The Atheist Experience 866 with Russell Glasser and Tracie Harris

The Atheist Experience 866 for May 18, 2014 with Russell Glasser and Tracie Harris.
Tracie talks about the explanatory power of gods.
SHOW TIME-STAMPS
01:02 - Intro & Announcements - Russell Glasser
02:34- Tracie Harris on the explanatory power of God
12:09- Daniel (atheist): the connection between religion and culture
23:52- Kamau (atheist): tips for talking to theists
29:35- Leslie (atheist): spreading the word about atheism
33:41- Steven (atheist): disbelief of God by characters in the Bible
41:02- Josh (atheist): bringing legal tactics to respond to religious claims. responding to ad hominem attacks
44:57- Ethan (actually Frank, prank caller from episode 789, 801 and 806): the hosts gang up on the callers
54:03- Paul (atheist): religious bias preventing scientific enquiry
1:03:24- Tony (atheist): why engage in debates regarding the contents of the Bible
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[@erict7093]

Haha....Tracie's hair Is amazing! I noticed that when I frist saw her. Wish I had her hair.

[@MorgueAbsolue]

Excuse me? The Catholic Church doesn’t encourage you to give them money?! I have to strongly disagree! I live in Austria and I grew up catholic - though my parents didn’t force it on me - and as soon as I moved out into my first own apartment guess what was in my mail box the same week? A pre printed check from me to the Catholic Church with the amount of money THEY estimated I should give them according to what they knew about me and what I did for a living. So don’t tell me they are not pushing anyone to give them money.

[@JarlGrimmToys]

MorgueAbsolue to put it into perspective the United States is worth $269trillion, with a population of 320million. If the country was sold off and the money divided by the population that would be $840,000 per person. The Vatican, not including the Catholic Church as a whole. But just the Vatican is worth between $10billion and $15billion, with a population of 1000. That’s $10-$15million per person. There’s a reason the Catholic Church can afford gold gilded everything.

[@mfollonier]

He was delusional, I used to go to church for shits and giggles sometimes in my early 20's an played the role of a devout intellectual, I learned to read the bible in Latin to impress them, and they always made me participate in reading or singing the psalms, despite not having a typical masculine radio voice (I'm more of a spinto/dramatic tenor); they never even suspected that I'm an atheist method-naturalist that practices "magic" and studies "mystery traditions and esoteric doctrines" just for the fun of it. And every single time, the "father" would exhort people to put money in the cloth bags on poles, or stuff a monthly envelop with the "tithe" in to an urn, but I don't think they called it that way, or if it was a larger amount (larger than what???, how much money are those poor people giving them?) they should deliver the closed envelop directly into the treasury administrator's hands; and many more shameless begging for money, it felt embarrassed for them.

[@johnferrandino4666]

I understand that most of the central European countries have secular laws supporting this. It's absolutely barbaric.

[@secularargument]

Pretty sure “Ethan” is the guy that made the “curry eater” remark.

[@Peter_Wendt]

@@ookeekthelibrarian That's Frank. He called in in episode 789, 801 and 806. He seems to be a prank caller or poe who comes up with odd criticisms for the show.

[@ringo666]

You are correct. Besides the voice and speaking manner, he's perpetually hung up on irrelevancies. This is the 3rd call of his I've heard.

[@hectorreyesLIVE]

Best hosts ever

[@jonathanpark7245]

Favourite hosts wooooooooo Russell references Fiddler on the Roof then says "on the other hand" I cried

[@BradleyHancock-i1i]

No makeup. Far from super model. The brain. It's also why I love my girl. Yet, so beautiful

[@TheSGTextreme]

calls start at 12:10

[@YY4Me133]

First call at 12:11.

[@bobs182]

Saying something exists outside of space is nonsensical because inside and outside are spatial terms. They are actually using outside as a metaphor for "not" as outside is not inside. They are trying to say that god is not spatial like perhaps a concept or idea? Saying god is not temporal is also a problem because all action occurs through time making god inactive.

[@champagnelewis7049]

Super late, but I was attending college in Starkville, MS back when this video was published (and presumably when recorded)!

[@secularargument]

What’s the point exactly?

[@champagnelewis7049]

@@secularargument Probably related to something said in the video, but given I made that reply a year-ish ago, it's not entirely reasonable to expect me to remember my motivation for doing so.

[@secularargument]

I remember motivations I had from years ago. Cmon now hahaha

[@davegonnaway6007]

Sorry I'm late but my dog ate my homework...

[@raul1899]

Tracy's smile reminds me a lot of my ex. The girl I've loved the most in my entire life. She destroyed my life. It's painful to watch Tracy when she smiles. But beautiful at the same time. Man.. :(

[@Multi1628]

T r a c i e.

[@BradleyHancock-i1i]

So rare hair flips.

[@Multi1628]

~ Five years later, and Tracie and Russell still riveting and interesting: this video is intriguing and very listenable - thank you all in 2019! Also, please let's start discouraging this "hey you guys" greeting (heard twice in this video) - on it's face it negates the existence of the women in the room or in earshot or wherever. 50+% of the population is devalued enough for this greeting to further drift accepted into the English language lexicon. Just saying... Cheers, DAVEDJ ~

[@thedollyllama5325]

We could all pull a doctor nick with a"hey everybody"

[@Sammie551]

Why's she denying watching debates Nothing wrong with it

[@miller496]

That otta hold the little bastards! 🤣😂😹

[@aussieatheist960]

But if you follow the Big Bang theory all the way back to the single point, you can clearly see in perfect American English "Made in Heaven by God!"

[@helgefan8994]

Why was the Mexican guy at 29:20 dropped after just one sentence? What in that sentence triggered the troll-alarm? I don't get it.

[@raul1899]

I don't get it either.

[@jameswest8280]

He sounds like a repeat caller that's been trolling the show for a long time.

[@mfollonier]

I think he has a thing for Russell, like an infatuation obsession, he usually only calls when Russell is on, and he always recognizes him... there's one episode in which he hung up on him immediately, then the screeners insisted he wasn't a troll, they put him on the line again, and Russell had guessed right at the end, he was a troll... I was hilarious how pissed off Russell was, he snarkly said "Thank you call screeners" with a sarcastic grin... 🤣🤣🤣 priceless

[@tomhaupt5238]

LOL poor Ethan's pity party

[@jameswest8280]

He belongs to the wholly corrupt church.

[@mfollonier]

that was epic

[@ringo666]

Pussies need pity parties.

[@lukintagi]

Ixtepec caller was real you hung up on him 😢

[@kingjuggalo4335]

Spanish inquisition not pushing it on you ?

[@NapalmWeed]

How dare people allow other people call into a show to argue with someone who has a different viewpoint! These monsters must be stopped! It's not fair, it's not like they can choose not to call...outrageous! BTW Tracie is so Hot!

[@Darquilibrium25]

NapalmWeed real shit her tits be shmaccin 😷

[@paulie1873]

i thought i was the only one!

[@alannichols7823]

I can’t believe how many Americans are scared of the label atheist in the uk we just take people as they are it’s no big thing 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ but then again we have brains and think for ourselves 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jimothyshorts]

I had a friend who once asked me if I believed in Jesus. I said; "I believe it's possible that Jesus could have walked the Earth, but him being God I didn't know." To this day the guy always talks about "our Lord and savior" and I just nod along and steer the conversation away from religion. I swear he heard none of the words I said after "I believe ..." In the US it's just easier to tell people "I'm not really religious" instead of saying you're an atheist. This way the holier-than-thou crowd won't bother you too much.

[@adako25]

Alan Nichols , fundamentalists . The end