The Atheist Experience

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...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Shannon Q is joined by Arden Of Eden. First up is Wraith from NY whose religious beliefs are actually a mosaic of the truths found across many religions. The caller also asserts that non-eternal things intrinsically have less value and are borderline worthless. Next is Arnie from WA who asks why some of the hosts utilize Mormonism as the token example...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Jenna Dave Warnock. First up is Mike from IN who asks how is blindly trusting experts any better a pathway to the truth than trusting in religion and God. No one should blindly trust anyone merely because they claim to be an expert, but should look at the data presented by said expert and compare it to other colleagues of t...

Welcome back to the Atheist Experience. This week, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Genevieve! First up is Manuel from Puerto Rico who wants to know what our hosts think is the best way to educate yourself and others about critical thinking. The first step is recognizing where we are suspending critical thinking, and then going back through and asking questions that put that previously accepted idea o...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by ObjectivelyDan. First up is Joel from AL who claims they have a philosophical argument that debunks materialism. Apparently there is something below subatomic particles that is spirit rather than material. Don’t have evidence to back that up, come back when you do. Next is Andrew from Thailand who believes that because Chri...

SHOW NOTES In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Shannon Q First up today is Mr. Warlight from AK who wants to question the host’s views on spirituality. Just like last week, the caller has nothing to present. Mohammed from NE believes that spirits are not tangible, but internal conceptual projections of a person’s mind. Since we can’t tell whether those projec...

Welcome back to another episode of The Atheist Experience. This week, Kenneth and JMike take AXP by force! Today’s first caller is “Leopold” from Canada who demands that the Atheist Experience apologizes for the harsh statements it has made against the Catholic Church in the past. Either engage with the hosts you are talking to and justify your position or call again after you think it back over....

Welcome back to The Atheist Experience! This week Matt is joined by Arden Hart. Our first call today comes from Jake in Canada, who wants to ask about original sin, and how the Christian notion of substitutionary atonement is morally corrupt. We feel ya Jake. Second up is Andrew in New York, offering his understanding of paganism. Matt would rather hear from paganism from a pagan, and Arden points...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Jim Barrows! First is Joey from the UK who asks if following God’s commands, even if they are immoral, for the sake of self-preservation is justified. This brings us back to the mafia boss analogy as acting differently than you would if not under threat in no way justifies the immoral behavior of the one holding a position...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Dave Warnock! First up today is Mark from OR who has a question about the difference between the scientific consensus and a fallacious appeal to authority. Next is GB from CA who wants to argue that the bible argues for divine hiddenness. How can we differentiate between God’s desire to remain hidden, or whether they exist...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Jim Barrows! Our first caller today is Mark from GA. The caller claims that time robs the ability for information to be communicated, and that god will solve this by fulfilling the great commission through connecting our brains to computers. Next is Holy Rebel Movement from FL who claims that he received a prophecy from God...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Shannon Q is joined by Johnny P. Angel! First up is Writer from NY who perceives time as a measurement of the distance that a second-hand takes to move, and that this perception aligns with the attributes of their accepted God. The caller also claims to have spoken to and visited Heaven with this God. Next is Joshua from Canada who wants to offer testi...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Jenna Belk. Welcome back to the co-host chair Jenna! First up is Mohammad from NE who defines god as any conscious entity that is capable of influence celestial objects beyond our (modern humans) comprehension. Nothing presented by the caller contains anything relevant to a scientific argument. Next up is Tommy from IL who...

SHOW NOTES Hello everyone! Welcome to our fun episode of The Atheist Experience with Matt Dillahunty and Jim Barrows. First up is Ram from India who started to believe in god again six months ago because he met someone who says science does not explain everything, and that lots of people accept there are multiverses. Scientists are not saying god is the reason for this. God is not a valid, reasona...

Hey everyone and welcome to another episode of The Atheist Experience! This week Matt Dillahunty is joined by Mandisa Thomas from Black Nonbelievers! First up is Sam from TX who says that he believes in a god for the same reason that our hosts don’t believe that there is a god. Next up is Jaime from CO who claims to have photographic evidence for god. How do you know that what you captured in the...

In today’s episode of the The Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Arden Of Eden. Our first caller today is Andrew from PA. The caller is beginning to question their beliefs and is wondering how our hosts became comfortable with pushing back against their past indoctrination. Unless you have good reason to believe in a particular god, then worrying about any threats or boons derived fr...

SHOW NOTES In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Shannon Q is joined by Jenna Belk! Our first caller is Narder from Australia who claims that there is physical evidence for God. Unfortunately, we are not presented with the physical evidence we were promised, but a philosophical argument. Next is Nigel from New Zealand who is wondering if our hosts do not accept Christianity because of a la...