It turns out we fed a blank mp3 file last night. Unfortunately, if you’re listening to the show as a podcast, your podcatcher — iTunes or iPodder — has most likely already downloaded the bad file, and isn’t going to waste any time looking for the good one.
If you’re having trouble hearing the December 19 show “A Christian America,” right-click below:
I love your show but this one was painful to listen to- I can’t believe you gave license to Mr. Haggard to ramble on incoherently about religion- within seconds he had contradicted himself and showed how insane it is to use the Bible as a roadmap for morality and policy- but no one called him on it. And who cares what Jesus said? First off, we only know what people said he said and a lot of it actually isn’t so great- go read it for yourself. And all this about “God is love”- that’s mind-boggling given that much of the Bible describes how “He” spends much of “His” time killing and terrorizing “His” people for little reason- the God of the Bible by all defintions is a terrorist. Please, please, read Sam Harris’ book “The End of Faith” and help to move us towards a world without the pernicious influence of Biblical religion. And how could you, Chris, say that Bill Gates is giving his money away so that he can “slip through the eye of the needle”?- no, he’s doing it because he’s a deeply altruistic person who doesn’t need ancient myths to motivate him- you debased him with that comment- shame on you.
J.S.
I agree it was painful because of the time allowed to Mr Haggard. The folks associated with sound machine of the right understand the value of the filibuster. Maybe Chris could discuss “equal air time” with guests he knows will consume an unfair amount of airtime.