This speaks not just my mind but my "heart" as well. Brilliant.
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Just realized that I linked the Godless Bitches Podcast without making a post about them. So here it is.
The Godless Bitches Podcast is a podcast by the women of the ACA (Atheist Community of Austin) which also sponsors the Atheist Experience and the Non-prophets radio podcasts. The Godless Bitches podcast tackles feminist issues from a secular perspective and is regularly contributed by Beth Pressword, Jen Peeples, Tracie Harris and Lynnea Glasser.
I find myself enjoying the podcast a lot. The recent Episode 1.11 (embedded below) was hilarious (Tracie Harris rocked the show).
So check it out!
One of those informative episodes of the Atheist Experience with co-host Tracie Harris.
Here's a little "shout out" for the Non Prophets Radio podcast. The Non Prophets are back after a REALLY long hiatus.
Matt Dillahunty has uploaded 3 new podcast. One with the last of the guerrilla podcast (9.8), one being a compilation of interviews Matt did during the Texas Freethought Convention (9.TFC) and the latest one being a usual NPR podcast (9.10).
So here is the link to the Non Prophets Radio archive page.
Yea, religions give plenty of false hopes.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
George Bernard Shaw
Enough said.
Here's the most recent video (on the day of posting) with the AETV hosts, Tracie Harris and Martin Wagner.
Here's another one with Matt Dillahunty (President of the ACA) and guest, AronRa.
Here's some older posts on the Atheist Experience.
The Atheist Experience Episode 602 has Tracie Harris and her Fallacy Model. As the name of the model suggests, it address fallacies - Fallacies that theists typically make.
Here's a short clip:
But that's just part of presentation. Jump for 51:44 in the following full episode:
One of the episodes of the Atheist Experience that I enjoy most is episode #572.
At first, I thought of trying to transcribe the episode. I failed miserably. And I think people who able to transcribe stuff are amazingly insane (in an admirable way, of course). Way too difficult for me.
Here's the episode:
And here's a really short 5 minutes that I transcribed. Pathetic, I know. It spans 23:53 – 28:56.
Tracie Harris:
Here he is again trying to describe it (God):
"This is the awesome glory of God, I don’t have a clue as to what he is – none whatsoever! This is what makes him so magnificent – because there is nothing in this world that could explain or describe or imagine what his glory is like. We only say 'God' and 'He' because it is the best way for us to identify what we are talking about. But that doesn’t describe what He is like or what He is made of or anything. A 'thing', we can describe. 'God' we cannot."
And let me tell you that the last part of that paragraph is something that most atheists would give a hearty amen to because it does seem like "a thing you can describe but god you cannot" and it also seems like "we don’t know who or what" or, you know, "what we are talking about" or anything about it. So if this is the description that I’m getting back and I’m trying to have a conversation with someone about "God exist" and I can’t even get past "God". I don’t know how to have a conversation.
Matt Dillahunty:
Yea, and... and I... you know, while I wouldn’t have phrase it this way and certainly wouldn’t have start with "this is the awesome glory of God." The idea that you’re saying, I believe in this thing that I can’t possibly understand, I can’t comprehend, I can’t even imagine, I can’t describe, I can’t know anything about. Why would anybody believe in that?
Tracie: Well… What is that?
Matt: What is it that you’re believing in
Tracie: Right.
Matt: How can you say that I can’t comprehend it but I believe it
Tracie: Right.
Matt: I can’t understand it. I can’t describe it. But I believe it.
Tracie:
Right. I mean I don’t know what it is I am supposed to be understanding that you believe when this is the response. Erm. I have no idea what, I mean, if you can’t make sense of it and you can’t understand it. How in the world you can possibly expect to communicate that to someone else?
Matt:
And what does it say for example if we extend it into what they’re normally talking about where this is a god that created you. And he specifically created you in a manner you’re unable to comprehend, understand, identify and describe or in any way know anything about him.
Now, I realize that not all the believers necessarily fall into this category but if you’re in that category, if you can’t, I mean, if you don’t even know what this thing is and you don’t understand, yet you’re believing it and then eventually you get the justification that I believe it because, you know, he made me, he made everything, that type of thing. Well… erm.. how do you know that, how you know there is any 'there' there? I mean it’s just madness.
Tracie:
Well, basically, it’s the description of nothing. I mean it’s a description of nothing. And then I supposed to talk about it like it’s something. And I don’t know how to do that. And I think that’s what I’m trying to say today is... that there is a definitional divide, I think, between, like, apologists and atheists that… there is no wonder that communication doesn’t happen or it’s so difficult.
When a person that is offering that sort of description for god does not understand the non-information they are providing. They are providing me a whole bunch of words and saying nothing. They’re describing nothing. They have given zero information in that paragraph. They’ve just spent an entire paragraph explaining to me why they can’t explain to me god and yet they want to dialogue with me about god.
Well if I want to have a conversation with someone about god, they have got to be able to tell me what they’re talking about. If you can’t tell me what you’re talking about, there cannot be a conversation. So I would say before you approach somebody to discuss your god, you need to sit and do some reflection and try figure out what you mean by that word, specifically what you mean.
And I also don’t mean what do you think what god does. I mean what do you mean god is. Because what you think god does is really irrelevant until there is, shown to be a god that is. Erm, you can tell me all day long, god creates worlds, god wrote the bible, god… and I cannot confirm any of it because I have no god to go to and examine and say you know what, that’s correct this god did write the bible.
Erm, that’s the other problem that we have with this particular person was the idea that the evidence that was being put forward on behalf of his god’s existence all assume god existed. So you would have the bible put forward and it’s like god created the bible and so here’s the bible and this is evidence for god. But if there is no god then god didn’t created the book so I can’t, you can’t come to me when we’re trying to determine or not whether there is a god and say you’ve got this book that is the product of that god and you want to enter that into evidence for your god. And I should accept it as evidence because it was created by your god. But, well, if the point of contention is whether or not god exist, of course I’m not going to accept that the book was created by god. We need to establish first that there is a god that can create the book. Then we can talk about whether or not he did create the book.
The Atheist Experience videos are about 90 minutes long and that is way too long for some people to sit through. So some fans uploaded shorter clips of their favorite parts of certain episodes on Youtube. And here is a few that I picked out.
Does Logic And Reason apply to God?
What ever does it mean that you can't use reason and logic in issues regarding god(s)? Why is it applicable only if it comes to the biased conclusion? Why the particular exception anyways? This short clip touches on the topic.
Episode 531 | Topic: Viewer Mail | By Matt and Tracie
Click here.
Warning: Faith Can Cause Mental Illness!
Religious inconsistencies: Strong faith or mental illness?
Episode 535 | Topic: News | By Matt and Ashley
Click here.
Saudi woman sentenced to death for making a man impotent
Attacking religions: Is religion truly a force for good or is progress just a by-product of its ulterior motives. Stupid beliefs deserve criticism; No special protection accorded.
Episode 540 | Topic: Agnosticism & Prejudice | By Matt and Tracie
Click here.
Atheists don't believe in Anything!
Believe in nothing? Meaningless therefore suicide?
Bullshit! The promise of an afterlife diminishes the value of this one. As an atheist, I value this life much more and I hold my own beliefs apart from my disbelief in god. Not believing in god does not mean atheists believe in nothing; that's an extremely skewed perception of us.
Episode 556 | Topic: Batman & Atheism | By Matt and Tracie
Click here.
God's Moral Lesson in the Story of Abraham
Instead of focusing on Abraham's obedience, why not think about God's character? Ever wonder why Abraham never questioned why God wanted a sacrifice? Is asking for human sacrifices within God's character? How is that moral at all?
Episode 557 | Topic: John Hagee | By Matt and Don
Click here.
'I am more moral than God!'
God condones slavery. That is immoral. Period.
We are more moral than Yahweh.
Episode 568 | Topic: Moral Judgement | By Matt and Jen
Click here.
Logical Fallacy: God did it!
Argument from Personal Incredulity. Therefore, God did it.
Episode 573 | Topic: Moral Judgement | By Jen and Matt
Click here.
Matt Dillahunty DESTROYS a Theist
Matt's Terrific, Merciless Rant on God's moral standards
God moral? Have you read the damn bible?
An omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent god that: condones/requests for human sacrifice, endorses slavery, commits mass murders, requires death penalties for petty crimes and punishes his creations infinitely for finite crimes. That's moral?
Episode 574 | Topic: Still More Scamlets | By Matt and Don
Click here for Part 1 and Part 2.
13 Year Old Rape Victim Stoned To Death
13 year old. Girl. Married. Raped. Stoned for adultery. In stadium with a thousand watching. What's more to say?
Episode 577 | Topic: Still More Scamlets | By Jen and Martin
Click here.
God is the Ultimate Judge! - Another Great Rant
Moral judgement is within yourself. Don't sacrifice your humanity to this insane religion that claims to know the absolute truth and morals. Note: Watch this for your own character growth.
Episode 579 | Topic: Live Callers | By Matt and Tracie
Click here for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
Distinct Evidence for God's Existence?
Evidence for anything must be unique in order to be recognized as evidence. An "evidence" that can be used for any god is not an evidence for any specific god. In some cases, theists go so far as to assert without evidence at all. Pathetic.
Episode 583 | Topic: Live Callers | By Matt and Tracie
Click here for Part 1 and Part 2.
I was watching Episode 594 of the Atheist Experience.
And Jen Peeples asked "So if you cloned yourself and then you have sex with yourself, is that incest or masturbation?"
LOL.
I've been watching "The Atheist Experience" videos in their archives these past days. They are incredibly interesting to watch. Very informative and insightful. I learnt quite a bit from the videos I have watched so far.
In particular, I enjoy watching the episodes where Matt Dillahunty and Tracie Harris are hosting together. They rock the show in my opinion!
So I shall list a few of the videos that I found extremely interesting.
The Old Testament, Monotheism or Henotheism?
► Episode #464
► Episode #466
► Episode #483
On Consciousness
► Episode #500
► Episode #504
Skepticism and Children's books
► Episode #548
► Episode #552
What do you mean by "God exist?"
► Episode #572
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