The Failure of Prayer - The Atheist Experience #744 (full episode)

(FULL EPISODE) The Atheist Experience #744 of January 15, 2012, with Russell Glasser and Don Baker. Don talks about the failure of prayer.

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[1976cyclist]

Honest question ok. What proof is there that there is "no God"?? Would like to know.

[TheAtheistExperience]

@1976cyclist

- "Honest question ok. What proof is there that there is 'no God'?? Would like to know."

What proof is there that there is "no Cow and Chicken"?

Do you see what I did there? You are mixing up gods in general, the Christian god God and a "no God".

You can't prove a negative, so it's hard to prove that there couldn't be a god somewhere. However, disproving the existence of God is possible, depending on how people define their "God" and what attributes that specific god has.

[Pentagon1337]

Here is the logic of prayer:

Pray. Did it work? ----> Yes. --> Praise the Lord!

Pray. Did it work? ----> No. --> God works in mysterious ways.

Fuck religion. -.-

[beckybecky82]

@UnadvisableCloud

In that story God murdered first born children to force Pharoah (after hardening his heart?!) to let the Jews go. Also, I do not wish to be 'saved' by a deity who has lower moral standards than myself.

[1991stratplus]

@1976cyclist So, if it's not possible to prove non-existence of god, gods, aliens, leprechauns, or unicorns. It certainly does not mean that in fact they do exist. Existence has to be proven not non-existence.

[tavogp]

@1976cyclist tell me how do u prove that something doesn't exist if it doesn't exist......... just because u have an idea it doesn't make it real

[auroraman56]

@1976cyclist What proof is there that there is no Bigfoot is the most important question ... or aliens, or leprechauns, or unicorns.

[1976cyclist]

Sorry I don't understand "Talking-in-circles.".

[linkforever92]

@beckybecky82 lol thats why you gotta be just as evil as him

[TheYouthHeroic]

@me25422 Exactly. Some Buddhist Priests are more like guidance counselors or philosophers than religious leaders. Of course that's not all the time.

[castelgandalf]

about the autism/atheism, study

it looked at 192 posters on an autism website (wrongplanetdotnet)+61surveys from responders to online posts.

non-representative sample, self-reported diagnosis for autism, religious beliefs determined from posts (93% reliability). i call bullshit.

any turd can be polished, like this other famous example of wasted paper: Tan M, Jones G, Zhu G, Ye J, Hong T, et al. (2009) Fellatio by Fruit Bats Prolongs Copulation Time.