Special Edition - Interview with Albert McIlhenny

In this episode of show, I interview Albert McIlhenny about Jesus Mythicism. You can find out more about Albert at labarum.net or get information about his numerous books on the subject at jesusmythicism.info

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Bible Atrocities - Slavery in the New Testament

In this episode we continue our series on the supposed atrocities that are found within the Bible. We have looked at slavery in the past two episodes dealing with the Ancient Near Eastern cultural context and the casuistic laws found in the Old Testament. In this episode we move into the 1st century and explore how Jesus and Paul interacted with the topic of slavery.

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Bible Atrocities: Slavery in the Law of Moses

In this episode, we continue our look at the Old Testament laws regarding slavery and respond to critical views that say that the Bible condones slavery and the abuse of slaves.

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Freed Thinker Podcast Special Edition - Books Are Dogs Now

In this special edition of the Freed Thinker Podcast, I examine a few encounters that I have had with what appears to be a new level of atheistic anti-intellectual fundamentalism.

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Here are the links mentioned in the show:

Links to the lectures on the history of Science and Religion:

Lawrence Principe - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XFVARio4pAk

Ronald Numbers - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BliF1xcToPk

Allan Chapman – https://vimeo.com/22188636

David Lindberg – https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/videos/florentine-heretic-galileo-church-and-cosmos

Edward Davis – https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/center-for-research-in-science/id421902830?mt=10

(That is the link to the iTunes section. I have in mind his lecture “Why History Matters.” I haven’t listened to all or most of the lectures there so I cannot vouch for the quality of the lectures as a whole.)

Link to the Faraday lectures:

https://www.faraday.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/Lectures_old.php

Links to Polemics in the Old Testament:

Currid’s book on polemics in the OT - http://www.amazon.com/Against-Gods-Polemical-Theology-Testament/dp/1433531836

Excepts from Currid’s book - http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/polemic.html

An interview with Currid - http://reformedforum.org/ctc281/

Currid’s lectures on iTunes U - https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/crass-plagiarism/id378879778?mt=10

Other Lectures that I have posted in the thread which they refused to listen to because they are by “creationists”:

Science and Secularization, A discussion between Lawrence Princepe, Ronald Numbers and John Brooke:  https://vimeo.com/54400918

Philosophical Breakfast Club and the Invention of the Scientist – A lecture by Laura Snyder: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HY27DpJUF8A

Scientism and the Humanities – A lecture by Roger Scruton: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zF5X9amkH2s

Philosophy and Scientism – A lecture by Peter M.S. Hacker: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jjAFqo67yuU

Science, Scientism and the Public Good – A lecture by Daniel Robinson: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zkWHZfOGpn8

Bible Atrocities 2.1 - Doesn't the Bible Condone Slavery?!

We return in this episode to the series we had started on the so called Bible Atrocities and will start to address the question, "Doesn't the Bible condone slavery?!" Answering this question may take 3 to 4 episodes as we explore the cultural and historical contexts of Ancient Israel, examine some of the casuistic (case) laws in the Pentateuch, investigate how the New Testament addresses the issue of slavery and servitude in light of the person and work of Jesus Christ found in the Gospel and then wrap up considering the role that Bible played in the New World African slave trade.

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A response to Greta Christina on what would change her beliefs

In this episode we respond to an article by Atheistic Fundamentalist blogger Greta Christina on just what would make her lose her belief in atheism and acquire a belief in God. It appears that I may be a better skeptic and naturalist than she is!

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Greta Christina's article can be found here:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/6-unlikely-developments-that-could-convince-this-atheist-to-believe-in-god/

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Special Edition - Interview with Nick Peters

In this special edition of the show, we interview Nick Peters from Deeper Waters about his book review of atheist apologist David McAfee.

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Who Durst Defy the Omnipotent to Arms: Jezebel in the Eye of the Beholder

Here is the final paper for my course on Judges through Esther - a study of Jezebel and how some feminist and post-colonial scholars have attempted to rehabilitate here as a hero.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/260893326/Who-Durst-Defy-the-Omnipotent-to-Arms-Jezebel-in-the-Eye-of-the-Beholder

   Who Durst Defy the Omnipotent to Arms: Jezebel in the Eye of the Beholder by Tyler Vela

The Dunning-Kruger Effect Strikes Again!

This article deals with the Dunning-Kruger Effect and how a atheistic fundamentalist pundit David G. McAfee is a likely candidate of a case of it. It should be noted here that I do not mean this as an insult. Rather, this accusation is so often bandied about in these discussions that I thought it worth showing what would be needed to substantiate the claim that someone is a likely candidate of DKE more than simply, "You're biased so you must have DKE!!!"

https://www.scribd.com/doc/258835649/The-Dunning-Kruger-Effect-Strikes-Again

   The Dunning-Kruger Effect Strikes Again by Tyler Vela

Bible Atrocities - Episode 1

In this episode we begin a new series dealing with the so called "atrocities" of the Bible and the arguments that God is a "moral monster." This introductory episode deals with the issue of the nature of these kinds of argument and ask the question that Abraham asked, "Shall not the judge of all the earth do what is just?"

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