tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90909636346416457322024-02-20T18:02:22.096-07:00The Late Reason Driven PodcastHappy freethinking!Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-43262945435590035592009-04-28T12:57:00.004-06:002010-01-31T01:50:25.488-07:00What's New?What's Danny Schade up to?<br /><a href="http://dannyschade.podbean.com/">http://www.dannyschade.com</a><br /><br />What's Mikyle Lockwood up to?<br /><a href="http://freefirezone.wordpress.com/">http://freefirezone.wordpress.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/stratofurious">http://www.myspace.com/stratofurious</a>Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-91130200913654632502009-01-12T01:28:00.004-07:002009-01-16T05:16:09.140-07:00Goodbye!Danny here.<br />The podcast is over. Podcasting is really not our thing anymore. It's hard to explain, but we used to have a internal drive and passion to do the podcast... but that has faded. If it's no longer fun for us, we're not going to do a good job anyway. I don't want to further embarrass myself. I can't afford to host it and I don't feel like maintaining it. If you're pissed off at us, go ahead and talk smack on forums or something. You can also email reasondriven@gmail.com and I'll respond. Mikyle might as well, who knows. You'll either have to be nice or really, really mean. Try both. <br /><br />Anyway... if you wanna keep up with our current goings on you can still hear me on the Apologia podcast, hosted by Dr. Zach Moore. <a href="http://www.drzach.net/apologia.htm">http://www.drzach.net/apologia.htm</a><br />Here is a link to my personal blog, featuring mostly things to do with music: <a href="http://schadey.blogspot.com">http://schadey.blogspot.com</a><br />And Mikyle's political and social commentary blog: <a href="http://freefirezone.wordpress.com/">http://freefirezone.wordpress.com/</a>Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-26445669371821899472008-12-18T23:17:00.001-07:002008-12-20T10:17:08.578-07:0033 - How Twisted Texts Scream<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/4798.mp3">Click Here</a> to download episode 33 directly (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br />Hey everybody! We've got a new hour of Reason Driven mayhem, straight out of the hood, right onto your digital media device! We talk about interpreting the Bible, and the problems therein, and also how it sounds kinda dochebaggy to overuse big words.<br /><br />We mix it up a bit, so check it out folks!<br /><br />We'll be finishing out the Podcast as soon as we can, thanks for sticking around, those of you that have. Have no fear, we're are working on the next new way to explore the new media that we tech-savvy people refer to as the "inter-web"!<br /><br />Love,<br />Your Reason Driven HostsMikWonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05666258818634781501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-19471386272856389732008-12-16T22:09:00.003-07:002008-12-16T22:14:32.500-07:00Chapter 33 Summary<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/4779.mp3">Click Here</a> to download the chapter 33 summary directly (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Point to Ponder</span>: Whenever you are tempted to think how great you are, just think of Peggy Hill on <span style="font-style: italic;">King of the Hill</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quote to Remember</span>: "I'm humble -- and proud <span style="font-style: italic;">of</span> it!" (Wheaton College lapel button)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Question to Consider</span>: Does The Living Bible even count as a Bible?Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-61563141655281252722008-10-28T19:34:00.002-06:002008-10-28T19:37:35.698-06:0032 - Being Who You Are<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/4338.mp3">Click Here</a> to download episode 32 directly (right click, save link/target as).<br /><br />The show is up!! Better late then never, right? Hey, in two weeks noone will know the diff. anyway. Wow, I really should let Mikyle write these.<br />Peace,<br />DannyDanny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-42049220620460107882008-10-28T19:28:00.001-06:002008-10-28T19:29:51.181-06:00Chapter 32 Summary<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/4337.mp3">Click Here</a> to download the Chapter 32 summary directly (right click, save link/target as).<br /><br />Point to Ponder: Who am I when I feel most authentically myself?<br /><br />Quote to Remember: "Idolatrous faith has a definite dynamic: it can be extremely passionate and exercise a preliminary healing power... But the basis of the integration is too narrow. Idolatrous faith breaks down sooner or later and the disease is worse than before. The on limited element which has been elevated to ultimacy is attacked by other limited elements... The fulfillment of the unconscious drives does not last; they are repressed or explode chaotically." (Paul Tillich, Dynamics of Faith)<br /><br />Question to Consider: Reverend Warren warns: "You will find that people who do not understand your shape for ministry will criticize you and try to get you to conform to what they think you should be doing. Ignore them." (p. 254). Should that include Reverend WarrenDanny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-83348087520590467892008-09-21T16:45:00.010-06:002008-09-29T21:55:49.114-06:0031 - Cogs for Christ<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/4093.mp3">Click Here</a> to download episode 31 directly (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabUIFqww3oaXo4wxIwjo5aLCjEY6ujq_gMuBO2TcA03iB8Z_GEtrVLvJ4chYfzl11pVBle-y9o5o51NY42wysTVe9IGWKFEEPL_ttTCEQJg9f4ZYwgzBy97kzs0AUGPOlsTzA1S34cho/s1600-h/fightclub.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabUIFqww3oaXo4wxIwjo5aLCjEY6ujq_gMuBO2TcA03iB8Z_GEtrVLvJ4chYfzl11pVBle-y9o5o51NY42wysTVe9IGWKFEEPL_ttTCEQJg9f4ZYwgzBy97kzs0AUGPOlsTzA1S34cho/s400/fightclub.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251642623692747522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">"We are the all-singing, all dancing crap of the universe.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">We are all part of the same compost heap."<br /></span>-Tyler Durden<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;">"On a long enough timescale everyone's survival rate drops to zero."</span><br />-Also from "Fight Club" (<span style="font-size:85%;">but this one isn't actually featured in the book</span>)</blockquote>Hey folks, we're back! By popular demand!<br /><br />Sorry we've been a little...distracted. Life has been crazy you know? Well, we talk about our lives a bit, and current events, and get into the 31th chapter of Bob Price's The Reason Driven Life on this latest episode. Keep in touch with us, tell us about your own reason driven (or not so much) lives. It gets old hearing about just ours, you know?<br /><br />P.S. I'd actually like to hear what people think about being a robot in this life. What do you think about the way things are going in our crazy world? It's a wonder how anyone can be reasonable in this crazy-ass modern-day Planet Earth.<br /><br /><br /><br />And just for fun... here are some funny comics from <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20061007.gif"></a><a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/">Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal</a><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20061007.gif" alt="" border="0" /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20070514.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20070514.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></div>Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-72883512528510969122008-09-21T13:19:00.002-06:002008-09-21T13:27:57.785-06:00Chapter 31 Summary<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3978.mp3">Click Here</a> to download the chapter 31 summary (right click, save link/target as).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Point to Ponder</span>: I am not a robot programmed by God.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quote to Remember</span>: "Flee, my friend, into your solitude: I see you stung all over by posonous flies. Flee where the air is raw and strong. Flee into your solitude! You have lived too close to the small and the miserable. Flee their invisible revenge!... They hum around you with their praise, too: obtrusiveness is their praise. They want the proximity of your skin and your blood... Often they affect charm. But that has always been the cleverness of cowards. Indeed, cowards are clever!... They punish you for all your virtues. They forgive you entirely - your mistakes." t(Friedrich Nietzsche, <span style="font-style: italic;">Thus Spoke Zarathustra</span>)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Question to Consider</span>: Why is some abstraction called "the meaning of lfe" better than just <span style="font-style: italic;">life</span>?Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-91700091406743120752008-08-02T12:47:00.006-06:002008-12-09T03:11:22.335-07:0030 - Cut Out The Holy Ghost Noise!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZr16PySv2SYTNwo65hMQQdEG9zWnT7psMqiLI-XfmGXbQe6VUVwggGdw5yWH3Ej5-N8P8T0j3t-KodIFwBTCGGCk4BjmDBm6YOuT8qSjvX3LUFPXnqWiq7pn0jzwStcRu8PN4IUpwbMg/s1600-h/rich+pic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZr16PySv2SYTNwo65hMQQdEG9zWnT7psMqiLI-XfmGXbQe6VUVwggGdw5yWH3Ej5-N8P8T0j3t-KodIFwBTCGGCk4BjmDBm6YOuT8qSjvX3LUFPXnqWiq7pn0jzwStcRu8PN4IUpwbMg/s400/rich+pic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229995924019383442" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3538.mp3">Click Here</a> to download episode 30 (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br />Special Guest: Rich Orman!<br /><br />Danny and Miles take the mics this week with a great interview with <a href="http://www.dogmafreeamerica.com/">Dogma Free America</a>'s own host, Rich Orman!<br /><br />The discussion takes a wild and unpredictable turn through many fascinating topics. This is also a chance for fans of Rich to hear a unique vocabulary you may not be used to on his podcast. :)Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-73363266095509958752008-08-02T12:44:00.001-06:002008-08-02T12:46:41.619-06:00Chapter 30 Summary<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3537.mp3">Click Here</a> to download the chapter 30 summary (right click, save link/target as).<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Point to Ponder</span>: For Rick Warren, ''spiritual'' gifts are simply talents your church wants to exploit.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quote to Remember</span>: ''Men of thought seldom work well together, whereas between men f action there is usually an easy sense of camaraderie. Teamwork is rare in intellectual and artistic undertakings, but common and almost indispensable among men of action.'' (Eric Hoffer, The True Believer)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Question to Consider</span>: Is the Pentecostal belief in spiritual gifts essentially any less strange than belief in parapsychology or pyramid power?Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-61571982722714296092008-07-23T16:04:00.003-06:002008-07-26T12:45:00.271-06:0029 - Service Industry<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3482.mp3">Click Here</a> to download epidsode 29 (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br /><br />The duo discuss burning trash cans, divine intervention, robot slaves, superman aristocrats and have a lively discussion about the new Batman movie.Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-43161908785858886992008-07-22T16:17:00.005-06:002008-07-23T16:06:36.644-06:00Chapter 29 Summary<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3467.mp3">Click Here</a> to download the chapter 29 summary (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Point to Ponder</span>: Slavery, even slavery to God, is degrading to human dignity<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quote to Remember</span>: "All truly noble morality grows out of triumphant self-affermation." (Friedrich Nietzsche, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Genealogy of Morals</span>)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Question to Consider</span>: If I feel disdain toward someone who needs my help, what is it I am afraid of?Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-77592060907626795782008-07-17T22:15:00.006-06:002008-07-18T19:32:07.767-06:00Special! Re: Ravi<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3448.mp3">Click Here</a> to download Re: Ravi directly (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br />A fantastic follow-up to our last episode with Ravi Zacharias! Danny and Mikyle are joined by Jeremy Beahan of the <a href="http://doubtreligion.blogspot.com/">Reasonable Doubts Podcast</a> and his *achem* lawyer, A.J.<br /><br />We discuss what went bad, what went good and what we can all learn from this. A new segment introduced in the later half, after the interview, I hope you will enjoy. Not much else to say... <span style="font-size:85%;">Mikyle usually does these, but who knows where he's at.</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">Come on, man! You're good at this kind of thing! ....</span>Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-37846545418476455142008-07-06T17:32:00.006-06:002008-12-09T03:11:22.536-07:00Episode 28: Jerusalem Wasn't Built in a Day<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3378.mp3">Click Here</a> to download episode 28 directly (right click, save link/target as)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcNjoaY5HSKEGpTJFDTGxjVv1eP0JlquX_bG-dRiR4kBYg4TxhAtueR8XlrBdhXVutFJO0PzPVKs8gGi0xC89xUU51iXEKeaT8KqMEvcuMmKT-EVrzJ4hfs1nDL14ZIXdTH_2gAfDbRI/s1600-h/ravipreachinglowres.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcNjoaY5HSKEGpTJFDTGxjVv1eP0JlquX_bG-dRiR4kBYg4TxhAtueR8XlrBdhXVutFJO0PzPVKs8gGi0xC89xUU51iXEKeaT8KqMEvcuMmKT-EVrzJ4hfs1nDL14ZIXdTH_2gAfDbRI/s400/ravipreachinglowres.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220049350492554594" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">"There can be no depth without the way to that depth.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Truth without the way to truth is dead."</span><br /><br />-Paul Tillich, "<span style="font-style: italic;">The Depth of Existence</span>"</blockquote><br />This week we have Ravi Zacharias on board to apologize for Christianity...ok, not really, but he is a Christian Apologist, President of the <a href="http://www.rzim.org/">Ravi Zacharias International Ministries</a>, and author of many noted books. We had a great discussion with him, and he was especially gracious considering that he's been recovering from some extensive surgery. Listen in and turn on your brain, Ravi gave us plenty to think about!MikWonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05666258818634781501noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-24460770359914210002008-07-05T11:51:00.003-06:002008-07-05T12:01:22.158-06:00Ep 28 teaser<div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><blockquote>"Do you think that thoughtful individuals who carefully reason out evidence and come to provisional, tentative conclusions, the only kind science allows, would ever be found howling for the blood of homosexuals?" - Robert Price</blockquote></span></blockquote></div>Man, that's a damn good quote. That's from chapter 28 of the Reason Driven Life. Forget the labels and mud slinging. I'm an atheist, a skeptic and a humanist. But throw away those labels for a moment and forget what any other atheist, skeptic or humanist has ever done or said. If you are thoughtful and you carefully reason out evidence and come to provisional, tentative conclusions, then you embody every positive quality that can be summed up in those labels. That is the true spirit of skepticism and it's pretty goddamn beautiful.<br /><br />We're recording episode 28 tomorrow and we have a very, very special guest for this episode. His name is <a href="http://www.rzim.org/">Ravi Zacharias</a> and he's a world famous evangelical, Christian apologist and author. He's a real bright chap and even I enjoy his talks, because he talks respectfully and rationally. So, it should be a great show, I'll post it up a.s.a.p.Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-31109136138577232492008-06-28T09:00:00.001-06:002008-12-09T03:11:22.676-07:00Episode 27: Temp Job<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3342.mp3">Click Here</a> to download episode 27 (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkr15pst31arzEarob3fp3VDETRTEQo_VcIk_VMocOxkVgRRHBQySLMANndTlNL6a1Y2EuycEN4Nx1nzlrZzm3SPsfqnjkjcfB3OkL1a1Oe_UjVTCeJP7418G9EouwJkekH1v34veWHKc/s1600-h/totalitarian_temptation_bennjerrys.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkr15pst31arzEarob3fp3VDETRTEQo_VcIk_VMocOxkVgRRHBQySLMANndTlNL6a1Y2EuycEN4Nx1nzlrZzm3SPsfqnjkjcfB3OkL1a1Oe_UjVTCeJP7418G9EouwJkekH1v34veWHKc/s400/totalitarian_temptation_bennjerrys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216421989403767938" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"The food is his own enemy</span></span><br /><div style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">The mischief he does is his undoing. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />How bitterly he suffers?<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Why do what you will regret? </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Why bring tears upon yourself?<o:p></o:p><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Do only what you do not regret, </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />And fill yourself with joy.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">For a while the fool’s mischief </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Tastes sweet, sweet as honey. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />But in the end it turns bitter. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />And how bitterly he suffers!"</span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">-Dhammapada 5, “The Fool”</span></p></div></blockquote></div></div><div style="text-align: left; font-style: italic;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal">Yo, Mikyle here:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So, we’re back from a little bit of a hiatus.<span style=""> </span>Both Danny and I have been dealing with our own shit, but we’ve got some updates.<o:p> </o:p>This episode we’re going to freestyle it with just the two of us talking about our trip to TAM-6, and then get into the chapter.<span style=""> </span>We don’t have a guest this week.<span style=""> </span>Fuck it, we’re funny enough, right?<o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Right?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, check it out anyway. <span style=""> </span>We’re also going to be expanding the usefulness of the blog by adding the more “behind-the-scenes” stuff and other mayhem so that we can try and keep the actual show more concise.<span style=""> </span>Get on board with a little feedback and let us know what you think, eh?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sweet.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>MikWonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05666258818634781501noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-84929131874045857202008-06-26T23:08:00.004-06:002008-06-28T07:30:24.772-06:00Chapter 27 Summary<span><a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3341.mp3">Click Here</a> to download the chapter 27 summary (right click, save link/target as)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Point to Ponder</span>: When I "sin," I am sinning against myself.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quote to Remember</span>: "Jesus says, 'Do not lie, and do not do what you hate, for everything is observed from heaven.'" (Gospel of Thomas, saying 6)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Question to Consider</span>: If we are really supposed to let the Bible be our only moral guide, what are we supposed to to do when the Bible doesn't address some moral issue?MikWonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05666258818634781501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-43505767974877163392008-06-01T11:09:00.002-06:002008-12-09T03:11:22.822-07:0026 - Satan's Sunday School<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrtn5U25OGXbGhtAVj82KAYMXUgBgD8PqR77Ar5LMzOphoI0NHsahXxhWR-L3ybBf9-xSJGluFhmhdX-xwHqEGD6JohgNEyjVHa0tSHTp5uKL0_2OqE1vYvZGv5SKo9ad_CzGJyeYln8/s1600-h/dan_headshot_scaled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrtn5U25OGXbGhtAVj82KAYMXUgBgD8PqR77Ar5LMzOphoI0NHsahXxhWR-L3ybBf9-xSJGluFhmhdX-xwHqEGD6JohgNEyjVHa0tSHTp5uKL0_2OqE1vYvZGv5SKo9ad_CzGJyeYln8/s400/dan_headshot_scaled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206966016363195602" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3180.mp3">Click Here</a> to download episode 26 (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br /><blockquote>"We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talent” - Mark Twain<br /><br />"But your daughter doesn't say she's a demon; she insists she's the devil himself, and that's the same thing as saying you're Napoleon Bonaparte! You see?" - William Peter Blatty, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Exorcist</span></blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br />Another great discussion featuring <a href="http://www.jdsawyer.net/">Dan Sawyer</a>! Dan and Danny discuss the Bible and the myths surrounding the character of Satan. Dan Sawyer says he's and atheist, but <span style="font-weight: bold;">he actually believes in Satan</span>! Listen to find out why!<br /><br />Check out more of Dan and his work at http://www.jdsawyer.net/<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Point to Ponder</span>: Believers are actually pretty optimistic about the world: if only we could get rid of this cosmic troublemaker, everything would be okay.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quote to Remember</span>: "I cannot omit calling attention to the interesting fact that whereas the central Christian symbolism is a Trinity, the formula of the unconscious mind is a quaternity. As a matter of fact even the orthodox Christian formula is not quite complete, because the dogmatic aspect of the evil principle is absent from the Trinity, the former leading a more or less awkward existence as [the] devil." - Carl Jung, "Dogma and Natural Symbols"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Question to Consider</span>: Doesn't a literal belief in Satan implicitly mitigate the severity of human sinfulness?Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-61177526918735778962008-05-23T11:52:00.004-06:002008-05-23T12:02:31.217-06:00Update - sorry for the delayHey everyone,<br /><br />Sorry for the recent delays. We're still on track with booking guests and such, but I'm having serious computer malfunction problems. You see, I have to edit and mix our shows on my iBook G4 using a very unstable, free program. And I hates it. So, because of some random glitch or something, our last interview with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/EdwardCurrent?ob=1">Edward Current</a> has been chopped to bits and is beyond repair save hours and hours of manual crash recovery. Doing said crash recovery on my computer would be like sending granny through Navy Seal training... neither would survive. So, I don't know what I'm gonna do. I might try to schedule another interview with Edward and we can just start over. If not, I'll try to maybe get as much of the interview up as I can, though it won't be complete.<br /><br />In other news, we've just fixed the DONATE button on the side of the blog. We've never really campaigned much but we've decided that the real boost in the quality of this podcast is going to require money. So, it's like this: If you listen to and enjoy and episode, go ahead and donate a dollar for that show. If you liked 15 of our shows, throw down 15 dollars. This is completely on the honor system, of course, but we'd appreciate our listeners supporting the podcast by contributing financially. Only donate if you enjoy the episode, so we have more motivation to put out only great shows. Thanks so much.<br /><br />Also, if you have a business, website, service...etc and are interested in advertising on the Reason Driven Podcast, contact me at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/mail%20to:reasondriven@gmail.com">reasondriven@gmail.com</a>Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-26987990016582769542008-05-20T08:55:00.002-06:002008-05-20T08:56:59.510-06:00Chapter 25 Summary<span style="font-weight: bold;">Point to Ponder</span>: What happens to me is ''good'' if I decide it is.<br /><a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3119.mp3">Click Here </a>to download the chapter 25 summary (right click, save link/target as)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Quote to Remember</span>: ''A theory is a theory, not a reality. All a theory can do is remind me of certain thoughts that were a part of my reality then. A statement or a 'fact' is an emphasis - one way of looking at something. At worst it is a kind of myopia. A name is also just one way of seeing something. I can't make a statement about reality without omitting many other things which are also true about it. Even if it were possible to say everything that is true about a reality, I still would not have the reality I would only have the words. In fact, the reality changes even as I talk about it. When I outgrow my names and facts and theories, or when reality leaves them behind, I become dead if I don't go on to new ways of seeing things.'' (Hugh Prather, Notes to Myself)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Question to Consider</span>: Is Warren saying that things will actually turn out ''good'' for me in some way, or that I will have to redefine ''good'' as meaning ''whatever happens to me''?Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-270066200535979352008-05-11T00:18:00.003-06:002008-12-09T03:11:22.971-07:00Episode 24 - This Paper Idol<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM9K8cjYXENIUcfk3ATJ7EfaceMey_AAWHVu3qZFXHmyEB6Dq-hlAQiLLMUxasUmYLA6oZlF2EMbc4Iw22jNdX9WiAfgGcCl0zvzUShIGk3XnPIvtUtIs7e4A85IhxwvkEVftcS3Kbic/s1600-h/logicallycritical.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM9K8cjYXENIUcfk3ATJ7EfaceMey_AAWHVu3qZFXHmyEB6Dq-hlAQiLLMUxasUmYLA6oZlF2EMbc4Iw22jNdX9WiAfgGcCl0zvzUShIGk3XnPIvtUtIs7e4A85IhxwvkEVftcS3Kbic/s320/logicallycritical.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199005823398147154" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3082.mp3">Click Here</a> to download episode 24 (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I have not the slightest doubt that the reason we have anything at all to do with Christianity today is not that we have swallowed what Christianity has told us to believe and do, but that out of our own sense of how to live we have come to look seriously at Christianity because it seems in part at least to be saying the same thing we know to be right."</span> - Robin Scroggs, "Tradition, Freedom, and the Abyss"<br /><br />Special Guest: The Logically Critical Guy!<br /><br />Join the Reason-Driven crew as we chat with long-time-no-hear guy from the Logically Critical podcast! If you've never heard <a href="http://www.logicallycritical.net/Welcome.html">his podcast</a>, you're missing out! The guys discuss chapter 24 of Bob's book and discuss his reasons why the bible shouldn't be touted as the "infallible word of God". Not just another atheist peanut gallery, the reason-driven discussion tries to provide resources for good, healthy dialogs with believers. Enjoy!Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-28090477267186831412008-05-06T10:42:00.004-06:002008-05-07T09:03:40.404-06:00Chapter 24 Summary<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3051.mp3">Click Here</a> to download the chapter 24 summary (right click, save link/target as)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Point to Ponder:</span> If you believe the Bible is an infallible authority because your pastor said so, then <span style="font-style: italic;">he</span> is really your infallible authority, isn't he?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quote to Remember:</span> "That which does not preach Christ is not apostolic, though it be the work of Peter or Paul; and conversely, that which does teach Christ is apostolic even though hit be written by Judas, Annas, Pilate, or Herod." (Martin Luther, preface to James)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Question to Consider:</span> What isn't any true statement just as good as the "Word of God"? what makes any true statement something <span style="font-style: italic;">other</span> than the word of God?Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-52826981690519393982008-04-23T13:48:00.009-06:002008-12-09T03:11:23.049-07:00Episode 23: When Is a Religion Not a Religion?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnw35lTg78vAGgU7b9Z2aSAS7sm8zOXXk-kckfQmC8IqW4RzGYSFinJBfphiAIJ1yPl4q9l4loCpUhGd13rLVFB6_F_zDq1Dl-PzmrzDpjdnlorQMsmptvpS_HtXzmUKpciMvcMpYkphY/s1600-h/dave.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnw35lTg78vAGgU7b9Z2aSAS7sm8zOXXk-kckfQmC8IqW4RzGYSFinJBfphiAIJ1yPl4q9l4loCpUhGd13rLVFB6_F_zDq1Dl-PzmrzDpjdnlorQMsmptvpS_HtXzmUKpciMvcMpYkphY/s320/dave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195203336011777506" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/3005.mp3">Click Here</a> to download episode 23 (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">"The attempt to reduce Judaism to a religion is a betrayal of its true nature"<br />-Milton Steinberg, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Making of the Modern Jew</span><br /><br />"It is hardly possible...to say whether [Hinduism] is a religion or not, in the usual sense of the word."<br />-Jawaharlal Nehru, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Discovery of India</span><br /><br />"Buddhism is not a religion in the sense in which a religion is commonly understood."<br />-U Tittila, "The Fundamental Principles of Theravada Buddhism"<br /><br />"Islam is not merely a 'religion' in the sense in which the term is understood in the west."<br />-Said Ramadan, <span style="font-style: italic;">Islam, Doctrine and Way of Life</span></span><br /></blockquote>Special Guest: <a href="http://www.exchristian.net/">Dave VanAllen</a>!<br /><br />So, it looks like no one really likes to think of their faith as a "religion" per se, but as a relationship with a higher power...a higher power that is invisible, thus allowing for multiple interpretations to be offered. Fair enough. Your faith is based on truth, and the others just on wacky superstition, right? Dave VanAllen of <a href="http://www.exchristian.net/">ExChristian.net</a> joins Danny, Mikyle, and Miles for a discussion on whether one lives a particular lifestyle, or dwells within an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU">alternate conception of reality</a>, and the issues with both. Also, internet news featuring cruelty against both man and beast.MikWonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05666258818634781501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-81881537648632645742008-04-21T22:50:00.002-06:002008-04-22T16:38:36.693-06:00Chapter 23 Summary<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/2931.mp3">Click Here</a> to download the chapter 23 summary (right click, save link/target as)<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Point to Ponder</span>: If justice is not built into the structure of the universe, then our duty to establish it as best we can here on earth is all the greater.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quote to Remember</span>: ''In this respect fundamentalism has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth, it splits the conscience of its thoughtful adherents, and it makes them fanatical because they are forced to suppress elements of truth of which they are dimly aware.'' (Paul Tillich)<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Question to Consider</span>: Why would it be bad to admit that Christianity is a religion after all?Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090963634641645732.post-79290356822961291532008-04-13T15:59:00.006-06:002008-04-30T10:29:36.975-06:00Episode 22: The Character of Christ<a href="http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/2862.mp3">Click Here</a> to download episode 22 (right click, save link/target as)<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. </span>" - Jesus, Luke 14:26,27<br /><br />Special Guest: <a href="http://www.exminister.org/">Brian Worley</a><br /><br />Danny is flying solo for this episode. Featuring a short and sweet interview with the creator of <a href="http://www.exminister.org/">exminister.org</a>, we discuss the different "Jesuses" presented to us in the bible. Also features a reading of my critical review of Jonathan Wells' "Icons of Evolution". Finally a good long angry rant about an encounter with a self-proclaimed prophet. Enjoy! Send feedback to reasondriven@gmail.com<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">John said to him, 'Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.' But Jesus said, 'Do not hinder him; for there is no one who will perform a miracle in my name, and be able soon after to speak evil of me. For he who is not against us is for us.</span>" Mark 9:38-40 (NASB)<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.</span>" Luke 11:23 (NASB)<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.</span>" Revalation 3:15 -16 (RSV)<br /><br />My blog: <a href="http://schadey.blogspot.com/">The World Through Schade-Colored Shades</a>Danny Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15986082597625032778noreply@blogger.com6