The Atheist Experience

Welcome back to the show! In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, JMike is joined by Forrest Valkai! First up is Charles from Canada who is calling to present a bible quote that supposedly supports the truth of evolution. What about all of the other verses that do not? Next is Luc from Canada who disagrees that Atheists can have an objective moral system without belief in a God. There are ob...

Welcome back to the show! In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Shannon Q is joined by Secular Rarity! Our first caller today is Charles from Canada who claims that the big bang model is consistent within the story of Genesis. Next is Kevin from NV who is very persuasive in converting people to their beliefs, but is concerned about bigoted acts being committed by these people after deconve...

Welcome back to the show! In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Kenneth! Our first caller today is Michael from MI who believes that mathematical imaginary numbers can prove the existence of well– their definition of God at least. Denver from VA wants advice on how to introduce skepticism to their very unskeptical girlfriend who believes in significant amounts...

Welcome back to the Atheist Experience everyone! Today, here to kick off our first episode back in the studio are your hosts, Jim Barrows and Christy Powell! Our first audience question is from Aaron from TX who is wondering how our host’s ended up volunteering here at the ACA? Rodney from MI is calling to prove the existence of the Christian God. Their evidence is that they believe in Jesus and h...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Jim Barrows is joined by Kenneth! First up is Kevin from FL who compares our relationship to God, as a child’s to their parents. From this, the caller claims that God’s past actions and “rules” about morality are disagreeable to us because we are incapable of understanding his reasoning in a similar manner to how a child doesn’t understand why playing...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Dave Warnock is joined by Forrest Valkai! First up is Devon from CA who asks our hosts why tragedies, big or small, influence people’s position on the God belief either one way or the other? Why do bad things happen to good people, and vice versa? Next up is Daniel from NJ who recently had a conversation about evolution with their creationist father, a...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by JMike! First up is John from CA who says that there are multiple pathways to reaching the truth about God’s existence, and that a pathway available to one person might not be accessible to another. Next up is Dean from CA who believes that science doesn’t require methodological naturalism, but does require philosophical nat...

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Matt Dillahunty is joined by Forrest Valkai! First up is Christian from the UK who has a hypothetical argument for the existence of a God or a divine being. Next up is John from India, who has found a connection between Anti-Natalism and Anthropodicy and has concluded that the only justification for having children in this imperfect universe is univers...

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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...