The Atheist Experience 25.31 08-01-2021 with Matt Dillahunty and Phil Ferguson
The Atheist Experience
The Atheist Community of Austin
4.6 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2021
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Our first caller today is Alexander from Chile who asserts that the Kalam Cosmological Argument proves god. The caller also claims that our feelings of awe towards spectacular moments in nature is proof of the supernatural.
Next is David from CA who takes issue with “Atheist’s” demand for physical evidence. David, you do not listen. Rather than build a strawman on what evidence you think Atheists want, maybe ask them.
Up next is Levi from FL who asks if our hosts accept the fine tuned universe argument as evidence of something before the big bang. You first have to show that the universe didn’t unfold the way it has through chance and that fine-tuning is even possible.
Next is Juan from Ecuador who is wondering how we can dismiss proposed supernatural explanations for detected, but unexplained events.
Up next is Fallon from Canada who believes that Matt gives Atheists a bad name by getting frustrated with callers and not answering their questions.
Next is Paulo from DC who is calling to prove God using the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Constitutional rights are not gifts from God while also being evidence for the existence of that same God. That is circular.
Up next is Hank from TX who has a question regarding Matt’s position on Life being preferable to Death. This is a very general position and there are always exceptions to that rule, and there are always personal justifications that one can make on an individual level, not always altruistic, for either choosing to live or to die.
Our final caller is Paul from the UK who wants to talk about the concept of belief in belief. Belief in belief is problematic because it's based on the fear of being cast out of a social group (i.e religion), and more importantly, it capitalizes on the fear that once you are out or are not part of religion you are socially dead.
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| 0:00.0 | So you think that you tell us how to live our lives |
| 0:07.6 | And the questioning the thoughts grow with your myel�chord near ice |
| 0:14.0 | You think that suffering is part of some great planet's been devised |
| 0:20.5 | I wonder, I wonder, I wonder, I wonder |
| 0:26.8 | Why do we really take for you to start opening your eyes? I wonder, I wonder |
| 0:35.7 | Hey everybody, welcome to the atheist experience. I'm Matt Doney, joining me this week |
| 0:39.6 | After a rather lengthy absence is Phil Ferguson, how you doing Phil? |
| 0:43.7 | I'm fantastic, thank you. How you doing? |
| 0:46.2 | I know you're fantastic. I'm all right, man. How long's it been since we had you on? |
| 0:50.2 | Like, um, gosh, I think pretty close to a year. |
| 0:53.6 | Yeah, it's like it's become an annual thing. It's like, oh, it's kind of like that. |
| 0:57.6 | Yeah, it's time to have Phil on. So, uh, I'm not in person this time. |
| 1:01.6 | Yes, unfortunately, uh, we are well, fortunately, and unfortunately, |
| 1:06.0 | there are good things to doing the show remote. Uh, I just want to mention real quickly that |
| 1:10.2 | Austin's uh, seen a spike in cases and because of that, we've gone past uh, stage four, |
| 1:17.6 | back to stage five, but the governor decided to introduce some legislation of his own |
| 1:23.4 | that makes it illegal for businesses to have basically any sort of uh, |
| 1:27.3 | COVID-based restrictions, no mass, no vaccine card, no nothing. |
| 1:30.6 | So there's going to be court battles, uh, while people die. Isn't that fun? |
| 1:34.8 | That is, man, uh, I know I am finding myself becoming really |
| 1:39.3 | unstoppable rage inside of me because of the people that are not playing along |
| 1:45.1 | with the social requirements and norms to keep people alive and as pissing me off, |
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