Deep Thoughts: I did not realize Atheist TV was still a thing

Saturday, January 10, 2015

I did not realize Atheist TV was still a thing

I took a break from blogging for about six months. I’m back at it now, but in a less intensive way. In the time I was gone, I kept up on things happening in the movement via reading. I was surprised today when I was reminded of AtheistTV. I did not realize it was still a thing. I had not seen anything about in the media for at least six months. I thought it came and went like all bad ideas do. But no… it’s still around and still playing re-runs of cable access TV shows.

When I first watched the channel back in August of 2014, I thought it was a premature concept. It’s still premature, but now we can also add stale. Why are the slotting low-quality video programs? I like the podcast version of the Atheist Experience well enough, it’s a good way to waste an hour while commuting around LA, but who wants to watch two talking heads while they chat up a caller? Why must I watch a show I can get via Youtube or a podcast? Why is there no new content? Why is there no original content? Why would people sit in front of their PCs to watch this via a published schedule when the content is available on demand via Youtube and other services? It makes no sense.

When I tuned in today, I was struck by the thought that I may have watched the same Atheist Experience that last time I watched I fired up the show. I don’t think AtheistTV is a thing. I think it might have died in birth.

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Jack 119p · 538 weeks ago

I had a similar thought recently in that I wasn't sure AtheistTV was still around. I've heard nothing about it since the debut. If they are still running old footage available on YouTube, I'm sure glad I didn't get a Roku just to be able to watch it.

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Mojoey 107p · 538 weeks ago

The think I dislike the most about AtheistTV and the Atheist Movement by extension, is this tendency towards presenting ourselves poorly. I have a local group nearby that insists on putting up confrontational billboards, protesting outside churches and going to public tourist spots to try and convert Christians to atheism. The do little if any good works, so the image they present is illogical. The message is, "Covert and join us making fun of believers." It is as if they are stuck in high school. AtheistTV is the same thing. Instead of producing content the can be used to show how to live without gods, we focus on confrontational content that only appeals to atheists.

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Jack 119p · 538 weeks ago

About 10 years ago, I would have been one of those to whom the confrontational stuff would have appealed. I would have been (and was) far more interested in that than anything else. This is much less true of me today, but I suspect that there is always going to be a segment of atheists for whom this will be a good fit. That's probably okay but I'm certainly with you in not having much interest in it now.

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