Talk Heathen 07.45 with Christy Powell and Jimmy Jr
Talk Heathen
Atheist Community of Austin
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🗓️ 12 November 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Mr. Warlight from Alaska says that Islam has been overall beneficial to mankind. We don’t appreciate the tacky jokes denigrating actual tragedies. There is an important conversation to be had about the bad things that come from religions but poking fun of a religion detracts from that conversation.
Alex in FL asks if there is any truth to the idea that ancient men were hunters and women were gatherers. Kind of. It's more nuanced than that adage. We don’t need to derive our gender roles from stone age men, we’ve evolved quite a lot since then. Check out the book “Different” by Frans de Wull.
John in TX came on to oppose our belief system. So wait, atheists perpetuate capitalist corporate colonialism to oppress indigenous peoples? Wasn’t that the catholics? Don’t conflate atheism with anything other than a rejection of religious belief systems. We’re open to claims, evidence, and good arguments. That is not closed minded.
Mr. Le Roche in Canada thinks that christianity is substantiated and that's just a reality. Jesus subjugated every country to a 7 day week??? And that would be the best use of his powers…? Not every nation, culture, or country uses/used a 7 day calendar, well until religion spread the Gregorian Calendar. Another failed prophecy from the bible.
Joshua in SC asks for advice on how to talk to people about faith. You really need to ask each person what faith means to them. You can point out how the religion was created and that earlier ideas evolved from religion to religion. Try to remain gentle and don’t make anything personal.
Chauntelle in MA asks about the science of near death experiences. There are many reasons why one could have an NDE but it boils down to brains doing weird brain things. Every test into this phenomena disproves the woo claims and shows it’s a natural function of a brain in distress. We’re sorry you had to go through so much religious trauma, we recommend finding community online or local to you.
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| 0:00.0 | Many of you have heard of Ken Ham, founder of the Ark Encounter and CEO of Answers in Genesis, |
| 0:06.1 | he writes in his blog, and yet we know that both a father and a mother are vital for children. |
| 0:12.3 | You can't replace a dad with an extra mom or a mom with two dads. |
| 0:16.5 | A mom simply can't be a dad and a dad can't be a mom because God designed men and women differently and it shows in their parenting. |
| 0:26.0 | Well, you know, God's design aside, this has to mean that cishead two parent homes are clearly superior when it comes to health and well-being, right? |
| 0:35.9 | And that's why we see markedly different outcomes on |
| 0:38.9 | things like teen pregnancy, teen suicide, academic achievement, disordered eating. I mean, right? |
| 0:45.2 | As a therapist who's often sought out by young adults who have been tormented and ejected by such |
| 0:50.9 | faithful families, I've never seen any numbers that actually bear this thought out. |
| 0:55.8 | But maybe you have, or maybe you can call and explain it to us, because the show is coming right now. |
| 1:05.1 | Hey, Jimmy. Thank you so much for being here. How are you this morning? I am doing great. It is a cold New York day up here, but I'm feeling the warmth. I'm feeling the love here with you, Christy. Beautiful. Well, welcome to Talk Heathen. Today is Sunday, November 12, 2023. I am your host, Christy Powell. And joining me, of course, is Jimmy Jr. Before we get started, |
| 1:29.7 | I want to give a special birthday shout out to Talk Heathen's producer, Richard Jilver. Happy birthday, |
| 1:35.8 | Richard. You can type exclamation point Richard in the live chat to join us in wishing him a chat. |
| 1:41.7 | And yeah, I am excited to get started. How are you feeling today? |
| 1:46.0 | I'm good. I'm good. I'm having a little audio problem, to be honest with it. |
| 1:49.8 | Sure. Well, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. I definitely don't have any trouble just talking |
| 1:55.1 | and talking to myself. I can go on and on about this Kevin Ham bullshit and this notion that there is a huge meaningful difference between the way a dad parents and the way a mother parents and the way that men and women are completely opposite. |
| 2:13.6 | It's ridiculous. |
| 2:14.8 | I mean, honestly, we have seen male chimpanzees parenting children without the help of women, even though in chimpanzees society, women do not just 50%, not just 60%, but like 99% of all the parenting. And yet, even in this different species, there's that remarkable potential. |
| 2:35.9 | And we see positive outcomes. The notion that the only way for you to raise a healthy and happy |
| 2:42.7 | family is to have a man and a woman in lockstep together, probably with, you know, the woman |
| 2:48.8 | being submissive to the husband. It just gets my |
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