Episode 80: Who's Is Bigger?

Sorry for the delay in getting the episode posted, but Nimrod came home early, and I wasn't able to complete recording the podcast.

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Record numbers of Americans are dying due to alcohol related causes.

Franklin Graham quits the GOP.

Billy Graham organization inflicting pastors on Texas disaster victims.

Black Jebus offends Aussies

Warren Jeffs group allowed kids to be used as slave labor

American Xmas lights use more juice than 80+ countries use in a year.

KY governor fucks over the poor, and backs Kim Davis

Judge okays Seattle's gun and ammo tax.

Lindsay Graham quits the race

Walmart may have screwed 400K Americans out of jobs

Kenyan Muslims protect Christians from terrorists

Sen. Inhofe argues God won't allow global warming to happen

Sen. Inhofe backs Uganda's kill the gays laws.

Former House Science Committee Chairman also says God won't allow global warming

Here's how fucked up the weather on Xmas was

There Will Be a Slight Delay in Publishing the Latest Episode

It's going to have to wait until tomorrow, I'm afraid.

Episode 79 Torture: The Ancient Christian Secret

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I want to thank the folks over at  Utah Outcasts for having me as guest on their show on Friday.  It was loads of fun!

This episode wraps up the chapter entitled 'How Christianity Prospered' in TW Doane's Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions.

King Abgar V

The destruction of the Library of Alexandria

The Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians

Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit

Greek Gospel of the Egyptians

Dating the Bible

Buddhism and violence

The space impact that saved Christianity

Anomoeanism

Quartodecimanism

Manichaeism

Episode 59 which talks about Christian symbols

Episode 61 which also talks about Christian symbols

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Episode 78: Trump Ain't Stumped!

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Jerry Falwell, Jr. wants guns on his campus.

These Christians think Falwell's an idiot.

Armed protesters confront Muslims in America

Town rejects solar farm due to worries that it will suck up all the sunlight.

They're also worried that it'll give them cancer.

Leading climate change scientist says Paris accords are not nearly enough.

Current CO2 levels

CO2 levels over time.

How we could have had a hydrogen based economy by now, if we hadn't invaded Iraq.

Kit so school kids can aid in antibiotic research.

A more detailed article on the kit.

Software which mimics how humans learn.

Elon Musk and others start open source AI project.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn upset over poll saying a majority of Tennesseans support Planned Parenthood.

Blackburn on the BBC saying climate change is a myth.

Bill Nye gives her the smackdown.

TN charged with attempted murder after trying to abort her child.

Jon Stewart tries to help get bill for 9/11 first responders passed.

Potentially, the bill will pass in the very near future.

How the GOP would capitalize on Trump getting the nomination.

Disturbing article on the lack of safe guards when it comes to ordering a nuclear weapons launch.

Expert on fascism is concerned at the direction America is going.

America is starting to look a lot like it did just before the start of the Civil War.

Trump's poll numbers not hurt by his call to ban Muslims from entering the US.

New Hampshire police union endorses Trump.

Saudi Prince and Fox News shareholder says Trump should quit the race.

Women allowed to vote in Saudi elections for the first time.

FBI investigating large purchases of "burner" phones in Missouri

Douchebag made infamous by jacking up the price of one drug, has decided to do it again.

Episode 0077: Men Without Heads!

This episode is part two of the chapter "Why Christianity Prospered" from Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions by TW Doane.  In this chapter we learn about a Buddhist prophecy from 600 BCE which could be used to predict the birth of Jebus, as well as the birth of Joseph Smith!!!!  (Actually, however, you'll see that the prophecy could be used to predict any number of religious nutters, and has really no meaning at all.)  Doane lays out the case that the Essenes (who were known by a number of different names in ancient times) were Buddhists who later became Christians because they had a prophecy which "predicted" the appearance of Jebus.  Doane discusses other contenders for the throne of 1st Messiah, and then proceeds to quote various church fathers who happily admitted to lying if they thought it would help spread the gospel.  One of them St. Augustine even claimed to have preached a sermon to a race of people who had no heads!

There will be a part 3 to this chapter, if not a part 4, and I apologize for the sound quality of the episode, but as I explain in the beginning of the podcast there were some problems with setting up my new PC.  Now for the links related to things talked about on this episode:

The Burned Over district of New York, a place which has given birth to a number of American religions.

Montanism.  No, it doesn't have anything to do with the worship of Hannah Montana.

Socrates of Constantinople

Terebinthus, one of the many folks who claimed to be the Messiah.

Catholic site claiming the "men without heads" sermon is a forgery.

Episode 76: Shelley Segal is Still Cooler Than You!

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This is part two of my interview with singer/songwriter Shelley Segal.  Its a bit shorter than usual, because I'm having computer problems and as soon as this episode gets posted, I'm going to have to tear this machine down and rebuild it.  Hopefully, I'll have it done before I have to record the next episode.

Bi Any Means podcast

Tour dates for Shelley Segal.

An Atheist Album by Shelley Segal

Strange Feeling by Shelley Segal

Little March by Shelley Segal and Adam Levy

Another artist who's music is similar to Shelley's that I forgot to mention is Mila Jovovich.  Yes, that Mila Jovovich.  The subject matter isn't sceptical, but if you like Shelley's music, you'll probably also like Mila's.

Episode 75: Was Jesus a Buddhist Gigolo?

The question in the title should make sense to you at about the 35 minute mark.

The Unbuckling the Bible Belt podcast

The Promoting Secular Feminism Podcast

Really long blog post where I talk about seeing Neil deGrasse-Tyson speak.

Dead tree version of Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions.

Wiki entry on the Essenes

Gfrorer entry

Ginsburg's book on the Essenes

Rechabites

Hasideans

Okay, this site kind of makes me think that maybe the Megabyzae were gigolos

Wiki entry on sacred prostitution

Curetes

Chandragupta Maurya

Edicts of Ashoka

Episode 0074: Shelley Segal is Cooler Than You

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This episode has part 1 of my interview with Shelley Segal.  I hadn't planned on making it a two-parter, but with the recent attack in Paris, I felt I should devote a portion of the podcast to discussing that, and a few other things which had cropped up in the days since I interviewed Shelley.  All of this means that there's a rough edit out of the interview.  Depending upon how long the chapter of Bible Myths is next week, I may post the rest of the interview then, or I may do it the following week.

News article about the refugee camp in Calais being torched.

Tour dates for Shelley Segal.

An Atheist Album by Shelley Segal

Strange Feeling by Shelley Segal

Little March by Shelley Segal and Adam Levy

The Sundays, which is a duo whom I mentioned that sound somewhat similar to Shelley's music.

Episode 73: Christianity Rips Off Paganism Part 4

Finally!  We're done with the chapter!  Doane wraps this up by quoting from some ancient Indian texts which pre-date the Old Testament, but say nearly identical things to both the Old and the New Testaments.  The chapter finishes up at about the 30 minute mark, so I spend the rest of the episode discussing news stories which I hadn't been able to cover in previous episodes.

Part 1 of Christianity Rips Off Paganism.

Part 2 of Christianity Rips Off Paganism

Part 3 of Christianity Rips Off Paganism

Dead tree versions of Bible Myths are available at Amazon.

DNA testing on Shroud of Turin proves nothing, because they probably did it wrong.

Marble Medusa head found in ruins of ancient Roman city which was nearly destroyed by Christians centuries ago.

Scientists believe most planets capable of supporting life do not exist yet.

3D printed electric car to go on sale in 2017.

Episode 72: Ghost Hunters Gone Stupid

Okay, I'll try to get the show notes written, if Fuzznuts will let me.  He's demanding to be held as I write this, and one handed typing is not my forte.

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ORly Radio Podcast on which I was a recent guest.

Website of Shelley Segal, who'll be an upcoming guest.

Scientology loses its tax exempt status in the Netherlands.

Episode 44, where I review the HBO documentary "Going Clear."

Episode 50 where I review the book "Going Clear."

BBC article "Can I Be Buried Next to My Jewish Husband?"

Secular Bangladeshi publisher murdered and three bloggers stabbed.

Local idiots perform exorcism in St. Louis, no film worth watching at 11.

Wikipedia article on the exorcism of Roland Doe who inspired the book and the movie "The Exorcist."

1949 Washington Post article on the exorcism of Roland Doe.

Ken Ham says gay marriage means more nekkid people!

Dead comet looks like Vader's helmet or a human skull.

3D printed teeth help fight tooth decay.

$600 DIY 3D printer for food.

Commercially available 3D food printers.

Ahoy, mateys! We scientists be data pirates!

You can now legally hack the software in your car!

10K+ year old frozen cave lion cubs to go on display

No, your cat is NOT planning to kill you.

IMF says the Saudis will be bankrupt soon.

Man suffering from severe head trauma endorses Trump.

Guess which states still suck when it comes to having people with healthcare.

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Episode 71: Christianity Rips Off Paganism Part 3

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This episode is Part 3 of the chapter in TW Doane's Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions on Pagan influences on Christianity.  Electronic versions of the book are available from gutenberg.org, archive.org, and books.google.com.  Printed versions are available from Amazon.

Part 1 of the chapter can be found here.

Part 2 of the chapter is here.

Bulla's as mentioned in the podcast.

Holy water found to be contaminated with fecal matter.

Lupercalia feasts

Melito of Sardis

Clement of Alexandria

Ammonius Saccas

Ammonius of Alexandria

The Octavius of Minucius Felix

Pantaenus

Matthew 19:12 which says eunuch's can go to heaven.

Deuteronomy 23:1 which says eunuch's can't go to heaven.

Isaiah 56:3-5 which says Gawd's A-Okay with eunuchs.

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Special Wheezing Episode!

I'm still too sick to record an episode, so what I've done is taken two episodes of my other podcast Bootstrapping the Planet, stuck them both together to make something that's about an hour long and will give folks at least something to listen to until I'm better.  I do believe that I will be up to recording an episode next week, as I'm feeling much better, sooner than I expected.

Show notes for the two episodes in this podcast can be found here: http://bootstrappingtheplanet.blogspot.com/2015/05/episode-0004-bonus-episode.html

And here:  http://bootstrappingtheplanet.blogspot.com/2015/07/episode-6-homebuilt-foundry.html

Episode 0070: More Mass Shootings

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This episode is a bit heavy on the politics, I admit, but I do manage to touch on a number of non-political things.

Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo

Anti-muslim protesters a no-show at TN mosque.

Jeff Bezo's talks about his plans for space.

21 Dog Years @ Amazon by Mike Daisey

Bad ass 3D printed prosthetic hands for kids

Ancient African genome sequenced

Mushroom makes women orgasim!

A pair of "experts" think the killing of Tamir Rice was justified.

Fan fiction starring the FBI agent evaluating the Tamir Rice shooting?

Shockingly honest Libertarian admits to sacrificing animals and drinking blood.

Carly Fiorina reveals classified info during an interview with Yahoo News.

US House of Representatives pretty much in chaos while trying to find a new Speaker

Republican on Benghazi committee staff claims he was fired for being soft on Clinton.

Ben Carson calls Oregon shooting victims cowards.

Ben Carson thinks that Hitler could have been defeated by the Jews, if only they had had guns.

Ben Carson, vegetarian, claims to have almost been robbed while at Popeye's Fried Chicken

Popeye's and the police say Carson's full of shit.

T. Boone Pickens thinks Carly Fiorina or Ben Carson are a better bet than Jeb Bush.

Nate Silver still thinks Jeb's likely to be the GOP nominee.

Current GOP poll numbers

Kasich to seniors: Drop dead.

Blount county backs out of begging God not to destroy TN over buttsecks.

Butthurt Tennesseans don't want young kids learning about religion in public schools.

TN blew $11K+ on piss tests.

VW caught cheating on emissions again.

Shitweasel still overcharging for drug.

Episode 0069: Christianity Rips Off Paganism Part 2

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Its episode 69 and I didn't even make any jokes about the number in the podcast, getting soft in my old age, I guess.  This episode is part two of the chapter Paganism in Christianity from TW Doane's Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions.  Deads tree editions of the book are available here:  http://amzn.to/1gr5pwK

This episode is a bit shorter than normal, but I think that with the way things are going, this chapter is going to be at least a 4 parter, if not a 5 parter.  And if you think that's rough, remember, it's taking me about 4 hours to edit each of these episodes, and I have to listen to them over and over while I'm doing it.

I couldn't find anything on the Church of St. Martins that Doane mentions, but I did find things on the other churches which were built from former pagan temples.

Temple of Apollo, now the Basilica of Saint Apollinare

The Pantheon, originally dedicated to Jupiter.

The Church of Reparata, former pagan temple.

The Church of Saint Stephen, made of materials from a temple dedicated to Isis.

Church of St. Theodore, built where a temple to Romulus and Remus once stood.

St. Eustace

Nestorius

First Council of Ephesus

The Parcae (AKA The Fates).

Potala Palace

Episode 0068: Blood Moon Survivors Edition

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The Dalai Lama thinks that his replacement should be a hottie.

Dalai Lama cancels US tour dates after medical examination.

Half the Catholic SCOTUS Justices are no shows when Pope speaks to Congress

Judge Andrew Napolitano thinks Pope Frankie's a false prophet.

Defectors call ISIS 'corrupt.'

10 people killed at Yemeni mosque by suicide bomber dressed as a woman.

Nearly 800 dead in stampede during the Hajj

Pluto looks like the South Pole

Planetary Society article on latest Pluto images.

Mormon Church says "Don't Panic!" over "blood moon."

Scientific American podcast about hunting for the "fat gene."

Breakthrough in quantum COMMUNICATIONS, not quantum teleportation

Scientists link brains over the internet.

Oh, no! There goes Canberra? Giant lizards once roamed Australia

Wealthy nutjob John McAfee enters Presidential race

Kay Daly's crazy campaign ad dissected by Mother Jones

Saudi teen to be crucified.

Floods that shutdown Thailand electronics factories in 2012

Chris Christie's brother had an Ashley Madison account

Rep. Peter King says crazies now run the GOP with Boehner gone.

VW CEO gets big bonus for polluting.

Douchebag raises drug price by 5,000%

Former drug exec says douchebag is a douchebag.

Former peanut CEO gets 28 years for killing 9 people

GoFundMe campaign for Beth from the Beyond the Trailer Park podcast

Episode 67: Christianity Rips Off Paganism, Part 1

Okay, folks, this is a dense Bible Myths episode, and I've done what I can to make it easier to endure, I hope you like it.

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Valley of the Kings

Caroline Islands.

Sais, Egypt

Pre-Islamic deity Hubal.

Pauline forgeries.

GoFundMe campaign for Beth from the Beyond the Trailer Park Podcast.

Episode 66: Eye of the Spiter

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Tired of boring, old Judaism?  Try NuJudaism!

Over 100 dead after crane collapses in Mecca.

Ken Ham once again claims science is "ruining" our children.

Stone Age tools used in flour production.

Ancient city thought by some to be the burial place of St. Matthew found at bottom of Siberian lake.

More questions about "The Gospel of Jesus' Wife" fragment that was found some years back.

Giant Aztec skull rack found in Mexico City.

Stone Age feast recreated in Cyprus.

Folks at a German homeopathic conference get dosed with unknown drug, call medical authorities for help.

Massive find of possible human ancestors fossils in Africa.

To the Best of Our Knowledge podcast with interviews of some of the participants.

Werner Herzog's 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' documentary.

Monty Burns  Rupert Murdoch now owns National Geographic.

Jane Goodall is less than amused.

Kim Davis gets the smackdown from a Federal judge. Again.

Oath Keepers pledge to support Kim in breaking her oath.

Democratic candidate accused of being an atheist still manages to win Nashville Mayoral election.

Rick Perry quits!

Facebook group for people who add people to groups without asking.

GoFundMe campaign for Beth from the Beyond the Trailer Park podcast.

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Episode 65: He's Three! Three Gods in One!

This week we cover chapter 35 of Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions by TW Doane, which is entitled "The Trinity."  Digital copies are available via Google Books and gutenberg.org, and dead tree editions are available from Amazon.

The ORly Radio Podcast I was fortunate enough to be a guest on this week.

The Independent story I mentioned on the discovery of the oldest version of part of the Koran.

Follow up story that has a little more information on the subject.

"Adumbrate" definition.

Temple at Uppsala

Arianism

I forgot to mention it in the podcast, but I was a guest this past week on the ORly Radio Podcast.


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Episode 64: No Rest for the Buggering Duggar

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  Ashley Madison, home of the sausagefest!

Ashley Madison hack puts gay lives at risk.

Josh Duggar likes the strippers.

About Josh Duggar's OKCupid account.

Porn star says Josh was violent in the sack.

The sex abuse coverup by the "treatment" center where Josh is staying.

Archbishop Wesolowski dies while under "house arrest" in the Vatican.

Previous episode on Wesolowski.

Lost palace of ancient Sparta found.

Cavemen loved their carbs.

Two people arrested in Bangladeshi blogger murder.

Episode talking about the murder of Niloy Neel.

TN city councilman calls 911 and makes racist remarks.

TN hotel tells racist convention to get lost.

Sarah Palin interviews Donald Trump.  Be afraid.  Be very, very afraid.

The Guardian claims Trump won't win the nomination.

Ron Paul getting the shaft at the 2012 RNC convention.

Dates for the 2016 Republican primaries.

History of the New Hampshire primary

History of the Iowa Caucuses

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Email me, I dares ya!

Episode 63: The Christ Who Stole Christmas

You can find a dead tree version of Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions by T.W. Doane here.

Wiki entry on Quirinius

Jesus/Yeshua being boiled in semen according to the Talmud

List of Roman governors of Syria.

The GoFundMe page for Beth from The Beyond the Trailer Park Podcast

Episode 0062: My Interview With Callie Wright

This week I interview the lovely and charming Callie Wright from the Gaytheist Manifesto podcast.  We talked about some of the issues facing those in the trans community, such as the high rate of suicide, discrimination, and the struggle for recognition.  I also got Callie to open up about something that's very important to her, that she's never talked about on a podcast before.

I also want to update folks on what's been happening with Beth from The Beyond the Trailer Park Podcast.  She's doing better, and her GoFundMe campaign has nearly reached the halfway point.  If you'd like to donate to help her in this time of need, you can donate here.

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Episode 0061: Christian Symbols

Okay, normally I say you don't need to listen to previous episodes, but since this chapter was started in this episode, which itself was a continuation of this episode, you might want to go back and listen to those episodes before listening to this one.

The Beyond the Trailer Park Podcast

GoFundMe campaign to help Beth from the Beyond the Trailer Park Podcast after her stroke.

Dead tree edition of Bible Myths

The first Mexican cross talked about by Doane:

Constantine's standard:

The AUM in a triangle symbol Doane mentioned:

The trefoil leaf:

The bael tree.

The leaf of the bael tree:

Leaves of three, let it be!

The "fish cross":

Yet another atheist blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh.

William Shakespeare liked to get high, it seems.

Episode 60: Old, Fat, Bitter, and Bald

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PASTAH CON 2015

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Mormon Church butthurt over decision to allow for gay Scout Troop leaders

Satanic Temple makes people sign their souls to Satan

Snake handler claims his Darwin Award in KY.

Minister demands the right to bully LGBTQI kids in jail.

Anti-gay bishop turns out to be gay.

Duggars broke and begging for money on YouTube

First farmers may have lived 23,000 years ago.

Mike Huckabee brags of comparing Iran deal to Nazi death camp

Episode 59: The Mary with the Cherry, Part 2

This episode covers the second half of chapter 32 of Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions by TW Doane, as well as the first half of chapter 33.  Chapter 32 talks about the various Mary-like figures in other religions, while chapter 33 covers Christian symbols, such as the cross, which can be found in religions that pre-date Christianity.

Images referenced in the two chapters.
The black Madonna of Loreto

Photos of the statue, the illustration is based on.

Close up of the head of the black Madonna

The one that looks like Michael Jackson

The Buddhist swastika

The Buddhist cross

The ankh

The guy with a spear and cross

The heart with a cross coming out of it

Two dudes carrying a cross

The pre-Christian tomb with a cross on it

Wiki entry on Sozomen

Wiki entry on Socrates of Constantinople

Phallic looking Etruscan tombs

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Episode 58: Ben Carson Joins the 'Kill the Gays' Movement

The Beyond the Trailer Park Podcast I was on last week.

Privacy Tools website.

Pastor feeds congregation snakes.

Episode 50 where I talked about this idiot before.

Boy Scouts embrace gays.

2,000 year old gold spirals found in Denmark.

California consumes 8 times the resources it produces.

Ultrasound used to speed wound healing.

TN neo-Nazi's claim membership is up.

Ben Carson to attend convention held by Kevin 'kill the gays' Swanson

GOP congressmen refuses to contribute to GOP election fund because they support gays.

2009 movie 'Creation' about Darwin writing "On the Origin of Species"