Rationally Speaking #105 - Greta Christina on Coming Out Atheist

Rationally Speaking Podcast

New York City Skeptics

Society & Culture, Skepticism, Science, Philosophy

4.6 • 787 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2014

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Atheist activist and author Greta Christina appears on this episode of Rationally Speaking, to discuss her new book, "Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, And Why." A spirited debate ensues, in which Greta, Julia and Massimo disagree over the boundaries of the "atheist movement," and the role of social justice in it. Other topics include: The cognitive biases that can make it hard to get a clear picture of whether people regret "coming out" as atheists; Plus, Greta's argument for why atheist community-building shouldn't model itself after religious communities.

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0:00.0	Join us this spring for the sixth annual nexus, the Northeast's largest conference dedicated to critical thinking and science education.
0:08.0	It's all going down in New York City the weekend of April 11th through 13th, 2014.
0:13.0	We're excited to feature a keynote by physicist Lawrence Krause, who's authored bestsellers like the Physics of Star Trek,
0:19.0	and who just starred with Richard Dawkins in a new film last year called The Unbelievers.
0:24.2	This is in addition to a great lineup of other speakers like Paul Offutt,
0:28.4	expert on vaccines and infectious disease,
0:31.0	and Katie Coleman, veteran astronaut for NASA.
0:34.1	Of course, Massimo and I will be there taping a live episode of the rationally speaking podcast,
0:38.3	and so will the cast of The Skeptics Guide to the Universe. Get your tickets now at nexus.org. That's
0:44.4	nec-s-s-S-S-org. Get your tickets today. Rationally speaking is a presentation of New York City Skeptics
1:05.8	dedicated to promoting critical thinking, skeptical inquiry, and science education.
1:10.9	For more information, please visit us at nCCEPTICs.org.
1:20.4	Welcome to rationally speaking, the podcast where we explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense.
1:30.3	I'm your host, Massimo Piliucci, and with me as always is my co-host, Julia Galev.
1:35.0	Julia, what are we going to talk about today?
1:37.5	Massimo today, I am delighted to welcome a special guest.
1:40.9	Greta Christina is joining us for this episode.
1:43.7	Greta is a professional writer, public
1:45.8	speaker, and activist. She's a regular correspondent for Ultranet, Free Unquay, and The Humanist,
1:52.2	and she writes to her own very popular Greta Christina's blog, which is now part of Freethought
1:56.9	blogs. And she's just coming out with another book titled Coming Out Atheist. How to
2:02.9	Do It, How to Help Each Other and Why. Greta, welcome to the show.
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