Okay, here we got. Stand by. Three, two, one.

The thinking atheist, it's not a person. It's a symbol. An idea.

The population of atheists in this country is going through the room.

Rejecting faith. Pursuing knowledge. Challenging the sacred.

If I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth,

not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish.

And working together for a more rational world.

Take the risk of thinking for yourself.

Much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.

Assume nothing.

Question everything. Assume nothing. Question everything.

And start thinking.

This is the Thinking Atheist podcast, hosted by Seth Andrews.

Before I play the audio of a conversation that I had on video recently,

and that YouTube link is in the description box in case you want to watch it,

and I encourage you to do so when you are done listening here.

But Dave Warnock, former minister, hardcore evangelical, comes out of the faith, right? He's an atheist. And then a few years ago, he is diagnosed with

a terminal disease. Doctors tell him he's going to die of ALS in short order. And so he committed himself to accumulating as many life experiences

as he could in the time he had left before his body essentially failed him. And so, I mean,

he traveled the world and he flew over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter and he went skydiving and you know he did all

these things encouraging other people to maximize the moments right tomorrow is not guaranteed his

hashtag was carpe the fucking diem right seize the day and he was a popular and sought after speaker on the conference circuit.

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