What Even Are Heavenly Treasures?

Jon and Logan talk about sliding down elephant trunks, flying, and having unbelievable sex with raisins!

Jon talks to Phil Ferguson about investing, futures, tithing, and what you can do with money that’s better than burning it.
http://polarisfinancialplanning.com/the-phil-ferguson-show/
https://www.facebook.com/ThePhilFergusonShow/
Twitter: @skepticmoney

Phil has agreed to give our listeners 30 minute financial consultations with no obligation! Take him up on his offer by e-mailing him at phil@polarisfinancialplanning.com with the subject “The Wayward Willis.”

Logan talks about Nintendo Labo and what it feels like to buy cardboard packaged in cardboard and the future of cardboard sex robots.

Intro music by Austin Colón:
http://austincolon.wixsite.com/music
https://austincolonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-path-ahead

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What Even Is Faith?

Jon and Logan talk about faith, evidence, and eating Mike & Ike on an island with unicorns…or something.

Jon talks to Jenica and Patrick Crail from the Real Life Beyond Faith podcast about falling out of religion and raising kids.
http://www.reallifebeyondfaith.com
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https://www.facebook.com/reallifebeyondfaith
Twitter: @RLBFpod

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2018 National Convention

Logan and Jon talk about YouTube, Google, discriminatory hiring practices and the cesspool of free speech.

OA150: Janus, The Angry Roman God Of Doorways (And Labor Law?)

Intro music by Austin Colón:
http://austincolon.wixsite.com/music
https://austincolonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-path-ahead

We have a Patreon page!
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What Even Is Deconversion?

Apologies for poor audio quality. We switched equipment this week and didn’t have a flawless recording.

Jon and Logan talk about outgrowing invisible friends and, basically, Jon’s life story.

Jon talks to his girlfriend, Dawn, about growing up in a religiously “meh” family and her move away from her childhood views and beliefs.

Logan and Jon talk about the sitcom, Friends, and its 90s mentality. Is it OK to watch old shows with misogyny, homophobia, and toxic masculinity?

Intro music by Austin Colón:
http://austincolon.wixsite.com/music
https://austincolonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-path-ahead

We have a Patreon page!
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S1E8: What Even Is Satan?

Show Notes

Jon and Logan discuss the dark lord of Hell and what he even is and does.

Jon talks to Steve Hill about Satanism and our criminal justice system!
https://www.facebook.com/steve.hill.378
Twitter: @stevehillcomic

Jon rants about how stupid the concept of Satan is and why believing in an evil being leads to bad behavior.

Jon and Logan break down a verse from the Bible and discuss why you shouldn’t cut off your hands.

Intro music by Austin Colón: http://austincolon.wixsite.com/music
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Atheism Sucks!

I saw a video recently from some kid who seems to have it all figured out.  His thought process is a lot like mine was when I was a kid: my parents told me what to think, I adopted it as my own, and I knew I was right.  His video is titled, “Atheism Sucks.”  Dislikes on this video currently outnumber likes 3,113 to 89.  You can watch it here:

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Born Christian?

I was indoctrinated into Protestant Christianity from birth and accepted Jesus as my Lord and savior at the ripe old age of four.  I don’t remember much about my childhood but I still remember that evening and the place of worship in Panama we called “The Home.”  It wasn’t a formal church and I imagine it was more like what you would have seen in the Apostle Paul’s day where believers gathered in homes to praise god together through song and prayer.

A quick aside: on my blog I’ll never capitalize the word “god.”  It’s not a proper name.  If I use a proper name like Jehovah or Jesus or Allah I’ll capitalize it as per English grammatical rules.  However, since I commonly refer to “god” you can assume I’m speaking of the Biblical deity known as Jehovah or Yahweh.

Almost as sweet as forgiveness.

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Are They in Heaven?

I saw this in my news feed on one of my Facebook friends’ status:

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❤If you miss someone that’s in heaven, put this as your status!❤
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I wonder: how could you possibly know for sure whether or not your loved one is in Heaven? The problem, as I see it, is that nearly every religion has different views as to what it takes to get there. Some believe you get there by works, some by living a moral life, some through gaining knowledge/wisdom, some simply by professing belief, and some through multiple reincarnations until you “get it right.” Some of these are mutually exclusive and so they can’t all be correct. So how do you know if your loved one made the right choice in how to get there? It’s all terribly confusing!

I suppose what it really boils down to is this: if believing that your loved one (or dog/cat/hamster) is in Heaven with god makes you feel better about not having them around anymore, then they’re in Heaven. Really, it’s all about what you want to believe. I mean, it’s very rare to hear someone say, “I really miss my dad. He was a great guy. It’s just too bad he’s roasting in Hell right now.” Heaven just seems like a comfort device that has no real value to the dead but to the survivors instead.

Anyway, just thought I’d share a thought. It’s not important but it’s on my mind.