Ringing in the New Year with everyone's favorite content: Responses to lists! This time Braxton Hunter with Trinity Radio is putting out 5 more "Questions for Atheists". These are, sadly, much worse than his previous round of questions (and some aren't even for atheists!)

Atheists, particularly those who were former Christians, tend to be zealous in their anger towards Christianity. So much so that the rocks they throw at Christianity often end up hitting Jewish people instead. We're going to be tackling this issue with Vishanti, examining ways in which atheists misunderstand & mischaracterize Judaism, and perpetuate antisemitic rhetoric.

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In this episode we get Dr. Josh Bowen of @DigitalHammurabi to talk about slavery in the Bible, and its context in the Ancient Near East. What do Christians often say about it? How did slavery in ancient Israel compare to the slavery practiced by its neighbors? Was it really a mostly kind sort of social institution, or was it something more akin to slavery in the American South?

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro 4:50 - Slavery in the Ancient Near East (ANE) 16:30 - Tangent on genocide 18:20 - Slavery in ancient Israel 26:10 - Slaves being released every 7 years 28:25 - Wasn't kidnapping outlawed!? 30:00 - Was God meeting humans where they were? 33:30 - Israelites becoming chattel 38:25 - Was a slave then the same as a slave now? 45:40 - Slavery in the American South vs ANE 51:50 - How was slavery actually practiced in the ANE 57:50 - Limitations on violence 1:01:30 - Summary 1:04:30 - How to engage with fundamentalists 1:17:20 - Where to find more 1:20:00 - Outro

Today we're talking to Biblical scholar @DrKippDavis about prophecies in the Old Testament & ancient Judaism. How were they viewed by their intended audiences? Did they foretell a coming messiah? Do these all unambiguously point to Jesus of Nazareth?

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Today we're talking to historian Dr. Steve Mason who will be sharing his expertise on Josephus, the Jewish historian to the Romans in the 1st Century CE. Josephus has been mined as a source by everyone from Christians arguing for Jesus' divinity to mythicist atheists such as Godless Engineer or Richard Carrier who argue that he never existed.

We're going to try to take a broader view. We'll be asking questions like: Who is Josephus? How do historians view him? What is his historical context? Finally, armed with some better context, we'll examine one of the passages most relevant to the mythicism discussion: Josephus reference to James, the brother of Jesus who was called Christ in Antiquities 20.

Ant. 20 passage: http://sites.utoronto.ca/religion/323/r_jos_ant_20_200.htm

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro 3:00 - Setting Expectations 4:30 - Who is Josephus? 9:40 - Josephus' Context 18:50 - Was Josephus Pro-Roman? 26:20 - Historical methodology 46:10 - Textual criticism 1:00:11 - Privilege process over positions 1:02:30 - Context of Antiquities 20 (The James Passage) 1:14:00 - Ant. 20, the James Part 1:22:00 - Ananus is removed 1:25:50 - Common Mythicist Objections 1:26:00 - Why would people be upset that a Christian was executed? 1:32:12 - "Jesus, known as Christ" is not a problem 1:40:00 - Interpolation by later scribes 1:48:35 - Summary 1:51:00 - Audience questions 2:01:50 - Outro

#history #christianity #josephus #mythicism

Being a skeptic means changing your mind sometimes, so let's talk about all the stuff we've been wrong about! The Dunning-Kruger effect, definitions of atheism, Christianity, and anything else you want to ask us about. This is also our 1,000 sub celebration, so drop in and tell us about how great we are.

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Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 3:53 - Dunning-Kruger Effect 16:53 - We have a Patreon now! 18:30 - Favorite Starfleet Captain 21:25 - Charlottesville "Unite the Right" Riots 27:08 - Definition of Atheism 35:16 - Our deconversions 39:30 - Veganism 43:00 - LGBTQ Rights 45:20 - Dr. Dan shows up! 50:10 - How to persuade people 1:00:45 - Becoming more politically left 1:06:40 - Chesh shows up! 1:09:20 - Priorities, not beliefs 1:12:00 - Abortion 1:16:00 - Assumptions & philosophy 1:24:00 - Jesus Mythicism 1:27:00 - Principles, not opinions 1:36:00 - Ball lightning 1:38:00 - Time isn't real 1:42:00 - Outro

#skepticism #atheism

Just in time for the holidays, here's how to answer some common questions you might get from family when they learn you're no longer religious. This is volume 3 of our "So you think you're an atheist?" series. Let us know what you think we should do for the next installment!

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Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:22 - Who hurt you? 04:46 - You just want to sin 06:59 - Aren't you afraid of going to hell? 12:22 - If there is not god what is the point of life? 15:54 - Look at the trees! 16:52 - What if you are wrong? 21:30 - Aren't you being too skeptical? 24:31 - Why can't you just keep it to yourself? 26:44 - You think you are right and EVERYONE else is wrong? 30:53 - What convinced you? 33:00 - Summary/Conclusion

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Can God be good if they condemn people to an eternity in hell? Today we are engaging with some "Pew level" apologetics, the kind of points you will very frequently find in the comments sections of our videos. After watching this, you'll be ready to field these questions yourselves!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro 2:52 - Shouldn't God punish the guilty? 5:36 - All you have to do is believe 7:10 - You CHOOSE to go to hell 10:45 - No TRUE Christian disagrees 13:08 - God isn't being unreasonable 15:23 - Adam & Eve messed up 18:14 - How DARE you question God!? 20:54 - Eternal Conscious Torment invalidates a benevolent God 23:18 - Summary & Outro

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