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.

There is a video version of what you're about to hear my interview with Dr. Aaron Adair. He wrote a book called The Star of Bethlehem A Skeptical View.

Now, he's a physicist, and he has done a lot of research into the nativity story, the background of

Jesus as a mythological character. Was there a real Jesus? Well, he's got a perspective on that.

We talk about Matthew versus Luke and then the earlier pagan, question mark, origins of so many

Christmas traditions. I do enjoy walking into the

house of a devout believer and being like, not Christian, that's not Christian, not Christian,

oh, definitely not Christian. And I don't say anything. I'm not that guy, but I do have those thoughts.

I also have this thought since I'm, I've got a few minutes and I just want to vent.

I enjoy the holiday.

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