Making up logic to work for a belief - The Atheist Experience #627

Another deconversion story. Dylan from Princeton, NJ was raised as a Roman Catholic, then became a theistic satanist and recently became an atheist.

Segment of The Atheist Experience #627 of October 18, 2009, with Matt Dillahunty and Don Baker. Topic: The Bible vs. Pro-Life.

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[bigmike4758]

I am quarter of a century old and I can confidently say that the most boring thing I have ever experienced was Sunday Morning Mass. Amen to that!

[atimor]

i love this show so much

[Fuchsstern]

Morality... That's propably the only issue in which I cannot hold Matt wordings...

[atheistdawn]

I love it when christains use logic built on sand to justify tell me how to live.....Fuck that !

[Moshikashitenai]

Wow this is a very good caller. I'm proud to have the same first name as him :)

[ridered300]

This guy talking about Satanism made me think why people would choose that. I figured, what if instead of God giving us free will, like Christians think, Satan gave us free will so that we would sin and go to hell and serve him? That seems just as likely to me, but it still doesn't seem likely that either one exists.

[3234718]

It's great that this guy has accepted reason and logic in his life, but the calls that aren't from religious nutjobs just aren't very entertaining. Good for this guy though.

[CarlSagan6]

this caller is very well-spoken and rational. Good for him!

[politicoochie09]

Which is most likely to have occurred, ever?: A talking snake, or flying reindeer? A burning bush that talks, or a man shrinking himself down in size so he can fit inside a chimney? The sun standing still in the sky for a day, or a man delivering toys to billions of children in one night? A woman turning into salt, or elves living at the north pole? A virgin magically getting pregnant without sex, or a giant rabbit hiding eggs in the grass? If you answered "None ever happened", you win!

[chinopisces]

This caller is rather intelligent and articulate.

[Makingnewnamesisdumb]

@bigmike4758 No, worse is those extra long holiday masses where they assume you have nothing better to do but alternate between kneeling and standing for an hour.

[jimbrown257]

@MrCBeliever11

"all the good things about America like our freedom and our amendments. Our country, despite all the crap going on at the moment, is still conservative."

..Are you suggesting our rights and freedom in America are a "conservative" thing? While different sides of the political spectrum might have different feelings about certain Amendments, the most important virtues of America are neither right nor left.

Any country that goes too far to the right or left becomes oppressive.