Religion is a Mental Illness

Yes, I’ve watched a number of their videos. The full episodes are over an hour, though, and they have more episodes than The Simpsons, so it’s kind of a big undertaking. The show is allowed to be excerpted and reposted by fans, so sometimes it’s easier to watch a clip of a specific caller or conversation than a full episode:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Atheist+Experience

At least from my experience, most of what I’ve seen hasn’t been science-based, it’s been out-bibling the bible thumpers (Matt and Tracie in particular grew up as fundamentalist Xtians and know the bible way better than any caller), or pointing out the logical flaws in one of the stock apologetics (like how everything needs a cause, and therefore must have been created by a god… who somehow doesn’t need a cause).

I admire their patience and willingness to try and walk the caller through the problems in their logic and thought process… even though it usually doesn’t go anywhere (because the bible says that god says the bible says that god says the bible says…). And even though a caller last week brought them the same thing. Just like the week before. And the week before that.

Probably the biggest thing I’ve gotten from them is that why is often more important than what, embodied in their standard question, “what do you believe and why?” That last part seems to either stump or be completely ignored by theists.

For reference, this is their YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCprs0DXUS-refN1i8FkQkdg

This is the show’s site:

http://www.atheist-experience.com

And this is the parent organization:

https://atheist-community.org

FWIW, here’s my tagged posts:

https://religion-is-a-mental-illness.tumblr.com/tagged/The-Atheist-Experience