{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":3.302,"endTime":8.852,"body":"Hello, and welcome to the 10th"},{"startTime":3.302,"endTime":8.852,"body":"episode of The Bearded Mystic Podcast"},{"startTime":9.092,"endTime":11.402,"body":"and I'm your host, Rahul N Singh."},{"startTime":11.732,"endTime":15.182,"body":"Thank you for joining today and"},{"startTime":11.732,"endTime":15.182,"body":"for taking out the time to either"},{"startTime":15.182,"endTime":18.152,"body":"listen or watch this podcast episode."},{"startTime":18.442,"endTime":22.772,"body":"Today we're going to be talking"},{"startTime":18.442,"endTime":22.772,"body":"about whether there can be a world"},{"startTime":22.772,"endTime":27.752,"body":"without God and, what are the benefits"},{"startTime":22.772,"endTime":27.752,"body":"and implications of such a world?"},{"startTime":28.039,"endTime":31.609,"body":"What would a world without God look like?"},{"startTime":31.782,"endTime":38.392,"body":"When you think about 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