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.

Just returned from a wonderful event.

In Orlando, the Florida Freethought Conference, getting ready to get back on a plane,

to go and officiate a wedding in San Antonio and then travel coming up in the month of April for the American

Atheist Conference and some other ones on the horizon.

Details on all the major events that are coming up are at thethinking atheist.com

slash events.

My flight delayed big weather out east, tornadoes and the whole thing. So everybody got

delayed. And I ended up sort of sitting alone in forlorn, made a holiday Inn express, wishing I was

home with Natalie and the dogs, scrolling hotel television, which is terrifying, by the way.

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