It's a Hard Time to Have a Heart

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

In these cruel times, how do we keep our empathy centers from becoming scar tissue?

Also...the host is ranting a bit on this one.

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0:00.0	Okay, here we got. Stand by. Three, two, one.
0:04.6	The thinking atheist, it's not a person. It's a symbol. An idea.
0:10.6	The population of atheists in this country is going through the room.
0:14.0	Rejecting faith. Pursuing knowledge. Challenging the sacred.
0:18.6	If I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth.
0:22.4	Not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish.
0:25.7	And working together for a more rational world.
0:29.0	Take the risk of thinking for yourself.
0:31.0	Much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.
0:35.6	Assume nothing.
0:37.3	Question everything. And start nothing. Question everything.
0:39.4	And start thinking.
0:42.2	This is the Thinking Atheist podcast, hosted by Seth Andrews.
0:51.4	I struggle sometimes with how much I want to vent about my frustrations in regard to the world
1:03.4	because most people, I don't think, tune into a podcast or a live stream because they want to feel bad.
1:10.7	They feel bad.
1:11.9	They feel bad enough.
1:15.1	They are doom scrolling every day.
1:17.1	They're confronted with the worst to the worst.
1:20.3	I saw a meme or a quote or something that said, it is a terrible time to be remotely intelligent.
1:25.9	I don't know if that's true as much as it's a terrible time to be remotely empathetic.
1:32.2	It's hard on the heart.
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