Wed, 31 October 2007
The Show Notes: so?... Intro Mr. Ellipses Zappa plays Zappa on Wednesday More Mr. Ellipses Polka Twilight Zone Soccergirl's Mocktoberfest Video Series Geo's Mom reads Jay-Z Lyrics - "Izzo" from Collision Course Halloween Poison Candy MythInteresting Fauna Halloween Edition - Cymothoa Exigua sent in by Bryan McCloskey Religious Moron(s) of the Week- Pastor Peter Curtis sent in by Dave Lim - John Skehan, Michael Hickey and Francis Guinan sent in by BF Press A sad anniversaryA song for Oscar Ask George - practice time from Bruno Van de Casteele - history of the catholic church from André Goguen - workout secrets / "we" from Bryan McCloskey - "Hot Topic" atheists from Mari from Michigan - dealing with proselytizers from Mike Oliver - Soccergirl topless and conspiracy theories from Alexander van Houten Show Close...................................... Mentioned in the show: Oscar; Ms. Information's studio; Secret Origins of the Bible Tim Callahan; Who Wrote the Gospels? Randel Helms; Misquoting Jesus Bart D. Ehrman; Picture Perfect Weight Loss Howard M. Shapiro; Gym Jones; and Soccergirl, Incorporated. And as always: visit the sites in the Geologic Universe. Have a comment on the show, a topic for Minoishe Interroberg, or a question for Ask George? Drop George a line and now you can write to Geo's Mom, too! Go buy some things! Get George's music at CD Baby and iTunes, and Non-Coloring Book at Lulu, both as download and print edition. Comments[26]
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- Love the podcast! I\'ve been working my way through the previous episodes, and I wanted to say I really liked Song for Oscar. I was very moved. It was great. I didn\'t see it on any of your current records, so I\'ll hope it\'s on the next one.
I too found the Gym Jones site. It lead me to Crossfit.com. Ever been there? For those interested, they have a HUGE selection of videos of all the exercises and workouts. It\'s a whole community, and it\'s where Mark Twight from Gym Jones got a lot of his techniques, etc. They post a workout everyday. I\'ve been doing it for about two months and it completely kicks my ass.
Anyway, great podcast, and keep it up! Thanks. - ComputerKing - About the Latin quote... I studied Latin at school when I was a kid. I enjoyed it, but never really pursued it any further after school so I'm no expert, but here's some of what I remember about pronunciation.
Most letters that can be either hard or soft in modern English, were always pronounced as hard in Latin. The letter C was hard because K was rarely used, meaning "Caesar" was pronounced "Kaiser". G was always hard because J was used where a soft pronunciation was needed.
Also, the way I was taught, letter V was often used in place of U and W, so we were always taught to pronounce it soft. Therefore the famous phrase "Veni Vidi Vici" was pronounced "Waynee Weedee Weekee".
Our Latin teacher spoke with a very thick Welsh accent, that might have affected how we were taught. So all of what I've just said may be completely wrong. - Wonderful podcast, but one correction... the 144,000 \"reserved spots\" in the Jehovah\'s Witnesses camp have already been taken,and the roaming recruiters are not actually recruiting for those spots so unfortunately that argument doesn\'t work against them. I learned this a while back when Ryan Sutter was on the Infidel Guy podcast... Ryan has an archive of his interview with the Infidel Guy here: http://www.ryansutter.net/audio/igshow_09062006.mp3
- I must say, I love your podcast! Just found it a week or so ago.
As an ex-anti-theist (too many hyphens? I don\'t know) who still shops at Hot Topic occasionally, I loved your bit on them. For me, I was rebelling against the Utah culture, I guess, but doing that actually got me more interested in science.
Story time! One of my friends told me that I was horrible at arguing against religion because all I would do is curse god and tell people they were stupid. After being told that, I started to do research, building arguments and learning all I could about all religions. Of course, in the midst of this, I realized that arguing about invisible friends is a losing battle.
After all of that research on religion and the science behind evolution, I have decided that I want to become a teacher. I was never taught evolution in biology or even critical thinking in general, so I want to try to teach these things to the children.
Wow, that is a really incoherent post. My grammar is horrible and I use commas too often. - Hey George, I love your show. I\'ve been listening since the start of the podcast, but I\'ve been particularly enjoying all of your 30-whatever episodes.
Your song about Oscar got me all choked up! I had to say goodbye in a very similar way to my 19 year old cat about 6 weeks ago. Man, I really miss him. He had a very long, good life, and I\'m glad I could be there at the end of it, even though I had dreaded that day for a long time. I really related to everything you said about that experience, so thank you for that.
Your mom is AWESOME too! - Your song for Oscar made me cry on the bus :( Then you made me laugh like a loon. It was a very emotional bus ride.
Anyone interested in (factual) biblical and church history should check out Robert M. Price, better known as the Bible Geek http://www.robertmprice.mindvendor.com
Anyone who listens to the Infidel Guy Show will be familiar with him, and you can submit questions to this veritable fount of biblical knowledge at biblegeek.org. This guy is a theological encyclopedia. With a sense of humour, and a penchant for horror fiction... - I wanted to get something straight. In Geo\'s Mom\'s segment, she gave the eternal quote: "Cogito Ergo Sum".
I want to know, is her pronunciation of Cogito (with a hard G instead of soft, the way I usually pronounce it) the proper way of saying it? I\'m not a Latin student, so I don\'t know. - Steve-
At first I thought this was a meta site, but now I think it\'s legit. And someone else must have said \"Let\'s get rid of this URL!\" This is now the message:
\"The transfer of content to a different server with a new domain name is progressing. The change will be completed soon. Updated content is on the new site.\"
...which is www.cfumcga.com
Thanks for the laugh.posted by: Ms. Information for the Geologic Universe on 2007-11-01 10:04:00
- Just a small little thing about your mom\'s \"Jay Z\" lyrics. I believe that\'s actually written and originally produced by Linkin Park. I\'ve at least seen their rapper doing those lyrics in concert. (Not my choice of concert, but it\'s better than pop country & rap-tards) That would explain how I actually know those lyrics. Otherwise, there\'s no way.
Oh, and smack that pussy assed coward in the face for me!! Eat his childrens flesh!
I\'ve become so numb I can\'t feel you there,
Become so tired so much more aware
I\'m becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you - You romantic devil, you!
Seems to me, Mr. Ellipses isn\'t worth your breath.
Most of the books by Bart Ehrman are really good. I\'ve read, \"When Jesus Became God\" and \"Lost Christianities\".
Also, The Teaching Company, www.teach12.com has some great lecture series recordings. A bunch in the religion section are by Mr Ehrman, \"Historical Jesus\", \"Lost Christianities: ...\", \"History of the Bible: The Making of the New Testament Canon\"
I also, HIGHLY RECOMMEND from the Teaching Company, \"Einstein\'s Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd Edition\" presented by Richard Wolfson. REALLY well presented.
- A parasite that becomes a fish's tongue? That has to be the grimmest thing I've ever heard!
Also, my fiancée and I regularly get Jehovah's Witnesses knocking on our door and we've often used the "I worship Satan" line on them. The looks on their faces are priceless every time.
Excellent show as ever, Geo!
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