Atheist Asks Who Gets to Decide Right & Wrong

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Are rules about protecting people or controlling them? A Christian, Atheist and Psychotherapist unpack the Ten Commandments, patriarchy and law. Pull up a stool for chat you won’t hear elsewhere.

Hosted by BBC 1Xtra’s Theo Johnson, featured guests; Isaac Tendo, Sayo Talabi and Blessing Chanda. Three ways of seeing the world. One bar. All the questions that connect us.

Introducing Walk In A Bar — unlikely guests sit for a conversation that is anything but ordinary. Deep questions. Surprising perspectives. Banter on tap. New episode’s dropping bi-weekly. Subscribe to    / @four8tv   to watch new episodes. Follow along on   / four8stories   for updates and exclusive behind-the-scenes content.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 – Ten Commandments: Still Relevant Today?
Theo kicks things off asking if the Ten Commandments still matter in modern life.
0:03 – Isaac: Why God’s Rules Still Work
Isaac argues the commandments built a new nation’s laws and still shape Western morals today.
0:48 – Blessing: Obedience, Trauma and Toxic Parents
Psychotherapist Blessing questions “obey your parents” when families are abusive, and says context has changed.
2:05 – Sayo: Morality Without Religion
Sayo pushes back, saying we don’t need religion to know killing or cheating is wrong.
3:36 – Are Commandments About Control and Patriarchy?
Sayo calls the commandments patriarchal and controlling, pointing to slavery, power and how women are treated.
4:00 – Isaac: Commandments for God’s People Only
Isaac says the rules weren’t forced on everyone, but given as house rules for God’s people.
5:17 – Faith, Nations and Happiness
They clash over whether religious nations are more “depraved” or whether secular countries actually thrive more.
6:56 – Blessing: Updating the Rules for Our Time
Blessing argues even Jesus expanded the commandments, so our ethics should evolve with culture and technology.
8:47 – Do Humans Really Need Rules?
Blessing wonders if we need rules at all, or just grounding—whether that’s God, therapy or cigarettes.
9:20 – Sayo: Sovereignty and Self-Governance
Sayo finishes by backing the individual’s right to self-govern within community, rather than live under fixed commandments.

CREDITS:
Host: Theo Johnson
Featuring: Isaac Tendo, Sayo Talabi and Blessing Chanda
Created by: James Walker
Director of Photography: Ricardo Mcleary-Campbell
Series Director: Femi Oyeniran
Series Producer: Delia Williams
Camera Operators: Fola Abatan, Alexander Rozerot Kirkwood, Giulio Piccirillo, Dan Howe, Jomar O’Meally
Gaffer: Duane Jay
Spark: Sachin Parmar
2nd AC: Marcellino Hockner
Assistant Producer: Lakesha Abrams
Casting By: LEVILE
Casting Assistant: Vanessa Mensah
Production Design: Wet Studio
Art Director: Hannah Eccles
Supervising Sound Editor: James Hynes
Sound Recordist: Declan Chew
Sound Assistant: Ada Walker
Digital Imaging Technician: Judy Tett
Make Up Artist: Tashana Francis
Photographer: Johnathan Williams
Location Assistants: Alex Bullock, Alex Lawrence, Mairéad Ruane
Editor: Olumide Odutuga
Series Edit Producer: Bec Gourlay 
Colourist: Freddie Reed
Post Production Sound: The Sound Directors
Graphics: Isabella Walker
Executive Producers: James Walker, Vikki McLachlan
Filmed on Location at: Stereo Covent Garden
With Thanks: Soho Sonic
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