Okay, here we got standby.

Three, two, one.

The thinking atheist, it's not a person.

It's a symbol.

An idea.

The population of atheists in this country is going through the room.

Rejecting faith.

Pursuing knowledge, challenging the sacred.

If I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth,

not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish.

And working together for a more Russian world.

Take the risk of thinking for yourself.

Much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.

Assume nothing. Question everything and start thinking.

This is the Thinking Atheist podcast hosted by Seth Andrews. You know it's not easy being a critical thinker. I'm not a critical thinker.

I'm not talking about myself here. I know I'm not a critical thinker. You are listening to a guy who took decades to crawl out of a faith culture that was selling some really wacky claims that I accepted. I just said,

oh, okay, that's true. Fantastic. I just, I just, I was that trusting kid who kind of grew up into a trusting adults.

I really want to do better about that, but I know I'm not a great thinker. I know this. I tell you when I go out and do like a live

event that I'm doing a bunch of them this year. By the way the calendar's

filling up Orlando, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Denver, Sarnia, Ontario, Houston, etc.

A lot of stuff coming up, but sometimes when I go to a new place I am introduced.

Ladies and gentlemen please give a warm welcome to the thinking atheist Seth Andrews.

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