Seventh-day Atheist Podcast

Abby and Ami respond to listener feedback, talk about movies some more, and then discuss the Pope's recent visit.

Ami and Abby talk about their experiences with youth pastors and the strange role these men play in Adventist churches.

Abby and Ami reminisce about wonderful toys, activity songs, strange adult leaders, and horrifying stories told with felts.

Ami, Abby, and Alex reminiscence about the films considered acceptable in their Adventists homes growing up. Lots of nostalgia for B-rated 80's movies. You Millennials may be a little lost on this one.   Some obscure films we mentioned - Escape to Witch Mountain, Fortress, The Cat from Outer Space  

Ami, Abby, and Alex read from SDA mailings and discuss topics ranging from SDA films to dreadlocks to modern sanitariums.

Abby and Ami respond to feedback. We talk about vegi-meat, the ABC, and being limited by the Adventist ecosystem. Here's Betrayal by Merikay McLeod, the book our listener mentioned about the battle for equal pay for women in Adventism. Also, here's Peter Boghossian's A Manual for Creating Atheists. Read along with us if you like.

Ami, Abby, and Mistie read listener feedback and talk about guilt trips, relatives, crazy pastors, and the strange Adventist affinity for snake oil.

Abby, Ami, and Mistie talk about angels, fear of angels, angels within Adventist mythology, and angel sexlessness. And it's all kind of terrifying.

Ami, Abby, Misty, Jen, and Adrian talk about marrying or befriending ex-Adventists. Outisders wonder: what happened to you freaks?

Ryan Bell (whom you might know as the "Year Without God Guy") has been an oft-requested guest by our listeners. In many ways, he has become the face of Adventism to the atheist community. He has a great blog, linked above. Unfortunately, Abby and Ami do not have a mixer, which is a peice of equipment they should aquire before trying to do another long-distance interview. This audio is a little hard to understand in places, but there are some good great moments. Please be pateint with the sound quality.

Ryan Bell (whom you might know as the "Year Without God Guy") has been an oft-requested guest by our listeners. In many ways, he has become the face of Adventism to the atheist community. He has a great blog, linked above. Unfortunately, Abby and Ami do not have a mixer, which is a peice of equipment they should aquire before trying to do another long-distance interview. This audio is a little hard to understand in places, but there are some good great moments. Please be pateint with the sound quality.

Ami and Abby read some listener feedback stories about "magical" womanhood and being drunk in church.

Abby and Ami discuss their reactions to the GC's decision to not to ordain women. They also have fun with the new ABC book catalogue.

Ami and Misty talk respond to feedback, talk about women's ordination, and read wacky Adventist mailings.

Ami, Alex, and Lana talk about personal experience in Adventist health care, brochures, the SDA hospital environment, and the amazing stealth powers of JW pamphleteers!

Abby talks about her experiences as a student missionary in Taiwan in 1989/1999.

Ami and Abby talk about SDA church - the service, their own family experiences, and a bit of nostalgia.

Ami and Abby talk read some more stories about demons, find hilarious typography choices in the Review, and then read some suggested reasons to go to heaven.

Abby and Ami talk about Bible Class and the Adventist idea of comparative religion studies. They also read some materials intended to help witness to "secularists."  

Ami and Abby interview Renia Carsillo about her new memior. She talks about growing up Southern and Adventist. The book is Born Hungry: Stories about sweet love, bitter greens and losing my religion. It's available on Kindle.