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TheThinkingAtheist

My Family Thinks I'm Going To Hell

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2015

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Are you an atheist (or perhaps an adherent to a religion apart from that of your parents, siblings, children or distant relatives), and your loved ones are terrified that you're sliding the slipper slope toward damnation?

This podcast is about the fears of the faithful, the damage done by religious concepts of Hell and torment, and the liberation that comes in living without fear.

Neil Carter's blog, "You're (Not) Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone?" http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2015/04/27/youre-not-gonna-miss-me-when-im-gone

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Okay, here we go. The step by three, two, one, action.

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Assume nothing.

0:38.0

Brash, bald face, blasphemy.

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Question. Everything.

0:42.0

Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.

0:46.0

It is quite alright to be an atheist.

0:48.0

The fastest growing group of people in the country has been measured as being those who have no belief or who are atheists.

0:54.0

You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.

0:57.0

Challenge the opposition. You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.

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And start thinking.

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Just a horrible, horrible tragedy. I guess the death toll is north of 4,000.

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