09 July 2016
By StephenTorrence
In Weekly Why
A year on from his deconversion from Christianity, we interview Jon Fortenbury to ask how he’s getting along without God.
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agnosticism, alcohol, alcoholism, atheism, blackmail, Christianity, conversion, dreams, ethics, faith, God, Jon Fortenbury, morality, mythology, reconversion, religion, secularism, spirituality, Stephen, Tantalus, The Atlantic, therapy, USA Today College
19 January 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Dr. Mark Webb and Sebastian Bentkowski join Stephen to discuss their varying paths into Buddhism, comparing theory / practice and all the MU! in between.
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Austin Zen Center, Buddha, Buddhism, bullet hell shooters, Catholicism, causation, cedar pollen, Charlie Chaplin, Christianity, Dr. Webb, ecstatic dance, Ender's Game, enlightenment, fencing, Flow, Freud, Islam, Judaism, koans, meditation, memes, PBS Idea Channel, philosophy of religion, postmodernism, poststructuralism, reductionism, reincarnation, Sebastian, Shikantaza, Slavoj Zizek, Snapchat, Springer Press, Stephen, Suzuki Roshi, The Great Dictator, utilitarianism, video games, violence, Wu Wei, Zazen, zen, Zoltan Zabo
20 July 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Uncategorized
Local writer Jon Fortenbury joins us to reflect on his personal journey among Christianity, atheism, and agnosticism.
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agnosticism, Anselm's Argument, AOL, atheism, Austin, Christianity, cosmological argument, doubt, God, Internet Archive, Jesus, Jon Fortenbury, Las Vegas, Letters to a Christian Nation, LSD, miracles, MythBusters, New York, Reno, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, spirituality, Stephen, the Bible
30 December 2012
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Is Doctor Who a religion? Kevin and Stephen respond to Idea Channel and ruminate on Facebook, memory and identity
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atheism, authenticity, censorship, Christianity, Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, cosmology, David Tennant, definition, Doctor Who, Emile Durkheim, Facebook, history, identity, Instagram, journalism, Kevin, Matt Smith, memory, My Little Pony, obscenity, Pastafarianism, PBS Idea Channel, poststructuralism, PRI, Prometheus, radio, RadioLab, religion, religious exclusivism, Richard Dawkins, science, science fiction, scientology, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stephen, This American Life, truth
28 June 2012
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Stephen and Kevin tackle a fan’s Formspring suggestion, the frickin’ Moderny film “The Sunset Limited,” starring two stereotypes having a conversation about suicide. Hooray!
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Alien, Christianity, Cormac McCarthy, epistemology, existentialism, faith, film, God, Michael Fassbender, modernism, nihilism, No Country for Old Men, power, Prometheus, race, realism, religion, Rifftrax, Samuel L. Jackson, Star Wars, statism, stereotypes, suicide, The Sunset Limited, theatre, Tommy Lee Jones, TV Tropes
