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The Atheist Experience

The Atheist Community of Austinwww.axp.show
The Atheist Experience is a weekly show in Austin, Texas geared at a non-atheist and atheist audience. The Atheist Experience is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin.

The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals.

We define atheism as the lack of belief in gods. This definition also encompasses what most people call agnosticism.

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Episodes

Talk Heathen 28.34 Bat Cruise 2024 With Captain Forrest Valkai!

Today we have a Bat Cruise edition of the Atheist Experience live in the studio with Forrest Valkai, ObjectivelyDan, JMike, and Secular Rarity! David in CA, wants to create an experiment where we remove religious teachings from a society, and if it leads to a god explaining things that science is leaving out. Notice how the things we can’t explain keep getting smaller. We would find that we can use rationality to come up with morality. Sean in TX, wants to talk about the Eucharist miracle of Lan...

Aug 26, 20243 hr 10 minSeason 28Ep. 34

The Atheist Experience 28.28 with The Cross Examiner and Secular Rarity 2024-07-14

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, The Cross Examiner and Secular Rarity explore the godliness of Superman as they explain where atheists get their morals. Crew cat helped with technical challenges before jumping into grandparents pushing agenda and the Mandela Effect messes with memory. Jim in MO uses a Superman analogy to god, and questions why Superman did not try to stop Lex Luther from doing evil. What kind of similarities can be drawn between stories in the Bible and comic books...

Jul 15, 20241 hr 35 min

The Atheist Experience 28.27 with Johnny P. Angel and @godlessengineer

Have the ultimate Atheist Experience today with Johnny P. Angel and John (Godlessengineer)! They wrestle with an argument from popularity right before diving into another theist argument from ignorance with all the chemical gaps being filled with no other but god himself. Bernard, a theist in NYY, presents two options for the writing of the Old Testament: god or human. What is your criteria for determining this is actually the word of god? How did you rule out these scriptures are not just from ...

Jul 08, 20241 hr 37 minSeason 28Ep. 27

The Atheist Experience 28.25 with Secular Rarity and Armin Navabi

Have an Atheist Experience today as Secular Rarity (SR) and Armin Navabi, sort through questions of “creation”, differences in Quran scriptures, and ponder the unfalsifiable simulation claim. Jasmine, a theist in Ohio, says that all of existence including us, is part of god and that everything is created through god. How can everything be created through god and be god at the same time? How can something that does not make sense be convincing? Is there a way you can build a claim without using l...

Jun 24, 20241 hr 59 minSeason 28Ep. 25

The Atheist Experience 28.24 with Jmike and Darante Lamar

You will have the ultimate Atheist Experience today as JMike and Darante’ Lamar discuss the moral standards of not throwing babies off roofs. They jump right into a discussion about Moses writing the Old Testament and then they have a short wrangle with Satan Incarnate. Daniel in NC responded to a video where JMike and the caller were discussing if throwing a baby off the roof is wrong in a world where there is no god, and a world where there is a god. Daniel agrees that this action is wrong in ...

Jun 17, 20241 hr 18 minSeason 28Ep. 24

The Atheist Experience 28.23 with Johnny P. Angel and Secular Rarity

Johnny P. Angel and Secular Rarity combine for a wild show featuring callers that find divinity through getting high (huh?), the numeric secrects of the universe and more! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support .

Jun 10, 20242 hr 11 minSeason 28Ep. 23

The Atheist Experience 28.21 with Secular Rarity and Armin Navabi

Have an Atheist Experience with Secular Rarity and Armin Navabi as they work through callers determined to prove god’s existence. Moses in FL says our lives are the manifestation of god’s truth. Why should emotions override the data? How is it that living our lives shows the truth of god? How do the narratives contained within religion affect a person’s self respect? What is the point of using logic if it is not to achieve better things and progress? When those who follow Jesus are supposed to b...

May 27, 20241 hr 57 minSeason 28Ep. 21

The Atheist Experience 28.20 with JMike, Jim Barrows and Shelley Segal

Today you will have a total Atheist Experience as the one and only Shelley Segal treats us to the best start to the show ever! Jim Barrows and JMike walk us through what does and does not matter when providing evidence just before learning there are holograms in our brains! Shelley provides a beautiful concert to conclude our show. Nick in WI believes that he has found god in the same way he would find a specific car in a car lot. If you were to search for god, what reason would you have to thin...

May 20, 20242 hr 7 minSeason 28Ep. 20

The Atheist Experience 28.19 with Secular Rarity and Forrest Valkai

Have an Atheist Experience with Secular Rarity and Forrest Valkai as they work together to catch a troll who won’t answer a question only to later have another transphobe try a bait and switch tactic with the call screeners. Kevin in GA asks the hosts why he is incorrect by believing there is an intelligent designer without having specific proof such as a video describing how a car is made. What do you have to compare a designed universe with? Not knowing something is not the same as magic. Ther...

May 13, 20242 hr 7 minSeason 18Ep. 19

The Atheist Experience 28.18 with Jim Barrows and The Cross-Examiner

Have an Atheist Experience with Jim Barrows and The Cross Examiner and work through the current challenging issues that both theists and atheists continue to sort through. Chidumeei in PA asks how he is to tell atheists that they are not morally superior. How do you deal with Christians that think they are morally superior? You take it one step at a time like you do everything else. Many people go through the angry atheist stage, and sometimes this is frustration from learning the Bible is wrong...

May 06, 20241 hr 54 minSeason 28Ep. 18

The Atheist Experience 28.14 with Christy Powell and Jamie Boone

Recorded in front of a LIVE studio audience in Austi, TX! Join The Atheist Experience with Jamie Boone and Christy Powell and work through issues, lack of evidence for god, and religious trauma challenges. Caleb in OH, believes the Big Bang is evidence for god, and asks the hosts if atheists believe there is no evidence for god. Evidence that is meaningful, compelling or that stands up to scientific rigor has not been observed yet. The universe having a beginning is consistent with many religion...

Apr 08, 20242 hr 4 minSeason 28Ep. 14

The Atheist Experience 28.13 with Jim Barrows and Armin Navabi

00:00 Intro 11:08 Ameen-WA | Should I Come Out As An Atheist To My Parents? 34:42 Andrew-FL | Power Dynamics Preventing Consent 56:51 Bjorn-(NO) | Upholder Of Potential Is Consciousness 1:13:52 Jason-WI | Prophecy From God As Barnum Statement 1:18:55 Jake-AR | Societies More Prosperous Without Religion 1:25:49 Lucy-(LT) | Religiosity Breeds Toxic Positivity 1:34:26 Josef-MI | Fascinating Details As Argument For God SHOW NOTES In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Jim Barrows and Armin Na...

Mar 31, 20241 hr 53 minSeason 28Ep. 13

The Atheist Experience 28.12 with Secular Rarity and Jmike

Welcome to the full Atheist Experience where JMike and Secular Rarity(SR) take on the resurrection, complaints of atheists, and people being saddened by the truth before Kelley Laughlin takes over for JMike battling the allegation that atheists have no will and the fear of hell. James in OH has evidence for the resurrection that has been heard before and is Biblical based. Why would it need to be a supernatural cause if Jesus did in fact resurrect? You must make your case for this with an argume...

Mar 24, 20242 hr 1 minSeason 28Ep. 12

The Atheist Experience 28.11 with Secular Rarity and Armin Navabi

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Secular Rarity and Armin Navabi, question the universal theist answers and someone figured out that Jesus is the Devil, but not to worry, it is all in the mind because the experience is having us not believe that god is true because of cultural longevity. James in OH asks if the hosts think atheists have more questions than theists. Theists may have more answers, but many of those answers are wrong. Would you agree that having more answers is not nec...

Mar 18, 20241 hr 58 minSeason 28Ep. 11

The Atheist Experience 28.08 with Secular Rarity and Jmike

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Secular Rarity and JMike float above their bodies as they look at the chat in order to prove they exist as an all knowing god does illogical things with free will. Jeff, with no location disclosed, believes in Jesus because he experienced floating above his body right before someone took him to church. Why does this give you creedence to believe? How do we justify this content in your head? What does “demonstrated by love” mean? Asking questions does...

Feb 26, 20241 hr 37 minSeason 28Ep. 8

The Atheist Experience 28.07 with Forrest Valkai, Armin Navabi and Seth Andrews

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Forrest Valkai, Armin Navabi, and Seth Andrews sort through information that causes design as they dodge spiders with wings because Jesus just was not an apocalyptic creature. Adam in England wants to talk about the relationship between information and design where the information needs a mind to exist and therefore the mind must be god. How is this different from the argument that says DNA is so perfect we must need a designer? Why do people have di...

Feb 19, 20242 hr 51 minSeason 28Ep. 7
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