The Whole God Thing: Recent Episodes
Dan Kapr
Christian apologists frequently talk about the Bible's amazing record of fulfilled prophecies as a powerful piece of evidence for the truth of Christianity. But Dan explains why this kind of evidence is much weaker than many people realize.
Dan talks about his new podcast Bad Faith Media where he and a friend watch and discuss all manner of (terrible) faith-based media and other religiously relevant content.
In light of the recent news about the Supreme Court's plan to overturn Roe v. Wade, Dan talks about how he was taught to think about abortion when he was growing up in the evangelical church, and how a conservative Christian apologist unwittingly exposed a major flaw in anti-choice rhetoric.
Dan talks about a recent response to his book from a Christian apologist who seems to delight in over-the-top ad hominem attacks.
Dan talks about how and why Pitre's apologetics book blatantly (and knowingly) misinforms its readers on a crucial issue.
Dan takes a look at Brant Pitre's argument for accepting the traditional authorship of the New Testament Gospels, and finds that Pitre's view does not hold up even in light of his own evidence.
Dan talks about some of the issues that come up when people generalize about religion, whether from religious or non-religious perspectives.
Dan picks up where he left off last time to shed further light on why he wrote a book about the Bible and to explore one striking example of how evangelical views of the Bible fail on their own terms.
Dan talks about his relationship with Christian apologetics and his reasons for writing a book critiquing the way evangelicals view the Bible.
Dan talks about the meaning of words like "God" and "atheism" and discusses the difficulty of giving a clear, direct answer to a simple question.
In this episode, Dan talks about understanding your intellectual opponents, the title of his new book, and Richard Dawkins.