Freethinking Island

Is it possible, can you truly enjoy life after exiting the clutches of religion - Rich & Deanna Joy Lyons from the blog/podcast Living After Faith join us on the island to live, laugh and share the joys of living and loving after faith!

We have a candid discussion on the "take back" intercessor movements attempting to sweep the Caribbean and wonder, just what does taking back the countries mean...

That's right, we are miss-believing and Mandisa Thomas from the Black Non-Believers of America visits the "Island" for a candid discussion

Joining us again is Seon Lewis and we examine his book From Mythology To Reality - Moving Beyond Rastafari. Is Rasta really a viable or different avenue for Black people looking to move beyond the same old time religion?

Author, activist, outspoken and unapologetic - Dadland Maye lands on the Island and brings his electric personality and passion. We talk gay rights his exile from Jamaica and much more.

This week David & Joy talk about people going to "heaven" smelling god, respecting religions and how religion hijacks the need of people to matter and inadvertently steal your purpose.

Tracie Harris from the well known Atheist Experience & Godless Bitches podcast joins us for another candid conversation about religions twisted agenda among other things....

Author Guy P Harrison comes onto the island to share his unique take on being skeptical, real and living in a reality free of dogmatic prisons.

Jason Dookeran from Trinidad & Tobago joins us for a wildly fun and fascinating discussion on how he left being a Presbyterian, his elusive search for Jesus and more.

Oshaine Michaels aka the Theist Whisperer of the Jamaican Atheists Group joins us for a frank and sobering discussion about atheism, his militant stance and an Islam that is anything but peace.

Clive Forrester of The Jamaican Secularists & Humanists joins us for a candid, live, fiery, serious and entertaining talk on preparing to move away from religiosity and what we need to put in it's place.

So says Hilaire Sobers; secularist, and agitator to the Christian Taliban in his native Jamaica. Hilaire is fervant, opinionated, fiery and never boring and he joins us on the Island for debate and discussion.

Duane Howard from Trinidad & Tobago joins us for a no holes barred conversation on being Black, Caribbean, Gay and Atheist. His journey out of religion and self acceptance.

Join us as we have another candid conversation with Lori Lee Hall and her very casual stroll away from religion and also shares with us her message for Caribbean People. Lori also belongs to the new Black Freethinkers of London, check them out if you're there.

Life is about Playin' Mas and having a time. We examine how Christianity tries to guilt trip you into believing you should be sorry for everything and repent eternally for being human. Why guilt trip yourself into repenting for sins you're not quite sure you've committed, to a not quite verifiable Jesus. Was he really real...we plant the seeds, you explore the reality.

Tackling the bad consequences of putting belief at the beginning instead of the end, David's interactions with the equally convinced duos from the Christian & Islamic fronts, being comfortable with not knowing and holy milk.

David & Joy get deep and discuss the roots of religion in the Black community in the Caribbean and why we should not hold on to belief systems that complimented widespread abuse and domination and that continues to hold us back.

...from that House With No Walls aka Religion. A candid discussion with the Australian singer and songwriter from down under on her wOndering and wAndering from religion, her atheist album and her new album 'Little March'

We blaze into 2013 with another guest Derrick Theophille who shares his journey out of a quirky religious discipline to Freethought, he also hails from the Nature Isle of Dominica.

On this episode we explore the alleged end of the world that wasn't, the Atheist census, who is being counted and a place for logic even in the face of terror and human tragedies. We also recap where we've been so far and where we are heading.