Special Guest Russell Glasser! | Skeptic Generation | Episode 23 Season 2

Coming out of retirement to join Eric today, Russell is a veteran to the call in show format. We're sure this is gonna be good! Please call in to share your beliefs and talk to us about what you believe and why: 585-526-8774 or tiny.cc/callSG.

Follow Russell on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/RussellGlasser
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TIME STAMPS & CALL NOTES
00:00 - Intro
03:12 - Russell Needs To Talk… about Roe v. Wade
33:04 - Are Atheist Religions & Rituals Good? - Steve (any/all) - NY
42:48 - Do Agnostics Have Impossible Standards of Evidence - Joe (he/him) - KS
59:19 - Russell Stomps Xeno’s God Claims - Xeno (he/him) - SK
1:17:03 - Magic Is True Because… Drugs? - David (they/them) - NC
1:29:03- Superchats

00:00
We welcome Russell Glasser back on live air, and he needs to talk. He does a deep dive on the Christian Right’s fight against reproductive choice, explaining how we got to the current leak regarding the Roe v. Wade decision will impact the United States.

Are you interested in doing something? Check out the community action idea generator that Vi built for inspiration: https://perchance.org/community-action-idea-generator

33:10
This caller asks whether atheists using religion and ritual to fight Christian extremists is a good thing. Eric thinks that it works well and is effective, while Russell wonders if it’s just a little too trolly. If you’re interested in the kinds of religions discussed here, check out some of the links below:

“Hail Satan?” documentary of the Satanic Temple: https://youtu.be/27RtJp-rhHk
Vi discusses the Church of Prismatic Light: https://youtu.be/Nnz3jeA_MPk

42:54
Do agnostics and atheists have an impossible standard of evidence? If requiring a modern autopsy of the dead body of Jesus Christ prior to his resurrection is the only thing that will convince you of Christianity, are you basically admitting your position is unfalsifiable? The hosts have thoughts… What would convince them?

59:42
The software programmers geek out… until one of them (spoiler: not Russell) says he thinks that God probably exists because “How can you know for sure He doesn’t?” This is a classic argument from ignorance, but Xeno will not be deterred! Eric makes some killer points, and Russell is profoundly unimpressed. This is cathartic.

Check out previous calls with Xeno:

- God is Like An NFT: https://youtu.be/kHcDKiWk_Ds
- I Can’t Prove God, But You Should Believe Anyway: https://youtu.be/PNNxwNF8Yns

1:16:40
Is magic like voodoo functionally true? Is there a difference between the supernatural and the preternatural? Is this linked to mental health in some way? What about drugs? We are all very confused, but we enjoyed the West World references.

General request: Please don’t turn mental illness or neurodivergence into “magical experiences,” that’s generally a really bad idea.
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