Paths to the truth - The Atheist Experience #697

Jacob from Lafayette, Louisiana seems to have a slightly skewed moral compass. Matt redirects him to the Iron Chariots wiki on http://wiki.ironchariots.org .

A clip from The Atheist Experience #697 of February 20, 2011, with Matt Dillahunty and Don Baker. This entire episode (topic: "Buzzwords of Ignorance: Family Values") is archived on Blip.tv.
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[mkv1614]

ironchariots org right now has a database problem ;) maybe hacked by angry christians

[TheAtheistExperience]

@mkv1614

- "ironchariots org right now has a database problem ;) maybe hacked by angry christians"

No, it's site maintenance. It should be back in a matter of hours.

[scotttebben]

The truth does not require ones approval. Either something is true or it is not. In the case for god the evidence is nil. No evidence, no truth, no god.

[Yay248]

@cristianfcao OMG that video is great. He really sounds like him! Thanks for sharing :)

[Kailoa36]

One of my favorite leitmotifs in AE is "Uh ... uh ... well, ... I mean ..." That means the caller has completely run out of ideas. But does he give up. No, he just starts makin' shit up.

[petterthowsen92]

HAHA.. "I have a tree!" epic! fuckin love this show to DEATH! =D freakin religious people are so humerous. No offense intended. Learned lots of intelligent thought processes from matt and the other guys! :)

[wHisperis001]

@richterscale09 The Atheist Experience is fully open for anyone to call, they don't "bring" anyone. And there's a problem among christians that they never decide who could be their authority figure in theology and apologetics. And also there's plenty of debates with these "scholars" and matt has done some also, not on the show though. Ray Comfort once called in, but I doubt christians view him as an ideal debater.

[wHisperis001]

@richterscale09 1) the big bang theory states that at one point of time or the beginning of time if you like, everything was in a single spot, however it does not say that it came out of nothing. As far as we know the universe can be a never ending process of expanding and contracting. 2) What? 3) Yes christians cite bible like thousands of other religions cite their holy scripture. The bible isn't even original, I'd like to know why christians think they're right.

[richterscale09]

@wHisperis001 that also requires a leap of faith in the bible. There is also a field within Christianity called Apologetics that I myself am not too familiar with, but they devote their time finding logical answers for questions atheists and agnostics have for Judeo-Christian believers. as a side note, it'd be interesting to see The Atheist Experience bringing in someone with an actual academic background in theology or apologetics for a debate rather than unprepared folks.

[richterscale09]

@wHisperis001 (1) well... if we want to be technical about it, even theories like the Big Bang argue that there is a beginning as evidenced by the way stars and other large bodies seem to expand, (2) I made a question and never got an answer, (3) if you get to "there must be a God," that's already a huge step. Christians will cite consistencies in the bible (prophesies and multiple accounts of the same events) as evidence for God's existence, but...