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Talk Heathen

Talk Heathen 08.23 with Jamie the Blind Limey and Darante' LaMar 2024-06-09 12-55-09

Talk Heathen

Atheist Community of Austin

Society & Culture

4.6607 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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0:00.0

We atheists are often asked the question, what evidence would convince you of the existence of God?

0:07.9

Now, the common response is often, well, I don't know, but God should.

0:13.2

Now, this is a pretty logically bulletproof answer, but understandably unsatisfying.

0:20.4

Now, personally, I would be rather amazed if my vision,

0:24.7

which has been completely bereft since birth,

0:29.3

was suddenly healed, and I had 2020 vision.

0:33.1

That would be miraculous to me.

0:34.7

However, the problem comes that my sight suddenly becoming completely

0:40.4

perfect would give me the same amount of evidence for God as it would for wish-granting fairies,

0:48.4

benevolent wizards, rogue nanomachines, and I wouldn't know how to distinguish what caused it. Furthermore, every time I hear

0:59.7

of miracles, I am reminded of the Arthur C. Clark, quote, technology sufficiently advanced

1:07.7

is indistinguishable from magic. Imagine yourself transported back to biblical

1:13.3

times. You could, with a few consecrated wafers, healed the sick or with your mighty staff,

1:21.3

strike down the unbeliever at a thousand cubits with mighty thunder. Only that's just a few tablets of a moxicillin,

1:30.9

and your dad's or granddad's old 30 aught six from the war. Science makes miracles mundane,

1:38.6

and so the heathens are very much disbelieving of the miraculous claims of the Bible and other texts.

1:49.8

But if you have proof that miracles are real, if you can tell us that the supernatural truly does

1:57.8

have influence into our daily lives,

2:02.0

then you should call us,

2:03.6

because the show starts now.

2:13.6

Hello, my name is Jamie.

2:14.8

I am the Blind Limey,

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