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The Atheist Experience TV Show
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RE: The Atheist Experience TV Show
January 24, 2012 at 9:26 pm
I'm actually subscribed to them on Youtube and I have a link in my favorites tab to their website and I visit it occasionally.

Matt Dilihaunty (if I spelled that correctly) seem like a very intelligent and nuanced man as are the others on the channel. I have a great deal of respect for them and what they do and even though they're a public broadcast channel show on a shoebox budget, they still take a LOT of flak by the religious folks (both sane and insane) desbite being such a modest outlet for our minority.

I hope to see more of that sort of thing in the future and in Texas of all places. It makes me feel a bit better for moving here from Indiana.
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RE: The Atheist Experience TV Show
January 24, 2012 at 11:26 pm
I love learning of new Atheist Talk Shows. From what I breifly watched of this one, its awesome. I like the kind of open forum feel to it. I'm not local to Austin TX so this is the first I've watched it but I have heard about it. I don't have alot of time to watch these shows but it helps me keep current on issues, and I like hearing different opinions.
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RE: The Atheist Experience TV Show
January 25, 2012 at 7:13 am (This post was last modified: January 25, 2012 at 7:15 am by Napoléon.)
(January 24, 2012 at 9:26 pm)TheDarkestOfAngels Wrote: Matt Dilihaunty (if I spelled that correctly)

*Matt Dillahunty

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He is a fair bit of a legend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDpZxpBSfcc
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RE: The Atheist Experience TV Show
January 25, 2012 at 6:49 pm
I have seen several episodes on youtube. Its a great show. It's educational and the crazy theist make the show incredibly entertaining and actually hurt the credibility of their religion when they call in. They usually go down like this...

Q: "why do you believe that to be true?"
A: "because the bible says it true"
Q: "why do you believe the bible is true"
A: "because the bible says the bible is true"

ROFLOL
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RE: The Atheist Experience TV Show
January 25, 2012 at 6:58 pm
(January 25, 2012 at 6:49 pm)Nebuloso Wrote: I have seen several episodes on youtube. Its a great show. It's educational and the crazy theist make the show incredibly entertaining and actually hurt the credibility of their religion when they call in. They usually go down like this...

Q: "why do you believe that to be true?"
A: "because the bible says it true"
Q: "why do you believe the bible is true"
A: "because the bible says the bible is true"

ROFLOL

Yeah some of them can get really weird and dumb. Just wait until you hear a Solipsist call in, oh shit...
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RE: The Atheist Experience TV Show
January 26, 2012 at 11:16 am
Whilst the crazy theist callers can be quite funny, I actually like it when they get atheists (or not so dumb theists) call in. It means they can actually have more thoughtful and constructive conversations.
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RE: The Atheist Experience TV Show
January 26, 2012 at 12:16 pm
I think they should have more time; 1 hour every week is tight. As to the callers, perhaps a mix alternating theists with atheists. Some atheists calling are very boring.
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RE: The Atheist Experience TV Show
January 26, 2012 at 10:17 pm (This post was last modified: January 26, 2012 at 10:18 pm by Cosmic Ape.)
(January 26, 2012 at 12:16 pm)LastPoet Wrote: I think they should have more time; 1 hour every week is tight. As to the callers, perhaps a mix alternating theists with atheists. Some atheists calling are very boring.

They used to have an hour and a half, but I will still argue thats not enough time. They always have to cram things in really fast and speed callers up that may have good points. I do agree that the atheists are usually boring because there's not too much we disagree with and it becomes trivial. They always say that there target audience is the theist who's on the fence, or the cultural religious person that follows the religion of his region or country but doesnt really buy it completely. Which is about 50-60% of the population if you ask me.
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RE: The Atheist Experience TV Show
January 31, 2012 at 8:53 pm
This weeks episode, great theist caller that takes up half the episode, around the 29 minute mark.... xD


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RE: The Atheist Experience TV Show
January 31, 2012 at 9:28 pm (This post was last modified: January 31, 2012 at 9:32 pm by Norfolk And Chance.)
I watch the Atheist Experience every week. Never miss an episode.

And my signature is something that Matt Dillahunty said word for word on one show - though I did find out later that Matt was quoting Philip K Dick. But anyway, it was the Atheist Experience that introduced me to that great quote that pretty much sums everything up for me.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.

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