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TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On March 6th, 2025, SecularAZ invited Seth Andrews to speak in front of the Arizona State Capitol. His presentation about the Founding Fathers will surprise many in our "God & Country" culture.

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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 thinking.
0:42.2	This is the Thinking Atheist podcast, hosted by Seth Andrews.
1:09.4	Before I play you the presentation that I just gave in Phoenix, Arizona, at Secular Day at the Capitol, I had some thoughts related to this, specific to a guy named Lee Greenwood.
1:14.7	Now, if you don't know who Lee is, he is a Grammy award-winning country artist.
1:21.6	He's been around for decades, and he is best known for a song called God Bless the USA.
1:26.1	And this is exactly the kind of song you would think it is. I saw it performed by another artist in Tulsa. This was in
1:30.9	1989, maybe, and he was dressed like Uncle Sam. I mean, he had the stars and the stripes and the
1:40.0	great big hat. There were actual cannons, I mean, not real cannons, but there were
1:45.8	confetti cannons that were must have been four or five feet tall or long, blowing confetti
1:52.2	out into, to the audience. And he's singing a song and everybody's got goosebumps. Well, I'm proud
1:59.7	to be an American where at. Well, I'm proud to be an American
2:01.7	where at least I know I'm free.
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