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Truth Wanted

Summary: WHAT IS TRUTH WANTED?Truth Wanted is a show about getting to the bottom of beliefs, whether it’s karma or Christ, Bigfoot or crystals. Truth Wanted would like to know how you know it’s true. Hosted by ObjectivelyDan, Truth Wanted takes calls from the community (that means YOU!) and features new guests every week, emphasizing thorough conversations over name-calling and scoffing (most of the time). Truth Wanted focuses on how and why people believe what they believe, and how you can talk about beliefs in more effective ways. Join us for truth investigations and lively conversations every Friday 7-8:30pm CT 1-512-686-0279

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 Truth Wanted 06.17 4-28-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and The Valiant Heathen | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4882

Truth Wanted 06.17 4-28-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and The Valiant Heathen

 Truth Wanted 06.16 4-21-2023 with Jon The Skeptick and Secular Rarity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4864

Truth Wanted 06.16 4-21-2023 with Jon The Skeptick and Secular Rarity

 Truth Wanted 06.15 4-14-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Apostate Ashley | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5600

It’s Friday! You know what that means? We want the truth! Our incomprehensible host Objectively Dan is joined with our guest Apostate Ashley of The Clergy Project.Joe from CA calls into our show to relay his experience with shadow people in his home. Now, call us skeptical but seeing things in the dark proof of the paranormal? Of the devil? Dan and Ashley try to get to the bottom of this claim and if we should believe in the spooky stuff.Jim in NJ gives us a call to inquire why don't Dan and Ashley believe in the Bible? Oh let us count the ways! Ashley and Dan explain why the bible is immoral and how God may be a genocidal dictator and why should anyone believe in him. Does might make right? If you are quirking an eyebrow, you are on the right track. Also, the Biblical flood apologetics…yay…Alex in CA discusses why the God of the Old Testament is a false God. Also, look at the trees man! Intelligent Design should be obvious, so why isn’t it? Because pretty things=God, right? Maybe God’s perfect design isn’t so perfect.

 Truth Wanted 06.14 4-7-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Kelley Laughlin | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5318

Welcome back to another episode of Truth Wanted! This week’s episode is hosted by ObjectivelyDan and Kelley Laughlin.T from MO is calling to present sentientism as a more complete alternative to humanism that goes beyond a limited human or human-like moral system.Todd from FL wants to discuss some reasons why Jesus cannot be the atoning sacrifice that Christians hold him up as. Great points.Brandt from WI asks our hosts if they are familiar with the deistic concept of the universe as God’s corpse.

 Truth Wanted 06.13 3-24-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Jimmy Jr | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5257

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 Truth Wanted 06.12 3-24-2023 with Kelley Laughlin and Student Doctor Ben | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5076

In today’s episode of the Truth Wanted with Kelley Laughlin & co-host Student Doctor Ben. Natasha asks the hosts without religion, how do psychopaths maintain morality? Dr. Ben and Kelley dissect how logic really can help us dictate our moral behavior vs. fears in the supernatural. Also, finding the humanity and mental health avenues for people who have anti-social and/or psychopathic behaviors.Xavier claims that his practice of Che Gong healed him from ailments and improved his mental health. Is this the miracle cure? Or is it all placebo? Student Dr. Ben weighs in.Noah searches for meaning as he works through his deconversion from religion. Without faith, how do we bring meaning to our lives? What is the path you follow? Noah and the hosts through kindness, ask honest questions on how we choose meaning in our lives without belief.Jeff wonders about intersexed people. Can a person be born without a certain set of chromosomes? Could Jesus be intersexed? The science of Jesus’ conception has some flaws. Student Doctor Ben drops some fact bombs with this thought experiment.Simon deals with the cognitive dissonance of believing in reincarnation yet knowing logically it makes no sense. The hosts and Simon ask how do we deal with these feelings of belief yet knowing it has no basis in reality. Trigger warning: gender dysphoria and mental health.Blake inquires how our hosts when presented with homeopathic “studies” ,fishy evidence, and pseudo-scientific claims: what do we do, the process of the scientific method, and how correlation is not causation.

 Truth Wanted 06.11 3-17-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Tom Benson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4593

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted, hosted this week by ObjectivelyDan and Tom Benson!First up is Will from IN asking if there is any credence to the David Wilson notes or secret government programs dedicated to communicating with extraterrestrials.Slave of Christ from TX wants to discuss the correlation between the consumption of junk food and hyper-sexuality. Buildings have been getting taller over the generations, is there a correlation between building height and the existence of LGBTQ+ people?James from WA has some items questionably not where they are expecting them to be, and wants to know how one can go about ruling out ghosts.

 Truth Wanted 06.10 3-10-2023 with MD Aware and Helen Greene | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4362
 Truth Wanted 06.09 3-3-2023 with ExXtian Erin and Phoebe Rose | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4687

In this weekly episode of Truth Wanted, Exxtian Erin is joined by Phoebe Rose. On today’s show, religious deconstruction, Jesus’ love, aliens among us, and answer that burning question: are trans people fraudsters? (spoiler alert: no!)00:00 Intro01:44 WWTT: Best Pickup Line EVER!04:01 Phoebe Talks About Her Adventures in Woo Woo in Housing Safety15:08 How Phoebe Went from Judaism to Skepticism22:25 The New Age Stop, Religious Trauma, & Deconstruction28:31 Patron of the Week-Matthew Scholtes29:12 Phil-TX | The Alien Question40:38 Bobby-TX | Nefarious UAPs?57:05 Amanuel-TX | Why Won’t Atheists Accept Jesus Loves Them?1:23 Jon-CA | Are Trans People Fraudsters/s? SHOW NOTESWelcome to Truth Wanted Truth Seekers! Your hosts ExxtianErin & PhoebeRose will be taking your calls and talking about whatever strikes their fancy. Phil from TX asks are we alone in the universe or if there are aliens, what does that mean? Something, something, plausibility, and the Fermi Paradox. Are humans the special snowflakes in the universe? Ponder. Ponder.Bobby from TX talks about the UAPs shot down by the military. What does it mean? China spies? Weather balloons? Or something out of this world? Also, try the poutine! Oh Canada!Amanuel from TX talks about preaching in public places and why they are just trying to tell us about the Lord. This is real love, right? And why don’t secularists realize religious people are just trying to help them see the light? You can be the “chosen one” if you just believe! Also, Phoebe poses the inquiry, what if you are Jewish? Hmm…there’s a pickle.Jon from Canada wonders how anyone can experience gender dysphoria. Because he is the most perfect form of masculinity. Phoebe has some pointed questions and a dose of reality for him.

 Truth Wanted 06.08 2-24-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Demonstryde | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5251

Truth Wanted 06.08 2-24-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Demonstryde

 Truth Wanted 06.07 08-27-2021 with ObjectivelyDan and Scott Dickie | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5368

Truth Wanted 06.07 08-27-2021 with ObjectivelyDan and Scott Dickie

 Truth Wanted 06.06 02-10-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Mark Solomon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4903

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 Truth Wanted 06.05 02-03-2023 with Jon The Skeptick and Godless Engineer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5720

Hey Truth Seekers! Welcome to another episode of Truth Wanted, hosted this week by Jon the Skeptick and @godlessengineer!Jon from Canada wants to know what the hosts think of pascal’s wager? Pascal’s wager isn’t strictly a question for atheists, its also applicable to theists.Bernard from Canada, an expert on evolution, wants to know the name of a specific transitional fossil from human evolution.Julachak from NY wants to define what it means to be a mystic and I am going to try to sumarize it. Pray for me: You can read a lot of hoofoo and kind of woo sort of things and definitions about what it truly means to be a mystic, but really it really means in psychological terms is to make spiritual things philosophical and logical, then add science. Susan from AL made a post on Facebook referencing the Israel/Palestine conflict and was called anti-semitic and wants to know if maybe they went to far with their post.Sarah from IA had an experience where an elevator door opened with no one inside. The caller wants to know possible explanations for why this happened.Randi from New Zealand is concerned that religion has and will continue to slow science and medical advancement. It does sure seem to have a history of it.Katelyn from AL had an experience where their son was mis-diagnosed with cancer by a machine and the family claims the caller is disrespecting God by taking this “win” away from him.

 Truth Wanted 06.04 1-27-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Kelley Laughlin | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5428

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 Truth Wanted 06.03 01-20-2023 with ObjectivelyDan and Zachary Shedd | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5333

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