The Skeptics’ Bible Project

Dissecting Joe Rogan & Adam Curry PART 2

Former Fear Factor host Joe Rogan sat down with former MTV VJ Adam Curry about reasons for believing the God conspiracy. Adam, a new convert, discusses evidence for Christianity.  John and Ben take a look at the quality of these arguments and analyze Rogan’s responses… which unsurprisingly all turn out to be either wrong or weak. 

Dissecting Joe Rogan & Adam Curry PART 1

Former Fear Factor host Joe Rogan sat down with former MTV VJ Adam Curry about reasons for believing the God conspiracy. Adam, a new convert, discusses evidence for Christianity.  John and Ben take a look at the quality of these arguments and analyze Rogan’s responses… which unsurprisingly all turn out to be either wrong or weak. 

He Gets Us

The “He Gets Us” campaign is a 100 million dollar plus ad spree. It’s designed to re-brand American Christianity away from extreme right-wing nationalism and into a more diverse and inclusive image. But ultimately the ads do more to highlight the vast difference between the Jesus described in the Bible and the evangelical church as it is in America today. 
Do these ads succeed? Who’s behind them? And what do evangelicals think about them? On this episode John and Ben break down the ads and try to get to the bottom of what the political movers who fund them are trying to achieve.

Dissecting Victoria Osteen

Victoria Osteen and Joel Osteen helm Lakewood Church, the largest church in America. The mega church in Houston Texas rakes in tens of millions each year.
On this episode John and Ben listen to various clips of Victoria Osteen and try very hard to understand why anybody is moved by her overly theatrical motivational speech. In our opinion, her content doesn’t have very much depth or grounding in the Bible. Until she starts talking about hunting monkeys with a banana trap. Yes, for real. (Stay tuned to the end. Trust us.)

Super Powers from Jesus?

Some Christian’s claim to have special “gifts of the spirit” that give them super powers. As it turns out their claims of faith healings are false and “speaking in tongues” turns out to be just babbling non-sense. However, the Bible seems to say Christians should expect to possess these powers. 
John and Ben breakdown the spiritual gifts controversy and see why many church denominations say the spiritual gifts era ended with the New Testament, even though the Bible never actually says that.

Still Waiting for Jesus PART 3

In the Bible, Jesus predicts his return will come during the lifetime of those who were with him. This belief was so entrenched among early Christian’s that the eminent return of Christ was the driving theme of the letters of Paul. As the original followers of Jesus died off however, the beliefs in the second coming of Christ had to evolve. We take a deep dive into this to examine one of the most glaring problems for Christianity, and how some try to deal with the difficulty.
 

Still Waiting for Jesus PART 2

In the Bible, Jesus predicts his return will come during the lifetime of those who were with him. This belief was so entrenched among early Christian’s that the eminent return of Christ was the driving theme of the letters of Paul. As the original followers of Jesus died off however, the beliefs in the second coming of Christ had to evolve. We take a deep dive into this to examine one of the most glaring problems for Christianity, and how some try to deal with the difficulty.
Then on another installment of Bible Vs. Bible, We look at a glaring contradiction from the gospel of John. Stay tuned for another fun edition of False Witness where John & Ben try to identify a false verse intermixed with actual passages from the Bible.

Still waiting for Jesus PART 1

The End is Here, I mean soon, I mean.. ah F*#% it. 
In the Bible, Jesus predicts his return will come during the lifetime of those who were with him. This belief was so entrenched among early Christian’s that the eminent return of Christ was the driving theme of the letters of Paul. As the original followers of Jesus died off however, the beliefs in the second coming of Christ had to evolve. We take a deep dive into this to examine one of the most glaring problems for Christianity, and how some try to deal with the difficulty.
Then on another installment of Bible Says What!?, was the Apostle Paul contemplating suicide? 
Stay tuned for another fun edition of False Witness where John & Ben try to identify a false verse intermixed with actual passages from the Bible.

To Love Jesus, Hate your Family PART 2

Taking a closer look at our topic from Episode one. In the Bible Jesus says you MUST hate your family. In fact the entire New Testament has a radical anti-family message. Well apparently evangelicals didn’t like what we had to say, but we were literally just quoting Jesus! We respond to comments from angry Christians. Also on the show: In another edition of Bible vs. Bible, where does Jesus go directly after his baptism? It depends which Gospel you read.Stay tuned for another fun edition of False Witness where John & Ben try to identify a false verse intermixed with actual passages from the Bible.

God Damn the Rich?

You’ve probably heard right wing Christians declaring that capitalism is a Christian value while socialism is a great evil. Today on the show, Katie, John and Ben reveal just how the Bible destroys that idea. As it turns out, some of the strongest rebukes in the entire Bible are aimed at the rich and those who don’t aid the poor.Why do a lot of Christian's ignore this overwhelmingly clear Biblical message? We take a look at how many wealthy church leaders cherry pick their way out of adhering to their own holy book.Then on another edition of Bible says What!? The team examines another head scratching verse that seems to blame rape victims for their own assault.Stay tuned for another fun edition of False Witness where Katie, John & Ben try to identify a false verse intermixed with actual passages from the Bible.