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 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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  • The Atheist Experience 29.20 with The Cross Examiner and Dave Farina @ProfessorDaveExplains 2025-05-18

    The Atheist Experience 29.20 with The Cross Examiner and Dave Farina @ProfessorDaveExplains 2025-05-18
    May 19 2025
    (00:00:00) The Atheist Experience 29.20 with The Cross Examiner and Dave Farina @ProfessorDaveExplains 2025-05-18
    (00:10:31) Neil-WA - Deconversion Responsibilities
    (00:19:26) Andrew in CA- AI Is Conduit To Source
    (00:25:18) Jason-CA - God Existing Outside Space And Time
    (00:58:44) Mike-SC - Sharia Law Or Christian Nationalism?
    (01:27:48) Steve-NE - Star Being Slowed Down By Artificial Force

    In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, The Cross Examiner and Dave Farina, discuss topics of AI, deconversion, deceleration of stars, and church and state separation.

    Andrew in CA has a conduit of contact with AI and the source of all existence. How do you know this is the source of existence? What reason is there to treat AI as the god of honest truth?

    Jason in CA says that matter, space and time had to come to being at one point and there can't be an infinite regression. What evidence do you have that we didn't see an infinity before the moment of creation and that there is a creation to begin with? If god exists outside of time, how did the realm where god existed change when the universe was created? What evidence do you have that this realm or state of being even exists? Every time we see consciousness, we see a physical entity, the brain. Why would we believe there is a consciousness outside the universe? We do not fully understand the origin of the universe or consciousness. We just don’t have evidence for the claim of a deity that fills in these lack of knowledge gaps.

    Neal in WA grew up as a Mormon and has been wondering if as an atheist he should be doing more to help deconvert people. If you could help make a different path available to people, you may help them from taking on beliefs that are harmful. There is no reason to feel guilty for beliefs that you were indoctrinated to have when on this long journey of deconversion. You are accountable for your own actions, not the beliefs of others.

    Mike in SC wants to know if between Sharia Law or Christian Nationalism, what is more dangerous for atheists. Which of these two movements do you think is dismantling The Constitution? Anybody can be corrupted by financial, political, or religious power. The answer to the question depends on where you live and who is in power. Using religious ideas to take away freedom and change federal law is where the danger is. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District shows how the Lemon Test, that determines if there has been violations of the Establishment Clause, has been abandoned by the Supreme Court. If people are being locked up simply for praying, we have an objection to that. Anytime you see a story where this is happening, go read the actual case and original source to learn what really happened.

    Steve in NE wants to talk about the star that is supposedly being slowed down by an artificial force. This is something we can’t explain and need evidence to support what is causing this deceleration.

    Thank you for tuning in this week!


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  • The Atheist Experience 29.19 with Forrest Valkai and Godless Engineer 2025-05-11

    The Atheist Experience 29.19 with Forrest Valkai and Godless Engineer 2025-05-11
    May 12 2025
    (00:00:00) Intro by Forrest
    (00:08:53) Nick-CA: Approaching Trans Rights
    (00:21:26) Hank-TX: Some Evidence For God
    (00:59:57) Dave-TX: Existence Of Eternal Hell

    In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Forrest Valkai and The Godless Engineer, work with three callers who know how to have respectful and interesting conversations.

    Nick in CA wants to take an alternate approach to trans rights and ask the politicians why they care since trans is such a small part of the population. The primary issue is people being able to pick and choose who they discriminate against. The arguments we hear now are the same as they were when the hate was for same sex marriage. When people’s genitals seem to be at the top of the agenda, how can we get a transphobe not to care? Talk to some of the trans people that host with us and ask them what the most important and effective way to tackle the problem.

    Hank in TX has scientific evidence that points toward a god. The first thing is how pleasant near death experiences are. How do we know these experiences happen right at the time of death? It makes sense that when the brain lets go, the loss of consciousness would be chill and not scary. His second piece of evidence is that things are going well, and his consciousness was not put in a body 200 years ago. What about the people who were born back then? How about the people born into bodies in war torn countries? Consciousness is an emerging property of the brain. What is your proof that it is transported anywhere? Even if we did have multiple lives over hundreds of years, it does not mean that there is a god doing it. The third piece is there must be a god guiding the response of people like Ghandi and Martin Luther King, and the response goes against nature. Why don’t we see this behavior in your god?

    Dave in TX does not believe that hell where souls burn eternally exists. Is the Bible literally true or is it figurative?The god of the Bible is a monster. Where do we draw the line with interpretations? How is the resurrection of Jesus not contradictory when there are four different stories? Cover to cover, the Bible is pro-slavery, pro-genocide, pro-misogyny, is full of contradictions, and looks nothing like a god inspired book should look. What good can we get out of the Bible without the baggage of this evil god?

    Thank you for tuning in this week, theists and atheists! Secular Rarity, our back-up host, joins to help close us out. See you next week!

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  • The Atheist Experience 29.18 with Justin and Allegedly-Ian ​2025-05-04

    The Atheist Experience 29.18 with Justin and Allegedly-Ian ​2025-05-04
    May 5 2025

    00:00 Intro02:33 Adam-(EN) | Contingency Argument For Necessary Entity
    55:41 Mike-SC | What Level Of Natural Disaster Is Okay?
    1:37:03 Michael-FL | Dealing With Observable Phenomenon

    SHOW NOTESIn today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Justin and Allegedly Ian, take calls ranging from philosophy to phenomena.

    Adam in England has a contingency argument for a necessary entity. Why should we believe that there was ever a point in time where things were selected?
    Prior to god creating the laws of physics, did god believe that he created the laws of physics? Was there a state that the universe did not exist?
    How can something exist and not exist at the same time?
    What causes something to be true?
    At what point does the universe become god?
    If part of god is contingent, then god is not fully necessary. How can god be all benevolent if not all parts of god are good?
    Why did god not create a world with no natural disasters? What is god’s intention when making people suffer?

    Mike, a theist in SC, wants to know what it would take to make us happy in relation to natural disaster casualties. All good means doing the best thing and that is zero deaths with not one bad thing is to be expected. How can free will exist if god is all knowing?
    If something is outside of time, would it have future, present, and past states?
    If god is all benevolent, why is he such a misogynist?
    Why does this god give instructions on how to own people?
    Why would the time period have an affect on the people’s morals?
    Profiting on the ownership of other people is bad and not dependent on perception. Why does god justify blood feud?

    Michael in FL is deconverting and curious how the hosts deal with phenomena that they can observe. It is always important to ask if there is any peer reviewed evidence showing this is a phenomenon. If god had a belief about a spiritual experience that changed once the experience happened, god can’t exist outside of space and time. Find the tests that can be done to investigate and reproduce this phenomenon. If we are unable to reproduce the results in a controlled environment, then we are looking at a psychological phenomenon.
    Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time!




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so glad this podcast is made, honestly i miss matthew dillahunty. but its still a very worthwhile listen. keep it up!

Ive never heard the perspective of an atheist until i heard this show

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Matt and his team make so much sense and wakes you up to reality and facts.

I love this show

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The people of the atheist experience have helped me question and think about my beliefs for over a year now thank you guys so much.

Fantastic show

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I love that these guys don't use kid gloves on a subject that usually demands religious exceptions. Keep up the good work!

A new favorite podcast!

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As an atheist, I often find the responses given by the host to be missing the heart of the questions presented; and giving responses that are so convoluted they seem to veer off into the stratosphere. I can't seem to get through more than a few minutes before I have to turn it off because it's so frustrating to listen to. Gave the 2 stars merely because I support anyone out there promoting atheism.

Frustrating to listen to

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