Episode 52--Welcome Back Rob!

This week on the show we discuss the very disturbing honor killing of a 17 year old Iraqi girl by her father and her brothers in Basra, because she developed a freindship with an infidel.  The victim of this horrible murder is pictured to the right.

We also have news of a new method to fight crime in Birmingham, Alabama, laws on religious conversions in India, and more news.

To see my personal blog entry detailing my recent trip to a local museum that does not welcome atheists, you can click here.

Remember, we have a new Dogma Free America fans group on facebook.  You can also check out Rich's personal facebook page and become his facebook friend to get updates on all things Dogma Free America.

Reborn and refreshed, Dogma Free America returns!

This week stories of Dogma from around the world, including:

Debate in Ontario about whether to keep the Lord's Prayer at the beginning of each session of the provincial legislature.

Muslims convicted of sex offenses in the U.K. seek exception from sex offender treatment on religious grounds.

More witchcraft hysteria.

And much, much more.

If you want to see Rich's personal blog, here is the link.

Good news.  Dogma Free America will be back!  I am currently in the process of preparing Episode 51.  The new episode will be posted in late April or early May.

Our final Episode, with co-hosts Flynn and Rob

The Lars Wilks Awards for Best Story, Best Guest, Best Co-Host, and Personality Of The Year.

The winner of our Festivus Feats Of Strength Challenge.

Plus, news from around the world, including a man who married a dog in India (pictures).

Thank you to all the listeners.

Episode 49--

A dark day for separation of religion and government in Kern County, California, just when things were looking so bright.

A major announcment about this Podcast.

Only four more days to get in your ideas for Rich's Festivus party and the noniminees for the Lars Wilks awards.

 

Rich makes another plea for listeners to give him ideas for the feats of strength at this year's Festivus party.

A man is executed in Saudi Arabia for sorcery, adultery, and blasphemy.

The Mayor of Peoria, Illinois (pictured) wants to fight crime with prayer.

A new study shows that vast majorities of Americans believe in the literal truth of six common Bible stories.

If you want to listen to Rich on the Indigo Room podcast, here are the links:

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Rich appears on Episode 40, about an hour into the show.

Episode 47--Dogma Free America

"Christian Heratige Week" in the State Of Washington.

 Korans bearing the state seal in Oklahoma sent to the members of the state legislature.

"In God We Trust" will not be placed on the walls of High School Classrooms in Kern County, California.

A "Family Values" candidate in Australia has to withdraw from the election after it is revealed that pictures of his family jewels are posted on the Internet.

A speial contest for our listeners.

Meet Swedish artist Lars Wilks and his new animal protector Mohammed.  Flynn calls Lars Wilks perhaps the coolest man in the world, and Rich agrees.

This week on the show we feature news of dogma from around the world, including:

--The Pope saying that governments should pay for faith schools.

--Another suspected witch murdered in Africa.

--A request for a congressional earmark for a creationist group withdrawn.

--A lawsuit against the WBC.

--The Chief of Staff of the UK army wants to help soldiers prepare for Heaven.

All this and much more.

Episode 45.

News of dogma, including the UK Ministry of Defense purchasing religious garments for soldiers who don't want them, and the same time that soldiers in Iraq have to buy their own boots.

The U.S. Federal goverment has spent about $600,000,000 on helping faith based programs learn how to best spend federal money.

(More stuff from England) Also, outrage from a think tank that the UK that the national health service employs only 3,400 chaplains at the same time that there are not enough doctors and nurses.

And more news as well.

Our picture this week is of Derek Dyson and his band of merry protesters at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma USA.  You can find out more about them at their website orulawsuit.org

Welcome back Flynn!

Flynn discusses a recent review of the show on Itunes and tells the story of strange encounter that he had in California last weekend.

News of dogma from around the world, including:

--A woman sentnced to death by stoning in Iran for adultery, and she is one of eight such women awaiting imposition of their sentence in that country.

--Two men are sentenced to 7,000 lashes in Saudi Arabia for being gay.

--A maid is arrested in Saudi Arabia for casting a spell on her boss, and the potential sentence is death by beheading.

--Presidential candidate Obama's idiotic comments on faith.

--Nancy Polosi prays for President Bush and thinks that it is God's Will that a certain piece of legislation be signed by the President--that's right, God's will.

All this and more.

News of dogma for the week:

--A new opinion poll confirms that atheists are still the least popular religious group in the United States, far less popular than Muslims and Mormons.

--Police enforcing the rules of Ramadan in the Ramallah in the West Bank.

--An archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Mozambique tells his flock that European-made condoms and anti-retroviral drugs contain HIV.

--Ten Comandments removed from a Kentucky courthouse.

--Students in Boulder, Colorado refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance because of the "under God" reference.

--All this and more on this week's Dogma Free America

Interview with the Extant Dodos about their battle with creationists who have attempted to get critical videos withdrawn from YouTube.  You can find them on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/extantdodo

The interview starts at around 40 minutes into the show

Also, news for the week, including a verdit in the Warren Jeffs trial, a congressional earmark for creationism, more on blasphemy at the Emmies, and more from India about Rama's Bridge.

A very special episode with a very special guest!  News of a religious reaction to a scientific report in India.  Also, a crackdown on un-Islamic behavior in Iran, the president of the European Commission thanks Christianity for European integration.  Also, Swedish cartoonist Lars Wilks now has a price on his head for drawing cartoons of Muhammed as a dog.

If you want to hear the interview of Rich on the "Warning" podcast, you can pull it up in Itunes by clicking here or you can go to the podcast's website here: http://web.mac.com/straybullit/Warning%3A/Warning%3A_Paranormal_Podcast/Entries/2007/9/3_Rich_Orman.html

 

Freethought books behind bars--we interview Leslie Zukor of the Reed Secular Alliance from Reed College in Portland, Oregon.  Leslie has started a program that sends non-theist books to prisoners across the U.S.A.  She has collected over 1700 books so far.  To donate to the Freethought Books to Prisoners Drive, please send your materials to Reed Secular Alliance c/o Leslie A. Zukor, Reed College #1170, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR 97202.  Inquiries about the project can be directed to the Reed Secular Alliance at rsa.secular@gmail.com.

Also, we will have news of dogma from around the world, including an update on Ted Haggard and his recent solicitation for funds, more witchcraft murders in Africa, and a proposal to teach creationism in schools in Ontario, Canada.

Modern day geocentrism, believing that the Sun revolves around the Earth. We interview skeptic Robert Scheaffer about the fringe movement that wants us to go back to the conception of the universe prior to Galileo and Copernicus and base all of science on the teachings of the Bible. Mr. Scheaffer has a website, http://www.debunker.com. He has written several books. Also, news of dogma for the week, including a proposal to impose sharia on the entire judicial system of Malaysia. If you want to chat with Rich, you can use his yahoo instant message screen name blackclawdog (the name is in honor of his 70 pound dalmatian mix Cesear, who has one black toenail.

Scientific investigation of the Great Beyond; we speak with Bryan of Rocky Mountain Paranormal.  Bryan is also the host of the weekly internet radio show Paranormal Radio.

Also, news of dogma for the past week, including an update from Skanda Vale in Wales, closing of barber shops in Iran, and Ted Haggard asking for a monthly stipend from his former flock.

Religion and research into human embyronic stem cells.  We speak with Bob Park, author of the book Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud.   We will discuss the religious dogma behind opposition to research into human embyronic stem cell research, and the muddled concept of "ensoulment."  We will also discuss how Washington politicians handle science issues.

Also, news of dogma for the week. 

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The Out Campaign--we interview organizer Josh Timonen, who is working with Dr. Richard Dawkins on a new campaign aimed at getting atheists to acknowledge their lack of religious belief.  We will talk with Josh about why he and Dr. Dawkins started the campaign, and where he thinks that it will go from here.

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Also, news of dogma from around the world, including "advice" to hospital staff in Scotland that they should refrain from eating in front of Muslims during the "holy" month of Ramadan, religious care packages to the U.S. military in Iraq, and a principal of a New York City high school disciplined for arranging bizarre religious rituals involving spraying chicken blood on the school.

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As stated on the show, Flynn was recently featured in an article in the Baltimore alternative weekly magazine, City Paper.  Here is the link.  We hope to discuss this with Flynn in the next episode.

Lastly, Rich was featured on television this week.  Here are the links to the television stories. 

http://www.9news.com/video/player.aspx?aid=39164&bw=

http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=4058025&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

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Of course, Rich's participation in this program is in no way endorsed by his employer, and the views expressed herein are his own views, and do not reflect those of his employer.

 

Interview with author John Armstrong of God Versus the Bible.  John will discuss his conclusions that the language of Bible proves that it was not inspired by the creator of the universe.  John bases this conclusion on a scientific errors in the Bible, contradictions in the Bible, and other reasons.  John also has a website.

Also, news of dogma from around the world, including more witchcraft murders in India, trafficking in human body parts for religious rituals in Africa, and more antics by the Committee for the Preservation Of Virtue and the Prevention Of Vice in Saudi Arabia.

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Interview of The Exterminator from No More Hornets.  We interview one of our favorite atheist bloggers about whether the "atheisophere" takes itself too seriously, and the role of humor in atheist blogging.  We will also have news of dogma from around the world, including updates on attacks on the freedom to criticize religion on college and university campuses, including Pace University in New York and San Francisco State University.

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Jesus, A Very Jewish Myth--Interview with author RG Price of rationalrevolution.net.  We will discuss the evidence for the existence of an historical Jesus and the origins of the Jesus myth.  You can purchase the book here.

Also, more news of Shambo the sacred bullock and an update on the child custody case of Chuch Of Sub Genius member Rachel Bevelaqua, plus other news of dogma from around the world.

You can access this program on Itunes by clicking on the Itunes link to the right.

Stoning for adultery in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the "Prophet" of the Fundamentalist Church Of Jesus Christ Of Later Day Saints faces a new indictment, a "sacred" bullock in Great Britain is exempted from normal procedures to prevent the transmission of bovine TB, a new pledge or allegiance for Texas, and much much more.

Rich will be appearing at the first ever Skepticamp in Denver, CO on August 3 and 4, 2007.  Click here for details.

Tour stop 2007 recorded on location at Quark's Bar in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Also, interview with conservative atheist Frank Cress, author of the book Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don't, Reflections Of A Conservative Atheist.

Bad news about the custody dispute with Church Of Sub Genius member Rachel Bevalauqa.  Here is a link to the court decision.

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Interview with Joseph Hoffman of CFI about the scientific evidence for the existence or non-existence of Jesus.  We will also talk to Joe about his work heading up THE JESUS PROJECT for the Committee For The Scientific Examination Of Religion.  This is the last of our three part series of interviews at the CFI's seminar on the scientific evidence for religion.

Also, news of dogma for the week, including more murders of people suspected of practicing black magic, draconian religious laws in (where else) Malaysia, prayers for rain in Georgia and Alabama, and the First Lady's recent trip to Africa.

Our first ever Dogma Free America Tour Stop was a great success!  Here is a photograph of the fun.

The scientific evidence for religion--We interview Edward Tabash in the second part of our three part series of interviews from a Center For Inquiry conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  We speak to Mr. Tabsah about whether there is any scientific proof for the existence of a god, and whether that question is even relevent in modern society.

Also, news of dogma for the past week, including a major United States Supreme Court decision on the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the United States constitution.

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Does God Exist?  We interview Tom Flynn, editor of Free Inquiry magazine about whether there is any scientific proof for the existence of a supreme being.  This is the first in a three part series of interviews Rich conducted at a seminar sponsored by the Center for Inquiry, called "Does God Exist?  The Scientific Evidence For Religion."

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Who watches the watchers?  Religious censorship in the United Kingdom and beyond--we travel across the Pond to speak with with free speech watchtdog David McKeegan of Mediawatchwatch.org.uk.  We will speak to David about religious censorship in the UK and about how he started out keeping track of anti-free speech zealots.

Also, a follow-up to our story about a high school student in Virgina who was threatened with expulsion for loaning a friend The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.  Also, follow-up on our story about the German judge who denied an expedited divorce to a Muslim woman who was a victim of domestic violence because her husband's actions were justified in the Koran.  More news as well.

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Church of the SubGenius--We interview "sub Founder" Ivan Stang. We will talk to "Rev" Ivan about his "church" and its dogma's including "slack" and the demi-diety "Bob" (Bob is pictured in this episode, with a pipe in his mouth).  On a more serious note, we will talk about the horrible legal ordeal faced by SubGenius member Rachel Bevilacqua, who has been facing losing custody of her son due to participation in SubGenius events and parodying religion.  What Rachel has undergone is truely disguisting.

You can find out more about subgenius by clicking here.  Rachel also has a blog.

If you want to contribute to Rachel's legal defense, you can click here or here. 

You can purchase one of the "Why a goat" t-shirts by clicking here.

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Everything Is Pointless--We interview Louie Savva of the blog by the same name.  Louie is a former paranormal researcher who concluded that paranormal phenomina do not exist, and that everything is pointless.  Also, news of dogma from around the world, including an update on the bizarre adult breastfeeding fatwa from Egypt, Harry Potter in a school library in Georgia, the Kosher Internet, and the Berkeley California City Council's reaction to an anti-Islam video.

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