Favorite! Thank you for this discussion. So many great things to ponder, but also, both of you have such a calming and soothing voice, it was relaxing. Some discussions out there are just a lot of yelling and talking over one another. Thank you :)

I'm from the middle-American Boston area with very religious but not evangelical parents, I became an atheist at age 11, and I've met many dozens of atheists in the fifty years since. What I haven't encountered is this "losing my religion" trauma that is common on KZread, Fortunately, my parents are still alive and my atheism has never caused any trouble within the family, but it isn't just me, I have never known an atheist to suffer this "big emotional trauma". Have I been oblivious to the obvious?

I listened to an interesting conversation on another atheistic podcast today. The young, teenaged children of the caller to the show had encouraged the call. The caller insisted that he continued to believe in a deity, despite all lack of evidence for that deity. The reason I'm commenting here is because the teenaged children were apparently atheists or on their way to becoming atheists, and were encouraging their father to "come to the light", as it were. A different dynamic than that which so many people think of.

Okay, now chase up Aron Ra, Dan Barker, Andrew Seidel for future videos.

Wow, what a first guest! Can't get enough of Seth Andrews.

Seth is my all-time favourite Athiest. His speech titled " The God of Cancer " did it for me.

I'm so grateful to have met these two beautiful people at a time in my life when I was ready to really lean in to the truth.

I enjoyed all of Seth's books and I love his podcast. I've actually managed to get on three episodes as a caller, most recently the show about purity culture. I was thankfully raised without religion, a conscious decision by my Catholic-raised folks, but my very first girlfriend, already sheltered because of having a visual impairment (we met at a school for the blind), was definitely also indoctrinated into purity culture. She was and is a devout Christian, already a bone of contention in our relationship, and the fact that my parents were more easygoing than hers in the matter of their children's dating lives also caused some problems for us. So when Seth did the purity culture episode a few months back I called in to share a story that pertained to it.

Amazing! What a fantastic first guest. Congratulations on your new podcast!

So good. The words “rebellious” and “embarrassment” and other experiences resonated strong with me.

More like this please

I call it a BLOOD SACRIFICE DEATH CULT. I love Seth…he’s helped me a lot with his channel. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Seth is so cool. I come from a similar background.

Wow. Seth has a great channel and I can personally relate to what he deals with in his family.

Thank you for making this channel. I had a difficult day feeling lonely in family while I destruct my faith. I appreciate everything that was shared here💚

Seth Andrews- what a radio voice!

Beautiful discussion. Lots of great insights. Very refreshing. One of the best videos i listened on religious deconversion. Fully resonate. Keep on doing what you do. Thank you very much.

Seth is a huge guest for you to land for your inaugural episode. Congrats! Love the 2 episodes so far. Keep it up. From Victoria BC.

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Seth is a powerhouse...glad to see him on your channel. Thankfully I was raised by Catholic atheists so I never had to contend with freeing myself from religion. That said, my family hasn't escaped entirely unscathed on account of Jehovah Witnesses-ism infecting a large part of my family. Growing up around this family schism has always made me acutely aware of the very real harm fundamental religion can pose to people themselves as well as those they care about. Good luck with the channel.