{"id":2538,"date":"2015-04-26T22:38:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T21:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2015-04-27T11:37:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T10:37:32","slug":"ep56-matt-dillahunty-aron-ra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2015\/04\/ep56-matt-dillahunty-aron-ra\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep#56 &#8211; Matt Dillahunty &amp; Aron Ra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/RaMattMe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I was lucky enough to sit down with the brilliant\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atheist-experience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Dillahunty<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matt_dillahunty\" target=\"_blank\">@Matt_Dillahunty<\/a>) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aronra.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aron Ra<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aron_ra\" target=\"_blank\">@Aron_Ra<\/a>) at this year&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qedcon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">QED Con<\/a> in Manchester. We discuss the meaning and use of words such as Atheist\/Agnostic. We touch on Humanism, William Lane Craig, Ray Comfort, President Obama and Chapel Hill. We&#8217;ll also hear an explanation and deconstruction of the &#8216;Kalam Cosmological Argument&#8217;, plus much more!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 16.3636360168457px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 25.602560043335px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #111111;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\">Also available on\u00a0<a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #e84747; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/godless-spellchecker-podcast\/id780794967\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a style=\"margin: 0px; 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