Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
HEMANT MEHTA is an author, blogger and activist known online as The Friendly Atheist and also as that guy who sold his soul on EBay!
MARK from Talk Beliefs chats with Hemant about being an atheist activist – as well as his upbringing as part of the Jain religion – one of the world's oldest faiths still in practice to this day.
#jainism #belief #atheism
00:00 START
01:53 Growing Up Jain
06:56 What Do Jains Believe?
11:47 Doubts & Questioning
14:02 Selling His Soul on Ebay
22:14 Atheist Activism
30:05 Reaction from Believers
35:17 Upcoming Projects
LINKS FOR HEMENT MEHTA/THE FRIENDLY ATHEIST
BOOKS
I Sold My Soul On Ebay
Amazon US: amzn.to/3K0ruk3
Amazon UK: amzn.to/36Ou26j
The Young Atheist's Survival Guide: Helping Secular Students Thrive
Amazon US: amzn.to/3LREqch
Amazon UK: amzn.to/35VOe5M
LINKTREE
https://linktr.ee/HemantMehta
#thefriendlyatheist
SITE
friendlyatheist.substack.com
PATHEOS
friendlyatheist.patheos.com
BLOG
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/
FACEBOOK
facebook.com/friendlyatheist
TWITTER
@hemantmehta
twitter.com/hemantmehta
INSTAGRAM
@friendly.atheist
instagram.com/friendly.atheist
YOUTUBE
youtube.com/TheAtheistVoice
youtube.com/friendlyatheist1
Hemant speaks as 2015 Gateway to Reason: bit.ly/3MixOUC
PATREON
patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast
THE FRIENDLY ATHEIST PODCAST
friendlyatheistpodcast.com
Podcast Co-Host Jessica Bluemke
Twitter: @JessBluemke
twitter.com/JessBluemke
RSS: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:126685326/sounds.rss
FOOTAGE:
Chicago, USA Aerial view [4K] - via Hyper-Timelapse Exposure
Chicago Illinois 1980s 8mm Footage - via G Cast
Driving to Downtown Chicago in the late 1990's - via BigRob Chicago_PL
Jain Monks - via alokbard
Lali visits a Jain temple in Potters Bar - via London ki Lali
SEE ALSO:
The JAINpedia project jainpedia.org
Incidental music by the indomitable Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com
Interviews powered by streamyard.com
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TALK BELIEFS: Exploring - and challenging - what and why we believe.
The Talk Beliefs YouTube Channel has been online since 2015 and has been featured on Reggie Yates' Extreme UK for BBC 3 Television. Would you like to help support Talk Beliefs or perhaps tell your own story in an interview? Channel inquiries & direct messages: unchainedmind1@gmail.com
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Thinking about leaving your religion? Need to talk?
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"I love making #talkbeliefs content and appreciate every view, like, and share! Through this channel, people have come to terms with leaving religion, and have taken the first steps to leaving destructive cults. It's my goal to continue to help and educate. Thank you all for your support." ~ Mark :-)
Evolution Soup - The World of Evolution
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Podcast: evolutionsoup.buzzsprout.com
Instagram: instagram.com/evolution_soup
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/evolutionsoup
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#atheism #science #reason #humanism #christianity #evolution #creation #creationism #belief #secular #mormon #freethinker #darwin #humanist #cult #cults #atheist #humanist #mormon #religion #bookofmormon #jehovah #harekrishna #scientology #leahremini #scientologyandtheaftermath #secularism #dawkins #beliefs #creationist #paleo #cultsandextremebeliefs #paleoanthrology #exjw #exmormon #exchristian #exscientologist
HEMANT MEHTA is an author, blogger and activist known online as The Friendly Atheist and also as that guy who sold his soul on EBay!
MARK from Talk Beliefs chats with Hemant about being an atheist activist – as well as his upbringing as part of the Jain religion – one of the world's oldest faiths still in practice to this day.
#jainism #belief #atheism
00:00 START
01:53 Growing Up Jain
06:56 What Do Jains Believe?
11:47 Doubts & Questioning
14:02 Selling His Soul on Ebay
22:14 Atheist Activism
30:05 Reaction from Believers
35:17 Upcoming Projects
LINKS FOR HEMENT MEHTA/THE FRIENDLY ATHEIST
BOOKS
I Sold My Soul On Ebay
Amazon US: amzn.to/3K0ruk3
Amazon UK: amzn.to/36Ou26j
The Young Atheist's Survival Guide: Helping Secular Students Thrive
Amazon US: amzn.to/3LREqch
Amazon UK: amzn.to/35VOe5M
LINKTREE
https://linktr.ee/HemantMehta
#thefriendlyatheist
SITE
friendlyatheist.substack.com
PATHEOS
friendlyatheist.patheos.com
BLOG
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/
facebook.com/friendlyatheist
@hemantmehta
twitter.com/hemantmehta
@friendly.atheist
instagram.com/friendly.atheist
YOUTUBE
youtube.com/TheAtheistVoice
youtube.com/friendlyatheist1
Hemant speaks as 2015 Gateway to Reason: bit.ly/3MixOUC
PATREON
patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast
THE FRIENDLY ATHEIST PODCAST
friendlyatheistpodcast.com
Podcast Co-Host Jessica Bluemke
Twitter: @JessBluemke
twitter.com/JessBluemke
RSS: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:126685326/sounds.rss
FOOTAGE:
Chicago, USA Aerial view [4K] - via Hyper-Timelapse Exposure
Chicago Illinois 1980s 8mm Footage - via G Cast
Driving to Downtown Chicago in the late 1990's - via BigRob Chicago_PL
Jain Monks - via alokbard
Lali visits a Jain temple in Potters Bar - via London ki Lali
SEE ALSO:
The JAINpedia project jainpedia.org
Incidental music by the indomitable Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com
Interviews powered by streamyard.com
**********
TALK BELIEFS: Exploring - and challenging - what and why we believe.
The Talk Beliefs YouTube Channel has been online since 2015 and has been featured on Reggie Yates' Extreme UK for BBC 3 Television. Would you like to help support Talk Beliefs or perhaps tell your own story in an interview? Channel inquiries & direct messages: unchainedmind1@gmail.com
Talk Beliefs - In Association with Evolution Soup (Sister Channel).
Follow @TalkBeliefs on Twitter!
Join the Talk Beliefs Facebook Group bit.ly/2fCRLLF
Follow the Talk Beliefs Facebook Page: fb.me/talkbeliefs
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/talkbeliefs
Instagram: instagram.com/talkbeliefs
Tik Tok: @talkbeliefs
Would you like to become a supporter of the Talk Beliefs YouTube channel? Click HERE ow.ly/vn2v30fVYBx
Talk Beliefs Logo Animation by Zaraza Iulian bit.ly/2ytX4Vt
Royalty Free Music via Purple Planet: purple-planet.com
*****
Thinking about leaving your religion? Need to talk?
Recovering From Religion - Find a worldwide support group:
recoveringfromreligion.org
*****
"I love making #talkbeliefs content and appreciate every view, like, and share! Through this channel, people have come to terms with leaving religion, and have taken the first steps to leaving destructive cults. It's my goal to continue to help and educate. Thank you all for your support." ~ Mark :-)
Evolution Soup - The World of Evolution
YouTube: goo.gl/X19xK6
Podcast: evolutionsoup.buzzsprout.com
Instagram: instagram.com/evolution_soup
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/evolutionsoup
**********
DISCLAIMER:
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
#atheism #science #reason #humanism #christianity #evolution #creation #creationism #belief #secular #mormon #freethinker #darwin #humanist #cult #cults #atheist #humanist #mormon #religion #bookofmormon #jehovah #harekrishna #scientology #leahremini #scientologyandtheaftermath #secularism #dawkins #beliefs #creationist #paleo #cultsandextremebeliefs #paleoanthrology #exjw #exmormon #exchristian #exscientologist
