A Tragedy in Orlando

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The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 16 June 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this short, unscheduled broadcast, Seth Andrews addresses the recent mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, as well as the responses peppering social media, the connection to radical Islam, the indoctrination of bigotry and hate, and a few reasons to remain vigilant and hold onto hope.

Kaveh Mousavi's article "Orlando Shooter: The Sinful Executioner:" http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marginoferr/author/kmousavi/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go. The step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Branch ball face blasphemy.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:45.4	You know, I resisted doing a broadcast about the Orlando shooting.
0:51.8	Not because it wasn't hugely important,
0:54.0	because number one, I was rushing current deadlines
0:57.2	to try to get out the door.
0:58.2	In fact, I'm leaving in just a few hours.
1:00.8	Going through, being Louisiana, going Alabama,
1:05.0	going to Florida, doing a couple of tour stops,
1:09.0	finishing that speech, finishing the loftless interview
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