Prior to science, superstition conquered. Aristotle believed that objects in motion slowed because they simply became "tired." God was reason for all, and all was reason for God.

Due to brilliant minds we have emerged from these opaque ages of knowledge. Newton enlightened us with mathematical logic in the 17th century. He also enlightened us with knowledge of optics,…

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BIG NEWS!!

The Think Atheist Radio's new home on the web has gone LIVE. Now your favorite podcast has a site of its own to match the quality of the interviews themselves!

You’ll find that you can easily see who’s coming up as a guest on future shows, see all of our past shows visually…

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Hey guys, thanks for stopping in for another Sunday wrap up! You know how it goes... Let's get some Show announcements out of the way and then we'll get to the links!

I'm sure by now you've seen that The Think Atheist Radio Show has been named a finalist in the About.com Favorite Agnosticism/Atheism Podcast of 2011 category, and in our very first year! We're thrilled to be distinguished in this way. It means a lot that everyone would have nominated us and then voted for us to…

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This week on the show:

Dr. Jessica Pierce! Dr. Pierce holds a position of Faculty Associate at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Center for Bioethics and Humanities. Working in bioethics, she is the author or co-author of Morality Play: Case Studies in Ethics, Contemporary Bioethics: A Reader With…

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Before you do ANYTHING, go and enter the giveaway for a copy of Lawrence Krauss's new book, A Universe From Nothing. The giveaway closes at Noon Eastern today so don't miss out! Details on how to enter are…

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So here's my little story.

The other day my buddy wants to take me to lunch at a local Mexican restaurant.  So I show up a little early, sit down, and order a Corona.  As I'm munching on some chips and salsa, I overhear the daughter of a couple at the next table say "I don't understand why the kids at school hate Mormons so much."

After that they were talking fairly hushed so I couldn't hear much after that.  I wanted to say, "Well they probably hate atheists more and why do…

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Someone else used the word 'fanfiction' in reference to the Book of Mormon!
Bwahahahaha!
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Now some people will say that I'm blowing the story by telling you up front that its a dream.



Lets get something straight right now. I hate stories that end with “And it was all a dream.” I stopped watching the TV show “Dallas” for that very reason.



I will also point out that i live in the state of Utah, in the USA, and as such, I know a lot of Mormons, more correctly know as Latter Day Saints, or LDS.



LDS is a mystery to many people outside the church. I myself… Continue

Mormonism is a little Mystical. Like most religions there are so many lies and half truths, I don't know what to believe. I think that we should talk about it. We have former Mormon's here, so why not ask the questions and you guys can help us understand what you were taught. I'm going to post a series of questions. I encourage others to ask more. For the Ex-Mormons or those whom just know, answer the question only if you know please. Most of my questions come from a cartoon from YouTube, or… Continue

For those of you who saw the South Park episode All About Mormons, you know how interesting the Mormon church can be. I’ve also read Jon Krakauer’s non-fiction book about extreme Mormonism, Under the Banner of Heaven, and more recently, been watching the HBO series Big Love. That show is so great. It’s about a closet polygamist — he’s not a Mormon extremist, just a quote-unquote regular Mormon who happens to have three wives.



So naturally I’m more interested in Mormons, or in the… Continue