Chariots of Iron

The original idea for this show was to have Dr. Hector Avalos come on as a part of our series on the historicity of Jesus. While that topic was covered in this episode, the conversation shifted to a discussion about slavery in the Bible and Dr. Avalos’ latest project concerning that very topic. With that in mind, instead of making this episode part 3 in our series, we opted to make it part 2½.

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In this episode the Charioteers are joined by their first guest from the land down under, Jake Farr-Wharton, author of Letters to Christian Leaders – Hollow by thy Claims.

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Lamar was absent for this episode and Dustin Williams, atheist blogger and former Seventh Day Adventist, stepped in to co-host the show with Eli. Dustin and Eli discuss current events, the turmoil in Egypt and listener mail before they’re joined by Rich and Deanna Joy, hosts of Living After Faith, the official podcast of Recovering Religionists.

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In this episode, Dustin Williams comes back to talk about closet atheists within the Seventh Day Adventist church. He also takes part in news and listener mail segments, being first guest in many months to be on for the full duration of the show.

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Our old friend, Dr. Darrel Ray, joins the show this week to talk about his survey on sex and secularism, among other things. During the listener mail segment, Lamar pronounces ‘latrine’ with an ‘R’. Apparently his Japanese wife’s ‘Engrish’ is rubbing off on him.

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This is the third Christmas for Chariots of Iron, and little seems to change. It is this time of year, during the most celebrated cultural event in the world, that Christians everywhere wail on about how persecuted they are. Well, screw ‘em! With plenty of listener mail and crazy news, Lamar and Eli top off the season with a few laughs over the perpetual war on Christmas and vaginal steam baths.

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You all may remember our friend, Roger Nygard, from Episode 51: Pondering Existence. Well, he’s back again to discuss his documentary, The Nature of Existence and gives us the skinny on his upcoming project, The Nature of Marriage. Also this week, the political discussion continues as Eli and Lamar answer listener mail.

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This week, Eli and Lamar are one their own. The topic is politics, and between the election results and politically charged listener mail, there was plenty to talk about.

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This week, the boys are joined by Leo Behe, son of biochemist and intelligent design advocate, Michael Behe. Leo is a recent apostate from the Catholic faith and he tells us about his deconversion and how that’s affected his relationship with his family. But before that, as always, Lamar and Eli discuss current events and listener mail.

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Once again, Dustin Williams joins the show to talk about the Seventh Day Adventist church, end time prophecy, and his continual growth as an atheist. Before that, Eli and Lamar discuss current events and listener mail.

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