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<itunes:subtitle>An introduction to my journey from religion.</itunes:subtitle>
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<title>Episode 8 - Lecture by Mel Lipman president of American Humanist Association</title>
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<title>Episode 7 - Interview with Dr. John Allen Paulos</title>
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<description><![CDATA[During my interview with Dr. John Allen Paulos I ask him many questions pertaining to math and skepticism.  We discuss his view on the philosophy of math, the beauty of math, and how math is misused by the pseudosciences among other topics.  We discuss a point or two also about his new book Irreligion, A Mathematician Explains Why The Arguments For God Just Don't Add Up.  

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http://therationalfactor.wordpress.com/

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http://www.math.temple.edu/~paulos/]]></description>
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<title>Episode 6 - Wallbuilders, Einstein, and poor scholarship</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I cover a little news, a personal story and about how I made a classic mistake.  I cover Wallbuilders, some Einstein quotes, and a brief warning about the upcoming Ben Stein movie expelled.  Check out my blog by googling "rational factor" and weblog for show notes and other freethought sites. Or copy and paste http://therationalfactor.wordpress.com/]]></description>
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<itunes:subtitle>A personal journey into freethought.</itunes:subtitle>
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<title>Quick Update</title>
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<title>Episode 5 - A little freethought and a lot of math</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I cover several math related stories that I have read about over the years and would like to share.  Math is a beautiful aspect of nature and our lack of understanding it leads us to not taking it seriously.  There is some freethought related news and math stories that I would like to share plus a little math game that I developed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2007 02:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Episode 4 - More News</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2007 03:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This is an episode about recent topics I've heard on the news lately interspersed with various comments and random tangents.]]></description>
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<title>Episode 2: Why I am not a Christian Part 1</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is part 1 of my personal journey out of Christianity.  It is not intended to be an in depth analysis against Christian apologetics but merely a topical exposition of the questions raised throughout my youth and into adulthood.  I don't intend to make this podcast a diatribe against religion but I enjoy hearing about peoples personal jouneys and this is just mine.	]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Episode 1: Introduction to The Rational Factor</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is the introduction to The Rational Factor podcast.  This first episode is just a little about where I come from and my journey through and from religion.  In future episodes I will address topics such as freethought, skepticism, reason, science, nature, math, religion, philosophy and whatever else I find interesting. ]]></description>
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