I gave a speech on atheism at my college enjoy!

hillbillyatheist

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today I gave a speech in a class at my college on atheism.

below is a video that combines the powerpoint slides with the audio recording of me giving the speech. as well as at the end, I stuck a picture of me giving the speech and an HBA website logo.

enjoy!

www.hillbillyatheist.com/HBA-atheism-speech.mov

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NeuralLick · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:52 am Post subject:

It's a really concise and well-done lecture, HBA. I don't think you come across as "arrogant" or any of the other stereotypes that might typically be made.

I like how you summed up a lot of the key points by dividing them up, one per slide (i.e. atheism as a default, the Argument from Design, etc.).

My only criticism is that one doesn't have to "believe" that the universe has always existed in some form or another. Existence is logically axiomatic. Nothing can "cause" existence without already having had existed. And it's interesting that the most famous theologians, Augustine and Aquinas, both believed in creation ex nihilo.

P.S. Bahaha, Michael Jackson.
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rock · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:52 am Post subject:

Little comment on the one god further thing. While I think this is a great way to explain our lack of belief you have to consider that some people don't believe in Thor because they believe Jesus is God. But I'm going to assume you talking to a philosophically inclined peoples so it's probably alright.

lol why do men have nipples, very nice simple example.
omg lmao Michael Jackson.

Great show, very easy clear and straight to the point.
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physik · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:02 am Post subject:

Well done, HBA
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Klarky · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:01 am Post subject:

Nice one HBA I thought that was good. Cool

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monty · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:01 am Post subject:

Critical response:
Overall I thought this was good. However, you do tend to read your bullet points, which is the cardinal sin (HA!) of power point presentations.

Try to phrase them a bit differently than you speak them out.

Non-critical response: Michael Jackson? Hilarious. This thing was pretty good. Nice work.
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natural · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:26 am Post subject:

Hey man, that was a fantastic summary of some really great points! When are we going to see the hillbillyatheist channel on YouTube???? This would be perfect for it. Very Happy

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hillbillyatheist · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject:

thanks for the kind words. I emailed dan barker this morning with a link to my video, and he emailed me back and said he loved it! I feel so flattered! (dan is one of my heros)

hillbillyatheist · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject:

the rational response squad just posted my video on youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68X1wbKHX34&eurl=

monty · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject:

HBA - how did this go over in your class? You never really said.

Did anyone comment or ask questions, etc?
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hillbillyatheist · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:30 pm Post subject:

well the girl you hear at the end said I did a good job. the class smiled and snickered at my jokes, but that's about it. I plan to ask the professor tomorrow, what the comments were about me. (as each of us give our speeches on our chosen topics, the fellow classmates are to make comments on you to turn in.)

he may not tell me, but maybe he will, if i assure him, that I don't want names, i just want the gist of their responses, and want to know whether it was positive or negative.

monty · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject:

Good luck with that - if you get responses post them. It would be interesting to see.
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hillbillyatheist · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:37 am Post subject:

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Will do Wink

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SteveInSF · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:35 am Post subject:

Good job HBA. What is the subject of this class?
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hillbillyatheist · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:23 am Post subject:

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