The Atheist Experience 28.11 with Secular Rarity and Armin Navabi

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🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 121 minutes

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In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Secular Rarity and Armin Navabi, question the universal theist answers and someone figured out that Jesus is the Devil, but not to worry, it is all in the mind because the experience is having us not believe that god is true because of cultural longevity.

James in OH asks if the hosts think atheists have more questions than theists. Theists may have more answers, but many of those answers are wrong. Would you agree that having more answers is not necessarily correct? A lot of times, answers that are given on the non-religious side do not unravel more layers of questions. Why would you use the Bible as a method to demonstrate god? What would you do to prove that Abraham almost slaughtered his own son and that the Bible is a good source for this claim? What information has been given to you that makes the supernatural a viable option?

John in CA claims that Jesus Christ is the Devil and quotes something that he calls a parable from The Book of Revelation to try and prove it. Why does this “parable” bring you to your conclusion? Is the Devil the good guy or the bad guy? Why is it that nobody else has figured this out? Why are you one of the few or the only one that has solved this puzzle?

Mark in MN says that the proof of something is in a person’s own mind. Accepting a belief is up to the individual, but that does not change the facts. What is your best evidence for god being real? Lets pray! God please provide us atheists proof of your existence! Amen! Okay now everyone get off your knees, you are released from the magical spells.
Josh in MT says that Jesus awakened a truth about people’s experience of the world. Most of the universe is not experiencing anything.

Michael in CA says that it is important to believe in god because god has always been a part of human culture. Would this be a good justification for the conclusion if we used another word instead of god? Why would longevity make it reasonable to believe in god? If you believe in something, and good things happen because you believe this, would the good things happening justify believing it is true? What if it is a lie? Where is the tomb now? How easy do you think it was for fraudulent claims and lies to spread thousands of years ago?

Thank you for tuning in and be as blasphemous as you need. Don’t forget Atheist Day on March 23. Question of the week: Name a time that God unfairly blamed someone.

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0:56.0	that Islam introduces logical limitations that we just cannot accept.
1:01.6	We ex-Muslims want to be able to do whatever we want. Drink and eat whatever
1:06.3	we want. Where whatever we want? Have sex with whoever we want? It's true that many of us
1:12.3	sex Muslims do enjoy some more freedoms after leaving Islam.
1:17.0	However, it's an absolute myth that we don't want limitations.
1:21.0	We just don't want your limitations.
1:24.3	Islamic limitations are insane, but our limitations makes sense.
1:29.4	Unlike Islam, I think it is wrong to have sex with children.
1:34.0	Unlike Islam, I believe it is wrong to rape women captured in battle.
1:39.6	Unlike Islam, I think it is wrong to beat your wife when you fear that she may disobey you.
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