Here it isï¿½the final episode of Reasonable Doubts, featuring new Counterapologetics, God Thinks Like You and Polyatheism segments mixed with goodbyes from our fans and outtakes from the past eight years of doubtcasting. Thank you to everyone

rd138 Interview with Shelley Segal

Mar 29th, 2015 42m 16s

This podcast features a previously unreleased interview with Australian Singer and Songwriter Shelley Segal. Shelly shares about her experience growing up in a conservative Jewish household and how her music naturally turned to turned to secula

rd137 Je Suis Charlie with guest Dan Fincke

Jan 25th, 2015 1h 17m

This one is all about Charlie. Guest Dan Fincke defends free speach and the right to blaspheme. Dr. Galen examines the psychological root to religious extremism and the Enuma Elish is the subject of this episode's Polyatheism.

rd136 Freedom Isn't Free

Dec 15th, 2014 1h 23m

Dale McGowan, executive director of the Foundation Beyond Belief talks about some of the exciting ways the organization plans to put humanist principles into action in 2015. Also, statistics on the public's attitudes towards the Christmas holid

RD Extra: Brayton v Schmig - Was the U.S. Founded on Christianity?

Dec 2nd, 2014 1h 9m

Is the US Government Founded on the Christian Religion?Ed Brayton is the founder and owner of the Freethought Blogs network and the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. He is the co-founder and past president of Mic

RD Extra: Lowder v Vandergriff - Metaphysical Naturalism or Christian Theism? Where Does the Evidence Point?

Nov 15th, 2014 1h 42m

This RD Extra features a debate, hosted by the Reasonable Doubts Podcast, between Jeffery Jay Lowder and Kevin Vandergriff on "Metaphysical Naturalism or Christian Theism? Where Does the Evidence Point?"

rd135 Pain and Paradox

Oct 29th, 2014 1h 35m

Physical pain plays an important biological role, but should we expect it to in a world created by God? Also, a recent paper in the journal cognition posits distinct cognitive attitudes underlying religious belief and factual reasoning, but is

rd134 Coming Out Atheist

Oct 7th, 2014 1h 15m

Many non-theists keep their doubts hidden for fear of losing friends and love ones. But remaining in the closet also has drawbacks: stress, hypocrisy, the oppression of silence and fear of being found out. Despite the risks, those who've made t

rd133 Your God Detector is Busted

Sep 23rd, 2014 1h 16m

Our cognitive faculties evolved to help us detect agents in our environment and to predict the content of their minds but those same faculties also generate beliefs in supernatural minds and divine agents. While this seems to suggest that relig

rd132 Euthyphro's Revenge

Sep 9th, 2014 1h 24m

Does God approve actions because they are good? Or is an action good because God approves it? Euthyphro's Dilemma is perhaps the oldest challenge to a theistic conception of morality, but many modern philosophers of religion believe the dilemma

rd131 Witch-Hunt

Aug 27th, 2014 1h 59m

The award-winning human rights activist Leo Igwe exposes how witchcraft accusations are used to prey upon societies most vulnerable, often with tragic consequences. He recounts how the study of philosophy emboldened him to speak out against th

RD Extra: Kozak vs Schieber - Does the Christian God Exist?

Aug 19th, 2014 1h 53m

This debate on the existence of the Christian God took place at Ferris State University on October 23rd.Steven Kozak - Christian Apologist, Author (Stevenkozak.com)Justin Schieber - Atheist, Podcast Co-host (doubtcast.org)

rd130 How Jesus Beacame God with guest Bart D. Ehrman

Jul 25th, 2014 53m 23s

How did Jesus, an apocalyptic prophet from Galilee, come to be regarded as a God by his followers? Bart D. Ehrman, Professor of Religious studies at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, joins us on the show to discuss his new book "How

rd129 Get A New Hobby, Lobby

Jul 11th, 2014 1h 26m

Ed Brayton of Dispatches from the Culture Wars joins the Doubtcasters for an analysis of the SCOTUS ruling on the recent Hobby Lobby case. Some popular misunderstandings about the ruling and its implications are dispelled, and the true dangers

rd128 Inside the Mind of a Religious Sexual Abuser

May 6th, 2014 1h 18m

Major League Baseball player Chad Curtis will always be remembered as the man who led the New York Yankees to victory by catching the last out of the last World Series game of the 20th century. To many religious sports fans, Curtis was a hero f

rd127 God's Not Dead

Apr 18th, 2014 1h 14m

The Doubtcasters spend the whole hour reviewing the film "God's Not Dead." The whole hour. Seriously.

RD Extra: Does Religion Make Us Better People?

Apr 7th, 2014 47m 20s

Does Religion Make Us Better People? An Empirical Critique of the Religious Prosociality Hypothesis. Does religion make us happier, healthier and more helpful? A number of popular psychology books and articles argue that religion is a positiv

rd126 Why Would God Hide?

Mar 24th, 2014 1h 33m

Jesus said "seek and you will find" but for many spiritual seekers, clear evidence for God cannot be found no matter how hard they search. If He really exists, why would God reveal himself only to some people and not to all? For this episode we

rd125 Nye Smokes Ham with guest Jordan Fett

Feb 14th, 2014

The doubtcasters, along with friend of the show Jordan Fett, share thoughts and analysis (scientific, philosophical and psychological) on the debate between Creationist Ken Ham and Bill Nye the Science Guy. Also we discuss some of the psycholo

rd124 The Role of Religion in Global Conflict

Jan 27th, 2014 1h 21m

New data from the Pew Research Center shows religious violence is on the rise world-wide. Religiously motivated sectarian violence, harassment of women, mob-violence and terrorism have increased steadily and dramatically over the past 7 years

RD Extra Hallquist vs Rauser

Jan 18th, 2014 1h 59m

In late 2013, Chris Hallquist (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/) and Randal Rauser (http://randalrauser.com/) participated in a debate on the rationality of belief in God. This debate was not a live debate, rather it was a series of audio e

rd123 Rules vs. Concequences

Dec 19th, 2013 1h 2m

For the second part of our "Winter of Morality" series, Dr. Galen examines the psychological factors that make a deontological (rule-based) approach to morality more appealing to most religious people than a consequentialist approach. Meta-ethi

rd122 a Deluge of Stupidity

Nov 27th, 2013 1h 30m

Ken Ham is trying to raise 24 million Dollars to build a life size replica of Noah's Ark for the Ark Encounter theme park and zoo. Ham hopes that the park will convince people that Noah really could have fit two of each of the worlds animals o

rd121 Divine Deception with Erik Wielenberg

Nov 5th, 2013

Philosopher Erik Wielenberg joins us on the show to discuss his upcoming paper on Skeptical Theism and Divine Deception. The evidential argument from evil concludes that the existence of God is unlikely given the many cases of gratuitous suffer

rd120 Church for Atheists? with guest Jerry Dewitt

Oct 19th, 2013

After 25 years of ministry, Pentecostal preacher turned atheist, Jerry Dewitt, finds himself behind the pulpit once again. He's still singing, teaching and calling upon his congregation to share testimonials...but this is no ordinary "church."