Jim & Casper Go to Church - Matt Casper on SBE

Erik Guzman March 12th, 2010

Matt Casper was your average everyday atheist minding his own business, until one day Jim Henderson came along and rented his soul. Then, Jim dragged Matt's soul (and his body) to churches all over the country just to get his reaction. The result is Jim and Casper Go to Church: Frank Conversation about Faith, Churches, and Well-Meaning Christians.

(If you're on the front page of the site click "Read More" to see player options.)

Join us as we talk with Matt about his experi … (Read More)

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The Happiness Taunt

Michael Spencer September 1st, 2009

About twice a year I’ll write something that will get publicized on the “atheist” side of the internet. Usually- not always- they like what I write and will head over to InternetMonk.com in large numbers to talk with Christians. (Right now, there’s a comment thread with well over 250 comments going over a piece I wrote about evangelical young people “de-converting” to atheism.)

These conversations do have a certain “re-runnish” quality to them. Same questions. Same arguments. Sam … (Read More)

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Sometimes, I don’t like any of the answers.

Michael Spencer July 28th, 2009

Sometimes, I don't like any of the answers.

Let’s take the problem of suffering. My friend Glenda recently had a serious bleed-out in her brain. It looked for a while like she wasn’t going to make it. After a coma, two surgeries and some miraculous responses to treatment, she’s at a rehab center dealing with a relatively small amount of residual consequences.

This weekend at church, we were rejoicing in Glenda’s recovery. One person kept saying “Thank God for intervening.”

God i … (Read More)

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Penn Says: A Gift of a Bible

Erik Guzman March 12th, 2009

I've been a fan of Penn & Teller ever since being introduced to them on Saturday Night Live. The bit where they and the camera were upside-down, but the viewer didn't know that until the end was awesome. (I looked for a video to post but couldn't find it.) Anyway, these guys are brilliant and do some of the most creative (and gross) magic I've ever seen. Love it.

(If you're on the front page of the SBE site, click the title of this post to see the video.)

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Jim & Casper Go to Church - Jim Henderson on SBE

Erik Guzman March 6th, 2009

Jim Henderson bought an atheist's soul on eBay, then he took him to church. That's show-worthy enough, but Jim wasn't trying to convert this guy. He wanted to see church through the eyes of an outsider. Jim found the experience so enlightening, he started going through atheists like a bag of chips.

Join us on this edition of SBE as we talk with Jim Henderson about what he learned when he hired atheist, Matt Casper, to visit 10 churches with him and report on his reaction.

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Free Books

Erik Guzman February 2nd, 2009

I hope you enjoyed last week's Steve Brown Etc. on faith and stuff with Dave Schmelzer and Dave Sanford. In celebration of Steve successfully juggling two guests with the same first name, I'm giving away free books.

Three lucky listeners…wait…I don’t believe in luck. Three listeners will find that they were ordained before the beginning of time by a sovereign God to receive free copies of both Not the Religious Type and If God Disappears.

Just email me with your name and the … (Read More)

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