SHOW NOTESIn today’s episode of the Talk Heathen, Katy Montgomerie and Student Doctor Ben amaze you with their switching of accents, knowledge of innate beliefs, genomes, what makes a person trans, the blind intelligent designer, and general purpose of the show. Vaclav from CZ describes a study claiming children have an innate belief in a prime mover that is one god. How do you get a control group for this with the children never having been taught anything prior? It is interesting that many societies have come up with some kind of god but there are huge differences between these gods. Many cultures also got to a flat earth model. If god were real, why would some cultures be given wrong information? Billy in TX presents the following syllogism: The genome contains algorithms and these algorithms require intelligence so therefore the genome requires intelligence. Where in this process do we obtain the code and how is this code processed? What is the difference between the most basic chemical reaction and DNA? Chemical reactions and almost everything could be described as algorithms. What forces are in play that cause DNA to follow a pattern? Calling the genome a code is an oversimplification. Otavio from France would like to know what makes people trans. If we do obtain this knowledge, where do we go from there? This can end up gatekeeping people, because if someone does not meet the criteria for trans, we may end up not giving them the support needed. There could be horrific results of obtaining this knowledge because there are a lot of people with power that are invested in creating a world without trans people. The important thing to remember is even if being LGBTQ were a free choice, it is still morally neutral. Tibor in NY wants to know what the purpose of the show is. We are not just debating the people who call in; there is a whole side show. Doctor Ben shares that he deconverted as a result of these shows. Working with all these topics can help give the audience develop critical thinking. We are also showing other atheists that we are here taking on callers head on. We provide a community to people who don’t know any other atheists. There are people out there that support you. TYmm in WA calls to say that it seems like the intelligent designer is blind. If you are an all powerful being with infinite powers, why would you put together something as sloppy as a human? Adam and Eve could have been millipedes. Maybe there is a team of engineers designing humans with a committee that can’t agree on anything. Thank you for tuning in this week and please remember our essential workers. For the question of the week, fill in the blank: I made a deal with the Devil, and all I got was______.