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Scathing Atheist on Israel-Palestine Scathing Atheist Noah joins me to help wade through the incredibly polarized world of Israel-Palestine commentary. It's likely you already have a staunch opinion on this conflict, if you're anything like mine and Noah's Facebook/Twitter friends. The focus of this show is to do my best to take an unbiased approach … Continue reading AS56: Scathing Atheist on the Israel-Palestine Conflict, Part 2 → The post AS56: Scathing Atheist on the Israel-Palestine Conflict, Part 2 appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

Scathing Atheist on Israel-Palestine Scathing Atheist Noah joins me to help wade through the incredibly polarized world of Israel-Palestine commentary. It's likely you already have a staunch opinion on this conflict, if you're anything like mine and Noah's Facebook/Twitter friends. The focus of this show is to do my best to take an unbiased approach … Continue reading AS55: Scathing Atheist on the Israel-Palestine Conflict → The post AS55: Scathing Atheist on the Israel-Palestine Conflict appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

Free Will with Ryan Born This week we've got Ryan Born, who you may remember as the winner of the Sam Harris essay contest. Ryan is a philosopher who runs the blog http://pointofcontroversy.com. Last time we spoke, Ryan had a ton to teach us about Moral Philosophy. This time though, we're here to discuss a very … Continue reading AS54: Free Will with Ryan Born, Part 2 → The post AS54: Free Will with Ryan Born, Part 2 appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

Free Will with Ryan Born This week we've got Ryan Born, who you may remember as the winner of the Sam Harris essay contest. Ryan is a philosopher who runs the blog http://pointofcontroversy.com. Last time we spoke, Ryan had a ton to teach us about Moral Philosophy. This time though, we're here to discuss a … Continue reading AS53: Free Will with Ryan Born → The post AS53: Free Will with Ryan Born appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Cult? This week I have two guests on the show with the experience to answer this important question. First there's Mike of the Digression Sessions Podcast, http://digressionsessions.com/. Mike was a very precocious alcoholic who was able to hit rock bottom at the impressive age of 21. Just in time to actually legally … Continue reading AS52: Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Cult? Part 2 → The post AS52: Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Cult? Part 2 appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Cult? This week I have two guests on the show with the experience to answer this important question. First there's Mike of the Digression Sessions Podcast, http://digressionsessions.com/. Mike was a very precocious alcoholic who was able to hit rock bottom at the impressive age of 21. Just in time to actually legally … Continue reading AS51: Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Cult? → The post AS51: Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Cult? appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

I continue the discussion of free will, covering a ton more territory. The debate between Harris and Dennett got a little bit hostile and I wish Dennett had written another response to Harris. In this episode I've got tons of thought experiments that I think outline the difficulties of the problem. I think I have … Continue reading AS50: Free Will, Part 2 of 2.5 → The post AS50: Free Will, Part 2 of 2.5 appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

This week I'm going to attempt to tackle the topic of free will! This is a favorite of mine. Do we have free will? Who was right in the debate between Harris and Dennett? Does determinism by definition negate free will or is there some way that they are, one might say, compatible? This is … Continue reading AS49: Free Will, Part 1 of …. → The post AS49: Free Will, Part 1 of …. appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

This week we have Justin Schieber who I'm sure all of my listeners know from Reasonable Doubts, http://doubtcast.org! His website though is http://Justinsweh.com where you'll find some great debate videos and other content. For Thursday's show we ventured deeper into counter apologetics and religious philosophy. I loved this discussion! Don't miss it! The post AS48: Nonresistant Unbeliever Justin Schieber, Part 2 appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

This week we have Justin Schieber who I'm sure all of my listeners know from Reasonable Doubts, http://doubtcast.org! His website though is http://Justinsweh.com where you'll find some great debate videos and other content. Justin is a perfect guest for Atheistically Speaking because he brings a calm, well-read and meticulous approach to religious philosophy. Tune in as … Continue reading AS47: Nonresistant Unbeliever Justin Schieber → The post AS47: Nonresistant Unbeliever Justin Schieber appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.