The Atheist Experience

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Secularity Rarity is joined by Apostate Prophet! First up is David from Canada who is calling to argue for a necessary uncaused first cause for the universe, ie a creator god. Next up is Kevin from UT who is calling to ask for advice on how to help comfort religious family members who are grieving the death of a family member. The caller is out as an a...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Secular Rarity is joined by Dave Warnock. First up is Sebastian from IL who is calling to voice their disagreement with Matt’s bodily autonomy abortion argument. Next up is George from MD who is looking for advice for talking to their girlfriend who is a Young-Earth Creationist & biblical literalist. The caller wants to know how to go about approaching...

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of The Atheist Experience. This week, Shannon Q is joined by the one and only Forrest Valkai! First up is Anthony from VA who is calling to argue that the body of God is the universe. The argument is founded on the idea that complex arrangements of atoms can lead to consciousness, and solar systems look similar to atoms and they might be the atoms of G...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by @Paulogia! First up is Issac from Israel who presents an argument for the truth of Judaism and its version of God by using the continued existence of the Jewish people. Next up is Clarence from OH who is confused about the laws of identity, non-contradiction, and excluded middle. Kevin from NY has a claim that will help our...

Welcome to another episode of The Atheist Experience. Today we have Apostate Prophet in the host chair alongside Shannon Q, this is going to be a good one! First caller Gregory in AZ asks how to talk with muslims about hijabs and other face coverings as he feels it’s outdated. We mainly have a problem with islam societies mandating wearing hijabs. Try arguing against the idea that it empowers wome...

Welcome to another episode of The Atheist Experience. This week, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Dave Warnock! First up is Aiden from IL who is calling to update our hosts on their life since their previous call about dying with dignity. Next up is Cody from TX who wants to talk about the importance of the Secular Student Alliance and its role in normalizing atheism and providing opportunities for at...

Welcome to another episode of The Atheist Experience. This week, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Forrest Valkai! First up is John from Georgia, who has been asked by others in their community the classic question, “If we came from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?” The caller wants to know if our hosts have a better response to that question than they do. Next up is John from CO who is wondering...

Welcome to another episode of the Atheist Experience! This week, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Shannon Q! First is Larry from VA who is curious to know what parts of our brain are utilized when a person speaks or listens to someone speaking in tongues? Next up is Rosalind from FL who doesn’t understand how Atheists can be moral since their morality can be anything. Next is Anthony from VA who says...

In today’s episode of The Atheist Experience, Matt is joined by Everyday_Atheist to see how capable callers are answering questions this week. First caller is Dane in KS who is suggesting that a bracelet that dates back to the 14th century BCE is proof that the Bible is true. How does this bracelet confirm the Biblical stories in a way that proves god? In 2,000 years, when NY City is dug up, will...

Welcome to another episode of the Atheist experience! This week, Jim Barrows is joined by Forrest Valkai! First up is Alex from Israel who wants to talk about lucid dreaming and its possible naturalistic explanatory power for out of body & near death experiences. Next is Nate from CA who identifies as an atheist, but takes a 50/50 confidence stance on the true/false claim that a God exists. Next i...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Shannon Q! First up is Dominic from CA who claims to be able to prove the existence of God using the concepts of “Objective Morality” & “Karma.” Tim from CA is calling to see if our hosts agree with their assessment that religious belief is a psychological disorder. Next up is John from Sweden who wants to know what motivat...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Apostate Prophet! First up is Samuel from UT who is calling to suggest that Matt’s chess model of secular morality is incomplete and needs to be expanded on. Anthony from VA is calling back to present a new and “improved” argument for intelligent design. Next is John from Sweden who wants advice from AP on how express their...

First up is Mark from PA who recently lost a loved one and is struggling with the typical Christian belief that God is loving when such suffering is allowed to persist. Next up is Anthony from PA who claims that intelligent design is philosophically sound. Can the caller demonstrate the truth of intelligent design without being fallacious? Find out now! Next is Bob from TN who calls to read us bib...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Apostate Prophet! First up is Padraic from Ireland who calls in to claim that belief in a god is more reasonable than atheism. A great many claims are made... Next is David from AZ who wants to convince the hosts to adopt their theology using “logical” premises only. Oh, if only that were true. Joseph from MD calls into ask...

Join us today with the fun dual of Shannon Q and Phil Ferguson who will be looking for callers to finally present the proof of god. Clarence in Ohio would like to talk about the arrogance of anthropocentric religions leading to dangerous consequences. His perspective is that secular humanism tends to be this way where pantheism does not. This is more of a philosophy than a religion. Is there a spe...

Welcome to another episode of The Atheist Experience. This week, Jim Barrows is joined by JMike! First up is Mark from Australia has faith that we are living in a situation. It doesn’t matter if you would prefer to have evidence and not employ faith, if you admit that you can’t back up your belief, why continue to believe it? Next is John from MO who proposes that it is reasonable to pre-suppose a...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Dave Warnock! First up is Charles from GA who wants to argue that scientists and their dating methods are incorrect. Does the caller present evidence? No. Does the caller understand the science they are proposing is incorrect? No. Next up is Brian from NY who worships demons and claims that they are supernatural gods, and t...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Jim Barrows! First up is Kevin from Canada, who believes that coincidences are God’s way of anonymously interacting with us and therefore are convincing evidence for God’s existence. Typically, the word “coincidence” corresponds to one not having an explanation for an occurrence. Arbitrarily assigning an explanation does no...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Apostate Prophet. Our first call for the day is King from AK who recently had a conversation with a theist regarding prophecy and whether it can be proof of God. The fact that something may have happened doesn’t tell us why it happened. Next up is Aaron from FL who wants to know if telling those struggling with severe menta...

This Sunday’s AxP has Matt returning, alongside crowd favorite, Shannon Q! First up is Hank, who says without precreation, there’s no point to life. He gets cut off after an inappropriate comment, but Shannon and Matt offer MANY reasons why life matters without babies. Keep it PG Hank. Kevin in Canada thinks scientists believing in gods is proof of their existence, and also believes in Intelligent...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Dr. Darrel Ray! Starting off is Kyle from NY who believes that they hear spirits talking to them when they pray. How do you know these are spirits? Just because you don’t have an answer to the question “what is it?” doesn’t mean that you are justified in calling them spirits. For all you know it’s a manifestation of Agent S...

Welcome to another episode of AxP. Matt and Jim are back together again! First up is Mr. Warlight, who claims to have a test for souls. Sadly, it involves desecrating a statue in a cemetery, so we’re gonna move on. Mike in Texas has More (-mon) bad arguments for God. The universe is a big place, and therefore, a universe creating entity is possible. Matt and Jim point out that possibility is not p...

Welcome to another episode of AxP. Matt’s guest this week, on loan from Truth Wanted, is MD Aware! Dan in Indiana asks how absurd a claim has to be before one can summarily dismiss it. MD points out that scientists don’t use a yardstick of absurdity, they do experiments and test claims! John is a believer, he states that since the existence of gods can’t be proven or disproven, atheists and theist...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Jim Barrows is joined by Dave Warnock! Happy 2022! Our first caller is none other than Matt with a post-surgery and recovery update! Good luck with the rest of your recovery! Next up is Aidan from IL who was diagnosed with MS last year, and has concerns with their religious family member’s position regarding death with dignity. Up next is Paul from PA!...

The Atheist Community of Austin Holiday Trivia Challenge - Championship - Year End Special We are pre-recording this challenge so that we could give you something interesting to watch over the holidays, but also give our hard working hosts and crew some time off to spend with their family and friends. This will be a 5 part series, with one episode appearing on each of our AEN Network shows. The sc...