Ep 292 – The New Atheist’s Guide to Not Being a Total Asshole: Episode 1 (Fear)

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🗓️ 1 August 2016

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Let’s face it: atheists have a bad rap, and some of that is richly deserved–the smug self-righteousness with which many wield their God-free worldview is about as charming as a menthol enema. However, losing your faith doesn’t have to lead to the dark path of douchebaggery, which the honorable Sage Turk aims to illustrate in an exciting new series: The New Atheist’s Guide to Not Being a Total Asshole. Take a listen to the first installment–a conversation between Sage and Tom on the subject of fear.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Sage Turk, and two years ago something big happened that would change my life forever.
0:07.0	Despite being an active Mormon, Christian, and believer for over 33 years, I lost my faith in God.
0:15.0	What I didn't lose was my happiness, my hope, and the curiosity to explore every facet of this crazy adventure called life.
0:24.2	And like every adventure, sometimes we can use a little galley. But another wasn't they, I was a still laugh trapped in eternity, I was the focal point
0:37.0	out of focus out of ink.
0:39.0	And I've been wandering through the good of your heartache, always making a mess or
0:49.3	stumbling off the door. Out the Joy
0:55.0	Episode 1 year,
1:00.0	episode 1 year starring me sage
1:02.0	and our special guest host, Tom Perry.
1:05.0	I don't want to be an asshole anymore.
1:09.0	Maybe, baby, I being a total asshole. Hello and
1:35.0	Welcome to episode one of the new atheist guide to not being a total asshole.
1:40.0	I am your host, Sage Turk, and with me is my special guest host for the episode, Mr.
1:47.1	Tom Perry.
1:48.1	Hey, Sage, thanks for bringing me on to your inaugural episode.
1:51.5	This is exciting, dude. Yeah yeah yeah so uh most of you
1:54.2	listeners you will recognize Tom of course from the infants on Thrones podcast
1:58.1	where he is a frequent guest I believe yeah I'm a contributor yeah right believe? Yeah, I co-contributor. Yeah, right. Yeah,
2:05.3	Yeah, Tom, how long have you been podcasting for?
2:09.2	Holy crap. I'm going to say, let's see, probably six, seven years, something like that, maybe eight, somewhere in there.
2:19.0	Yeah, man, that's a long time. That's like from the very beginning of the whole concept of podcasting is it not? Yeah, yeah, well you know I haven't been podcasting like full on regularly like I'm not I'm not one of those guys that puts out something every single week so that's probably why I've been
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