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This has been bugging me for a while, but hearing Alex in his last podcast has me honestly questioning if perhaps skeptiko is more parody disguised as a serious podcast. The levels of hyperbole are through the roof.
Here are some points I'd love for Alex to clarify, and I should see no problem in him doing so considering his fixation on the atheist community.
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This is the kind of hyperbole I'm talking about. It's just so patently absurd that I wonder if Alex is being serious. What is most likely the case is that they don't want to talk to Alex. But atheists debate non atheists constantly. Matt Dillahunty, whom Alex accused of running away from a discussion (haha) takes live phone calls from ANYONE on his show every Sunday and has done so for nearly ten years. He debates constantly and has challenged William Lane Craig who refused him because he's not a PHD. He has debated on Unbelievable, an excellent Christian podcast which pits atheists against theists every week in some great dialogs. If Alex wonders why some atheists won't get into scientific debates it's probably because of his misunderstanding of what an atheists actually is.
3. On atheists social positions:
How is this possible? What are the "wrong reasons" he mentions? Alex's unwillingness to make sense of this or even discuss it with any depth at all is disappointing.
Here are some points I'd love for Alex to clarify, and I should see no problem in him doing so considering his fixation on the atheist community.
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No. Not bullshit. Ignoring that atheists fall into all kinds of groups with different sets of belief (outside of a non belief in god) is just plain bizarre. This is akin to the stuck on stupid tactics skeptics use, such as "All proponents believe in bigfoot". It's just total garbage, and for Alex to not see that he's just using the same tired approach is really disappointing.Atheism just means a non-belief in God. Bullshit
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None of these guys wanna come on and talk. Atheists don't want to debate this stuff because their goal is really just top be left alone and comfort eachother in their athiestic journey
This is the kind of hyperbole I'm talking about. It's just so patently absurd that I wonder if Alex is being serious. What is most likely the case is that they don't want to talk to Alex. But atheists debate non atheists constantly. Matt Dillahunty, whom Alex accused of running away from a discussion (haha) takes live phone calls from ANYONE on his show every Sunday and has done so for nearly ten years. He debates constantly and has challenged William Lane Craig who refused him because he's not a PHD. He has debated on Unbelievable, an excellent Christian podcast which pits atheists against theists every week in some great dialogs. If Alex wonders why some atheists won't get into scientific debates it's probably because of his misunderstanding of what an atheists actually is.
3. On atheists social positions:
social positions that I find very compatible with my own....are issues that the atheists are on the right side of, even if they're on the right side of them for the wrong reasons.
How is this possible? What are the "wrong reasons" he mentions? Alex's unwillingness to make sense of this or even discuss it with any depth at all is disappointing.
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