Penn and Teller’s show was applauded here a day or two ago as it deconstructed the global warming hysteria. I don’t suppose that will be repeated on this thread, but both shows offer precisely the same reasoned skeptical mindset.
I was going to say the exact same thing.
I still think they have a generally good show. They are, without question, atheists (or at least agnostics) and want solid evidence for anything they intend to believe in. They are not ones to practice faith, which is what religion, and much liberal ideology, require.
While I am not an atheist or agnostic, I will say that their shows related to religion have actually skewered some arguments made by some religious “scientists” that have been accepted just as blindly as others have accepted global warming, and that have as little sound research to back their claims.
I also applauded them for pointing out that some of those we have held up as “saints” over the last century were far different people from what we have been led to believe.
When I had Showtime, I watched the show and I’ve seen Penn and Teller’s show in Las Vegas. Sometimes they make points I agree with. Sometimes they don’t. And I can think of at least one case where their program convinced me that the opposite position was correct. Just because I agree with Penn and Teller about recycling, bottled water, or global warming doesn’t mean that I have to agree with them about religion or other issues and as another reply pointed out, they do sometimes pick the easiest targets to knock down when their case is weak rather than going after the strongest arguments the other side has to offer.