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. And start nothing. Question everything.

And start thinking.

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This is a safe place where we can use words like stupid.

I try not to call people names to their face.

You've heard me sort of, I don't know, discourage that.

Let us de-escalate. But on the larger stage, on the macro stage, when we see things going down, we can say, that's just stupid. Or that person is just acting stupidly, right? I think it's okay. I think we've come to the point we've crossed the threshold case in point i live

in talsa oklahoma and the great state of oklahoma is essentially a big circus tent with

magas as uh ring leaders governor kevin stitt has been in the headlines. You know, he's the guy who

dedicated the whole state to his Jesus when he won the midterms. Lord, we just, we dedicate every

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