GUEST: HEMANT MEHTA, THE FRIENDLY ATHEIST

Freethought Radio

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Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2011

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We'll talk about the hit musical "The Book of Mormon" by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Dan and Annie Laurie speak with author Hemant Mehta, who left Jainism and sold his soul on e-bay. Mehta founded the Friendly Atheist blog.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:14.7	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:19.1	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:21.6	It's easy if you try.
0:27.6	No hell below us, above us only sky
0:41.3	imagine all the people
0:46.3	living for today.
1:00.0	Hase Diga Ibaway.
1:03.0	What? What did you just say? Haseadiga I'm using a greeting from the Book of Mormon.
1:08.0	Just not the Book of Mormon you might be thinking of.
1:10.0	Haseadiga Iboi. You're going to
1:12.5	tell us what that means later. I don't know if I can do that over the radio. And what is your name,
1:17.8	by the way? Annie Laurie Gaylor. Co-host of the Free Thought Radio and I am Dan Barker and I would like to say
1:25.7	Hello, I'm Elder Barker,
1:29.7	here with Annie Laurie Gaylor on Free Thought Radio.
1:32.9	I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood,
1:35.0	Atheist of the Airwaves,
1:35.9	and why am I singing to a doorbell?
1:38.5	We'd like to share with you the most amazing story.
1:43.2	Well, actually, that is something that atheists and agnostics, of course, don't do, do we?
1:48.4	We do not go around ringing people's doorbells like some, we could mention, trying to convert you or even to deconvert you.
1:55.6	And who are some of those people that we could mention who do go door to door?
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