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Atheism Makes More Sense! - Jul 9 (Jon Cohen debate on YouTube)
You know it makes sense!
Gods are silly.
Come and discuss!
00:05:39 – David – Christian caller argues atheism only makes sense if you do not know God; discussion covers hiddenness, Jesus, Bible authority, divine justice, hell, Ray Comfort-style law arguments, lying, and ends when he says the hosts are lying about not knowing God.
00:37:00 – Lloyd – Returns with a Quran/science-style argument about Pharaoh’s preserved body as evidence; the hosts challenge the historical, scientific, and evidential claims as weak and unfounded.
00:49:08 – Kaokagathia – Christian caller argues atheism needs faith to support ethics and morality; discussion covers atheism versus moral philosophy, evidence-based belief, faith equivocation, moral anti-realism, humanism, and secular ethics.
01:12:05 – Rey Psalms – First attempt fails because the audio is badly distorted and unusable.
01:14:38 – Cooper Cook – Christian caller asks about Jesus’ historicity and whether the universe must have a creator; the hosts distinguish a historical Jesus from miracle claims and argue that cosmological uncertainty does not justify God.
01:26:19 – Alex – Argues that faith in God makes more sense because of a coma/dream experience after a truck crash and hope of seeing his deceased father again; the hosts challenge faith, personal testimony, wishful thinking, and contradictory religions.
01:42:47 – Half Town – First attempt has unusable echo/car audio, so the hosts ask her to reconnect.
01:44:24 – Julian – New Christian asks why the hosts do not believe; discussion covers lack of evidence, Christian community, hell, Pascal’s wager, religious trauma, Bible violence, and why comfort does not make a claim true.
02:15:25 – Half Town (return 2) – Returns with better audio and argues that lack of proof is a weak reason not to believe; the hosts explain burden of proof, “I don’t know,” and why the absence of evidence still matters.
02:24:41 – Ignom – Says God is real and the earth is flat; the hosts refuse to debate flat earth and briefly challenge claims about nothingness and the universe’s beginning.
02:27:40 – Halumi Cheez – Long discussion about whether God is needed for objective morality; the hosts challenge divine command theory, biblical atrocities, God as “good” by definition, war captives, and moral obedience.
03:03:31 – Bitter Truth – Argues that one sun and one moon show divine design, then appeals to the Bible and common sense; the hosts challenge the astronomy, NASA conspiracy hints, Bible contradictions, and lack of actual evidence.
03:32:11 – Rey Psalms (return 2) – Returns with slightly better but still unusable audio; the hosts appreciate the effort but drop the call because the signal keeps breaking up.
03:37:35 – Anonymous – Attempts to join, but the audio is too poor to understand and the call cannot continue.
03:41:31 –TheJacErr – Young caller asks for clarification of the prompt; the hosts explain atheism as non-theism, burden of proof, evidence, and why asking careful questions is better than pretending certainty.
03:47:51 – FYA Ministries – Presents a confusing argument involving Christianity, birth, wombs, and future expectation; the hosts struggle to find a coherent point and move on.
04:01:46 – Boundless Love ... – Argues that more atheism leads to moral deterioration and defends biblical morality; discussion covers fictional versus nonfictional books, slavery, God’s character, the Numbers 5 jealousy ritual, and whether God changes.
04:18:04 – Kim Cade – Attempted call fails because of loud background noise and no usable response.
04:18:53 – Have An Amazing Day – Christian caller asks about souls, brains, death, and why the hosts reject the Bible; discussion covers consciousness, afterlife, New Testament morality, biblical contradictions, and Jesus’ genealogies.
04:32:15 – Spencer – Argues for design by attacking abiogenesis and evolution; the hosts challenge his science claims, expert appeals, James Tour-style arguments, and the move from “science has questions” to “God did it.”
04:46:38 – Frank Bukala – Attempted TikTok call fails when Frank does not respond.
04:47:12 – Amber – Atheist caller says she also believes in past lives because of childhood memories; the hosts ask for evidence and redirect because she is not arguing against the prompt.
04:51:31 – Choopan – Joins while driving, so the hosts end the call and ask him to call back when he is not driving.
04:52:15 – Joseph / Felix / Papo – Repeat caller appears under another name and claims atheism is false; the hosts recognize him, call out the name-switching, and remove him.
05:01:57 – Aicram – Friendly caller tries to offer wording suggestions about using “unconvinced” instead of “belief,” but is redirected because the stream is debate-focused.
05:07:13 – Thomas Fletcher – Christian caller asks whether the hosts have souls, challenges them on reading the Bible, and claims Jesus fulfilled prophecy; the hosts press him for chapter and verse and reject the prophecy claim.
05:14:12 – Matek – Attempts a vague argument about atheism and religion being “on the same plane,” then becomes increasingly incoherent and is dropped as unserious.
05:17:05 – Common Sense, Who Has It – Quickly becomes hostile while asking about God’s commandments, the tenth commandment, and homosexuality; the hosts drop and ban him after bigoted remarks and overtalking.
05:22:27 – FYA Ministries (return 2) – Returns to continue an unfocused argument involving science, biology, and Christianity, but again fails to present a clear evidential case and is eventually dropped.
05:37:51 – Omen – Friendly caller asks what the hosts are trying to achieve with the show; John explains the goal of challenging belief-based punishment and promoting rational nonbelief, then redirects him to After Hours.
05:42:59 – Harrison – Challenges whether atheism is a belief or a worldview; discussion covers the blades-of-grass analogy, lack of belief versus belief in falsehood, logic, grounding, and repeated confusion over atheism’s definition.
06:08:28 – Alan – Former atheist turned spiritual/non-Abrahamic theist says God is the mind or oneness we all exist in; the hosts treat the view as vague woo and outside the debate’s normal God claims.
06:18:18 – Kayla – Attempted YouTube call fails because no working audio device appears.
06:18:59 – Magala – Returns with devotional theism and claims about temples, Sanskrit, pyramids, and divine civilization; the hosts reject the argument as another leap from human culture to gods.
06:23:23 – Handles TDNB – Atheist caller asks about morality, education, and social moral frameworks, but is redirected because the stream is for debating theists rather than broad moral philosophy.
06:35:55 – Professor Huso – Attempted TikTok call fails when the platform transporter does not connect properly.
06:40:29 – Derrick – Friendly caller asks about belief, free will, and “free want” in relation to John’s book; the hosts briefly discuss doxastic involuntarism, desire, and free will before redirecting him to After Hours.
07:00:38 – Make the Case – Tries to argue from consciousness and the hard problem, claiming science cannot explain first-person experience; the hosts challenge the God-of-the-gaps move and reject “consciousness, therefore magic.”
07:13:59 – Patrick – Former Catholic/nonbeliever caller agrees with the hosts that a sky-person God is ridiculous, so he is redirected because the stream is for opposition.
07:16:51 – Kayla (return attempt) – Another attempt to bring Kayla in fails because no usable audio comes through.
07:17:28 – Wrap-up – The hosts close the show by reviewing bingo results, naming Espresso Jack as bingo winner, reading final super chats, reviewing caller ratings with Keeping Dispatched highest and Common Sense lowest, thanking mods and viewers, and announcing the next show will be on Sunday.
Gods are silly.
Come and discuss!
Timestamps
00:04:16 – Timmy Sins – Troll/prank caller gives unserious evolution jokes about fingers and monkeys, then is quickly dropped.00:05:39 – David – Christian caller argues atheism only makes sense if you do not know God; discussion covers hiddenness, Jesus, Bible authority, divine justice, hell, Ray Comfort-style law arguments, lying, and ends when he says the hosts are lying about not knowing God.
00:37:00 – Lloyd – Returns with a Quran/science-style argument about Pharaoh’s preserved body as evidence; the hosts challenge the historical, scientific, and evidential claims as weak and unfounded.
00:49:08 – Kaokagathia – Christian caller argues atheism needs faith to support ethics and morality; discussion covers atheism versus moral philosophy, evidence-based belief, faith equivocation, moral anti-realism, humanism, and secular ethics.
01:12:05 – Rey Psalms – First attempt fails because the audio is badly distorted and unusable.
01:14:38 – Cooper Cook – Christian caller asks about Jesus’ historicity and whether the universe must have a creator; the hosts distinguish a historical Jesus from miracle claims and argue that cosmological uncertainty does not justify God.
01:26:19 – Alex – Argues that faith in God makes more sense because of a coma/dream experience after a truck crash and hope of seeing his deceased father again; the hosts challenge faith, personal testimony, wishful thinking, and contradictory religions.
01:42:47 – Half Town – First attempt has unusable echo/car audio, so the hosts ask her to reconnect.
01:44:24 – Julian – New Christian asks why the hosts do not believe; discussion covers lack of evidence, Christian community, hell, Pascal’s wager, religious trauma, Bible violence, and why comfort does not make a claim true.
02:15:25 – Half Town (return 2) – Returns with better audio and argues that lack of proof is a weak reason not to believe; the hosts explain burden of proof, “I don’t know,” and why the absence of evidence still matters.
02:24:41 – Ignom – Says God is real and the earth is flat; the hosts refuse to debate flat earth and briefly challenge claims about nothingness and the universe’s beginning.
02:27:40 – Halumi Cheez – Long discussion about whether God is needed for objective morality; the hosts challenge divine command theory, biblical atrocities, God as “good” by definition, war captives, and moral obedience.
03:03:31 – Bitter Truth – Argues that one sun and one moon show divine design, then appeals to the Bible and common sense; the hosts challenge the astronomy, NASA conspiracy hints, Bible contradictions, and lack of actual evidence.
03:32:11 – Rey Psalms (return 2) – Returns with slightly better but still unusable audio; the hosts appreciate the effort but drop the call because the signal keeps breaking up.
03:37:35 – Anonymous – Attempts to join, but the audio is too poor to understand and the call cannot continue.
03:41:31 –TheJacErr – Young caller asks for clarification of the prompt; the hosts explain atheism as non-theism, burden of proof, evidence, and why asking careful questions is better than pretending certainty.
03:47:51 – FYA Ministries – Presents a confusing argument involving Christianity, birth, wombs, and future expectation; the hosts struggle to find a coherent point and move on.
04:01:46 – Boundless Love ... – Argues that more atheism leads to moral deterioration and defends biblical morality; discussion covers fictional versus nonfictional books, slavery, God’s character, the Numbers 5 jealousy ritual, and whether God changes.
04:18:04 – Kim Cade – Attempted call fails because of loud background noise and no usable response.
04:18:53 – Have An Amazing Day – Christian caller asks about souls, brains, death, and why the hosts reject the Bible; discussion covers consciousness, afterlife, New Testament morality, biblical contradictions, and Jesus’ genealogies.
04:32:15 – Spencer – Argues for design by attacking abiogenesis and evolution; the hosts challenge his science claims, expert appeals, James Tour-style arguments, and the move from “science has questions” to “God did it.”
04:46:38 – Frank Bukala – Attempted TikTok call fails when Frank does not respond.
04:47:12 – Amber – Atheist caller says she also believes in past lives because of childhood memories; the hosts ask for evidence and redirect because she is not arguing against the prompt.
04:51:31 – Choopan – Joins while driving, so the hosts end the call and ask him to call back when he is not driving.
04:52:15 – Joseph / Felix / Papo – Repeat caller appears under another name and claims atheism is false; the hosts recognize him, call out the name-switching, and remove him.
05:01:57 – Aicram – Friendly caller tries to offer wording suggestions about using “unconvinced” instead of “belief,” but is redirected because the stream is debate-focused.
05:07:13 – Thomas Fletcher – Christian caller asks whether the hosts have souls, challenges them on reading the Bible, and claims Jesus fulfilled prophecy; the hosts press him for chapter and verse and reject the prophecy claim.
05:14:12 – Matek – Attempts a vague argument about atheism and religion being “on the same plane,” then becomes increasingly incoherent and is dropped as unserious.
05:17:05 – Common Sense, Who Has It – Quickly becomes hostile while asking about God’s commandments, the tenth commandment, and homosexuality; the hosts drop and ban him after bigoted remarks and overtalking.
05:22:27 – FYA Ministries (return 2) – Returns to continue an unfocused argument involving science, biology, and Christianity, but again fails to present a clear evidential case and is eventually dropped.
05:37:51 – Omen – Friendly caller asks what the hosts are trying to achieve with the show; John explains the goal of challenging belief-based punishment and promoting rational nonbelief, then redirects him to After Hours.
05:42:59 – Harrison – Challenges whether atheism is a belief or a worldview; discussion covers the blades-of-grass analogy, lack of belief versus belief in falsehood, logic, grounding, and repeated confusion over atheism’s definition.
06:08:28 – Alan – Former atheist turned spiritual/non-Abrahamic theist says God is the mind or oneness we all exist in; the hosts treat the view as vague woo and outside the debate’s normal God claims.
06:18:18 – Kayla – Attempted YouTube call fails because no working audio device appears.
06:18:59 – Magala – Returns with devotional theism and claims about temples, Sanskrit, pyramids, and divine civilization; the hosts reject the argument as another leap from human culture to gods.
06:23:23 – Handles TDNB – Atheist caller asks about morality, education, and social moral frameworks, but is redirected because the stream is for debating theists rather than broad moral philosophy.
06:35:55 – Professor Huso – Attempted TikTok call fails when the platform transporter does not connect properly.
06:40:29 – Derrick – Friendly caller asks about belief, free will, and “free want” in relation to John’s book; the hosts briefly discuss doxastic involuntarism, desire, and free will before redirecting him to After Hours.
07:00:38 – Make the Case – Tries to argue from consciousness and the hard problem, claiming science cannot explain first-person experience; the hosts challenge the God-of-the-gaps move and reject “consciousness, therefore magic.”
07:13:59 – Patrick – Former Catholic/nonbeliever caller agrees with the hosts that a sky-person God is ridiculous, so he is redirected because the stream is for opposition.
07:16:51 – Kayla (return attempt) – Another attempt to bring Kayla in fails because no usable audio comes through.
07:17:28 – Wrap-up – The hosts close the show by reviewing bingo results, naming Espresso Jack as bingo winner, reading final super chats, reviewing caller ratings with Keeping Dispatched highest and Common Sense lowest, thanking mods and viewers, and announcing the next show will be on Sunday.
Interview:
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Noah Lugeons: How to Die Like an Atheist (Seth Andrews, The Thinking Atheist)
Activist and author Noah Lugeons had a big health scare several years ago. In this 30-minute presentation, he talks about his brush with death as a non-believer in God.
Interview:
Thursday, August 27, 2026
‘A Bible-sized blind spot’: congressman sounds alarm on rising Christian nationalism
He defines “Christian privilege” as a deeply ingrained cultural taboo that protects home-grown religious radicalism from the same state and media scrutiny instantly applied to minority or foreign faiths. That Christian privilege was manifested in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, Huffman argues, when many fellow members of Congress did not even seem to notice the religious elements of the group trying to kill them. It was evident again, he asserts, in one of the most consequential political cover-ups in recent history: the deliberate erasure of Christian nationalism from the final report of the House January 6 select committee.
As the committee raced toward its deadline at the end of 2022, its staff split into colour-coded drafting teams. The “Purple Team” was tasked with investigating rightwing radicalism, and they meticulously documented the role of charismatic evangelical networks, particularly the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), in radicalising and mobilising the shock troops of the insurrection.
Chairman Bennie Thompson told Huffman: “We asked the Purple Team to look into the role of religion in what happened, and they came back with a report that shows those people, rightwing Christian extremists, actually had a lot to do with it.”
But then came a veto. Liz Cheney, the committee’s formidable vice-chair, demanded the entire section be excised. She argued that focusing on Christian nationalism would “distract” from Trump’s personal culpability and alienate conservative Christian voters. Cheney’s argument prevailed…
Monday, August 17, 2026
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Atheism Cannot Be Wrong - June 16 (Jon Cohenl Unconvinced on YouTube)
It can't be morally wrong to fail to be convinced by a claim.
Come and discuss this one!
Timestamps (sorry for the delay, I had technical problems)
00:01:24 – Mister Mister – Agnostic theist caller agrees that atheism as a lack of belief cannot be morally wrong, then discusses definitions of belief, epistemic humility, the Old Testament God, and why belief itself should not be punishable.
00:14:56 – Silly Cat – Shares a difficult family and religious background, being labeled atheist/rebellious, panic around family conflict, and emotional frustration with claims that God or the divine is good.
00:18:58 – Not Your Valentine – Agnostic/deity-believing caller from Nigeria cites rituals, blood sacrifices, and rain-stopping claims as evidence for deities; the hosts challenge anecdotal reasoning, correlation, prayer efficacy, and gullibility.
00:26:30 – Heinrich – Asks about causation, the Big Bang, afterlife, agnostic atheism, double-slit experiments, and simulation theory; the hosts clarify that atheism is lack of belief, not a claim to know no God exists.
00:31:51 – Doberman – Christian caller argues from Jesus, Romans 1, nature, design, the devil, and a “reprobate mind”; the hosts challenge his claim that atheists are refusing God and argue that Romans 1 leaves no room for honest nonbelief.
00:58:31 – VA David – Raises an evolutionary-argument-against-naturalism / presuppositional-style challenge about how atheists can trust reason and sense data; the hosts respond with natural selection, pragmatic assumptions, solipsism, certainty, logic, and TAG-style apologetics.
01:29:42 – Vitor Sarano – Noisy TikTok caller argues that God exists beyond space and time, questions the Big Bang and beginning of time, and claims the greatest minds believe in Jesus; the hosts challenge his cosmology and the claim that “outside time” explains anything.
01:41:32 – Steve – Attempted TikTok call fails when Steve does not respond after being brought in.
01:41:56 – JD Tallproof – Practicing Christian asks about the Big Bang, Genesis, God as explanation, free will, hell, and whether God revealing himself would violate choice; the hosts argue that explanatory power is not evidence and that honest nonbelief should not be punishable.
02:04:04 – Big Vaz – Debates whether “atheism cannot be wrong” is just a word game about belief states, then discusses strong versus weak atheism, Christianity, moral culpability, hell, belief as involuntary, and whether people can choose to reject evidence.
02:36:14 – Snowflake – Briefly agrees with the prompt and says they are atheist toward other people’s gods, but the hosts move on quickly because the stream is focused on debate.
02:37:18 – Fro – Mentioned as waiting on the YouTube side, but the stream ends before they are brought in.
02:37:30 – TrueJoy – Christian caller asks what atheism offers compared with Christianity, then debates worldview replacement, hope, morality, moral obligation, nihilism, divine command theory, and whether God’s commands could justify atrocities.
02:54:40 – Jam-M – Seen waiting in the TikTok queue, but the hosts say they cannot take the call because the stream is ending.
00:01:24 – Mister Mister – Agnostic theist caller agrees that atheism as a lack of belief cannot be morally wrong, then discusses definitions of belief, epistemic humility, the Old Testament God, and why belief itself should not be punishable.
00:14:56 – Silly Cat – Shares a difficult family and religious background, being labeled atheist/rebellious, panic around family conflict, and emotional frustration with claims that God or the divine is good.
00:18:58 – Not Your Valentine – Agnostic/deity-believing caller from Nigeria cites rituals, blood sacrifices, and rain-stopping claims as evidence for deities; the hosts challenge anecdotal reasoning, correlation, prayer efficacy, and gullibility.
00:26:30 – Heinrich – Asks about causation, the Big Bang, afterlife, agnostic atheism, double-slit experiments, and simulation theory; the hosts clarify that atheism is lack of belief, not a claim to know no God exists.
00:31:51 – Doberman – Christian caller argues from Jesus, Romans 1, nature, design, the devil, and a “reprobate mind”; the hosts challenge his claim that atheists are refusing God and argue that Romans 1 leaves no room for honest nonbelief.
00:58:31 – VA David – Raises an evolutionary-argument-against-naturalism / presuppositional-style challenge about how atheists can trust reason and sense data; the hosts respond with natural selection, pragmatic assumptions, solipsism, certainty, logic, and TAG-style apologetics.
01:29:42 – Vitor Sarano – Noisy TikTok caller argues that God exists beyond space and time, questions the Big Bang and beginning of time, and claims the greatest minds believe in Jesus; the hosts challenge his cosmology and the claim that “outside time” explains anything.
01:41:32 – Steve – Attempted TikTok call fails when Steve does not respond after being brought in.
01:41:56 – JD Tallproof – Practicing Christian asks about the Big Bang, Genesis, God as explanation, free will, hell, and whether God revealing himself would violate choice; the hosts argue that explanatory power is not evidence and that honest nonbelief should not be punishable.
02:04:04 – Big Vaz – Debates whether “atheism cannot be wrong” is just a word game about belief states, then discusses strong versus weak atheism, Christianity, moral culpability, hell, belief as involuntary, and whether people can choose to reject evidence.
02:36:14 – Snowflake – Briefly agrees with the prompt and says they are atheist toward other people’s gods, but the hosts move on quickly because the stream is focused on debate.
02:37:18 – Fro – Mentioned as waiting on the YouTube side, but the stream ends before they are brought in.
02:37:30 – TrueJoy – Christian caller asks what atheism offers compared with Christianity, then debates worldview replacement, hope, morality, moral obligation, nihilism, divine command theory, and whether God’s commands could justify atrocities.
02:54:40 – Jam-M – Seen waiting in the TikTok queue, but the hosts say they cannot take the call because the stream is ending.
Interview:
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Monday, July 6, 2026
Axis of Nonsense, Founding Father Myths, and Empathy Debates | The Atheist Experience 30.18
In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Godless Engineer and Fish Stark from the American Humanist Association tackle the encroaching tide of Christian nationalism and the hollow promises of deity-focused morality!
They dismantle the "axis of nonsense" between billionaires and bishops, exposing how forced Ten Commandment displays in schools are more about power grabs than historical accuracy.
Can a secular focus on human dignity provide the community we crave without the authoritarian baggage of ancient myths?
From military secularism to the "American Empathy Project," the hosts explore how humanists are building real-world power to protect civil liberties for all.
Interview:
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
LIVE DEBATE [God is Imaginary] 1-16-2026 (Justin, DZ Debates live on YouTube)
There is no magic man in the sky.
Caller questions are answered by a team of experts in biology and evolution, as well as Islam and the Bible.
Caller questions are answered by a team of experts in biology and evolution, as well as Islam and the Bible.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Weekly Roundup: Pete Hegseth's Military Vision, Violent Prayer & GOP Tax Dogma (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
Brad Onishi and Dan Miller unpack a series of troubling developments surrounding Pete Hegseth's vision for the military chaplaincy, where chaplains may soon wear only religious insignia instead of rank and operate within a drastically reduced set of approved faith codes.
The hosts explore how Hegseth's language—framing the role as a mission to "preach the truth," "shepherd the flock," and fulfill a "sacred calling"—signals a distinctly Christian nationalist framing of military service, reinforced by his claim that the armed forces have been "infected by political correctness and secular humanism." They place this in historical context, noting how Japanese American Buddhist soldiers in World War II were denied adequate chaplain support despite serving in one of the most decorated units in U.S. history.
The conversation also touches on reporting about Hegseth's crusader imagery, including tattoos and a Bible stamped with "Deus Vult" and the Jerusalem Cross, raising deeper concerns about the ideological direction of military leadership.
The episode then shifts to a controversial Pentagon prayer calling for "overwhelming violence" and the damnation of "wicked souls," which the hosts connect to a broader pattern of rhetoric that glorifies brutality and frames military action in theological terms. From there, Brad and Dan examine the near-religious devotion to tax cuts within the GOP, highlighting reporting that red states are facing massive budget shortfalls as a result of Trump-backed policies—yet lawmakers continue to support them as a matter of ideological commitment rather than evidence. They close by discussing Trump's absence from CPAC, the unease among attendees regarding Iran, and the irony of Trump mailing in his ballot despite his long-standing opposition to mail-in voting, underscoring what they describe as a deeply transactional and contradictory approach to politics.
Interview:
Sunday, March 22, 2026
The Atheist Experience 30.07 with The Cross Examiner and Jim Barrows
Believe in God? Call the show on Sundays 4:30pm-6:00pm CT: 1-512-991-9242 or use your computer 💻 http://tiny.cc/callaxp and tell us what you believe and why!
Interview:
Sunday, February 22, 2026
American Empathy and American Humanism, with Fish Stark (Andrew Seidel; One Nation, Indivisible podcast Episode #052)
Fish Stark joins Andrew to talk about bringing empathy back to America and how folks can get $1,000 grants for empathy projects that will take place across the country on May 2.
This is much bigger than just a single project, this is an answer to the toxicity of Christian Nationalism, MAGA politics, and the division in this country.
But it could also be the answer for growing the secular movement. This is the very time Fish and Andrew have chatted and history is lucky it was (mostly) recorded.
If you can’t support AHA or the project, you can still spread the word by sharing the social media videos announcing the project. Or just share them anyway.
Interview:
Interview:
Saturday, January 24, 2026
Friday, January 23, 2026
So What Do Humanists Believe In?
What do humanists believe?
Humanists believe in ethics without religion, secular humanism, critical thinking, compassion, and responsibility to one another.
This video explains humanist beliefs, values, and morality without God. In this episode of Humanism 101, Drew McCoy, creator of the YouTube channel Genetically Modified Skeptic, and Dr. Wil Jeudy, Texas State Director for American Atheists, discuss what humanists believe, how secular ethics work, and why morality does not require religion.
Humanism is a nonreligious worldview grounded in evidence-based reasoning, skepticism, and human dignity. Humanists do not believe morality comes from God, karma, or sacred texts. Instead, humanist values emphasize reducing suffering, increasing human flourishing, and taking responsibility for the consequences of our actions.
This video addresses common questions about secular humanism, including how humanists make moral decisions, what the Humanist Ten Commitments are, and whether humanism supports objective ethics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb6euqWDKdY
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
The Simple Truth About Human Potential
Humanism is a nonreligious worldview that centers human dignity, freedom of thought, and responsibility to one another.
In this first video of Humanism 101, leaders from the American Humanist Association introduce what humanism means, what humanists believe, and why millions of people already live by humanist values without realizing there’s a name for it. Featuring Fish Stark, Executive Director, Candace Gorham, President, and Jake Via, Organizing Director.
Humanism rejects the idea that morality requires religion and instead emphasizes ethics rooted in compassion, reason, and shared humanity. Humanists believe science helps us understand what’s real, while empathy and justice guide how we treat others. Humanism supports democracy, human rights, freedom of belief, and the idea that people working together can solve real-world problems.
If you’ve ever searched for ethics without religion, secular humanism, or a values-based philosophy grounded in human potential, this video is for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGL6rIza7-M
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Saturday, November 29, 2025
LIVE DEBATE [Why Should We Believe in Your God?] 11-3-2025 | DZ Debates
TIMESTAMPS
- 8:15 troll
- 10:15 wubbi [Philbro] - Offers up the Contingency Argument for God’s existence; Gets dropped
- 17:10 FC - Are the 10 Commandments unique or were they borrowed?
- 34:38 Dirk - Claims the Sun is alive and conscious
- 44:45 seekgod - Nonstandard Christian beliefs; Look at the trees
- 55:50 Rob [yes, the same Rob from a few days ago] - Fear of hell leading to believing in God; bad Big Bang theory; Gets kicked when Justin realizes this is the same Rob
- 1:11:22 Christopher - Deconstructing
- 1:17:27 Simon [Muslim] - Wants to discuss a medical lie in the Quran; Does the caller want M’s unalived as an apostate? Caller refuses to answer
- 1:36:40 ProMyth - There is a shared Being in everyone; Caller claims that the Bible was created 800 years ago by politicians by taking the truth and wrapping it in propaganda; When asked for proof, caller runs
- 2:01:17 Gg - Objective vs Subjective morals; How do you know God’s commands are good? Why is slavery bad? Pro-baby paste
- 2:29:48 nes240 - How can Justin call God evil if he doesn’t believe God exists?
- 2:37:10 DragonGlasses - Deconstructing; During hard times caller still goes back to his beliefs for comfort, so wants some advice on how to handle it
- 2:48:12 Ameer [Muslim] - Does the Quran mention the expansion of the universe? Other science in the Quran; M’s joins
- 3:12:40 (Ameer) - Musaylima the Liar; Is it possible to produce another book like the Quran? Prophecies in the Quran
- 3:25:45 (Ameer) - Do we have free will? What is the purpose of life? Was the universe created?
- 4:02:20 Superchats and wrap-up
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Monday, September 29, 2025
CATHOLIC Caller Gets DESTROYED On Basics of Physics and Philosophy | Aron Ra & Aaron Adair
Catholic caller Nick challenges the hosts to explain why he shouldn't believe in Catholicism.
What starts as a cordial conversation about the Kalam Cosmological Argument quickly escalates into contentious territory.
The hosts dismantle Nick's arguments about free will, causation, and the origin of the universe, while Nick struggles to provide concrete evidence for his beliefs.
The discussion takes a particularly heated turn when Aaron addresses the Catholic Church's systematic protection of child abusers, leading to defensive responses from Nick.
Despite repeated corrections about atheist positions on universe origins, Nick continues to misrepresent their views. The call concludes with Nick graciously conceding the hosts' debating superiority while maintaining his faith remains intact.
Interview:
Sunday, August 31, 2025
April Ajoy: Red-Letter Christian (Seth Andrews; The Thinking Atheist podcast)
April Ajoy is a Christian. She's also a humanist activist on the front lines against harmful fundamentalism and Christian nationalism.
Interview:
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