Mike Gillis is co-creator, and co-host of Ask an Atheist. He hosts the Radio vs. the Martians! and Mike and Pól Save the Universe! podcasts. He also enjoys comic books, the Planet of the Apes, and the band Queen.
This week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy texts comes from listener Christoph from Germany, we look at the religion of Zoroastrianism, a religion that predates both Christianity and Islam. It has an odd definition of evil. Today’s passage comes from the Avesta, Zoroastrianism’s sacred text Vendidad, […]
My impassioned speech in defense of the King of the Seas at the beginning of last week’s show has not gone unheard! Rob Kelly, the man in charge the excellent Aquaman Shrine fan site and one half of the talent behind the always-entertaining Fire and Water podcast has awarded us a coveted status as official […]
Now Pat Robertson is no stranger to saying really offensive and insensitive things. If the Guinness people had a recognized world record for the number of genuinely stupid and prejudiced things one person could speak into a camera or make in a written statement, then the host of the 700 Club would be a hard […]
The Ask an Atheist crew will be doing some volunteer holiday giftwrapping this year, so if you’re in the area we’d love to have you drop by! Were going to be at the Barnes & Noble in Tukwila, WA, wrapping shoppers’ books for the holidays and accepting donations that help keep our little show on […]
In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy texts, we look at the Bible’s poor grasp of simple facts. Often, people excuse the Bible for saying things that its authors’ contemporaries could not have possibly known, given their limited Iron Age knowledge. This week, we look […]