The Don Johnson Radio Show Archives

Theology and Martin Luther King Jr.

January 19, 2009

• Don and Brandon discuss whether it is possible to separate theology from social action, as Leora Tananbaum seems to desire. The conversation also includes references to an article about Martin Luther King Jr. by Diane Cameron, a survey of American theological beliefs by the Barna Group, a report about Barack Obama's theology, and Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" Speech.

Discussion with "Boredom" about the Evidence Supporting Our Respective Worldviews

January 12, 2009

• "BoredomConsumesEverything" calls into the Don Johnson Show because he doesn't think there is any evidence to support a theistic worldview.

Should we Love Fantasy Stories and Pray about Football?

January 12, 2009

• Richard Dawkins has taken leave of his position at Oxford to study the effects of fantasy stories on children. He suspects they may be producing a irrational mindset in people that disposes them to more readily fall prey to religion.
• Kurt Steeter speaks for God and tells us to quit praying about football because he has more important things to worry about.

Why the Financial Crisis Could be the Best Thing that ever Happened to You

January 9, 2009

• Don presents Jesus' take on the financial crisis. He explains that, according to Jesus, losing the American dream might just be the best thing that ever happened to you.

Bigots, Pro-Christian Atheists and More

January 8, 2009

• Christopher Hitchens thinks Christians are bigots for believing some people go to hell. Heather Mac Donald doesn't think they are, because they must not really believe that whole hell thing.
• ABC News doesn't know the difference between an political evangelical and an evangelist. Unfortunately, neither do many evangelicals.
• Atheist Matthew Parris thinks Africa desperately needs God. (Don brings up this news story about a stoning death in Somalia during the discussion.)