The Atheism Episode | Episode 83 | Everything is Everything

What is atheism? Is it a belief system? Is it political? Don't we need religion in our lives?

Welcome to Episode 83 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.

In this episode, Amit describes the thought processes that led to him becoming a non-believer -- and busts common myths around atheism.

Note: Amit and Ajay have launched their online course LIFE LESSONS. Click here to sign up: https://lifelessons.co.in/

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 Packaging
00:13 Intro: Why Atheism?
02:34 Chapter 1: Atheism is Not a Belief But an Absence of Belief
06:24 Chapter 2: Atheist & Agnostic
12:09 Chapter 3: Why Religion Exists
26:51 Chapter 4: New Atheism and the Four Horsemen
38:20 Chapter 5: Closing Thoughts

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES:
1. Amit on Twitter:   / amitvarma  
2. Ajay on Twitter:   / ajay_shah  
3. The Seen and the Unseen -- Amit's audio podcast: https://seenunseen.in/
(Also on all podcast apps. And YouTube, though less than 1% of listens come from here:    / @theseenandtheunseen  )
4. Ajay's organisation, XKDR Forum, on YouTube:    / @xkdr  
5. In Service of the Republic -- Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah: https://amzn.eu/d/hwGILb3
6. The Art of Clear Writing -- Amit's writing course: https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/
7. The India Uncut Newsletter -- Amit's newsletter at https://indiauncut.substack.com/
8. Life Lessons -- a course taught by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah: https://lifelessons.co.in/
9. A Godless Congregation (2014) -- Amit Varma: https://indiauncut.com/a-godless-cong...
10. What’s Consolation For An Atheist? (2008) -- Amit Varma: https://indiauncut.com/whats-consolat...
11. Falsifiability: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifi...
12. The Moral Animal -- Robert Wright: https://amzn.in/d/3fZzJ07
13. The Selfish Gene -- Richard Dawkins: https://amzn.in/d/4fBdA7o
14. The Euthyphro Dilemma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyph...
15. The Categorical Imperative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...
16. Utilitarianism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilita...
17. Virtue Ethics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_...
18. The God Delusion -- Richard Dawkins: https://amzn.in/d/4Ot6EtH
19. The End of Faith -- Sam Harris: https://amzn.in/d/0ogRp91
20. Flying Spaghetti Monster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_...
21. Don't Insult Pasta (2007) -- Amit Varma: https://indiauncut.com/dont-insult-pa...
22. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil — Hannah Arendt: https://amzn.eu/d/csGQ4Me

Produced by Amit Varma
Shot by Vaishnav Vyas & Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / vaishnav.vyas  
Edited by Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / nomsitaharitashya  
Thanks to Gaurav Chintamani for helping with sound:   / gaurav_chintamani  
Chapter image by Simahina:   / i_am_simahina