Talk Heathen 03.45 2019-11-10 with Eric Murphy & Lloyd Evans
Talk Heathen
Atheist Community of Austin
4.7 • 611 Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2019
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
SHOW TIME-STAMPS
00:06:11 Connor - TX - Feeling anger due to the lies told by religion
00:17:36 Brandon - AZ - Prophecy proves god is real
00:36:21 Lane - UT - Do outsiders view certain religions as ridiculous
00:44:25 John - GA - What sort of evidence do atheists need for the existence of god?
00:55:44 Mark - Italy - Is not a Christian any longer, can we talk about the trinity?
01:05:57 Jessica - MI - Troubled and scared of completely leaving religious life
01:15:38 Dean - NC - Wondering if we look at a brain, can we visualize thoughts?
01:24:03 Cal - MO - Growing up financially supported by religion, worth thinking about it?
01:31:35 Shalev - WA - Seeking ideas to approach conversations with theistic relatives
SHOW NOTES
Welcome to Talk Heathen! In today’s episode, Eric Murphy is joined by Lloyd Evans. Lloyd runs a youtube channel (John Cedars), wrote an amazing book (The Reluctant Apostate), and a website for ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses (www.jwsurvey.org) providing resources to those JWs who are seeking help getting out.
The first caller is Connor from Texas. He would like to talk about how to approach how religions tend to lie to their congregation. He is feeling some anger about this. Listen in to hear how Lloyd explains this and finding perspective.
The next caller, Brandon from Arizona would like to continue to discuss his position that prophecy proves god is real. He has called in before and you may recognize his voice. Listen in and find out how Eric and Lloyd break down his argument.
The following caller named Lane from Utah wants to talk about how the view of certain religions can be seen as ridiculous, specifically Mormonism.
The next caller in the queue is John from Georgia wanting to discuss the evidence needed by atheists to prove the existence of god. Tune in to hear how Eric processes this.
Next up, Mark in Italy is no longer a Christian (possibly an ex-JW,) but would like to discuss Christian apologetics and whether or not the bible proves the trinity.
Afterward, Jessica from Mississippi talks about how scared they are of completely extricating themselves from religion and feeling free from indoctrination. This is something worth listening to as well as visiting Recovering from Religion: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/
Subsequently, Dean in North Carolina ponders if we look at a brain, are we able to see and access thoughts as they occur.
The next caller, Cal from Missouri is struggling with having been financially supported by religion growing up, and wondering if it is worth caring about it now he is an atheist. Lloyd does his magic and unpacks this with care. Tune in to see!
Our last caller, Shalev from Washington would like to discuss how to have conversations with their religious relatives.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Jamie, we need to take a stop in Croatia. |
| 0:26.8 | No, I promise. |
| 0:28.3 | It's just going to take a second. |
| 0:30.6 | Okay. |
| 0:32.8 | Do you know, Lloyd? |
| 0:33.6 | Let's do it. |
| 0:37.1 | Hello, and welcome to talkie. |
| 0:40.5 | It is November 10th, 2019, season 3, episode 45. |
| 0:44.8 | I'm Eric Murphy, and today with me is Lloyd Evans. |
| 0:49.9 | Hello. |
| 0:51.4 | Yes. |
| 0:53.7 | Delayed reaction there from the audience. Understandably so. You know what? You wouldn't think so. When I got here, when I got here, the parking lot was packed. Yeah. And the studio audience was packed. And this building was packed to see you, my friend. Hired. Hired people. Yeah. That's the secret. I'm actually really, really excited to meet you. |
| 1:12.5 | And for those of you who don't know, Lloyd, let me go over some of your bona fides here. |
| 1:20.1 | Shouldn't take long this. |
| 1:23.1 | So you have a YouTube channel called John Cedars. |
| 1:26.1 | Correct. |
| 1:26.9 | We're going to stick a pin in that. Yeah. You also have a website called jwsurvey.org. What's that about? So that's a resource for helping Jehovah's Witnesses who are starting to doubt their beliefs, who are interested to know whether they're alone or whether there are others who feel the same way. |
| 1:45.2 | All right. |
| 1:45.7 | So Jehovah's Witnesses, we didn't even get into that. |
| 1:47.6 | Who the hell are you? |
| 1:48.6 | I am an ex-Jahovas witness. |
| 1:51.5 | And an advocate and a speaker who is going out of his way and has put himself in harm's |
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