(November 21, 2013 at 9:32 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I've watched videos of atheists talking. It's what cemented my own atheism. I've watched The Atheist Experience, Aron Ra, Steve Shives, and others. Who do you guys like?
My favorite is probably TAE, though the full videos can be quite long. I actually prefer the youtube clips to listening to the full hour or so.
TAE is quite good. Good place to hone up on 'on the fly' debate techniques.
Theoretical Bullshit is one of the best on YourTube.
His shredding of all the philosophical arguments for the existence of god are about as good as it gets.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
