Godless Business

2.3 – Live and Unplugged

In this episode Ollie and Andrew sit down for a chat without the others members of the team distracting them.  We apologise for the results in advance.

References

Cease and Desist Fail
Two football fans killed by anti-football Islamist fanatics in Somalia
Is the Catholic Church a force for good in the world?
South African doctor invents female condoms with ‘teeth’ to fight rape
Cancer victim ‘fanatical’ about her faith, inquest told
Australians losing the faith
Grope the Pope
Creepiest Picture of the Week
Request For Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott To Address Secular Voters

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  • godlesspaladin

    Atheist Alliance International as a group is legit, here is their page on Atheist Nexus http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/aai2008attendee…
    Not sure about the guy who sent you the email though. He might be on their Atheist Nexus page.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/askegg askegg

      I looked up the Ugandan Atheist Alliance last night. The gentleman who contacted me IS the President of the organization. I will be posting an article on this later today.

  • http://twitter.com/yGns @yGns

    No download link for this show or is it just not up yet?

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/askegg askegg

      Oops, now fixed. You should see a download link next to the play option.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1735511620 Jessamine Gibb

    I had been thinking of an idea I may want to discuss on the show if you guys would have me and I'm not too shy. Andrew and I had discussed me contributing soon after the show began but things have been pretty hectic my end.

    People often state that increased emotional wellbeing is an advantage of their religion i.e. the oft heard 'it makes me feel good so I don't care if it's true or not'. I think there is an important flip side to that in terms of the mental/emotional distress religious dogma can cause and also the difficulty in identifying mental illness in a culture where talking to imaginary people is an accepted activity, or in helping people to distinguish between imagined things/delusions and real things in a world where relativism and tolerance is the dominant mode of discourse. These are themes that have been of importance in my personal life and in my work and I think they are important. What do you guys think?

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/askegg askegg

      Sure! Let's schedule it in somewhere.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1735511620 Jessamine Gibb

        I'll facebook message you :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/anwyll David Gibson

    I use Zune software but I don't own a zune media player of any sort but I manually subscribed to the podcast via your site (I have nfi what this marketplace is).

    The thing I don't get about the "condom with teeth" is how you can ensure a rapist uses one. I'd imagine while raping someone the rapist themselves determin which condom they use (and put it on themselves) so I'm unclear how a woman can get this condom used. Also, without clear identification I foresee a number of innocent men having to present at their local ED with their girlfriend or wife in toe asking doctors to remove the psychotic condom.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/askegg askegg

      The "condom" goes inside the woman and acts as a kind of barbed trap for rapists.
      (link in the references fixed)

  • FactoryGirl

    2.3 In this episode you were talking about the female condoms made for South africa for women who get raped. Totally reminds me of the wives tale of w omen's Virgina's having teeth and the movie based on that tale where a girl bites of the penis of all these men who take advance of her with her vagina. Its called Teeth. Terrible movie but worth renting to waste a Friday night, in front of the T.V with some chips. Again hope this is the right episode, take care.

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