{"id":5234,"date":"2017-05-21T13:44:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T12:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:44:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T12:44:34","slug":"my-appearance-on-bbcs-the-big-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2017\/05\/my-appearance-on-bbcs-the-big-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"My Appearance On BBC&rsquo;s &lsquo;The Big Questions&rsquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"669\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I always make sure I tune in to The Big Question on the BBC for some entertaining religious debate. I\u2019ve been in the audience a few times, but last Saturday on the 14th May I was invited along to be a featured guest. The two questions I was brought in to discuss were: \u201cDo we have the right not to be offended?\u201d and \u201cIs death easier if you believe in god?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I think it went well enough for my first live TV appearance. I\u2019m especially pleased to have raised awareness of ex-Muslims on the UK\u2019s largest broadcaster, much to the chagrin of the Muslim gentleman sat behind me.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full episode on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b08r8kn9\/the-big-questions-series-10-episode-17\" target=\"_blank\">BBC iPlayer here<\/a> if you are in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>For others, see the YouTube clips below, before they are taken down:<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u2018Do we have the right not to be offended?\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Yejg4yn-Lw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><u>\u2018Is death easier if you believe in god?\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I3WkidmDX-I\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Here are a few select clips:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"overflow: hidden; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGSpellchecker%2Fvideos%2F1382114088523434%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowtransparency scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"overflow: hidden; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGSpellchecker%2Fvideos%2F1380963748638468%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowtransparency scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"overflow: hidden; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGSpellchecker%2Fvideos%2F1381030668631776%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowtransparency scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I intend to share my thoughts on the whole experience in an upcoming Taking The Myth edition of the podcast, so be sure to subscribe to The Godless Spellchecker Podcast on your preferred device.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><em>Stephen Knight is host of The #GSPodcast. 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