Talk Heathen 07.48 with Jimmy Jr. and Tom Benson

Talk Heathen

Atheist Community of Austin

Society & Culture

4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Welcome to Talk Heathen! In today’s episode of the show our host Jimmy Jr. is joined by returning guest host Tom Henson.

Our first caller Phil in the Lone Star State to discuss the Plastic Reindeer Rule, a Supreme Court Case which ruled, yes you can have a nativity scene on public property, but must display other decor of the holiday season. So elves, reindeers, Santa, and extend it also to other religious symbiology associated with their holiday traditions as well. This led into further debate on the Establishment Clause and the nuances wherein.

Sergei gives our hosts a call from Canada, an atheist who wants to discuss how humanism works with an objective morality system. Now, since morality is subjective doesn’t it mean, we humans choose our morality? Jimmy and Tom explain how secular humanism can fit into objective morality as it could be the closest we can get to an objective moral perspective.

Truth666 in Maryland calls to comment on Phil’s repeat calls to the show. Phil claims he is an atheist, but Truth666 doesn’t believe an atheist could even want to go to a church.. Phil had explained his church was progressive and gave him community and support. Truth 666 still expresses her skepticism is due to doctrine and scared for the hatred that may lay below the sunny disposition.

Joshua from South Carolina is our third caller to a possible rise of neo-natalism in atheist circles. Jimmy and Tom highlight the position of a lot of atheists to let people choose what they want to do for their lives as long as they aren’t causing harm to others or themselves.

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0:00.0	It's beginning to look a lot like Saturnalia.
0:02.8	That time of year when Rome celebrated the coming of spring honoring Saturn, the god of agriculture,
0:07.8	by committing acts of debauchery and exchanging gifts.
0:10.5	Roman soldiers and gladiators celebrated their patron god, Mithras, the Zoroastrian sun god.
0:15.5	Other Europeans observed the flight of Odin as he flew across the land,
0:19.2	deciding between his friends and his enemies
0:21.1	that may have hung holly and mistletoe to ward off spirits or decorated trees to honor nature.
0:25.9	Some deified the Byzantine bishop and philanthropist St. Nicholas, who left treats inside
0:31.7	people's shoes. Jesus, if he even existed, symbolized rebirth what was probably not born on
0:37.4	December 25th. The time for celebrating
0:39.3	new life in midwinter predates
0:41.4	Christianity. Pagan customs were
0:43.3	instituted into Roman practice as
0:45.4	the empire subjugated its colonies.
0:47.4	Whatever you celebrate, we hope you have a
0:49.3	wonderful holiday season and we're happy you've tuned
0:51.4	in. Call us because the show's starting now.
1:07.5	All right, all right. It is December 3rd, 2023. Welcome, everyone. I am your host, Jimmy Jr.
1:11.9	And joining me is the wonderful Tom Benson. Tom, how are you doing today?
1:17.8	Fantastic. Jimmy, thanks for having me. Yeah, yeah. Now, I was thrilled to find out that you were going to be joining me. I'll tell you, I have been wanting to work with you for a long time.
1:22.9	I came across you, I think, when you first did your Truth Wanted show, that was back in probably April.
1:49.0	So viewers, if you're interested in seeing Tom's first ever ACA appearance, you go check out, I think it was about April 7th. It might have been because it was a week after I did my first Truth Wanted. Yeah, yeah. I'm not very good numbers. No, don't be fooled. Don't be fooled. But I remember specifically, somebody called in and they said, they gave some kind of anecdote. And you said something, they said something to the effect of, well, how do you rule out ghosts?
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