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Favorite atheist personality?
November 21, 2013 at 9:32 pm
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.
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RE: Favorite atheist personality?
November 21, 2013 at 9:36 pm
(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.
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RE: Favorite atheist personality?
November 21, 2013 at 9:37 pm
(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.
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RE: Favorite atheist personality?
November 21, 2013 at 9:49 pm
I'm rolling with Tim Minchin, nowadays...
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RE: Favorite atheist personality?
November 21, 2013 at 10:04 pm
I'm pretty much my own favorite atheist.
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RE: Favorite atheist personality?
November 21, 2013 at 10:08 pm
Well, my husband is my favorite. Trust me, he's quite the personality. As for famous atheists...well, I don't know. If I have to choose from only those who talk about it, I'd say Lawrence Krauss.
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RE: Favorite atheist personality?
November 21, 2013 at 10:31 pm
I'm somewhat of a fan of the late Christopher Hitchens.
I also enjoy the Atheist Experience and the Tinking Atheist.
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RE: Favorite atheist personality?
November 21, 2013 at 10:35 pm
I like the atheist experience. The crazies that call them are just so hilarious. And the hosts are very sharp.
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RE: Favorite atheist personality?
November 21, 2013 at 11:16 pm
(This post was last modified: November 21, 2013 at 11:17 pm by MindForgedManacle.)
I was initially (when I became an atheist) a fan of Hitchens. But as I got deeper into the discussion regarding gods, I found some of the YouTube atheists to just be better than any atheist personality I know of. A few of the best I know of are: TheoreticalBullshit (a soap op. actor), KnownNoMore (guy knows his shit), SisyphusRedeemed (he's an actual professional philosopher and professor), CheekyVimto08 (philosophy student like me), Martymer81 (physicist), among others. 
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RE: Favorite atheist personality?
November 22, 2013 at 12:45 am
(November 21, 2013 at 9:49 pm)pocaracas Wrote: I'm rolling with Tim Minchin, nowadays...
I'm in love with Tim Minchin. No, really.
I want a Tim stuffed animal. My favorite toy is now named after him and I bought myself a black eyeliner. Tim madness!
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