Unskeptical: Finding the Real Story in a World of Half-Truths

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🗓️ 4 December 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

What happens when we have facts, but not context or perspective. Seth Andrews explores the issue in his November 11th, 2018 speech given for the Central Florida Freethought Community.

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go. The step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Rash ball face blasphemy.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on 100 fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:44.2	Next Tuesday, I've got special guests and friend and brother,
0:49.1	Pallo Heathen, R&R.
0:51.3	You're going to join me on the show.
0:52.9	And we're going to talk about the pagan origins
0:55.3	of many of our Christmas traditions.
0:57.4	This is familiar territory,
0:59.4	but December's always an opportune time to talk about it,
1:02.6	especially in the wake of the annual Fox News War on Christmas.
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