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Five Reasons Prayer is Bad
Apr 6th
If you aren’t familiar with Matt Dillahunty and The Atheist Experience, I highly recommend looking them up. They do a weekly show on public access television in Austin, TX. They also have podcasts of their shows, videos on their website, and many other ways to interact with them.
On January 15th of this year, the hosts were Russell Glasser and Dan Baker. The show was entitled “The Failure of Prayer”. Around twelve and a half minutes in, Dan begins to speak about his “five reasons prayer is bad”, as well as a follow-up example for each. Here are the Coles Notes of what he said: More >
Canadian atheist versus UK and Aussie Christian broadcasters
Aug 22nd
A Canadian atheist, UK Christian broadcaster and Aussie walk into a bar… How’s that for the setup of a joke?
This weekend the interview I talked about a couple weeks ago aired in the UK on Premier Christian Radio’s show Unbelievable?. Here’s the show’s description:
This week on Unbelievable : “Losing my religion – dialogue with an ex-Christian”
Rebekah Bennetch lives in Saskatoon, Canada. She grew up in a Christian family. Her dad is a pastor, and other family members are involved in Christian ministries. She professed faith from a young age, went to Bible college, atteneded church and went on mission trips. But in 2007 she “came out” as an atheist and now describes herself as the “black sheep” of her family. Sheridan Voysey is a writer, speaker and broadcaster on contemporary spirituality. For many years he presented “Open House”, a nationally-syndicated Australian radio show on life, faith and culture. He now resides in the UK. They discuss what led Rebekah to abandon her faith, how Christians can best treat their “apostate” friends and family, and what lessons can be learnt for fruitful dialogue between believers and atheists.
Here’s the link for the streaming audio of the show (you can also find it on iTunes). Have a listen, and let me know what you think.
Much ado about the ‘nones’
Mar 26th
Hi Everyone!
I just did a quick interview with Ben Mercer of Newstalk 1010 in Toronto, regarding the recent study on the potential extinction of organized religion.
My interview will follow a discussion with a U of T sociology prof who addresses some of the nuances of the study. I didn’t have to be very nuanced in my interview, as I mainly talked about the stigmas of being an atheist today, and the need to have our secular voices considered in the public sphere.
Anyway, if you’re in the Toronto area (or awake anywhere in the world) and want to listen online, it’s scheduled to be on AM 1010 during the 7AM EST hour — that’s 5AM Saskatchewan time, so perhaps I’ll just await the producer emailing me a clip of the interview.
Atheists on CBC radio
Mar 1st
Last Sunday’s episode of Tapestry focused on preachers who don’t believe in a god. It was nice, if you like that sort of thing, but I wanted to gouge out my eyeballs with a rusty spork listening to that boring, derivative crap that is far too common at CBC Radio. (Although, I’ve always had an unexplained soft spot for Vinyl Cafe)
No need to wake up on Friday
Oct 21st
It will be a few more days until I revive the endless debate on the radio. My scheduled appearance on CIUT tomorrow has been pre-empted by another more urgent discussion.
If I’m confirmed for next week I’ll let you know.
So enjoy sleeping in tomorrow (but don’t blame me if you skip work).
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