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  • National Day of Prayer? If you're just going to sit on your ass and do nothing, you might as well just declare it a day off. Go to the beach or something fun like that.

  • I believe in the concept of Kill a Commie for Mommy. Now I believe in...ANNIHILATE AN ATHEIST ATOMICALLY! Nuke California and the Northeast!

  • @Porty1119 Damned psychotic.

  • I love your show. It's so rare to see to see intelligent people in any area of the media, keep up the good work!

  • The reason we Christians need a National Day of Prayer is becomes THIS country WAS founded on Christian/Godly princables . .

  • @robertsangel1975 Many of the founding fathers were deist, agnostic, or atheist, so no.

  • God have mercy on your souls when God comes back.

  • @robertsangel1975 Are you serious? It's Jesus that has the second coming. You're an idiot.

  • God can suck my dick

  • I just cant look at these guys without busting out laughing. I just cant take them serious.

  • @drjackflash why?

  • @drjackflash If you have to ask you wouldn't understand. Just sit there and try not to drool.

  • What a halfhearted attempt to influence a supreme entity. Think BIG! Throwing a few hundred virgins in an active vulcano is a much more impressing sign of worshipping than merely some devotional blah blah.

  • @Jesusthemessiahd4ms

    so this jesus fuck raped is own mother disguised as holy spook to beget himself

  • I think instead of a "National Day of Prayer" we should have a "National Day of Logic."

  • @DandAinTac prayer sounds better, cause no logic by this world's standard will save us from eternal hellfire.

  • @Jesusthemessiahd4ms Logic will tell you that Hell is nothing more than a threat aimed at intimidating and coercing you into a belief system that is illogical, and is not backed up with one shred of hard evidence. Any "god" that has to rely on fear and intimidation to get people to believe in him is certainly not worthy of my worship or yours. Tell me--would you torture your own children for all eternity simply for doubting you?

  • Thumbs up for Casey and her sister who have been atheists for a few weeks as of the taping of this show.

    Thumbs up

  • @TehJedicake :D

  • I guess the people who make our most important decisions realize that our best bet is to fall to our knees and plead for divine intervention.

  • I vote for a national blasphemy day

  • @Nails077 Why vote for just a day, when that happens everyday. People need to open thier eyes and ears to the bible, and not some theory that has so much evidence, that was gathered by a man, who is prone to make mistakes. Let God be the only truth, and every man a liar.

  • @Jesusthemessiahd4ms I pray that one day you find God, and that you walk away from this wicked atheist lifestyle of yours. Once His holy spirit fills you up you will finally be able to grasp what th real importance of the world is, and that is lift up His name in glory. Accept Jesus into you heart, and you will be saved from hellfire. Just remember it's never to late to do the right thing, and stop sinning every day of your life.

  • @killawind1287 PRAYER DOESN'T WORK! Not sure why you don't get that nor the fact that you're preaching to the converted. He/she already buys into your imaginary friend and you clearly didn't listen to the video your commenting on. Cut the poetic nonsense and stop acting like you care about saving a person from a fate that no loving god would've ever created in the first place.

  • @killawind1287

    Using threats to make people become believers isn't my idea of righteousness, so I proudly declare you morally inferior. Just to inform a bit more, atheism isn't a lifestyle, but Christianity is.

  • @JonathanTheAlchemist wow, I actually forgot that I wrote this. Your right, using threats is not the right way to convert someone to any side be it, religion, politics, or whatever. But all I ever see from christianity are 2 extremes. Either they threaten non-believers with eternal torture, or try to bribe them with paradise and riches. Both sides ignoring the hypocrisy in their own religion while doing so. I'm a former christian turned atheist and wrote the previous comment as a joke.

  • As does any group with historic influence,Evangelicals want a sense of solidarity in their ranks....Are we Atheist's rationally to expect such a tradition to dissolve like an alka seltzer in Perrier because of some Multiculturalist proscription on the primacy of a dominant Faith's initiatives?

  • @djnross thats certainly one angle of the liberal PC left's idea of multiculturalism i like (race aside); the expanding of atheist rights and recognition, certainly at the dissolving effect of evangelicals...

    maybe they can add SCIENCE to the list of those EQUAL OPPORTUNITY anti-discrim ideas, certainly the rational ranks should have protection FROM the religious, FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION... if not alka seltzer i would at least like a prescription of proscription of religion

  • @glorp896 It's simply an unrealistic expectation to expect the absence of hope---YES,EVEN FALSE HOPE---to supplant what Voltaire sagely surmised what would become a 'necessity' for Man should it be revealed there was no God.Science has coldly pulled back that veil.Nothing providential exists.And yet---the 'necessity' for most persists for a supernal security blanket.

  • @djnross well, we can at least worship the wizard of oz AFTER the curtain has been pulled back, like going to a jimmy swaggert show... at least we can enjoy the showmanship and glitz of christendom in all its cathedral glare... yes, i feel the necessity in saying i'm an "unwilling hopeful atheist", one that would surely love to have some of that eternal salvation... its a weakness i know, but much of our survival skills have been short sighted immediacy and short cuts like gordon gekko's GREED

  • @glorp896 Not that little cinematic jaunts like 'Leap Of Faith' are'nt entertaining enough...But that's humor in the context of fiction...Devout evangelists believe what they spout is REALITY....Showmanship is the most transparent of all evidences of both the fraudulence and hypocrisy of the Faith-peddler.

  • @djnross i have objectively separated the message of the bible and watched swaggert for the showmanship... and sermons usually always pull from current events, some stats or some insight into the world as seen through the biblical lens of perception, the jesus reality tunnel, and thats ok up to a point, i still like to stay sharp from time to time and keep up with FOCUS ON THE FAMILY dobson, etc... i do appreciate much of the bible... not when it claims TOO MUCH, god this and that...

  • What is the big deal? If you don't want to pray, then don't pray!

  • "Separation of Church and State..." is NOT in the constitution. It was mentioned in a letter written by Thomas Jefferson.

  • It is, was, and always will be unconstitutional imho.

  • Christians are free to persue their superstition but why do they continue to insist on pushing it on other people?

  • What a "homely" bunch, aethiest that "praise", huh? FAIL

  • those of you following these guys and looking up to them had better wake up

  • @enoche1974 Or what? You're going to threaten us with the wrath of your sky faerie...again? Like you guys do every time you hear stuff you don't like?

  • I became an atheist about 35 years ago when I discovered that some guy from outer space supposedly sent an angel to impregnate a teenage girl without any sort of a courtship. This sets a bad example for our young men to follow. I'm sure that it would help to get to know the young lady before impregnation.

  • @cobalt100

    -"I'm sure that it would help to get to know the young lady before impregnation."-

    But god knows everything. LOL

  • Fuckin Athiests. The ruination of all. Youre the lowest forms of life.

  • @taffydavenport1 The Worlds shortest book, "Smart Fundamentalist Christian's"

  • how do i get an Axp shirt?

  • I'm so happy for Casey, not because she became an atheist, just that she realized her twin sister was not evil for not believing. I'm sure allot of families are torn apart by this very issue.

  • I know my family was.

  • I'm sorry to hear that, I hope that changes, over another issues I could not contact my family because i was not wanted. This last year that has changed and I'm being accepted again, so don't give up hope, you never know they might still surprised you.

  • He doesn't though does he...

  • Down with Christianity!

  • @Matsuflex2 Remember that when you are in hell forever.

  • The day was created in 1952, not by George Washington.

  • You know it's very intersting to note that Barrak Obama is the first president in years to actually follow what jesus said and not pray in public to proclaim his own faith. The people who were bashing him for this need to re-read the sermon on the mount.

  • Atheists FTW!!

  • Why is it necessary to "come out" as an atheist in America? It's supposed to be a tolerant society! In Britain the vast majority of people aren't that bothered about religion, and those who are don't tend to pay too much attention to the rest so far as their beliefs go. Why can't everywhere be like that?

  • I don't "come out".

    I just tell them I am, and if they don't like me, no problem.

  • I genuinely don't know. I'm American, but I recently spent several months in England, and I loved how relaxed people were about others' beliefs. I didn't have to "come out" as an atheist; most people I met were also atheists, and those that weren't were at least respectful of my lack of belief. Not like at home, where I have to skirt around the topic or risk either offending someone or being told I'm going to hell. It's really a shame.

  • Because most of us are bored idiots. I should move.

  • really if you evilolved then thats all you are

    chemicials and thoughts are reactions (right ) its not an insult just reality at the humanistic level

  • hi can you explain! the survival of the fittest why we still have sheep?

    sheep 1 born per year

    wolf 6 born per year (massive out numbering growth for wolf)

    Q1 In the millions of years before mans involvement to farm them why did wolf not eat all sheep?

    Q2 lambs and sheep are easy prey

    why did they evolve in first place

    under natural selection guide lines they should never have evilolved

  • You are an incredibly stupid man. Your comment demonstrates a complete lack of understanding on the subject of evolution. You have a wealth of knowledge at your disposal; the public library, the internet, college/university. Your ignorance is not tolerable. Go away, do a little honest learning then come back. Then you'll have earned your way into an intelligent conversation.

  • Sheep: possibly the FIRST domesticated species. The modern sheep has been shielded for so long it is no longer able to survive without human protection.

  • Lockilse Sheep: possibly the FIRST domesticated species (the bible hints at that)

    but re eviloution how did they survive up untill man came? and if they were strong then where are they now? (the strong ones)

  • One more person converted to atheism. Soon we will unleash our evil hordes of baby eating non-believers on the world. MWah ha ha ha haaaaa.....

  • "But as many as receive Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name" (John 1:12).

    "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:8-10).

  • "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."

  • "This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him."

  • Gen 6:6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

    Gen 6:7 So the LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them."

  • "Once there were four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, who were sent from London during the war to live in the country house of an old Professor and his housekeeper, Mrs. Macready. She was not fond of children, and he was a very old man with shaggy white hair, which grew over most of his face as well as on his head."

  • ""This house is so big that no one will mind what we do," said Peter. "Let's explore tomorrow."

    Everyone agreed to this, and that was how the adventure began. The first few doors the children tried led to spare bedrooms. Then came a long room full of pictures and a suit of armor; and after that, three steps down and five steps up, a whole series of rooms lined with books, some bigger than a Bible, and lastly, a room that was empty except for one big wardrobe with a mirror in the door."

  • ""Nothing there!" said Peter, and they all trooped out again--except Lucy. She looked inside the wardrobe and saw several fur coats hanging up. She got in among them and kept her arms stretched out in front of her in order to not bump into the back of the wardrobe."

  • Arnt you just meat & chemicials !

    why do you think your comment has any value? (chemicial reactions are common ) who knows if your chemicials are needing a top up

    really if you evilolved then thats all you are

    chemicials and thoughts are reactions (right ) its not an insult just reality at the humanistic level

  • Your comment makes no sense. Try again.

  • 6 questions for you valu777

    1 What about being made of "meat and chemicals" makes one valueless?

    2 Do you know what the word value means?

    3 How does there being no god make a person of no value?

    4 Are you saying only a god can assign value to humans, and that humans cannot assign value to themselves?

    5 Or are you saying that a being can't assign value to itself?

    6 If so, does that mean god has no value because he has no one above him to assign it to him?

    I would appreciate honest answers.

  • If you aren't a collection of chemical reactions, then stop eating and drinking. You'll soon realize that you won't me around much longer without these things to fuel your chemical reactions.

  • man dose not live on bread alone but from every word from the mouth of God

  • Athiests seem to be perfectly healthy. They reject the word of god. Explain how your statement makes any sense.

  • I'm doing quite well, if I do say so myself, without this God-word diet.

  • 14 A heart that turns from God becomes bored with its own ways, but a good person is satisfied with God's ways.

    15 A gullible person believes anything, but a sensible person watches his step.

    16 A wise person is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is careless and overconfident.

    17 A short-tempered person acts stupidly, and a person who plots evil is hated.

  • If the word of God were food, it would have a few good parts, but would be overwhelmingly gross.

    "And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight."- Ezekiel 4:12

    If your God tells you to eat food cooked over human feces _find a new God_.

    I can go on and on and on for pretty much _the entire damn book_. If you think it's a good read, you obviously skipped some parts.

  • all the OT was about Jesus and aranging his comming

    Jesus is God you know right God as a man

    you canot plow a feild looking back , the cross is acheinved , the ppl who said he would come the first time also say hes comming back the 2nd time

  • I can't take you seriously since nothing you say has a clear point. You sound like you are on serious drugs.

    Matthew 24:34: Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

    Luke 21:32: Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

    Oops. Guess Jesus is a little late.

  • not realy the holy spirit arrived on the day of penticost forfilling what he was saying

    you will never out think God

  • The first thing you said makes no sense. Again, I'll assume your mind is not clear.

    The second bit is like hiding behind your mommy when you're getting beaten up.

  • ok 1967 the jews gaind the land of israil back ,

    its this generation that will see Jesus return

    1967 plus 50 years = 2017 this is the year he will be back

  • valu777: I have to ask. If you're wrong (and I'm asserting that you are), what would be the ramification for you?

    Would it make your question your faith in God or Jesus? Would it make you reconsider the bible? What, realistically, would such a hypothetical outcome prove to you?

  • my faith i dont question as it is spiritual its not from the mind

  • I can safely say that anything I currently hold true will be immediately dismissed if reasonably proven false. That's just being rational. But what you're saying is that you'll continue to believe, in blind faith, "facts" that are proven to be false.

    I understand that you think faith, god, etc are beyond the rules of logic, but they aren't. Some ideas can be proven true or false. Predictions like yours certainly fall into this category. I would advise doing some research on critical thinking.

  • "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear" (Hebrews 11:1).

    notice SUBSTANCE & EVIDENCE not blind christians never have blind faith

    we have the faith of Jesus

  • An actual definition from a dictionary (not a bible):

    faith: belief that is not based on proof

    I'm glad you addressed substance and evidence. Your last comment affirms the point I originally made regarding evidence. As you just stated, your faith is subject to evidence. As such, this negates your previous statement. So then, could you modify your original statement to reflect your last comment?

    Again, If EVIDENCE were to REASONABLY disprove your faith, would your then adjust your beliefs?

  • A generation is 20 - 25 years, not 50 years. 1967 + 25 years = 1992. Did Jesus return? What will you think when 2017 comes and goes and no Jesus?

  • a Jewish jubilee is 50 years = 1 generation

  • "a Jewish jubilee is 50 years" - true, but that is not a generation. You can look it up on Wikipedia. How will your beliefs change if Jesus does not return by 2017?

  • He will never come. The reason being he never was a physical being. He is a mental construct. A place holder for kindness and love. Totally unlike the Old testament god who was all Jealousy and Vengeance, Wrath and Brimstone.

  • valu777..Wrong The Jew did not gain there land back in 1967. but they did in 1948 Israel became a nation in May 1948. Jerusalem became the capital in 1967.

    1948+50=1998 your god lie to you again. Thank;s

  • When a person trusts The Force, they are saved from the penalty and consequences of the Dark Side. Most assuredly, I say to you, he who follows the ways of the force and believes in it has everlasting life and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into the forceplane (Yoda 5:24)

  • YES!

  • @Piscivorus Thank you so much for that!!!  It made me laugh so hard...kudos!

  • @Piscivorus just goes to show how substitutable the bible is

  • @Piscivorus Best Comment Ever

  • That's a nice story... got some bad messages in it though... maybe that's the point. Where's it from?

  • its from the word of God our creator

  • Oh yeah? How do you know it's from the word of god?

  • If God is "perfect" he wouldn't have been sorry for making man! Seems like he admits in the bible that he made a "mistake". o.O

  • yep he admits it

    all mistakes get tosted in the LAKE OF FIRE

    question are you a mistake?

  • Looks that way

  • I hereby assign you with value. There you go. You're not a mistake anymore. No god required.

  • @Textra1 SShhhh!!! We're not supposed to tell them that yet!

  • I still haven't come out to my family or most of my friends for the most part that im an atheist. It really is shows like this one and other things youtubers do (like donexodus2 and cdk007) that have supported my growth and have shown me that being a skeptic is a good thing. So i would like to thank every one who is proud to be an atheist and i hope one day i can get up the courage to join your ranks.

  • I was in the same position. The easy way to start talking is just ask for answers (A good place to find questions is "10 questions every intelligent christian must answer". Just start asking those questions, the if they ask if you believe in god, just say no.

  • just a word of advice on the telling of family members i was bold and just came striaght out with it. and when my family starts talking to me again ill let you know how it turned out :) (yes i'm serious 10 years of avoidance and counting p.s i'm 18 now)

    also love the show

  • I'm in a similar position. I have told my friends, and they are still my friends (even the serious Christians). However, my family still doesn't know because I don't know how they will react if I ever get the confidence to tell them, but right now, I'm scared out of my mind.

  • I think they should let them make a National day of Prayer for one year, and at the same time, grant the same for most other religions. See how they feel about it if their Nation day of Pray is right after the Nation day of Satanic Goat Sacrifices and just before the Moa day of Canabalism.

    Maybe instill forced school prayer, but every day go down a list of religions they have to make a prayer from alphabetically, starting with the A's, forcing Christian children to adhere to OTHER religions.

  • YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! atheist girls are HOT!!!

  • The National Day of Prayer is very unconstitutional and would go against all that the founding fathers stood for. If we have a National Prayer Day, then it seems only fair that we should have a National Day of Wiccan Ceremonies, a National Day of Meditation, etc. We should also have a "Constitution Remembrance Day" and a "National Day of Being Rational."

  • Cool Cassey!! one more rational person on earth!!

  • National prayer day wtf lol read the constitution before pushing that shit..

  • Forgive me if I am mistaken (it's been a while since I've wandered through the Bible) but didn't Jesus himself say something about how true believers should pray in private since those who pray in public and for show have already received their reward?Something for the theocrats to think about.

  • If you read the bible, you'll understand how little anybody else reads it. As the saying goes, "The top source of Atheism, if read correctly, is the Bible."

    There are so many things in it that almost no Christians seem to know of, or simply never think of it, and that's why I've taken upon myself to at least raise conciousness-- to break this numbness beleivers seem to have towards what they claim to beleive.

  • Let's have a national day of teenage fucking.

  • amen

  • And an NFL star!

  • Instead of a National Day of Prayer, let's push for a National Day of Pasta in honor of the FSM.

    Ramen!

  • You just want to make America into a pastocracy

  • Wow, I did a quick search and Washington did not set aside that day. So either I am not finding a resource that says so, or certain religious people are lying once again.

  • Fuck the national day of prayer. It's all about the National day of Slayer!!

  • God listens... TO SLAYER!

  • cool...

  • It is good to see that Obama doesn't waste much of his time in these religious ceremonies.

  • I freaked out when I realized my 15 year old son was watching atheist videos, especially The Atheist Experience, on Youtube. I decided to see what kind of shit they loaded my son's mind with. Two hours later I said " So I am an Atheist." Thank you for the videos.

  • seriously?

  • Heh, I like that. Was it the stereotype that scared you?

  • Well bedcatlucre, I'm glad you decided to check it out instead of automatically dismiss it. :) Welcome to reason. Hope you enjoy your stay.

  • Props to you for actually seeing what they say instead of just following a kneejerk reaction.

  • if only my dad was willing to admit when he is wrong and admit that being a christian is ridiculous

    we need more parents like you

  • Thank you for listening.

  • Wasn't that girl just the cutest?

  • lol feed their ego even more!!!

  • Haha, most adorable call ever. :p

  • I always wondered why xtians even went to church in the first place. Don't they believe that god hears all prayers, no matter where your are? Why need a building or group? Just think your prayer quietly and he will hear, right? Stupid fundies. Our little town had a 1/4 page ad in the local paper just before this prayer day, urging folks to gather downtown. I think I will put an ad to urge folks to come downtown to meet and talk about how crazy fundies are. I bet I would get some neg. letters!

  • Well, the cross is an idol and it clearly says not to worship idols, but hey it's christianity; it doesn't have to make any sense.

  • Jesus himself (if he existed at all, of course) in the Biblical texts says "go in your room and close the door." Not "whine at people for not praying in public."

  • Exactly. Jesus says to pray in silence and not to attention whore. They don't even follow his teachings as they're written in the gospels.

    Also shows you how much more they care about their religion and its acceptance in the government (ala theocracy-like) than their country's constitution.

  • Quite right. The attention they've received politically the past 30 years has spoiled them so much that they don't realize the power they're "losing" is putting things back in balance. Gone are the days of mandating "prayer days" and enforced prayer in school, and backwards attempts to teach creation in science classes.

    One can hope its in its death throes... leave theocracies to Turkey, Syria and Iran. The Constitution gives us freedom of AND from religion.

  • What happened to Matt Dillahunty?

  • what do you mean

  • he gets off every 5th week

  • Nothing. There are five or six people who take turns hosting The Atheist Experience. Matt takes three shows in a row, then gets a day off about every fourth week, I think. (I'm a regular listener via podcast.)

  • Obama's looking to be the kind of president I thought he would be. One that actually adheres to the constitution!

  • We have a national day of prayer in Denmark aswell. It's not so much about prayer as it is a free day off :p

  • It was wonderful to hear from that young woman who has recognized atheism. It took me about 30 years to get there. I have Madelyn Murray O'Hare to thank, in part, for her influence. I also learned to think for myself as well as studied science and the history of religion. In answer to those "believers" who say that a-theists have no purpose for life--We only get one life to live. What better reason does anyone need to live it well! elcee

  • You people have a national day of pray there in the north??? boy your country is wierd....

  • Yup, it's horrible that the president is spending his time doing something useful and practical instead of wishing for things.

  • The president praying is useful

    it helps him get support of crazy christians, and thus helps him pass more progressive legislation

  • National Day Of How To Do Nothing And Still Think You're Helping

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