The God or Not Podcast
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The God or Not Podcast
An atheist and a minister discuss religion and politics. God or Not is the podcast where we discuss all those things you’re not supposed to bring up in polite conversation.
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God or Not - Ep 22: Scott’s 30 Day Challenge
Jamie challenged Scott to pray and read the bible every day for 30 days. In this episode, they talk about the experience and Scott shares what, if any...
God or Not - Ep 021: Epistemology Again
How do your biases affect what kinds of arguments and evidence you will accept? Is it just based on the quality (or lack thereof) of the arguments, or...
God or Not - Ep 020: Epistemology
Jamie claims that it's not that he is failing to make his case for God, it's that Scott is unfairly rejecting reasonable evidence! What do you think,...
God or Not - Ep 019: Sweep the Leg! - Pt 1
Scott goes on the offense and begins making his case that Jamie's foundational arguments, his "4 legs of the stool", do not support the conclusions th...
God or Not - Ep 018: Free Will
Are we free to act as we want to act? If so, how does that work in a mechanistic universe? Scott and Jamie have a very interesting discussion on the v...
God or Not - Ep 017: Scott Goes to Church
Don’t let the title mislead you. While it’s true that Scott did go to church, it’s also true that Scott is still an atheist. Scott was invited by Comm...
God or Not - Ep 016: What is Rational?
What does it mean to be rational? What is the difference between a rational person and a rational argument? Can a rational person make an irrational a...
God or Not - Ep 015: Circular Arguments
Have you ever actually pulled yourself up by your own bootstraps? It's an old saying about resourcefulness and initiative, but in reality it's an exer...
End of Season 1
The Dialectic Duo is stepping away from the microphone to rest and replenish a bit. Look for Season 2 of the God or Not Podcast, coming in May 2020!
God or Not - Ep 014: The Fine Tuning of the Universe
Our universe is set up just perfect for our existence … or is it? It seems as if certain aspects about our universe, if changed by even the slightest...
God or Not - Ep 013: Prejudice, pt 2
Scott and Jamie continue their discussion on prejudice, touching on homophobia, transphobia, and sexism. They also discuss how the existence of prejud...
God or Not - Ep 012: Prejudice, pt 1
Bigotry, racism, sexism, homophobia and the like are terms that can broadly be categorized under the umbrella, prejudice.
What does it mean to b...
God or Not - Ep 011: Objectivity in Morality
Is there an objective standard for morality? Can God be that standard? If God had a different nature would morality be different? Scott and Jamie tack...
God or Not - Ep 010: The Christmas Episode
Merry Christmas! I mean Happy Holidays, er Festivus for the rest of us!… Christmas has traditionally been a time to celebrate the birth of Christ, or...
God or Not - Ep 009: Death, Dying, and Grief
Scott and Jamie aren’t the kind to shy away from difficult or heavy subject matter. In this episode of the God or Not Podcast they discuss death, dyin...
God or Not - Ep 008: Swearing
Scott and Jamie take a break from their usual sparring match to tackle a less contentious topic: swearing. Where do swear words come from? Why do we u...
God or Not - Ep 007: The Resurrection
The story of the resurrection of Jesus is the cornerstone of Christianity. What should we think of that story? Did it really happen, or is there some...
God or Not - Ep 006: What is Faith?
“Faith”, a volatile word with many meanings. Is faith believing something you know ain’t so? Or is faith trusting in something you have good reason to...
God or Not - Ep 005: Extraordinary Claims
What does it mean to say "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"? Is it an attempt to shut down an argument before it is even made, or i...
God or Not - Ep 004: Morality, pt 2
In the second part of their discussion on morality, Scott and Jamie record "behind the scenes" where they work through some miscommunications and figu...
God or Not - Ep 003: The Abortion Debate
Abortion: Is it a woman exercising her rights to her own body, or is it the killing of a child? At what point in the development process should the un...
God or Not - Ep 002: Morality, pt 1
Are things really right or wrong regardless of what anyone thinks? If objective morality is real where did it come from and how can we know them? Can...
God or Not - Ep 001: The Beginning of it All
Did the universe have a beginning or is it eternal in the past? If it began to exist, did it have a cause, and what would this cause have looked like?...