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!

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187: Burnt by the Sun

April 21, 2021  /  Dan

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This week, Mark asks you to wear eye protection with the Miracle of Fatima, Uncle Dan spills the beans on the secrets of the Rosicrucians, and Uncle Doug loses all meaning (or does he?) with Kabbala.

tags / Miracle of Fatima, Miracle of the Sun, Catholicism, Portugal, the Virgin Mary, Lucia de Jesus Dos Santos, solar retinopathy, motivated reasoning, the Rosicrucians, secret society, esoteric knowledge, appeal to antiquity, ancient wisdom, Judaism, Kabbala, Hebrew, hidden meaning, numerology

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