1.7 – We Have Earned Our Explicit Rating

There is an article and chart in the Skeptics magazine (latest issue I think) that I was given at Skeptics in the Pub last week, I will show it to you.

PS: I noticed your References link to the oh-so-helpful prayer site ("They STILL have not sent my my Aston Martin and my cash…") is missing its "http://", so it ends up pointing to "http://www.godless.biz/2010/04/07/godless-business-podcast-1-7-we-have-earned-our-explicit-rating/www.prayforme.com.au" instead of http://www.prayforme.com.au ;)

I think in any exchange with a christian we should be a civil as possible and not put them down for a cheap laugh. If the father was serious about his view he should have shown the Chaplin how he came to his view, using logic and truth not making it look like he was in a bad play at school and that's why he doesn't believe in God. Maybe if he had engaged in a adult discussion he could have helped changed the schools polices and at least let the kids get to go to science works or something fun another day.

The email about Jesus resurrection and comparing it to his friend leaving the hospital without out telling him wasn't a very good example. If Jesus was really dead, by the doctors definition, then why would you tell them to just check his house to see if he had gone home. Would it be more likely someone opened the tomb and took him or something, if was dead and really walked out then is that kinda what a resurrection is. Or maybe I'm being too serious and the example David used was to show how stupid Christians are for believing that it really happened.

Another thing I had a problem with was the fact he had access to the email address of the school Chaplin. maybe being 2010 schools work differently then when I was last at school 6 years ago, but that strikes me as odd anyhow.

I feel like a twat for taking a fake email so seriously and dissecting what amounts to a silly joke for atheists to enjoy but try and imagine it was real for one moment and it doesn't seem so funny.

2) When you were talking about the passion of the Christ in the episode in regards to what happened in geelong, I think you missed the point. If grown men of 60 were walking out of the cinema is was not because there christian, like you said in the podcast, but because they believe this is the TRUTH, that this is a historic event that really happened. You compared it to Jews watching a movie made about the holocaust and crying over that, I think anyone would cry over that regardless of there relgion becuase we know that it really happened and its horrible thing. Even athiests would be moved by a movie about that, ever seen Sophie's Choice?

I don't think they're crying over this movie because their christian necessarily but because they feel this was a man just like them that had this happen to them in real life. They heard the story but seeing it played out so realistic in film makes them realize how horrible it would have been for this man. There viewing it as truth where as if they saw another graphic movie like Saw or something they might not walk out because while its not a pleasant movie to watch they can separate it as fiction and entertainment not truth like the Passion of The Christ. If that makes sense? (just to make it clear again, I'm an atheist, I know its not truth)

cheers!