A Manual For Creating Atheists (with Dr. Peter Boghossian)

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🗓️ 6 November 2013

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Is there a method or manual for creating atheists? Is that even a proper way to phrase our goal(s) as proponents of science and reason? What is the Faith Virus?

In this show, we speak with Dr. Peter Boghossian, Instructor of Philosophy at Portland State University and author of the book, "A Manual For Creating Atheists,"
BOOK: http://www.amazon.com/Manual-Creating-Atheists-Peter-Boghossian/dp/1939578094/ref=zg_bs_12764_5 Peter's TAM talk: http://www.richarddawkins.net/news_articles/2013/10/26/peter-boghossian-authenticity-tam-2013-youtube Peter Boghossian's Conversation with Richard Dawkins: http://www.richarddawkins.net/news_articles/2013/10/24/richard-dawkins-in-conversation-with-peter-boghossian
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0:00.0	Okay, here we go, the step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.6	Assume nothing.
0:08.4	Brash, bald, fake, black, blue.
0:10.6	Question, everything.
0:12.4	I find it extremely hard to imagine.
0:14.2	Open your eyes.
0:16.6	It is quite alright to be an atheist.
0:18.8	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.2	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.6	or who are atheists.
0:25.0	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.4	Challenge the opposition.
0:29.0	You see religion on 100 fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:45.8	I can tell you right off the bat that
0:48.6	Brad Dog is going to end up on the show tonight.
0:52.8	She's just been barking and jumping around, kind of wired.
0:58.4	I don't know if it's because she's been cooped up all day.
1:02.0	She's just looking at me.
1:04.6	Like at any moment, she's just going to flip out, start barking.
1:07.2	So it's going to happen in the next hour and a half.
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