Viced Rhino: The Podcast

Today, we find out why Taylor McAffrey thinks Burger King offers vegetarian burgers. Apparently it has a lot to do with Henry Kissinger, the antichrist, and making people eat bugs. Yeah it doesn't make any sense, don't worry about it. Sources: Fact Check-No evidence Henry Kissinger ever said ‘control foods and you control the people’: https://tinyurl.com/2gmsmn9a Henry Kissinger: “If You Can’t Hea...

The bible could be interpreted as being either pro or anti-LGBTQ. So if you use the bible to justify your bigotry, you're actually just using it as a shield to make yourself seem more socially acceptable. Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/rhino - Enter promo code rhino for 83% off and 3 extra months for free! Sources: Romans addresses unrestrained lust, not sexual orientation: https://t...

Today, Matt Slick of CARM explains how atheists have no basis for morality, all while ignoring the fact that Christians have to appeal to secular morality in order to rescue god from being an immoral monster. And as it turns out, the way that works is by believing that god is Robert Nozick's Utility Monster. Order Sometimes Illness Wins here: https://fillingthegappublishing.com Original Video: htt...

Today, we learn from Switch Youth why "Be true to yourself" is terrible advice. Spoiler: it's because he doesn't think that the people who say that are aware that the time dimension exists. Sources: Attention in delay of gratification: https://tinyurl.com/2zmw8hmb Delay of Gratification in Children: https://tinyurl.com/2zjfspst What the Marshmallow Test Really Teaches About Self-Control: https://t...

Check out the Arkose Institute of Geosciences! https://steven-dj-baumann-s-school.teachable.com/ https://steven-dj-baumann-s-school.teachable.com/p/introduction-to-aig https://steven-dj-baumann-s-school.teachable.com/courses Today, we look at the Impact 360 Institute's video on the reliability of the bible. Sources: What Is The Role Of The Holy Spirit In Relation To Interpreting The Scripture?: ht...

Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/rhino - Enter promo code rhino for 83% off and 3 extra months for free! Today, I take an in-depth look at the topic of irreducible complexity, and give the argument as presented by Michael Behe its best shot. Sources: Causes of Colour Blindness: https://tinyurl.com/y4s27ff9 Aniridia (Absence of Iris): https://tinyurl.com/2y322ehr Persistent unilateral n...

Today, we look at a TikTok where a woman tries to defend her selective use of scripture in her life...and fails. Sources: Expulsion from the Synagogue: J. L. Martyn's History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel Revisited: https://tinyurl.com/2pdkevzt What to Say When Someone Says Women Should Be Silent in Church: https://tinyurl.com/2lxbyvnv Adult sexual orientation and attraction to underage person...

Turns out, the argument that creationists make about irreducible complexity actually provides evidence for evolution, as we learn from listening to this episode of the Glad You Asked series from Reasons for Hope. Sources: Resolving the evolution of the mammalian middle ear using Bayesian inference: https://tinyurl.com/uolg6wt Animals With the Best Vision: https://tinyurl.com/2n64waya On the Origin...

Today, Dr. Juan Valdes of Reasons for Hope (via the NW Creation Network channel) explains to us how there's more scientific evidence for god now than ever before! Sources: Religious Landscape Study (2014): https://tinyurl.com/yyebnq6d Scientists and Belief: https://tinyurl.com/2dwop5vc Georges Lemaître, the Scientist and Priest who "Could Conceive the Beginning of the Universe": https://tinyurl.co...

Today, Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity explains to us why the problem of divine hiddenness isn't actually a problem. It's not a very good explanation, but it is, technically, an explanation I guess. Sources: Neural Correlates of Personalized Spiritual Experiences: https://tinyurl.com/2pemqq9s Sensing the presence of gods and spirits across cultures and faiths: https://tinyurl.com/2ecz3l...

Today, we look to Casby Bartley on TikTok for some mind blowing proof of god! Sources: What is dirt made of? Soil particles, minerals, and chemical elements: https://tinyurl.com/2ozb2wyu What Chemical Elements are Found in the Human Body?: https://tinyurl.com/2quwloqn The Most Abundant Elements In The Earth's Crust: https://tinyurl.com/ydcued9s Silicon And Bone Health: https://tinyurl.com/hpqxx6d...

Today, Bodie Hodge and another apologist from Answers in Genesis discuss the idea that god could have used billions of years while creating, rather than doing it in 6 literal days 6,000 years ago. Sources: The case for a shorter workweek: https://tinyurl.com/yjtnab6x Week; chronology: https://tinyurl.com/ygapc7u8 Human intelligence 'peaked thousands of years ago and we've been on an intellectual a...

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Am I a puritan? Because apparently I'm closer to agreeing with them about the "war on Christmas" than I am to agreeing with right-wing pundits. Sources: Why did Cromwell abolish Christmas?: https://tinyurl.com/2mtq5ohb The American Christmas: a study in national culture: https://tinyurl.com/2nlcbtfn Voices: Baptists and the ‘War on Christmas’: https://tinyurl.com/2nejhngm Racism among white Christ...

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Why do biblical contradictions matter? Does one contradiction mean the entire bible should be thrown out? Sources: Does Archaeology Support the Bible?: https://tinyurl.com/2quyugwv Why Would Scribes Mess with Mark’s Very First Verse?: https://tinyurl.com/2m2xzoem How the Trinity Got Into the New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/2f8hobtu An Introduction to Textual Criticism: Part 3–Textual Errors: ht...

Today, we learn that apparently slavery wasn't all that bad. At least, not when you cherry pick the rules about slavery to show it in its most flattering light, and also ignore how these rules would actually have been implemented. Sources: The Law Of Slavery In The State Of Louisiana – 1847: https://tinyurl.com/2r39x5nb Slave Laws of Georgia 1755-1860: https://tinyurl.com/2qvxworq Slavery in ancie...

Today, we watch a video put out by Genesis Apologetics that is aimed at children...and ends on such a toxic note that I just had to cover it. Sources: Evidence for a Flood: https://tinyurl.com/yhqathl4 How many species on Earth? About 8.7 million, new estimate says: https://tinyurl.com/hw9cxz5 The Imperative Of Non-stationary Natural Law In Relation To Noah’s Flood (CRSQ Volume 27, 1990): https://...

Today, we check in with Matt Powell of whatever it is that Kent Hovind is calling his ministry these days. Well, it turns out that the protege of the apologist whose only ever interaction with me was to accuse me of being out of date on my science is...well, several decades out of date on his science. Sources: Ask Ethan: How Does The Fabric Of Spacetime Expand Faster Than The Speed Of Light?: http...

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Click the link to start your 7-day free trial and get 25% off a premium membership: http://blinkist.com/vicedrhino Today, Dr. Tim Stratton of Cross Examined gives us his favourite argument for god, while accusing people who don't accept it of committing the taxicab fallacy, which isn't even a fallacy, and would apply to this particular argument from god if it were. So that's fun. Sources: Infinite...

Today, Jesus Film attempts to answer the question "Did Jesus really come back from the dead?" Spoiler: They don't actually answer the question. Sources: Zechariah - Chapter 11: https://tinyurl.com/2axwmeow The Gospel of Luke - A novel for gentiles: https://tinyurl.com/y7n4t9mt The Death of Jesus: https://tinyurl.com/27h8g2yj Original Video: https://tinyurl.com/27es73cv Cards: What Happened to the...

Today, I answer the question of where atheists get their morals! Well, at least for me. The thing about not having a supreme moral arbiter is that you'll always end up with disagreement. Sources: Morality from feelings: https://tinyurl.com/299kop2d Moral thinking: Biology invades a field philosophers thought was safely theirs: https://tinyurl.com/2xk5m869 Cards: Is God Evil? Maybe…: https://youtu....

"Dr" Gene Kim tries to explain how carbon dating actually proves a young earth. As usual, he can't even get the creationist argument right. Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: ​ https://www.wren.co/start/vicedrhino The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name! Sources: Fossils - Window to the Past: Permineralization: https://tinyurl.com/2z92syvl How are Fossils...

Today, a video from the channel "Questioning Christianity" attempts to explain to us how god can be good while still commanding the Israelites to exterminate the Canaanites. Sources: Golden Rule: https://tinyurl.com/nncujcq Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel: https://tinyurl.com/2p3o6flg Original Video: https://tinyurl.com/2hbhzlwq Cards: Forget About Human Jesus - Does Alien Jesus Exist?!? 👽: htt...