Hemant Mehta

I wanted to write for an audience that was anywhere from, and, and again, this sounds a bit broad, but a non-Christian who's, you know, wi- just confused over what's going on, to biblical scholars who are in a seminary classroom trying to figure out how to d- you know, name what's going on amongst themselves.

And it's interesting because, like my, the people who have endorsed the book, it's everyone from, you know, Hemant Mehta from Friendly Atheist, to a seminary dean, a- a, to like a Christianity Today writer, to like, you know, Tia Levings, who's in trauma circles.

And so it's like it actually did connect, it has connected with a, a variety of people.

Um, but I wanted to do it in a, in a way that, you know, a language that was accessible, but that also brought the insights that a lot of, you know, the, the experts in these areas have.

But that borrows certain ideas from a Christian worldview.

In fact, I had another debate, [laughs] Brad, with a guy who calls himself the Friendly Atheist, and this was maybe 2019, I think, in Portland.

And it was fun.

It was, it was fair.

Hey, I'm going to play the clip.

I'm going to play the clip by the friendly atheist.

Are you ready?

Yeah, let's do it.

Let's do it.

Okay.

So this is a clip by the friendly atheist, supposedly, quote, analyzing.

You feeling good, Mitch? Analyzing this data.

Comes with helping out a plucky ragtag band of heathens as they try to make sense of our idiocracy as best they can.

Also, a big thanks to Hemant Mehta for covering the story at The Friendly Atheist.

Hemant's headline was a- approximately, "No the fuck it hasn't."

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Right.

So first off, big thanks to Hemant Mehta over at The Friendly Atheist for bringing this to our attention.

Cecil, any sexual harassment you wanna throw Hemant's way?

It never happened.

Hemant Mehta at Friendly Atheist actually did a story on that.

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And most of them we've talked about on the show before, but if you'd like some concrete examples to throw at your Aunt Kathy, be sure to check the show notes.

Friend of the show Hemant Mehta did a pretty thorough rundown, and we're gonna l- have a link in there for his article.

But if you're talking to Aunt Kathy about it anyway, you might wanna focus on the fact that in order to get to 250 accomplishments, they had to include a bunch of aspirational stuff.

Right? Like publishing reports, giving speeches, and launching investigations.

This is Hemant.

And Jessica.

And you're listening to the Friendly Atheist Podcast.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Um, a wonderful question.

Thank you so much, Hemant.

Yep, putting you on the spot.

They do not celebrate birthdays-

It never happened.

Hemant Mehta at Friendly Atheist actually did a story on that.

But coming back to the media, I'm pissed off because I feel like the media in this country has completely absolved itself.

I say completely has in many alarming ways and mass absolved itself of the responsibility.