Open thread for tonight’s show in which we talked about Hamid’s misunderstanding of the burden of proof, evolution, arguments from ignorance, and more. I have a house full of sick cats to take care of, so you guys have fun.
Category Archive: apologetics
Oct 17 2011
“AS” strikes again
The 16-year-old who wrote to us with many proofs of god, featured a few posts below, has replied via e-mail. I wanted to share the reply, and my response, interspersed below: well, to reply to you very first paragraph, lol.. does George washington exist? well, you know he does in fact exist because of documents, …
Aug 22 2011
Open thread on episode #723: How to convert an atheist
On Sunday’s show, Jeff and Russell dissect a wikihow article on How to Persuade an Atheist to Become Christian. Spoiler: no conversion today.
Aug 04 2011
Dishonesty and Hypocrisy
Because the full exchange was very long, and my breakdowns are also long, I’ve done my best to pare down the following content to the vital bits. It’s possible I will later regret not including particular parts, but that’s the price I pay in order to avoid making an over-long post even longer. While the …
Feb 16 2011
In which Mike demonstrates once and for all the proof that God exists
Having some problems with the blog comments on this post and hoping that starting a new one will fix it. Please direct your attention to the comments section, where MikeAdAstraSmith shall valiantly demonstrate to us poor, benighted sinners that God irrefutably exists. [Edit: Actually we traced our problem to an overzealous spam filter, which probably …
Jan 23 2011
Open Thread / Show #693: Jen & Tracie
As always, we air at 4:30-5:30 PM (CST) today (Sunday). You can watch live on ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-atheist-experience My plan is to discuss a few of the willfully ignorant things theists say in response to discovering people are atheist activists, including statements such as “why are you so angry at god?” and “I think you’re just …
Sep 28 2010
Good luck with that, Larry
Larry Moran offers an interesting challenge: I challenge all theists and all their accommodationist friends to post their very best 21st century, sophisticated (or not), arguments for the existence of God. They can put them in the comments section of this posting, or on any of the other atheist blogs, or on their own blogs …
Sep 18 2010
Viewer Mail: Are There Other Gods?
I’m not posting the writer’s full letter because he is an atheist who wrote to ask how we might reply to a theist he encountered. I provide sufficient input to give you an idea of the claims he said were put forward: >…[to an atheist] there are no concepts of evil and suffering. Well, that’s …
Jul 10 2010
Lame YouTube Apologist Caught in a Lie
I know, it’s shocking. YouTube apologists lie. A lot. The one calling himself Shockofgod has been getting a lot of attention lately, because he claims that he called The Atheist Experience and that his question “terrified” the hosts. Here, take a look: What’s immediately obvious to anyone who’s ever watched or listened to an episode …
Jun 27 2010
Not quite the double standard you were thinking
Hey, kids. Yes, I’m back. Been back a few days in fact. And I’m finally ready to post again, so here’s my first, in reply to a letter received responding to the conversation with Behe fan “Garry” on the last show I did with Matt. Our correspondent begins: I am an undergraduate student at the …
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