Equal Time For Freethought » Barry http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org Tune in, Pay it Forward, and Question Everything! Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:56:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2006-2007 flactivist@gmail.com (Equal Time For Freethought on WBAI New York) flactivist@gmail.com (Equal Time For Freethought on WBAI New York) posts 1440 http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/etff_quicklogo_small.jpg Equal Time For Freethought » Barry http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org 144 144 Tune in, pay it forward, and question everything! To explore and represent an evidence-based world view, thereby providing a forum for social change based on secular humanism, scientific naturalism, and healthy skepticism. atheism, humanism, peace, justice, secular humanism, science, politics Equal Time For Freethought on WBAI New York Equal Time For Freethought on WBAI New York flactivist@gmail.com no no Show 302: The Best Church of God! http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/2009/04/26/show-302-the-best-church-of-god/ http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/2009/04/26/show-302-the-best-church-of-god/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:18:29 +0000 Barry http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/?p=177 The Best Church of God!

Without church, many have asked for more community and fun in the atheist and freethinking community. This void is being filled in a unique and hilarious way by the Chicago based satirical performance group, “The Best Church of God.”  Join us for performance sketches and an interview by Sunsara Taylor with cast members of the group.

From the Best Church of God website:

“Historians will say the Best Church of God was founded in early 2008. The truth is, the BCOG started some 6,000 years ago when the Almighty created the earth (see the book of Genesis for accurate, irrefutable details). And while we are not the first to worship, fear, and consume the Lord, we are the first to do it correctly.

“We are a unique denomination of Christ-followers who believe in the absolute, literal, and unerring word of the Bible as set forth in the original English. The Lord has chosen the Best Church of God as His only official assembly of worship. Being the true Crusaders for Christ, we will stop at nothing to prove to the unbelievers that true faith requires no proof, convert the sinners to the morality only Christianity can provide, and smite those who stand in the way our blessed mission. In the war of religions, God is only on one side: ours. He told us so.”

]]> http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/2009/04/26/show-302-the-best-church-of-god/feed/ 0 28:54 The Best Church of God! Without church, many have asked for more community and fun in the atheist and freethinking community. This void is being filled ... The Best Church of God! Without church, many have asked for more community and fun in the atheist and freethinking community. This void is being filled in a unique and hilarious way by the Chicago based satirical performance group, "The Best Church of God."  Join us for performance sketches and an interview by Sunsara Taylor with cast members of the group. From the Best Church of God website: "Historians will say the Best Church of God was founded in early 2008. The truth is, the BCOG started some 6,000 years ago when the Almighty created the earth (see the book of Genesis for accurate, irrefutable details). And while we are not the first to worship, fear, and consume the Lord, we are the first to do it correctly. "We are a unique denomination of Christ-followers who believe in the absolute, literal, and unerring word of the Bible as set forth in the original English. The Lord has chosen the Best Church of God as His only official assembly of worship. Being the true Crusaders for Christ, we will stop at nothing to prove to the unbelievers that true faith requires no proof, convert the sinners to the morality only Christianity can provide, and smite those who stand in the way our blessed mission. In the war of religions, God is only on one side: ours. He told us so." Shows Equal Time For Freethought on WBAI New York no no Show 272: A Victory for Vengeance?: America’s Methods of Domination; Part Two http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/2008/08/10/show-273-a-victory-for-vengeance-americas-methods-of-domination-part-two/ http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/2008/08/10/show-273-a-victory-for-vengeance-americas-methods-of-domination-part-two/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:45:04 +0000 Barry http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/?p=138 A Victory for Vengeance?: America’s Methods of Domination; Part Two

For more than 30 years now, the United States has taken a turn to the Right in how we organize our society. Prison populations have skyrocketed, prison sentences and anti-crime laws have become more and more draconian, torture has been used at home and abroad in the name of security, and the state has tightened its noose around those of us not in the upper classes… especially non-whites and the poor. Why has this occurred? What role has the rise in political Christianity played in the push for far right policies? Are there underlying reasons for this sad state of affairs beyond religion and the conservative politics of the Reagan/Bush era that are not even being talked about? And what can we do to make America more democratic, egalitarian and humanistic?

These are the questions we asked of journalists’ Sasha Abramsky, author of American Furies: Crime, Punishment and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment and Kristian Williams, author of American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination and Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America.

]]> http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/2008/08/10/show-273-a-victory-for-vengeance-americas-methods-of-domination-part-two/feed/ 0 26:36 A Victory for Vengeance?: America's Methods of Domination; Part Two For more than 30 years now, the United States has taken a turn to the Right ... A Victory for Vengeance?: America's Methods of Domination; Part Two For more than 30 years now, the United States has taken a turn to the Right in how we organize our society. Prison populations have skyrocketed, prison sentences and anti-crime laws have become more and more draconian, torture has been used at home and abroad in the name of security, and the state has tightened its noose around those of us not in the upper classes... especially non-whites and the poor. Why has this occurred? What role has the rise in political Christianity played in the push for far right policies? Are there underlying reasons for this sad state of affairs beyond religion and the conservative politics of the Reagan/Bush era that are not even being talked about? And what can we do to make America more democratic, egalitarian and humanistic? These are the questions we asked of journalists' Sasha Abramsky, author of American Furies: Crime, Punishment and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment and Kristian Williams, author of American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination and Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America. Shows Equal Time For Freethought on WBAI New York no no Show 175: Ivan Stang & The Church of the SubGenius http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/2006/06/04/show-175-ivan-stang-the-church-of-the-subgenius/ http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/2006/06/04/show-175-ivan-stang-the-church-of-the-subgenius/#comments Sun, 04 Jun 2006 20:41:03 +0000 Barry http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/2006/06/04/show-175-ivan-stang-the-church-of-the-subgenius/ The Church of the SubGenius is a satirical postmodern parody religion, originally based in Dallas, Texas, which gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s subculture, with a large presence on the Internet.  The Church describes its philosophy in the following manner: “The Church Of The SubGenius is an order of Scoffers and Blasphemers, dedicated to Total Slack, delving into Mockery Science, Sadofuturistics, Megaphysics, Scatalography, Schizophreniatrics, Morealism, Sarcastrophy, Cynisacreligion, Apocolyptionomy, ESPectorationalism, Hypno-Pediatrics, Subliminalism, Satyriology, Disto-Utopianity, Sardonicology, Fascetiouism, Ridiculophagy, and Miscellatheistic Theology.”

The prestigious law firm of Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria LLP has agreed to take the case of controversial SubGenius comic Rachel Bevilacqua.  Bevilacqua, who performs under the name “Rev.  Magdalen,” was stripped of the custody of her 10-year-old son because of pictures found on the Internet of her performances with the satirical comedy group The SubGenius Foundation, Inc.  The images were from a members-only yearly SubGenius convention in upstate New York.  Rachel’s blog details the full story and is online at http://rbevilacqua.blogspot.com.  She is not allowed to speak to the press, but Ivan Stang, the author and publisher of the first screed of the Church of the SubGenius, will speak to us about the church and the court case.

]]> http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/2006/06/04/show-175-ivan-stang-the-church-of-the-subgenius/feed/ 0 30:02 The Church of the SubGenius is a satirical postmodern parody religion, originally based in Dallas, Texas, which gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s subculture, ... The Church of the SubGenius is a satirical postmodern parody religion, originally based in Dallas, Texas, which gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s subculture, with a large presence on the Internet.  The Church describes its philosophy in the following manner: "The Church Of The SubGenius is an order of Scoffers and Blasphemers, dedicated to Total Slack, delving into Mockery Science, Sadofuturistics, Megaphysics, Scatalography, Schizophreniatrics, Morealism, Sarcastrophy, Cynisacreligion, Apocolyptionomy, ESPectorationalism, Hypno-Pediatrics, Subliminalism, Satyriology, Disto-Utopianity, Sardonicology, Fascetiouism, Ridiculophagy, and Miscellatheistic Theology." The prestigious law firm of Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria LLP has agreed to take the case of controversial SubGenius comic Rachel Bevilacqua.  Bevilacqua, who performs under the name “Rev.  Magdalen,” was stripped of the custody of her 10-year-old son because of pictures found on the Internet of her performances with the satirical comedy group The SubGenius Foundation, Inc.  The images were from a members-only yearly SubGenius convention in upstate New York.  Rachel’s blog details the full story and is online at http://rbevilacqua.blogspot.com.  She is not allowed to speak to the press, but Ivan Stang, the author and publisher of the first screed of the Church of the SubGenius, will speak to us about the church and the court case. Shows Equal Time For Freethought on WBAI New York no no