History of Godlessness from Robert G. Ingersoll to Sam Harris with Justin Clark

The conservatives complain about godlessness, reactionaries think god punishes America for its godlessness, progressives think that America is too religious. But, wherever one might be on the spectrum, they each are unhappy about how religion manifests itself in America. <br/><br/>Today, we have<a target="_blank" href="https://www.justinclark.org"> Justin Clark</a> from <a target="_blank" href="https://anchor.fm/skepticalleftist">Red Reviews Podcast</a> here to talk about the history of Atheism, secularism and other types of godlessness in America. He also talks about the cult of Reason and all the other problems associated with the Godless. <br/><br/>5:46 - Who is Robert Ingersoll?<br/><br/>10:04 - Eugene Debs relationship with Robert Ingersoll <br/><br/>12:40 - How Robert Ingersoll Helped Eugene Debs in the Pullman Strike<br/><br/>13:00 - Robert Ingersoll&#8217;s Politics<br/><br/>20:00 - Justin&#8217;s Critique of the Secular Movement<br/><br/>23:31 - Atheism&#8217;s Golden Age from 2004-2016 <br/><br/>26:00 - Why Esha thinks New Atheism always represented racism<br/><br/>28:00 - Sam Harris&#8217;s Golden Girls&#8217; Trust Fund<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.wmbriggs.com/post/4923/">Statistician William Briggs Explains the Fraud of Sam Harris&#8217; PHD</a><br/><br/>30:00 - The Good and Bad of Christopher Hitchens<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43377.The_Trial_of_Henry_Kissinger"> The trial of Henry Kissinger</a><br/><br/>35:00 - Justin on Why he left the Cult of Reason<br/><br/>40:42 - Biological Determinism and its connection to Cult of Reason<br/><br/>42:00 - The Bell Curve as an Example of Biological Determinism<br/><br/>47:00 - Bell Curve and its affect on Policy during the Clinton Years<br/><br/>48:00 - The Cult of Stefan Molyneux <br/><br/>51:52 - Beware of Scientism <br/><br/>53:00 - Skeptical Inquirer Pedaling Overpopulation Myths <br/><br/>59:00 - Skeptics not so skeptical of National Security Narratives<br/><br/>1:07:00 - Verifying Histori