What Is Your Basis For Atheism? | Nick - NY | Truth Wanted 03.23

Truth Wanted 03.23 for July 10, 2020 with ObjectivelyDan and Susan & Nathaniel

SHOW TIME-STAMPS

00:00 Intro
01:07 Intro to Divine Disbelief
24:33 Nick-NY | What is your basis for Atheism?
45:26 Macolm-CA | Languages were influenced by a snake species?
1:02:11 Steph-TX | Solipsism, virtual godhood, and consent.
1:12:35 Justin-VA | Maybe the bible started as a self help book
1:25:14 Kevin-NY | Denominations are wrong and apocryphal books.

SHOW NOTES

Good evening Truth Seekers! Today is ObjectivelyDan joined by two guests, Divine Disbelief (Susan and Nathaniel). They have a YouTube channel regarding secular news, politics, and global issues and how it affects the community as a whole.

Let's move on to the callers for tonight! First up, Nick in NY. He asks what is your rational basis for atheism. Atheism is just the lack of belief in god/gods. Nick seems to assert god is required to be able to verify evidence.

Next up we have repeat caller Malcom, in CA. He is calling about languages being influenced by an eel or snake species. Uhhh… Dan pipes up to indicate this is a topic they’ve talked about before and languages are just indicators of something else. It doesn’t prove anything.

Next we have Steph, from TX. She is calling to talk about solipsism, virtual god-hood and consent. Steph defines virtual god as a thinking agent with complete control over your reality. How does virtual godhood tie into solipsism? If we are in the matrix, how can we prove it? Who knows.

Justin from VA is our next caller. He is calling to talk about this path out of Christianity. He found the origin story of Christianity not quite right and looked into other religions. Maybe the bible was started as a self help book. Dan recommends anyone look more into their religion.

Kevin in NY is our last caller tonight. He is calling in as a christian that believes christian denominations are wrong. He goes on to say theological framework is based on an incorrect assumption that apocryphal books are inferior to the canonical books, specifically the Book of Enoch. Great conversation on the bible and the church on this one!

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