The unseen side of Bernie Sanders's young voter revolution (+video)

The appeal of Bernie Sanders's policy to young liberals is well-known. The appeal of his 'spiritual' outlook is less discussed, but potent...
http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0302/The-unseen-side-of-Bernie-Sanders-s-young-voter-revolution-video

#232 Debate - Matt Dillahunty vs Cliffe Knechtle - Does God Exist - 2013

Interview:
https://youtu.be/coF5Ia8be4g

Faith vs. Fact

Since Galileo's lifetime house arrest in 1632 for his claim of a sun-centered solar system, the question has remained: are science and religion compatible? Evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne is unequivocal. "Absolutely not," he says. He discusses his book, "Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible."
Interview:
https://youtu.be/y6T39bz7A4w

American Freethought with Bart Ehrman

Professor Bart D. Ehrman joined the American Freethought Podcast, hosted by John C. Snider & David Driscoll whose studio is converged in Atlanta, as a guest speaker on March 1st, 2016. The purpose of American Freethought is to serve freethinkers of every stripe: atheists, agnostics, skeptics, secular humanists, brights, rationalists, or whatever association one might deem themselves. The hosts interviewed Bart D. Ehrman about his new book Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior. Dr. Ehrman looks at what research on memory–how it’s formed, how it’s recalled, how it can change when transmitted from person to person, and how it can be remolded based on historical perspective and current events–and what it can tell us about how the written accounts of Jesus’ life were created. Jesus Before the Gospels is available in hardcover, audiobook and for Kindle. For more about Dr. Ehrman’s work, visit bartdehrman.com.

Program discussed on Bart Ehrman's Foundation Blog: http://ehrmanblog.org/?p=10285

Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He came to UNC in 1988, after four years of teaching at Rutgers University. At UNC he has served as both the Director of Graduate Studies and the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies. A graduate of Wheaton College (Illinois), Professor Ehrman received both his Masters of Divinity and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, where his 1985 doctoral dissertation was awarded magna cum laude.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/7wiSIXi5Uvo

Does God Really Love You? (David Smalley, Dogma Debate #218)

Blake Giunta argues that God still loves us, despite being absent from our lives in times of need, and apparently nonexistent to nonbelievers. The extended show with no commercial interruptions is available at login.dogmadebate.com.
Interview:
http://login.dogmadebate.com/podcast/218-does-god-really-love-you/

Bart Ehrman & Jesus, Interrupted - Commonwealth Club

On Monday, March 21, 2011 Bart Ehrman gave a lecture at the San Francisco Commonwealth Club of California, underwritten by The Bernard Osher Foundation. Moderator was Alan Jones, Dean Emeritus, Grace Cathedral. The appearance was largely related to Bart Ehrman's printed release of "Jesus, Interrupted." Bart Ehrman takes you on a journey to the ancient world and the forgery battles that have raged through the centuries. Ehrman contends in the lecture that the New Testament is riddled with contradictions about the life of Jesus and his significance. He provides compelling evidence that early Christianity was a collection of competing schools of thought and that the central doctrines we know today were the inventions of theologians living several centuries after Christ.

Video discussed on Bart Ehrman's Foundation Blog: http://ehrmanblog.org/?p=5149

Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He came to UNC in 1988, after four years of teaching at Rutgers University. At UNC he has served as both the Director of Graduate Studies and the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies. A graduate of Wheaton College (Illinois), Professor Ehrman received both his Masters of Divinity and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, where his 1985 doctoral dissertation was awarded magna cum laude.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/BvKxJc-huEA

How an Evangelical Christian Preacher Became an Atheist

--John Loftus, former Christian apologist who defected and now is an atheist counter-apologist, with a number of books that argue against the Christian faith, joins David to discuss his story. Interview: 
https://youtu.be/LufIJ-bIhoo

#226 Debate - Massimo Pigliucci vs William Lane Craig - Does The Christian God Exist - 2001

Interview:
https://youtu.be/N5sCQIt-ARA

#160 Debate - Matt Dillahunty vs Israel Rodriguez - From Whence Do Our Morals Arise - 2014

Interview:
https://youtu.be/yZxnHAHippI

John Cleese discusses "The Life of Brian" with disapproving religious leaders

Interview:
https://youtu.be/t5gm9hoTw6Y


https://youtu.be/hCyW8hkKvXc

Bart Ehrman vs Tim McGrew - Round 2

On Saturday 25th July 2015 - 02:30 pm, Bart D. Ehrman and Timothy J. McGrew return as guests with moderator Justin Brierley on radio show "Unbelievable," a weekly program aired on UK Premier Christian Radio from the London studio. They discuss "Do Undesigned Coincidences Confirm the Gospels?" Bart and Tim return to debate research by McGrew on the so-called ‘undesigned coincidences’ between different Gospel accounts that give them the ring of truth. They also debate whether historical research can ever validate miraculous conclusions as they differ over accounts in the book of Acts.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/Gm-nx8yNK3o

Bart Ehrman - Bible Fail: Unreliable, Incoherent & Self Contradictory

All 4 canonical gospels are written by anonymous Greek-speaking Christians living 40-75 years after the death of Jesus, not by eye-witnesses...
Interview:
https://youtu.be/oNn7b_kz9dM

Barker v Slick part 4

https://youtu.be/6sgtyaxirsg

Mother Teresa to be made a saint, though not everyone will celebrate (+video) - CSMonitor.com

“Mother Teresa was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God,” wrote Christopher Hitchens, perhaps her best-known detractor. “She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment of women and the emancipation of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction.”
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2016/0315/Mother-Teresa-to-be-made-a-saint-though-not-everyone-will-celebrate-video

A Metal Band And A Group Of Teenagers Are Among The Latest To Be Indicted For Blasphemy

How can you try someone for mocking ISIS?
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2016/03/16/3760539/blasphemy/

The Humanist Hour #188: Black Nonbelievers: The Author’s Circle (The Humanist Hour)

In this episode, Jenn Wilson introduces our new producer, Stephanie Zvan, and Kim Ellington talks to Frank Edwards, Ronald F. Murphy, Cheryl Abram, and Darrell Smith – authors who presented at the Black Nonbelievers fifth anniversary celebration in Atlanta last month.

On January 16, 2016, Black Nonbelievers from all over gathered together in Atlanta to celebrate the organization’s five year anniversary. One of the day’s panels focused on black atheist and humanist authors. Kim Ellington attended the anniversary celebration and took the opportunity to talk to these panelists.

Frank Edwards is the author of the Jupiter Strong series, books designed for children and parents. The focus of this series was to showcase images of African people in dignifying terms and rebuild family values. From our series, children will learn critical thinking skills, self love, communal responsibility and have fun doing it!
Interview:
http://thehumanist.com/multimedia/podcast/humanist-hour-188-black-nonbelievers-authors-circle

Did Jesus Exist? Dr. Robert M Price, Dr. Richard Carrier, David Fitzgerald Interview Part 2 Q&A

Part 2 is new and appears below.  If you haven't seen Part 1, it is here.

Historians and Apologists have been arguing for centuries about the evidence for a historical Jesus, the Mythicist theory takes the position that Jesus may never have existed as a real person and has compelling evidence to support it. Join us as we invite the top three scholars/authors in the Mythicist field to discuss the best and worst evidence for a historical Jesus.

The Authors:

Robert M. Price holds two Ph.D. degrees (in Theology and New Testament). He has taught undergraduates, seminarians, and doctoral students. He served as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Montclair and as the Director of the Center for Inquiry, Metro, NY. His numerous books include Deconstructing Jesus, The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man, The Amazing Colossal Apostle, and The Human Bible New Testament. Price is the host of the podcasts The Bible Geek, The Human Bible, and The Lovecraft Geek.

Richard Carrier has a Ph.D. in the history of philosophy from Columbia University, and is a published philosopher and historian, specializing in contemporary philosophy of naturalism, and in Greco-Roman philosophy, science, and religion, and the origins of Christianity. He blogs regularly, lectures for community groups worldwide, and teaches courses online. He is the author of many books including Sense and Goodness without God, On the Historicity of Jesus, and Proving History, as well as chapters in several anthologies and articles in academic journals. For more about Dr. Carrier and his work see www.richardcarrier.info

David Fitzgerald is an atheist activist, writer, public speaker and historical researcher who has been actively investigating the Historical Jesus question for over 15 years. He has a degree in history and was an associate member of CSER (the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion) He lectures around the country at Universities and national secular events. He is also author of NAILED: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed At All and The Complete Heretic’s Guide to Western Religion series.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/irRDkcr5Diw

Guy P. Harrison: Discouraging Irrational Belief

Atheist Community of San Jose presents award-winning writer and author Guy P. Harrison. He will present an upbeat and hopeful talk on how skeptics can be more successful in discouraging irrational belief. Harrison will offer practical tips for having positive and productive interactions with believers. He will detail some of the mistakes most people make when discussing or debating gods; the importance of knowing something about brain evolution, cognitive biases, how vision and memory work; the need for humility in the skeptic; and the single most effective way to promote nonbelief worldwide.

Harrison is an “expert blogger” for Psychology Today and the author of six highly acclaimed bestsellers that promote science and reason. His new book is "Good Thinking: What you need to know to be smarter, safer, wealthier, and wiser". His other books are: "Race and Reality"; "50 Popular Beliefs That People Think are True"; "Think: Why you should question everything"; "50 Simple Questions for Every Christian"; and "50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God". Learn more about Guy and his work at www.guypharrison.com . Guy’s Psychology Today blog is at www.psychologytoday.com/experts/guy-p-ha­rrison . On Twitter he’s at twitter@Harrisonauthor and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Harrisonauthor/
Interview:
https://youtu.be/9Inb7TMQeWQ

Debate #12 Historicity of Jesus with Dr Richard Carrier

Great debate on Jesus - was he a real historical person or made up from whole cloth?
Interview:
https://youtu.be/HhvmuLxBxXU

Mr. Deity and the Therapist

Mr. Deity and Lucy see a therapist.
https://youtu.be/Abt64yZ49zk