SHOW TIME-STAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:31 Mercy-(CN) | Primed To Experience The Holy Spirit
21:24 Enoch-PA | Recently Deconverted And Looking For A Community
28:30 Calvin-CA | Asking Why A Story Happened Rather Than If It Happened
33:18 Jan-DE | The Only Explanation For God Is Advanced Technology
46:52 Robert-TX | God Is An Introvert
54:20 Eric-CA | Well You Must Have Never Been A True Believer
1:04:53 David-OR | The Resurrection: Real Or A Mass Hallucination
1:12:47 Death With Dignity
1:17:17 Zeres-IL | Provide Premises Not Questions
1:23:35 Sohaib-(CA) | The Plagues In Egypt Were Real
1:26:55 Sam-CA | What's Wrong With Deism
1:37:07 Outro
SHOW NOTES
In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Jim Barrows. Let’s get it started!
Our first caller is Mercy from China who believes that the Holy Spirit is real based after they experienced passing out when a priest put their hand on the caller’s forehead.
Next up is Enoch from PA who recently became an Atheist and wanted to call back to thank the hosts for helping him through his deconversion.
Up next is Calvin from CA who is wondering why God didn’t do more to prove his own existence to the more adamant doubters if his goal was to save them. Thank you for calling Calvin, you're more than welcome to call back anytime.
Next is Jan from DE who states that the only explanation for a god’s powers is that the entity in question is utilizing advanced technology. The issue is that there could have been plenty of other explanations for the claimed powers found in stories, specifically plot devices. Claiming that you know the “only explanation” is adopting a burden of proof that you have yet to, and probably won’t satisfy.
Up next is Robert from TX who is wondering what led Matt to begin to question his beliefs and start searching for evidence. The caller also claims that God won’t provide evidence for his existence because people don’t really want to believe in him.
Next is Eric from CA who confronted his parents about his relatively recent deconversion after being a lifelong theist, and was then told that he “must not have ever been a true believer.” Thank you for your call today Eric. Best of luck!
Up next is David from OR who proposes that the resurrection was just a group of people playing along with the crowd, similarly to how we all vaguely remember stories from our past that may not have happened the way we recall them.
Next is Zeres from IL who believes the universe is demonstrably finite, but refuses to provide the premises that lead to that conclusion. Premises are not presented using questions.
Up next is Sohaib from Canada who claims that there is extra biblical evidence supporting the plagues God imposed on Egypt. The caller then makes the mistake of claiming that there is no other explanation for similar occurrences other than an act of God.
Our last caller today is Sam from CA who is wondering what the issues with the deist belief structure is if it doesn’t prevent a person from being a good person or accepting science. The issue is that a deist god is unknowable because it does not interact with the world, so no one could possibly justify it. Critical thinking and teaching a person to be good without the threat of some being watching their every move are much more important than trying to find some hole to stick a god in.
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