The Curious_John Podcast: Recent Episodes
Monioro, Onome John
I encourage honest conversations between people of opposing viewpoints and I critically analyse supernatural and religious claims.
This is my conversation with a Nigerian atheist who is a former Christian. Listen to learn about her deconversion process from fundamentalist Christian to atheist.
This is my conversation with Yahuda, who describes himself as a Hebrew Israelite. You may be wondering what "Hebrew Israelite" means, listen to the conversation and find out. You could check out Yahuda's YouTube channel using the link below:
https://youtube.com/c/HebrewElevation
In this episode, I talk about three questions I asked a Christian in a clubhouse conversation and I explain my motives for asking these questions.
In this episode, Dera, an ex-catholic atheist, explains his deconversion story. Dera aspired to be a catholic priest but he became an atheist after spending some years in the seminary.
Dera's Twitter handle: @Dera9q
In this episode, I give a brief argument for why Christians (who believe in exclusivity and eternal conscious torment) should be antinatalists.
Note the error at 7:22: "since I am a Christian"*
Bible passages cited in this episode: Genesis 1:28, Deuteronomy 28:4, Psalm 127:3, Matthew 7:13-14, and 1 Corinthians 7: 8-9
This is my conversation with Josephine Awuah-Dapaah. Josephine is a Ghanian woman who describes herself as a doubtful, progressive Christian.
Reach out to Josephine on:
Facebook: @ Josephine Awuah-Dapaah
Twitter: @nanakosuglobal
This is a debate on the topic 'What Explains Morality Better? Naturalism or Christianity' between Babatunde Oladimeji and Jide Adigun.
Links to papers on secularism and morality (from Jide):
https://dspace2.creighton.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10504/64409/2005-11.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286380243_Secularization_and_the_Sources_of_Morality_Religion_and_Morality_in_Contemporary_Europe
"Why do atheists only attack Christianity?", is the premise of that question even true? Is the question a reasonable one to ask? And are there genuine reasons why Christianity should be criticized? Listen to this episode to find out what the Ranting Atheist and I think about it.
In this episode, I share my thoughts and comments on an Islamic apologetics youtube video.
Link to full video: https://youtu.be/cTfGJ_Xnvbw
Link to video refuting embryology in the Quran: https://youtu.be/eTVElZF36w0
This is my conversation with Samuel Olufeyimi, a Nigerian who describes himself as a 'hardened Christian'. I try to explain my perspective to him on certain Christian beliefs and why I find them problematic.
This is a response to a Twitter post by Ebele Light where she describes doubting God's existence as a "demonic seed". I made this episode to let doubting people of faith know that this is a normal part of human experience and attributing it to Satan and demons is not a helpful way to deal with it.
Link to the Twitter post: https://twitter.com/ebeletheservant/status/1425880226073096195?s=19
This is my conversation with Ola (@theanonymousola on Twitter) about his 'controversial' views on religion and God.
This is my conversation with Dr. Badmouth, A Nigerian UK based atheist who believes that religion is necessary for civilisation.
You can follow Dr. Badmouth on Twitter @DrBadmouth
Music: 'Mercy Mercy: by Hillsong UNITED
In this episode, I have a conversation with Adjo who is an irreligious ghanian woman. We talk about her experience with Christianity and her reasons for leaving the faith. Adjo is also the first female guest of the Curious_John podcast.
In this episode, I share my thoughts on the conversation I had with Dejinious on the topic of slavery in the Bible and other related issues.
In this episode I have a conversation with Deji, a Christian who is also known as Dejinious on the issue of biblical slavery and other related topics.
In this episode, I play parts of a debate between a Mormon and a Christian Calvinist and I share my thoughts on some of the beliefs held by the Christian.
Link to the full debate: https://youtu.be/Vd9rQ7AZ_xg
In this episode, I briefly describe Pascal's wager and explain the point the argument attempts to make. I also explain why I think the argument fails.
This is a conversation with Leon Owens, who believes it is impossible to ground morality without the existence of God.
In this episode, I share my thoughts about the conversation I had with Chibuzor Emmanuel on laws against same sex relationships in Nigeria. I also talk about some reactions I have gotten from listeners about the conversation.
This is a conversation with Chibuzor Emmanuel about laws against same-sex relationships in Nigeria. Mr. Chibuzor believes these laws are justified and tries to give his reasons.
Music: "Spell" by Fireboy (Instrumental)
This is a short episode summarizing my conversation with Randal Rauser.
Music: 'Beasts of No Nation' by Fela Kuti
In this episode, I discuss with Randal D. Rauser (a Canadian Baptist theologian who serves as an associate professor of historical theology at Taylor Seminary) on his new book "Jesus Loves Cannanites". You can access more of Randal's work using the following links:
randalrauser.com
https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Loves-Canaanites-Biblical-Intuition/dp/1775046249
Music: 'Mercy Mercy' by Hillsong UNITED
In this episode, I share my thoughts on some of the moral implications of the belief in an eternal conscious torment view of hell.
This episode contains my conversation with Mr Muhammad Abbas (a muslim educator), Mr Tunde (a muslim friend of mine) and Mr Dumebi (an atheist).
I have deliberately made this episode to offend as many listeners as possible, I advise you to avoid listening if you have a low tolerance for offence. Enjoy the rant otherwise. Don't worry I will pick on other religious beliefs and even lack of religious belief on future episodes of "Don't get offended challenge".
In this episode I talk about a criticism often raised by non-muslims towards the claims of Islam. Critics of Islam usually question the morality of the Prophet Muhammad's marriage to his youngest wife, Aisha. I explain why I think this is a valid criticism against the claims of Islam. Link to the hadith used in this episode: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5134 (Sahih al-Bukhari 5134)
In this episode, I share my thoughts on the ideas that beliefs should be respected and that people can choose to believe things.
The moral argument is one of the arguments used by theists for the existence of God. I give a brief summary of the argument and I try to explain some reasons why I don't find the argument convincing. I also try to give an alternative to grounding moral truths without the presupposition of a deity.
A conversation with a nigerian atheist known as The Ranting Atheist and an exploration of his journey out of faith. Check out The Ranting Atheist on twitter @https://twitter.com/AtheistRanting?s=09 and listen to his podcasts at anchor.fm/TRAtheist
In this episode, I discuss the problem of violent orders given to ancient hebrews by their God in the old testament (or jewish bible). I give my reasons for finding such passages inconsistent with the nature of the Christian God (as understood by me) and I consider multiple ways of dealing with these passages. A jewish view by Rabbi Tovia Singer, a traditional christian view by Clay Jones and Alissa Childers and a progressive christian view by Randal Rauser and Peter Enns are all considered in this episode. Check out full videos with the links below: Tovia Singer: https://youtu.be/brLEMgyNo_k Alissa Childers & Clay Jones: https://youtu.be/I-S2D5l4qVo Randal Rauser: https://youtu.be/TmN4kPiD65w Peter Enns: https://youtu.be/I_ZHg6a_LP8
In this episode, I discuss the famous problem of evil or problem of suffering (as I prefer to call it) and why it is evidence against the existence of an all powerful, all good and all knowing God. I look at some answers theists have offered in response to this problem and share my opinion on why these answers are not satisfactory. Watch the full videos featured in this episode at: Frank Turek: https://youtu.be/ozfRq5sTW3s Shabir Ally: https://youtu.be/bo0DirwSmSg CosmicSkeptic (problem of animal suffering): https://youtu.be/5KDnnp0sDkI
In this episode I share my thoughts on miracles and supernatural events and I try to explain why a skeptical approach to the topic of supernatural events is important.
In this episode I talk about the conversation on hell I had with Dr Ayotunde Omole and Daniel Adeyinke on the previous episode. I also take a look at the zikokomag Jesus incident and I express my thoughts about the issue.
I have a conversation with Ayotunde Omole and Daniel Adeyinka on the topic of hell. We explore the views of hell they take and try to figure out which is more consistent with the Bible. Ayotunde Omole and Daniel Adeyinka are both devout Christians and lovers of the Bible but have come up with quite different interpretations of what the Bible says about hell. Ayotunde Omole is a seventh day adventist and he defends the annihilation view while Daniel Adeyinka is a member of the celebration church and he defends the view of eternal conscious torment. #Contact Oluwatobi Fabusuyi (fobs-designs) for you graphical designs @ +234703608 8531
I give a brief description of what the podcast is about and what I hope to achieve by running the podcast.