The Week in Doubt Podcast

I know I'm cutting it close, but finally here's the Christmas special! As I type this we're 18 minutes away from Christmas 2012. I put a lot of work into this one, so I hope you enjoy it. There's no Atheist preaching in this episode. This one's for everyone. As always...thanks for listening!

In this episode: some recent and not so recent news stories, including the recent nightmarish massacre in Newtown CT, Mike Huckabee's comments on the aforementioned tragedy, Pat Robertson's surprising comments on creationism and the story of a sexist policy at a well known university. As always...thanks for listening!

The title says it all. I read some recent iTunes feedback and wax philosophical (as always). Thanks for listening!

Finally, after almost 40 episodes I take the question head on: Is Religion the Problem? As always...thanks for listening!

This week: A Halloween special! I take a break from scrutinizing religion and instead offer a brief history of one of the world's scariest holidays... Thanks for listening! File may be temporarily unavailable. If so please visit the youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUY8JCWgRqM

My longwinded response to internet criticism... As always...thanks for listening!

In this week's episode I take a closer look at the phenomenon of  the near death experience. In particular I examine the case of Dr. Eben Alexander; a neurosurgeon who had an NDE while in a coma. As always...thanks for listening!

This week: my comments on the Westboro Baptist Church and a news story about a politician/medical doctor who calls evolution a "lie from the pit of Hell".  As always...thanks for listening!

This week, I cover two news stories: the continuing protests throughout the Muslim world and a story concerning some homophobic comments made by televangelist Joel Osteen. As always...Thanks for listening!

A look at the history of the temple and whether Jesus' prophecies concerning the temple's destruction were true prophecies or an invention of the gospel writers. As always...thanks for listening!

This week I discuss some controversial comments made by Father Benedict Groeschel and I also explore the question: is faith inherently noble? As always...thanks for listening!

In this week's episode, I discuss Thomas Jefferson and the deism of the Founding Fathers. As always...thanks for listening!

In this episode I discuss the concept of "the ground of all being" or "cosmic oneness". More specifically I discuss a particular talk by renowned scholar of Eastern religion, the late Alan Watts.

In this week's episode I discuss what I learned from watching a lecture by Biblical scholar Bart D. Ehrman. As always...thanks for listening!

In this episode, I briefly cover some news stories (including the recent Chik-Fil-A uproar), and discuss my own ongoing struggle to find an appropriate label for my beliefs. As always...thanks for listening!

In this episode I examine the blurry line between literal and figurative belief. I've also begun re-upping some of the old episodes onto youtube. As always...thanks for listening. http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWeekinDoubt?feature=mhee

In this episode I discuss the recent story of a kitten buried alive in concrete, apparently as an act of retaliation by fundamentalist Mormons. I do my best to cover the story in a fair and openminded fashion. As always...thanks for listening!

This week's episode is a mishmash of topics, including some recent Scientology related news stories, my beef with "Ancient Aliens" and a recent news story about a woman sentenced to read the Bible. As always...thanks for listening!

I comment on some atheist debates (yet again), briefly discuss the Book of Revelation and even find time to cover a religious news story involving the Loch Ness Monster. As always...thanks for listening.

In this episode I wax philosophical about how something can come from nothing; discussing the big bang and the theories of Stephen Hawking and Lawrence Krauss. Also...yet more impromptu conspiracy theory criticisms. As always, thanks for listening!