Welcome to Talk Heathen! This week, we have Christy Powell and Jimmy Jr. dismantle this idea that men and women parent differently so the only option is a nuclear family. Ya know, because reasons and God. Mr. Warlight from Alaska says that Islam has been overall beneficial to mankind. We don’t appreciate the tacky jokes denigrating actual tragedies. There is an important conversation to be had about the bad things that come from religions but poking fun of a religion detracts from that conversat...
Nov 12, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 7Ep. 45
Welcome to Talk Heathen our wonderful watchers!!! Your hosts for the day, Jimmy Jr. & Dr. Ben! Both veterans of the U.S. Military so please leave a comment, thank them for their service. Jonathan from the Sunshine State is first to give our veteran hosts a call to talk about different experiences he had as a Naval officer. Speaking from first hand knowledge of their lives, both the hosts and Jonathan exchange their perspectives of being members of the armed forces. Also, Jon and our hosts br...
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 7Ep. 44
Will from Mississippi gives us a call to work through the issues one deals with letting go of God and finding meaning without belief. Deconstruction is a tough process and Will speaks about his own experience and Johnny proposes the question: why believing in a God is a virtue? Those who are letting go of religion, this should give a believer some pause. Also, kindness is something we can all do, without the promise of a reward when we die and how the Bible’s only concern is if you are worshipin...
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Season 7Ep. 43
Welcome to this week’s episode of Talk Heathen! Today Doctor Ben joins Jimmy Jr. to heathen-up your Youtube feed. Krazy Jerry in MI has been getting into the science of religion and wonders how they knew water came out of Jesus’ chest once stabbed after death. People have been stabbing other people long before Jesus, they could have known by past experience. This shouldn’t change your beliefs, pointing to something true in the bible doesn’t prove all of it is true. Throughout history, people lea...
Oct 22, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 42
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Oct 15, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 7Ep. 41
Welcome to Talk Heathen! Today we have Richard Gilliver and Secular Rarity taking your calls about all things heathen. First up, VonZoom in OH doesn’t have an answer for the fine tuning argument. It’s almost always argued as fine tuning for life. The earth is nowhere near fine tuned for humans, let alone the entire universe. These are usually just hand wave arguments, they don’t give examples. When you dig into the sciences, fine tuning falls apart. Repeat caller, Otari from the country of Georg...
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Season 7Ep. 40
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Oct 01, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Season 7Ep. 39
Welcome to Talk Heathen! One of our new hosts, Sofia Spina, joins ObjectivelyDan live in the studio! Felix in FL is first up! He claims secularism is destroying the purity of sex and that devalues monogamous marriage. Purity culture does not lead to longer lasting marriages and can lead to marrying just to have sex. You need to be skeptical of your sources of information, especially if they’re part of the manosphere. Those values can lead to dehumanizing people. Gary in NY claims religious food ...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 7Ep. 38
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Sep 17, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 7Ep. 37
Welcome to Talk Heathen! Today we have the newest member of the TH hosting team, Jimmy Jr, and Richard Gilliver fielding your queries about abortion and spiritual beliefs. Michael in FL asks advice on dealing with the fear of hell. Oddly, he grew up believing in Annihilationism and is now feeling depression-like effects after a dream of going to hell. It’s just programming from religion so you don’t question your beliefs. It takes time to unlearn that. Look into Recovering from Religion and the ...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 7Ep. 36
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Sep 03, 2023•1 hr 55 min•Season 7Ep. 35
On today’s special episode of the Talk Heathen we have three hosts! The amazing trio of Forrest Valkai, Jmike, and Jamie the Blind Limey make this an amazing episode. Kevin in OR is deconstructing his mennonite faith and is unable to shake the fear of going to hell. Religious trauma can be hard to get over, this even happens to people that haven’t believed in decades. It fades over time, you’ll realize you’re thinking about it less and less. It may help to look into the origins of the hell belie...
Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 7Ep. 34
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Aug 20, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Season 7Ep. 33
Today’s episode of the Talk Heathen ObjectivelyDan joins Richard Gilliver to answer your (hopefully) wonderful questions. Muji in Europe asks what issues atheists have with god wanting people to do good deeds, like love one another and give to charities? It’s not all good… Non-believers don’t believe gods exist and can do all those same good deeds, sans holy book. The quran supports the owning of human beings and child marriage! That’s straight up immoral and we reject that “holy” book. Nataka i...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Season 7Ep. 32
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Aug 06, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 7Ep. 31
Today’s episode of the Talk Heathen is a tag team of Jamies. Jamie Boone and Jamie The Blind Limey team up to … talk about veganism a lot. Tim from MN is disheartened by atheists going dogmatic. Claiming to see similarities of not being able to question something: citing being pro-vaccine even though the Covid-19 vaccine can be harmful. It comes down to risk management. The consensus of medical professionals says it’s best to get vaccinated. Nick from OH claims veganism is inline with secular mo...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 30
In today’s episode of the Talk Heathen, Doctor Ben and Richard Gilliver take calls ranging from values to the resurrection. Josh from NY claims that prayer is “incredibly helpful” and goes on to say prayer isn’t simply a cure all. Prayer is about a coin flip in terms of effectiveness. You shouldn’t accept something like prayer without evidence that it works. Get checked by a medical professional if you have any illnesses. Prayer doesn’t help, at all. Amanuel from TX asks how atheists come up wit...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 7Ep. 29
In today’s episode of the Talk Heathen, Christy Powell and Kenneth take on callers with questions of belief and truth. Chloe in PA asks how we should react if religion pushes prosocial behavior. Do you need religious beliefs to do good things? Even if you can get a positive result out of a lie or fiction, it is incredibly dangerous to do so. Why are people just fine believing things they have no evidence for? If you choose to block out evidence and science, you will be using the same broken epis...
Jul 16, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 7Ep. 28
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Jul 09, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Season 7Ep. 27
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Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 7Ep. 25
In today’s episode of the Talk Heathen, Richard Gilliver and Doctor Ben sort out patterns that look like creation, free will based determinism, and the reliability of Paul’s writings. Guru in India argues that god must exist because we would not be around if god did not exist. Does the creator need to be a living thing? Why do we need a living being to create us? Instead of using the term, “created”, why don’t we just use the term, “come into existence”? Where in a rock is there evidence of crea...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Season 7Ep. 24
SHOW NOTES Hello and welcome to Talk Heathen! This week, Doctor Ben and Jimmy Jr. are here to do Satan’s work! Solomon from CA, a former Jehova’s witness, has seen the recent decline of religion by younger generations and wants to know where our hosts see religion going in the future. Felix from GA is calling to argue that Christianity is actually a progressive religion. While it's nice that certain denominations or churches are adopting progressive messaging and stances, Christianity as a whole...
Jun 11, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Season 10Ep. 25
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Jun 04, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 7Ep. 22
Today’s episode of Talk Heathen is hosted by Forrest Valkai and Sofia Spina! Charles from PA states that they asked God to change their life and claims that he answered! Dre from TX was told by an atheist that God is just a guess and has some confusion on the definition of a theory. Tommy from OR wants to discuss the historical background (in the United States specifically), or biblical infallibility. Alex from MI wants to know if our hosts believe in free will, and if so, to what extent. Steven...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 7Ep. 21
In today’s episode of Talk Heathen, Secular Rarity is joined by Tom Benson. You can find more from Tom at https://howeverwegothere.com/ First caller is John in TX and asks why we do this show. Talking to callers like you! We want to engage in conversations to affect change. The call morphs to John claiming god is a philosophical, not scientific, conversation. Well, religion causes actual harm in the world. We just don’t have any good reasons to believe in any god. Matt in CA announces the Secula...
May 21, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 7Ep. 20
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May 14, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 7Ep. 19
Today’s episode of Talk Heathen is hosted by Christy Powell and Student Doctor Ben. Mike from Canada claims there is reason to believe that Nebuchadnezzar’s dream is coming true. Sven from WA asks if all metaphysical beliefs are by their property of not being physically judged, are intellectually dishonest. Xavier from FL asks if the story that God stopped the sun for Israel is a claim that is falsifiable. Ummm, no. No, it isn’t. Muji from Europe claims that Islam is capable and required to solv...
May 07, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 7Ep. 18
Blind Limey makes his live debut in the studio today with Objectively Dan! They appeal to the higher power of AI when dealing with street preachers who tell us the origin of morality while being possessed by relatives. Janet from FL knows we don’t have evidence for Christianity but believes because there has not been something that has convinced her not to. Introspection is hard and the fact that you have engaged in this already is fantastic. What does it mean to have not seen evidence to not be...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 7Ep. 17
SHOW NOTES In today’s episode of the Talk Heathen, Richard Gilliver and Doctor Ben take on callers with a broad spectrum of topics. First caller is Erin in FL who views god pragmatically, does not believe Occam’s Razor is a great argument when uncovering the truth, and believes the idea of an afterlife is good. It is not always a good idea to use Occam’s Razor because we need to be aware of unlikely things. Could you see some problems with someone believing in an afterlife that doesn’t exist? Co...
Apr 23, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Season 7Ep. 16
