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.