Talk Heathen 05.01 01-03-2021 with Eric Murphy and Vi La Bianca
Talk Heathen
Atheist Community of Austin
4.7 • 611 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2021
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Let’s get to calls! Sigmund (aka Canadian Catholic) from Canada would like to talk about the positive viewpoints Eric and Vi hold as humanists and naturalists. They decide to have a quid pro quo type of conversation, which is a somewhat different format for the show. Unfortunately, CC isn’t the most honest interlocutor to have this type of conversation, is incredibly condescending, and constantly interrupts both hosts. And you’re done.
Adam in Texas is up next, is wondering if there is any way to view the Bible as a moral book and how slavery back then is different. The call evolves into a fairly nice conversation as a way to get to know them. Come to find out, Adam is a presup. Weeeeee!
Emmet in Texas is calling about how to deal with death after deconverting. There is no wrong way to grieve. It may also be worth letting mom grieve in her way, even if it is diametrically different than yours.
Patrick in Florida thinks that pantheism may be a better option and the science behind consciousness. He would like to talk about it with Eric and Vi. Just because pantheism sounds like a better option, it doesn’t mean it’s the only other choice. Ooooh, boy. This call is a bit wild and all over the place, Patrick doesn’t really listen and Eric gets a bit heated.
Scott in California is calling about naturalistic pantheism and how atheist isn’t the right term to define Eric and Vi’s viewpoint. But which is really better though?
Emmanuel in Texas is wondering about how a near death experience and suicidal thoughts due to wanting to be in heaven formed his theistic beliefs. We are glad you are still here Emmanuel, please seek help if you need it, but we are here for you if you need us once more.
That’s our show for this week, please continue to be safe in your area, wear your mask. The world is better with you in it. See you next week!
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| 0:00.0 | Happy New Year! |
| 0:09.0 | Same old intro. |
| 0:12.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:13.0 | That's okay. I'm just... |
| 0:16.0 | Do you think we'll be able to be outside around people in 2021 again? |
| 0:20.0 | I hope so. I hope so. |
| 0:22.6 | You ready to do this? |
| 0:24.6 | Yeah, let's do it. |
| 0:25.6 | Oh, right. |
| 0:26.6 | Hello, welcome to Talk Heven. |
| 0:38.3 | Today is January 3rd, 2021. It is season 5, episode 1. |
| 0:46.3 | The premiere. |
| 0:47.3 | The season premiere. That's right. I'm Eric Murphy. |
| 0:51.3 | I'm Vla Bianca. |
| 0:52.3 | How's it going? |
| 0:53.3 | Good. It's going good. Good. Good. It's we took a little hiatus for a little bit. We had a special holiday message right around New Year's. You're right, right. And then we had our holiday special before that. Which people just love. Yeah. People are like, this is not the format. Well, we know it's the holiday special. |
| 1:12.6 | But we are happy to be back and we are happy to see all of you. |
| 1:17.6 | I'm just watching the live chat and watching everybody come in and it just feels good. |
| 1:20.6 | It does. |
| 1:22.6 | Before we dive into calls though, because we do have a couple good callers in here that I'm excited about, we do have a couple of announcements. |
| 1:29.3 | So the regular announcement is Talk Heathen is a product of the atheist community of Austin. |
| 1:37.3 | The ACA is a 501c3 nonprofit. |
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