Episode 12: Babbling About Babel
In the news this week: the chum is in the water and the sharks are circling the Vatican, let’s get litigious! Joe curses Nick’s name. Damn you Nick! DAMN YOU. The Catholics are batting their eyelashes at the Muslims in a sickening fashion, slavery is awesome and we talk about how we missed THE SINGLE MOST AWESOME MOMENT IN PORTLAND HISTORY. *sob*
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy? Really Elton? Really?
In the main segment, we talk about both the scientific and the kooky mumbo-jumbo origins of language. Lamar manages to say the word “explanation” all by himself and we don’t even help him at all! In the true Chariots of Iron style, we pick apart the tower of babel story and even explore some midrashic apocrypha in our search for answers. If you have an hour and a half to kill, you could do worse. You could play Minsweeper. Minesweeper is WAY more boring than listening to three out of shape men talk about Michael Jackson’s new batch of crazy.
Responsibility: it’s a good idea
http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/atheistnews/forum/topics/responsi…
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/11/responsibility_its_a_goo…
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122756420187954231.html
Anti-terror law requires God be acknowledged
http://www.kentucky.com/210/story/608229.html
http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/atheistnews/forum/topics/antiterr…
Vatican thanks Muslims for returning God to Europe
http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/atheistnews/forum/topics/vatican-…
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3630245,00.html
Slavery is not wrong
http://thewomanofvirtue.blogspot.com/2008/08/slavery-is-not-wrong.html
http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/atheistnews/forum/topics/slavery-…
Anti-gay protestors outnumbered by anti-hate
http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/news/topstories/story.aspx?conten…
http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/atheistnews/forum/topics/antigay-…
Stream this episode!