Talk Heathen 08.13 with Christy Powell and Richard Gilliver

WHAT IS TALK HEATHEN?Talk Heathen is a weekly call-in internet 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.Call the show on Sundays 1:00pm-2:30pm CDT, tell us what you believe and why!-Use your ☎ and call 1-512-991-9242-Or use your 💻 and click https://tiny.cc/callthWe request pronouns as part of the call screening process on our shows, and we display the pronouns our callers provide.  If you see a caller with no pronouns indicated, this is because they chose not to provide us with any, and we respect that decision.Don't like commercials? Become a patron & get ad-free episodes & more:https://www.patreon.com/talkheathentomeThe podcast may be found at:http://tiny.cc/podcastth-------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.https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkheathenfgreddit.com/r/talkheathenNOTES00:00 Intro08:36 Miguel-(UK) | A Confusing Spinoza's God31:59 Lise-(CA) | Why Not Criticize Eastern Religions?49:31 Kat-(ID) | Moving Past Religious Indoctrination1:02:42 Jason-CA | Thank You Talk Heathen!1:09:56 Bill-CA | Nothing Fails Like PrayerSHOW NOTESWelcome to a normal old Sunday here at Talk Heathen. No bunnies or eggs on this show and no “he has risen” junk.  Miguel in England subscribes to Spinoza’s views about god, claiming god is everything that exists in the past, presence and future. What we fail to understand is how you get from the universe to someone creating it, not to mention your claim that god created himself. Atheists don’t have any codes or beliefs and we have searched for many gods, all seem to fail to critical scrutiny.Lise in Canada has seen some other atheists bash abrahamic religions but romanticize eastern religions. Atheists should look into all religions critically but not all atheists are critical thinkers. Most of the callers are christian so this show kind of skews that way. Most of what we encounter is a western version of these eastern religions so they don’t see the history of harm caused by Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.Kat in Indonesia picked the perfect show to talk about the harms of religious indoctrination, they wonder if they can move past that trauma. You CAN change and in fact are currently changing. These ingrained thoughts will be with you for a long time, but you can heal from them. Jason in California called in his thanks to the show for helping him deconstruct his religion. Thanks and congrats for doing the hard work to deconvert!Bill in California shares his experience of losing his faith while watching prayer fail to heal his wife. We’re sorry for your loss and thank you for sharing your story. Happy Co-opting Pagan Holiday Day!Thank you for tuning in, Heathens! Question of the week is: Why didn’t God ban slavery?The views and opinions expressed by hosts, guests, or callers are their own and not necessarily representative of the Atheist Community of Austin.https://www.youtube.com/TalkHeathen is the official channel of Talk Heathen. "Talk Heathen" is a...