Christmas Music by Secular Artists

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2016

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

It's surprising to many, but a lot of atheists and non-Christians enjoy Christmas music...even the tunes that talk about angels singing and the Bethlehem star. We speak about this (supposed) contradiction, and several special guests join host Seth Andrews for a casual round of holiday songs around the hearth. This show is glad to welcome:

The Fab Four (The Beatles Tribute Band) http://ww.thefabfour.com

Jonny Miller http://www.jonnymiller.org

Shelley Segal http://www.shelleysegal.com

James Covenant: Captain Picard “Make It So https://youtu.be/oiSn2JuDQSc

Trev Fury https://www.facebook.com/TrevFuryOfficial

Heather Henderson http://hhenderson.com/

HP Lovecraft Historical Society https://store.hplhs.org/products/a-very-scary-solstice

Tim Minchin “White Wine in the Sun” https://www.amazon.com/White-Wine-in-the-Sun/dp/B00AHI77UG/

SUPPORT OUR SHOW SPONSOR: http://www.thegreatcourses.com/seth

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 100 fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:44.9	Looks like I'm going back to Los Angeles.
0:46.8	Big event coming up the weekend of January 13th.
0:50.6	In Los Angeles, it's called Logic Cal LA,
0:53.8	a whole bunch of speakers and musicians
0:55.7	and some comedians involved, a big free thought weekend.
0:59.0	If you want to find out more, it's logiccal LA.com.
1:04.7	I'm writing the speech for that now.
1:06.2	You know, some of the speeches I do
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