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A podcast about being skeptical. We cover everything from religion, politics, science, to Big Foot.
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Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
It's Pride month, so let's talk to a biologist about why sex isn't binary! The short story is that biology is complicated, messy, and doesn't care about out labels!
Make sure to sub to @CreationMyths for more great biology content
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Stand to reason thing: https://www.str.org/w/humans-come-in-only-two-sexes
https://www.hrc.org/resources/understanding-the-intersex-community
Useful Links
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/treating-trans-youth-with-dr-izzy-lowell-2021/id1382983397?i=1000551858078
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/protecting-trans-rights-chase-strangio-podcast-transcript-ncna1049541
https://podcasts.nu/avsnitt/why-is-this-happening-with-chris-hayes/between-god-and-man-with-daniel-m-lavery
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
3:50 - What is binary?
5:45 - What is sex?
8:30 - Chromosomes
11:00 - Gametes
13:40 - Sex is complicated
18:30 - Biology has exceptions
22:15 - How common is this
26:00 - "Fairness" in sports
28:30 - The spectrum of sex determination
40:45 - Useful resources (see description)
44:00 - Summary
45:20 - Outro
47:20 - Fallacy of the Day: False Dichotomy
#biology #science #lgbtq #pride
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
A *critical* review of the brutal debate between @ProfessorDaveExplains and @DrJamesTour titled "Are we clueless about the Origin of Life?" This debate was extremely tough to watch, but thankfully now you don't have to! You can see just the highlights, including: Old man angrily waves chalk and younger man calls him a liar.
This review is heavily edited for the sake of time. Find the original debate here: https://youtu.be/KvGdllx9pJU
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:24 - James Opening
10:11 - Dave Opening
23:36 - James Question 1
31:39 - Dave Question 1
35:36 - James Question 2
45:54 - Dave Question 2
49:34 - James Question 3
52:55 - Dave Question 3
56:50 - Summary
#skepticism #atheism #debate #creationism
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
The evidence for Jesus is good, but it's not THAT good. Specifically, it isn't better than the evidence for every other figure in the ancient world, as some Christians would have you believe. It's not even close! Let's break down what there is for the Dictator of Rome, Julius Caesar, and everyone's favorite rabbi.
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Special thanks to Brenden Kyer @MagisterKyer for his help in pulling some sources together to prep for this episode!
Sources:
Writings of Cicero: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/9776/pg9776-images.html
Counts of Manuscripts: https://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2015/05/distribution-of-new-testament.html
https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste
Coinage: http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/acans/caesar/Intro_Overview.htm
Traditional Authorship: https://ehrmanblog.org/mark-as-peters-scribe-for-members/
Christians making this claim:
https://billygraham.org/devotion/evidence-of-jesus/
https://www2.cbn.com/news/us/jesus-real-how-history-and-science-validate-christ-existed-and-gospels-are-true
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/sources-for-caesar-and-jesus-compared/
https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2019/02/15/the-earliest-new-testament-manuscripts/
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:28 - Christian Claims About Evidence
5:00 - Evidence for Jesus
22:45 - Evidence for Caesar
45:00 - Wrap-up/Comparison
48:30 - Bias of the Day
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Shroud super skeptic Hugh Farey helps us debunk some popular arguments we saw made in the comments section of our previous Shroud of Turin videos: The back wound pattern, the anatomy & nail location, the blood type, pollen, and limestone from the Holy Land. Turns out they aren't as strong as you might think!
NOTE: Hugh presents a LOT of images in this one, so you may want to at least pull up the YouTube video afterwards so you can see what you were missing: https://youtu.be/_c43oVE9t2U
If you haven't seen our previous Shroud videos, check them out here:
Episode 1 (Radiometric dating & invisible patches): https://youtu.be/G4yHs6IjBFQ
Episode 2 (Image formation, Radiation, & Chemistry): https://youtu.be/5WOdy3-w6xg
Episode 3 (Art, Pollen, & Patterns): https://youtu.be/j3wffpHYleY
Debate w/ Real Seekers: https://youtu.be/xngAYdwAsKM
Hugh's links:
https://independent.academia.edu/HughFarey
https://medievalshroud.com/
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Hugh Farey’s Background
5:30 - Back Wounds/Roman Flagrum
11:50 - Trigger Warning - Gore Begins
13:23 - Trigger Warning - Gore Ends
18:40 - Hand Wounds
30:45 - Blood Type
44:23 - Pollen
58:45 - Limestone
1:10:00 - Questioning Shroud Research
1:18:00 - Conclusion
#skepticism #history #shroudofturin #atheism
Thursday May 25, 2023
Thursday May 25, 2023
Heresy lurks around every corner...perhaps...even in YOU! This week we're delving into the intriguing world of Christian heresies. From ancient theological debates to contemporary beliefs, we'll shed some light on how some modern Christians unknowingly perpetuate these ancient deviations from orthodoxy!
We'll talk about some notable heresies such as Sabellianism, Pelagianism, & Arianism, talk about what they believed, and see how Christians today unwittingly subscribe to them.
Note: This video is meant to be fun and educational. We don't think any Christian claims are true, and so what counts as "heresy" and "orthodoxy" is, in our estimation, arbitrary.
Theology Survey: https://thestateoftheology.com
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - You Might Be A Heretic
3:30 - Sabellianism
7:45 - Pelagianism
17:30 - Monothelitism
22:10 - Antinomianism
25:45 - Marcionism
32:55 - Arianism
40:45 - Takeaways/Wrap-up
33:50 - Extra Surveys!
46:00 - Conclusion
46:30 - Bias of the Day
#atheism #christianity #religion
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
The number of Jesuses in Biblical Scholarship is too damn high! In this episode Jordan and Jared continue their review of David Fitzgerald's book "Jesus: Mything in Action"
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:45 - Personal Jesus
4:28 - Jesus of Faith v Jesus of History
8:08 - 19 Jesi
19:00 - Apocalyptic Prophet
24:00 - Why did Jesus Die?
29:16 - Impact on History
10:45 - Rating the Resurrection
35:35 - Reconstructing the Historical Jesus
37:17 - Criticism of David Fitzgerald's work
44:00 - Recap/Summary
#atheism #mythicism #history #skepticism #jesus
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
The moment you've all been waiting for: What *really* happened to Jesus? Honestly, we don't know for sure, but we think this idea is way more plausible than a supernatural resurrection! This is the final part of our mini-series on the Minimal Facts approach to Jesus' resurrection. Some of this you've seen before, but we're betting you haven't heard this approach to Paul!
If you are interested in learning more about apocalyptic Judaism or what Jesus likely taught, we recommend checking out the works of Bart Ehrman as an accessible first step. Here's a video to get you started: https://youtu.be/h6-8AoJQ_p4
Video of a Christian who had a visionary experience and converted to Islam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIVlmRee5Ew&t=72s
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Works Cited
Castelnovo, Anna, et al. “Post-bereavement hallucinatory experiences: A critical overview of population and clinical studies.” Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 186, 2015, pp. 266-274, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.07.032.
Grimby, A. “Bereavement among elderly people: grief reactions, post-bereavement hallucinations and quality of life.” Acta Psychiatr Scand, vol. 87, 1993, pp. 72-80.
Hayes, Jacqueline. Experiencing the presence of the deceased: Symptoms, spirits, or ordinary life? PhD Thesis, University of Manchester. 2011.
Kamp, Karina, et al. “Sensory and Quasi-Sensory Experiences of the Deceased in Bereavement: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Review.” Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 46, no. 6, 2020, pp. 1367-1381, doi:10.1093/schbul/sbaa113.
Laroi, Frank, et al. “Culture and Hallucinations: Overview and Future Directions.” Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 40, no. 4, 2014, pp. 213-220.
Matchett, WF. “Repeated hallucinatory experiences as a part of the mourning process among Hopi Indian women.” Psychiatry, vol. 35, no. 2, 1972, pp. 185-194.
Olson, P. Richard, et al. “Hallucinations of Widowhood.” Journal of the American Geriatric Society, vol. 33, pp. 543-547.
Rees, W. Dewi. “The Hallucinations of Widowhood.” British Medical Journal, vol. 4, 1971, pp. 37-41.
Sabucedo, Pablo, et al. “Perceiving those who are gone: Cultural research on post-bereavement perception or hallucination of the deceased.” Transcultural Psychiatry, 2020, doi:10.1177/1363461520962887.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Recap
5:18 - Our Hypothesis
7:06 - Apocalyptic Jews
9:30 - Followers of Jesus
10:48 - Jesus Crucified
15:13 - Post Bereavement Hallucinations
26:00 - Disciple's Experiences
31:19 - What About Paul?
39:48 - Assessment of both Hypothesis
49:00 - Wrap-up
51:15 - Fallacy of the Day
#skepticism #atheism #jesus #history #resurrection
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
@MikeLiconaOfficial , New Testament historian and Christian apologist, thinks that the Resurrection Hypothesis best explains the Minimal Facts. Today we test Licona's hypothesis using his own historical criteria. While Licona (unsurprisingly) gives his own hypothesis high marks for being the most likely historical explanation of the Minimal Facts, Jordan & Jared come to a different conclusion.
If you're not familiar with the Minimal Facts approach to arguing for the Resurrection, check out last week's video. Next week, we'll be running a natural alternative through the same criteria!
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Timestamps
0:00 - Recap of the Minimal Facts
2:00 - Inference to the Best Explanation
4:21 - Plausibility
5:10 - Explanatory Scope
5:34 - Explanatory Power
6:30 - Simplicity or Less Ad-Hoc
8:10 - The Resurrection Hypothesis
10:45 - Rating the Resurrection
13:55 - You can't know everything in the past
15:22 - Hume's miracle objection
18:40 - Naturalism of the Gaps
21:33 - Equal probability isn't necessarily correct
25:20 - Horses, not zebras
27:00 - Not all supernaturalist ideas are equivalent
30:30 - RH is ad-hoc
35:40 - The resurrection isn't good history
37:50 - Summary
40:00 - Fallacy of the Day: 50/50 Fallacy
#atheism #history #resurrection #jesus #christianity
Sunday May 07, 2023
Sunday May 07, 2023
The "Minimal Facts Approach" is the most popular argument for the Resurrection used by apologetics. Let's see how it stands up to scrutiny!
In this episode, we look at the available evidence and historical methods used to determine what most probably happened in the past, and then see how well supported the "Minimal Facts" are. In the next episode, we'll see how the Minimal Facts holds up against non-supernatural explanations for the Resurrection. Should be useful for believers or skeptics alike!
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#atheism #history #jesus #resurrection
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
In this video, Jordan and Jared sit down with Chat GPT to create 10 thought-provoking questions for atheists. They answer the questions as atheists themselves, and then compare their responses to Chat GPT's AI-generated answers. From discussing the existence of God to the meaning of life, this video is sure to challenge your beliefs and make you think deeply about your worldview. Watch until the end to see how the human answers stack up against the AI answers, and to gain a greater understanding of the limitations and capabilities of artificial intelligence in philosophical discussions. Don't miss this fascinating exploration of belief systems and the human mind!
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
2:07 - Question 1
4:45 - Question 2
9:18 - Question 3
12:56 - Question 4
20:05 - Question 5
25:24 - Question 6
29:29 - Question 7
33:42 - Question 8
36:51 - Question 9
41:12 - Question 10
43:50 - Conclusion/Summary