Seth Andrews: A Secular State of the Union Address

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🗓️ 28 February 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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On the date which would traditionally see the U.S. President's annual State of the Union speech, Seth Andrews gives his own secular State of the Union address...a look at America through the eyes of a private citizen, and an examination of patriotism, protest, the presidency, and the world stage on which this nation stands.

Transcript of the speech: http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/blog/123/A-Secular-State-of-the-Union-Address

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0:00.0	The question, everything, I find it extremely hard to imagine.
0:20.0	Open your eyes.
0:22.0	It is quite alright to be an atheist.
0:24.0	The fastest growing group of people in the country has been measured as being those
0:28.0	who have no belief who are atheists.
0:30.0	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:32.0	Challenge the opposition.
0:34.0	You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.
0:38.0	And start thinking.
0:43.0	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:50.0	Right off the bat here, I want to recommend a fascinating lecture by Dr. Mark Stoller
0:56.0	that relates directly to today's broadcast.
0:58.0	Dr. Stoller is a historian, he's a professor.
1:02.0	He's got a wonderful series on the Great Courses Plus called
1:06.0	The Skeptics Guide to American History.
1:08.0	One of the lessons is called the Constitution did not create a democracy.
1:14.0	Now many people hear that title and they shake their heads.
1:18.0	Hey, wait a minute, we're not a democracy.
1:20.0	This is America.
1:22.0	The lecture gets into this.
1:24.0	The United States as a republic.
1:26.0	How checks and balances were set up.
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