reasonabledoubts

Reasonabledoubts

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Date registered: July 24, 2011
URL: http://www.doubtcast.org

Biography

Reasonable Doubts is an award winning radio show and podcast for people who won't "just take things on faith." RD's mission is to investigate the claims of religion from a fair-minded yet critical perspective. In addition to interviewing the top minds in skepticism, RD offers regular segments on religious apologetics, psychology of religion, biblical criticism, and mythology. RD is a production of WPRR Reality Radio (Grand Rapids, MI) and was the winner of the 2009 Peoples Choice Award for Best Religious/Inspirational Podcast.

Latest posts

RD Extra: Etcetera debate: The Status of God in the 21st Century – Featuring Justin Schieber & Scott Smith — May 17, 2013
Episode 114: The Myth of Martyrdom (Part 2): Who Would Die for a Lie? — May 3, 2013
Episode 113: The Myth of Martyrdom (Part 1) with guest Candida Moss — April 19, 2013
Episode 112: The Great Agnostic with guest Susan Jacoby — March 28, 2013
RD Extra: Orme vs Shieber Debate – Does The Christian God Exist? — March 17, 2013

Author's posts listings

Dec 15 2012

Episode 109: The Biology of Religious Patriarchy

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Why are religious moralists so preoccupied with sex? Attitudes on sexuality are far more predictive of religiosity than attitudes on charity, social justice or any other measure. Religious scriptures abound with rules and restrictions aimed at controlling women’s sexuality in particular. Is the current religious obsession with sex just an unfortunate result of religion’s male-dominated …

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Nov 20 2012

Episode 108: Post-Election Withdrawal

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The doubtcasters collectively work through their post-election withdrawal symptoms by examining how demographic shifts are changing the American political landscape with special focus on how religious vs. secular polling locations influence voting. Also for this week’s counterapologetics Justin Schieber presents a presuppositionalist argument for atheism developed by Stephen Maitzen. Download RD108 Or subscribe and listen …

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Nov 14 2012

RD Extra: Is Abortion Murder? (Debate)

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Contrary to what we hear shouted from both sides of the pro-choice/pro-life divide, abortion actually is a complicated issue. Is it possible to make progress on an issue that seems to straddle the line of our deepest philosophical differences? If it is, it certainly won’t be done with pictures of dead fetus’ or insisting that …

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Nov 04 2012

RD Extra: Remembering Paul Kurtz (1925-2012)

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The following is a rebroadcast of the doubtcaster’s 2007 interview with the late humanist philosopher, author and activist Paul Kurtz. Download RD Extra Or subscribe and listen in iTunes or any podcast client: Podcast

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Oct 11 2012

Episode 107: Are We Born Depraved?

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The discovery that children have a natural inclination to believe in invisible, immortal, super-knowing agents has some religious apologists boasting that science has found the sensus divinitatis. Despite possessing this inner sense of the divine, John Calvin declared children to be morally corrupt by nature. This doctrine of total depravity has served as a justification …

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Sep 18 2012

Episode 106: Moonie Madness

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The Unification Church was virtually unknown in America until the 1970′s when concerned parents, anti-cult groups and members of congress raised alarm about the powerful “brainwashing” techniques used by “moonies” to lure new converts into their dangerous cult. Now that the self-proclaimed “messiah” Sun Myung Moon has died a group of sociologists are defending the …

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Aug 29 2012

RD Extra: The Problem of Non-God Objects

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This RD Extra is a lecture delivered by Justin Schieber to CFI Michigan on August 22nd 2012 Discription: In this week’s presentation, Justin Schieber will present – and defend from possible objections – an argument against a Christian view of the divine that insists upon God’s perfection while maintaining that God alone is responsible for …

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Aug 10 2012

Episode 105: Are We Born to Believe?

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Some atheists have argued that children are naturally non-believers. Were it not for indoctrination at the hands of parents and clergy children would never pick up supernatural beliefs on their own and religion would wither and die. But a growing body of research in developmental psychology suggests just the opposite. Children have a natural inclination …

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Jul 20 2012

RD Extra: Polyatheism – Modern Lessons From Ancient Myths

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This RD Extra features a lecture by David Fletcher, delivered to CFI Michigan on July 11th 2012 Lecture Description: There are many lessons we can learn from the myths of ancient and modern cultures, ranging from the profound to the absurd. In this presentation we will explore the mythologies of various cultures around the world …

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Jul 07 2012

Episode 104: Religious Experience (with guest Tanya Luhrmann)

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For many religious believers the most compelling evidence for theism is their own personal experience of God’s presence. Christians in the rapidly growing charismatic “renewalist” movement do not just talk to God, they claim to actually hear God talking back. Are these powerful religious experiences evidence that God really exists or are they the result …

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