Sanal Edemaruku: Paying the price for skeptical activism

This time, I'm interviewing Sanal Edamaruku, one of the big guys in the Indian rationalist movement. He is the Founder and President of Rationalists International and President of the Indian Rationalist Association. He has done so much over the years to fight for scientific temper and rationality in India. In fact, Sanal had to leave India when a group of Christians in India started threatening him when he debunked their claim that their statue of Jesus was weeping. It turned out, the weeping Jesus was not a miracle. The truth of what was seeping out of the statue is a lot more…troubling. In this video, we talk about his origin story, the importance of scientific temper, the whole account of what led to his leaving the country, the latest updates on rationalist international, and his advice to the new sceptics and rationalists of India who are fighting superstition every day.

Atheism, Religion, Social ActivismAbhijit ChandaDecember 31, 2023sanal edamaruku jesus statue, sanal edemaruku, sanal edemaruku speech, religious violence, rationalist, rationalist india, rationalist app, rationalism, religious violence in india, causes of religious violence in india, weeping statue, crying statue in india, bleeding jesus statue, crying statue sewageComment

How Seth Andrews Went From Believing in God to Hosting The Thinking Atheist

There was the death of a popular Christian recording artist in the nineties, 1997. Rich Mullins was his name, horribly killed in a car accident.

I remember being on the radio telling everybody that God had called him home, and it just made no sense. I was on the radio, and in my skull, I was thinking, this is a bunch of crap. This, this doesn't, this doesn't wash.

Interview, Religion, AtheismAbhijit ChandaApril 2, 2023seth andrews, the thinking atheist, podcast, deconverted, the thinking atheist podcast, sacred cowsComment

Doubting your religion? This organisation can help you! | Rationable Interview with Rob Palmer

we have in several European countries Australia North America, so Mexico, Canada. Yeah. There is currently no support group per se in Asia, unless you count Australia as Asia. I guess not. There's not but still, we will support people from anywhere. We have several phone lines. They're all in English from different English-speaking countries. , but anyone can contact us and we'll talk about what we do through the web. You just get to our web page and you can chat to us or you can make a web-based phone call for free. So yeah, we will talk to people from anywhere in the world.

An Indian Atheist on Hinduism: Vimoh on Karma, Castes, and how to be a better atheist in India

This is my interview with an atheist podcaster and Youtuber Vimoh or Vijayendra Mohanty. He discusses his story of becoming an atheist and his perspective on the Hindu religion. We also discuss some handy tips on discussing Hinduism with believers and the books you should read as an atheist to be more informed about Hinduism.

Atheism, Human Rights, Rational Perspective, Religion, InterviewAbhijit ChandaNovember 23, 2022vijayendra mohanty vimoh podcast, vimoh podcast, vijayendra mohanty, amous atheist in india, agnosticism in hinduism, Indian atheist, hinduism, caste discrimination, karma, charvaka atheism, hindu atheist meaning, nirishwarwad in englishComment

Does Science know everything? (Updated)

An age-old comment to defend unscientific ideas needs to meet its end.

Science, Religion, Rational Perspective, skepticismAbhijit ChandaJune 30, 2019define informal fallacy, science fallacy, the fallacy of scientific consensus, god of the gaps, scientific method, nature of scienceComment

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