We ask all of our guests these questions and we invite listeners to send in their answers. But what are these five questions? What are the guidelines? Here, at long last, is a primer!
1) What is the best movie you’ve seen in the last thirty days?
This can be in the movie theater or at home, on Netflix or DVD. It can be the first time you’ve watched something or the fifteenth time. Just tell us a little about the movie and why you liked it.
2) Who is your favorite atheist character?
Yeah, this one is tricky. There aren’t a lot of them., but there are more than you think. We’ve heard about characters from books, movies, TV series, comics and even video games.
Agnostic characters are also acceptable – but kind of a cop out.
3) What is your geekiest hobby?
Which of your hobbies is so geeky, other geeks would be a little bit shocked and, perhaps, impressed?
4) What is your favorite sandwich?
Specifics are required. What kind of bread? Mayo or Miracle Whip? Toasted or cold? This stuff is important.
5) What is the stupidest thing anyone has said to you about your atheism/agnosticism?
And why do you think it was so stupid?
If you want us to read your answers on the air, you can send an e-mail to fivequestions@geekswithoutgod.com. We’ll put your answers in the queue and when it is your turn, we’ll read them on the air!
Then, eventually, we’ll post all the answers on this page. That sounds like a lot of work, though, so don’t be surprised if that takes us a while.
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1) What is the best movie you’ve seen in the last thirty days?
“Rango” and the making of short, “Rango & ILM: Perfect Asymmetry” (both on Netflix). A movie about stories, which is the best kind of movie to make. Gore Verbinski should stick to doing animated features, as his live-action work gets stretched to the point of snapping by the demands of his imagination.
2) Who is your favorite atheist character?
Granny Weatherwax, from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. Witches on the Disc absolutely know the gods are real, but they don’t worship them. They do their best to avoid any sort of contact with supernatural beings. Here’s Granny, talking to her partner in witching, Nanny Ogg: “I don’t hold with paddlin’ with the occult,” said Granny firmly. “Once you start paddlin’ with the occult you start believing in spirits, and when you start believing in spirits you start believing in demons, and then before you know where you are you’re believing in gods. And then you’re in trouble.” ”But all them things exist,” said Nanny Ogg. ”That’s no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages ‘em.”
3) What is your geekiest hobby?
I like designing books. I’ve started converting public domain texts from the Gutenberg Project into print & ebook layouts, for fun and for practical experience.
4) What is your favorite sandwich?
Rye bread, margarine (just enough to keep the bread from getting soggy), Gulden’s mustard, and my grandmother’s baked beans. I still haven’t been able to recreate the beans, as it requires washing the beans, soaking them overnight, washing them AGAIN, and then cooking them in a casserole with ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, etc., in a low oven for about eight hours. She only made the beans for Thanksgiving, so it was a once-a-year treat.
5) What is the stupidest thing anyone has said to you about your atheism/agnosticism?
No one has actually said anything outright stupid about my lack of belief. My mom does occasionally push a bit, but it’s never anything stupid or annoying.
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