The Atheist Experience

Today you will have a total Atheist Experience as the one and only Shelley Segal treats us to the best start to the show ever! Jim Barrows and JMike walk us through what does and does not matter when providing evidence just before learning there are holograms in our brains! Shelley provides a beautiful concert to conclude our show.   Nick in WI believes that he has found god in the same way he wou...

Have an Atheist Experience with Secular Rarity and Forrest Valkai as they work together to catch a troll who won’t answer a question only to later have another transphobe try a bait and switch tactic with the call screeners.   Kevin in GA asks the hosts why he is incorrect by believing there is an intelligent designer without having specific proof such as a video describing how a car is made. What...

Have an Atheist Experience with Jim Barrows and The Cross Examiner and work through the current challenging issues that both theists and atheists continue to sort through.  Chidumeei in PA asks how he is to tell atheists that they are not morally superior.  How do you deal with Christians that think they are morally superior? You take it one step at a time like you do everything else. Many people...

Have an Atheist Experience with Secular Rarity and Armin Navabi! The work through the face of god reflected off the presumptive knowledge can that was kicked down the road by another presumptive caller just before diving into quantum physics. Christopher in CA had an experience with a storage room where he saw the face of god that stopped him from being an atheist. He now believes in god. Why does...

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Have an Atheist Experience today with Forrest Valkai and Jim Barrows! They walk us through how to respond to family members after explaining the complexity of the universe as they ponder the use of the word “belief” all while acknowledging that boring variables exist, even within simulated universes. Caleb in OH asks the hosts if the complexity of the universe is an argument for or against god. If...

Recorded in front of a LIVE studio audience in Austin, TX! Join The Atheist Experience with Jamie Boone and Christy Powell and work through issues, lack of evidence for god, and religious trauma challenges.  Caleb in OH, believes the Big Bang is evidence for god, and asks the hosts if atheists believe there is no evidence for god. Evidence that is meaningful, compelling or that stands up to scient...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Jim Barrows and Armin Navabi sort through evidence for a designer, Barnum statements, and upholders of consciousness.    Ameen WA is contemplating reasons to come out as an atheist to his Muslim parents. What would be the two main costs and benefits to making this decision? Considering this will upset your mom, how long will it take for her to get over...

Welcome to the full Atheist Experience where JMike and Secular Rarity(SR) take on the resurrection, complaints of atheists, and people being saddened by the truth before Kelley Laughlin takes over for JMike battling the allegation that atheists have no will and the fear of hell.  James in OH has evidence for the resurrection that has been heard before and is Biblical based. Why would it need to be...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Secular Rarity and Armin Navabi, question the universal theist answers and someone figured out that Jesus is the Devil, but not to worry, it is all in the mind because the experience is having us not believe that god is true because of cultural longevity.  James in OH asks if the hosts think atheists have more questions than theists. Theists may have m...

Welcome to the Atheist Experience with the best evolutionary scientist to ever YouTube, Forrest Valkie! And from across the pond and lover of ducks, our guest co-host Emma Thorne. Our first call is from Richard in Arizona who wants to talk to Forrest and Ema who is trying to reconcile the worry of AI. . Now, we can have sympathy for Richard here as AI is a concern, but when we start doom spiraling...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, JMike and Jim Barrows once again debunk the presumption that god exists as we realize the Range Rover has not found cities on Mars as callers describe their pursuit of truth about god.   Mike in SC says there will never be enough proof of Jesus to convince the hosts. We are cool with Jesus existing as a human being, but have never seen a supernatural e...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Secular Rarity and JMike float above their bodies as they look at the chat in order to prove they exist as an all knowing god does illogical things with free will. Jeff, with no location disclosed, believes in Jesus because he experienced floating above his body right before someone took him to church. Why does this give you creedence to believe? How d...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Forrest Valkai, Armin Navabi, and Seth Andrews sort through information that causes design as they dodge spiders with wings because Jesus just was not an apocalyptic creature. Adam in England wants to talk about the relationship between information and design where the information needs a mind to exist and therefore the mind must be god. How is this di...

In today’s episode of The Atheist Experience, Jim Barrows and Armin Navabi challenge religious claims and societal norms. They confront CS Lewis's flawed logic, dissect the reliability of religious texts, and explore the deep-seated reasons why beliefs persist, even when unsupported by evidence. Becky in CO asks if gospels are firsthand accounts, prompted by her granddaughter's reaction to religio...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Secular Rarity and Jim Barrows walk callers through logical fallacies, getting out of faith mindsets, and ways to learn more about evolution. Luke in AZ states that the existence of god is a rational necessity because everything will be meaningless if god doesn't exist. Why does some god’s opinion of what is meaningful have anything to do with anyone e...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Jim Barrows and JMike find Jewish atheist communities to help not trust their brains for the truth while they travel into the past to discover that oral traditions are partly the root of religions and to finally confirm that gravity is real. Chuck in HI is that humans are here to provide a dwelling place for Jehova and gravity is not real. If he is omn...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, our hostesses with the mostess are Secular Rarity  & Armin Navabi. Let’s welcome our first caller is Not Mohammad who is curious if coming out to your family as an atheist is worth it. Well, as the hosts that all depends on your circumstances and what is right for you. NotMohammad expresses his worry of losing his parents, but also is dealing with...

In today's episode of The Atheist Experience, Johnny P Angel, JMike, and Kelly navigate contentious claims about biblical translations, the deeply ingrained nature of religious habits, and the ill-defined concept of eternal souls. They also grapple with the profound question of why life's meaning persists for atheists even in the face of cosmic impermanence. Mike in GA calls to clarify that the He...

Welcome to 2024! Let’s kick it off this new AXP with Forrest Valki and Armin Navabi! Well, we are starting off this show with a doozy! Ronnie from Florida (why is it always Florida?)  gives Armin and Forrest a call to talk about how aliens could be an explanation for angels. The key words are “could be”. Though Ronnie would like it to be true, as Forrest points it, we don’t really know. Admitting...

Happy New Year from The Atheist Community of Austin! This year we began a new segment called “Share Your Experience,” or as we generically referred to as “question of the week.” This segment is only as good as the comments we get to respond to, and you, the viewers, really rose to the challenge! Here is a compilation of our ten favorite questions and answers. Become a supporter of this podcast: ht...

Dive into this year's best, most viewed calls of The Atheist Experience with 'The Atheist Experience Top 5 Calls of 2023.' Forrest Valkai, Seth Andrews ( @TheThinkingAtheist ), Johnny P. Angel, Jmike, Kenneth, and Dave Warnock in thought-provoking conversations that challenge beliefs and promote critical thinking, and in rare cases, change minds. We're giving our valued hosts, guests and crew this...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Christy Powell and Armin Navabi, meet god in a dream that tells them which gender is god’s gift before finally being told that god is in fact everything which is really nothing. Trees in KS had an experience where they met infinite blackness in a dream and felt immense love being surrounded by faceless Grim Reapers. How do you explain what happened to...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Forest Valkai and Johnny P. Angel works through issues of Genesis, Unicorns, suffering, reproduction and babies hating god. Ray in WV says that asks if the hosts believe we evolved from higher apes He then states that god is sovereign and every human hates god when they are born. The scientific argument is not if evolution happened, but how and why. Wh...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Secular Rarity(SR) and Seth Andrews, The Thinking Atheist, wrestle with the foreshadow of Jesus. Christina in Canada calls to inform us that it is humans that are poisoning the earth, not god. What does people not being interested in saving the planet have to do with there being a god? If Allah speaks to you in your dreams, why do you read the propheci...