Nov 7, 2016
Cass and Bob converse with Kile B. Jones. Kile gets around in post-Christian circles and is very much a bridge-builder. He plays well with Christians, Muslims, other faiths and inter-faith functions. He actively engages with churches in helping them understand that atheists are human too and helps integrate Darwinism into their faith.
Kile is a Bible scholar with a Masters in Sacred Theology and another Masters in Theological Studies, both from Boston University. He’s the Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Claremont Journal of Religion. He’s the Founder of Interview an Atheist at Church Day (and I play a clip as an example of what happens there). Kile is also the founder of the Take Darwin to Church Project, which we discuss. He’s been published in many scholarly periodicals and has presented at Conferences across the U.K. and U.S.A. on Religion and Philosophy.
This is good talk with Kile. We talk about current events, which can be problematic because I usually give myself 2 to 3 weeks to edit each show, sometimes 4 here at the end of the year, but at as a result, for example, the election of President had not happened when we taped this, and, in fact, has not happened yet as I’m taping this, so some of that is a little dated, but I think it’s still interesting, maybe even as we reflect back on how we were feeling in the weeks approaching it, etc.
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Credits:
"Towering Mountain of Ignorance" intro by Hank Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3v3S82TuxU
Intro bumper "Never Know" by Jack Johnson
The segue music is by Sam Maher recorded on a handpan in the NY
city subway.
Thanks for listening and be a yes-sayer to what is.
Kile’s interview w/ Ryan Bell on the Life After God podcast
The Youtube interview w/ Pastor Phil Wyman and Jonas Green
https://interviewatheists.wordpress.com/about/
https://www.facebook.com/kilebjones?fref=ts
So here are the most commonly used words on the EA Podcast according to the Facebook thread:
- Hegemony
- Credulity
- Ontological
- Certainty
- Agency
- Inerrancy
- Secular
- Woowoo
- Epistemology
- Volitional
- Community
- Humanist
- Difference
- Transcendent
- Epiphany
- WooWoo
- Nuanced
- Wow
- Narrative
- Fuck
- Cognitive Dissonance
- Mental Gymnastics
- Meaning making, story-telling, pattern seeking creatures
- Drank the Kool-Aid
- Apologist
- Firebrand –
- Fundamental –
- Reason –
- Zeitgeist –
- Apostate