Talk Heathen 07.34 with Forrest Valkai, Jmike, and Jamie The Blind Limey
Talk Heathen
Atheist Community of Austin
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🗓️ 28 August 2023
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Kevin in OR is deconstructing his mennonite faith and is unable to shake the fear of going to hell. Religious trauma can be hard to get over, this even happens to people that haven’t believed in decades. It fades over time, you’ll realize you’re thinking about it less and less. It may help to look into the origins of the hell belief, it’s fascinating.
Krissy in KS participated in a PAID in advance “digital seance” and felt really out of place. A family member paid to try to contact her deceased brother. We’re very sorry for your loss and that you had to go through that. Gently talk to your family about your hesitancy with this scheme.
Ben in TX is seeking advice after deconverting last week. Build a good epistemology and find or start a community of like minded people. You’re also pretty close to us, come visit us on the last Sunday of every month. You’re free to learn about and deconstruct every belief that pops up.
Seven in GA wants to find a way to circumvent the weak vs hard atheist labels. Really it comes down to Theist or Atheist, Gnostic or Agnostic. Just make it about the belief, not the certainty of that belief.
Ed in AL is frustrated by creationist debunks of evolution, like one kind of animal only creates the same kind. Oooh, great call for Forrest! There are examples across the fossil record of transitional “kinds”, actually everything is a transitional form. For the sake of argument, proving evolution wrong doesn’t point to creationism or a god. Evolution is the logical conclusion of biology, your offspring is always slightly different.
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| 0:00.0 | Lovigiticus chapter 11 verse 13 and these you shall detest amongst the birds they shall not be eaten they are detestable |
| 0:09.7 | the eagle and the bearded vulture and the black vulture the kite the falcon of any kind every raven of any kind |
| 0:15.7 | the ostrich the night hawk the seagull the hawk of any kind the little owl the cormorant the short-eared owl the barn owl the tawny owl the carrion v, the seagull, the hawk of any kind, the little owl, the cormorant, the short-eared owl, the barn owl, the tawny owl, the carrion vulture, the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. The bat isn't a bird. They're not even diapsids, they're synapses, they're chiropran, they don't belong in this at at all and then right after that it says that all winged |
| 0:39.0 | insects that go on all fours should be detestable to you and it says that you can eat locust and bald |
| 0:45.4 | locust and crickets and grasshoppers but all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable |
| 0:51.9 | for you insects don't have four feet well i guess they do have four feet and then they also have two more so likeestable for you. Insects don't have four feet. Well, I guess they do have four feet. And then they also have two more. So, like, the bat thing, you could argue, well, they're flying things. But, like, they couldn't count to six. Like, what's going on with that? Like, that's so weird. Hey, if you're watching this right now and you think that this book is absolutely true and absolutely perfect and infallible in every way, you should call us and talk about it because the show starts |
| 0:54.3 | right now. is absolutely true and absolutely perfect and infallible in every way, you should call us and talk |
| 1:12.4 | about it because the show starts right now. |
| 1:20.7 | Greetings and welcome to talk, Ethan. |
| 1:22.5 | I'm your host, Forrest Valki, and I'm joined today by Jamie the Blind Limey and Jay Mike. |
| 1:30.3 | We've got a lot of dude in the studio right now. It's really exciting. |
| 1:31.3 | I'm so happy that you're here with us, but before we get started, I got to let you know that today is August the 27th in the year of our Lord 20203 |
| 1:38.3 | and that Talk Heathen, as well as all other shows produced by this whole network, our product of the atheist community of Austin, |
| 1:45.8 | which is a 501C3 nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading secular, |
| 1:50.4 | critical thinking, secular humanism and the separation of religion and government. |
| 1:54.1 | We are a live call-in show, which means that we have open lines ready right now |
| 1:58.1 | for anybody who wants to talk about their belief, |
| 2:00.7 | what they believe in, and why they believe in it with three people who probably don't also believe in it. We would love to talk to you genuinely, and it's going to be a lot of fun if you do call in. But right before we get started, I got to give you the answer to last week's question of the week, new fun little thing that we do after every show where you can go type in answers in the |
| 2:20.0 | comments and we might just read them here on the show. |
| 2:21.9 | Last week's question of the week was a headline made from a Bible story using Florida |
| 2:29.0 | Man in the number three spot. |
| 2:31.3 | We have Florida Man gets so high. |
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