The Atheist Experience 30.16 with Godless Engineer and Scott Dickie

The Atheist Experience

The Atheist Community of Austin

Business, Non-profit, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 104 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Godless Engineer and Scott Dickie put the "omni-benevolent" creator on trial and examine the silence of the divine! They tackle word salads about information, the emergent properties of consciousness, and the hilarious consequences of childhood church avoidance. Can logic bridge the gap between ancient myths and modern biological reality?
Steph from Canada defines God as truth and information. Hosts challenge this word salad and the claim that rockets explode due to a lack of God. If truth is just correspondence with reality, why is a deity necessary?
AJ from Canada asks how unconscious starts lead to consciousness. The hosts explain consciousness as an emergent property of complex nervous systems rather than a supernatural gift. Does a soul explain consciousness better than biological interaction?
Ben from CT shares a deconstruction story where lying about having no clothes led to an accidental church fundraiser. The hosts explore how deconversion often leads to dismantling other social biases. Can we separate heritage from convictions?
Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time!

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	What's up, Heathens? How y'all doing? I'm the godless engineer, and I just want to tell you that the Christian god cannot exist.
0:08.0	He's described as an omniscient, omnibenevolent, the divine creator of everything.
0:13.8	Yet millions of his most devout followers beg him daily to cure their diseases, stop their assaults, and protect their loved ones.
0:22.5	And he answers with deafening silence.
0:25.2	Children cry out for him to stop their abusers, and he either watches and does nothing or turns away entirely.
0:31.8	If God is omnipotent, then he has the power to answer every one of these prayers.
0:36.7	He even said, ask, and you shall receive.
0:39.9	Receive what exactly?
0:41.2	A silent rejection?
0:42.8	A resounding no?
0:44.7	If this God is good all the time and all the time, this God is good, then this God simply cannot exist.
0:51.4	Because a good God wouldn't watch needless suffering he has the power to stop there is no
0:57.2	argument to save god from this contradiction and character if you disagree with this sentiment then
1:02.5	call in because the show starts now all right welcome everybody.
1:13.7	Today is April 19th, 2026, and I'm your host,
1:18.9	Scottish engineer, John.
1:20.9	And joining me right now is Scott Dickey.
1:23.8	Hey there, Scott.
1:24.5	How you doing?
1:25.3	Doing great.
1:25.9	Doing great.
1:26.3	How are you doing today?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Atheist Community of Austin, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Atheist Community of Austin and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.