Atheist Roundtable

Can there be a reasonabe grounding of moral principles without objective moral standards?  If there are objective moral laws, does that not follow that there is an objective moral law giver?  How does an atheist even say that one thing is good and another is evil?  Does the atheist have to stand on the lap of god to slap him in the face? Nope.  Not even close.  Join me as I rip this bunch of nonsense to shreds.  Isn't it obvious that moral principles are NOT objective?  Isn't is obvious that moral laws are imaginary?  Atheists judge things are good and bad on the merit they present. Plus, I'll discuss my Theory of the Moral Faggot.  You'll have to tune in to figure that out!   Plus, your calls. Equals audible ear-gasmic times!!

When my wife and I met, neither one of us was an atheist.  Today we both are.  Even so, our apostasies never really merged.  These were two people who happened to arrive at the same conclusion at about the same time.  We got lucky.  Some people find themsleves in the opposite situation. I'll talk about the few times my path out of religion crossed my wife's path.  I'll tell her story as best I can.   Plus, my recent interfaith activity. Plus, your calls. Equals more fun than you can imagine.

What should non-theists call themselves?  What's in a name?  Atheist?  Agnostic?  Bright?  Freethinker?  Pastafarian?  Non-believer?  Non-theist?  Non-religious?  Humanist?  Skeptic?  Rationalist?   How do we choose the label we use? Join me as I tell you why I'm an atheist, not an agnostic.   I'm going to have to talk about some current events that got stuck in my head.  Here are links to the stories: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/11/hobby-lobbys-1-3-million-obamacare-loophole/?hpt=hp_t2 http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/09/washington-national-cathedral-to-wed-same-sex-couples/ http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/10/giglio-bows-out-of-inauguration-over-sermon-on-gays/?hpt=po_t1     Plus your calls. Equals 50% more non-belief than the leading brand podcast!

Most of the atheists I know were once believers.  if you are or ever were a beleiver, you had a salvation story.  God spoke to you.  Jesus hugged you.  I felt grace flow down my back cleansing me of sin.   What happens to the salvation story once a person loses faith? how come some people hold to these stories and some people let them go?  What's an atheist to do with a salvation story? Plus, your calls. If you had a soul, it would want you to listen.

Let's talk about sex.  I grew up in a super catholic family.  I was a true believer all through high school.  I remember being a teenager and telling my friends they would burn in hell for having sex outside of marriage.  This is my background. When I was leaving, the most difficult part to leave behind was the sexual repression I had imposed on myself.  Allow me to share this story, and how I moved from the shackles of religion, to the much more enjoyable forms of bondage. Plus your calls. If that doesn't equal ear-orgams, nothing does.

This episode is dedicated to Felicia, my wife.  She graciously introduced me to a whole slew of wacky, crazy, and old lore surrounding the winter holiday that most people have no idea even exists. Sure, you know Santa, Rudolf, and Frosty.  Who are Yule men?  The Spank-meister?  Christmas poo ISN'T just from South Park? Join me as I explore these just plain nutty myths about the holiday christians want to claim is all their own. Plus, your calls.  

Homeopathy Acupuncture Chiropractic What do these things hae in common?  They are WOO!!  None of these things are actual medicine.  None really work.  These "alternative" remidies bilk people out of millions of dollars every year.  Why?  Why do people buy into this nonsense?   Join me as we dive head-first into this crap-pile of woo.   Plus, your calls.   Equals super mega-awesome dragon orgasms! This episode included quotes that can be found at www.whatstheharm.net

What is free will?  Do we have it?  Is it imaginary?  What do we do with it? Believe it or not, I've lost atheist friends arguing over free will.  I hope I won't lose you, but I might. Join me as I try to violate my own free will by exercising my free will. Plus your calls.  You must call.  You have no choice. Like this show on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/AtheistRoundtable?ref=hl Friend me:  https://www.facebook.com/andrewtheatheist Read me:  http://andrewtheatheistsblog.blogspot.com/  

I figure it's time to get to it.  Counter-apologetics.  What do atheists have to say when faced with the arguments we get from believers?  How do we respond to the most common arguments?  Is there even a point to discussing it? I figure I'll start with the end:  TAG, or the transcendental argument for god, or presupposition.  It's the end-game argument, the fall-back, the fail-safe.  Or is it just a carpet bomb of nonsense? There's no way I'll cover all of TAG in 30 minutes, but let's give it a shot.   Plus your calls, which would make this episode epic. Like this show on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/AtheistRoundtable?ref=hl  

Can we go a week without some GOP nutcase saying something stupid about women?  By the time this episode runs, the election will be upon us.  How does the religious right view women?  Should the single mother feel hurt or angry about the position the religious take on feminism? Plus, your calls.   Equals auditory nerve orgams!

My aunt died recently.  I went to the wake.  I went to the VERY Catholic funeral and burial.   This episode, I want to look at death.  Is death scary for the atheist?  Does no belief in an afterlife leave us hopeless?  We don't think we will be reunited with passed loved ones in some far off distant land.  Does that make funerals that much more sad? Join me as I discuss life and death on the Atheist Roundtable!

I wish I could avoid it, but this being an election year and all, I cannot avoid a show dedicated to me btiching about politics.  There are a few things I just have to vent and this is when I'm going to do it! Plus, your calls. Equals more awesomeness than your auditory nerve can handle.

I'll be officating my first wedding this weekend.  I'll talk about the expirience, and what marriage means to the atheist.    Plus, other random thoughts that come to mind. Plus, your calls.

I hear all the time:  "Why do atheists always talk about god?  For not believing in something, they sure do talk about god a whole lot!!"   Why DO athesists talk so much about god?  What is all this ado about nothing?    PLUS:  other thoughts from my brain. PLUS:  your calls!

It's really going to happen!!  A new Episode.  This time, I mean it! Still have nothing in particular to talk about, so call in and give me what for!