Guest: Victor Stenger, author of bestseller: God: The Failed Hypotheis
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2009
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Scientist and author Victor Stenger will be Saturday's guest. Stenger is the author of many books on science and reason, including God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007). The cohosts will relay reaction to the Foundation's "Beware of Dogma" billboard just posted in Boise, Idaho, and analyze some troubling news developments showing the harm of placing religious dogma over people.
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