Waking up, breaking out This is what it's like to be free Rip it up, tear it down This it what it means to be free Jet sounds a distant roar behind you As you try to clear your head You start to look and answers find you Your inner purpose lies ahead One step to calm the storm inside you Unlock the secrets in your head Not another day, no more confusion No more living like the dead --"Waking Up", Julient-K So very fitting, I think.
I only sent a mail to Seth just the other day suggesting he might want to look into Life of Brian. I provided links to the post-viewing interview/debate with the two religious leaders who were going on about "tenth rate" and "will be quickly forgotten", and of course to the conference of biblical scholars only a few years ago who were using Life of Brian as a teaching tool due to how accurate it was in most places. And inaccurate in one or two others. Yeah, a room of mostly-faithful scholars using the "tenth rate" "quickly forgotten" movie as a teaching tool thirty five years later. And us here fourty years later still talking about it. I'm really hoping TAA can do an interview with Cleese while he's still active. He's done a few TH-cam interviews before afterall so he seems open to the idea, and it's been a while. Not sure he'll be with us for a 50th anniversary.
OMG I can't stop laughing at 17-20+ minutes. OMG, that's comedy GOLD. I was just transported back to my own weird church days. LOL! I swear, the church is nothing more than a birthplace for comedians. LOLOL!
Your rundown of a Pentecostal church service had me in stitches! That was so dead-on I felt like I was transported back to 1988 when I was in high-school and unfortunately forced by my folks to go to one of those churches! The speaking in tongues thing always threw me for a loop! Especially the guys that would jump up in the middle of the service and then the 'interpretation'! UGH! lol..thanks for the nostalgic laugh today!
I knew a guy who spoke in tongues who interpreted himself. He told me, "God has revealed to me - you WILL marry one day, but you will have strife because you ask too many questions & don't submit as a woman should." He then told me to leave the room so he could tell a friend what God said about MY future marriage (apparently God would rather gossip about you with your friends). She wasn't allowed to tell me until "God told her to." She still hasn't told me anything. Glad I left when I did. LOL!
And if we did the same out side with all of the howling and barking like a dog, we would be locked up in a blink of a eye, I have seen people speaking in tongues and had to stop my self from laughing,
I did the whole "speaking in tongues" thing just to mess with my dad's head. He seriously thought I had some power from God and wouldn't believe me when I told him it was just gibberish nonsense. Some people want to believe so bad they'll believe anything. 😂
The whole section about Seth's experience in the Assemblies of God church is SO familiar to me. That was my denomination for most of my christian life. Crazy CRAZY stuff!
I used to deliver the newspaper to 1 of the last functioning (& only legal) snake handling churches in Jolo, WV. Not only do they handle snakes, but they also drink poison. I don't have any good personal stories , but I figured I'd throw that in...
In regard to the penticostal speaking in toungs faith healing stuff people do beleive it with every fiber of their being. I was born in that enviroment and raised in it as a PK. I have been there! So glad for your show it helps me alot.
when he was describing his early life going to church, it was exactly like my life is now, the entire description of the church was exactly like mine.Even Brother Bob!! I think this man in this video is a prophet and should be worshipped! ;D
Linguists from all over have study 'Tongues' from most countries they have determined it is either gibberish or a language the individual has read or heard spoken. It is not like Klingon which had a bit of meaning in Star Trek and from what was made for the show has now become recognized language.
After not believing for a year, the phrase "worldly music" (38:55) is still such a horrible trigger for me. Upon hearing it I instantly felt this incredible compulsion in my brain. I immediately turned on the hardest rock'n'roll in my library. Fuck you, religion -- your days of tyranny over my mind are over. I am... all of me! (If you got that reference, good job my friend.)
I had the same experience, but it was my grandma speaking in tongues! It was my first experience, in a Pentecostal church and my last one. I cried and cried, whenever they invited me to church I was around 5 years old.
I live in the south east, so every year we get hurricane reports, and they're always the same-- First we get footage of people buying supplies, then footage of people buying boards and stuff for their windows, then the "Asshole in the Wind" report, some guy standing on the beach, telling us how windy it is. (Or isn't, if it's DAYS before the storm gets there!)
I was subjected to a "hell fire" film when I was about 12. This was one of the craziest things I ever experienced. Being raised catholic it was very disturbing and I kept my head down most of the time. My friend who brought me was totally consumed by the film and taken to another room to repent. I just couldn't wait to leave and that was when I realized all religious belief was insane. Anyway, love your site and I recommend to all my friends.
the rat temple:when there was a plague among the rats of the city and a lack of food all around, the rats of the temple wound actually kill any outside rats that tried to come in. it was interesting to find that out.
Julia Sweeny's "Letting go of god" totally knocked my friend off the fence. Now she's walked away from religion altogether. Loved the podcast TTA. Thank you.
In my “Questions for Christians” playlist, I asked that question. Every time a disaster happens, someone calls it a miracle that it wasn’t worse. A disaster wipes out 300 people and someone calls it a miracle that it wasn’t 400. But when it DOES wipe out 400, someone calls it a miracle that it wasn’t 500.
@TheThinkingAtheist I see you used longer time with callers this time, and it still flows rather well. I really enjoy the wide variation of subjects you bring up on the show!
A note on the Toronto church: To give you an idea of who they are like: The building is one of those megachurches, rather like Haggard's church. They have a truck trailer facing the 401 "WHEN JESUS COMES WILL YOU BE READY?".
i took an anthropology class at a JC called Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion. on the first day, the teacher (who happened to be a priest of Santeria) told us about how he once saved a couple's marriage with a ceremony/ spell that required the SACRIFICE of a couple of chickens!!!
I miss my days in Pentacostal churches. I can't accept the doctrines that come with it now, but the ecstasy one experienced when lost in 'speaking in tongues' is amazing. Your mind is transported to a place of astonishing comfort and euphoria.
Fun thing about "interpretation of speaking in tongues": The resulting messages are always along the lines of "The lord really wants to strengthen our faith today". It's NEVER "Peter McArthur, after the service you will find a $100 bill in the attic, and you will use it to buy some flowers for your wife, and as a result you will have sex for the first time in a year."
Greetings, and FANTASTIC broadcast as always, from a half-Filipino atheist who has relatives who live in Cutud. Thankfully I live in Florida, where things are less self-flagellating.
@runebagel I used to be very religious when I was a kid, I had even spoke in tongues when I went to Christian prayer camp. Though as I got older I realized that all I was saying was random words just like u said. Now I'm proud to be a agnostic :D!
I remember the interpretations and the shouting in tongues at church, I was always scared God would inform everyone of what a sinful teenager I was. I also remember speaking in tongues myself but it was usually music that set it off and it was always quiet... I could probably still do it today despite being an atheist, all it takes is the right emotional state.
The Necronomicon is originally from the Cthulhu mythos where it's a book written by the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred, containing the secrets of the now banished or imprisoned Great Old ones and the Elder Gods and all sorts of eldritch horrors beyond human understanding. It's just such a great name that the Necronomicon has been used all over horror fiction. And of course there are people who actually think the Necronomicon (the Lovecraftian version that is) exists.
Actually, Seth, the necronomicon comes from the writer who pioneered the genre of lovecraftian horror, H.P. Lovecraft. In his writing The Necronomicon he talks about this mad arab named Ab'dul Alhazred who, based on occult visions, wrote a book describing every cosmic entity like Cthulhu and how to summon them. The book in the story is the actual necronomicon.
Entertaining show. " Mockery is the natural response". There's something you can put on a t-shirt. You mentioned Orson Welles narrating 'The Late, Great Planet Earth'.He also narrated 'The Man Who Saw Tomorrow', which was a creepy documentary about Nostradamus.Even Welles scoffed at it after he had done it. I saw it as a teenager,and it was a depressing disaster,and end of the world fest. Fortunately,I figured out it was crap.James Randi wrote a whole book debunking Nostradamus.
Geez, the "speaking in tongues" sounds like something straight from the Star Wars cantina. The Star Wars production team must get their voice over "talent" for Star Wars aliens from a Pentecostal church gathering. 😜
Great show seth. I very much prefer the more lighthearted episodes to the heavier ones. Laughter is a great tool. Might I suggest maybe a short recurring segment on your show where you highlight some batcrap crazy religious story or quote from the previous week. You could call the segment "Holy Crap!" or something. You could probably come up with a much better name but I'm guessing your listeners would enjoy such a segment. might be fun
Great, as usual. I'm not surprised by your response to Wicca, though it did cause my mother to sit in the background yelling "they're not Satanists, you dimwit." Haha. I dabbled at one point with studying Wicca and related forms of paganism, but only as a last ditch effort to find something I could believe in. I blame it on living in a society that somehow sees it as better to believe in something strange and illogical than not have a belief in any mythology.
Letting Go of God is an excellent show to watch. Sometimes it shows on Showtime Women late at night or early in the morning in case you dont want to buy it. the movie Religulous with Bill Maher is also a must see. It too sometimes shows on the many channels Showtime or Cinemax. One of those two.
The interesting thing is is in the book of acts, speaking in tongues of means that the disciples who have the Holy Spirit can speak their language, and the people who don’t understand your language can understand them. It is definitely not as mumbo-jumbo that these people claim speaking in tongues.
Der berühmte, aber oft missverstandene Satz von Anselm Canterbury (1033-1109) : Ich glaube damit ich verstehe (credo ut intelligam) weist genau auf diesen Zusammenhang hin
I've had some really cool experiences in lucid dream states. I have determined that it is a natural phenomena and there is no need for religious descriptions.
Hey, I think it's cool that the rats of Deshnoke have a temple all for themselves! Rats are cool! Trust me, I've had rats for the last seven years. They are the best pets ever! ;-)
Wow, amazed to hear you talking about the toronto blessing. My boyfriend (common law husband) was there.... He's still a christian and talks about his "experiences"... But he is taking on my questions/challenges to his faith head-on, so will he be a Christian this time next year? We'll see ;)
+TheDivine MrM Wow, hi thanks for your interest! he is still a christian but he is becoming quite liberal... He supports lgbtq rights, knows that atheists can be good people and christians can be very bad people, etc. I think religion still gives him a sense of peace amongst chaos, but I get the impression that he might be going thru a crisis of faith and the cognitive dissonance is coming to a head. Maybe in another year ;-P
LOL I would start laughing also if I would see people so crazy. I almost started laughing during that short clip. And I remember my christian friend telling that he was also laughing like that in some of the christian camps. Well he is usually going to sleep very early, but at those camps they like stayed up all night. I know that I start laughing very easily if I am too tired. Even the stupidest jokes makes me laugh like crazy if I am tired, so I think that was one of the reasons for his laugh.
Let me get this straight. That poor chicken has to die because I boiled a goat in its mother’s milk? Ah yes. Speaking in tongues. “You may say there’s no God, but I know I’ve seen entire rooms full of people babbling incoherently.” Dog spinning? From the people who brought us cat juggling? I once heard Wicca described as a religion for hippies. I thought Buddhists didn’t believe in prayer.
“And here comes the rain. Can you hear it over my head?” Oh. I thought that was someone spinning one of those wheels in the background. At 1:10:00, is that Scouse?
The "Toronto Blessing" is nothing new. My mom was a member of Grace Bible Church in Honolulu from 1973 to 1978. People there experienced "The joy of the Lord" which involved laughing uncontrollably. As a teen, I instinctively knew that anything that over-rides a person's free will is wrong, but went along with it because my mom was abusive and I didn't want to endure ridicule or painful "godly discipline". And I was afraid of the invisible boogey-man she called "Heavenly Father".
@sloosh6000 So you emphasize the second syllable? Why? I've never in my life heard anyone do that. The dictionary gives the pronunciation as "ahy-ruh-nee", emphasis on the first syllable, and a short U sound on the second-- The same way ThinkingAtheist pronounced it. Where are you from? Mars?
I went to Holy Week in Barangay in 2010. The is a passion play and the nailing is the final act of the play so to speak. A passion play is a reenactment of the final day of Christs life for those who don't know. They also take place across Europe and in the U.K. this is where theatre started. Anyway wanted to also point out both the Church and authorities are against the nailing part. These do not represent your average Filipino.
Sin eaters were a real thing. Scapegoats too. Same idea of transferring your sins into something or someone else. In some places sin eaters are kinda outcast. A shameful necessity. In other places it's spread around to multiple people so everyone takes on the fun and I guess dilutes it. It's a really intriguing concept that would be really easy to go horribly wrong
There was a girl that would get on the shuttle bus that I took from home to college. She would talk to herself and in gibberish. And it clicked one day that I realized she was speaking int tongues. When I told my dad, a baptist christian, about it, he said she was possessed by demons. I found it ironic because catch him on a saturday morning and he'll be praying, speaking in tongues, and studying the bible. I just found it so funny. One considered crazy and the other just another devout.
Was wir in den entschiedenen Fragen des Lebens glauben, hängt von unserem Weltbild ab. Der Glaube prägt unser Weltbild, und unser Weltbild bestimmt unsere Weltsicht. Wir sehen, was wir glauben. - Die Erkenntis, dass wir Wissen immer nur auf der Grundlage des Glaubens bekommen, gehörte bereits im Mittelalter zur Grundlage einer jeden seriösen Theologie und Erkenntnistheorie.
@TheThinkingAtheist Honestly, I was surprised that you didn't seem to know much about the various religions/cults; then again, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. But I am glad I took a class on world religions back in college. I think it helped cement my atheism. BTW, H.P. Lovecraft wrote a lot of horror stories back in the '20's, and he made up several forbidden books from unholy ages, like the Necronomicon. "You should know better"--pretentious arrogance. I look forward to your next show.
Das beste Wissen nützt nichts, wenn wir es nicht glauben. ``Ich glaube nur, was ich sehe.`` Der menschliche Erkenntnisvorgang ist jedoch um einiges komplexer. Wir Menschen glauben nicht nur, was wir sehen. Wir sehen nur, was wir glauben - oder zu glauben bereit sind. Glauben bedeutet: das Annehmen eines bestimmten Weltbildes, mit dem man dann die Welt betrachtet und interpretiert.
It is a bit strange that TTA thinks both hurting dogs for no particular reason AND treating rats well for no particular reason are both morally indefensible. If one has ever played with a tamed rat, they'd know they aren't all that much different from tiny dogs. And rats that grow up in a natural, country enviroment aren't likely to be anywhere near as sickly as those who grow up in the dirtiest parts of large cities. And if they are always treated well? They'd be as tame as deer.
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"Temple Of Rats" would make a great name for a metal band.
The "Morning Announcements" at 17:30 had me going into flashbacks. The horror, the horror, the horror...
Waking up, breaking out
This is what it's like to be free
Rip it up, tear it down
This it what it means to be free
Jet sounds a distant roar behind you
As you try to clear your head
You start to look and answers find you
Your inner purpose lies ahead
One step to calm the storm inside you
Unlock the secrets in your head
Not another day, no more confusion
No more living like the dead
--"Waking Up", Julient-K
So very fitting, I think.
Love the sarcastic tone and impressions :)
22:16 "And I know...there is a GAAWWDD-UUAAGH."
Money Python's 'The Life of Brian' is more historical than people realise.
I only sent a mail to Seth just the other day suggesting he might want to look into Life of Brian. I provided links to the post-viewing interview/debate with the two religious leaders who were going on about "tenth rate" and "will be quickly forgotten", and of course to the conference of biblical scholars only a few years ago who were using Life of Brian as a teaching tool due to how accurate it was in most places. And inaccurate in one or two others. Yeah, a room of mostly-faithful scholars using the "tenth rate" "quickly forgotten" movie as a teaching tool thirty five years later. And us here fourty years later still talking about it. I'm really hoping TAA can do an interview with Cleese while he's still active. He's done a few TH-cam interviews before afterall so he seems open to the idea, and it's been a while. Not sure he'll be with us for a 50th anniversary.
Transferring sin into a chicken, I guess that makes it truly FOUL! great video!
Sin fried Chicken. Hell yeah.
OMG I can't stop laughing at 17-20+ minutes. OMG, that's comedy GOLD. I was just transported back to my own weird church days. LOL! I swear, the church is nothing more than a birthplace for comedians. LOLOL!
Your rundown of a Pentecostal church service had me in stitches! That was so dead-on I felt like I was transported back to 1988 when I was in high-school and unfortunately forced by my folks to go to one of those churches! The speaking in tongues thing always threw me for a loop! Especially the guys that would jump up in the middle of the service and then the 'interpretation'! UGH! lol..thanks for the nostalgic laugh today!
I knew a guy who spoke in tongues who interpreted himself. He told me, "God has revealed to me - you WILL marry one day, but you will have strife because you ask too many questions & don't submit as a woman should." He then told me to leave the room so he could tell a friend what God said about MY future marriage (apparently God would rather gossip about you with your friends). She wasn't allowed to tell me until "God told her to." She still hasn't told me anything. Glad I left when I did. LOL!
And if we did the same out side with all of the howling and barking like a dog, we would be locked up in a blink of a eye, I have seen people speaking in tongues and had to stop my self from laughing,
I did the whole "speaking in tongues" thing just to mess with my dad's head. He seriously thought I had some power from God and wouldn't believe me when I told him it was just gibberish nonsense. Some people want to believe so bad they'll believe anything. 😂
The whole section about Seth's experience in the Assemblies of God church is SO familiar to me. That was my denomination for most of my christian life. Crazy CRAZY stuff!
19:00 got me laughing so fucken hard. Oh my Allah that was funny.
Been binging for a few days. Love love love this platform!
I used to deliver the newspaper to 1 of the last functioning (& only legal) snake handling churches in Jolo, WV. Not only do they handle snakes, but they also drink poison. I don't have any good personal stories , but I figured I'd throw that in...
I'm right in the middle of listening, and I have to say your "church board member" giving the announcements is SO on key. The accent is perfect.
22:14 “ I know… there’s a gawd-uh! Somewhere…” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Holy cow...the amount of craziness in this world is just...wow.
Great podcast.
Your preacher voice is phenomenal. You should turn him into a character. I can assure it will be hit. That is funny. Thanks Seth.
In regard to the penticostal speaking in toungs faith healing stuff people do beleive it with every fiber of their being. I was born in that enviroment and raised in it as a PK. I have been there! So glad for your show it helps me alot.
when he was describing his early life going to church, it was exactly like my life is now, the entire description of the church was exactly like mine.Even Brother Bob!!
I think this man in this video is a prophet and should be worshipped! ;D
"Bob's a mumbler" 😂
Seth Andrews, I feel like I found a friend in... Reason. Thank you!
The screaming soundbite at 30:12 freaked me out, and I don't freak out easy
Linguists from all over have study 'Tongues' from most countries they have determined it is either gibberish or a language the individual has read or heard spoken. It is not like Klingon which had a bit of meaning in Star Trek and from what was made for the show has now become recognized language.
After not believing for a year, the phrase "worldly music" (38:55) is still such a horrible trigger for me. Upon hearing it I instantly felt this incredible compulsion in my brain.
I immediately turned on the hardest rock'n'roll in my library. Fuck you, religion -- your days of tyranny over my mind are over. I am... all of me! (If you got that reference, good job my friend.)
I had the same experience, but it was my grandma speaking in tongues! It was my first experience, in a Pentecostal church and my last one. I cried and cried, whenever they invited me to church I was around 5 years old.
I live in the south east, so every year we get hurricane reports, and they're always the same-- First we get footage of people buying supplies, then footage of people buying boards and stuff for their windows, then the "Asshole in the Wind" report, some guy standing on the beach, telling us how windy it is. (Or isn't, if it's DAYS before the storm gets there!)
He impersonates my preacher really well!
I was subjected to a "hell fire" film when I was about 12. This was one of the craziest things I ever experienced. Being raised catholic it was very disturbing and I kept my head down most of the time. My friend who brought me was totally consumed by the film and taken to another room to repent. I just couldn't wait to leave and that was when I realized all religious belief was insane. Anyway, love your site and I recommend to all my friends.
I love you Seth, you were making me laugh man.
the rat temple:when there was a plague among the rats of the city and a lack of food all around, the rats of the temple wound actually kill any outside rats that tried to come in. it was interesting to find that out.
Julia Sweeny's "Letting go of god" totally knocked my friend off the fence. Now she's walked away from religion altogether.
Loved the podcast TTA. Thank you.
In my “Questions for Christians” playlist, I asked that question. Every time a disaster happens, someone calls it a miracle that it wasn’t worse. A disaster wipes out 300 people and someone calls it a miracle that it wasn’t 400. But when it DOES wipe out 400, someone calls it a miracle that it wasn’t 500.
@TheThinkingAtheist I see you used longer time with callers this time, and it still flows rather well. I really enjoy the wide variation of subjects you bring up on the show!
A note on the Toronto church:
To give you an idea of who they are like:
The building is one of those megachurches, rather like Haggard's church.
They have a truck trailer facing the 401 "WHEN JESUS COMES WILL YOU BE READY?".
the last caller accent was delightful.
i took an anthropology class at a JC called Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion. on the first day, the teacher (who happened to be a priest of Santeria) told us about how he once saved a couple's marriage with a ceremony/ spell that required the SACRIFICE of a couple of chickens!!!
Hooray! I got to watch a political attack ad before this video aired! Three cheers for TH-cam partners!
I miss my days in Pentacostal churches. I can't accept the doctrines that come with it now, but the ecstasy one experienced when lost in 'speaking in tongues' is amazing. Your mind is transported to a place of astonishing comfort and euphoria.
Fun thing about "interpretation of speaking in tongues": The resulting messages are always along the lines of "The lord really wants to strengthen our faith today". It's NEVER "Peter McArthur, after the service you will find a $100 bill in the attic, and you will use it to buy some flowers for your wife, and as a result you will have sex for the first time in a year."
Greetings, and FANTASTIC broadcast as always, from a half-Filipino atheist who has relatives who live in Cutud.
Thankfully I live in Florida, where things are less self-flagellating.
@runebagel I used to be very religious when I was a kid, I had even spoke in tongues when I went to Christian prayer camp. Though as I got older I realized that all I was saying was random words just like u said. Now I'm proud to be a agnostic :D!
The chicken! The chicken! Ha!
I remember the interpretations and the shouting in tongues at church, I was always scared God would inform everyone of what a sinful teenager I was. I also remember speaking in tongues myself but it was usually music that set it off and it was always quiet... I could probably still do it today despite being an atheist, all it takes is the right emotional state.
The last caller sounded like Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady! Beautiful! Loved it.
Another great cast and the background sounds are great too. Keep up the good work.
57:52 - For a horrible second, I thought he was gonna "naked." *shudder*
30:01
I had no idea that a human being could produce such an infernal screech.
I think exactly like this guy. sorry to hear when people are injuried. Piss RIGHT off when an animal is hurt.
The Necronomicon is originally from the Cthulhu mythos where it's a book written by the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred, containing the secrets of the now banished or imprisoned Great Old ones and the Elder Gods and all sorts of eldritch horrors beyond human understanding. It's just such a great name that the Necronomicon has been used all over horror fiction.
And of course there are people who actually think the Necronomicon (the Lovecraftian version that is) exists.
Actually, Seth, the necronomicon comes from the writer who pioneered the genre of lovecraftian horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
In his writing The Necronomicon he talks about this mad arab named Ab'dul Alhazred who, based on occult visions, wrote a book describing every cosmic entity like Cthulhu and how to summon them. The book in the story is the actual necronomicon.
Entertaining show.
" Mockery is the natural response". There's something you can put on a t-shirt.
You mentioned Orson Welles narrating 'The Late, Great Planet Earth'.He also narrated 'The Man Who Saw Tomorrow', which was a creepy documentary about Nostradamus.Even Welles scoffed at it after he had done it.
I saw it as a teenager,and it was a depressing disaster,and end of the world fest.
Fortunately,I figured out it was crap.James Randi wrote a whole book debunking Nostradamus.
Geez, the "speaking in tongues" sounds like something straight from the Star Wars cantina. The Star Wars production team must get their voice over "talent" for Star Wars aliens from a Pentecostal church gathering. 😜
My mind refuses to accept that people like this exist...
Awesome show!
Dam when he started talk about going to church as a little kid. It made me have some flash back from the past. I was laughing my ass off.
i googled that toronto thing, i'm not gunna sleep for a while, it's actually frightening
Jesus Christ almighty, the Toronto blessing soundbit scared me!
Great show seth. I very much prefer the more lighthearted episodes to the heavier ones.
Laughter is a great tool.
Might I suggest maybe a short recurring segment on your show where you highlight some batcrap crazy religious story or quote from the previous week. You could call the segment "Holy Crap!" or something. You could probably come up with a much better name but I'm guessing your listeners would enjoy such a segment.
might be fun
Great, as usual. I'm not surprised by your response to Wicca, though it did cause my mother to sit in the background yelling "they're not Satanists, you dimwit." Haha. I dabbled at one point with studying Wicca and related forms of paganism, but only as a last ditch effort to find something I could believe in. I blame it on living in a society that somehow sees it as better to believe in something strange and illogical than not have a belief in any mythology.
Letting Go of God is an excellent show to watch. Sometimes it shows on Showtime Women late at night or early in the morning in case you dont want to buy it.
the movie Religulous with Bill Maher is also a must see. It too sometimes shows on the many channels Showtime or Cinemax. One of those two.
48:10 the speaking in touges sounds like el "'cubanito"'' from the song "'DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love''
Easter is only about two things: Chocolate eggs and the Easter Bunny. Nothing more, nothing less.
If you live your life based on rational decisions from evidence then anything in a faith based world looks weird and cult like.
I like these comic podcasts better than the serious ones.
'Cause that's what religion is to an atheist, stories that you laugh your ass off to.
So in conclusion, was it for real reals or play plays? lols
(sorry you reminded me off foxy love there)
The interesting thing is is in the book of acts, speaking in tongues of means that the disciples who have the Holy Spirit can speak their language, and the people who don’t understand your language can understand them. It is definitely not as mumbo-jumbo that these people claim speaking in tongues.
Der berühmte, aber oft missverstandene Satz von Anselm Canterbury (1033-1109) : Ich glaube damit ich verstehe (credo ut intelligam) weist genau auf diesen Zusammenhang hin
Man, I love it when the crazies mention the Necronomicon as if it is some ancient black magic book. H.P Lovecraft must be turning in his grave.
Wow...this description of the small-town church is pretty much EXACTLY like my grandpa's church XD
I've had some really cool experiences in lucid dream states. I have determined that it is a natural phenomena and there is no need for religious descriptions.
The Philippine tradition discussed in the first ten minutes involving whipping and crucifixion is called "senakulo".
Hey, I think it's cool that the rats of Deshnoke have a temple all for themselves! Rats are cool! Trust me, I've had rats for the last seven years. They are the best pets ever! ;-)
Baptists churches are the same way. They start off quiet.. and by the end, they're blowing out your ear drums with screaming into the microphone
Great show TTA! On a little side note, are you a vegetarian? Just wondering since you seem to be quite the animal lover :)
Wow, amazed to hear you talking about the toronto blessing. My boyfriend (common law husband) was there.... He's still a christian and talks about his "experiences"... But he is taking on my questions/challenges to his faith head-on, so will he be a Christian this time next year? We'll see ;)
+Natasha Williamson - Update us please!
+TheDivine MrM Wow, hi thanks for your interest! he is still a christian but he is becoming quite liberal... He supports lgbtq rights, knows that atheists can be good people and christians can be very bad people, etc. I think religion still gives him a sense of peace amongst chaos, but I get the impression that he might be going thru a crisis of faith and the cognitive dissonance is coming to a head. Maybe in another year ;-P
Natasha Williamson Good luck to you and he both! :)
Natasha Williamson how's it going what are his views like now?
LOL I would start laughing also if I would see people so crazy. I almost started laughing during that short clip. And I remember my christian friend telling that he was also laughing like that in some of the christian camps. Well he is usually going to sleep very early, but at those camps they like stayed up all night. I know that I start laughing very easily if I am too tired. Even the stupidest jokes makes me laugh like crazy if I am tired, so I think that was one of the reasons for his laugh.
What kind of mic do you use for your videos?
If my dragon died id prob go into deep depression :'(
it also helps if you pinch El Galipote's cheeks while speaking in tongues (the baby noises lol)
love this podcast haha
my dragon disappeared for a while, i was sad, he came back. he had to do something.
Let me get this straight. That poor chicken has to die because I boiled a goat in its mother’s milk?
Ah yes. Speaking in tongues. “You may say there’s no God, but I know I’ve seen entire rooms full of people babbling incoherently.”
Dog spinning? From the people who brought us cat juggling?
I once heard Wicca described as a religion for hippies.
I thought Buddhists didn’t believe in prayer.
“And here comes the rain. Can you hear it over my head?”
Oh. I thought that was someone spinning one of those wheels in the background.
At 1:10:00, is that Scouse?
The "Toronto Blessing" is nothing new. My mom was a member of Grace Bible Church in Honolulu from 1973 to 1978. People there experienced "The joy of the Lord" which involved laughing uncontrollably. As a teen, I instinctively knew that anything that over-rides a person's free will is wrong, but went along with it because my mom was abusive and I didn't want to endure ridicule or painful "godly discipline". And I was afraid of the invisible boogey-man she called "Heavenly Father".
I lost it at "Hello? Morphine?"
@sloosh6000 So you emphasize the second syllable? Why? I've never in my life heard anyone do that. The dictionary gives the pronunciation as "ahy-ruh-nee", emphasis on the first syllable, and a short U sound on the second-- The same way ThinkingAtheist pronounced it. Where are you from? Mars?
I went to Holy Week in Barangay in 2010. The is a passion play and the nailing is the final act of the play so to speak. A passion play is a reenactment of the final day of Christs life for those who don't know. They also take place across Europe and in the U.K. this is where theatre started. Anyway wanted to also point out both the Church and authorities are against the nailing part. These do not represent your average Filipino.
I was baptized by Spider man in a Pentecostal church. Crazy shit
My second wife was a Christian, her family invited me to church. I went once and they never asked me to go again. 😅
Sin eaters were a real thing. Scapegoats too. Same idea of transferring your sins into something or someone else. In some places sin eaters are kinda outcast. A shameful necessity. In other places it's spread around to multiple people so everyone takes on the fun and I guess dilutes it. It's a really intriguing concept that would be really easy to go horribly wrong
Unless you're talking about eating snakes, the correct word is venomous.
There was a girl that would get on the shuttle bus that I took from home to college. She would talk to herself and in gibberish. And it clicked one day that I realized she was speaking int tongues. When I told my dad, a baptist christian, about it, he said she was possessed by demons. I found it ironic because catch him on a saturday morning and he'll be praying, speaking in tongues, and studying the bible. I just found it so funny. One considered crazy and the other just another devout.
1:09:20 Oh, I love her accent. ;)
@9:00 I hate being a utahn, theres a city in utah called Lehi named after this guy.
Was wir in den entschiedenen Fragen des Lebens glauben, hängt von unserem Weltbild ab. Der Glaube prägt unser Weltbild, und unser Weltbild bestimmt unsere Weltsicht. Wir sehen, was wir glauben. - Die Erkenntis, dass wir Wissen immer nur auf der Grundlage des Glaubens bekommen, gehörte bereits im Mittelalter zur Grundlage einer jeden seriösen Theologie und Erkenntnistheorie.
5:40 sounds like a great way to transmit HIV and Hepatitis
@TheThinkingAtheist Honestly, I was surprised that you didn't seem to know much about the various religions/cults; then again, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. But I am glad I took a class on world religions back in college. I think it helped cement my atheism.
BTW, H.P. Lovecraft wrote a lot of horror stories back in the '20's, and he made up several forbidden books from unholy ages, like the Necronomicon.
"You should know better"--pretentious arrogance. I look forward to your next show.
Das beste Wissen nützt nichts, wenn wir es nicht glauben.
``Ich glaube nur, was ich sehe.`` Der menschliche Erkenntnisvorgang ist jedoch um einiges komplexer. Wir Menschen glauben nicht nur, was wir sehen. Wir sehen nur, was wir glauben - oder zu glauben bereit sind. Glauben bedeutet: das Annehmen eines bestimmten Weltbildes, mit dem man dann die Welt betrachtet und interpretiert.
It is a bit strange that TTA thinks both hurting dogs for no particular reason AND treating rats well for no particular reason are both morally indefensible.
If one has ever played with a tamed rat, they'd know they aren't all that much different from tiny dogs. And rats that grow up in a natural, country enviroment aren't likely to be anywhere near as sickly as those who grow up in the dirtiest parts of large cities. And if they are always treated well? They'd be as tame as deer.