Seth, you are loved! Thank you so much for your show!!!

What an incredibly moving part that was with Cliff. It is wonderful that resources such as this exist for people like him. And not just him but for us all.

I think this is one of the best shows you have ever done. The calls were riveting and brilliantly handled. Thanks for this show.

Seth, I am so glad that you kept going.

What a great show. We all get burnt out at times, no matter how long it takes, we still look forward to your podcast...again, great show.

@TheThinkingAtheist, Believe me, brother, what you do matters. I'm watching this almost a year after it was broadcast, yet it still has MUCH relevance. Since I accepted the fact that i'm atheist, many of my friends have actually questioned their beliefs... & are moving toward a secular and even atheist viewpoint. Thank you, from the bottom, top & sides of my heart. You are a GOOD person. :)

What a beautiful, inspiring episode. Thank you Seth.

Cliff has me in tears. Twelve years later. I hope he and his family are well.

@joshthesarge Josh, Thank YOU for this great Country and your immeasurable contribution to keeping it 'Blessed.' You never see 'God' getting blown to pieces, killed or maimed for us. No God ever stands up in a Humvee blowing away our enemies firing on our soldiers as they drag their buddies out of burning Bradleys. You Bless America, Josh. Thank you.

Podcast are the best part of this channel. Thank you for making these awesome shows.

You're a great man Seth. I think you touched a lot of people's lives. In a very good way. Thank you!

Fantastic show. Very interesting calls and conversations and monologs. You do fantastic work.

I love how there's Steven Fry's voice in the intro; I love him!

I love these long podcasts. I always watch the full thing.

You are making a positive difference in this World - your voice and moral support for those of us in this struggle is invaluable. I sincerely hope that you will remain intrepid in this, your greatest Honor.

First podcast of your I have listen to. I enjoyed it very much. Also that one guys story about the kids. Made me cry. I'm sorry for that guy. Really can not image the pain.

As long as you keep doing these podcasts, I'm happy. You're honestly the only subscription that I regularly check up on to see if you've posted new content. Much love.

Big fan of your work, TTA. Keep it up! The world is listening.

Love the podcast and the videos.. Like that one caller said - there is just so much of this now on YT and the internets, its great! Please don't stop contributing, yours is one of the best podcasts out there.

You're an honourable, compassionate and inspiring man, Seth

I love your podcasts and videos-keep up the great work!!

Cliff's story is just heartbreaking. I'd love to know if you ever heard from him again Seth.

Great podcast, as always! I really wish you had one each week.

As always another winner! Great job!

I'm a recent new listener to your podcasts, and I'm enjoying the hell out of them. I love The Atheist Experience to death, but what I think feels so unique about your show is how incredibly down to earth and relatable it is with some domestic issues that other shows deal very little with. I've fairly recently come out to my mom about my atheism. I don't think she's completely accepted it. There was some crying, wondering "what she did wrong", but we've grown pretty civil on the subject.

"I'm tired of my mind, my body" lol I feel the same & I'm tired of the worlds BS, especially when feeling this world is a waste of its not existent time. Guys like me, you & true spirits are the "Neos" of our time still coming after a fleet of GHAD beings! From my Papyrus & Glyphs in Khemet to the present.......same cycle different time! We must not repeat the mistakes of OUR mothers/fathers. Great stuff, love honour respect & peace to u n urs.

I'm really late to this party (going through the backlog) but... Best show yet! Cliff's call was crazy and inspirational.

The Whatever Show was awesome! (More, please.) And don't worry if you can't make as many shows-- the shows you do make get copied and spread far and wide and will be viewed for many years. Others will learn from your clips and make make their own and spread the information further. You are planting many seeds that will bloom and produce many more seeds.

I don't listen to the show on a regular basis, but I loved the "whatever" show. Please do more of this style.

WOW, the "Whatever" show got REALLY deep. I have never come that close to tears on youtube before.

The ex-preacher, Cliff (I think his name was) nearly had me in tears. It's 2018 and I'd love to know how he's doing now.

This might be my favorite podcast so far..

thank you so much Seth!

There are no words I know that can convey the sence of sorrow I feel when I hear the story of the ex-pastor. "I'm sorry for your loss", just feels so inadequate.

Great show!

Another great podcast sir. Keep up the good work.

Keep posting dudesky, this is wonderful to listen to as i paint. An inspiration indeed. What you do does matter. Lucky for me i live in Prague where the Atheist percentage is roughly 80% ... so if you ever need to escape, then come to Czech Rep.

We love you Mr. Thinking Atheist.

Very good podcast TTA

Hey TTA! I am 17 years old from Denmark, and I have a hobby of writing poems, short prosas and what not. About a month ago I started a blog on blogspot just to see if my work would attract any attention or maybe even a solid fan base since I there have been people telling me how really good I am at writing and rhyming. I just wanted to say that creative people don't need religion to do what they do. I play music as well, and it's pure feelings and entertainment value that drives me!

More than eight years after this broadcast, I will echo some of the comments I have read. I am glad you didn't stop completely. I am similar to the message from a KZread user that you read. Although I wasn't raised in a religious home as I think that user said, I was raised in a home where my parents didn't try to make either my sister or myself believe the way they did. From early on in my childhood, I remember hearing my father refer to TV evangelists as "those churchy mother fuckers," but never mocked my sister who was attending church from an early age...on her own. She and my brother in law still are every Sunday "bible thumpers," but neither she nor my father mock the other's thoughts on the existence of gods. I think my mother is more of a believer than he is, but neither of them would care if I told them "I don't believe in god." They definitely wouldn't react in the way your family has with you or the way a number of callers' families. I am thankful for that, but still think it is necessary for people like you and Aron Ra to do what you do to let them know it's okay to be the person they want to be and not what their parents/family think they should be.

You helped me to find my own voice. Thank you Seth.

Omg I love you Seth!!

"his ways are higher than our ways" loooool yup thats a classic!

I'm just catching up on some of these old podcasts, as well. I didn't know that Dawkins had spread "Welcome to this World." That's amazing! :)

Cliff who I'm sure you all liked and felt for came to the chat after the podcast had ended and said thanks to Seth. He also commented on a post which a member of the TTA group on facebook posted, saying thanks for all the support etc.

Dawkins is virtually flawless. I hope to shake hands with this living legend, this genius, one day.

I am not a wizard of words and far from an icon of inspiration, so I hope that a simplistic message will suffice: Thank you, TheThinkingAtheist.

Happy mothers day to you too!

Do more 'Whatever' shows. They are great.

Greetings from the Philippines!

Definitely do more of these more open ended podcasts. Not that the more structured ones are bad, but the open ended ones just really show a side of people you can't get in a structed podcast.

Love Ya, Seth!

The clip "Welcome to this World" was also used in TROM ("The Reality of Me") - the longest documentary ever (over 12 hours - but seperated into chapters)... just search for "TROM documentary" on the Internet to find it.

Not only are catholic schools publicly funded in Canada but they are often BETTER funded then the public schools. The public high schools I attended were struggling financially. My younger sister attends a catholic high school (same district) which has flat screen TVs in every class room, it's own wind turbine, new text books EVERY year, and so on. I can't even remember half of what she's told me about that place.

I could swear I heard Tylzen call in from Denmark! In fact I am sure! I truly enjoy these podcasts!

I like it :) Well not every time obviously but sometimes you just want to hear of what others say or think.

You and Sam Harris are my top 2 speakers on the subject. I can listen to either of you for several hours. Followed closely by Christopher Hitchens. Then Dawkins, Dennet, Barker, and Thunderf00t round out my study. (Also, on the subject of evolution, I resonate with Kenneth Miller's teaching, although he is not atheist).

No dislikes yet? I'm surprised. Yet again, great job.

Seth likes music that takes him on a journey. Ever listened to Oxygene? Early electronic-generated. Jean-Michael Jarre. You'll very likely have heard parts of it, but the full set is six parts and just under fourty minutes long. Instrumental (despite no actual instruments) and without vocals. Somewhat similar is of course the Tubular Bells set by Mike Oldfield. You'd likely recognise it as the theme from The Exorcist. It's not stuff you'll hear on the radio. I'd love to find more along these lines.

Caller #2: I was a soldier in Iraq back in 2005-2006... What happened there caused me to lose my faith as well. I was a devout Christian prior to my deployment and came home an agnostic (and eventual atheist). I'm incredibly sorry about your son. Please feel free to message me if you need someone to talk to. Take care, man.

You're into orchestral soundtrack music? Awesome! That's my favorite kind of music too! I don't really know any other "soundtrack fans", so it's great to finally hear there's someone else out there. :) I also greatly enjoy Verdi's Requiem, which could easily be described as religiously inspired, but the fact is Verdi was a nonbeliever! It just shows you don't need to be religious to enjoy - or compose - religious music.

very good do more

keep up the good work from your friend from brazil:

you are the speakeasy to my thirst for atheistic community and rapport.

9:00 Those Goosebumps man.

I laughed. I cried.

Wow, as horrible as it sounds I'm almost never effected by grief stories. But my heart goes out to that guy, I've never been a believer & I don't have any kids so I cannot even begin to imagine what he has been through.

Wow, Seth... Big kudos on the Dawkins bump! That's impressive indeed. :)

I understand what you mean about the music. I have a friend who plays bass in a Christian metal band, and I've also become friends with his bandmates. I enjoy their music because they're really good musicians. One of my friends put it really good; "They're too good to be a Christian band." I've gone to their concerts all the time, and I've found some people there that, even though they're in christian bands, they're really good musicians.

@DTiberius Congratulations. That must have been difficult to have kept your skepticism about your family's religion within for as long as you did. If you don't mind me asking, how long did it take you for you to come out to your family and what was the initial factor that had you questioning your faith?

I really liked the "Whatever" show.

thumbs... all the way up

love the show. wondering if other people make video's and send them to you? might be a good idea to get some other videos up? youd have to check them first obviously.

love Seth, not a fan of his Podcasts but this one has a good message for the community

TA: Ok, I'm just gonna call you Bob I LOL d!!!

I vote more whatever shows!

lol, i took a look at the pirillo live cam, the ad that came up - Meet Christian singles -. Made me laugh

As I tuned in for this episode, I couldn't help but notice that the "A" in the light bulb of the logo is reminiscent of the Star Trek insignia from The Next Generation series. *my inner geek grins*

@SoullessConviction I was still wiping away tears when I heard that, and busted out laughing too. But damn... who can I tell it to??? It is extra fun when a clever comment like that just blindsides me. And that one did. LOVE it. (Cliff Schrauger)

@genext7 I can't express how huge this was for me. I am so thankful I was able to get through. (Cliff Schrauger)

That logo looks a bit like the old Star Trek logo. I like it.

You increased the quality, Woo hoo!

The Whatever Podcast was great seems like it works, bu if a subject pops into your head then so be it too.

Keep the whatever format. I also like the shows with a theme but it's cool if you can do both.

I was put off this at first because of his voice, it reminded me of Glenn Beck, but the content is actually good.

Seth, what's your favourite movie? just curious...

Mexico, Demark, Poland, New Zealand, then Canada! Wow I don't we feel loved lol

"Whatever" works for me.

After 45 yrs of being an atheist, I have had to argue and debate thousands of theists everywhere I go. It is very tiring but what keeps my juices flowing is that the outcome is worth all the work and frustration. Eventually, these folks who refuse to reason or connect with their logical mind, have to come to one conclusion, no gods. Just like Easter Bunnies, Mother Geese, Tooth Fairies, Santa, etc.they are all fairytales made up by Man. No matter how frustrating, this needs to happen.

gj guys, keep it up mates!

ride on atheist brothers.

@lonewolfM16 I was in a School run by my local Catholic church until grade 7, was well aware and knew the basics of evolution by then, I'm in Newfoundland, Canada

I wonder if, perhaps, spending eternity burning in hell is better than spending eternity rehashing these same arguments over and over again. "I don't know. I'm not Dr. Phil." That's a good thing. Personally, I think this format was awesome. I would like to hear a podcast about how things are improving for atheists in the US, and elsewhere in the first world, as well as how this compares with the third.

@DarkOrion09 Well, what I was agreeing with and/or referring to was that atheists HAVE a community whether we admit it or not. It's not so much that any of us purposely TRY to "group" atheists, but becuz we DO share a lack of belief, make the same arguments in debates and, often times, go thru similar experiences due to our atheism, there is a comradery amongst us and I don't think we should be so allergic to the idea.

First of all Seth,you've done so many great videos if you can't produce them at the rate you have for the last few years it's more than forgivable. Please feel free to take time off to have fun! As for future Podcasts; I have two suggestions for guests. Bart Erhman would be brilliant. Tim Callahan who "The Secret History of the Bible",and "Bible Prophecy:failure or fullfilment". I have read the first,and it's a great debunking of the Bible. He writes for Skeptic magazine as well.

The Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, is an Atheist. Whilst the Prime Minister of Australia is the leader of the the party of that wins the most seats in the the parliament, elections in Australia are increasingly about the leader of the party. Gillard's Atheism was well publicised in the lead up to the election which her party won in August of 2010.

yup. as the first oficial pope, his was the word that was taken over everyone else even if the records everywhere else says something diferent

@PantherPassant - i second those suggestions. i've read books by both of them. i have Bible Prophecy: failure or fulfillment on my shelf.

@GordonIatiMusic "if there is a god, what created him? and if he always existed, what's so wrong about thinking the universe always existed?