79: Todd Akin, the True Shape of the Religious Right, Dating Outside Your Religion

By Christopher Thielen on August 24, 2012

Chris, Tom, Robin, and Anthony discuss the recent controversy over Todd Akin’s remarks, Robin’s essay on the true shape of the religious right (hint: not everything is what it seems), and our own take on dating outside your belief system.

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Discussion

Dez

I’m downloading the episode now. Can’t wait to listen to it. Keep up the amazing work guys.

Christopher Thielen

Thanks Dez!

Paul

As a followup on the discussion about a “greater power”. This argument or challenge to the atheists is always loaded with a backdoor ambush. If you do not accede to a greater power than you are inserting yourself in place of god which to believers is the greatest form of arrogance. I try to explain to believers that I am not greater than the society I am a part of, nor am I greater than the storm that is on the horizon or the DNA that informs my appearance and the appearance of my descendants. Their real objection is that my greater power is material and not ethereal.