Atheist Alliance International Podcast

This week we chat with a Malay atheist and volunteer for the Atheist Support Network about her work with the Council of Ex-Muslims of Singapore & Humanist Society of Singapore https://cemsg-org.business.site/ https://humanist.org.sg/ Follow and connect with us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational Twitter: https://twitter.com/atheistalliance Website: https://www.atheistalliance.org/ Join AAI: https://www.atheistalliance.org/membership/

Join us as we talk to Rationalist Society of Australia board member, Stella Thomas about issues Down Under, particularly their campaign to end Christian prayers at the openings of government councils at local, state, and federal levels, and Christian chaplaincy programs in public schools.  Connect with the RSA at: https://rationalist.com.au/ Follow and connect with us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational Twitter: https://twitter.com/atheistalliance Website: https://www.atheistalliance.org/

Israeli Journalist Reveals Abuse - Former Haaretz Reporter, Asaf Ronel, describes the systemic abuse of Palestinians he witnessed last May during weeks of violence.   For decades, Israeli politicians have systematically violated the human rights of the Palestinians with virtually no repercussions. When confronted about these violations by the community of nations, Israel plays the holocaust card to try and shame its critics into silence; and it often works.  Former Israeli minister, Shulamit Aloni, admitted this tactic in a 2002 interview for Democracy Now. Given the scale of Israel's recent assault on Gaza, including the bombing of a residential building that also held the offices of Al-Jazeera and the Associated Press, that hand may finally have been over-played. Twenty-five years ago, Noam Chomsky wrote that Israel acts with impunity given the unwavering support provided by the US government. Eleven years ago,  Hitch pondered why American politicians 'acquiesce so wretchedly . . . at the hands of a virtual client state.  It seems things have finally gone too far for some Americans. Recently the New York Times writes that many American Democratic senators are wary of continuing to give Israel a pass for its heavy-handed claims of self-defence. The article quotes the president of an Israeli lobby group, J Street, stating that Americans turning a blind eye 'essentially amounts to international immunity to Israel.'  What is baffling, to this writer anyway, is that after many centuries of anti-Semitism and maltreatment of Jews in various lands, Israeli politicians currently in charge apparently learned absolutely nothing. Indeed, the Twitter feeds of two Jewish Washington Post correspondents are constantly updated with the latest Israeli abuses and the disgust of these reporters at what is being done to the Palestinians. READ MORE:   The article is Secular World (Calling Israel to Account for it s Human Rights Abuses) can be found at https://www.atheistalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Secular-World-June-2021.pdf

Welcome to the Atheist Alliance International Podcast with Andy Phillips and Jason Sylvester A.K.A. Diogenes of Mayberry.  This week we are joined by Jesse Bering, an American psychologist, writer, and academic. He is Associate Professor in Science Communication at the University of Otago, where he serves as Director of the Centre for Science Communication, as well as a frequent contributor to Scientific American, Slate, and Das Magazin  We look at the concepts of belief and whether consciousness survival, belief in god and the afterlife is a construct of the human mind. Book By Jesse Bering The God Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny and the Meaning of Life https://amzn.to/3ce5naD Jesse Bering Website: http://www.jessebering.com/    Follow and connect with us:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational    Listen and watch the podcasts on these platforms  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AtheistAllianceInternational   Spotify: http://bit.ly/aai-pod-spotify  Apple podcasts: http://bit.ly/aai-apple   Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3pknMYG    Website: https://www.atheistalliance.org/

Atheist Alliance International Podcast with Andy Phillips and Jason Sylvester   We recently interviewed Professor Greg Dawes, who teaches courses on religion and philosophy at Otago University in Auckland about his book Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science. We discovered he had been a Catholic priest and was now a non-believer, and this is his story.   Follow and connect with us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational    Listen and watch the podcasts on these platforms  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AtheistAllianceInternational   Spotify: http://bit.ly/aai-pod-spotify  Apple podcasts: http://bit.ly/aai-apple   Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3pknMYG    Website: https://www.atheistalliance.org/

Interview with Sami Abdallah, President of Freethought Lebanon. Sami discusses a new report coming out which highlights the plight of Atheists in Lebanon. You can get more information on this from https://www.freethoughtlebanon.net/atheists-in-lebanon/

Hi and welcome to the Atheist Alliance International podcast with me Andy Phillips and today I’m joined by Dr Darrel Ray who is a psychologist and author of The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture and also SEX & GOD: How Religion Distorts Sexuality. He’s also a founder of the non-profit organization Recovering from Religion as well as the Secular Therapy Project. Today we look at secular sexuality, and the treatment of religion-induced trauma. The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture https://amzn.to/3dWJbnd Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality https://amzn.to/3q15vyu Recovering From Religion: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/ Secular Therapy Project: https://www.seculartherapy.org/

Atheist Alliance international Podcast- In this podcast we’re looking at blasphemy, and specifically some of the blasphemy cases that are going on in Nigeria right now where Atheist Alliance international have been working with legal teams on specific cases which we want to provide some context for and also some updates.  With me today I have Bill Flavell the vice president of Atheist Alliance International who been working alongside my other guest today who’s part of the legal team on the ground and that’s Kola Alapinni We're on all the major podcasting platforms so follow us on your favorite platform, we’re also on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/AtheistAllianceInternational

Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science with Gregory W. Dawes. Hi and welcome to the Atheist Alliance International podcast with me Andy Phillips and today I’m joined by our resident historian, writer and blogger Jason Sylvester and today we are talking to Professor Greg Dawes who teaches courses on religion and philosophy at Otago University in Auckland, NZ, and is the author of Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science. He joins us today to discuss the theological and contextual background of the showdown between the Catholic Church and Galileo in the 1600s, and how the religious mentality, then and now, claims special knowledge via divine revelation which in the eyes of the church trumps science. BOOK: Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science by Gregory W. Dawes https://amzn.to/3aaK9cf

Atheist Alliance International podcast with Andy Phillips. This is the podcast that brings you interviews and news from the secular world… In this podcast I speak to Andy Pakula, an atheist minister in a non theistic church in London https://www.new-unity.org/ and Historian, Author and Blogger Jason Sylvester as we delve in the truth behind the myths portrayed in the Bible. You can donate and become a member at our website https://www.atheistalliance.org/ BOOK: The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts : https://amzn.to/34lxwbQ Diogenes of Mayberry (Jason Sylvester) Website :  https://diogenesofmayberry.com/ Please subscribe and share

Atheist Alliance International podcast with Andy Phillips. This is the podcast that brings you interviews and news from the secular world… In this podcast I speak with Thomas Sheedy, Thomas Sheedy is President and founder of Atheists for Liberty, and I spoke to him about his organization and his views on the state of Atheism and the atheist community in a very divided and divisive world. https://www.atheistalliance.org/

The Atheist Alliance International Podcast With Andy Phillips. In this podcast Andy speaks with AAI Vice President Bill Flavell about the role AAI plays on the world stage and help offered to persecuted atheists around the world. Our main interview is with Dr. Aroup Chatterjee, the author of the book ‘The Untold Story' which challenges the perception of Mother Teresa as someone to be venerated.

This week we are joined by Paul Clark, author of the book The Omega Course. Our discussion leans to the intellectual atheism side of things & contextualized history as we deconstruct biblical passages & why the Bible can't properly be understood from the fundamentalist perspective of being literally true and error-free. Paul’s book: https://bit.ly/4boU9fM My book: https://bit.ly/4bquCmy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis Follow and connect with us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational Twitter: https://twitter.com/atheistalliance Website: https://www.atheistalliance.org/ Join AAI: https://www.atheistalliance.org/membership/ Donate to the ASN: https://www.atheistalliance.org/atheist-support-network/

Join us this week as we talk to 3 ex-clergy, from 3 separate denominations, all members of The Clergy Project. Our guests discuss their time in the pulpit and the beginnings of questioning their beliefs, their journey to atheism, the impact on their families/careers, and how The Clergy Project helped them, and how they give back. https://clergyproject.org/ Scott’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwuBjzBcGguFdkdTGZjCQww Follow and connect with us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational Twitter: https://twitter.com/atheistalliance Website: https://www.atheistalliance.org/ Join AAI: https://www.atheistalliance.org/membership/ Donate to the ASN: https://www.atheistalliance.org/atheist-support-network/

Join us for a highly intellectual talk about re-dating the New Testament canon to the second century CE based on computer stylistic analysis and textual criticism. Britt & Wingo take us through the research from their book Christ Before Jesus. Book: https://www.amazon.com/Christ-Before-Jesus-Evidence-Second-Century-ebook/dp/B0CWYRBWBZ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@christbeforejesus Website: https://christbeforejesus.com/ Follow and connect with us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational Twitter: https://twitter.com/atheistalliance Website: https://www.atheistalliance.org/ Join AAI: https://www.atheistalliance.org/membership/ Donate to the ASN: https://www.atheistalliance.org/atheist-support-network/

The founder of Haitian Freethinkers joins us to discuss his journey from believer to atheist, and the circumstances which led him to found the group. https://www.facebook.com/HaitianFreeThinkers https://podcasts.feedspot.com/secularism_podcasts/ Follow and connect with us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational Twitter: https://twitter.com/atheistalliance Website: https://www.atheistalliance.org/ Join AAI: https://www.atheistalliance.org/membership/ Donate to the ASN: https://www.atheistalliance.org/atheist-support-network/

Dexter Morgan, an atheist blogger & activist from Afghanistan joins us to tell his story of interrogation by the Taliban, fleeing to Pakistan, paying off officials for visas, and his final journey to freedom & a new life in Australia. You can find Dexter & fellow Ex-Muslim content on: https://www.tiktok.com/@dexter.morgan66 https://www.clubhouse.com/@dexter.6666 https://www.youtube.com/@UCfQDBsLQndeOy26-RR0anwA https://t.me/philosophythought https://www.exmuslimz.org/ Follow and connect with us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational Twitter: https://twitter.com/atheistalliance Website: https://www.atheistalliance.org/ Join AAI: https://www.atheistalliance.org/membership/ Donate to the ASN: https://www.atheistalliance.org/atheist-support-network/

David Silverman joins us to discuss Ayaan Hirsi Ali's recent claims of Christian conversion and the Israel-Palestine conflict, particularly around 'woke Jews' supporting Hamas, and the increase in antisemitism. David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrAtheistPants Two of the Israeli journalists' Twitter accounts mentioned during the podcast who are providing good insights: https://twitter.com/MairavZ https://twitter.com/GershomG Follow and connect with us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational Twitter: https://twitter.com/atheistalliance Website: https://www.atheistalliance.org/ Join AAI: https://www.atheistalliance.org/membership/ Donate to the ASN: https://www.atheistalliance.org/atheist-support-network/

Prof Blankholm teaches atheism in the Faculty of Religious Studies UC Santa Barbara joins us to discuss his work & the growth of secularism in the United States, and the history of atheism across the millennia. We also touch on Jordan Peterson's claims about atheists abandoning Judeo-Christian ethics and his dire warnings for society. Joe's book: https://nyupress.org/9781479809523/the-secular-paradox/ Follow and connect with us: Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/atheistalliance⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.atheistalliance.org/⁠ Join AAI: ⁠https://www.atheistalliance.org/membership/⁠ Donate to the ASN: https://www.atheistalliance.org/atheist-support-network/

Prof. Drake joins us to discuss Constantine the Great, his conversion to Christianity, his 'vision of the cross', his role as Pontifex Maximus, calling the Council of Nicaea with his desire for consensus, and the intolerance of Christian bishops of whom Constantine wrote: 'do nothing but that which encouraged discord and hatred and, to speak frankly, which leads to the destruction of the human race.' Prof. Drake’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Constantine-Bishops-Politics-Intolerance-Ancient/dp/0801862183/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28HPX1VSNWDV5&keywords=constantine+and+the+bishops&qid=1694852908&sprefix=constantine+and+the+bishope%2Caps%2C368&sr=8-1 Listen and watch the podcasts on these platforms: Spotify: http://bit.ly/aai-pod-spotify Apple podcasts: http://bit.ly/aai-apple Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3pknMYG   Follow and connect with us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtheistAllianceInternational Twitter: https://twitter.com/atheistalliance Website: https://www.atheistalliance.org/ Join AAI: https://www.atheistalliance.org/membership/ Donate to the ASN: https://www.atheistalliance.org/atheist-support-network/