The Atheist Experience 29.23 with Forrest Valkai and ObjectivelyDan RX7
The Atheist Experience
The Atheist Community of Austin
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🗓️ 9 June 2025
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
Chidumebi in PA asks how to combat religious students that insist on AI reliance to justify the Bible. It is important to teach children how to search and explain why there is bias behind some of the input. These models are designed for good output, not accuracy. Be sure they understand what material they will need to know as a requirement, regardless of their personal beliefs or use of AI language models. What is the student supposed to do if they end up in a career they do not know how to do as a result of their reliance on AI?
Mike in SC, thinks that AI can replace atheists but not theists because it can do anything atheists can do by using less resources. What is your understanding of the massive centers needed to support AI? If the soul is a factor, how do you explain an AI video that turns people to Christ? It is odd that you believe the actions of human beings that are atheists can be reduced down to a chat box. If dogs don’t have souls, is it cool that we just replace all dogs with AI? Our lives are more than just a sum of our labor and we find this conclusion dehumanizing.
Herman in Canada has massive observations of “things begotting things” so therefore there must be a creator. It is important to point out that energy has not been created. What created the actual creator of the universe? How do you know that the reality of physics was exactly the same just before the big bang? If everything is contingent on something, what would a world that was not created look like?
Luc, a Catholic in Canada, explains his different perception in the prime mover argument and that is that rules need rulemakers. Why are the rules of nature excluded from this argument? We do not need to provide evidence for not believing in something. What evidence do you have that everything needs a rule maker? Of these two things, which is the more reliable pathway to truth; evidence or faith? Why is it good enough for you when the Catholic Church says something? We are not expected to just believe a thing because a teacher told us to; we must do the work/tests, and experiments to learn this stuff.
Prophet Daniel from Australia, believes there is one god for the entirety of existence and the interpretation of dreams made in the Book of Daniel prove his existence. How do you think this story has been adapted to meet the events that actually transpired? Why would this book be a reliable source when Daniel speaks with a dragon?
Jamie the Blind Limey, our backup host joins to close out the show and offer some post thoughts on some of the calls. Thank you for joining us this week and we will see you next time!
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| 0:00.0 | The atheist experience is a product of the atheist community of Austin, a 501c3 nonprofit organization |
| 0:06.5 | dedicated to the promotion of atheism, critical thinking, secular humanism, and the separation |
| 0:11.5 | of religion and government. For this reason, we are not legally allowed to use this platform |
| 0:16.9 | to endorse or oppose any particular politicians, parties, or policies. We are, however, allowed to talk about religion and the effects that it has in society and notable trends that we see in the sociopolitical landscape. The Bible is not a book that I'm a great fan of. I've never been shy or quiet about pointing out the many hideous teachings found within these |
| 0:38.2 | slimy pages. But there are quite a few good parts as well. Flex of gold buried in the mud, |
| 0:44.7 | which I rarely see addressed and almost never see practiced by the people who use this book |
| 0:50.0 | to gain power. Acts chapter four tells of the perfect Christian society, one in which no one |
| 0:56.7 | claimed any possessions as their own, but which shared everything amongst themselves so that |
| 1:02.1 | there were no needy people at all. Throughout the New Testament, Jesus never breathes a word |
| 1:07.7 | about homosexuality or abortion, but he reminds his followers frequently |
| 1:12.1 | to care for strangers freely and to treat friends and enemies as equal compassion. |
| 1:19.0 | He says that it's easier to fit a camel through the eye of a needle than for a rich person |
| 1:24.3 | to enter the kingdom of heaven, and that the only surefire way to gain |
| 1:28.0 | eternal life is to sell all of your possessions and give all of your money to the poor. |
| 1:33.7 | Matthew 25 tells us that when Christ returns, he will separate the sheep from the goats, |
| 1:38.7 | inviting the righteous to join him in heaven, saying, for I was hungry and you gave me something |
| 1:43.7 | to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and |
| 1:45.5 | you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you invited me into your home. I needed clothes |
| 1:52.0 | and you clothed me. I was sick and you cared for me. I was imprisoned and you visited me. And when |
| 1:57.8 | his followers ask when they ever did any of these things, Jesus will reply |
| 2:02.1 | whatever you did for the least of your brothers and sisters. You did for me. And the Bible |
| 2:08.6 | mentions no words about this story. The very next verses, Jesus turns to the unrighteous masses and |
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