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Holy Watermelon Holy Watermelon
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- Religion & Spirituality
Welcome to the Holy Watermelon podcast, where a Christian and an atheist talk about the weird and wonderful things that people do because of what they believe. It's a show about religious studies.
Join us, Katie and Preston, as we dive into the world of comparative religion. We use humor and research to have real, challenging, and uproarious conversations about the world's religious traditions and behaviors.
If you're interested in religious studies, learning about other people and cultures, or fun facts for your dinner conversation, tune in to our bi-weekly episodes.
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Stop Hitting Yourself
If sin were ugly, the world would be a paradise. Sin has a lot of faces in religious traditions around the world, some more consequential than others. Hamartiology is the study of sin...
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Let's Build a Church
What is a church? How does a religious society really differentiate itself from any other kind of society? What does it take to become a priest of the Holy Watermelon?
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Dying to Know
Why are there no bear ghosts?
Death is everywhere, but religious beliefs surrounding this inevitable phenomenon vary more than you might think--and nearly everybody believes in ghosts.... What about near-death experiences? -
Touched by the Angels
Angels are a mysterious bunch of creatures, regardless of your religious tradition--and they are everywhere.
Interpreting Colossians 1:16 to contain a list of angels is ridiculous, and nobody should be that bad at reading. -
In the (Hubbard) Navy - An Interview with Katherine Spallino
Katherine Spallino is the author of The Bad Cadet, a memoir of her days as a child-slave to the secretive Scientologist "Sea Org."
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The Alien Escape
Bonnie Lu Nettles and Marshall Herff Applewhite, Jr. founded what is known today as Heaven's Gate, a fantastic group of UFO enthusiasts and religious believers. Though they both came from a Christian background in Texas, the mystery of Area 51 affected their daily lives to the very end.