Holy Koolaid

[[File:holykoolaid.png|thumb|165px|Don't Drink the Koolaid!]]{{atheism}}{{cquote|Don't drink the [[Koolaid]]!|||Slogan of ''Holy Koolaid''}}
'''Holy Koolaid''' is a blog and [[YouTube]] channel created by Thomas Westbrook in 2015 in hopes of promoting curiosity and spreading [[freethought]]. According to the about page, it's "a movement to promote scientific [[skepticism]], [[freedom of speech]], thought, and assembly, and encourage freedom of (as well as freedom from) [[religion]]."<ref>http://www.holykoolaid.com/about/</ref> The show generally has a friendly approach, attempting to tear down walls and build bridges, in hopes of removing the stigma that surrounds [[atheism]] in much of the world. In an interview on the Naked Diner Podcast, Thomas stated, "I want Holy Koolaid to be about more than just religion… atheism just answers one question. I want it to be about [[freedom]]."<ref>http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/naked-diner/e/50088791</ref>

==YouTube channel==
Holy Koolaid releases videos (usually cartoons) every Saturday, covering a wide range of topics ranging from [[philosophy]] to religion to science in a series called [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTNr4WPOQ96GwKAeRreFouvN7-8XI5aL Sapient Saturdays]. Occasionally, Holy Koolaid also does live streams and interviews, and has had [[Hemant Mehta]] (The Friendly Atheist) and the street [[Epistemology|epistemologist]] Anthony Magnabosco on the show.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTNr4WPOQ96eiXblpZNlEEkrLhwaBN2o</ref> Within six months of Thomas becoming a full-time YouTube activist, Holy Koolaid went from a few hundred to over 22,000 subscribers, with almost 1.5 million total views.

===Most popular video===
In late 2016, [[David Smalley]], of the [[Dogma Debate]] podcast, had a debate with Pastor Matt Slick about [[morality]].<ref>http://www.thebibleandbeerconsortium.com/event/bbc-debate-matt-slick-david-smalley-is-the-god-of-the-old-testament-a-moral-monster</ref> When they opened the debate up for questions, Thomas Westbrook asked Pastor Slick the same exact question that led Slick's daughter away from her faith:

<blockquote>"If [[God]] was absolutely moral, because morality was absolute, and if the nature of 'right' and 'wrong' surpassed [[space]], [[time]], and existence, and if it was as much a fundamental property of [[reality]] as [[math]], then why were some things a [[sin]] in the [[Old Testament]] but not a sin in the [[New Testament]]?"<ref>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/07/15/the-atheist-daughter-of-a-notable-christian-apologist-shares-her-story/</ref></blockquote>

Thomas then made [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAiT7r1oypw a response video] on Holy Koolaid refuting Slick's reply. The video was picked up on Patheos by [[Hemant Mehta]],<ref>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/10/06/can-a-christian-apologist-answer-the-question-that-turned-his-daughter-into-an-atheist/</ref> and has received over 400,000 views.

==Blog==
The [http://www.holykoolaid.com/blog/ transcripts] to each video are usually added to the site in blog format, and the host, Thomas, also enjoys engaging in meme warfare by making [http://www.holykoolaid.com/atheist-memes/ funny memes] about religion and atheism. Thomas expressed via live stream that he wants to create a variety of useful resources for the [[secular]] community.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFd81Esl1z8</ref> Shortly afterward, he created a page on his blog with a [http://www.holykoolaid.com/atheist-community/ list of atheist communities] to help non-believers get connected with local secular groups.

==External links==
*[http://www.holykoolaid.com/ Website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/holykoolaid YouTube channel]
*[https://twitter.com/holykoolaid Twitter]

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