Viced Rhino: The Podcast

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...

Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://wren.co/start/vicedrhino1m The first 100 to sign up will get their first month of the subscription covered by Wren for free! Today, Dr. Sean McDowell takes us through five reasons we can know that Jesus is god. Will any of them be convincing, or will they all end up being variations on "the bible said so"? You be the judge! Original Video: https://tiny...

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 Well, it turns out that the protege of the apologist whose only ever interaction with me was to accuse me of being out of date on my science is...well, several decades out of date on his science.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...

Will our favourite Switch pastor address the question of life on other planets? Spoiler: No. Sources: Yahweh, Creation, and the Cosmic Battle: https://tinyurl.com/2q7hm8ty Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation - Full Text: https://tinyurl.com/yzfn87pc Ask Ethan: What Was The Entropy Of The Universe At The Big Bang?: https://tinyurl.com/2jy2f243 Super-Earths are more common and more habitab...

Ruth Jackson of Premiere Unbelievable attempts to answer the question "Can you prove Jesus' resurrection?" After we strip away the word games and equivocation, turns out the answer is no. Sources: Reasonable Doubt in Criminal Law: https://tinyurl.com/y46g8j97 How Reliable Are Eyewitnesses?: https://tinyurl.com/2xq57z24 A New Natural Interpretation of the Empty Tomb: https://tinyurl.com/2pujfpcg Th...

Today, a pastor from Switch Youth explains to us how we can know that god is real, and attempts to tie the science of cosmology into the logical argumentation of the cosmological argument. Sources: Conversion Therapy is Torture: https://tinyurl.com/y6fwoycx Quantum Mischief Rewrites the Laws of Cause and Effect: https://tinyurl.com/yeezweyn Ask Ethan: Do Virtual Particles Really Exist?: https://ti...

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! Today, "What Would You Say" explains to us why it is that god cares so much about who we sleep with. As it happens, there doesn't seem to actually be a good reason. Sources: https://linktr.ee/vicedrhinosources Original Video: https://tinyurl....

Today, we look at Eric Hovind's "Night at the Ark Encounter" movie, to see if they can convince me to believe in Noah's Ark based on an irresponsible employee's fever dream. Sources: Statement of Faith: https://tinyurl.com/2g6fvdsy "Rock Layers Folded, Not Fractured" - Or Are They?: https://tinyurl.com/2hbt9b3u Deformation of Rock: https://tinyurl.com/2nm4ug3c Bent Rock Layers: https://tinyurl.com...

Deflate explains to us how we can know that the gospels are reliable sources for historical information...and fails spectacularly. Sources: Tacitus: https://tinyurl.com/2mbnznpk Who Wrote the Gospels, and How Do We Know for Sure?: https://tinyurl.com/ycx2qo3j Gospel of Matthew: https://tinyurl.com/2hsasv8k Gospel of Luke: https://tinyurl.com/2fcazyxm Gospel of John:https://tinyurl.com/2eyeffpq Ire...

Today, we look at a video from a channel called "Engineering Made Easy," which talks all about how 1:1.61803399 (the golden ratio) proves the existence of god...and 9 other arguments that tag along with it. Sources: The Golden Ratio Predicted: Vision, Cognition And Locomotion As A Single Design In Nature: https://tinyurl.com/2ebokuhq Why golden ratio pleases the eye: US academic says he knows art...

Today, we look at a video from Midtown Fellowship, discussing the question of whether or not god condones slavery. Spoiler: he does, but they don't want to admit it. Sources: Slavery in ancient Rome: https://t.ly/DXN_ The Law Of Slavery In The State Of Louisiana – 1847: https://t.ly/dhWG Slave Literacy and Education in Virginia: https://t.ly/27lA Slaves of Christ: https://t.ly/T-DD Original Video:...

Today, we look at a video that provides ten arguments for god's existence...all of which essentially break down to the same argument from ignorance - we don't know x, therefore it must have been magic. Sources: A framework for consciousness: https://t.ly/1tYA Infinite Regress - Virtue or Vice?: https://t.ly/_PYj Spontaneous Inflation and the Origin of the Arrow of Time: https://t.ly/Kg4Z Habitable...

Today, Father Casey of Breaking in the Habit explains to us why god doesn't always answer our prayers. Are the reasons good reasons? We shall see. Sources: Prayers Don't Help Heart Surgery Patients; Some Fare Worse When Prayed For: https://bit.ly/3AyzdSX The Science of Biological Sex: https://bit.ly/3AATx6b Original Video: https://bit.ly/3T1Qfku Cards: Time Wasting Priest Doesn't Want to Waste You...

Today, Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity explains to us why god didn't just make everyone in heaven to begin with. And even if we accept everything he says in this video at face value, we still end up at the conclusion that it would have been better if god had just skipped earth entirely. Sources: Why does Christianity have so many denominations?: https://bit.ly/3AqquTW Original Video: ht...

A live discussion that I had with Trinity Vandenacre shortly after covering his video on carbon dating. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/viced-rhino-the-podcast--4623273/support . All my various links can be found here: http://links.vicedrhino.com This content is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their...

Today, Greg Koukl of Stand To Reason does a guest spot on the "What Would You Say?" channel, where he goes over his strategy for manipulating a conversation. Sources: When Does Consciousness Arise in Human Babies?: https://bit.ly/3QzwoHt The Ethical Brain: https://nyti.ms/3IlbmJU Ectopic Pregnancy: https://bit.ly/3QgqScY Intrauterine fetal demise: https://bit.ly/3AeOs4j Consequences of early child...