The Atheist in the Trailer Park

Show notes can be found here.   I forgot to mention it in the podcast, but I was a guest this past week on the  ORly Radio Podcast.   This episode is chapter 35 of Bible Myths, entitled The Trinity.  It, as usual, shows that the concept of 3-in-1 gods isn't at all unique to Christianity.  (Surprise!)  Its a bit longer than usual, but I didn't want to chop up the chapter into two parts.

Show notes will be up tomorrow evening.  In this episode I talk about Josh Duggar's latest scandal (and how it probably won't be the last), arrests in the case of a murdered blogger in Bangladesh, the death of an archbishop who had a large child porn collection, the discovery of an ancient Spartan palace, our ancestors enjoyed carbs, and Sarah Palin's interview with Donald Trump.

Show notes are here.   A bit shorter episode than usual, because the chapter didn't quite fill out the hour.  In this chapter, Doane reveals the Christian church copied the idea for Christmas from other religions, and that similar such celebrations are found on Dec. 25th in even societies which never heard of Christianity.   I also rant about my idiot roommate's stupidity, and give a brief update...

Show notes for this episode.    This week I interview the lovely and charming Callie Wright from the  Gaytheist Manifesto podcast .  We talked about some of the issues facing those in the trans community, such as the high rate of suicide, discrimination, and the struggle for recognition.  I also got Callie to open up about something that's very important to her, that she's never talked about on a...

Show notes can be found here.  This finishes up the chapter on Christian symbols, with Doane talking about the cross in pre-Columbian Americas, the XP symbol in Constantine's standard, the trefoil, triangle, the shamrock, the fish, and the serpent(!).  Since its a shorter section, I also cover two news stories.  One on the death of yet another atheist blogger in Bangladesh and the discovery that S...

The guys who're getting ready to launch the  Atheist Apocalypse podcast  had asked me to insert their promo into one of my episodes, but like an idiot, I kept forgetting to do that, so here's the podcast, along with an update on Beth's  GoFundMe campaign , to help her take care of her bills in the wake of her having had a mild stroke.

Show notes can be found here.   A bit of a disjointed episode as I'm tired from baking in the hot sun for the past two days.   GoFundMe campaign for Beth from the Beyond the Trailer Park Podcast who recently had a stroke.   Topics covered include, but are not limited, KY snake handler gets his Darwin Award, preacher is suing for the "right" be abusive to LGBTQI youth in jail, Mike Huckabee makes a...

Show notes can be found  here.    This episode covers the second half of chapter 32 of   Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions   by TW Doane, as well as the first half of chapter 33.  Chapter 32 talks about the various Mary-like figures in other religions, while chapter 33 covers Christian symbols, such as the cross, which can be found in religions that pre-date Christianity.

Show notes will be up tomorrow.  Topics covered in this episode include a preacher who forces his congregation to eat live snakes, white supremacists claim their numbers are growing, my review of the 2009 movie  Creation about Darwin writing  On the Origin of Species , and more.

Show notes, along with the illustrations talked about in the episode can be found here.   This is part one of Chapter 32 of TW Doane's  Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions , which talks about the worship of the Virgin Mary and the numerous parallels to this worship which are found in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Greek mythology, among others. As a reminder,  I'm scheduled to be on an epi...

Show notes for this episode can be found here.   This week, I cover the Indian kid who was thought to be the reincarnation of the Monkey God deciding he'd rather be able to walk than be a "god," county clerks who refuse to hand out marriage licenses to gay couples, discoveries by NASA's New Horizons probe, Ken Ham shows off a construction site, and progress towards equality in Africa, along with m...

This week I read from TW Doane's chapter entitled 'Baptism,' and this leads to infant mortality rates from circumcision in both modern and ancient times, as well as finally explaining what The Book of Mormon (and other religious texts) mean by the phrase "baptism by fire."  Suffice it to say, that baptism pre-dates Christianity, and even Judaism by a good number of years.  Its not even a ritual un...

Since I've already recording the next episode, and today's ruling by SCOTUS is pretty freaking huge, I figured I'd put out this short bit, which features the butthurt reaction of certain Christian conservatives to SCOTUS dragging the US into the 21st Century.  I'll have a regular episode up on Sunday, which is my reading from TW Doane's Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions.

Show notes can be found here.   In this episode I rant about the latest mass killing in America, then I move on to happier subjects like dog mummies, bishop mummies, 3D printed plane parts, volcanoes on other planets, and more.

Apologies for the rough edit, but I was a bit pressed for time.  In this episode I read from chapter 30 of Doane's Bible Myths which talks about the origins of the eucharist (spoiler alert, it pre-dates Jebus by at least 100 years, and probably stems from the time when agricultural societies first began making bread and beer).  No show notes this week, as there really wasn't anything to look up an...

Show notes can be found here.   A slight correction to something I said on the podcast the number of passengers who died on the MS St. Louis was at least 30  percent.  In this episode I cover most of Malala's attackers being freed, Muck Huckabee distances himself from the Duggars, Pluto's moons are pretty funky, a newly discovered dinosaur is nicknamed "Hellboy," Ken Ham attacks NASA astronaut Joh...

Once again, I'm joined by the loverly Heretic Woman from  the Beyond the Trailer Park Podcast  as we finish up chapter 29 of TW Doane's "Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions."  Jesus gets his ass whupped, BTW.

Show notes can be found here.   In this episode some of the news stories I cover are: Group wants to kill Iraqi refugees by sending them Bibles, South African preacher demonstrates the power of God by jumping on people, a third atheist blogger has been killed in Bangladesh, Ireland becomes the first country to legalize gay marriage by popular vote, blind mother "sees" an ultrasound of her baby, th...

Finally!  Its part one of chapter 29 from Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions by TW Doane.  Heretic Woman from the Beyond the Trailer Park Podcast and I overcame numerous obstacles to record this episode, and I hope you enjoy it.  The audio's a bit wonky in spots, but its much better than our first and second attempts at recording the episode.  I apologize for the fact that there's...

A short episode this week as it turned out I wasn't able to edit the audio of Heretic Woman and I reading from Bible Myths.  It took me about half an hour to edit 5 minutes worth of audio, so she's graciously agreed to rerecord the episode later on this week with me.  I wasn't able to spend the time I'd planned on gathering stories to make a news episode, as it took my brother and I longer than I...

Apologies for some of the weird edits you can hear in the episode, but Fuzznuts managed to hit the "pause" button a few times when I was recording, so while I went back and fixed things, there's some strange variations in sound quality because of it. This episode is a bit of rambling one, since I had to put in a lot of overtime at work this week, but I talk about an anti-science Christian preacher...

These are my thoughts about my recent trip to ReasonCon 2015 (which I was able to do thanks to the guys from the Unbuckling the Bible Belt podcast).  My apologies if I met you and didn't mention your name.  I met so many great folks that its impossible for me to remember all of you.   Check out the show notes for links, pics and videos of the event.   I had an absolutely awesome time, and I hope t...

I had planned to do a "deep dive" into a single topic this episode, but as you can hear from my voice, talking is difficult for me.  As you're hearing this, I should be on the road back from ReasonCon.  I'll have a real episode up later in the week, content to be determined by my voice and what happens at ReasonCon.  Shopw notes are at tparkatheist.blogspot.com

Forgive me folks, but as you can hear in the podcast, I'm not feeling very well.  I hope I got the podcast edited to a point where its tolerable to listen to.  I cover a bunch of news stories related to things like 3D printing, Pat Robertson uncertain of what decade he's supposed to worship, spear weilding chimps and more.

This episode has my review of the new HBO documentary "Going Clear."  Spoiler alert!  I liked it, but wish they had covered some things in greater detail than what they did.  You will absolutely  want to check out the show notes, as I link to things not covered in the documentary.