Talk Heathen 07.14 04-09-2023 with Christy Powell and Student Doctor Ben
Talk Heathen
Atheist Community of Austin
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🗓️ 9 April 2023
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Carpe Diem from CO asks where someone with a secular moral worldview would draw the line between should-dos versus must-dos. What is moral versus immoral, versus neutral?
Richard from the UK wants to discuss with the hosts techniques on how to approach conversations about supernatural claims compassionately.
Val from Canada wants to contest the description that Jesus was a zombie when he was actually a lich.
Andy from PA starts a conversation about how we can still respect people as people while still recognizing that their beliefs are potentially not worth respecting especially if they cause harm.
Bryan from CA calls in to discuss finding compassion for those with different beliefs while also recognizing that acceptance is not the same as endorsement.
Christian from AZ wants to discuss the process of coming out as a member of the queer community later in life to oneself as well as to others.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Talk Heathen. Despite not being convinced of the existence of any gods, |
| 0:05.6 | we hold on to hope that someone out there has the proof that we've been looking for. Who knows? |
| 0:10.8 | There might just be that call coming in today's episode. So put on your Sunday best because |
| 0:16.0 | the show is coming right now. |
| 0:23.7 | Okay, well, today is Sunday, April 9th, 2020. |
| 0:28.4 | I am your host, Christy Powell, and joining me today is the soon-to-be formerly student, |
| 0:34.6 | Dr. Ben, Ben, super glad to have you here today. |
| 0:37.5 | Yeah, I'm excited to be here on this Easter Sunday. |
| 0:40.7 | I know I'd much rather be here with you than with my religious family today. |
| 0:46.5 | And as you know, this is my last show as student Dr. Ben. |
| 0:51.3 | And what this actually is, is an exchange deal. So how Jesus came out of the tomb, we're getting a Jesus, and we're getting rid of a student Dr. Ben. So we're not losing a student, Dr. Ben. We're gaining a Dr. Ben. Yes, yes. Beautiful. Beautiful. Well, Talk Heathen, as you know, is a live call-in show, and we have open lines. So give us a call. |
| 1:12.2 | We're at 512-991-9242 or from your computer. |
| 1:17.0 | We're at tiny.cc slash call-th. |
| 1:21.1 | And as you know, last week, we asked you a question of the week. |
| 1:25.0 | We're excited to share our favorite answers. The question was, |
| 1:29.0 | what are some of the lesser known reasons for God to smite somebody? So, our number three favorite |
| 1:35.2 | answer is from Christopher Brazinski. Smiting shall happen for putting ketchup on steak. I think that's |
| 1:42.0 | fair. I think that's fair, but how about you? Yeah, you know, |
| 1:44.4 | that is a crime against humanity putting ketchup on a steak. But, you know, one of our other |
| 1:49.0 | host, Katie Montgomery would say probably even along the same lines as putting mayo on anything, |
| 1:53.6 | which I wholeheartedly disagree with that. Yeah, no, no, no, let's not get carried away with |
| 1:58.9 | the smiting because mayo is delicious. |
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