We’re joined by Mike Wiseman from The Bible Says What!? a podcast where he debates pastors, rabbis, and other people pushing dogma. We talk about the types of pastors, Followers of Christ finally getting arrested for abuse, the House gutting the Johnson Amendment, a Russian spy who infiltrated the NRA and religious right, and who’s …
Category: Episodes
Jul 19 2018
Episode 260 – Trump’s conspiracy
This week we joined by Justin and talk about the Trump/Putin press conference, conspiracies, fasting, and the latest news. Dustin’ off the Degree – Fasting NEWS Indian lawmaker says Mother Teresa should be stripped of civilian honor over baby-trafficking scandal http://bit.ly/an260-mother-teresa Authorities in India are cracking down on baby-trafficking that her Missionaries of Charity has …
Jul 12 2018
Episode 259 – Spinning in Place with Bart Everson
Bart Everson joins us to talk about his naturalistic holiday system drawing from Neo-paganism, but before that Erin joins us for for the news. The GOP is taxing churches, Tony Perkin’s wants to drive gay rights supporters from the GOP, Northern Ireland will now allow Humanist weddings, Brother Adam has figured out how men can …
Jul 05 2018
Episode 258 – Depression and Faith
This week we’re joined by Erin Riley. In the news we have Ultra-Orthodox flight delays, polygamy convictions in Canada, Boise stabbing, the ‘Brown Invasion’, toddlers in court. We also discuss faith and depression. News Ultra-Orthodox men again hold up plane, refusing to sit beside women http://bit.ly/an258-ultra For the second time in as many weeks Ultra-Orthodox …
Jun 28 2018
Episode 257 – The Blasphemous Bible
After the first segment we are joined by Craig Wells to talk about his new book The Blasphemous Bible and his upbringing in the Adventist church. Buy the book NEWS France arrests 10 far-Right suspects over alleged plot to attack Muslims, say prosecutors Since 2015 more than 240 people have died in terror attacks in …
Jun 21 2018
Episode 256 – Think of the children
Dustin’ off the Degree – Cults The word cult has a lot of meanings. For example, in archaeology describing something as cultic, just means that it was a religious site or artifact because in its original meaning, cult just means worship. At its most academic, all religions and religious groups are cults. However, if you …
Jun 14 2018
Episode 255 – Messianic Judaism and Pride
This week we are joined by Mikey Pullman and talk about Messianic Judaism, why Pride is relevant, renewed gay hate, parents claiming Christianity was on trial, Norway’s new burqa ban, and more. Dustin’ off the Degree – Messianic Judaism In the 19th century protestant groups in started targeting Jewish communities for evangelism. In 1821 the …
Jun 07 2018
Episode 254 – The Salvation Army and pressure on moms
Dustin’ Off the Degree – The Salvation Army You’ve seen Salvation Army thrift stores and bell ringers raising money around Christmas, and while there is a Salvation Army charitable organization, it’s run by the Salvation Army church. The organization was founded under the name of the East London Christian Mission by a Methodist Reform Church …
May 31 2018
Episode 253 – Transhumanism
Dustin’ Off the Degree – Patron Saint of Doubters High churches are the ones that follow the liturgical calendar where each church service is tied to events in the life of Christ or other significant events. They also tend to recognize saints as special class of dead believers. This is different from the low churches …
May 24 2018
Episode 252 – Christian Science
Dustin’ Off the Degree – Christian Science You’ve probably seen the Christian Science Monitor and I know we’ve used it a few times on the show. It’s a publication that generally does good reporting and has won 7 Pulitzer Prizes. There’s also a decent chance you’ve seen Reading Rooms in your downtown. Science, reading, and …