Episode 35 - A Season of Hell Part 2

Episode 35 – Show NotesAndrew continued the long story of hell, picking up with St Paul. The various twists and turns (and torments) were related up to today. We frequently mentioned Chris Date, he was our guest in episode 9. Then Ed talked through his material on the apologetics of defending hell, based on a paper he wrote with Josh Parikh, find it here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zq-BQro4qIaVMQNX6t4tMGRWIm5uVNc5/view?usp=sharing Finally we became festive and Frances provided some Seasonal debunking. First in her sights was a myth about the shepherds at the nativity, such as given here:https://www.premierchristianity.com/Past-Issues/2014/December-2014/Christmas-ScandalsHer source material was partly from ‘Facts and Trends’:https://factsandtrends.net/2015/12/17/christmas-urban-legends-shepherds-as-outcasts/And Frances mentioned the Jewish take on shepherdshttps://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1762017/jewish/People-of-the-Land.htm For good measure Frances then took on an atheist’s myth about Jesus and Mithras, such as was peddled on the BBC’s QI:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSm7YPMQOSo&feature=emb_logoSee Tim O’Neil’s work on this one:https://historyforatheists.com/2016/12/the-great-myths-2-christmas-mithras-and-paganism/ Doubts Aloud Links: Please leave us a review!Or give feedback and ask questions using : [email protected] Join the Facebook Group discussions:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1023280847835278/Meet us all in person (after Covid19) at the monthly “Unbelievable Christian and Skeptic Discussion Group” in central London, see:https://www.meetup.com/Unbelievable-Christian-and-Skeptic-Discussion-Group-London