Author: Rob Steiner
Shane Bitney Crone on WFAA News
Watch Shane Bitney Crone explain why he made the It Could Happen to You video to the WFAA news team.
Equal Love, Equal Rights
LGBT rights was a big reason why I began to question my faith. Tom and Shane were the first to remove the boundaries placed on love by my fundamentalists upbringing. I owe them both a sincere debt of gratitude.
The Skeptic (EP)
The latest EP from Recovering Fundamentalists co-founder Drew Stedman explores the contradictions of faith and the beauty of truth.
Christian Propaganda: Fact Check
Read about recent examples of Christians spreading inaccurate stories of religious violence in Africa and Barack Obama’s “secret Muslim agenda”.
Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron
Former child stars speak out against the hate-ridden words of Kirk Cameron.
Kirk Cameron’s Bad Science
Watch Kirk’s BFF Ray Comfort make an ass of himself by using a banana to prove the existence of a divine creator.
Recovering Fundamentalists on BBC’s Sunday Morning Live
Recovering Fundamentalists Co-Founder Drew Stedman will appear on BBC One’s Sunday Morning Live on August 7, 2011 to discuss his personal experiences with exorcisms.
Planned Poverty
In a nation with 3 million hungry children and 2 million prison inmates, the abolishment of Planned Parenthood seems unreasonable. Once again, religion can be found where reason is lost.
Dismantling Fundamentalism Intro
This series will focus on some of the many errors within the Bible in the hope that those who are questioning these beliefs will find the information helpful.
Wile E. Coyote Searches for Meaning
After finally catching Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote searches for new found purpose.
If The Fires Exist EP – Drew Stedman
Watch music videos for the first two tracks off of Recovering Fundamentalists co-founder Drew Stedman’s upcoming EP “If the Fires Exist”.
Just Look Up – Drew Stedman
Recovering Fundamentalists co-founder Drew Stedman’s “Just Look Up” music video. “Just Look Up” is included on Drew’s upcoming EP “If The Fires Exist”.
If The Fires Exist – Drew Stedman
“If The Fires Exist” by Recovering Fundamentalists’ co-founder Drew Stedman.
You Can’t Trust Science
“Science has an agenda! Science is unreliable!” If you’ve ever heard a religious person say these words, you’ll love this video
“From Big Bang to Us – Made Easy” Series
This web series explains in layman’s terms some of what we know about the origins of the the universe, the origins of life, the evolution of life, human ancestry, and more. The series also covers the scientific method behind mankind’s pursuit of this knowledge.
History of the Universe – Part 1
A brief video explanation of the origins of our universe.
Episode 1 of “From Big Bang to Us — Made Easy” Series.
History of the Universe – Part 2
Part 2 of a brief video history of our universe.
Episode 2 of “From Big Bang to Us — Made Easy” Series.
The Origin of Life
The video explains current ideas as to how life might have originated on Earth. The idea that inorganic mud can miraculously turn into cells is a claim made in the Bible and the Qu’ran, not science. What biologists are trying to do is understand how carbon-based chemicals combine to form nucleotides, the building blocks of replicating chemicals. The chemistry is complex, but it’s starting to be understood, and it’s not magical.
Episode 3 of “From Big Bang to Us — Made Easy” Series.
The Story of Earth
Is the Earth really 6,500 years old? And was there a global flood 4,000 years ago? The only way to find out is to look at the clues from the past. This video explains the evidence geologists use that shows slow uplift, erosion and sedimentation over hundreds of millions of years.
Episode 4 of “From Big Bang to Us — Made Easy” Series.
The Age of our World
Methods of dating easily explained, that clearly prove the age of the Earth and our universe. Part of the “Made Easy” series that explains science in clear and simple terms. A must for people who think the world is just 6,000 years old.
Episode 5 of “From Big Bang to Us — Made Easy” Series.
Natural Selection
Explains natural selection in simple terms. A must for anyone who is confused by the Theory of Evolution, and wonders why it’s taught in classrooms. This video is part of the ‘Made Easy’ series that explains the history of our world, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa.
Episode 6 of “From Big Bang to Us — Made Easy” Series.
The Theory of Evolution
Explains the Theory of Evolution in simple terms. A must for anyone who is confused by what the Theory is, what it means, and why it’s taught in classrooms. This video is part of the ‘Made Easy’ series that explains the history of our world, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa.
Episode 7 of “From Big Bang to Us — Made Easy” Series.
Human Evolution
The evidence for human evolution. Part of the “Made Easy” series which traces our origins from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa.
Episode 8 of “From Big Bang to Us — Made Easy” Series.
Human Ancestry
This video traces our migration out of Africa and explains, through DNA evidence, how humans colonized the world. It is part of the Made Easy series of videos that show the evidence of our origins, from the Big Bang onwards.
Episode 9 of “From Big Bang to Us — Made Easy” Series.
The Scientific Method
This video explains how we acquire this knowledge, and how ideas go from a hunch in a laboratory to accepted theories taught in school.
Episode 10 of “From Big Bang to Us — Made Easy” Series.
Creation Science
Creation Science is fairly simple to understand. The conclusion is laid out for you — just read Genesis — so there’s nothing to investigate. The question is whether this really is science. Even if it isn’t, should it be taught in school as a way of ‘opening’ young minds?
Episode 11 of “From Big Bang to Us — Made Easy” Series.
The Laminin Protein
The Laminin Protein is being used by Christians to “prove” that their god is the creator of mankind.
Laminin is a protein with bonding qualities. The bonding provided by this protein plays a vital roll in our molecular structure. This has lead Christians to say that “Good keeps us together”.
Religious Recovery Art Gallery
View photos from Dr. Marlene Winell’s group art exhibitions focused on religious recovery.
Join Recovering Fundamentalists
Recovering Fundamentalists needs your help. We are experiencing tremendous response to our new recovery program. There are a lot of people suffering from abusive religious backgrounds. They need to know that we are here to help. Find out how you can help us reach these people.
Pinker and Goldstein discuss Science, Fiction, and God
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, philosopher and author of the new novel 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, discusses mind-body problems with her husband, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker.
Betty Bowers Explains Biblical Marriage
Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian, explains exactly what constitutes a Bible based marriage.
Evolution Made Easy
The first video explains the Theory of Evolution in simple terms. A must for anyone who is confused by what the Theory is, what it means, and why it’s taught in classrooms. The following 2 videos explain natural selection and human evolution.
Radio Interview with Dr. Marlene Winell
Australian journalist Caroline Jones interviews Dr. Marlene Winell on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Search for Meaning radio program.
A Simple Video Explanation of the Big Bang
This video explains the Big Bang in layman terms in under 10 minutes.
More content explaining the intricacies of the bullet points of the video will be added soon.
Richard Dawkins on The Old Testament God
“The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.” – Richard Dawkins
Bertrand Russell on God’s Vanity
“And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence. ” -Bertrand Russell
Francis Bacon on Moral Virtue
“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. ” – Francis Bacon
Samuel Clemens on Church
“A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows”. – Samuel Clemens
George Bernard Shaw on Faith
“The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.” – George Bernard Shaw
Gandhi on Christians
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Freeman Dyson on the Human Soul
“I do not claim that the architecture of the universe proves the existence of God. I claim only that the architecture of the universe is consistent with the hypothesis that mind plays an essential role in its functioning. . . . Some of us may be willing to entertain the hypothesis that there exists a universal mind or world soul which underlies the manifestations of mind that we observe. . . . The existence of a world soul is a question that belongs to religion and not to science.”- Freeman Dyson
Nietzsche on Christianity as Antiquity
“When we hear the ancient bells growling on a Sunday morning we ask ourselves: Is it really possible! This, for a jew, crucified two thousand years ago, who said he was God’s son? The proof of such a claim is lacking.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Frederick Douglass on Organized Religion
“The church of this country is not only indifferent to the wrongs of the slave, it actually takes sides with the oppressors…. For my part, I would say, welcome infidelity! Welcome atheism!” – Frederick Douglass
Chuang Tzu on the Importance of Words
“The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you’ve gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you’ve gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?” -
Galileo Galilei on the Oxymoronical Nature of God
“I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reasons, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”-Galileo Galilei
D. H. Lawrence on Fundamentalism
“It is a fine thing to establish one’s own religion in one’s heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.” – D. H. Lawrence
Einstein on The Bible
“The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.” – Albert Einstein
Richard Dawkins on Religion as a Barrier to Understanding
“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. ” – Richard Dawkins
Leo Tolstoy on Faith
“Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.” – Leo Tolstoy
Einstein's Declaration of Agnosticism
“My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment.” – Albert Einstein
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Aristotle on Happiness
“Happiness is something final and complete in itself, as being the aim and end of all practical activities whatever …. Happiness then we define as the active exercise of the mind in conformity with perfect goodness or virtue.” – Aristotle
