The Atheist Experience

By: The Atheist Community of Austin
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  • The Atheist Experience is a weekly show in Austin, Texas geared at a non-atheist and atheist audience. The Atheist Experience is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin.

    The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals.

    We define atheism as the lack of belief in gods. This definition also encompasses what most people call agnosticism.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support.
    ®2024 The Atheist Community of Austin
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  • The Atheist Experience 28.46 with Secular Rarity and Jim Barrows 2024-11-17

    The Atheist Experience 28.46 with Secular Rarity and Jim Barrows 2024-11-17
    Nov 18 2024
    1 hr and 41 mins
  • The Atheist Experience 28.45 11-10-2024 with Forrest Valkai and The Cross Examiner

    The Atheist Experience 28.45 11-10-2024 with Forrest Valkai and The Cross Examiner
    Nov 11 2024
    In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Forrest Valkai and The Cross Examiner, walk Jackie through some thought processes of his own before encountering questions of existence with some New Age sprinkles.

    Jackie in MS was not able to answer Forrest’s question of whether he has any of his own thoughts. It goes absolutely nowhere when this happens. Jackie agrees not to mention the names of philosophers and to answer the hosts’ questions. He argues that the existence of metaphysical things associated with religion are the reason for religion being a positive thing. What is an example of a good point you have made regarding these things? Why do you think people listening to this conversation will become convinced to believe in a god? Why do you believe a god exists? What created god that is more complicated than god? Why does the universe need a god to do what it does? Not knowing how something could have happened is not a basis to make a conclusion in the version that you like. Not only is there a magical explanation, but you know the dude that did it, and believe we must hate trans people! This could be a product from your environment, and Jackie, you deserve better than this.

    George in Bulgaria claims that god is pure existence and we are eternal beings. What does pure existence mean? If we agree that things exist, how do you get from there to a god or to eternal beings? What would happen to existence, if a person was born that never reacted with anyone or anything else? What does your god want you to do? If god is asleep, why should we care? What is the evidence for our consciousness producing reality? Why is this better than just saying reality exists? How can your belief be falsified? A god that does not interact with the universe is indistinguishable from a god that does not exist. What can be gained knowledge wise by testing this?

    Ibrahim in the USA, converted to Islam, and wants to know the strongest arguments against god. Would you say that the burden should be on us to prove things like Santa Clause are not real? When you get into the business of arguing about god, you get into different versions of god. If this god does exist, what kind of god is it? If half of the things that the Abrahamic god is said to have done are true, he is a monster. The amount of evil and suffering this god has allowed is atrocious. This is not a religion of morality, but a religion of threats. Why would somebody believe something that is not true when there is harm associated with it? If someone could convince you to believe in absurdities, they can also make you commit atrocities. The real danger sets in when you think you know what that god wants; this is when we start seeing cults, the Crusades, and the Dark Ages. Why does god not fix the suffering in the world and why did he not choose to create a universe where this did not need to happen?

    The hosts are joined by Ben Clodfelter to close out the show. Thank you for tuning in this week! Question of the week is: What is an underquoted scripture at a funeral?

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support.
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    1 hr and 49 mins
  • The Atheist Experience 28.44 with Johnny P. Angel and Sydney Davis Jr. Jr. 2024-11-03

    The Atheist Experience 28.44 with Johnny P. Angel and Sydney Davis Jr. Jr. 2024-11-03
    Nov 4 2024
    1 hr and 33 mins

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Fantastic show

The people of the atheist experience have helped me question and think about my beliefs for over a year now thank you guys so much.

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Ive never heard the perspective of an atheist until i heard this show

so glad this podcast is made, honestly i miss matthew dillahunty. but its still a very worthwhile listen. keep it up!

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I love this show

Matt and his team make so much sense and wakes you up to reality and facts.

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A new favorite podcast!

I love that these guys don't use kid gloves on a subject that usually demands religious exceptions. Keep up the good work!

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Frustrating to listen to

As an atheist, I often find the responses given by the host to be missing the heart of the questions presented; and giving responses that are so convoluted they seem to veer off into the stratosphere. I can't seem to get through more than a few minutes before I have to turn it off because it's so frustrating to listen to. Gave the 2 stars merely because I support anyone out there promoting atheism.

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