Matt Dillahunty And The Atheist Experience

Discussion in 'Agnosticism and Atheism' started by fraggle_rock, Apr 18, 2015.

  1. fraggle_rock

    fraggle_rock Member

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    This guy is my personal savior.

    He's the best kind of atheist-- a former die-hard Christian who started using his head and came to see that the Bible was pretty much nonsense that might have had some social relevance during the dark ages, but has no place in an advanced society.

    I can't recall the exact moment I became an atheist, but listening to this guy speak made me a lot more passionate about it. He hosts a cable-access call-in show called the Atheist Experience, which seems to involve a lot of Christians calling in to try to 'prove' that God exists and, predictably, failing.

    Here's one of my favorite videos of his, where he describes atheism as the decision to put reason and responsibility over the comforts of faith:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBezvtQ_3a8

    All atheists should check out his vids (the other Atheist Experience people are almost as good), if you haven't already.
     
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  2. RooRshack

    RooRshack On Sabbatical

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    He's one of the "Atheism+" guys, isn't he?

    No thank you.
     
  3. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    The atheist experience? Lol

    What's that like?

    Disregard God and spend every waking moment arguing on online forums and every other moment thinking about arguing on online forums.

    What an envious lifestyle.

    :rofl:
     
  4. fraggle_rock

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    Geez... if you're too into yourself to think you have anything to gain by listening to what he has to say, then why bother commenting at all?

    Seriously, I look at this board and it's all a lot of pompous navel-gazing and mental masturbation, as if lazy pothead introspection makes you smarter instead of stupider. I guess you're free to drown in the endless spirals of your own meaningless bullshit, but I thought I would post it on the off-chance that someone might actually be interested in poking their head up and listening to reason.

    Dillahunty is an intelligent, well-spoken man whose reasons for being an atheist don't have anything to do with his ego-- and that puts him way ahead of the kind of people who start threads like 'God is art, influence and feelings', futile inquiries like 'Does God Exist?' or ridiculous troll bait like 'Hitler, the Atheist'.
     
  5. Okiefreak

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    He seems to be undeservedly harsh on the poor Christian who asked a simple question about atheism and justice. As a Christian, I disagree with him. But he's no more extreme than the so-called Four Horsemen. If you think he speaks to your needs and you draw support from him, go for it! Good luck on your journey. Please try to be less angry than he is, though. What the world doesn't need is more angry atheists or theists.
     
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  6. guerillabedlam

    guerillabedlam _|=|-|=|_

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    "If life were fair that would imply that you actually deserve the bad things that happen to you, and those that benefit from evil deeds are similarly deserving."

    I like that quote, interesting perspective. It seems like for some, there could be quite a disconnect between their faith based morality and 'civil morality.'

    The 'poor' woman he's responding to didn't even ask a question...
     
  7. fraggle_rock

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    He isn't angry, and the only thing harsh about what he's saying is that he is shedding light on things that Christians would rather not acknowledge or think about. You're free to shy away from these things, but doing so is intellectually dishonest.

    The only way to be 'nice' about these types of statements is to not actually examine them or question their merits in any way... which is also the Christian strategy for pretty much everything that doesn't lead back to their own beliefs.
     
  8. relaxxx

    relaxxx Senior Member

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    The woman said "without God, people can easily escape human justice".

    Yeah, what a load. God and religions are CONSTANTLY being used as an excuse to sweep away justice into a fantasy realm.

    Heard it this morning even...

    https://youtu.be/oQ08d7PoeAc

    3:44 "yeah, his life is going on, but in the end he'll have to face judgement".
     
  9. heeh2

    heeh2 Senior Member

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    Sounds kinda like what law is being used for in the US.
     
  10. relaxxx

    relaxxx Senior Member

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    Well IDK but our North American laws were created by highly religious Christians with under the ideology of Christian religious freedoms. Freedom FROM religion wasn't even a concept in anyone's head just a few generations ago. They still have people place their hands on the bible in a court of law here, which blows my mind really.
     
  11. Okiefreak

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    Our North American laws were created by highly self-interested politicians reflecting the desires of their constituencies. It's called democracy. As human products, of course they're flawed. Would atheists do better?
     
  12. heeh2

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    As an atheist myself, I can tell you first hand that I would be a much, much better and more calculated thief than any religious politician you can think of. Though I prefer the rush of a smash & grab.
     
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  13. relaxxx

    relaxxx Senior Member

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    LOL

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  14. heeh2

    heeh2 Senior Member

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    That is a fantastic response. Sometimes I feel as though I am the only life left on the internet, relaxxx (supposed to be erotic or something?) Lol.

    These robots around here are probably confused about your picture of a horse, if you know what I'm saying.
     
  15. themnax

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    well here we go again with something about some personality. at least this time its not about hating somebody.
    my experiencing has nothing to do with whether or not some invisible thing might or might not exist.
    has nothing to do with what ANYONE has to say about it.

    i don't experience as a physical thing, real or imaginary.
    i don't experience as an interaction with anything real or imaginary.

    i experience observing surroundings. places and the thing in them.
    the aesthetics of those places and things.

    not human bullshit.
    not religious bullshit
    not economic bullshit
    not ideological bullshit

    but things like air
    and mountains
    and trees
    and trains
    and houses
    and little furry creatures

    that's why i see the kind of development that's based on the automobile and trying to make everything have to be about money as so completely fucking up the countryside.
     
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    themnax Senior Member

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    this is only slightly more then 2/3rds absolute bullshit. and i've been around since 1948. which yah, i wasn't around when europe's rejected bar room scum first started killing people who were already living in the western hemisphere. i have read historically that christerism was one of their excuses for doing so. that doesn't make it having been moral by any logical use of the world morality.
     
  17. relaxxx

    relaxxx Senior Member

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    ^ That didn't explain why I'm 66% BS.

    So you've been around for over 66 years and you're telling me that you think religious freedom laws had LESS that 33% to do with Catholics fighting Protestants fighting Baptists? I know a guy about your age with scars on his face from Catholic/Protestant fighting. Two generations ago, nearly everyone went to church and you don't think our laws were written by Christians under Christian influence?

    More like 66% of the posters are here to voice their blind aversion to these scary atheists. They'd ever rather be taken over by Muslims than Atheists. Forget that Matt D has some valid rational points on how faith obstructs justice.
     
  18. guerillabedlam

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    Are you suggesting you think the mind is immaterial?


    Every one of the things you mention are physical, so I am having difficulty following WTF you are going on about here?
     
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  19. relaxxx

    relaxxx Senior Member

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    Oh yeah, and I must have been dreaming when I was asked to place my hand on a bible. Just a couple years ago at an insurance discovery hearing.
     
  20. relaxxx

    relaxxx Senior Member

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    I find theists often get rather incoherent when trying to rationalize their beliefs.
     

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