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College administrator and professor. Interested in religion, politics, pop culture, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

I'm an atheist. I mention this here only because some people watch my videos and claim not to know whether I believe in any gods. :: shrug ::

FAVORITE QUOTATIONS:

"Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."

(Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson in the 1943 case West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette.)


"When any opinion leads us into absurdities, it is certainly false...."

(David Hume in "A Treatise of Human Nature")
Name: MTH
Country: United States
Occupation: College administrator and professor
Movies and Shows: FAVORITE MOVIES (no particular order): Capote / The Princess Bride (some say it's nothing more than a chick flick, but I think it's clever, insightful, well acted, and very funny) / Ed Wood / Miracle on 34th Street (the original) / Sicko / Love and Human Remains / Grease / The Trouble With Angels / The Jerk / The Austin Powers Series / Back to School / Borat / Mad Hot Ballroom/ Little Shop of Horrors / Tea and Sympathy (goofy as it is)/ Ferris Bueller's Day Off / Superbad / There are others. I just can't think of them now. FAVORITE TV SHOWS (no particular order): Strangers With Candy / The Daily Show / Cash Cab (every time I hail a taxi, I hope I've finally found the Cash Cab) / Saturday Night Live / 30 Rock / The Amazing Race / Ugly Betty / Religion and Ethics Newsweekly / Mad TV / Will and Grace / Frasier / Little Britain / All In The Family / Chappelle's Show / The Soup / Best Week Ever / The Sopranos / Graham Norton's various talk shows / Project Runway / American Dad (Roger the alien is hysterically funny)/ Family Guy/ Desperate Housewives/ Flipping Out/ Six Feet Under/ FAVORITE RADIO SHOWS: The Brian Lehrer Show (local public radio station here in New York) / Speaking of Faith (NPR / American Public Media, the BEST program about religion, spirituality, and ethics on the air) / Morning Edition (NPR) / This American Life (NPR) / The Sound of Young America (NPR) / The Howard Stern Show (though I don't listen as much now that he's on satellite radio) / The Sam Seder Show (Air America). FAVORITE SHOWS (theater, no particular order): Spamalot / Hairspray / Sunday in the Park with George (the original production, though I recently saw the revival and thoroughly enjoyed it) / Avenue Q / Wicked / Follies / Aida / Cabaret / Angels In America / Little Shop of Horrors / The Secret Garden (beautifully staged and there's one song in the score that makes me cry whenever I hear it) / John Leguizamo's one-person shows / Chicago / Boeing Boeing (I'm not much for French farce, with all the physical comedy and door slamming, but the women in the current production of this play are so fantastic and funny that it eclipsed any issues I have with French farce).
Music: Hard to say. There is such a range of stuff on my iPod: from classical to the pop-iest of pop. FAVORITE GROUPS AND SINGERS: Nirvana / Whitney Houston (the pre-crack-is-whack Whitney, because now I do not know what the hell is going on with her) / Rob Thomas / Matchbox Twenty, Beyonce (I kinda hate to admit it, but I like most of her stuff) / Jody Watley (her cover of 'Boderline' is great) / Sarah McLachlan (some of songs are a bit too airy-fairy for me, but she has an amazing voice) / Billy Joel / Bryan Adams / Cake / Carol Douglas / Cyndi Lauper / Darlene Love / Diana Krall / Evanescence (the lead singer's voice is amazing) / Heather Headly / Hoobastank / India Arie / Korn / Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam / Luther Vandross / Mama Cass / Maroon 5 / Mary J. Blige (I love her cover of 'One' with U2, in addition to lots of her other songs) / Michael Buble / Pink / REM / Vanessa Williams / Boston. (There are others.)
Books: MORAL MINDS (THE NATURE OF RIGHT AND WRONG) by Marc Hauser / DOUBT: A HISTORY (by Jennifer Michael Hecht)/ Anything by David Sedaris/ MISQUOTING JESUS (by Bart Ehrman)/ LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION (by Sam Harris)/ THE GOOD BOOK: READING THE BIBLE WITH HEART AND MIND (by Peter Gomes)/ VALUE AND VIRTUE IN A GODLESS UNIVERSE (by Erik J. Wielenberg) / THE MISMEASURE OF MAN (by Stephen Jay Gould)/ THE GROWING PAINS OF ADRIAN MOLE (by Sue Townsend)/ UTOPIA (by Thomas More) / THE LOST LANGUAGE OF CRANES (by David Leavitt)/ LIES AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM (by Al Franken)/ AFTER VIRTUE (by Alasdair MacIntyre)/ GOD IS NOT GREAT (by Christopher Hitchens)/ THE BIBLE (though, technically speaking, that's a collection of books)/ GOD: A BIOGRAPHY (by Jack Miles)/ CATHOLICISM (by Richard McBrien)/ LEVIATHAN (Thomas Hobbes)/ The recently published anthology THE PORTABLE ATHEIST is excellent and well worth picking up./ And I'm a major comedy freak: stand-up and all. If I could come back in another life, it would be as a stand-up comic.
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rakshamg | July 25, 2008
You're doing a great job. Until 10 yrs ago I didn't know how many people believe their scriptures (from whatever book) must be literally true. When I've mentioned horrible things being OK by God in the bible the standard answer I get is "God knows what's best."
K0K1NG | July 23, 2008
Booooo.... thats all I have to say.
ToddAllenGates2 | July 21, 2008
Thanks for the sub--I'm honored to have the great ProfMTH as a subscriber to *both* my author channels! Coming from a fellow New Yorker I know saying "the great" sounds sarcastic, but I mean it sincerely. Between work and family obligations, I have very little time to watch other people's channels--yours is one of the very few I tune into consistently, and I always find it rewarding.
- Todd
PostITnoteGUY | July 20, 2008
Thanks a lot for subbing Prof.
missamyleoness | July 19, 2008
Your videos are fabulous. I love your voice and the way you talk. Keep making videos!!
Sadochrist | July 17, 2008
thanks for the sub!
FreePrometheus | July 17, 2008
Wow, ProfMth I'm sincerely honored to have you as a subscriber.

Thank you!
tooltime9901 | July 16, 2008
thanks for tuning in
mikooou | July 14, 2008
great channel, surprised I did not come across it before
SmotherTeresa | July 14, 2008
Pleased to meet you and believe me, the pleasure's all yours
...now kiss my sandaled feet ;)
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