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  1. 209b: Hitchens - Religion abolishes obligation to live in truth

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    06/18/21
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Christians Aren’t Good, or Moral. In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Christopher Hitchens’ speech on religion and morality. Does religion delete our need to confront reality?
    209b: Hitchens - Religion abolishes obligation to live in truth

  2. Friday, June 18, 2021

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    06/18/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about heretics, blasphemers, and how to be a gracious historian.
    Friday, June 18, 2021

  3. 209a: Hitchens - Is it moral to tell anybody that their sins can be forgiven?

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    06/17/21
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    God is Good… or Not. In this episode, we read and discuss Christopher Hitchins’ speech about religion and morality. What’s the point of attaching the forgiveness of sins to morality?
    209a: Hitchens - Is it moral to tell anybody that their sins can be forgiven?

  4. Thursday, June 17, 2021

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    06/17/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon known as “Lady Bountiful” on account of her support of Evangelical revival.
    Thursday, June 17, 2021

  5. Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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    06/16/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the Russian Christian philosopher Sergei Bulgakov.
    Wednesday, June 16, 2021

  6. Tuesday, June 15, 2021

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    06/15/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember St. Vitus the patron saint of mimes, Prague, those who oversleep, and more.
    Tuesday, June 15, 2021

  7. Monday, June 14, 2021

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    06/14/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about musicians from various Christian denominations.
    Monday, June 14, 2021

  8. Sunday, June 13, 2021

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    06/13/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about church demographics in North America and the world.
    Sunday, June 13, 2021

  9. 208b: Nietzsche - Seeing the alternative between Dionysus and the “Crucified”

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    06/12/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The God that won’t stay dead. In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of God, Nietzsche, and how Jesus fights against our attempts at self-atonement.
    208b: Nietzsche - Seeing the alternative between Dionysus and the “Crucified”

  10. Saturday, June 12, 2021

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    06/12/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the complicated Archbishop of Munich Michael Von Faulhaber, and his relationship with the church and Hitler.
    Saturday, June 12, 2021

  11. Friday, June 11, 2021

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    06/11/21
    7 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember Ignatius Maloyan on the anniversary of his death on this day in 1915.
    Friday, June 11, 2021

  12. Thursday, June 10, 2021

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    06/10/21
    7 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember August Tholuck on the anniversary of his death and his work in Halle almost a century after A.H. Francke.
    Thursday, June 10, 2021