Truth Wanted

In today’s episode of Truth Wanted, MD Aware and Calvin Smith give a repeat caller some deep thinking homework to help reduce his ad hoc claims, before discussing Diquis Spheres and how to prevent the furthering of pseudoscience.

Frequent Caller in TX argues that people who saw god did not actually recognize him as god. How does this equate to everyone needing to believe in god? Have we interacted with god and did not realize it? This is an unjustifiable hypothesis. How is it my problem if I interact with someone or something and not know it is god? What definition of god are you proposing? Are there any non-physical versions of god and how do you know if there is or isn't? Why do you choose the non-crazy things to believe about god? You don’t start with the belief and work backwards to prove it, that is not how science works. How do we know which religion is right? Is there one true god that is the same for all religions and is just called different names? If you threw a box of marbles in the ocean, how do you justify believing that the total number of marbles are both odd and even? If someone shot me, and I just don’t believe in bullets, would I still be okay?

Raven in Central America says that separation of church and state comes from constitutional analysis and asks if Calvin is aware of the Diquis Spheres found in Costa Rica. We can agree these are just super cool circles that humans made. The U.S. has white washed the history of Christianity through genocide and hiding how religion was used as a tool of oppression.

Phil in CA calls to confirm that Calvin is not furthering the pseudoscience of Graham Hancock. Calvin clarifies that he does not agree with Hancock currently, and was something he once followed. Calvin has never claimed to know these things are true, and is on the same page as Phil. Be careful to take context into consideration. We just need this Graham Hancock to call in!

Thank you for tuning in this week! Question of the week is: What is the cause of crop circles?

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Happy New Year from The Atheist Community of Austin! This year we began a new segment called “We Want the Truth,” or as we generically referred to as “question of the week.” This segment is only as good as the comments we get to respond to, and you, the viewers, really rose to the challenge!

Here is a compilation of our ten favorite questions and answers.

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Here are our favorite calls from 2023, what were your favorite calls? Tell us in the comments!

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Welcome to Truth Wanted! Yay, Dan is back and we’re happy he is doing better. Our special guest this week is Blantant Blatheist, joining us from Japan!

First up tonight, Phil in TX keeps getting blocked from outlandish videos/channels. He has taken to posting more outlanding comments to avoid getting blocked. There isn’t one simple way to deal with these outlandish claims. Consider your target audience, you are more likely to affect people on the fence.

Rich in NY has problems with a previous call about animals suffering too much. He argues that we shouldn’t judge how animals are better off. Wildlife conservation and veganism is a tough and multifaceted topic. There are sustainability, moral, ethical, and economic arguments to just get started. Fact is dogs, pigs, cows, etc have near equal to human capacity to suffer.

Andrew in FL claims secular families are more likely to lead to divorce. To double down, he says secularism is causing divorce. Ok, there is a trend showing more secular couple’s divorce. Is that a bad thing though? If someone is unhappy in their marriage, shouldn’t they be able to get out of that marriage? Divorce isn’t a solve-all but it’s necessary in some cases.

This week's “We Want The Truth” segment is: Make a prediction for 2024 that no one would see coming.

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Welcome to Truth Wanted! This week we have ObjectivelyDan and Phil Ferguson taking your calls. We get into prayer, why crypto is a scam, and other issues.


First up is Coop the Coop-Cooper in NY is perplexed why Dan would tell them they could continue praying while deconstructing their belief. Sure, you can pray to anything, anyone, or no one, who cares. Phil brings up the argument that why are believers praying to a god to change the plan created for them. If prayer makes you feel good or helps with life’s stress then go for it. Just don’t mistake it with action, prayer doesn’t help others.

Keith in NJ thinks there may be some legitimate crypto currencies. He gives the example of his friend giving free wifi devices that pays you in crypto for time kept online. Interesting concept but Phil would need to know more about the device and company before advising to join. Who knows, they could be stealing peoples data to sell it.

James in VA, an ex jehovah witness, asks for advice for people leaving religion that you donated all your profits.

Thanks for joining us for the special episode. This week's “We Want The Truth” segment is: What is REALLY in the Egyptian pyramids? Put your answers in the comments to possibly be read on air!

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