Religion wise, the Taliban would be the approximate equivalent to Christianity's KKK. Not all Muslims are Taliban just as not all Christians are KKK. It's that simple. I can't believe people are still ignorant enough to put that kind of stereotype on someone.
I love that you pronounce "Iran" correctly. The common mispronunciations are probably my biggest pet peeves ever. Especially the ones that make it sound like "I ran to the market".
Hi, my names Amber and I'm half Iranian and half English and to pick the one I care about the most is like picking my faveourite leg.. Thank you for making this video, there are alot of dooshes out there that seem to think that we only need to care about thing that directly involve ourselves.. Dftba! P.s, I bought your book and French the llama it's good.
WTF?? A lot of Iranians (those fighting for freedom) HATE Islam and want NOTHING to do with it!! They are all pro-America and hate this 'anti-West' mentality! You people should learn more about the Iranian people. They are DEFINITELY NOT "all muslim who want to destroy America". That's bullshit!!
I`m a muslim and i think this man spoke the truth but the problem is when some one tells Americans the truth he just makes them feel pain in their asses particular when it comes to the Muslims issues,but no body really give american damn shit
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Dude what is wrong with you? Do you look at your videos before you post them? Why did you have crusty shit in the corner of you mouth for a while? Do you wash your face? You could get enough oil off your face to save the American people from having to get our oil from the Middle East. You are a disgusting individual, please shower and clean yourself before you post more videos.
People who think all muslims are terroists do u no anything about relgion!!!! Just because some terroists are muslim (they arent really muslim even) does not mean all muslims are terroists thats like saying all black people are theifs, or all christians are crazy people who try to shove our relgion down ur throat because its just not true!! Just because one person of a group or culture is one way does not mean they all are
@booknerd12345511 Nope, they're not all terrorists. But... true Muslims are all violent towards non believers. That's a fact. And yes, religious theology is one of my areas of vast knowledge, so don't think you can argue that point. I've been to over 20 Islamic countries as well. I know exactly what they think of non-Muslims.
@Andy152R That's not wholly true, as Muslims respect Christianity and Judaism as fellow "people of the book", as they all come from the same fore-father
@Andy152R Naaah. there's no terrorism in islam. i, for a fact hv many non muslim friends and i'm not violent to them nor to anyone else. and nobody i know is violent neither. get your facts straight bro.
>Religious theology is one of my areas of vast knowledge.
With the that statement you are basically stating that you know everything and nobody else knows anything about the subject at hand. That, my friend, is called being an ignorant fool.
How about you hop off the theological discussion and actually, i don't know, go talk to one of the millions of them, or maybe read their holy book to know how they think? Best way to reach someone is through understanding.
See the funny thing about his pointing in the wrong direction is that now there is no "side"bar, it's on the bottom. So he ends up pointing in the wrong direction...even though he pointed in both directions.
Muslims can not be terrorists because if you are terrorist you go straight to hell also if you suicide you go to hell i am a musilm and i am not terrorist
ABUJA (Reuters) - Islamist militants set off bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day - three targeting churches including one that killed at least 27 people - raising fears that they are trying to ignite sectarian civil war. The Boko Haram Islamist sect, which aims to impose sharia law across the country, claimed responsibility for the three church bombs, the second Christmas in a row the group has caused mass carnage with deadly bombings of churches. all faiths r evil !
hahahaha your face gets extremely red when your angry! XD. But I totally agree!! I read this article that a muslim women wrote about her treatment in america and how everyone assumed she was a terrorist because she was muslim....... I cried.... then when I read the comments and how FLIPPIN STUPID PEOPLE ARE!!!! Well I screamed a little, cryed, and then cried some more!! ............ wow I sound like a total crier!! (I'm really not, just when I'm really mad)
oh my gosh, thank you!!!!!! Now I am assured that there is at least one sane person on this planet. (actually, I know there are many sane and reasonable people on this earth, but one wouldn't think so based on the internet, tv, music etc...)
JOHN GREEN FOR PRESIDENT!!!! THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!!! LETS MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE- JOHN GREEN 4 PRES!!! I'm so frikkin serious, man- this is what this country- what this WORLD- needs.
Hey, um, John, I don't know if you're reading this but, um, you ah got a little, um, giant brown thing on your face that is in proximity to your mouth... I know you can't fix it now, which makes it hilarious... No offense of course
john got really deep really fast, personally I am an atheist but I have SOME things in common with christians but I don't worship their god or believe in their heaven or hell, hell I don't believe in anything=)
You know, your words make so much sense. If we were to compare this video with another trying to explain the same topic, the level of intelligence would be extremely far apart. The amount of ignorance some people continuously insist on holding amazes me.
My refutation to the claim that you should care about America is that America and Iran are simply both arbitrarily set boundaries and selected ideals, religions, etc... that people decided suited them at some point or another, and therefore the concept that caring about one country more than another is irrelevant.
Now I'm not sure I entirely agree that "the revelation isn't the problem" but I do agree that nearly all of the "religious" difficulties everywhere are actually human problems, and it makes no sense to lump people into groups of stereotypical radicals just because they happen to believe in the same set of deities as a radical group. A deity can certainly be a problem though. . . I don't think any worldsuck has ever been reduced by devil worshipers. . . .
And yet again, a vlogbrother has posted a video that makes incredible sense and has taught me about something I previously knew next to nothing about.
Your rants are a jillion times more intelligent than the average Internet user's, John. Not to mention how amusing your radish-coloured skin is as you become more and more impassioned.
Help? My tribe is trying to gain Federal Recognition and I would appreciate if you could go onto the website* and sign the petition It ends DECEMBER 1ST !
*the united houma nation website has the information under the Federal Recognition bar, it also give more history about us
My favorite moments of this video: "WE SHARE A FREAKIN' PLANET!" And "Religion is a response to revelation...the revelation isn't the problem - we are."
Religion is not actually the way that people interpret revelations, rather that there is an original form of Religion that was taught to the people on this planet by the prophets of their creator. The people decided to go astray of the original and unmodified form of Religion and to follow the basic human desires, also leading the people themselves to modify the scriptures or teachings of the original Religion to their personal liking. There are original religious scriptures that have been neve
@BringBRToTheUK I'm a physics nerd who was brought up catholic, and i still go to church on sundays. One of my friends, also a physics nerd, is a pagan. Another physics nerd I know is an atheist. Is there any difference in intelligence between us other than what we were born with? I think it's a bit backward to assume most Christians are less intelligent than atheists, and I don't think your religion impacts on your intelligence at all. How could it? We don't blindly follow dogma, we think abou
@ProfThrax I don't think it's that hard - most of the religious people I know at least believe in the big bang theory and evolution. As a physics nerd who is also loosely catholic (i.e. I believe in a god and that he/she had some hand in making the universe) I don't think science and religion are mutually exclusive. I think god is a perfectly reasonable explanation of what caused the big bang.
John, you can't go to Pigfarts! Its on Mars! You need a rocketship! Do you have a rocketship John? I bet you do! Hey, look at this everybody! Rocketship John! Star kid John, Moonshoes John, traversing the galaxy on intergalactic travels to Pigfarts!
Now I'm gonna feel like a stupid commenter, 'cause this has nothing to do with religion or Iran, but I'd wanted to go to Mars too. I wanna meet Rumbleroar.
Thanks John. A lot of annoying people have been giving me crap about my religion. Now I can just tell them to stop being so ignorant and go watch this video. Granted, they probably don't watch the video at all and call me a terrorist nerd, but at least I know that the majority of the world is not intolerant. I love both you and Hank -3 -3 -3
PLEASE READ THIS! im not asking you to watch a video of mine or spam you, but i need your help. i am so fed up of ads on youtube before every popular video and ads on the side and even on the background of pages. and we all hate it but do nothing about it! so heres what we'll do. just to get back at youtube and advertisers for walking all over us, we will make 11/11/11 no youtube day! dont watch any videos so youtube doesnt make any money and the advertisers lose money! time to get back at them!
I'm sorry but no, I refuse to pick between ninjas and pirates both are equally good infact there are such things as ninja pirates. I WILL NOT CHOOSE!!!
@BringBRToTheUK He is intelligent. Intelligence does not equal lack of faith. Just because he is able to put his faith in something that he cannot see does not mean he is incapable of using logic, and understanding. I fail to see why someone's faith should cloud your perspective of them... To me that's like saying "Oh he's athiest? I thought he had feelings"
@TheMadMsHatter There is no correlation between having no feelings and being an atheist. However, there is a very strong correlation between one's intelligence and their ability to blindly trust in something for which there is absolutely no empircal evidence.
@BringBRToTheUK That's a very biased statement. There is no correlation between either of the previous things mentioned. I know that I'm not going to be able to change your opinion, but I think you're being very close minded. How a person believes the universe came into existence does not change their capacity for holding and processing information, which, by definition, is what intelligence is. But if you feel that strongly that all people with faith are unintelligent, then that's your business
@TheMadMsHatter You may not want to believe that, but there has been research made into the matter that supports my statement. Please feel free to put your search engine to use before making factual statements in future.
Someone who describes themselves as a Christian, probably attends a church, conforms at whim to dogma, dismisses fact in favour for their groundless convictions etc.
Critical thinking and stalwarts to religion seldom go hand in hand.
@BringBRToTheUK What I'm saying, as well as what you're saying are both opinions. It is my opinion that religious people (which I am not) can be intelligent, and it is yours is that they cannot.
Christianity does not equal blindness to facts. John Green is very smart, as made obvious by the brilliant things he says. The fact that your image of him was ruined by the one statement that he is Christian simply shows that you're being close minded. Not all Christians are the same.
@BringBRToTheUK "Atheists score. . . 3.82 (IQ) points higher than Liberal persuasions. . ."
Right, right. 126.2 to 130 is a REALLY strong correlation between intelligence and Christianity.
By the way I got that from eric(.)gov. The article is called "The Intelligence-Religiosity Nexus: A Representative Study of White Adolescent Americans" Where did you get your information? Also, by assuming that John is unintelligent because he's religious is disallowing exceptions.
@TheMadMsHatter "A survey of Royal Society fellows found that only 3.3 per cent believed in God – at a time when 68.5 percent of the general UK population described themselves as believers."
However, the 3.3% are important. You were right when you said I am ignroing the role of exceptions, so let me rephrase: I don't respect the attributes that leads an individual to Christianity, and I think that they are below a person of intelligence. This doesn't mean that intellectuals never stoop.
@BringBRToTheUK Um... I think "probably" is the key word there. There are Christians who believe in evolution, too. You might want to put your search engine to use as well. Besides, I've read quite a lot about the scientific evidence that Christian faith is based on, and that is why I choose to believe in my religion. Whether you think that evidence is reliable or not is another matter entirely; the point is that I am not blindly believing in whatever the church tells me.
@deadstillcurious I would be very interested to see the scientific evidence upon which the Christian faith is based.
'Faith' is believing in something without evidence. If there was scientific evidence, it would be the Christian theory, rather than the Christian faith.
You know iv'e always discredited religion. Iv'e always just assumed that religion was only practiced by the fearful or the insane, but you really shed some new light on it for me. i guess iv'e just been brainwashed by the media only showing me the most radical sides of religion without counterbalancing that with some of the more positive sides. You have succeeded in making me a better person.
Good point about religion, think to christianity, you have calvinists, catholics, episciples (god awful spelling), etc.
Judaism has reform, moderate and hisidic (I don't know of any others)
Islam has Sunni, Extreme Sunni, Shiite, Extreme Shiite, and Sufi.
There are tons of religions out there so we just gotta learn to deal with it. I don't care if you follow the church of the giant spaghetti monster, just don't kill people over it.
i love, how youtube made it easier for John to point to the description now.. since it's below... but it makes old videos like 5x funnier.. cause he's always pointing to the advert.
"Religion is a response to revalation." I think I just had an epiphany. Now I shall steal this statement and write it on my Religion 202 midterm. Thank you Hank!
''''Onomatopoeia: The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.''
Example: 'Giant squids of angry Bwahalpbwabwabwabwabwa'
In this case, 'Bwahalpbwabwabwabwabwa' represents unthoughtfull and stupid comments that in most cases consist of a intentionally misunderstood word.''
Can somebody post this on wikipedia for me please?
Next time someone I know discriminates against an entire religion because of one person they know who happens to be a jerk in that particular religion I am making them watch this.
Thank you so much for this. I especially appreciate your point that religion is never made up of just one viewpoint, and that both religious and secular revelations can be used for good or bad. I am a christian myself and often I am embarrassed by the intolerant, uncaring, frankly unchristian attitudes of some of my fellow christians; and yet, far too often religion is written off as the source of all the world's problems and the reason for ignorance and bigotry, which simply isn't true.
John is a Christian, would you call him ignorant for believing in a god? You seem to have entirely missed the point of the whole video, please open your mind and watch it again, you might learn something.
@jazzmen9611 And you, sir, would seem to have completely misread my comment.
I didn't say that religious people were ignorant and bigoted; all I sad was that on a societal level, religion is often the primary tool employed by the bigoted and the ignorant in order to back up their prejudices and impose their way of thinking on the majority.
Religious people are not all ignorant. In most cases, religion is a fantastic unifying force for community and enriches the life of the individual.
Than you John. I am an atheist but I still hate it when people say Islam should be banned and that Muslims are extremely violent people when the majority of Muslims (and the same goes for all other religions) are extremely nice peaceful people even though there are a few extremists who are not so peaceful for whatever reason (obviously this too applies to all other religions)
Religion wise, the Taliban would be the approximate equivalent to Christianity's KKK. Not all Muslims are Taliban just as not all Christians are KKK. It's that simple. I can't believe people are still ignorant enough to put that kind of stereotype on someone.
Ignorance is blinding.
boredteddybear 1 hour ago
like "BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH." i like that one i'll keep that permision??? -nerd fighters i love you all....... in a non creepy way if thats possible
sparklelittlebird 5 hours ago
1:00 - Apology accepted.
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Stop ACTA, the UN's answer to SOPA it is just as bad and has already been signed by the US, among other nations. Stop the Madness
syskonenS 1 day ago
I enjoy watching the growth of John's puff as the video goes on.
IVlogBecauseICare 2 days ago 2
I love that you pronounce "Iran" correctly. The common mispronunciations are probably my biggest pet peeves ever. Especially the ones that make it sound like "I ran to the market".
Birdfreak2010 2 days ago
You are one of the most intelligent people I have ever encountered (on the web and real life). And I really enjoy the way you describe religion.
KaeAndHaiParty 4 days ago 3
We should all just go to Pigfarts.
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I love it when John gets all eye-poppingly angry.
smurfrise 4 days ago
@andy152R true but that doesnt mean that people need to flip out whenever they see a muslim and automatically think their gonna blow them up
booknerd12345511 4 days ago
Hi, my names Amber and I'm half Iranian and half English and to pick the one I care about the most is like picking my faveourite leg.. Thank you for making this video, there are alot of dooshes out there that seem to think that we only need to care about thing that directly involve ourselves.. Dftba! P.s, I bought your book and French the llama it's good.
AmberRoseCurtis 4 days ago
ninjas :D
Isabelhastherobots 4 days ago
I seem to agree with these guys on lots of things except ninjas pirates yarrr
MrWundrful 4 days ago
WTF?? A lot of Iranians (those fighting for freedom) HATE Islam and want NOTHING to do with it!! They are all pro-America and hate this 'anti-West' mentality! You people should learn more about the Iranian people. They are DEFINITELY NOT "all muslim who want to destroy America". That's bullshit!!
tarun1982 6 days ago
@tarun1982 but then, that's what Ahmedinejad wants you to believe!.. and guess he succeeded ain?..
tarun1982 6 days ago
i love you. i want you to be my second best friend.
TwiZtiD23Soul 6 days ago
You wanna live on Mars... SO YOU CAN GO TO PIGFARTS. :D AVPM <3
writerforever97 1 week ago
so true
liyaminho 1 week ago
gonna be honest. had to turn the volume down about half way through. but you do speak truth. and that is why it's ok.
thetasigma7 1 week ago
I'm revisiting this video after having watched it several times, but the profound power behind John's words continue to astound me.
aitazzy 1 week ago
Wow. Incredibly insightful, John. Thanks for offering your thoughts to us.
ConfusedShipper123 1 week ago
ninjas...
TheSTRMBRNGR 1 week ago
The fault in ourselves
NeonGirl29 1 week ago 3
Its sad to see ppl not think before they text. We have the most powerful tools to work with but we use it to say stupid things.
Wilsonsdrinklist 1 week ago
Ninjas, FTW!!!
cutecupkait 1 week ago
God, this guy is incredibly freaking intelligent. Inspirational, uplifting, enlightening. Pure gold. Carry on, Mister Green. Carry on.
i1am1kirby1 1 week ago
Giant angry squid face made me laugh so hard.
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I'm from Bangladesh! I subscribed a few hours ago(found vlogbrothers from scishow)
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I`m a muslim and i think this man spoke the truth but the problem is when some one tells Americans the truth he just makes them feel pain in their asses particular when it comes to the Muslims issues,but no body really give american damn shit
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MrBigboss20011 2 weeks ago
You started to rant. Repeatedly.
TheKingdomheartscraz 2 weeks ago
"Nerd jokes, nerd jokes, nerd jokes!" I know that was not the point of this video, but I'd just like to say that I got it and loved it. :)
DelilahRasputin 2 weeks ago
I found it funny that John picks ninjas...meanwhile, there are pirates on his shelf.
Means2AnEnd1 2 weeks ago
When this video ended, I almost stood up and clapped. But I was in a library -_+
omgoctopusomg 2 weeks ago
As an aspiring theologist, i approve this message.
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i propably watched this like 20 times but the finale gives me a chill everytime i hear i
mohamedgna 3 weeks ago
john green speaks sensically
frintyminge 3 weeks ago
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Dude what is wrong with you? Do you look at your videos before you post them? Why did you have crusty shit in the corner of you mouth for a while? Do you wash your face? You could get enough oil off your face to save the American people from having to get our oil from the Middle East. You are a disgusting individual, please shower and clean yourself before you post more videos.
Thank you
rosenbergmcsd 3 weeks ago
I cannot explain how much I love your passion..
lilbitgeekyeah 3 weeks ago
clicked here from thier "sell outs!" video and this video has a ad for single muslin dot com
rayhs1984 3 weeks ago 3
People who think all muslims are terroists do u no anything about relgion!!!! Just because some terroists are muslim (they arent really muslim even) does not mean all muslims are terroists thats like saying all black people are theifs, or all christians are crazy people who try to shove our relgion down ur throat because its just not true!! Just because one person of a group or culture is one way does not mean they all are
booknerd12345511 3 weeks ago 28
@booknerd12345511 Nope, they're not all terrorists. But... true Muslims are all violent towards non believers. That's a fact. And yes, religious theology is one of my areas of vast knowledge, so don't think you can argue that point. I've been to over 20 Islamic countries as well. I know exactly what they think of non-Muslims.
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TheGamesFiend 3 weeks ago
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Then you, my friend, have learned nothing in all of your trips!!
It might help if you read more religion, less theories and explanations of it.
TheGamesFiend 3 weeks ago
@Andy152R That's not wholly true, as Muslims respect Christianity and Judaism as fellow "people of the book", as they all come from the same fore-father
humpbackbear 2 weeks ago
@Andy152R Naaah. there's no terrorism in islam. i, for a fact hv many non muslim friends and i'm not violent to them nor to anyone else. and nobody i know is violent neither. get your facts straight bro.
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@Andy152R The problem i've found:
>Religious theology is one of my areas of vast knowledge.
With the that statement you are basically stating that you know everything and nobody else knows anything about the subject at hand. That, my friend, is called being an ignorant fool.
How about you hop off the theological discussion and actually, i don't know, go talk to one of the millions of them, or maybe read their holy book to know how they think? Best way to reach someone is through understanding.
ForTheEpicMasses 1 week ago
@booknerd12345511 well said sir/miss! :)
benjibunny14 4 days ago
See the funny thing about his pointing in the wrong direction is that now there is no "side"bar, it's on the bottom. So he ends up pointing in the wrong direction...even though he pointed in both directions.
jellydogt 3 weeks ago 2
I like how he says he prefers ninjas yet there are two pirate dolls behind him. :)
paigelfinch 4 weeks ago
You sir are a genius :)
Stratos3037 4 weeks ago
suicide bombers are not muslims too note : i am not from iran i dont like iran too
Mental999Man 4 weeks ago
Muslims can not be terrorists because if you are terrorist you go straight to hell also if you suicide you go to hell i am a musilm and i am not terrorist
Mental999Man 4 weeks ago
Why aren't you...the leader of the universe?
pbjellybeanful 1 month ago 4
"I MEAN WE SHARE A FRICKEN PLANET."
pbjellybeanful 1 month ago 3
eeeeep, John's shouting at me *hides*
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W00T NINJA'S!
nightflyer9kpoplove 1 month ago
I believe that as John gets progressively angrier throughout the video, his poof gets bigger, and his face gets redder....
lele619111 1 month ago
I love how his face got red at 2:31 LOL!
Inspiremeokay 1 month ago
ABUJA (Reuters) - Islamist militants set off bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day - three targeting churches including one that killed at least 27 people - raising fears that they are trying to ignite sectarian civil war. The Boko Haram Islamist sect, which aims to impose sharia law across the country, claimed responsibility for the three church bombs, the second Christmas in a row the group has caused mass carnage with deadly bombings of churches. all faiths r evil !
flexbrat 1 month ago
muslim nerdfighter from pakistan reporting for duty
sk90y 1 month ago 2
@sk90y lol.. i said doodi in my head..
sk90y 1 month ago
That's a nice pony you got there.
WheezyWrimoFighteria 1 month ago
one of the reasons i liked the video isY coz you prononced Iran correctly and not i-Ran.
aizawasuki 1 month ago
thank you finally and you honestly educate me more than school does and you are completely and utterly right it's the people not the faith
Shelleystarkid 1 month ago
John wants to go to pigfarts.....0_o
Ginarrbrik11 1 month ago
Does anyone actually prefer pirates over ninjas?
kickassyo16 1 month ago
John, you are wonderful.
Iyellatrocks 1 month ago
Amen bro.
randompink0714 1 month ago
john can be really scary sometimes.
reebies123 1 month ago
I know you're yelling at the giant squids of anger... but I was like, "Oh, okay! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! please forgive me!"
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John Green - Christian :(
Fudgadelical 1 month ago
John Green 2012
slappindabass567 1 month ago 2
Also, this is the third video of yours that I've seen, I already love them (sorry for any gramitical mistaks, I really suck at laguage arts).
sciencenerd111 1 month ago
1:40 I would love to help you terriform mars and live away from earth, someone get me some O2 canisters and plant seeds.....
sciencenerd111 1 month ago
He reminds me of Onision when he rants, just a lot more likable
CaptainEzzy 1 month ago
*GASP* he revealed his religion
theCRAZYtwizzler 1 month ago
What does he mean by "revelation"?
madeye0 1 month ago
The awkward moment when the only thing where John is pointing is an ad for SingleMuslim...
OrangeConcerto 1 month ago
And this is why you're my favorite brother.
Fawriel 1 month ago
Finally, somebody who has some sense. Seriously, sometimes I wonder how these people can be THAT stupid.
I'd like to live on Mars, too. Or Venus.
Seikufu 1 month ago
That last line was incredible.
L00oo00oolz 1 month ago 2
hahahaha your face gets extremely red when your angry! XD. But I totally agree!! I read this article that a muslim women wrote about her treatment in america and how everyone assumed she was a terrorist because she was muslim....... I cried.... then when I read the comments and how FLIPPIN STUPID PEOPLE ARE!!!! Well I screamed a little, cryed, and then cried some more!! ............ wow I sound like a total crier!! (I'm really not, just when I'm really mad)
pagieoochick 1 month ago 2
And we all have to pick one side.
Ninjas.
azerskater 1 month ago
There are extremists in every religion!!! I think we all need to remember that....
katnissblue99 1 month ago
oh my gosh, thank you!!!!!! Now I am assured that there is at least one sane person on this planet. (actually, I know there are many sane and reasonable people on this earth, but one wouldn't think so based on the internet, tv, music etc...)
katnissblue99 1 month ago
@katnissblue99 Look at the number of likes on this video! I agree, it's very recomforting. ^^
Seikufu 1 month ago
AHHHH I LOVE YOU
L0VEIsAllYuNeed 1 month ago
Wow. I'm a Muslim and you hit the nail on the head. You can also be quite scary when you're angry. But frackin' profound. Bloody hell.
blogger18 1 month ago 42
I am an Iranian and I approve this message.
MogadishuGentleman 1 month ago 2
John is a little bit terrifying when he's angry.
ThatWeirdo04 1 month ago
John, I love you.
That is all.
EdgesOfInfinity 1 month ago
NINJAS. YES. THANK YOU.
MegaBookWormGirl 1 month ago
JOHN GREEN FOR PRESIDENT!!!! THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!!! LETS MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE- JOHN GREEN 4 PRES!!! I'm so frikkin serious, man- this is what this country- what this WORLD- needs.
zekeoman1 2 months ago
it seems that as the video goes on, john gets louder
Ace4929 2 months ago
Hey, um, John, I don't know if you're reading this but, um, you ah got a little, um, giant brown thing on your face that is in proximity to your mouth... I know you can't fix it now, which makes it hilarious... No offense of course
BrewHahaMocha 2 months ago
john got really deep really fast, personally I am an atheist but I have SOME things in common with christians but I don't worship their god or believe in their heaven or hell, hell I don't believe in anything=)
PsychoKiller888 2 months ago
I always love reading nerdfighter comments because most of the people commenting aren't idiots.
jazzmen9611 2 months ago
You know, your words make so much sense. If we were to compare this video with another trying to explain the same topic, the level of intelligence would be extremely far apart. The amount of ignorance some people continuously insist on holding amazes me.
ThruThe1LookingGlass 2 months ago
My refutation to the claim that you should care about America is that America and Iran are simply both arbitrarily set boundaries and selected ideals, religions, etc... that people decided suited them at some point or another, and therefore the concept that caring about one country more than another is irrelevant.
Plyrx08 2 months ago
Now I'm not sure I entirely agree that "the revelation isn't the problem" but I do agree that nearly all of the "religious" difficulties everywhere are actually human problems, and it makes no sense to lump people into groups of stereotypical radicals just because they happen to believe in the same set of deities as a radical group. A deity can certainly be a problem though. . . I don't think any worldsuck has ever been reduced by devil worshipers. . . .
EmmaOnATangent 2 months ago
Hot Damn, This guys should be our president...
BloodxOfxBlack 2 months ago 132
The last part of this video is amazingly intelligent enough to make up for most of the amazingly stupid comments I have read. John: 1 WorldSuck: 0
mman4441 2 months ago
This was posted on my birthday, and my brothers name is Sean (that's how we spell it.)
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And yet again, a vlogbrother has posted a video that makes incredible sense and has taught me about something I previously knew next to nothing about.
Your rants are a jillion times more intelligent than the average Internet user's, John. Not to mention how amusing your radish-coloured skin is as you become more and more impassioned.
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OMEAMC 2 months ago
My favorite moments of this video: "WE SHARE A FREAKIN' PLANET!" And "Religion is a response to revelation...the revelation isn't the problem - we are."
484berkshire 2 months ago
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...that have never been altered. It is only one book and that's for you all to find out.
williamthecrack 2 months ago
Religion is not actually the way that people interpret revelations, rather that there is an original form of Religion that was taught to the people on this planet by the prophets of their creator. The people decided to go astray of the original and unmodified form of Religion and to follow the basic human desires, also leading the people themselves to modify the scriptures or teachings of the original Religion to their personal liking. There are original religious scriptures that have been neve
williamthecrack 2 months ago
@BringBRToTheUK I'm a physics nerd who was brought up catholic, and i still go to church on sundays. One of my friends, also a physics nerd, is a pagan. Another physics nerd I know is an atheist. Is there any difference in intelligence between us other than what we were born with? I think it's a bit backward to assume most Christians are less intelligent than atheists, and I don't think your religion impacts on your intelligence at all. How could it? We don't blindly follow dogma, we think abou
CoolPplEatDoughnuts 2 months ago
@ProfThrax I don't think it's that hard - most of the religious people I know at least believe in the big bang theory and evolution. As a physics nerd who is also loosely catholic (i.e. I believe in a god and that he/she had some hand in making the universe) I don't think science and religion are mutually exclusive. I think god is a perfectly reasonable explanation of what caused the big bang.
CoolPplEatDoughnuts 2 months ago
preach it
smirkes 2 months ago
John, you can't go to Pigfarts! Its on Mars! You need a rocketship! Do you have a rocketship John? I bet you do! Hey, look at this everybody! Rocketship John! Star kid John, Moonshoes John, traversing the galaxy on intergalactic travels to Pigfarts!
dealingamnesia 2 months ago
Beyla Shalom, Boheme Li
ilikefresas 2 months ago
John. You rock. So much. GAH.
(Please forgive my intentionally incorrect grammer :) )
TheShellbert 2 months ago
Now I'm gonna feel like a stupid commenter, 'cause this has nothing to do with religion or Iran, but I'd wanted to go to Mars too. I wanna meet Rumbleroar.
jellybelly98rox 2 months ago
I liked what you said near the end, "With every revelation...", could I quote you on that?
darkjediMIK 2 months ago
1:30 is now my answer to all troll-like comments
WE SHARE A FRIKIN PLANET
TheScreamingReviewer 2 months ago
Thanks John. A lot of annoying people have been giving me crap about my religion. Now I can just tell them to stop being so ignorant and go watch this video. Granted, they probably don't watch the video at all and call me a terrorist nerd, but at least I know that the majority of the world is not intolerant. I love both you and Hank -3 -3 -3
DFTBA
UnknownNewYorker 2 months ago
loved the part about religion. i feel the same way as you. youre one of my heroes! thank youuuuu.
trogdor1041 2 months ago
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MULLagain5150 2 months ago
I wish I was a nerd. I'm pretty dumb. :0( its not easy guys
Music4ever248 2 months ago
@Music4ever248 Don't say that. You don't have to be a genius to be a nerd. You just have to remember to be awesome! :)
Pridefullyprejudice 2 months ago
I fucking love John Green. Excuse the language. I felt it was necessary.
HungryLionCAT 2 months ago in playlist Weitere Videos von vlogbrothers
wow...passion there...
dipsaucerose 2 months ago
Can we just replace politicians with John and Hank clones? That would be awesome.
yellowmeerkat97 2 months ago
someone WHO HAS SENSEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
faisita14 2 months ago
I'm sorry but no, I refuse to pick between ninjas and pirates both are equally good infact there are such things as ninja pirates. I WILL NOT CHOOSE!!!
ArtemisScribe 2 months ago
OH GOSH, JOHN YOU CANT GO TO PIGFARTS! ITS ON MARS! YOU NEED A ROCKETSHIP. DO YOU HAVE A ROCKET SHIP?! (If you do give my regards to Rumbleroar)
NinaBlack94 2 months ago
This video just made my day as a half Iranian half English agnostic Essex girl :)
Anna2210 2 months ago
He's a christian? :S I thought he was intelligent.
BringBRToTheUK 2 months ago
@BringBRToTheUK He is intelligent. Intelligence does not equal lack of faith. Just because he is able to put his faith in something that he cannot see does not mean he is incapable of using logic, and understanding. I fail to see why someone's faith should cloud your perspective of them... To me that's like saying "Oh he's athiest? I thought he had feelings"
TheMadMsHatter 2 months ago
@TheMadMsHatter There is no correlation between having no feelings and being an atheist. However, there is a very strong correlation between one's intelligence and their ability to blindly trust in something for which there is absolutely no empircal evidence.
BringBRToTheUK 2 months ago
@BringBRToTheUK That's a very biased statement. There is no correlation between either of the previous things mentioned. I know that I'm not going to be able to change your opinion, but I think you're being very close minded. How a person believes the universe came into existence does not change their capacity for holding and processing information, which, by definition, is what intelligence is. But if you feel that strongly that all people with faith are unintelligent, then that's your business
TheMadMsHatter 2 months ago
@TheMadMsHatter You may not want to believe that, but there has been research made into the matter that supports my statement. Please feel free to put your search engine to use before making factual statements in future.
Someone who describes themselves as a Christian, probably attends a church, conforms at whim to dogma, dismisses fact in favour for their groundless convictions etc.
Critical thinking and stalwarts to religion seldom go hand in hand.
BringBRToTheUK 2 months ago
@BringBRToTheUK What I'm saying, as well as what you're saying are both opinions. It is my opinion that religious people (which I am not) can be intelligent, and it is yours is that they cannot.
Christianity does not equal blindness to facts. John Green is very smart, as made obvious by the brilliant things he says. The fact that your image of him was ruined by the one statement that he is Christian simply shows that you're being close minded. Not all Christians are the same.
TheMadMsHatter 2 months ago
@TheMadMsHatter I said that there is a strong correlation between christianity and low intelligence - this doesn't mean there are no exceptions.
Statistics do not constitute an opinion - they are objective, not subjective. Numbers don't lie.
BringBRToTheUK 2 months ago
@BringBRToTheUK "Atheists score. . . 3.82 (IQ) points higher than Liberal persuasions. . ."
Right, right. 126.2 to 130 is a REALLY strong correlation between intelligence and Christianity.
By the way I got that from eric(.)gov. The article is called "The Intelligence-Religiosity Nexus: A Representative Study of White Adolescent Americans" Where did you get your information? Also, by assuming that John is unintelligent because he's religious is disallowing exceptions.
TheMadMsHatter 2 months ago
@TheMadMsHatter "A survey of Royal Society fellows found that only 3.3 per cent believed in God – at a time when 68.5 percent of the general UK population described themselves as believers."
However, the 3.3% are important. You were right when you said I am ignroing the role of exceptions, so let me rephrase: I don't respect the attributes that leads an individual to Christianity, and I think that they are below a person of intelligence. This doesn't mean that intellectuals never stoop.
BringBRToTheUK 2 months ago
@BringBRToTheUK Um... I think "probably" is the key word there. There are Christians who believe in evolution, too. You might want to put your search engine to use as well. Besides, I've read quite a lot about the scientific evidence that Christian faith is based on, and that is why I choose to believe in my religion. Whether you think that evidence is reliable or not is another matter entirely; the point is that I am not blindly believing in whatever the church tells me.
deadstillcurious 2 months ago
@deadstillcurious I would be very interested to see the scientific evidence upon which the Christian faith is based.
'Faith' is believing in something without evidence. If there was scientific evidence, it would be the Christian theory, rather than the Christian faith.
BringBRToTheUK 2 months ago
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@deadstillcurious I completely agree. I'm one of those Christians who believe in evolution.
It's hard to find intelligent people such as yourself that do not believe that science and religion are incompatible... especially on the internet.
ProfThrax 2 months ago 2
Finally some who realizes that man is the problem not religoin.
nonnahs918 2 months ago
finally someone understands that Hitler just had a bad response to nazism
Mrinebriation 2 months ago 2
You know iv'e always discredited religion. Iv'e always just assumed that religion was only practiced by the fearful or the insane, but you really shed some new light on it for me. i guess iv'e just been brainwashed by the media only showing me the most radical sides of religion without counterbalancing that with some of the more positive sides. You have succeeded in making me a better person.
sodafountan 3 months ago 2
Independently bouncy hair at 2:22.
geoffstephen 3 months ago
Amen!
TheWiizii 3 months ago
Smart people on the internet? gasp.
Good point about religion, think to christianity, you have calvinists, catholics, episciples (god awful spelling), etc.
Judaism has reform, moderate and hisidic (I don't know of any others)
Islam has Sunni, Extreme Sunni, Shiite, Extreme Shiite, and Sufi.
There are tons of religions out there so we just gotta learn to deal with it. I don't care if you follow the church of the giant spaghetti monster, just don't kill people over it.
sandstorm49 3 months ago
i love, how youtube made it easier for John to point to the description now.. since it's below... but it makes old videos like 5x funnier.. cause he's always pointing to the advert.
RawritsRIA 3 months ago
<3 passionate speeches by John.
withoutrulesorbounds 3 months ago in playlist Videos from vlogbrothers
"Religion is a response to revalation." I think I just had an epiphany. Now I shall steal this statement and write it on my Religion 202 midterm. Thank you Hank!
gladrial89 3 months ago
@gladrial89 Actually, that was John.
CarmenWilyD 3 months ago
@CarmenWilyD Lol you're right. I mistyped. ;)
gladrial89 3 months ago
LOL, that was intense. Good job.
superchromey 3 months ago
PIRATES! Also, great video. :)
SarahSnape 3 months ago
Shaking, ranting John ftw.
theEnlivenment 3 months ago
NINJAS
relishjam 3 months ago
I love John's rants; they always make me think.
Tawnyfur 3 months ago 22
@Migilax Done.
VerifiedAccess 3 months ago
''''Onomatopoeia: The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.''
Example: 'Giant squids of angry Bwahalpbwabwabwabwabwa'
In this case, 'Bwahalpbwabwabwabwabwa' represents unthoughtfull and stupid comments that in most cases consist of a intentionally misunderstood word.''
Can somebody post this on wikipedia for me please?
Migilax 3 months ago 12
Next time someone I know discriminates against an entire religion because of one person they know who happens to be a jerk in that particular religion I am making them watch this.
RofolosRebels 3 months ago
wait, theres a My little pony behind you, this was before the new show...wow
brettsworld99 3 months ago
So agree. Ninjas!
nadnerbbk 4 months ago
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SnuggieFullOfEvil 4 months ago
giant squid------avada kadavra problem solved
singularraven 4 months ago
Although I enjoy watching the johns videos, I'm generally get made to feel quite stupid. So I probably shouldn't be watching them drunk :P
mootEp8pui8Vw2 4 months ago
Thank you so much for this. I especially appreciate your point that religion is never made up of just one viewpoint, and that both religious and secular revelations can be used for good or bad. I am a christian myself and often I am embarrassed by the intolerant, uncaring, frankly unchristian attitudes of some of my fellow christians; and yet, far too often religion is written off as the source of all the world's problems and the reason for ignorance and bigotry, which simply isn't true.
mustanglover12 4 months ago 29
@mustanglover12 I would say that in fact religion is a symptom of ignorance and biogtry, not the reason for it.
Slapbass13 2 months ago
@Slapbass13
John is a Christian, would you call him ignorant for believing in a god? You seem to have entirely missed the point of the whole video, please open your mind and watch it again, you might learn something.
jazzmen9611 2 months ago
@jazzmen9611 And you, sir, would seem to have completely misread my comment.
I didn't say that religious people were ignorant and bigoted; all I sad was that on a societal level, religion is often the primary tool employed by the bigoted and the ignorant in order to back up their prejudices and impose their way of thinking on the majority.
Religious people are not all ignorant. In most cases, religion is a fantastic unifying force for community and enriches the life of the individual.
Slapbass13 2 months ago
@Slapbass13
Touche.
jazzmen9611 2 months ago
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I MEAN WE SHARE A FRICKIN' PLANET!
xmcr101x 4 months ago
And they're all like,
"ahblahblahblahblahblah!"
Oh John. x)
mikidoo11 4 months ago 43
Than you John. I am an atheist but I still hate it when people say Islam should be banned and that Muslims are extremely violent people when the majority of Muslims (and the same goes for all other religions) are extremely nice peaceful people even though there are a few extremists who are not so peaceful for whatever reason (obviously this too applies to all other religions)
asdfqwerzxcv6 4 months ago 5
FUCKING RACIST I AM A KURD AND I FUCKED YOU MOTHER ASSHOLE
MadeBySahan 4 months ago