Thanks to the Baha'i Publishing Trust of Sweden, we’re happy to share with everyone a great talk given by Dr. Steven Phelps called “The Baha'i Faith & Atheism (Part 1 of 2)”.

You can also listen to and download Part 2 of this talk here: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/the-bahai-faith-and-atheism-part-2-of-2

This talk was given by Dr. Steven Phelps at the Swedish Baha'i Summer School in July, 2009.

Dr. Steven Phelps is an American Baha’i physicist, philosopher and translator who currently lives in Oregon, USA. If you're interested in learning more about him, he was interviewed by Rainn Wilson in this episode of the Baha'i Blogcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-545312385/bahai-blogcast-steven-and-rainn

We’d really like to thank Dr. Steven Phelps for giving us permission to publish this wonderful talk, and to the Baha'i Publishing Trust of Sweden for organising the recording of the talk, and for giving us permission to publish it as well.

Happy listening!

The Baha'i Faith and Atheism (Swedish Summer School July 2009)

The Baha'i Faith & Atheism (Part 1 of 2) - A Talk by Dr. Steven Phelps

In this series of eight talks, historian Douglas Martin discusses the evolution of religion in the context of our capacity to respond to the requirements of the Divine Plan.

Douglas Martin was born in 1927 in Ontario, Canada. He held a Bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Western Ontario and a Master's degree in history from the University of Waterloo, Ontario.

He was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada from 1960-85, serving as its general secretary from 1965-85. From 1985-93 he was director-general of the Baha'i International Community's Office of Public Information at the Baha'i World Centre in Haifa.

Mr. Douglas Martin was also a former member of the Universal House of Justice, the governing body of the Baha'i International Community (for more information, please visit: https://universalhouseofjustice.bahai.org/).

Mr. Martin passed away on 28 September 2020 in Toronto, Canada. You can read a tribute to him by the Universal House of Justice on the Baha'i World News Service: https://news.bahai.org/story/1455/

You can watch the whole series of talks here on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8392079924F5E850

Or listen to the audio versions of these eight talks here on Baha'i Blog's Soundcloud page:

Talk 1- Introduction: bit.ly/2HprBEO
Talk 2 - The Challenge of Islam: bit.ly/2HlLb4M
Talk 3 - The Bab: bit.ly/2FL8hom
Talk 4 - Spiritual Evolution: bit.ly/2FtrWdn
Talk 5 - The Advent of Divine Justice: bit.ly/2GhteW1
Talk 6 - Abdu'l-Baha: bit.ly/2p7IjRD
Talk 7 - The Guardian: bit.ly/2Il1qjW
Talk 8 - Where Are We Now?: bit.ly/2HmenJ9

Special thanks to Mr. Douglas Martin and the organizers of this talk for granting us permission to share it.

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The Double Toasted podcast review a new movie today called UNCUT GEMS, starring Adam Sandler.

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Imaging being a North Korean conscript, thousands of miles away from home and watching your friends get gunned down by the guy from Drake and Josh.

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We've been wanting to cover this topic for quite sometime but YouTuber Supercuts Delight recently made a video regarding the Game of Thrones' television show's abandoned plot lines. Preston and I decided to check it out and discuss it! Definitely check out Supercut's video and give his channel a try!

Supercut's Video: https://youtu.be/b794gvv7cWY

Discord: https://discord.gg/R9X3TUu

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And we are back to discuss more Fire & Blood or as I call it: Jaehaerys & Pals.  It's been a minute since we've done a F&B episode so here it is with more on the way. We'll need to get off the George R.R. Martin schedule and dump em out soon before Winds of Winter is released...hopefully...

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And we are back with Part 3 of the Abandoned Plot Lines from Game of Thrones.

Supercut's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMUSEWbZZF0

Game of Thrones Podcast Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/gameofthronespodcast

Game of Thrones - Abandoned Plot Lines Part 1

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