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Christopher Tanner
- Jun 13, 2017
- 12 min
The Great Evolution Debate Notes
This blog post is a quick look inside Host Chris Hanna’s mind as he prepped for the debate. I thought this would be good for those who want to read what went into our side of the debate. Don’t forget to check out the episode right here! Listen to the episode right here! Opening statement (10 mins)
Things to ask in rebuttal to Aaron’s opening
His definition of evolution: Science and fine tuning Looking from the wrong direction: if you start at the solution (the theist way) t
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Christopher Tanner
- Aug 10, 2016
- 1 min
#43: Michigan Congressional Candidate Dennis Murphy, Cain, and the TPP
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/9146189 #43 :Michigan Congressional Candidate Dennis Murphy, Cain, and the TPP.
This episode was a first for us here at Cellar Door Skeptics, an interview with a congressional candidate! Dennis B. Murphy is the Democratic candidate running for Michigan’s Second District and just repeatedly impressed Chris and Christopher with his historical, scientific, and progressive intellect, making him our kind of candidate. We also ad another segment of
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Christopher Tanner
- Mar 22, 2016
- 1 min
#23: Astronomy Saves The World
Are the presidential rallies getting too violent and losing sight of what they were supposed to be for? Chris and Christopher weigh in on the hypocrisy rampant on BOTH sides lately. After that Daniel Batcheldor stops by to explain to us how astronomy can save the world and plug his amazing upcoming book! To close out the show, some bunk arguments against GMO foods were crushed and Christopher got Chris a bit ripped, leading to his first rant about teaching the controversy. Yo
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Christopher Tanner
- Mar 8, 2016
- 7 min
International Women’s Day Episode 21 Notes
International Women’s Day Theme: Pledge For Parity Definition: noun the state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status or pay. #PledgeForParity Links http://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme ***All the information has come from the International Women’s Day website. I have consolidated it for the purpose of my notes on the podcast. Chris Hanna and Myself felt that it would be a benefit to everyone to have all the links in one place along with the flow. P
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Christopher Tanner
- Feb 2, 2016
- 1 min
#17: DEBATE “Is There Sufficient Evidence For The Christian God”
Listen Here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics/17-debate-presup This week is a first us here at Cellar Door Skeptics, a formal debate on the topic “Is There Sufficient Evidence For The Christian God?” Chris Hanna will be taking the moderator position in an effort to quell the fire and the flames between his co-host Christopher Tanner and our guest, Aaron Furlong. Aaron will be taking the positive with a strong background in presuppositional Christian apologetics
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Christopher Tanner
- Jan 31, 2016
- 3 min
DEBATE “Is There Sufficient Evidence For The Christian God” Bios
DEBATE “Is There Sufficient Evidence For The Christian God” Bios We wanted to do a post that both the Bios and the debate rules in it. This is the post. Our goal is to present the most information about our guests and allow for anyone reading this and listening to the show to be able to connect with the debaters. At Cellar Door Skeptics we strive to present a well rounded and fair debate along with the information needed to give everyone the knowledge we hope they gain fro
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Christopher Tanner
- Jan 11, 2016
- 1 min
New Promotional Commercial!
Cellar Door Skeptics Promotional Video Well here it is in all its “glory”. The first public commercial created to help everyone understand who Cellar Door Skeptics is and how you can find all our content. Cellar Door Skeptics is a podcast based out of Grand Rapids Michigan featuring hosts Christopher Tanner & Chris Hanna. This podcast will include some video as we build up our show. We will be tackling science, skepticism, atheism, humanism, politics and entertainment. We ar
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Christopher Tanner
- Jul 2, 2015
- 4 min
Seeing God at the Bottom of a Water Bong
Once again we are visited by our good friend David Goza who lights our way regularly from the dark pits of YouTube Anatomically modern humans have lived on this planet for at least 200,000 years. During that time, our ancestors – or people whom our ancestors knew – have eaten, drunk, smoked, snorted, or otherwise ingested (use your rich imagination) absolutely everything on the surface of this planet. You know that’s true – hell, they’re still doing it! Now, some of those thi
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Christopher Tanner
- Jun 30, 2015
- 5 min
There Is No True Christian
For More from David, Click HERE With any socio-cultural change there comes along for the ride a varying level of ideological reflection. Much depends on the connection one’s group has with the change. The greater degree of perceived effect the change has, the greater need there is to determine a response. At this level of group identity the question arises concerning whether agreeing or disagreeing is the best way of displaying the continuation of that identity. Nowhere is th
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Christopher Tanner
- Jun 16, 2015
- 4 min
Dreaming of Darwin: Fundamentalist Night Terrors
Some of the great scientific discoveries have been syntheses that emerged more or less organically from the systematic crunching of a compendium of data accumulated over time. Plate tectonics furnishes an illustrative example: the Grand Unified Theory of Geology was made possible by a great many observations made over the course of a couple of centuries, some of them serendipitous (e.g. the discovery of deep-ocean trenches and mid-ocean ranges during the submarine era). Put e
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Christopher Tanner
- Jun 9, 2015
- 4 min
Cursed are the Meek, for They Dream of Being Enslaved
I’m going to keep this entry short ‘n’ sweet and get you thinking about something. (If you end up coming to the same conclusions I have under your own steam, the insight will be more truly yours than if I simply serve it up fully-cooked.) I want to spill just a little metaphorical ink over the most important verse in the Bible. I’m not talking about John 3:16. I have in mind a different saying attributed to Jesus, one that can be found in that compendium of aphorisms and apot
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Chris Hanna
- Jun 4, 2015
- 3 min
Letter from the Editor: I’m Just Tired
As the title says, I’m just tired, exhausted, worn down, exasperated… Does anyone else feel it? Wait, let me elaborate before you sigh and cast your weary gaze to the back button, expecting this to be nothing but a series of complaints from a millennial who actually has to work for his money. You would be quite wrong, of course, as I rarely give people exactly what they expect. As an activist, blogger, podcast host, engineer, homeowner, small business owner, husband, responsi
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Christopher Tanner
- Jun 3, 2015
- 2 min
Why I Hate the Phrase: “True Christians Don’t Do That!”
It never fails. Any time a situation arises where a Christian, or group of Christians, is in the wrong Christians come out of the woodwork to distance themselves. “A True Christian wouldn’t do that!”
“As a True Christian, I’m appalled and I wish you wouldn’t call these people Christians.” Listen, folks. There are over 40,000 different denominations of Christianity. Each one values certain verses from the Bible more than others. Some denominations are more progressive and valu
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Christopher Tanner
- May 12, 2015
- 5 min
Let’s Talk about Snakes!
Gather ‘round, young creationist True Believers™: time for a little herpetology lesson from the Blessed Old Leather-Bound Bible! Genesis 3 begins with a description of a talking animal – one of two such wonders found in God’s Word: //Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in t
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Christopher Tanner
- May 8, 2015
- 4 min
Duncan, OK Mother Chats with Koni: That Atheist Lady about Persecution in Small Town America.
Yesterday, I drove over two hours down to Duncan, OK, to talk with Lea and her two sons about how things have changed since we last spoke. I met them at the casino in town to have dinner before we went to film the follow-up interview you see here. It was one of the most bizarre experiences of my life. I’ve never eaten with such an audience before! While walking into the casino several people, walking to and from their cars, were staring, pointing and talking about us. Lea tur
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Christopher Tanner
- May 4, 2015
- 5 min
Raising Cain While I’m Abel
In the fourth chapter of Genesis, we encounter one of the most curious stories in the Blessed Old Leather-Bound Bible. This is the story of Cain and Abel, the divinely-inspired account of the first murder. Here are the first sixteen verses from the NRSV: “Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying ‘I have produced a man with the help of the LORD.’ Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. In th
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Christopher Tanner
- Apr 29, 2015
- 9 min
A response to “Religion and science can we talk?”
We here at Atheist Analysis don’t usually create formal response letters to blogs or news stories unless they are of immense social and humanistic consequence, but recently a link was given to me that lead to a progressive christian blog. This more compromising version of faith is, to me, less harmful and overall a step in the right general direction, while still providing enough material for all of us here on the blog team to continue picking apart the hypocrisy; it’s the c
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Christopher Tanner
- Apr 28, 2015
- 6 min
The Duncan Debacle: An Interview with the Mother at the Center of the Duncan, Oklahoma Bible Battle
Shortly after things hit the fan in Duncan, earlier this month, I had the pleasure of connecting with Lea (the mother at the center of the controversy) via an atheist Facebook group for Oklahomans. Those of you that follow my Facebook page may have seen the letter I sent to the superintendent: Please contact christophertanner@atheistanalysis.com for information and interview opportunities with Koni and Lea And check out the go fund me! The incident has since garnered nationwi
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Christopher Tanner
- Apr 27, 2015
- 4 min
An Open Letter to the Whole Christian World
Here is what I wish I could say to the whole Christian world: Christians, the hour of your deliverance is at hand. My paraphrase of St. Paul is quite intentional: it is he and his awful system that I wish to engage on your behalf. Your freedom depends on a single, simple act. Winning it will be almost effortless, and probably painless as well. All you need do is give close and honest consideration to a single proposition. Rather than tell you outright what that proposition is
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