Questioning Faith: Recent Episodes
Kenny and Monica
A podcast in which two former Evangelical Christians discuss their journey in and ultimately out of religion.
Kenny and Monica finish discussing First Corinthians by covering Paul's ideas about spiritual gifts and the afterlife.
Kenny and Monica begin discussing First Corinthians, one of the first letters of the New Testament.
Kenny and Monica finsish up their discussion on Genesis by giving their perspectives on the Joseph and technicolor dreamcoat story.
Kenny and Monica discuss the problematic nature of who God chooses to bless in Genesis, specifically the founding leaders of the tribes of Israel.
Kenny and Monica discuss the creation stories in Genesis 1-11 as well as questions these stories prompt.
Kenny and Monica discuss the Christian ritual of Communion/Eucharist and compare it to other sacrificial acts.
Kenny and Monica discuss free will versus predestination theology using scripture from the Christian Bible.
Kenny and Monica discuss the problems they see with the logic behind the trinity as well as the scripture that supports and opposes the doctrine.
Helpful Resources:
https://ehrmanblog.org/ucc-3-part-series-3-of-3-how-jesus-became-god/
Kenny and Monica discuss multiple parables, different interpretations of each, and then finally why they see an issue with so much discrepancy within teachings.
Kenny and Monica have a discussion with Damien, from the Tall Friendly Atheist Dad Podcast, about the fundamentalist belief in young earth creationism and its dangers.
Referenced:
Answers In Genesis
Creation Ministries International
Elephant skulls
Jesus Camp
Kent Hovind
Dr. Jason Lisle
The Two-Way Speed Of Light Hypothesis
Dr Gerald Schroeder, Six Day Science and their hypothesis, Dr. Sarah Salviander
Ken Ham, The different 'kinds', Bill Nye vs Ken Ham debate
Conservapedia & The Post-Flood Volcanioc Diaspora (now relegated to a Talk page)
The Moon Dust argument, the Jupiter Losing Heat argument, the Sea Salinity argument, the Population Argument, "we all have the same evidence, just different worldviews"
"A Man After God's Own Heart" episode
Did Ham rape Noah?
The Firmament in Genesis
John Piper
Church Of Christ, Scientist
Six Different Meanings Of Evolution
Can Evolution Explain Altrusim?
Jehovah's Witnesses and prohibition of blood transfusions.
Jehovah's Witnesses and prohibition against birthday parties.
Ray Comfort and comparing abortion to the Holocaust.
Kenny and Monica discuss the life of Kind David, a man labeled by the God of the Bible as "A Man After God's Own Heart," with the goal of understanding David's character, morality, and worthiness of emulation.
Kenny and Monica discuss some problems they have with New Testament claims about Messianic prophecy.
Monica and Kenny discuss prayer from an evangelical perspective and wonder whether it accomplishes what it is thought to accomplish.
Kenny and Monica discuss what the bible teaches about unity within Christianity and how the church fails to live up to those claims.
Kenny and Monica discuss the the Biblical meaning of the terms "righteous" and "wicked" by examining the story of righteous Lot.
Kenny and Monica discuss the nature of forgiveness and how the Christian god fails to demonstrate it.
We discuss our former beliefs about Easter as Christians and what we think about the holiday now.
Extra Resources
For more about the historical evidence and arguments for and against the existence of a historical Jesus follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzjYmpwbHEA
Kenny and Monica discuss the power and prevalence of indoctrination as well as alternative means to teach and inform others.
Kenny and Monica discuss what they used to believe about marriage when they were apart of the fundamental, evangelical Christian church and how they feel about those teachings now.
Kenny and Monica finish up interviewing David about his life in and out of the faith with a focus on the biblical claims that David finds unbelievable, immoral, and corrupted.
Skeptics Annotated Bible
https://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/
Monica and Kenny continue interviewing David as he explains how he handled the inner conflict he was feeling by attempting to reconcile his devout faith with excruciating doubt. Then David explains some of the thought processes and actions he took that lead him to finally throw off his Christian chains.
Seth Andrews Letter
https://youtu.be/qqpCsor4284
Dear Believer Why Do You Believe
https://youtu.be/xIErAz-ZO-I
Kenny and Monica interview their friend David about his life in and out of faith in this three part series. In this episode, David outlines his experiences as a devout believer and reveals where it has lead him.
In the final episode of this year, Kenny and Monica discuss why it is important to question faith, the power that faith holds, and their shift in worldview after leaving it.
Kenny and Monica discuss the issues they have with the claim that god is good.
References:
God v Satan Kill Count
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IrtdLukslY
The Problem of Evil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AzNEG1GB-k
Population Stats
https://www.prb.org/howmanypeoplehaveeverlivedonearth/
https://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/global-christianity-exec/
http://mb-soft.com/believe/txx/numberch.htm
Kenny and Monica discuss some aspects of the Christian Faith that they miss and then cover why they do not find these feelings valid reasons for returning to it.
Monica and Kenny discuss some of their initial thought processes that lead to their disillusionment of the Bible being the perfect word of a god.
Kenny and Monica describe Sola Scriptura, a doctrine they once believed, and highlight five biblical accounts that seem to undermine it.
Correction
- The Bible claims the flood eliminated the earth’s population to eight people. I said six by mistake!
Helpful Resources:
Bart Ehrman and Peter J Williams discuss the historical reliability of the Gospels
The Bible's Buried Secrets Documentary from PBS
The historicity of the Bible BBC Documentary
Are the Gospels Historically Reliable - Bart Ehrman lecture
Kenny breaks down his life growing up in Christianity and how he eventually stopped believing in the Bible.
In this introductory episode, Kenny, an ordained minister, and Monica, a former evangelical pastor's wife, discuss what this podcast is about, who it is for, and why they want to do it. They hope to set the stage for the future conversations about their experiences with faith and the implications that faith has on life and worldview.