LIVE DEBATE [Your God is Evil] 4-27-2026 (Justin at DZ Debates on YouTube)

TIMESTAMPS

4:40 Sargon - Crash out

7:35 Deathless Light - Crash out

9:00 Beaver - Does God have to be all good (1 Corinthians 13)? Crash out over reading the Bible

23:45 Susanne - Does God enjoy punishing people? Caller accuses Justin of gaslighting; Should we still follow the Law of Moses? Caller runs

50:11 Tofeas - Duncan joins; Why is it wrong to SA a woman? Answer: it is wrong but caller doesn't know why; Adultery vs grape in the Old Testament

1:10:20 (Tofeas) - Was the Antichrist supposed to rule the whole world? If so, how is the Antichrist Nero?

1:49:17 Justeen - Is it evil for God to cause people to grape other people (Isaiah 13)? Justin goes through other examples and caller says they either need to do more research or dodges the question

2:36:10 Daniel comes up to say hello

2:40:25 anonymous - Caller struggles to directly answer questions; Why is suffering bad?

3:18:40 Jaden - Justin starts on the test of the bloody sheet (Deuteronomy 22) and caller leaves

3:29:10 Cyrus - Caller is bad faith throughout; Does God make people eat their own children (Jeremiah 19:9)? Words don't mean words because of traditional interpretation; Has anyone seen God? Answer: yes and no

3:52:30 (Cyrus) - Can caller explain the Trinity without committing a blasphemy or ignoring logic?

4:20:50 (Cyrus) - Can caller find the quote in John 13:18 in an Old Testament messianic prophecy? Caller goes to typological prophecies

4:56:44 mike - Starts with a little warm-up chatter but ends up at the test of the bloody sheet (Deuteronomy 22); Since that was the "best" evidence they had, it is okay to use even it led to innocent women being stoned; Caller pretzels hard regarding terms like "reliable"; Caller tries to compare this virginity test with modern-day SA kits

5:37:30 (mike) - Is it okay to unalive innocent people? Justin has to go to the notepad because of the pretzeling; Is there a valid way to test for virginity?

5:57:10 (mike) - TW: self-unaliving; Caller claims that Justin doesn't have a basis to call things evil

6:09:40 (mike) - Would caller help in eliminating the Amalekites? Do we still have to follow the Moses?

6:37:25 Superchats and wrap up
Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/Me7xzDcL67E?si=ofkgZ2uYIiF2HhKW

A Demon Hunter Showdown (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podcast #650)

— Conservative Christians in Texas are trying to harass Muslims out of existence. (1:08)

— Dethroned Miss North Carolina USA sues pageant over her own bigoted posts. (19:56)

— Christian metal band “Demon Hunter” sues Netflix over “KPop Demon Hunters.” (41:42)

— Massachusetts High Court blocks Catholic statues from going up at Quincy police headquarters. (49:06)

— How a ‘90s R&B star weaponized Christianity against his children. (54:09)

— The GOP nominee for governor of Illinois doesn’t want to talk about his Creationist beliefs. (59:25)

— Pete Hegseth is bringing Christian propaganda to schools on military bases. (1:08:19)
Interview: 

• With Jessica: https://youtu.be/VFkWvc45Qlk?si=tJN2SVPMM3M3tIr3

• Audio only, with Jessica: https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2026/08/26/a-demon-hunter-showdown/

• Without Jessica: https://www.youtube.com/live/SLtXTmBViYw?si=UndmVCpKjybicKDx

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: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/noah-lugeons-how-to-die-like-an-atheist/id412308695?i=1000786275233

Common Sense (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)

Margaret Downey, president of the Thomas Paine Memorial Association, tells us what you can do to help erect a memorial statue to America’s forgotten Founder Thomas Paine in Washington, D.C.

Interview: 

https://ffrf.org/news/freethought-radio/freethought-today-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…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/jared-huffman-rising-christian-nationalism-no-prophets-book

 

LIVE DEBATE [Christianity is a Failed Blood Cult] 4-17-2026 (Justin at DZ Debates on YouTube)

TIMESTAMPS

4:08 Robo Rainbow - Caller trolls and crashes out

15:50 Christianity - When Jesus said he was going to collect all the people when he returns, why would someone claim that is only Jerusalem? Words don’t means words; What was the Big Bang? Is the Trinity logical?

1:01:30 Mark - Caller is likely a kid so gets dropped

1:06:50 Jukebox - Does the Mosaic Law contain blood magic? Can God be in the presence of sin (omniscience)?

1:19:08 (Jukebox) - Did Jesus say he would return in the lifetime of the disciples? Does the Trinity make sense?

1:54:05 Tofeas - Caller does a ton of pretzeling; Did Jesus return in the lifetime of the disciples (Matthew 16)? Is the spirit and the soul different?

2:34:35 (Tofeas) - What is the second coming and what form will Jesus take? What does it mean to die spiritually? Is only the presence of Jesus returning?

3:16:00 Good Shepherd - Cyber joins; Matthew 16 and 24 aren’t failed prophecies because they are actively ongoing; Will Jesus return bodily? Words don’t mean words

3:46:00 (Good Shepherd) - Have all the tribes of the Earth mourned? Caller complains with how Justin is reading the Bible; Will Jesus return to or from the clouds?

4:38:40 Ignacio - Did Jesus heal a deaf man? Caller has tech issues so gets dropped

4:43:40 Jordan - Caller says that calling Jesus the messiah is a category error and that he exists in our mind, too

4:58:20 Superchats and wrap up

Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/uKcLTv5mXRA?si=SGEE1StMsaCipfB6

Why Should We Believe In Your God? - 28 June (Jon Cohen, Unconvinced)

Bring us your best evidence.
All we've heard so far are fallacious arguments.
If you have something better - we'd love to hear it!

Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/iN5Qx_SIaX8?si=KQ65REfuQ_8y1K_B

Friendly Atheist News Roundup 8/13/2026 -- Christian Beauty Queen Loses Crown Over Racist Posts (VIDEO Podcast Ep. 648)

0:00 Intro
1:34 Miss North Carolina USA said she lost her crown due to her faith. Then the racist posts surfaced.
10:55 Virginia school district sued after repeatedly changing rules to block LGBTQ student club.
23:10 School officials face charges after trans wrestler controversy fueled by the religious right.
35:15 An anti-trans Christian activist is furious that a reporter quoted her accurately.
43:00 Trump is trying to change childhood vaccine recommendations.
54:30 Oklahoma candidate James Taylor has turned his classroom into a Christian campaign studio.
Interview: 

• With Jessica: https://youtu.be/L7GKDL86puM?si=k9vVJvCIwkiNaC7-

• Without Jessica: https://www.youtube.com/live/W2DLFV6Zssc?si=vQKI4URGylAkDVHr

Hitchens vs. The Church (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)

We hear the brilliant late journalist/intellectual Christopher Hitchens debate an archbishop on the topic “Is the Catholic Church a force for good in the world?” and FFRF Regional Government Affairs Manager Mickey Dollens explains what’s wrong with Texas’ new bible-infused public-school curriculum.

Interview: 

https://ffrf.org/news/freethought-radio/freethought-today-august-13-2026/

LIVE DEBATE [Your God is Fiction] 4-22-2026 (Justin at DZ Debates on YouTube)

TIMESTAMPS

10:30 Nick - Call starts with personal testimony and then asking what it would take for Justin to believe

29:10 Tofeas - Caller returns to continue the debate on if Jesus set a timeline in Matthew 16; Caller is a native Greek speaker so we get an Ancient Greek grammar debate

1:03:35 (Tofeas) - Was Jesus the only one who has ascended into Heaven (John 3:13)? What does 666 stand for? Call goes to a personal experience; M’s joins

1:42:30 Paul [Philbro] - God is a necessary thing and must exist; Is the universe eternal? Can God send people powerful delusions? Caller is dropped for lying

2:15:35 Aron [Muslim] - What is the source of the Quran? Caller claims to be a neurologist but is confused about antidepressants; Where does a man’s ’special fluid’ come from? Anatomy lessons with M’s

2:47:00 (Aron) - How does everyone feel about “young” brides? Caller pretzels about something being bad and being allowed

3:07:52 Napoleonsimp49 - Is Psalm 22 a prophecy? How about Genesis 3:15?

3:30:53 Bo - Quick kick for not listening

3:32:20 GT - Troll; We get our free will from mitochondria

3:52:50 Justin - Quantanaut joins; Caller unofficially starts with the Kalam Cosmological Argument; What is the timeline in Matthew? Did Jesus fulfill prophecy in Luke 4?

4:23:05 (Justin) - Does Jesus say to follow the Mosaic Law? Did Jesus actually fulfill any prophecies? Discussion of Christian Nationalism

4:49:15 Some Donkus [Friendly] - Question that ends at the cheat sheet

4:53:33 God’s Sword - Bad faith and a crash out; Christianity is true because it is popular; Are there atheist governments?

5:19:00 Daniel [Deconstructing] - Sara joins; Quantanaut discusses Planck time; Has the universe always existed? The discussion wanders around

5:45:40 Luke - Is God good? Does part of the Euphrates River form an omega?

6:02:25 The Dot Father - Are there atheist civilizations? Are Buddhists atheists?

6:13:50 B_rightness -Cyber joins; Words we use like Good and Evil are a scale because those things exist and “evil” comes from the word “devil”; A dive into the etymology of “Israel” and bad linguistics

6:49:00 Superchats and wrap up

Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/ChfCR-iYB6E?si=0rWR9XtullNeMd28

LIVE DEBATE [Please Explain the Bible to this Atheist] 4-15-2026

Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/RBB_9HzqpRI?si=vKa9VYIFMF60ATy0

TIMESTAMPS

47:30 Konstuce - Deuteronomy 23:2; Caller changes topics to defend the Genesis creation story; The dome over the Earth is just a metaphor and Justin is misreading it; Caller slurs

1:32:36 (Konstuce) - Why do we have two different orders of creation? Is there a contradiction in Exodus with the plagues?

2:08:48 nomv53 - Deuteronomy 21:19; In a real Christian country, we should be able to stone people; Caller resorts to preaching

2:28:00 Cody - 2 Kings 2:23-24; Caller immediately goes to meta and crashes out; Should we still follow the Law of Moses?

3:00:10 Luke - Isaiah 9:19-20; Sarah of LeavingFaith joins; Caller is condescending throughout; Caller slurs; What are the Laws of Moses and what is its purpose?

3:24:00 (Luke) - Does the Hebrew Bible say you will go to Hell if you aren’t perfect? Where does caller’s interpretation come from?

3:55:59 (Luke) - How does caller view the Old Testament? Belief vs action

4:29:55 Ephraim - 1 Corinthians 7:13-15 but switches to James 5:14-16; Should prayer heal people? Where did humans come from? Faith vs science

5:04:43 Cameron - Deuteronomy 21:10-14; Do Jesus and Paul agree that we should follow the Mosaic Law? Is the Law forever? Are sacrificing animals necessary for forgiveness?

5:48:00 Benson - Deuteronomy 13:12-15; Was God’s covenant with Israel unjust since it hurt innocent people? What makes up the Law of Moses? Caller defends the taking of war brides; Why does Justin talk so much about the Bible?

6:34:30 Superchats and wrap up

Atheism Makes More Sense! - Jun 25 (Jon Cohen, Unconvinced on YouTube)

You know it makes sense!
Gods are silly.
Come and discuss!
Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/OMISFK0CfIE?si=3ZacNpXquLWMwAhn

Timestamps

00:07:31 – Sonder – Presents a presuppositional-style argument for God as the best epistemic theory or eternal mind; the hosts challenge the word games, unclear definitions, and lack of evidence for God.

00:24:17 – Spencer – Attempted call fails because the audio is too distorted to continue, so he is asked to reconnect.

00:24:45 – Foolish Brit – Friendly caller asks the hosts to restate the argument, then discusses evidence, burden of proof, cosmological arguments, the Big Bang, and why “God” should not be inserted into gaps in knowledge.

00:35:45 – Apostle Michael – Christian caller quotes scripture, argues that everyone already knows God through creation and conscience, and accuses atheists of suppressing God; the hosts challenge Romans 1, honest nonbelief, and whether God could provide better evidence.

00:48:06 – Str8outastaray – Asks whether John was ever a believer and whether he admits he does not know God does not exist, then becomes abusive and is quickly dropped.

00:50:28 – Adam – Suggests naming the sun as God, but the hosts say that only re-labels something real and does not address the debate topic.

00:52:46 – Zach – Challenges atheism by treating it as a claim that God does not exist; discussion covers weak atheism, lack of belief, burden of proof, and the coin analogy before the call becomes repetitive.

01:03:34 – Yahuseph88 – Christian caller argues for the God of the Bible through Jesus, prophecy, and creation; the hosts challenge Jesus’s failed apocalyptic predictions, free will, divine knowledge, and whether God explains existence.

01:20:39 – SZP – Suggests God’s existence is 50/50 if it cannot be proven or disproven; discussion covers deism, parsimony, minds without brains, fine-tuning, probability, brute facts, and the Douglas Adams puddle analogy.

01:39:18 – Ramon – First attempt fails because the connection/audio is too poor to continue.

01:40:07 – Lindz Chonco – Christian/theist caller argues from design, order, scripture, Jesus, and moral responsibility; the hosts challenge perfect-design claims, disease, hiddenness, biblical atrocities, hell, and whether love or morality requires God.

02:16:57 – Ramon (return 2) – Returns briefly after the earlier failed attempt, but the exchange is short and the show quickly moves on to the next caller.

02:22:31 – YMW – Argues that atheism reduces reality too much and should leave room for spirituality, imagination, and magic; the hosts defend science, testability, methodological naturalism, and teaching children evidence-based thinking instead of sin and hell.

02:35:50 – Sasi1 – Christian caller asks what happens after death; discussion covers nonexistence, brain-based identity, the soul, art and music, heaven, hell, and whether finite life can still have meaning.

02:50:31 – Truth – Jewish but not religious caller discusses agnostic atheism, Jewish identity, tradition, morality, tribalism, the social value of religion, and whether cultural heritage can be preserved without supernatural belief.

03:08:45 – Brian Williams – Christian caller presents Kalam/contingency-style arguments; discussion covers cosmology, causation, miracles, Bible history, prophecy, Genesis anachronisms, and whether Christianity has better evidence than other miracle claims.

03:44:33 – Stiou – Says the hosts make religious ideas look ridiculous and questions whether atheists claim certainty; discussion clarifies atheism as lack of belief, burden of proof, and criticizing ideas rather than people.

04:25:47 – Magala – Mystic/theist caller argues that temples, ancient sites, Sanskrit, pyramids, cathedrals, yoga, and religious architecture point to gods; the hosts reject the leap from human monuments to divine reality.

04:40:56 – Jen’s Bakey-Cakey – Attempted TikTok call fails because the platform connection does not work, so they are invited to try again.

04:44:14 – Smokey Stoney Texas – Briefly joins as a diehard Christian whose family revolves around Christ, but the call ends before a clear argument or evidence is given.

04:47:02 – Connor – Claims miracles happen every day as evidence for God; the hosts distinguish miracle claims from evidence and move on quickly.

04:49:06 – Ronald the Roofer – Claims to have undeniable proof of God, but instead sings or performs badly and is dropped without a real discussion.

04:51:36 – David – Friendly UK caller agrees atheism makes more sense and starts sharing his background, but is redirected to After Hours because the debate stream is for disagreement.

04:53:18 – Alex – Short unserious/singing-style call with no real argument; the hosts joke about the voice and move on.

04:57:23 – Hamburger Cheeseburger – Appears to be another repeat singing/prank caller and is dropped without discussion.

04:59:30 – JFC / Jiffy Cones – Asks about a future “God is a bedtime story” topic, is redirected to the Friday show, then sings briefly as a humorous example of how to do a joke call well.

05:01:40 – Robert – Attempted call fails when Robert does not respond or cannot be brought in.

05:12:16 – Building Bridges – LDS/Mormon caller argues Christianity and design make sense to him; discussion covers evidence, hearsay, Bible contradictions, God’s responsibility for suffering, the flood, Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and LDS theology.

05:50:36 – Eli – Theist caller argues atheism is also a claim and raises agnosticism, first cause, morality, objective ethics, entropy, and the universe; the hosts challenge his definitions and drop the call when it becomes repetitive and interruptive.

06:19:04 – Starweaver – Ex-Christian Norse pagan asks whether belief is a choice; discussion covers doxastic involuntarism, preference versus belief, being convinced, and why people cannot simply choose to believe something unconvincing.

06:34:01 – Charlie – Returns briefly to say he now believes in God but not the Bible’s God as good, and shares that Christian debate rooms became defensive when he raised the problem of evil.

06:38:33 – Kevin – Final regular caller attempt fails because no usable audio or signal comes through.

06:41:48 – Captain Kidd / Jiffy Cones – Brief final call turns into a short play-out song from Jiffy Cones, which the hosts praise before closing the stream.

“Why Do They Quote the Old Testament?” (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast) It's In the Code 202

In this episode of It’s In the Code, Dan Miller tackles a question from a Jewish listener that cuts to the heart of Christian theology: if Jesus established a new covenant that fulfilled the Old Testament law, why do so many conservative Christians continue to rely on Old Testament verses to make moral arguments? 

Dan explores the New Testament's teaching on grace, the Apostle Paul’s insistence that Christians are no longer bound by the Jewish law, and the complicated relationship Christians have with the Hebrew Bible. 

Along the way, he explains why many conservative Christians selectively appeal to Old Testament commandments—especially on issues like sexuality—while disregarding countless other laws they believe no longer apply.

Interview: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-in-the-code-202-why-do-they-quote-the-old-testament/id1441649707?i=1000780138337

Congressional Reason! (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)

After reporting problems created by — as well as victories against — Christian nationalism, we hear the co-chairs of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, Reps. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaking at the third annual Congressional Reason Reception in Washington, D.C., co-sponsored by FFRF.

Interview: 

https://ffrf.org/news/freethought-radio/freethought-today-august-6-2026/

Atheism Makes More Sense! - Jun 18 (Jon Cohen, Unconvinced on YouTube)

You know it makes sense!
Gods are silly.
Come and discuss! 

Timestamps

00:18:22 – Icearic – Argues that a creator makes more sense than the Big Bang, but struggles to explain why God is a better explanation than “I don’t know”; discussion covers atheism, burden of proof, cosmology, and God-of-the-gaps reasoning.

00:33:03 – Progress of Addiction – Brings up an apologetic video claiming God exists outside space, time, and matter; the hosts argue that a timeless God could not think, act, or create, and the caller ends by appealing to a personal supernatural encounter.

00:39:12 – Ghost – Debates time, gravity, creation, DNA, abiogenesis, and whether humans being unable to fully recreate life would point to God; the hosts and Dr. Digg challenge the science and call it an argument from personal incredulity.

00:49:03 – Dr. Digg – Joins during Ghost’s call to explain that humans can synthesize DNA and that abiogenesis discussions are more complicated than “we cannot create life, therefore God.”

00:54:01 – Isaac – Asks about agnostic versus atheist labels; the hosts explain agnostic atheism as lacking belief in God while remaining open to evidence.

01:02:03 – Silas – Friendly caller is briefly brought in, then redirected to the new after-hours stream because this show is focused on debate.

01:07:49 – Daniel – Recently deconverted caller from Switzerland asks about the apparent size match between the sun and moon and speculates about ancient civilizations; the hosts explain coincidence, scale, and why it is not evidence of design.

01:13:22 – Flash – Christian caller says he cannot empirically prove God but has the testimony of the Holy Ghost; discussion covers salvation, faith, God revealing himself, free will, and whether God is unwilling or unable to establish a relationship with nonbelievers.

01:24:31 – Sinner/Saint – Tries to use Jung, subjectivity, the inner self, Einstein, quantum ideas, and thermodynamics to challenge atheism; the hosts push back on his definitions, claims about atheists, and misuse of Einstein’s God language.

01:53:33 – Various – Physicist is introduced as someone who can help with physics claims, especially thermodynamics, entropy, and early-universe arguments.

01:57:24 – Chris – Friendly caller asks about the new debate-only format versus the upcoming open after-hours format, then agrees to return on a Friday.

02:12:06 – Aaron – Deconstructing caller clarifies Einstein’s Spinoza-style God, then discusses Christianity, personal experiences, a suicide attempt, Bible contradictions, and memories that still keep him emotionally tethered to belief.

02:21:40 – Morgart Studio – Friendly TikTok caller joins by mistake, says she is on the hosts’ side, and is redirected to the after-hours show.

02:23:22 – Reason – Accidental/unclear caller struggles to form a point about energy, karma, yin-yang, and things happening for a reason; the hosts move on when the call does not connect to the topic.

02:26:58 – Matthew Davids – Debates atheism, agnosticism, knowledge, God as a cause outside space and time, infinite regress, and thermodynamics; Dr. Digg/Various is referenced as a better source for physics issues.

02:51:52 – Christopher – Thoughtful Catholic return caller asks what “belief is not a choice” means; discussion covers doxastic involuntarism, hell, free will, God revealing himself, heaven, salvation, and honest nonbelief.

03:28:03 – Rowando – Challenges the claim that belief is not a choice; discussion turns on whether accepting, choosing, and being convinced are the same thing, with the hosts using Superman-style belief tests.

03:45:19 – Nomad – Modern theist asks why atheism makes more sense; discussion covers lack of evidence, probability, belief thresholds, disbelief, and whether God should be treated differently from other unsupported claims.

03:58:56 – Joe – First attempt fails because the microphone/audio is not working; the hosts ask him to reconnect.

04:01:14 – Joe (return 2) – Muslim caller agrees belief is not a choice and explains an Islamic view where people without sufficient evidence receive another test; discussion covers Quranic punishment verses, sincere nonbelief, and why lack of belief means evidence was not sufficient.

04:17:14 – Son of Tarkata – Discusses whether religious belief is an evolutionary byproduct, pattern detection, agency detection, afterlife beliefs, and whether recurring human belief points to truth.

04:42:28 – Brian – Seen in the queue but redirected to the after-hours show rather than brought into the debate stream.

04:43:14 – Richard Beggs – Argues for creationism from consciousness and personal experience; discussion covers brains, animal consciousness, evolution, bipolar experience, and cross-cultural spiritual patterns.

04:56:44 – John Damon – Philosophy-interested caller criticizes “new atheists” as disconnected from philosophy of religion, then softens after discussion of evidence, God claims, and whether the hosts understand the arguments.

05:05:17 – Caleb – Christian caller challenges atheism versus agnosticism, asks for the best argument against the Bible, and debates Jesus, Old Testament violence, the problem of evil, thermodynamics, and the burden of proof.

05:29:58 – A Cadian – Friendly/mod caller requests by mistake, jokes briefly, and is redirected to the after-hours show.

05:30:45 – Rowando (return 2) – Returns to continue the belief-choice argument, but again refuses the “choose to believe the building will collapse” test and is dropped when the discussion repeats.

05:39:49 – Abbe – Shia Muslim caller asks why atheism makes more sense, describes struggling to accept a purely material view, and discusses personal incredulity, origin questions, and why gaps in science are not evidence for God.

05:50:18 – Lavi – Christian caller argues the Christian paradigm best explains reality and asks for the best argument against the Bible; the hosts challenge biblical violence, Christ as God, suffering, and the problem of babies with cancer.

06:07:17 – Lavi (return 2) – Returns after being dropped but still avoids answering why an all-powerful God allows or gives babies cancer, leading to another quick drop.

06:08:13 – Lavi (return 3) – Returns again to challenge the wording of “God gives babies cancer,” but the hosts argue that an all-powerful God is responsible for the state of the universe.

06:12:42 – Gado – Claims he can answer why God gives babies cancer, arguing from obscure Christian teachings that conception at forbidden times gives demons authority over children; the hosts condemn the idea as morally horrific.

06:32:43 – TX Postgrad – Polite Christian caller asks whether believers can be smarter than atheists, then discusses evolution, science, books versus evidence, common ancestry, humility before God, and why many deconverts sincerely sought God and got silence.

07:02:11 – Knowledge Is Power / Joe – Friendly caller agrees with the hosts that religious doctrine can make people justify suffering, then is redirected because the stream is meant for debate.

07:10:59 – Norbz – Theist caller first compliments the hosts, then argues from the Big Bang, Bible belief, and personal answered prayers; discussion covers atheism, gaps in knowledge, Exodus, foreskins, biblical inerrancy, and the call ends by kill switch.

07:41:01 – Wrap-up – After Norbz, the hosts react to his lack of Bible familiarity, read final super chats, joke about the “fruit incident” in Eden and Bacon and Bush’s corrected name, praise the stream’s wild caller lineup, review the call-rating leaderboard with Knowledge Is Power as best conversation and Lavi as worst, announce the next after-hours stream, thank the mods and viewers, mention 124k TikTok likes, and close by thanking Sean.
Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/TlOn440xtC8?si=ewKQiL39kHQIlWQP

Weekly Update of Politics/Religion/Atheism: Christian Preachers on Airplanes! (VIDEO Podcast Ep. 646) (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podcast #646)

This is a weekly podcast for those who want to WATCH it via YouTube to discuss stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

0:00 Intro
1:20 Nearly half of Gen Z says Trump makes them less likely to attend church.
15:45 Christian preachers are turning airplanes into unwanted worship services.
22:51 Kim Davis still owes $565,000. A new lawsuit says she hid her inheritance to avoid paying it.
30:30 A Trump judge redefined "diversity" to excuse an almost entirely Christian "religious liberty" panel.
40:45 The Justice Dept's new “religious liberty” memo gives Christians more power to discriminate.
50:53 In 2026, atheists make up only 0.066% of the federal prison population.
57:45 New survey suggests Australia's Census may dramatically undercount the non-religious.

Interview: 

• With Jessica: https://youtu.be/9vucQNRyDZo?si=1hNW958keNQD9fI1

• Without Jessica:  https://www.youtube.com/live/7zvVAdtjFBM?si=XkwsTXr14NNTWxKf 

Does the Bible Actually Condemn Masturbation? (Dan McClellan and Dan Beecher; Data Over Dogma podcast on YouTube)

Does the Bible say anything at all about masturbation? Short answer: no — and this episode's Data After Dark digs into why. We take on Onan (not your guy), Matthew 5:30, the "wasting seed" argument, and the crucial difference between ritual impurity and sin, before tracing how a whole lot of Greco-Roman philosophy — not ancient Israelite thought — shaped the shame so many of us grew up with.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
1:01 Data After Dark
1:44 Onan & Genesis 38
3:18 The Levirate Duty
4:16 "Cut Off Your Hand"
6:35 Prohibited Unions
8:36 The Wasted-Seed Argument
9:05 Impurity vs. Sin
12:02 Ancient Ideas About Semen
13:15 "Pearls Before Swine"?
16:05 She Contributes Half
18:41 But... Song of Songs
18:59 Greco-Roman Influence
21:36 Purity as Boundary Marker
24:25 The Verdict

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/-brX_NV8uww?si=D-I_z_oUGEfAslsM

The Great Commission and the Grand Annoyance (Dan McClellan and Dan Beecher; Data Over Dogma podcast on YouTube)

Jesus tells eleven disciples to go make disciples of all nations, and somehow that became a guy with a guitar in row 14.

This episode, we dig into what the Great Commission actually says in Matthew 28, what "make disciples" meant to a first-century audience, and why the word translated "witness" in Acts 1 is the same word that gives us "martyr."

Along the way: costly signaling, the medieval shortcut of just converting the king, and why celebrity endorsements are doing far more conversion work than anyone at baggage carousel nine.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
1:15 The Great Commission
1:41 Matthew 28, Read Aloud
2:52 All Authority, Daniel 7
3:42 From Commission to Annoyance
4:40 The Airport Evangelist
6:01 Was It Only the Eleven?
7:07 What "Make Disciples" Means
8:27 Convert the King
9:21 Evangelism as Identity Marker
10:33 Costly Signaling
12:03 Performing the Concern
14:28 When Kids Get Hurt
17:50 Witnesses in Acts 1
19:21 The Greek Word Is Martyr
20:13 A Good Example
21:22 Servers, Tracts, and Fake Twenties
23:00 God Gives the Growth
25:15 Does It Actually Work?
26:08 Celebrity Conversions
27:56 If the Dans Turned Heel
30:18 Coexist Versus Convert
31:50 The Official Stance

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/9qV3VRZ9OR8?si=grIjREQPWwyOZJNW

God Is A Bedtime Story - Jun 11 (Jon Cohen, Unconvinced on YouTube)

This is the 21st Century folks.
Time to stop believing in magic.
Come and discuss! 

Timestamps

00:05:30 – Rimas – Argues that religion is more dangerous than a bedtime story because children are taught myths as reality, sharing examples from Islamic schooling where science and religious claims directly conflicted.

00:11:08 – Jack – After audio glitches, atheist caller asks about divine command theory; the hosts explain why God’s commands would still be subjective preferences and cut the technical friendly discussion short.

00:19:13 – Leaf – Says God is more like a horror story than a bedtime story, leading to discussion of children’s credulity, religious fear, and why indoctrination depends on teaching stories as fact.

00:33:02 – David – Challenges the bedtime-story framing, asks about agnostic atheism versus atheism, then debates God as tradition, definitions, burden of proof, and fine-tuning/design arguments.

00:58:43 – Dr. Digg – Noticed in the queue after David’s call, but missed before joining; the hosts invite her to try again later.

00:59:14 – Jerbear – Asks about The Satanic Temple; discussion covers secular pushback against religious power, Baphomet displays, religious freedom versus religious preference, and trolling religion through equal access.

01:05:11 – Six Spiritual Six Scribe Six – Challenges the claim that atheism is the default by describing early memories of a spiritual connection; the hosts discuss false memories, child development, born-atheist language, imagination, and testing ideas against reality.

01:20:48 – T – Briefly joins to point out the Pigeon Lady fundraiser link is in Discord, joke about John being an AI/cyborg, and help with stream logistics.

01:24:56 – Austin – Offers a taste analogy for subjective morality, arguing that rejecting objective morality does not make harm arbitrary; the hosts discuss shared values, wellbeing, empathy, and evaluating actions within chosen goals.

01:41:29 – Matthew – Returns to discuss theist claims that God grounds objective morality and how morality, God’s nature, free will, heaven, and “because God says so” fail to escape deeper problems.

01:52:59 – Nicholas – Initial audio attempt fails, then he reconnects to explore a non-tri-omni God, divine subjective morality, hell as coercion, and whether weakening God’s properties makes the concept any more useful.

02:13:26 – Too Skinny To Be Fat – Discusses deconstruction and a worried Christian mother; the hosts advise boundaries, love, therapy, and accepting that some family religious differences may remain unresolved.

02:21:50 – Pigeon Fluff / Darvi – Introduces herself as the Pigeon Lady, thanks the community for fundraiser support, defends pigeons, and shares that reading the Bible as a Christian-raised child helped make her an atheist.

02:26:19 – Mikhail – Muslim-raised caller deconstructing his faith asks why the channel focuses on belief being involuntary; discussion covers willful denial, genuine disbelief, religious guilt, repeated debate topics, and objective morality.

02:43:41 – Aether – First attempt to reconnect fails due to audio/video problems.

02:45:29 – Aether (return 2) – Discusses hell, annihilationism, resistant versus non-resistant nonbelievers, proportional punishment, mortal sin, church doctrine, and whether “resistant” nonbelief really deserves annihilation.

03:05:42 – Greg – Starts with evolution and religious demographics, then slides into Muslim/white-population conspiracy claims; the hosts distinguish genetics from culture and end the call over racist framing.

03:30:46 – Mullers – First TikTok attempt fails when the platform cannot bring him in.

03:31:31 – Kelly Weber – Responds to Greg by discussing religion, high birth rates, cultural reproduction, and indoctrination without turning demographic concern into racism.

03:37:12 – Mullers – Asks what “God is a bedtime story” means, then discusses symbolism, Jesus’ message, inner voices, morality without God, humanism, and why symbolic readings do not make religious claims true.

04:12:30 – Steph – Briefly thanks the hosts and raises concern about chat moderation during bigotry call-outs; the hosts suggest handling mod criticism by DM and acknowledge how difficult moderation is.

04:16:11 – DMC – Debates materialism, consciousness, free will, objective morality, divine purpose, the God of Israel, suffering, skin cancer, and the “seesaw” problem for God’s goodness and power.

04:51:46 – Esspresso Jack – Responds to Greg by explaining white nationalist/replacement-theory signals, racist misuse of statistics, and the difference between social causes and racial explanations.

04:56:34 – PVG – Briefly notes that Scientific Snitch/Ella was in the queue and recommends her and Dr. Digg as strong science voices on race, biology, and pseudoscience.

04:59:33 – Dang the Host Does Exist – First attempt fails because the mic/audio does not work.

05:00:09 – David Timson / Tim Davidson – Friendly caller reveals he is Tim Davidson from chat, thanks the hosts, jokes about his bad-joke lineage and M’s distinctive voice, and praises the community.

05:05:04 – Dang the Host Does Exist (return 2) – Christian caller argues God must be good and eternal, then debates omniscience, omnipotence, young-earth creationism, Genesis, Exodus archaeology, Noah’s Ark, and whether biblical myths undermine Bible-based claims.

05:47:27 – Kradrol – LDS caller says God would be a terrible bedtime story, agrees atheists are rational without personal experience, explains reliance on testimony and Book of Mormon claims, and outlines an LDS afterlife as teaching/reeducation rather than torture.

05:55:12 – Rasol – Challenges the bedtime-story metaphor as unjustified; discussion turns to Bible mythology, talking donkeys, magic, whether mythic stories justify skepticism, and ends in a hostile crash-out.

06:12:05 – Marquise GT – Questions calling biblical miracles “magic” when modern technology can also seem amazing; the hosts distinguish explainable technology from miracle claims and discuss coincidence, miracles, and biblical magic.

06:28:21 – Anna Banana – Brought in from TikTok, but appears to have joined accidentally and does not respond before being dropped.

06:29:00 – Shorebag – Questions how confidently the hosts reject biblical miracles, then discusses certainty, evidence, teleportation, alien-tech possibilities, mockery, tone, anger, and the distinction between miracles and magic.

06:54:39 – Gohan – Returns to discuss natural evil, fine-tuning, earthquakes, tsunamis, childhood suffering, God’s power, logical possibility, and why the hosts think fine-tuning does not solve the problem of evil.

07:26:37 – K – Challenges the implication that God is fictional, asks about evidence and probability, then tries to present a composition/essence argument before the hosts end it due to time and complexity.
Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/U-7JKnEVpC4?si=3tBQ7yDDQilfW-FL

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.

Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/-s9vNKDzutg?si=i59KLYHv6thDGYGQ