Questionnaire
If you’re familiar with Inside the Actors Studio, you’ve probably seen the segment toward the end when James Lipton submits a questionnaire to his guests. I’ve adapted the questionnaire for the podcast and ask each of my guests offer the 10 questions below.
What are your answers?
1. Who is your favorite god?
2. Who is your least favorite god?
3. What fascinates you?
4. What frustrates you?
5. Which argument for theism do you think is best?
6. Which argument for theism do you think is worst?
7. What is your favorite curse word?
8. If forced to choose, which religion would you most like to join?
9. Which religion would you least like to join?
10. If the Christian heaven existed, what would you like to hear God say to you when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
1. Zeus
2. Allah
3. Nature
4. Creationists
5. NONE
6. ALL
7. Fucker!
8. Buddhism
9. Christianity
10. “Yeah… sorry about that…”
1. Yahweh (lol)
2. Allah
3. studying works made by geniuses
4. human stupidity, superstition, RELIGION
5. none
6. all are equally terrible
7. Jesus fucking Christ!
8. Judaism (for the lulz)
9. Islam (cult of insanity and death)
10. To HELLLLL, MOTHERFUCKER!
1. my favorite god? maybe aphrodite.
2. least favorite? i don’t know them all, but maybe i’d go with Yahweh/Allah
3. fascinates me? too many things to put down.
4. frustrates me? people with access to good education who can’t use their brain.
5. if i thought there was a good argument for theism, i’d be a theist.
6. my least favorite argument? – Pascal’s wager.
8. forced to choose? according to theists, i can pick atheism. by everyone else’s definition – Theravada Buddhism.
9. least? Islam
10. I’d like an explanation.
1. All the Lovecraft gods
2. Any god that people take seriously as truth.
3. The *huge* universe that we live in for one.
4. Well educated Theists who can never see that they are making many rationalizations on behalf of god. Or are willing to think about the *horrible* acts that their God has done.
5. There are no valid arguments for god.
6. “If you let Jesus into your life you will see“
7. Fuck/Frack Any curse that was in FireFly
8. TFSM -rAmen
9. Any that deny basic rights to women. Deny the validity of science. Deny the existence of contradictions/falsies in their holy texts.
10. “Good job using logic and reason. You can go in. I hate blind faith!!“
1. Who is your favorite god? The Goddess of Love, wherever she is found.
2. Who is your least favorite god? The five headed monster of Catholicism – Satan, Father, Son and Ghost
3. What fascinates you? Astrophysics and biology
4. What frustrates you? People who think they know everything but haven’t read a book in years.
5. Which argument for theism do you think is best? None come close to “best”
6. Which argument for theism do you think is worst? “Because the bible says so.”
7. What is your favorite curse word? I generally don’t curse.
8. If forced to choose, which religion would you most like to join? Quakers or Unitarians
9. Which religion would you least like to join? Wahib Islam
10. If the Christian heaven existed, what would you like to hear God say to you when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? “Great work, you made it past all the tricks I laid out for you! Enter into beer and stripper heaven.” FSM
Here are my answers:
1. Who is your favorite god?
Gundunculus
2. Who is your least favorite god?
Yahweh
3. What fascinates you?
Patterns
4. What frustrates you?
intentional ignorance
5. Which argument for theism do you think is best?
I just do.
6. Which argument for theism do you think is worst?
Anything that attempts to be rational
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Fuck
8. If forced to choose, which religion would you most like to join?
Buddhism or Orthodox Judaism
9. Which religion would you least like to join?
Anything that requires a belief in a god
10. If the Christian heaven existed, what would you like to hear God say to you when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Welcomes, turns out you were right, you don’t need to worship god, you just need to be a good person. And by the way – you don’t have to clean any toilets.
1. Who is your favorite god?
Maybe ….. Svarog.
2. Who is your least favorite god?
Just to be different….. um…. Jupiter (What’s the difference really?)
3. What fascinates you?
The history of violent religious conversion.
4. What frustrates you?
Violent religious conversion.
5. Which argument for theism do you think is best?
Understanding that some people have mental disorders and can’t help but believe. Sad really.
6. Which argument for theism do you think is worst?
It’s a toss up between Pascal’s Wager and “just feeling it in my heart.”
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Favorite fucking curse word? I have no fucking idea.
8. If forced to choose, which religion would you most like to join?
Pastafarianism.
9. Which religion would you least like to join?
Any of the castration cults. Or any religion that wont let me eat bacon. Mmmm bacon.
10. If the Christian heaven existed, what would you like to hear God say to you when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
“Hey! Eww stop peeing on me!”