Truth Wanted

Welcome to Truth Wanted! This week we host two of The Non-Prophets team, Kelley Laughlin and Cynthia McDonald. Maybe we’ll finally figure out the meaning of “spiritual but not religious”.

Chris in WI continues the “Humpy the ghost” story. (I thought Chris was saying HumpTy, oops) You are equating the ghost experience to energy but can’t seem to define what you mean. The points you bring up are questionable and seem to infer electricity to energy. Try to keep an open mind, if you conclude it’s a ghost you aren’t going to be open to other explanations.

Rich in NY thinks we spend too much time arguing specifics regarding miracle claims. He thinks we should challenge theists with praying for “real” miracles. People do accept things too easily. Use the socratic method to suss out if their claim holds up. Confirmation bias is frustrating.

AJ in WA claims he has seen UFOs, sasquatch, ghosts, and other cryptids. Aj goes on to delve into the different tribes of bigfoot. Interesting call, and do call back, but these are just recounting stories.

Top G in TX wants to clarify what people mean by spirituality and says starting by looking into the neuroscience of religion would help. We want to know what people are experiencing when they claim they did something spiritual. Top G defines spiritual as “an inner potential in your consciousness”. The examples you gave don’t point to the supernatural, more so to physiological. Consciousness is a property of the brain, how is that spiritual?

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In today’s episode of Truth Wanted, our super host Objectively Dan is joined by our esteemed guest Aaron Jensen!


Caller #1 is up! Cooper is calling from New York to ask our hosts, how does someone deconstruct without losing hope and dealing with distressing emotions. Dan and Aaron talk about their own process when leaving faith and how to build community and purpose without the trappings of religion. In the words of Aragorn “there is always hope”.


Baked Alaska also coming to us from New York is caller #2! He inquires what compelled us atheists to not believe in a God and what evidence (or lack thereof) shows God does not exist. Baked Alaska does some logical fallacies (appeal to population for example) to prove his point, when as we know dear listener, we need more than opinions and emotions to show something is real, esp. when it comes to a God claim.


Welcome R, caller #3 from the unknown void! He posits that Newton and other scientists of his time, especially during the Enlightenment, had to hide their anti-theist opinions. Perhaps, but we have no proof. Dan and Aaron push back against this opinion based on his own writings and opinions. When it comes to great minds who came before us, unless they state otherwise, we can only wonder what their true position was in regards to a deity existing or not.


Caller #4! Sumartono gives our hosts a ring to discuss atheists vs. theists morality, what does it mean to be moral without a God which leads down the epistemological path of the watchmaker’s argument.


To round out the show, Steven from Mississippi has fallen down the YouTube ancient alien conspiracy rabbit hole. Steven's mind is blown! Though our hosts walk him through obvious questions and encourage Steven to give some pause before concluding aliens made such wonders like the pyramids. He isn't saying it's aliens….


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In today’s episode of the Truth Wanted, Objectively Dan is joined by Secular Student Alliance’s David Bolling.

The show’s first caller Coyote Boy from Texas comes out swinging with the 100th on BS science and people's inclination to take it on authoritative trust. We all have our blind spots and tend to want to believe what makes us feel good. This could include aliens, Bigfoot, bad medical advice and so on. We all need to keep those skeptical hats on to determining the truth.

Caller #2 gives Truth Wanted a ring to have a discussion about food waste which everyone agreed was a problem, ethical hunting, and does this particular practice reduce suffering? Nuisance as always, is always a thing in these conversations.

UFOs! Yes! Arlindo gives the full Truth Wanted experience by telling Kevin and Dan about their UFO encounter. I am not saying they were aliens….but it was aliens.

Tim from Texas is our last call of the show! And he recalls a dream where Slender Man invades his room, and the strange emotions that dreams can evoke. Are sweet dreams made of this? Who am I to disagree?

































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