Re: 7 questions for fellow atheists video (tag video #2)

[DAZEOFTHESTONED]

You look like a few beers short of a six pack. No wonder why your an atheist and blame God. Cause you look like your going to hell in a hand basket!

[whitemisa]

thank God, my parents where not religious, and I stopped being a Catholic when I turned 11 years old....the god who kills his own son story did not make any sense to me....it seems to be a little easier in Europe to not be religious than in the USA... (I was born in Czech Republic)

Ps. : I am not an atheists but something like that..

oh and your cute, you look like a great mix of 2 very hot ( famous) guys that I like...

:-)

[CousinoMacul]

Thanks!

[Oceanus57]

There is no god. This is a simple fact that is easily understood.

All god figures are projections of the human imagination.

All religion is inept puppetry, and the puppeteers are ALWAYS people.

When the puppeteers dwindle to nothing, so do the gods they once animated.

It is simple to see that this is so.

Why dignify the theist's arguments by delving into the abyss of their ontological squirmings?

Debunking the idea of god is easy, and requires no more eloquence than this.

[kaosboy13]

It's true that you can't convince believers to abandon their religions. Wizard's First Rule (Terry Goodkind fan service), people are stupid; they will believe whatever they want or fear to be true.

Also, believers are some of the most ANNOYING arguers on the planet. They make anime geeks look normal! Most of us atheists give up trying because our intended audience is ignoring the facts in favor of quoting lines from a grossly misinterpreted book of fairy tales. Their minds are closed.

[secretMachine]

Logic > religion

[kaosboy13]

Amen!

[frankjohnson123]

I think atheism is rather hypocritical. You make fun of theists for being so sure there is a God, when you are so sure that there isn't. I am a Christian for my own reasons.

[CousinoMacul]

A) Not all atheists make fun of theists.

B) Those of us who do, don't make fun of you for being sure there is a god, we make fun of you for believing childish absurdities.

FAIL!

[frankjohnson123]

I'm sorry if I'm not an expert on atheist behavioral studies, but I thought the point of atheism is to oppose religion/ religious people.

P.S. Pretty odd that I didn't get any thumbs-down yet, huh?

[ibanezmancons]

You might want to read a dictionary to understand what atheism actually means.

There is no 'point' to it. It's not some kind of political movement.

And atheists can easily be so sure, simply because it is logical not to believe in something that isn't true or provable.

[germandude76]

bro...how many nights you havent you slept when you recorded this ?

[germandude76]

an idea that defines itself as the opposite of another idea is pretty lame...

[NLPNVC]

Interesting answers... Cheers!

[kalsolarUK]

space shit in the tail of a comet? Or did you say space ship?? lol.

[CousinoMacul]

Well, the tail is exactly where you would expect space shit to be. ;-)

[DieselBodine]

Thanks to your video, I've given my heart to Cheeses. 8-)

[rozeboosje]

Nice work.

[DamNationDiplomat]

That was a really insightful answer on the 'whose mind would you change?' question. When i first heard the question, i was imagining all the pompous, money-grubbing, hypocritical televangelists, and trying to pick the one that disturbs me most, but, you're right. They'd be replaced, and it makes more sense to make your own life easier by getting that one person in your family who still thinks it's a noble pursuit to try and convert you to forever hold their peace.

[CousinoMacul]

Thanks!

[heatherlynblue]

thanks? for the tag. :)

actually, these are really great questions.

imho, you should consider doing an ongoing series periodically picking out a story from the science publications you mentioned - it would be a great service to people like me who are science illiterate!

[nevinwilliams]

a6: The less I know of these 4, the better for all.

A7:  The bible is my least favourite argument. I refute it by pointing out that Genesis was written by the tortured soul of Moses, who had no impetus to write anything particularly decent about entities like the one who abused him mentally, emotionally, and spiritually throughout the book of Exodus. Furthermore, if Yahweh were to be incarnated in modern times, to behave as he did in the bible, the person would look alot like Hitler.

[nevinwilliams]

a5: This one: E=MC^2 isn't particularly accurate. We send light and receive light in order to relate. I suspect I send light faster than most can receive.. Einstein needed not combine the two C's, but split them. E=MCC is the very same, right? And light I send causes me to use energy, and the light leaves me; it's dark.  So E=MCD alows for conventional science to continue working unscathed, and it allows for additional stuff, by slightly varying the two factors of light.

[nevinwilliams]

A1: make a point to emphasize the perfect peace acheieved by the atheist standpoint, which is very close to being Bhudda's Nirvana.

A2: the pope. The catholics are in serious trouble, just for having crucifixes.

A3: it was catholic; I went atheist for self-defense. I then softened up to agnostiscism, and an I'll see when I get there open-mindedness. Later, I was compelled to believe in myself.

A4: God was probably an atheist himself, else he wouldn't have taken the job.

[CousinoMacul]

So do I. :-)

[kalin666]

That's not controversial, stupid ideas should be mocked.

[CousinoMacul]

:-)

[DefaultPosition]

I agree with your view on making fun of religion. It's so freeking ridiculous that it's pathetic not to make complete fun of that cr*p.

[CousinoMacul]

A lot of atheists don't feel that way.

[MonsignorChihuihui]

Yes, I fully agree with the atheist assertion that Catholicism is the only true religion. Even so, atheists must moderate their religious zeal by tolerating other Christian denominations.

[CousinoMacul]

As a gourmet, I have been culinarily spoiled by feasting on the blood and flesh (prepared raw -- aka Tartar) of the Lord himself. How can I possibly tolerate any denomination that doesn't feed me as exquisitely as the Catholics do?

[MonsignorChihuihui]

I would suggest an ecumenical potluck dinner. Even so, perhaps "tolerate" is too strong a word. Instead, be satisfied with condescending to a Protestant level; that is, be sure to tell them your sandwiches are transubstantial while theirs are consubstantial.

[TheGiggler1]

Cognitive sciences, eh? Boy, do I have a link for YOU! Check your PM box.

[CousinoMacul]

:-D

[RandomCastaa]

Thank Javier for making the first video response so far! I kind of expected no one to bother since people are pretty much over the whole tag video concept. I appreciate you taking the time and giving thoughtful answers. Maybe yours will get the ball rolling.

[CousinoMacul]

Looks like a few responses have flowed in. Thanks for starting this tag. These are god questions.

[randyhelzerman]

"more interesting, philosophical videos" -- be the change you want to see :-)

[CousinoMacul]

I have plans. I just need to do it. :-(

[Axxellerate]

I agree about the mockery part - sometimes the first step in questioning something is by laughing at it.

[CousinoMacul]

Hahaha!

[thequestionmarkofGod]

I have said it before but I will again: <333 to your parents.

[CousinoMacul]

<33

[HaleyMary]

Seems to be a lot of tag games going around these days. This one looked like it had interesting questions. :) I grew up secular, as well. But, more like atheist secular. It was kind of awkward some occasions such as Thanksgiving when I would go over to my aunt's place who was very religious and she would ask me to say grace. I ended up thanking the universe. I'll just say it was a very interesting and different kind of way of saying grace. :P

[CousinoMacul]

Of course, you're part of the Universe, so you were also thanking yourself. :-)

[HaleyMary]

I never thought of it that way, but you do make a good point there. :)

[Atheistblindchick]

Great answers.

I like these questions!

I'll just forget I said I wouldn't do any more tags...

[CousinoMacul]

"I'll just forget I said I wouldn't do any more tags..."

I knew you would. Of course ... I'm still waiting for that video. ;-P

[TrueNorth15]

you didn't mention the LHC for #5 what's up with that???:P

[CousinoMacul]

Like I said, I love it all! There just wasn't enough time to cover that much.

BTW, Did you see who got thanked on Dr. Plait's latest post? :-D

[TrueNorth15]

hehe, now you're just getting cocky

[CousinoMacul]

Wouldn't you?

Seriously though, I didn't actually do anything but forward Troy's video to Phil. Troy deserves all the credit.

[TrueNorth15]

you're right I would too

also the vid did totally rock

[Barklord]

I agree that mockery has its place. Sometimes people get angry enough to change because of the embarassment. I use it for smokers because that's what changed me for the most part. Sometimes they just tell me to fuck off. lol

[CousinoMacul]

Ironically, I find that mockery actually can make people think (introspect) more.

[anangel13]

Cool answers :o)

~Angel XIII~

[CousinoMacul]

Thanks An!