Cherry Picking The Bible | Allan-NY | The Atheist Experience 25.07

SHOW TIME-STAMPS

00:00 Intro and Announcements
05:56 Sarah-OR | An Atheist That Believes In Reincarnation
21:10 Duke-IN | Ouija Board Experiences Opened My Mind
41:34 Manuel-OH | Why Is Atheism Better Than A Religion?
46:17 Noah-OR | The Odds Are Against A Big Bang
57:38 Michael-CA | A Mind-Like God Directing Physics
1:03:17 Patrick-FL | A Non Supernatural God...The Universe
1:11:12 Cliff-MI | Effective Attacks Against The Kalam
1:17:53 Todd-CO | An Internal Method To View Reality
1:26:45 Allan-NY | Cherry Picking The Bible
1:29:58 Chris-CA | Mind Reading Coworkers???
1:34:48 Outro

SHOW NOTES

Welcome back fellow Atheist Experience lovers. Today Matt Dillahunty is Jim Barrows, such a great duo!

Our first caller, Sarah in OR is an atheist but believes in reincarnation and argues that e-meters work to show past lives. There is no scientific basis for e-meters. Sarah has no other evidence than personal experience. We don’t believe in something without any evidence.

Duke in IN claims to be a skeptic but retains belief in god, arguing peculiar experiences with a Ouija board opened his mind. We wouldn’t know the cause of a Ouija board getting every answer right, let alone less impressive examples. Being skeptical means refraining from belief until the claim is demonstrated.

Manuel in OH asks why atheism is better than any other religion. It's not a religion, it's a label for people who do not accept the religious claim. If religions aren’t true and you believe it was a limitation on your life, all belief has a consequence.

Noah in OR is a believer that became a skeptic but argues that the odds are astronomical against the big bang. If the only thing keeping you believing in god because no one has been able to prove god, that's a bad reason. Just because the odds are against something, doesn’t mean that thing didn’t happen.

Michael in CA argues that god is a rational concept and has logical arguments. He goes on to define god as a mind like entity that has the ability to affect physics in a teleological direction. What is a mind-like entity?? If you can’t define it, try again next time.

Patrick in FL claims there is a problem claiming there is not scientific evidence of a supernatural god. Science is not able to investigate the supernatural, because no one knows what it is. If you advocate for a non supernatural god, that is something we can investigate. You defined the universe as a natural god, but the universe is not conscious.

Cliff in MI asks advice about an attack against the kalam, arguing things coming into the universe are just reformulations given that the universe is the thing that came into existence. It could be a good rebuttal but they will try to claim there is something that did not begin to exist.

Todd in CO argues science isn’t the only method to observe reality. There are plenty different methods to view facts of the world, science seeks to minimize the likelihood of being incorrect using rigorous investigation. “True for me” does not sound like a good method to view reality, sounds like a wild ass guess.

Allan in NY asks why we won’t permit cherry picking in the bible. If the bible is the inerrant word of god, you don’t get to pick and choose. Cherry pickers are just basing it on their own preference.

Last up, Chris in CA argues for the supernatural and there is something out there that reads our minds. He tells of a story of having lunch with coworkers, or thought they were coworkers. We were on a good call, or so we thought.

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[wickedchef]

Cherry picking is the reason there are 30k different flavors of Christianity.

[fredworthmn]

WOW! A polite caller who listens to your answers and acknowledges when he is done! Would be nice to have more like him.

[redmed]

I always am dumbfounded so many theists come on this show that seem to have never questioned their religion before in their lives.

[MG-otyr]

The Bible is like a buffet, take what you like and ignore the rest.

[Locust]

"Why can't I commit this logical fallacy to defend this fallacious position?"

[Dan_C]

Cherry picking, the most popular and profusely developed skill among bible believers :))

[benjamintrevino]

Jesus: I am the only way.
Christians: That is so true!
Jesus: Now, sell your possessions and follow me.
Christians: Uh, that's like a metaphor, right?

[mykhalable]

I wouldn't say I cherry pick the bible. Its more like one of those strawberry farms that let you pick all the strawberries you want for $5. Except all the strawberries are rotten

[TenFalconsMusic]

Well, that's 3 minutes Matt & Jim won't be getting back. "Um... mm-kay."

[TallSilentGuy]

Well at least this cafeteria Christian was pleasant and honest in his exchange with Matt. Certainly one of the better callers I've heard in a while.

[OmnivorousReader]

All people are capable of good and bad. Well said, the attempt to make people one thing or another is regrettable

[rileysmall]

if morals come from the bible how come my doggy is so nice?

[lme]

If anything, religious folks are cherry picking the bible. I judge the whole book from cover to cover as immoral.

[stephenc]

Am I wrong, or can this video be summed up as "Christian doesn't know what cherry picking means", or am I just drunk?

[edwardparker]

I have the impression that this caller was asking a genuine question out of as real desire to know the answer rather than, as is pretty much the norm on this channel, promoting his own adgenda, Matt certainly did him the honour of treating him with courtesey by taking his question seriously.

[leskobrandon]

To me, it doesn’t matter if they cherry pick or not, because no amount of text or speech will convince me that a disembodied mind can or does exist, or that (something) can exist beyond reality.

[bellezavudd]

11th commandment -
As I have given you free will, use it to cherry pick my contradictory word.

[peterclancy]

I must be living on another planet because I have never met people like this shows callers!

[kregy]

Lately I have come to appreciate the fact that I live in the Czech Republic and don't meet people like the callers in this show

[wp]

"i'm going to totally annihilate these 2 cretins" 3 minutes later: "or not".