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.

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

You may already know this, but Forrest Valcine, the biologist and educator, and online activist, he and I sometimes co-host a show on The Line, which is another YouTube channel. The Line is kind of a network of shows that was put together by Jimmy Snow.

And so like two Sundays a month, he and I,

it's not always us,

but he and I end up paired quite a bit.

And I think it's because people enjoy the chemistry of it.

I am this, well, you know me.

I am me, right?

And then Forrest Valki, I always tell him he's like a Jack Russell Terrier.

He's just this not, well, is he manic?

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