The Atheist Experience 620 for August 30, 2009 with Russell Glasser and Martin Wagner.
Russell & Martin take lots of callers.

SHOW TIME-STAMPS
00:58- Intro & Announcements - Russell Glasser
8:45- Caesar (theist): near-death experiences, Howard Storm's experience, atheists converted by NDEs, the Devil does not appear in NDEs
30:24- Ken (atheist): does not like the term 'atheist', dialectical materialism, atheism gives legitimacy to theists, Christian groups using false pretenses
41:43- Steve (theist): read the God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, infinite regress, watchmaker argument
58:10- Phil: two questions for Christians: how do we know God isn't Satan, if God gave free will to Humans, why can't we choose not to love him
1:04:44- Winston: recent developments regarding Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification, banning video games, human rights for fictional characters
1:16:00- Richard (atheist): atheism might not be the greatest idea for society, stronger societies have better morals, alternatives to God which encourage community

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