Welcome to The Enlightenment Show’s home page. Below you will find each episode and corresponding show notes. FreeThought Fort Wayne is now on Vimeo. Older episodes are on Blip TV.
All Enlightenment Shows will air weekly on Tuesday nights at 9:00 PM on Comcast Channel 57 and Verizon Fios channel 27. The shows will be aired randomly on Fort Wayne Access One throughout the week.
The Enlightenment Show - Show Notes
Ep. 19 The Enlightenment Show: Mathew Barron “Secular City Limits.”
http://www.vimeo.com/5310066Secular City Limits on Amazon:
Matt’s website and link to download a PDF of the first two chapters of “Secular City Limits:”
Ep. 18 The Enlightenment Show: New Fossils, religion in the military, etc
http://www.vimeo.com/4993500Segment #1 New Transitional Fossils
The missing link or hype? Ida and Puijilia
(The Science Article)
plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0005723
(Ida in the Media)
history.com/content/the-link/about-the-link
(Pulijia-The walking seal)
nature.ca/puijila/index_e.cfm
Segment #2 FreeThinker’s Toolkit.
Logical Fallacies with Andy W and Chad
Segment #3 Deconversion Corner
Chad interviews Benjamin Van about his personal experience of leaving his faith.
Segment #4 Religion in the Military
GQ slideshow men.style.com/gq/features/topsecret
The military religious freedom foundation.
militaryreligiousfreedom.org/
Segment #5 Science in the movies. Angels and Demons and Star Trek
Joel’s write up of the science in Angels in Demons. CERN’s FAQ about Angels and Demon’s.
Phil Plait’s review with the science of Star Trek
Ep. 17 The Enlightenment Show: What Inspires You?
http://www.vimeo.com/4105044We asked some of our FreeThought Fort Wayne members, “What Inspires You.” This is what they responded with.
Michael Butler: Intro and Dan Dennett passage on spirituality
Chad Butterbaugh: Carl Sagan and what was put on the Voyager spacecraft to represent all humanity.
David Spaulding: Carl Sagan quote
Luke Gilbert: Bill of Rights, FFW, PBS, open source, etc
Andy Welfle: Passages from Douglas Adams
Andy Diekroger: IYA podcast of The 365 days of astronomy, Google Earth/Sky and music from Susan Werner
Jake Doelling: Personal speech on humanity’s progress and morality.
Ep. 16 The Enlightenment Show: Local mother sues Huntington County Community School District, Good Without God, De-conversion Hang ups.
http://www.vimeo.com/3615251Church/State separation issues with religious trailers at public schools. See our post about the local mother who sues Huntington County Community School District and the court document.
freethoughtfortwayne.org/2009/01/13/local-mother-huntington-county/
scribd.com/doc/11624884/HS-v-HuntingtonSch-2-09?autodown=pdf
Good Without God:
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Phil Zuckerman’s “Society without God.”
gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter/Pages/2009-bill-gates-annual-letter.aspx
amazon.com/Society-without-God-Religious-Contentment/dp/0814797148
nytimes.com/2009/02/28/us/28beliefs.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&ref=todayspaper
The FreeThinker’s Toolkit: De-conversion Hang ups, with a special guest David Hunter.
FreeThought Today:
New Fossils
President Barrack Obama and his inclusiveness of non-believers and science.
Gov. Bobby Jindal and academic freedom and exorcisms
Ep. 15 The Enlightenment Show:Charles Darwin to Pareidolia
http://www.vimeo.com/2853716Charles Darwin’s Bicentennial (Born Feb 1809.)
A very brief overview of his life.
Turtles All the way down! We discuss the new transitional turtle fossil of Odontochelys semitestacea.
Rep. Mark Souder and our comments to his pride about his role in the Intelligent Design propaganda movie, “Expelled.”
Producer Comments: On religion and evolution and differences with methodological naturalism.
Music Video of Tiktaalik by the Indoorfins.
FreeThinker’s Toolkit on Pareidolia.
CFI- It’s time for science and reason.
What’s the harm in evolution denial?
Ep. 14 The Enlightenment Show:Flu Shot/Vaccine Denial, Obama the Anti-Christ?, Prop 8
http://www.vimeo.com/2512763Intro: Andy’s Colbert impression!
Leo gets a flu shot from infectious disease specialist Dr. Pamela Kelly. They discuss Flu and Vaccine myths.
FreeThinker’s Toolkit: David Hume on the problem of miracles.
Blogger Heads: Examine Obama is the anti-Christ videos.
FreeThought Today: A discussion on politics including Prop 8 and homosexual marriage, Elizabeth Dole and anti-atheist ads, and Scientology and the way to happiness ads.
What’s the Harm in vaccine denial.
EP.13 Enlightenment 2.0
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.Church/State Separation and Sarah Palin
What’s The Harm in Astrology?
Deconversion Corner: Altar boy to Atheist
FreeThinker’s Toolkit: Burden of Proof, Occam’s razor, circular logic
Main Segment: The Supreme Court and the Election.
This is our brand new format with multiple segments for an hour length with several people working on different topics. My favorite new segment is Deconversion Corner. Andy and Mark nailed it! (Who’s next?) We really have a talented cast and the show is better and more diverse. By switching to segments, I can give the show a more professional look and sound. It took a week to edit and post and thanks to Rae for helping select the music and SFX cues. PLEASE THANK everyone who worked on the show. No one is getting paid for this and they do this to help our community and FreeThought Fort Wayne. The credits list everyone.
Robert M. Price spoke to FreeThought Fort Wayne about his book “Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today’s Pop Mysticisms,” and many other secular and religious topics in the Allen Country Public Library Theatre on August 6, 2008. It is followed by a lively Q & A section. We aired this as a special Enlightenment Show.
90 minPlease enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.
Ep. 12 Part 2 Interview with Robert M. Price and John W. Loftus (30 min)Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.
Ep. 11 Part 1 Interview with Robert M. Price and John W. Loftus (29 min) Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.
It was a great pleasure to speak with two ex-ministers about a wide range of topics on Episodes 11 and 12 of “The Enlightenment Show.” They both have preaching backgrounds and are still preaching but their message has changed.
Robert M. Price is author of “Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today’s Pop Mysticisms.” He is a Fellow at The Jesus Seminar and professor of Theology and Scriptural Studies at the Johnnie Coleman Theological Seminary. He is the author of many other books. See his website.
John W. Loftus is author of “Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity.” He is the founder of the blog Debunking Christianity. John grew up in Fort Wayne and formerly preached in Angola, IN.
Ep. 10 Robert M Price Phone Interview about “Top Secret.”
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.Dr. Robert M. Price will be speaking about his new book “Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today’s Pop Mysticisms” in Fort Wayne on Wed. Aug 6th at 7 PM in the Main Allen County Public Library in the theatre on lower level 2.
This video is a half hour phone interview with enhanced graphics about his coming presentation. There will be a Q and A session after the talk. We would love to see you at the speech. For more info on the event click here.
Episode 9 - The origins of morality
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.Episode 8 - Pastor Disasters
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.Episode 7 - The Center for Inquiry - Indiana
- The Center for Inquiry Indiana. What is the center’s mission and vision? Can secular people be moral?
- Reba Boyd Wooden is featured and is the executive director for The Center for Inquiry Indiana. Important links discussed on the show:
- Center for Inquiry-Transnational
- Center for Inquiry- Indiana
- Indy Feethought
- Point of Inquiry Podcast (one of my favorites and it is available on iTunes)
Episode 6 - Ben Stein Fails Science Class (Part 2)
This is part 2 of 2 shows criticizing and reviewing the junk science and ad hominem attacks of Ben Stein’s “Expelled. No Intelligence Allowed” documentary film. (No truth allowed!) Reba Boyd Wooden the executive director of The Center for Inquiry- Indiana joins us for these shows.
- Expelled Exposed
- Ben Stein’s quote mine falsely trying to pin the Holocaust on Darwin!
- Scientific American
- Judgement Day ID on Trial. NOVA (Won a Peabody Award!)
- The Clergy Letter Project
- The Wedge Strategy
- Multimedia Production Site from Harvard. (This is the original stunning animation of the inner cell) Enjoy!
- Union of Concerned Scientist’s Guide to the Political Interference of Science
Episode 5 - Ben Stein Fails Science Class (Part 1)
This is part 1 of 2 shows criticizing and reviewing the junk science and ad hominem attacks of Ben Stein’s “Expelled. No Intelligence Allowed” documentary film. (No truth allowed!) Reba Boyd Wooden the executive director of The Center for Inquiry- Indiana joins us for these shows.
- Expelled Exposed
- Ben Stein’s quote mine falsely trying to pin the Holocaust on Darwin!
- Scientific American
- Judgement Day ID on Trial. NOVA (Won a Peabody Award!)
- The Clergy Letter Project
- The Wedge Strategy
- Multimedia Production Site from Harvard. (This is the original stunning animation of the inner cell) Enjoy!
- Union of Concerned Scientist’s Guide to the Political Interference of Science
Episode 4 - Cold Reading
- A look at Psychic Cold Reading.
- A quick shout out to our Atheists in Fox Holes.
- The wisdom of James Randi.
- What is confirmation bias and the Forer effect?
Episode 3 - The Scientific Method
- The Scientific Method
- Not just a theory.
- A quick look at Tiktalik and Neal Shubin’s “Your Inner Fish”
Episode 2 - The Separation of Church and State
- The Separation of Church and State.
Episode 1 - Why we are doing this
- Why we felt the need to do the Enlightenment Show.
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