Bad Arguments For A Young Earth | RJ-CO | Talk Heathen 04.43

SHOW TIME-STAMPS 00:00:00 Intro 10:13 Caitlin-NE | Are Believers Happier Than Atheists? 20:34 RJ-CO | Bad Arguments For A Young Earth 43:21 Jamie-WI | How Does DNA Create Neural Pathways? 55:21 Jacob-CA | Atheist's Aren't Honest About Their Confirmation Bias 1:03:07 Amanda-(NL) | Afraid Of Dying After Experiencing Horrifying NDE's 1:18:33 Michael-MA | Remaining A Friendly Atheist And Advocate For Science SHOW NOTES Greetings Heathens! Hope you all are doing well, please continue to be safe out there. In today’s episode of Talk Heathen, Vi La Bianca is joined today by Dr. Darrel Ray. It’s going to be a great show! Let’s get to calls! Caitlin in Nebraska is studying psychology and has some specific questions for Dr. Ray regarding happiness. Who as a group are the most happy, is it the religious, is it the spiritual? Dr. Ray responds, folks within a community seem to be the most happy. RJ in Colorado is up next, claims that if you look at manmade structures, the oldest tree, and human demographics, all point to a young earth and not evolution. Why do we care and how does this prove theism is real? And he doesn’t think carbon dating is an acceptable way to gauge age. And doesn’t think it's necessary to cite sources. This is a fun call. Jamie in Wisconsin, is curious about DNA and how it can be encoded or programs our brain development. Dr. Ray attempts to set him straight with facts! Jacob in California wants to clear up a couple things from his previous call and wanted to call about the Atheist confirmation bias. He is just as condescending as before… but take a listen and make your own conclusions. Amanda in the Netherlands, is wondering about the fear of hell after deconverting and experiencing some NDEs. She is hopeful we can help her with this fear and how to work through it. Michael in Maryland would like to talk about being an anti-theist and how he is trying to not incite anger with his stance on religion. Vi breaks it down for him on how to proceed and be an ally in secular humanism to folks within religion. That’s our show for this week, please continue to be safe in your area, wear your mask, and VOTE! The world is better with you in it. See you next week! Call the show on Sundays 1:00pm-2:30pm CDT: -Use your ☎ and call 1-512-991-9242 -Or use your 💻 and click https://tiny.cc/callth Don't like commercials? Become a patron & get ad-free episodes & more: https://www.patreon.com/talkheathentome The podcast may be found at: https://www.spreaker.com/show/talkheathen Talk Heathen merch can be found at: http://bit.ly/aenmerch ------- WHAT IS TALK HEATHEN? Talk Heathen is a weekly call-in television show in Austin, Texas geared toward long-form and on-going dialogue with theists & atheists about religion, theism, & secularism. Talk Heathen is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin. Talk Heathen is filmed in front of a live studio audience every week at the Freethought Library of the Atheist Community of Austin. The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop & support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing & friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of government-religion separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists & 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. CONTACTS & SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: Eric Murphy: Erictheheathen Vi La Bianca: vilabianca Twitter: Eric Murphy: @dirtyheathen Vi La Bianca: @AuthorConfusion Facebook.com/talkheathen Reddit.com/r/talkheathen NOTES The views and opinions expressed by hosts, guests, or callers are their own and not necessarily representative of the Atheist Community of Austin. Opening Theme: Ethan Meixsell "Takeoff" https://www.youtube.com/TalkHeathen is the official channel of Talk Heathen. "Talk Heathen" is a trademark of the ACA. Copyright © 2020 Atheist Community of Austin. All rights reserved.