The Mother of Bad Ideas

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2015

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In his June 20, 2015 speech at the Oklahoma Freethought Convention, Seth Andrews explored how easily we, as human beings, become infatuated with ideas over facts, often leading to incorrect and even damaging assumptions that keep us in the dark.

What happens when we'd rather believe than know? This presentation explores the question in a compelling and entertaining way.

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go, the standby.
0:02.0	Three, two, one, action.
0:06.0	Assume nothing.
0:08.0	Brash ball face blast from me.
0:10.0	Question.
0:11.0	Everything.
0:12.0	I find it extremely hard to imagine.
0:14.0	Open your eyes.
0:16.0	It is quite alright to be an atheist.
0:18.0	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:20.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.0	or who are atheists.
0:25.0	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.0	Challenge the opposition.
0:29.0	You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.
0:32.0	And start thinking.
0:38.0	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
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0:50.0	and are just better for you than all the chips
0:53.0	and the candy bars and the bending machine junk
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