Jesus on a Fish Stick (and other "miracles")

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The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 21 March 2017

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

From the Jesus fish stick, to weeping Mary statues, to the staged "cures" sold by self-acclaimed faith healers, this lighthearted show explores some of the bizarre (and often hysterically funny) miracle claims from around the world.

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go, the step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Branch ball face blasphemy.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on 100 fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:44.6	Today's show is about weighing some often very wild claims
0:48.9	against the evidence.
0:50.8	How do we separate fact from fiction?
0:53.0	How do we tell the difference?
0:54.1	How do we protect ourselves from some kind of crazy ideas out there?
0:58.2	Well, Dr. Stephen Novella is a neurologist
1:01.2	and a professor at the Yale School of Medicine.
1:03.4	I've had him on this broadcast.
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