The How-To Heretic

A User's Guide to Life Beyond Religion

Whether you're just thinking about leaving your religion, or you're a dyed-in-the-wool decades-long atheist, your audio uncles Mark and Dan are here to help. With the aid of wise friends and experts in all sorts of fields, The How-To Heretic Podcast will guide you through the scary worlds of heathen living, and make sure you have fun in your new heretical life! We're here for you, friend; so kick off your shoes and join us!

Filtering by Tag: politics

174: Queen of Heaven

January 20, 2021  /  Dan

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This week! Uncle Mark traces some insurrectionist DNA back to the Mormon Council of 50, Uncle Doug stinks up the place with Moxibustion, and Uncle Dan introduces us to Mrs. God with the Queen of Heaven!

tags / Mormonism, Joseph Smith, The Council of 50, politics, insurrection, secret society, anti-Mormon violence, Lilburn Boggs, Brigham Young, Watch out for Woo, quack medicine, Moxibustion, pseudoscience, Bible, polytheism, monotheism, Ashera, female god

169: Superdope

December 16, 2020  /  Dan

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This week! Uncle Doug examines a marginal Mormon menace with Superdell Schanze, Uncle Mark marvels over miracles and machetes with St. Peter of Verona and Uncle Dan discusses profound spiritual experiences and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.

tags / Dell Schanze, Mormonism, crime, politics, Utah, Catholicism, St. Peter Martyr, St. Peter of Verona, art, Renaissance, hagiography, spiritual experiences, the human brain, temporal lobe epilepsy, hallucinations, memory, prophecy, cognition

059: Synodus Horrenda

November 07, 2018  /  Dan

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This week! Uncle Mark shows us it’s not always good to be King, Uncle Dan introduced us to the Lord of the Incels, and our Irish correspondent Rudy gives us reason to hope against long odds.

*Special announcement, Heretics! Your audio uncles will be joining the gangs from The Scathing Atheist and Cognitive Dissonance this month for the annual Vulgarity for Charity fundraiser - once again raising money for Modest Needs. It's a great cause and a lot of fun, so check out the link below to participate! You do something nice and we'll do something mean! How fun is that?

https://scathingatheist.com/2018/11/01/vulgarity-for-charity-2018/

tags / Pope Formosus, Cadaver Synod, Catholicism, Vatican, Ayyappa, Hindu, Garden of the Gods, discrimination, India, Ireland, Marriage Equality, Reproductive rights, Blasphemy, politics, advocacy