The Atheist Experience 754 with Matt Dillahunty and Don Baker

[@darkrider962]

"Buy a better globe!" LMAO still one of my favorite AXP clips of all time.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

I love Don's laugh during Kevin's call :) I had to join in XD

[@PieInTheSky9]

Don's laughter is the best part of this call

[@aarrgghh]

don's the ed mcmahon of axp

[@ICarus-eu3jv]

Don is the top second banana, no wait, Ray Comfort has the patent on bananas.

[@tomhaupt5238]

I love his laugh!

[@bobobo2224]

Ryan something and hell bringer, every single episode. Thank you. I thought I was the only one saying that. He does so much damage. But now Russell has gotten on my radar. Between his total lack of being able to figure out obvious trolls, his terrible scenario/examples to get people to understand, he loves explaining things in too much detail when caller's can't understand the basics. Then not calling people on how wrong they are on calls that do understand. He was better in the early years. Now he is overboard on politeness and not making caller's own up to anything

[@presidentobummer447]

He looks like a real life Homer Simpson

[@InfinityDz]

48:34 "Indicating that the Universe is only UNDER 10 000 years old" 50:00 "Because of MILLIONS of years of accumulated dust" Welcome to paradoxia

[@BerryTheBnnuy]

I live in a bunch of mountains. My stepfather is a pentecostal preacher. A friend of his, Wayne, is a geologist with a young earth creationist bent. When we were kids, Wayne would take us into the mountains, crack open rocks, show us the fossils. We were at the top of one of the taller mountains around here and he said that about sedimentary rock. I asked him a question he couldn't answer. I asked "how did the sediment get to the top of the mountains?"

[@davidsmith7653]

Easy. The mountains weren't always there and once that land was at the bottom of a sea. Then tectonic plate activity pushed up the land and the bottom of the sea became the top of a mountain, complete with fossils.

[@Draginvry2]

"Buy a better globe!" LOL, leave it to Matt to come up with the most practical solutions.

[@jbulletc]

im not sure if the caller was sincere or not, but this is easily one of the best episodes ive seen in a while. Too bad that kevin guy didnt have the capacity to admit he was wrong on every one of his points.

[@stjamal11]

Don Baker has the best laugh. I've been cracking up this whole entire time.

[@TranquilVagabond]

This is the first caller I've seen that Matt was able to laugh off lightheartedly. Maybe he was just in a good mood.

[@idealsAREisomorphic]

I love Don Baker. He just sits there and laughs his ass off during the calls. Kinda what I do.

[@KeySour]

LOL DONS LAUGH DURING KEVINS CALL

[@RebeccaSmith-tk4zy]

Dear Canada, on behalf of all Americans, I'm sorry our batshit fumes have drifted upward to Guelph, where they made Kevin a dingdong.

[@brucebaker810]

Rebecca Smith Guelph is REALLY CLOSE to Hamilton, Ontario. You may have heard of a fundie family in Hamilton. Husband was sick & bedridden. They prayed for healing. He got gangrene. They prayed for healing. He died. They prayed for resurrection. And prayed. And prayed. And sealed up the room with duct tape when the body started decomposing. But they kept praying... I live jut down the highway from both cities. Sigh.

[@RebeccaSmith-tk4zy]

Oh, man, that is bad! I mean, like, William Faulkner novel bad...my condolences, Bruce.

[@snuffitlabs4307]

Bruce Baker Wasn't he laying there in bed, with his new career pushing up daisies, for months? They were waiting and praying for him to rapture? I think I read about that on Huffington Post.

[@FourDeuce01]

The first word that came to my mind listening to Kevin was “oblivious”. It’s like he doesn’t have a clue how badly he was failing.🤤

[@dorkception2012]

Idiots don't know that they are idiots. The dumber a person, the smarter he think he is.

[@MrRageCollector]

I was laughing so hard right along with Don.

[@BrendonKinsey]

These guys have the most amazing level of patients! I couldn't handle someone that had not done their research.

[@NastyLittleBagginses]

"...and there are some wackos out there..." Ow! The irony! It hurts when I hear it!

[@PACKyourSHITfolks420]

Don's laugh at around 55:00 was hilarious. It was so on point, with all that the caller said.

[@Barbershop666]

"How can christians with their omnipotent and omniscient God helping them out, fail so often? And the answer is, there is no such God. So the failures are expected." Damn. Don can really deliver such a devastating line in such a quaint, subtle way. That little remark blew me away a little.

[@MacBeckett]

Good show, even including Kevin. I discovered while listening that, even though I like hearing your responses to callers, most weeks, it is an amazing relief to hear a continuous period of clear, rational communication (you two and Bill) for a whole ten or fifteen minutes. A nice break.

[@brianvasquez40]

Matt, you killed with the "Harold Camping, admitted he was wrong" line.

[@saerain]

Prophecy: ‘Israel will fill the world with fruit.’ Israel: ‘Hey, we should export fruit.’ Prophecy fulfilled. I love this guy.

[@reishvedaur]

Man I wish this topic was covered just a few days later so Don could talk about NOM.

[@Hemmersfield1]

I love how the title song sounds more and more epic with each show!

[@Gex9z]

From everything I've seen of it, they're calm and civil - it's only when callers are being ridiculously insulting and are going in circles lying their asses off that it just get a little ridiculous - they'd be inhuman not to get a little agitated. Even so, I noticed multiple times that they've been extremely patient even with the biggest zealots.

[@ianjrivers]

I'm so glad they got a caller like this, it's been a while....!

[@ObakeOnna]

I loved it how Don casually pointed out that all catholic priests are sexual deviants for being celibate. I mean if something really deviates as far as possible from the norm of human sexuality, denying yourself any form of sexuality when you still possess desires has got to be it.

[@malemd]

I can't believe that Matt didn't hang up on this bat-shit crazy Kevin 5 minutes into the conversation...sheer torture

[@grahamlive]

That caller was comedy gold.

[@SIMKINETICS]

Message on Kevin's basement door: 'Don't forget to take your meds, Sweetie! I'll bring them down, and slip them under the door. -Mom'. ; ]

[@naturalborntruthseeker2377]

SIMKINETICS Hi this is the Kevin in this episode of atheist experience. You know I’m just not getting it. Take my meds? The bible did say Israel in the latter years would become a reborn nation and it did. And that nobody will ever drive the Jews out of their promised land ever again. Check mark for precision accuracy on those details. And the whole world can see it. Well accept for blind by choice, willingly ignorant people like yourself. Well better hope the bible is not precision correct on you ignorant people scorching in hell for eternity. Are you leading your children there too?

[@naturalborntruthseeker2377]

Jay Morgan Yep. Keep on believing life comes from a rock. That’s pretty sane eh?

[@naturalborntruthseeker2377]

Jay Morgan I don’t have the power to show you God. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t exist. Glad I could educate you there. But yeah you probably could show me some rocks that you believe did all the thinking and decision making required to design and engineer a human anatomy. I won’t argue with you on that one. Lol.

[@RB-zh1eq]

@@naturalborntruthseeker2377 Wow, are you still scientifically illiterate? I'll go with OP's comment. "Don't forget to take your meds, sweetie."

[@CndBcn]

As Canadian I must apologize about that caller, we will try to boost our education

[@WhereDidItRun]

Don Baker made my day with his definition of a miracle. Sure it would be :DD

[@DTiberius]

I hope Kevin calls back. He's gotta be one of the most wacko callers they've ever had.

[@ravex24]

I was disappointed that they only had time for one caller. Kevin, you made up for it. One of the most ridiculous callers I have seen. As a physicist and military vet, I find your call one of the most entertaining ever on the AE. Thank you for the great laughs. Let me know if you are ever in town with your comedy act. I will pay money to see that show.

[@GoblinXXX]

"Craft night"? What, are you, making macaroni sculptures of Darwin?

[@Belloran24]

I feel so sorry for Kevin. Apparently his parents locked him in a closet for most of his developmental years. That's the only thing that explains how he doesn't understand even *basic* science. Wow.

[@andyrooney12]

As an Atheist I pride myself in being logical, thinking critically, and changing my views on even the most important issues when provided overwhelming evidence to the contrary. I'm not saying you just laid out a lot of evidence but you made a good point. I think I have to reconsider my thinking on that. The other thing that I guess I didn't think about was all the family members of the accused witches (victims) that had to cope with the loss of a family member. Cheers!

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

Let's see how logical you remain when I ask "how did you determine your particular non-theistic worldview is true?"

[@DefenestrateWindows]

This was the funniest episode yet. I can't get over how ignorant the caller was.

[@DLinton]

If you want to see the "breaks in the ocean," you can look at GI Science's layers. There are effective representation of the sea floor and of tectonic plates. I'd like to say that the reason that we don't include all the information we know on maps is that we have a lot of information. A map is a re-presentation; map's authors have an agenda, to show information quickly and succinctly. If one were to create a map with all the information we know on it, all the working models, and all of physics in play, it would not be useful.

[@paradigm71]

That was a great show. I loved Kevin. He's so delusional it cracks me up.

[@littleolmee]

I agree with Don Baker that the disagreement within the churches is what will drive people out.The last church my family attended was back in the 90s.The preacher was telling how the show 'Pokemon' was made by the devil.Now my kids watched that show & I watched it with them; nothing was wrong with it IMO.I leaned over to my hubby & whispered, "Satan is a hella animator if he makes 'Pokemon'".

[@brianb7112]

"sedimentary rock, means settled by water" 42:20 actually you can also have sedimentary rock formed by wind

[@MovieMakingMan]

I bought a snow globe, shook it up and the snow settled on the bottom. That proves the Flood, Noah and the entire Bible! 😂😂😂 (according to the delusional Kevin)

[@zeldaofarel]

In Hungary we had the last witch burning in my home town in the 18th century. Actually, the bible quote was a miss-translation initiated by King James I. He wanted Biblical support for the witch hunts, so the original "poisoner" was translated to "witch". In the Hungarian version we have the equivalent of "poisoner".

[@Despondencymusic]

12 years ago. 😢 Simpler, happier times.

[@Lobos222]

That joke never gets old. The one where the crazy person warns you there are allot of crazies out there totally ignorant of the fact hes one of them.... Only think missing it for Kevin to talk like Gary Busey.

[@Jahkillian]

The entire show should have been Kevins call. That was great entertainment. I'd love to have some drinks with Kevin. I can't stop laughing.

[@aegisgfx]

Kevin, never met a conspiracy theory he did not immediately fall in love with.

[@MrSirwolf2001]

The Glen Rose footprints were debunked just shortly after the owner of the property admitted carving them to sell as souvineirs. The remainders only look like footprints if you squint and ignore the fact that they are all the wrong size, and most have the wrong numbers of toes. I remember seeing them nearly 40 years ago, they didn't look like human footprints then (even though they were proclaimed as such) and they don't look any more like them now.

[@joshafool]

Kevin Please call in again next week! This is funny stuff.

[@kevinthecreationist6762]

Well thank you Pat for pointing this out. what I was trying to point out on the show was that the Bible was dead on accurate when it says in Amos 9:15 ....."and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God." There have been many wars since then caused by ganging up nations that swear to the destruction of Israel, but they just can't seem to get the job done. This book has the power of telling the future. A power that man kind does not.....

[@12from121]

This show is pure comedy. Kevin one of the funniest callers ever!

[@AstronomyGuru84]

“I cry because others are stupid and it makes me sad.” Sheldon Cooper

[@nfal445]

Yeah I really wish they would get rid of that damn Sunday buy of alcohol that is probably the dumbest law ever.

[@thedeebo410]

We can buy alcohol 24/7 here in California. Jealous? :)

[@nathanfalldorf7139]

thedeebo410 Extremely!!!!

[@SacredSocietyAP]

There is a story going on right now about Pastor MacBain in Tallahassee, FL who has came out as an atheist and stepped down from the position and left the church.

[@iReturnV1deotapes]

Definitley a poe. This is better satire than anything else I've seen on youtube.

[@aegisgfx]

>>I admit I'm not the smartest person on the planet Actually you've proven that quite conclusively.

[@presidentobummer447]

"Kevin" is now an insult in Germany.

[@riniks112]

Matt is brilliant.

[@saerain]

If he is, he deserves some kind of award for this Sacha Baron Cohen level performance.

[@2020pfw]

Have Kevin back. He is funny as hell.

[@larjkok1184]

I predict that the entire country will be rained upon by fire. No doubt there will one day be a volcanic eruption or a huge fire that effects some country. Kevin, you can call me Cheezus.

[@larjkok1184]

Huge fires now in Australia. Kevin, I am your Lord!

[@Paur]

Wow, we haven't had a caller like that in such a LONG while.

[@dudev]

Thanks. I don't think they do recognize their own hypocrisy most of the time. When they do, they justify it by seeing themselves as soldiers for Christ. They see a lie in the name of Jesus as righteous. Reasoning is secondary to their goals. They fit the evidence to their conclusion, the opposite of rational thinking.

[@muveemanone2067]

Doesn't take much to make Don laugh.

[@dudev]

Russell from the Atheist Experience made a great point on the podcast. He said American Christians aren't skilled at defending their religion because they're in the majority; they aren't challenged in the beliefs as often as someone who belongs to a minority religion. Being in the majority makes them complacent, smug, and overly defensive when they are challenged. They feel indignation that someone would dare question their beliefs. Yes, attempts to pierce their bubble are often a waste of time.

[@kratosGOW]

I seriously hope that Kevin has embraced reality and his reasoning skills (if he has any, lol) by now.

[@dudev]

The wall and my head thank you. It was like arguing with an obnoxious child.

[@dudev]

It's like the "war on Christmas" many Christians claim exists. It's not really about their Christianity being silenced, because it's never silence, it's about other religions --or non religions--having an equal voice. That's the part they don't like --competition.

[@Estragon17]

The view that sedimentary rock formations in any way prove a global flood ignores so many basic concepts of physics and geology that even a school child should know that its nearly impossible to actually refute due to the glut of information that must be expressed and explained. A basic course in actual earth sciences would be needed to clear this up for someone like this.

[@dramlee01]

That Arroyo restaurant is going to be doing quite a bit of business next year I guess.

[@jojo2mag]

I still say Matt and Don are having too much fun!

[@TheWheelerr]

hahahahahah that guy that called in and said magic fountain made the ocean lol

[@Onma]

"Kevin" is a prank caller. I heard him pull the exact same arguments in an earlier show.

[@dudev]

I celebrate Christmas in the same way, without any religious content. A lighted tree isn't a Christian symbol anyway, it's pagan in origin, as is celebrating the winter solstice. The only ones trying to change "Merry Christmas" to "Happy Holidays" are businesses that want to cater to a wider clientele during the holidays. It's no coincidence that this issue came to light during a decline in the economy, when Christmas sales were down.

[@Agnes135]

56:48 I couldn't stop laughing!

[@silverysnowfox]

Kevin was absolutely hilarious.

[@kommissarw]

"Buy a better globe!" lmao

[@taurculh69]

"Sedimentary rock proves the flood" - The flood lasted FORTY DAYS. To form actual layers that can be called that, the time scale is thousands of years plus.

[@durstwurst]

word. Same is true for every other religion I encountered so far.

[@Joe7_OSRS]

I was at the Reason Rally, it was sad to see not that many Anarcho-Capitalists, Libertarians, or Conservatives that were atheists :(

[@Fluffykeith]

Is Kevin really Mark From Stone Church? He sounds familiar.

[@MrMZaccone]

You forgot without reason. A lack of conscience is the least of it.

[@saerain]

At 54:35, I really though Matt was going to say ‘Hey, you know what else they did wrong? They disobeyed Hitler.’ Would've been poetic.

[@kevinthecreationist6762]

.....minorities here. it makes total sense when I read in Matthew 7:13-14 .....broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction(talking about eternal Hell fire here), and many there be which go in there at; Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life(talking about eternal life here) and few there be that find it. Christian believers are the few in comparison to the rest of the world. Everything makes absolute sense when looked at from Biblical perspective. Thanks

[@Hadkek]

"One of the most horrific documents in human history, and you can go find it online." Of course you can.

[@tricklessmagic]

"there are some whacko's out there" - Kevin LOOOL

[@kevinthecreationist6762]

Definition of "theory" from the internet: A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, esp. one based on general principles independent of the thing to be. I like the part that says "based on general principles INDEPENDANT of the thing to be." That means the facts may not match the presupposed principles. And since there are so many out of place human artifacts found in alleged "prehistoric" rock layers that do not fit with these concocted principles than the theory.....

[@zqxzqxzqx1]

I've been to Glen Rose. It's just dinosaur tracks, not humans.

[@FugeelaWibe]

omfg this was hilarious, GOD i love this show ;)

[@zacharybolden867]

i had a preacher say the same thing. his excuse for the wine was it wasnt ferminated

[@andyrooney12]

"Boy irony's really thick right now" LMFAO!!!

[@lolxanax]

Next, you'll have Edward Current calling in. Hell, even have him as a guest host. :)

[@neverfearchrisishere]

1000 years earlier: How about we just declare the entire city mecca so we can all get along?

[@njintau]

30:00-32:00 Matt you made my day! xD

[@betlamed]

The frightening thing about the US: They will happily give prohibition a try. The good thing about them: They'll remove it when they find out it doesn't work. I don't think I'll ever completely understand them. But I'm fascinated.

[@jordanromaker]

Matt, PLEASE come to Toronto!!!

[@greenjelly01]

Other nations formed in a day: Pakistan formed in 14 August 1948, Bangladesh formed in 26 March 1971. I'm sure there are many more.

[@rwburdett]

@theatheistexperience Well done on another good show. Very jolly.

[@Sines314]

There's a reason Poe's Law was formulated

[@aegisgfx]

I am just flagging this guy for spam, he is saying the same things on all sorts of atheism videos.

[@dhx84]

This is something that has annoyed me: "Begging the question" is a logical fallacy that raises a question that assumes premises that are false, not agreed upon or not proven. I can be a form of well-poisoning rhetoric and we're all familiar with this kind of corrupt reasoning when speaking to theists. It DOES NOT mean an "elephant in the room" question that must be asked in light of obvious evidence.