You Don’t Have To Go Down in My Basement!

December 2, 2011 By 7 Comments

It’s always a treat to listen to former preacher Dan Barker talk about his religious past and this excerpt from his recent Skepticon IV talk shows you why. In it, he explains Christianity in a nutshell:

The full talk is available here:

(via HamboneProductions — Thanks to Brian for the link!)

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About Hemant Mehta

Hemant Mehta is the chair of Foundation Beyond Belief and a high school math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He began writing the Friendly Atheist blog in 2006. His latest book is called The Young Atheist's Survival Guide.

  • Austin

    This made my day.

  • Brian Wilson

    Barker is da man.  Thanks for posting. :)

  • Entertaining Doubts

    Thought he was going into Holy Ghost mode at ~0:40. Alas, just the camera autofocusing.

    All kidding aside, Dan Barker is brilliant! Thanks for posting this, Hemant.

  • Anonymous

    He’s a great speaker. Thanks for posting.

  • Frank

    Man i was that Guy and it is hard to de- brainwash yourself  ,once you do however, the world so much bigger and so much more wounderful

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_55HCGTRPQF6BHC2QWJJ6NLP33M Eleanor

    I’m sure I’m not the first to notice this, but… when you finish watching the videos, some of the links to related videos of Christopher Hitchens are abbreviated as things like “Christianity is False and Immoral. (Christ… Hitchens)” I just find that really amusing.

  • Riccardo

    Religion + Good Works = Good Works
    Religion = Good Works – Good Works
    Religion = 0

    There. Solved. XD