps our brains to fend off bad stuff, and caller has written a paper about it
40:58 Nathaniel Ward - Mezzo joins; Caller claims there is power in the name of Jesus and calls both hosts serpents; Call devolves to Justin and Mezzo clowning on caller; Evolution vs creation
1:16:30 (Nathaniel Ward) - When was Jesus born? Caller runs
1:35:00 Crystal joins to remind everyone that today is the last day to bid on a signed Bible
1:38:45 Larry Speghetti - Caller claims to be Jewish but gets antisemitic real quick; Is it good when God has women graped (2 Samuel 12)? Caller claims that anything God says to do is good; Is God just?
2:14:15 Craigp45 - Did the universe have a beginning? Is an infinite past possible? A-theory and B-theory of time and what time is; What exists necessarily?
2:47:20 (Craigp45) - Was Jesus a false prophet? What will happen in the new Jerusalem? Will there be ongoing physical sacrifices (Ezekiel 44)? Caller doesn’t really settle on any explanation
3:08:22 (Craigp45) Is Ezekiel 46 a metaphor or will it happen? Did Jesus fulfill any prophecies? Why did Jesus come to Earth?
3:42:55 Benson - What does Matthew 24 say will happen when Jesus returns? Caller has connection issues
4:02:50 Steve - DNA is information so it has a mind behind it; M’s talks DNA and the evolution of genes
4:39:35 (Steve) - How about deistic evolution? How old is the Earth and how do thermodynamics/dark energy play into it? Can God act outside of time? What does “theory” mean in science?
5:13:25 LastIchEffort - Believes in a creator but not a god
5:15:00 WillHeFindFaith - Caller yaps and goes off of personal experience a lot; Caller claims the Old Testament God is wicked but Jesus is different; Why does the quote in Matthew 27:9 not appear in Jeremiah? Answer: a lot of stuff in the Bible has changed over time
5:39:10 (WillHeFindFaith) - Did God tell David to do a census and was it against God’s laws (2 Samuel 24)? Did Jesus tell us to follow the Law of Moses?
5:56:45 (WillHeFindFaith) - Is Jesus in the Old Testament? Was Jesus the snake in the Garden of Eden? Is Revelation true?
6:37:00 Superchats and wrap up
29:45 Leo - The Holy Spirit is quantifiable, it helps our brains to fend off bad stuff, and caller has written a paper about it
40:58 Nathaniel Ward - Mezzo joins; Caller claims there is power in the name of Jesus and calls both hosts serpents; Call devolves to Justin and Mezzo clowning on caller; Evolution vs creation
1:16:30 (Nathaniel Ward) - When was Jesus born? Caller runs
1:35:00 Crystal joins to remind everyone that today is the last day to bid on a signed Bible
1:38:45 Larry Speghetti - Caller claims to be Jewish but gets antisemitic real quick; Is it good when God has women graped (2 Samuel 12)? Caller claims that anything God says to do is good; Is God just?
2:14:15 Craigp45 - Did the universe have a beginning? Is an infinite past possible? A-theory and B-theory of time and what time is; What exists necessarily?
2:47:20 (Craigp45) - Was Jesus a false prophet? What will happen in the new Jerusalem? Will there be ongoing physical sacrifices (Ezekiel 44)? Caller doesn’t really settle on any explanation
3:08:22 (Craigp45) Is Ezekiel 46 a metaphor or will it happen? Did Jesus fulfill any prophecies? Why did Jesus come to Earth?
3:42:55 Benson - What does Matthew 24 say will happen when Jesus returns? Caller has connection issues
4:02:50 Steve - DNA is information so it has a mind behind it; M’s talks DNA and the evolution of genes
4:39:35 (Steve) - How about deistic evolution? How old is the Earth and how do thermodynamics/dark energy play into it? Can God act outside of time? What does “theory” mean in science?
5:13:25 LastIchEffort - Believes in a creator but not a god
5:15:00 WillHeFindFaith - Caller yaps and goes off of personal experience a lot; Caller claims the Old Testament God is wicked but Jesus is different; Why does the quote in Matthew 27:9 not appear in Jeremiah? Answer: a lot of stuff in the Bible has changed over time
5:39:10 (WillHeFindFaith) - Did God tell David to do a census and was it against God’s laws (2 Samuel 24)? Did Jesus tell us to follow the Law of Moses?
5:56:45 (WillHeFindFaith) - Is Jesus in the Old Testament? Was Jesus the snake in the Garden of Eden? Is Revelation true?
6:37:00 Superchats and wrap up
Interview:
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Friendly Atheist News Roundup 9/24/2026 (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podcast #654)
0:00 Intro
0:20 Jehovah’s Witnesses just gutted their deadly blood transfusion policy.
18:32 Trump’s “Top 250 Victories for People of Faith” collapse under scrutiny.
36:50 An Alabama church says God made a paraplegic man walk again. There’s a better explanation.
52:00 Nearly half of people raised Mormon have left the LDS Church.
1:02:53 James Talarico’s pastor welcomes atheists. Conservatives think that’s a scandal.
0:20 Jehovah’s Witnesses just gutted their deadly blood transfusion policy.
18:32 Trump’s “Top 250 Victories for People of Faith” collapse under scrutiny.
36:50 An Alabama church says God made a paraplegic man walk again. There’s a better explanation.
52:00 Nearly half of people raised Mormon have left the LDS Church.
1:02:53 James Talarico’s pastor welcomes atheists. Conservatives think that’s a scandal.
Interview:
- Video, with Jessica: https://youtu.be/JoitL7S8Kbg?si=SjvLNEghC7CqhNhC
- Video, without Jessica: https://www.youtube.com/live/Qg1-85lzNzM?si=9ILTzaupJ2DP3bzC
- Audio only, with Jessica: https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2026/09/23/jehovahs-witnesses-gut-their-blood-ban/
Does God Change His Mind? (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast) It's In the Code Ep. 207
Does God change his mind?
CAN God change his mind?
The traditional theological answer to both of these questions is “no.”
But what if the answer is “yes”? Why would this represent such a threat to high-control religion and traditional Christian teaching? Check out this week’s episode to find out!
Interview:
Sisterhood Is Global (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)
After reporting the good and the bad news about Christian nationalist antics, we remember the life and legacy of well-known feminist and atheist activist Robin Morgan, who died earlier this month.
Interview:
Friday, September 25, 2026
Atheism Cannot Be Wrong - July 7 (Jon Cohen, Unconvinced on YouTube)
It can't be morally wrong to fail to be convinced by a claim.
Come and discuss this one!
Come and discuss this one!
Timsstamps
0:00:00 Intro and introduction of 5×5×5 bingo board.
0:03:26 - Lloyd - Muslim caller that Claims the earth was created with humans for the sole purpose of worshipping God
0:18:11 - JDV2022 - Argues for the non physical nature of God. Claims God is abstract and NOUMENAL (he didn't use that term but that's what he implied) like math.
0:35:25 - Superchats
0:36:21 - Bingo
0:37:08 - The Artist 6 - clarifies the nature of atheism and what it means and if it exists on a spectrum. Good faith christian caller that has humane views and respects choice in choosing religion or atheism. Supports his children to make a choice for themselves. Prepared to fight jesus for his children if they become non believers. Rare christian caller.
0:50:29 - Superchats
0:53:11 - Ap Spencor - claims Science and facts are discoveries? Gets educated on Evidence vs proof by jon. Bad audio cuts the debate short.
0:58:50 - Fellonious punk - Claims Belief is not a choice and argues information diet & epistemic discipline/choices for it which Jonn and Sean agree are actions/environmental nurtures
1:18:11 - Bingo and superchats
1:20:51 - Nacho - Asks to define atheism and debates what it means
1:32:10 - Dillon - Admits he is Anti science and finds meaning in theism. Argues for the utility in theistic beliefs for individuals.
1:43:43 - Bingo
1:44:58 - Adam - Clarifies definition of atheism and uses life, abiogenesis, DNA, code, information, emergent intelligence, etc for lroof of God. Guest appearance by Dr.digg and Ella(Scientific Snitch) demolish
2:21:02 - Bingo & superchats
2:24:23 - Blake - Claims God exists, clarifies what atheists believe and holds a softer view of theology
2:57:13 - Bingo & Superchats
3:02:30 - God's favourite/Chris - Argues theism is not wrong and that we don't have the definition of atheism.
3:20:33 - Superchats
3:24:17 - Brenda debates - Claims theism is a propositional attitude like atheism. Uses a personal esoteric definition of theism & atheism.
3:40:33 - Bingo
3:45:32 - Saviworld - Claims the hosts are misreading the biblical text that talks about the punishments God inflicts upon non-believers.
4:08:52 - Bingo & Superchats
4:13:51 - Brad - Parks his vehicle for the debate after being told he can't participate whilst driving. Tries to defend the atrocities in the bible by God as being epistemically beyond human understanding. Claims that slaves were treated well in the bible.
4:32:05 - Bingo & Superchats
4:34:30 - Chopped inquisitor - Debates the definition of agnosticism, atheism & theism. Tries to argue/gaslight that involuntary disbelief is not punishable in christianity. Tries to defend the misogyny & atrocious acts in the bible.
4:57:21 - Superchat
4:58:16 - Alex - Clarifies definition of atheism & debates topic of morality and the punishing of involuntary non-belief. Tries to debate christianity being a cult.
5:03:17 - Superchats & Bingo
5:06:11 - Uses a german shepherd analogy to say there is evidence for God and Atheists are "choosing not to believe". Uses other analogies to argue the same.
5:31:46 - Superchats
5:34:36 - JE - Questions what standard Jon uses to label God as evil and debates against the subjective nature of morality. Proceeds to defend stoning women to death as morally sound and subjective.
5:54:00 - Bingo & superchats
5:58:12 - Doc Pepper - Asks if Atheism is inherently nihilistic, debates the fact how our emotional, cognitive & mental attributes are tied to our brains. Conversation moves to defending biblical genesis
6:12:49 - Superchats
6:15:01 - ISI777 - Tries to argue that Atheism is wrong because of christian scripture. Tries to defend the bible fundamentally.
6:51:12 - Superchats
6:54:21 - Church of James - muslim calle that claims there is evidence for God in nature and debates against the epistemic stance of atheism. Conversation moves towards debating the atrocious acts in the quran.
7:12:46 - Superchats
7:14:31 - OHheyman - Debates Jon's stance that God did not provide evidence for his own existence because he does not exist. Claims jon and Sean are misreading the hell punishment.
7:43:13 - Superchats
7:47:28 - Mr.B - Ex Muslim Agnostic that gives tips on how to critique the quran.
7:50:16 - Elijah - Possible Poe's law that defends human slavery and treating humans as objects.
8:02:26 - Superchats
8:04:14 - DMS online school - Tries to argue that people need to revere God for their own existence. Holds non-normative christian beliefs.
8:25:12 - Inner circle credits and continuation of DMS call.
8:27:07 - Superchats
8:30:31 - Cathleen - Non religious theist caller that tries to argue that there is a God and atheism cannot be valid. Uses consciousness & emergence of intelligence life as defence for God's existence.
8:35:32 - Superchats
8:36:36 - Chronicler - Clarifies the prompt. Asks if there can be possibility for a non omnipotent God to exist.
8:41:06 - Josh - Clarifies definition for atheism & humanism
8:42:43 - Home with Debbie - Asks if Jon and Sean believe in jesus and agrees with the hosts on historical accuracy of jesus.
8:46:38 - Superchats
8:47:42 - 5×5×5 Bingo winner (le me - yippee🤘🎊🎉)
8:50:04 - Member questions
8:53:02 - John Stone - Supports hiroshima attacks and israel attacks on palestine and in the bible. Tries to argue and defend the infanticide in the bible as collateral. Possible troll that talks about emf frequencies.
9:05:04 - Superchats
9:06:11 - Note on pseudoscience and Conclusion
Interview:
0:03:26 - Lloyd - Muslim caller that Claims the earth was created with humans for the sole purpose of worshipping God
0:18:11 - JDV2022 - Argues for the non physical nature of God. Claims God is abstract and NOUMENAL (he didn't use that term but that's what he implied) like math.
0:35:25 - Superchats
0:36:21 - Bingo
0:37:08 - The Artist 6 - clarifies the nature of atheism and what it means and if it exists on a spectrum. Good faith christian caller that has humane views and respects choice in choosing religion or atheism. Supports his children to make a choice for themselves. Prepared to fight jesus for his children if they become non believers. Rare christian caller.
0:50:29 - Superchats
0:53:11 - Ap Spencor - claims Science and facts are discoveries? Gets educated on Evidence vs proof by jon. Bad audio cuts the debate short.
0:58:50 - Fellonious punk - Claims Belief is not a choice and argues information diet & epistemic discipline/choices for it which Jonn and Sean agree are actions/environmental nurtures
1:18:11 - Bingo and superchats
1:20:51 - Nacho - Asks to define atheism and debates what it means
1:32:10 - Dillon - Admits he is Anti science and finds meaning in theism. Argues for the utility in theistic beliefs for individuals.
1:43:43 - Bingo
1:44:58 - Adam - Clarifies definition of atheism and uses life, abiogenesis, DNA, code, information, emergent intelligence, etc for lroof of God. Guest appearance by Dr.digg and Ella(Scientific Snitch) demolish
2:21:02 - Bingo & superchats
2:24:23 - Blake - Claims God exists, clarifies what atheists believe and holds a softer view of theology
2:57:13 - Bingo & Superchats
3:02:30 - God's favourite/Chris - Argues theism is not wrong and that we don't have the definition of atheism.
3:20:33 - Superchats
3:24:17 - Brenda debates - Claims theism is a propositional attitude like atheism. Uses a personal esoteric definition of theism & atheism.
3:40:33 - Bingo
3:45:32 - Saviworld - Claims the hosts are misreading the biblical text that talks about the punishments God inflicts upon non-believers.
4:08:52 - Bingo & Superchats
4:13:51 - Brad - Parks his vehicle for the debate after being told he can't participate whilst driving. Tries to defend the atrocities in the bible by God as being epistemically beyond human understanding. Claims that slaves were treated well in the bible.
4:32:05 - Bingo & Superchats
4:34:30 - Chopped inquisitor - Debates the definition of agnosticism, atheism & theism. Tries to argue/gaslight that involuntary disbelief is not punishable in christianity. Tries to defend the misogyny & atrocious acts in the bible.
4:57:21 - Superchat
4:58:16 - Alex - Clarifies definition of atheism & debates topic of morality and the punishing of involuntary non-belief. Tries to debate christianity being a cult.
5:03:17 - Superchats & Bingo
5:06:11 - Uses a german shepherd analogy to say there is evidence for God and Atheists are "choosing not to believe". Uses other analogies to argue the same.
5:31:46 - Superchats
5:34:36 - JE - Questions what standard Jon uses to label God as evil and debates against the subjective nature of morality. Proceeds to defend stoning women to death as morally sound and subjective.
5:54:00 - Bingo & superchats
5:58:12 - Doc Pepper - Asks if Atheism is inherently nihilistic, debates the fact how our emotional, cognitive & mental attributes are tied to our brains. Conversation moves to defending biblical genesis
6:12:49 - Superchats
6:15:01 - ISI777 - Tries to argue that Atheism is wrong because of christian scripture. Tries to defend the bible fundamentally.
6:51:12 - Superchats
6:54:21 - Church of James - muslim calle that claims there is evidence for God in nature and debates against the epistemic stance of atheism. Conversation moves towards debating the atrocious acts in the quran.
7:12:46 - Superchats
7:14:31 - OHheyman - Debates Jon's stance that God did not provide evidence for his own existence because he does not exist. Claims jon and Sean are misreading the hell punishment.
7:43:13 - Superchats
7:47:28 - Mr.B - Ex Muslim Agnostic that gives tips on how to critique the quran.
7:50:16 - Elijah - Possible Poe's law that defends human slavery and treating humans as objects.
8:02:26 - Superchats
8:04:14 - DMS online school - Tries to argue that people need to revere God for their own existence. Holds non-normative christian beliefs.
8:25:12 - Inner circle credits and continuation of DMS call.
8:27:07 - Superchats
8:30:31 - Cathleen - Non religious theist caller that tries to argue that there is a God and atheism cannot be valid. Uses consciousness & emergence of intelligence life as defence for God's existence.
8:35:32 - Superchats
8:36:36 - Chronicler - Clarifies the prompt. Asks if there can be possibility for a non omnipotent God to exist.
8:41:06 - Josh - Clarifies definition for atheism & humanism
8:42:43 - Home with Debbie - Asks if Jon and Sean believe in jesus and agrees with the hosts on historical accuracy of jesus.
8:46:38 - Superchats
8:47:42 - 5×5×5 Bingo winner (le me - yippee🤘🎊🎉)
8:50:04 - Member questions
8:53:02 - John Stone - Supports hiroshima attacks and israel attacks on palestine and in the bible. Tries to argue and defend the infanticide in the bible as collateral. Possible troll that talks about emf frequencies.
9:05:04 - Superchats
9:06:11 - Note on pseudoscience and Conclusion
Interview:
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Your God Obviously Isn't There - Jul 4 (Jon Cohen, Unconvinced on YouTube)
Is this really the world we would expect if an all-loving all-good god was in charge?
0:02:25 - Panashe Damuzi - Claims that God does not appear or does not exist only for the non believers.
0:35:18 - Bingo
0:38:55 - Superchats from last night
0:39:51 - we are just you - Debates of Jon & Sean think they are the creators of their own world and if they are rejecting nature by rejecting God
0:53:11 - Bingo
0:54:53 - Brett - Tries to defend God's atrocious acts by scapegoating arbitrary sins of mankind. Complains about the meta
1:19:46 - Bingo
1:20:37 - Sampletext - Tries to debate for validity in the fine tuning argument from an atheist perspective
1:45:47 - Superchats
1:48:21 - Michael brown - Comes with Dunning kruger, hubris that insults experts in scientific disciplines like Neil Degrasse Tyson and tries to argue that Existence of God and creationism are obvious facts
2:07:43 - Amir - Believes in a deistic God and tries to reason that belief
2:21:42 - Superchats
2:24:27 - Kelly - Argues that God is a democracy and the psycho-social reasons why Humans created the concept of God - leaves to come back on the after hours stream.
2:27:51 - Bingo
2:29:36 - Emmehhhh's mother - Days she is a part of the Prayer warriors, tries to blame unjust suffering in the world, free will, fear mongering, etc on free will of humans and warns jon about hell for non-belief.
3:03:27 - Solomon - Strawmanns jon's intention in characterising God.
3:09:51 - (Terisa Charles-Jesus Christ) - Claims that fault is on the people of this world and satan. We suffer because of our own bad choices through free will connected to Adam (who is superior to eve according to her) and eve & their fruit incident. She is here to warn Jon as the messenger of God apparently.
3:22:21 - Bingo and superchats
3:25:11 - Silence moon - friendly caller who leaves to come back during the after hours stream.
3:27:00 - Superchats
3:27:46 - DMC - Debates the subjective nature of morality from the rastafarian materialistic outlook
3:54:26 - Superchats
4:03:41 - SZP - Claims God is not all good according to jew. Debates the existence of God and why people believe in things or make up stories
4:16:58 - Bingo
4:18:19 - Tywolfe - leaves to fix his call quality and come back
4:19:07 - superchats
4:25:56 - Tywolfe's return - Defends the sociopathic nature of God as untrue and the epistemic legitimacy of the bible.
4:48:11 - Superchats
4:55:31 - Satnam - Questions the requirement that God has to be a conscious agent with a mind and the nature of the origin of the Universe.
5:08:06 - Caleb Fowler - Accidental call.
5:09:57 - Superchats
5:12:41 - bingo
5:14:01 - Geironymous Bosch - Gives an insight into his skepticism against Aquinas type of arguments & why they dont do a good job defending theism.
5:16:45 - Superchats
5:54:11 - Satnam Again - Debates the nature of objective/brute facts pertaining to the nature of existence and universe. Tries to link it to God.
6:12:31 - Superchats
6:16:37 - Bingo winner
6:19:00 Superchats & Why Theist panel with audience is a bad idea
conclusion
Timestamps
0:00:00 - Intro and Tank top Sean action figure in the merch store announcement0:02:25 - Panashe Damuzi - Claims that God does not appear or does not exist only for the non believers.
0:35:18 - Bingo
0:38:55 - Superchats from last night
0:39:51 - we are just you - Debates of Jon & Sean think they are the creators of their own world and if they are rejecting nature by rejecting God
0:53:11 - Bingo
0:54:53 - Brett - Tries to defend God's atrocious acts by scapegoating arbitrary sins of mankind. Complains about the meta
1:19:46 - Bingo
1:20:37 - Sampletext - Tries to debate for validity in the fine tuning argument from an atheist perspective
1:45:47 - Superchats
1:48:21 - Michael brown - Comes with Dunning kruger, hubris that insults experts in scientific disciplines like Neil Degrasse Tyson and tries to argue that Existence of God and creationism are obvious facts
2:07:43 - Amir - Believes in a deistic God and tries to reason that belief
2:21:42 - Superchats
2:24:27 - Kelly - Argues that God is a democracy and the psycho-social reasons why Humans created the concept of God - leaves to come back on the after hours stream.
2:27:51 - Bingo
2:29:36 - Emmehhhh's mother - Days she is a part of the Prayer warriors, tries to blame unjust suffering in the world, free will, fear mongering, etc on free will of humans and warns jon about hell for non-belief.
3:03:27 - Solomon - Strawmanns jon's intention in characterising God.
3:09:51 - (Terisa Charles-Jesus Christ) - Claims that fault is on the people of this world and satan. We suffer because of our own bad choices through free will connected to Adam (who is superior to eve according to her) and eve & their fruit incident. She is here to warn Jon as the messenger of God apparently.
3:22:21 - Bingo and superchats
3:25:11 - Silence moon - friendly caller who leaves to come back during the after hours stream.
3:27:00 - Superchats
3:27:46 - DMC - Debates the subjective nature of morality from the rastafarian materialistic outlook
3:54:26 - Superchats
4:03:41 - SZP - Claims God is not all good according to jew. Debates the existence of God and why people believe in things or make up stories
4:16:58 - Bingo
4:18:19 - Tywolfe - leaves to fix his call quality and come back
4:19:07 - superchats
4:25:56 - Tywolfe's return - Defends the sociopathic nature of God as untrue and the epistemic legitimacy of the bible.
4:48:11 - Superchats
4:55:31 - Satnam - Questions the requirement that God has to be a conscious agent with a mind and the nature of the origin of the Universe.
5:08:06 - Caleb Fowler - Accidental call.
5:09:57 - Superchats
5:12:41 - bingo
5:14:01 - Geironymous Bosch - Gives an insight into his skepticism against Aquinas type of arguments & why they dont do a good job defending theism.
5:16:45 - Superchats
5:54:11 - Satnam Again - Debates the nature of objective/brute facts pertaining to the nature of existence and universe. Tries to link it to God.
6:12:31 - Superchats
6:16:37 - Bingo winner
6:19:00 Superchats & Why Theist panel with audience is a bad idea
conclusion
Interview:
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
I Took A Gay Conversion Class for Christian Teens. It Was Awful. (Drew / Genetically Modified Skeptic)
“The Holy Sexuality Project” wants kids to stop being gay. Can they pull it off?
Dr. Christopher Yuan of Moody Bible Institute used to live as a gay man, but now no longer identifies as gay. He does not use the term ex-gay or ex-LGBT, but embraces what he calls Holy Sexuality. His curriculum for parents of LGBT kids explains why. Is this gay conversion therapy? How does gay conversion therapy work? Can you go from gay to straight? Can you stop being gay? Can Christians support LGBT people? Is being transgender anti-science? Here I answer all of those questions.
Interview:
Dr. Christopher Yuan of Moody Bible Institute used to live as a gay man, but now no longer identifies as gay. He does not use the term ex-gay or ex-LGBT, but embraces what he calls Holy Sexuality. His curriculum for parents of LGBT kids explains why. Is this gay conversion therapy? How does gay conversion therapy work? Can you go from gay to straight? Can you stop being gay? Can Christians support LGBT people? Is being transgender anti-science? Here I answer all of those questions.
God Is Evil AND Silly Jul 12 (Jon Cohen, Unconvinced on YouTube)
A mix of serious moral critique and complete absurdity as we examine religious claims, apologetics, suffering, divine hiddenness, eternal punishment, and the strange lengths people go to defend impossible ideas.
Believers and nonbelievers welcome.
Just bring arguments.
Believers and nonbelievers welcome.
Just bring arguments.
Interview:
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Monday, September 21, 2026
We Can Trust The Bible Because It's Wrong Sometimes (Viced Rhino on YouTube)
The people from the PursueGod YouTube channel really want us to trust the bible...but they wind up making a decent case against it by mistake.
Interview:
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Let’s Be Honest about Why You Are a Christian or a Muslim: Your Forebears Murdered Their Way into Your Mind (Richard Carrier blog)
Christianity, as with all religions, started in one tiny place, when the rest of the Earth was populated by a wildly marvelous diversity of religious beliefs—and yet, curiously enough, the concept of warfare over religious differences was virtually nonexistent. Most people in ancient times believed it was proper to respect the gods of other peoples. This changed on a global scale when Christianity was spread, quite literally, by the sword. Those who attempted to assert their religious differences were harassed, tortured, robbed of their land and belongings, even killed. Before it achieved political power, Christianity was a small sect, a heresy against the Jewish faith, that had to accept equality among all the other religions of the Roman Empire. Yet it was the first religion to openly attack the religions of other people as false (the Jews, at least, were a little more tactful). Needless to say, Christianity only truly flourished when it had the ability to eliminate the competition—when it had the full support of Rome’s Emperors after 313 A.D., and when, in 395 A.D., every religion other than Christianity was actually outlawed...
It is not a coincidence that the two most widespread religions in the world today are the most warlike and intolerant religions in history...
So why are convictions still so strong when it comes to the certainty of such amazing claims as God and heaven or the miracles of Jesus? Though theologians still answer this question with the claim that it is evidence of their truth and God’s grace in the world, the real answer is that many are essentially afraid not to believe, a fear whose encouragement is built into each religion itself—as we saw, for example, in the quotations from scripture above. Besides threats of hell, we face an almost insurmountable degree of peer pressure when it comes to our religious convictions. Some still say to themselves that if everyone else believes it, it must be true. After all, how could so many people be that crazy or misguided? Some might jokingly call this the “lemming” effect, but it is no small force in society. Ask yourself how often you have held a serious critical discussion about the reasons and evidence supporting your beliefs. If you think about it carefully you might realize that the support for some of your beliefs is so vague or weak that the same reasons and experiences could just as easily support any religion on earth, including voodoo and alien mind control...
In the final analysis, the only reason you or anyone today is a Christian or a Muslim is because your forebears murdered their way into your mind. Had Christianity and Islam behaved peacefully and with tolerance and acceptance, and taught rather than threatened, abused, and poisoned to crush and displace its competitors and dominate society like an abusive tyrant, no empire would ever have been Christian or Islamic. The religions you would find familiar and socially accepted and providing of all the things you want, from answers to community, kindness and honesty, would be tolerant heathen pantheons. There might still have been corruption and villainy, but it wouldn’t have been the norm, and it would more freely and easily have been called out and diminished...
Christianity and Islam cannot survive true religious freedom because they only exist today because of their core DNA of religious oppression. By violently colonizing the globe, Christianity colonized your mind. You are only a Christian or a Muslim because of mass global murder. Not because of evidence, utility, or wisdom...
It is not a coincidence that the two most widespread religions in the world today are the most warlike and intolerant religions in history...
So why are convictions still so strong when it comes to the certainty of such amazing claims as God and heaven or the miracles of Jesus? Though theologians still answer this question with the claim that it is evidence of their truth and God’s grace in the world, the real answer is that many are essentially afraid not to believe, a fear whose encouragement is built into each religion itself—as we saw, for example, in the quotations from scripture above. Besides threats of hell, we face an almost insurmountable degree of peer pressure when it comes to our religious convictions. Some still say to themselves that if everyone else believes it, it must be true. After all, how could so many people be that crazy or misguided? Some might jokingly call this the “lemming” effect, but it is no small force in society. Ask yourself how often you have held a serious critical discussion about the reasons and evidence supporting your beliefs. If you think about it carefully you might realize that the support for some of your beliefs is so vague or weak that the same reasons and experiences could just as easily support any religion on earth, including voodoo and alien mind control...
In the final analysis, the only reason you or anyone today is a Christian or a Muslim is because your forebears murdered their way into your mind. Had Christianity and Islam behaved peacefully and with tolerance and acceptance, and taught rather than threatened, abused, and poisoned to crush and displace its competitors and dominate society like an abusive tyrant, no empire would ever have been Christian or Islamic. The religions you would find familiar and socially accepted and providing of all the things you want, from answers to community, kindness and honesty, would be tolerant heathen pantheons. There might still have been corruption and villainy, but it wouldn’t have been the norm, and it would more freely and easily have been called out and diminished...
Christianity and Islam cannot survive true religious freedom because they only exist today because of their core DNA of religious oppression. By violently colonizing the globe, Christianity colonized your mind. You are only a Christian or a Muslim because of mass global murder. Not because of evidence, utility, or wisdom...
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