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Putin - The Orthodox Christian Soldier - Atheism UK Podcast #28 -  RECORDED ON Mar 13, 2022
In this video we look at the deep connection between Putin, The Russian Orthodox Church and the war in Ukraine.

QUESTION: Is Putin using his faith to cozy up to the Russian Orthodox Church and does the Orthodox Russian Church now support his war on the Ukraine

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Further reading:

Putin and the Orthodox Church: how his faith shapes his politics

https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2022/02/16/essay-on-vladimir-putin

Patriarch Kirill, Orthodox Primate of Moscow and All Russians offered prayers on Sunday for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine

https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/moscow-patriarch-prays-for-unity

There Are No Atheists In Foxholes [Debunked]

"There are no atheists in foxholes" is an aphorism used to suggest that in times of extreme stress or fear, in other words like a foxhole in war facing death, that someone who identifies as Atheist will turn to god to save them. 

In this podcast we look at the concept and soundly debunk it.

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Some people find religious faith comforting during stressful or dangerous experiences, others however, lose their faith when undergoing trauma or witnessing immense suffering.

Suggesting that someone who identifies as an atheist would ditch their deep held belief in times of fear is absurd, but it's built on the mistaken belief that Atheists believe in god, but have just turned their back on god. It shows how little theists understand of Atheism.

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P. R. A. T. T. Arguments - Previously Refuted A Thousand Times

In today's podcast we discuss P.R.A.T.T. Arguments or arguments we have with theist apologists that have been previously refuted a thousand times although it feels like more.

Theist apologists stick to an 'argument for god' script no matter how many time it has been proved wrong or fallacious.  

If you're a regular to this channel you'll know that every single argument put forward for the exitance of God has been debunked, proven wrong or is based on a fallacy or 7.. 

We discuss a few of the reasons why the god concept is incoherent.

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Debunking The Teleological Argument https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AyaDMlIx3w

Debunking The Cosmological Argument https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJP1SS-Elw4

Debunking The Argument Form Morality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AptNbgdX2qs

A short clip of Sean Carroll v William Lane Craig  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R97IHcuyWI0

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Remembrance Day in the UK is specifically to remember those who died in service, and yet right across the country the Christian church is still an official part of many of the Remembrance Day ceremonies.    

Remembrance Day should be completely secular. The Cenotaph was designed by Edwin Lutyens as a secular memorial because the war dead were from an array of different people from many faiths, not just Christians such as Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs and those of no faith.  It is no longer appropriate for the Church to presume to lead the nation in such events considering the majority of the UK population is not Christian, and over half the population are not even religious, we believe our civic ceremonies should reflect that.  

In fact all ceremonies of national importance should be secular in character. This would mean all members of British society should feel equally included.  

The Guardian Article we referred to in the podcast https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/06/remembrance-sunday-lack-of-secular-presence 

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Is it time for the ‘Lords Spiritual’ (The Bishops) to go from the House Or Lords? Our opposition to clergy, an arbitrarily appointed body that has been included to scrutinise and comment upon the legislation of UK politics, is simply not right. More than 55% of the UK population is non religious. UK legislation therefore, should not be influenced by people who base their decisions on the will of, or the supposed word of an unproven god.

We are now in the 21st Century. We should be looking to a secular society, and these arcane appointments must go.

Basing moral judgement on Christian values and morals in a modern inclusive democratic society that influences laws to make the lives of the people better through secular non religious judgement has to be the future.

The Bishop's assessment of this and other bills that go through the House of Lords is based on archaic biblical text and the questionable moral values held within their holy books, and therefore has no place in a forward thinking society.

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Apostasy.. The 21st Century Thought Crime - Atheism UK Podcast #15  

The act of being an Apostate is seen differently throughout religion. It simply means a formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion. The punishment for this formal self removal from a religion is also varied depending on the religion, the social and cultural or the sect of religion but includes shunning, excommunication, verbal abuse, physical violence, or even death.  

It’s hard to believe that in the 21st Century we have such a concept as Apostasy. It’s essentially a thought crime. If you renounce your religion in thought or through deed, those who follow the religion are expected to offer some punishment.   

Religious laws upheld and enforced by the state are ridiculous in the 21st Century. This also allies to blasphemy as well as apostasy.  

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The Afterlife - Atheism UK Podcast #14 - One of the big philosophical questions  - those existential questions that for some reasons we seem to need answers for includes what happens when we die  Sensitive psychological problem, we somehow want to believe because we don’t want to lose our loved ones forever and I know people who cling on to that for their psychological well being and I would never take that away from them. However - religion has almost weaponized it with the concepts of heaven and hell. 

For those in religion, the concepts of afterlife are intrinsic to their faith, but the question is that belief justified or is it just another man made belief system based on zero evidence?  In this video we look at the idea of an afterlife and if Near Death Experience [NDE] in any way proves an afterlife is a rational position.  Are we, as Carl Sagan so eloquently put it simply.. ‘the stuff of stars’ - I think that is profound and beautiful.   

But what do you think?  

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Leaving Religion - Atheism UK Podcast #13 - Leaving any religion can be difficult from a couple of perspectives. The first is from belief to non-belief. This can in some be an existential crisis that many suffer alone. There is also the secondary issue that many face which is problems with family and friends.  In this podcast we welcome Esther, The Afro Humanist who speaks about her journey from Christianity. Esther has her own channel which is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Vn8JbQ4sbMKYzz7HFMtFg 

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In this podcast we look at Misogyny In Religion and joined this week by Nuriyah Khan who is an ex-Muslim and has a great YouTube channel (Holy Humanist) that highlights the issues facing women in Islam Religious misogyny is hard baked into religion. It, like many institutions is male dominated and places men above women. Unlike other institutions that aim to bring equality and fundamental change as we move into the 21st century, religion can not, and will not change. Misogyny and patriarchal rule is at the heart of religion. This grates so loudly against the aims of modern society that you have to question if the Abrahamic religions have had their time.  

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The Question Of Morality - Religion seems to claim the moral high ground. We are asked if you don’t believe in god where do you get your morals from?  The question of morality is directly linked with the question of what is right and wrong, what is good and what is evil, and yet we asked to look to religion for our moral guidance. These are the religious institutions that harbour child sex abusers, sanction slavery including sex slaves, that say it’s OK to beat your wife or to murder someone because they are gay or leave your religion.

The question of morals has always been part of the theist v atheist debates. What’s your opinion?  

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