Does God Exist?
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Guests: Amit Pal & Dan Barker. With FFRF Communications Director Amit Pal as the substitute host, we discuss the dismal news on the reproductive rights front, including the draconian Oklahoma abortion ban. We highlight our last TV show of the season — a special on-site visit with freethinking sculptor Zenos Frudakis — and spotlight our national convention to be held in San Antonio in late October. We listen to a blasphemous Irving Berlin song. And then we hear FFRF Co-President Dan Barker debate a Christian apologist on the compelling question: "Does God Exist?"
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, |
| 0:09.3 | Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:13.7 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:19.5 | It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today. |
| 0:52.3 | Hello, I'm Amit Pahl, and this is the May 26th, 2022 episode of Freethought Radio. |
| 0:59.4 | Dan and Annie Laurie are actually on a short vacation to California. |
| 1:03.9 | And they asked me to fill in as your host today. |
| 1:06.9 | Grant Blashka with the Audio for the Arts is our engineer in the Stephen Yule friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall, which are the national offices of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 1:21.4 | Freethought Radio is produced by the Freedom from Religion Foundation, which works to keep state and church separate, and |
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| 2:26.4 | and I'll try not to sing it, we hope today you will join us. So although Dan and Annie Laurie |
| 2:32.5 | are not here today, in a few minutes we will hear from Dan, |
| 2:36.0 | not live, but as part of a recording of a recent debate, he did in Florida on the topic, |
| 2:43.3 | does God exist? If you're wondering why some people do not believe in God, you'll want to hear |
| 2:49.8 | what Dan has to say. |
| 2:51.4 | This week, we are replaying last week's Ask an Atheist Facebook Live feature that we have every week. |
| 3:02.1 | And that is because it's on a subject that's still on everybody's minds, even though it's been partly supplanted by |
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