well, hold on there. don piper went to heaven after dying, came back and wrote a book in which he claimed he saw uncle george and all the cousins while in attendance. *grin*
@wp4866 (in the same spirit) Oh! Well, then I stand corrected! :)
I guess it MUST be true. Since the bible is true because it says it's true, then I quess Piper's book is true as well! Wow! That makes EVERY book true as well. Even the UFO adbuction books, Spiderman and the entire Harry Potter series! Cool! Thanks! :)
ALTHOUGH I'M A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN (Baptist), I no longer believe that the Bible teaches eternal torment or suffering. The Bible teaches eternal punishment, but it's not eternal torment. In my popular Internet article, TRADITIONAL DOCTRINE OF HELL EVOLVED FROM GREEK ROOTS, I explain how and why teaching of eternal torment entered early into Christianity and how Scriptures have been misinterpreted and taken out of context to support that teaching. ~Babu G. Ranganathan (B.A. theology/biology)
SCIENCE SHOWS THAT THE UNIVERSE could not have sustained itself eternally because of entropy (even in an open system). Einstein confirmed that space, matter, and time had a beginning! That beginning had to be supernatural because natural laws have no ability to bring the universe into existence from nothing. The supernatural cannot be proved by science but science points to a supernatural intelligence for the origin and order of the universe ~ HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM (Article)
EINSTEIN CONFIRMED that space and time are just as physical as matter. That's why space and time can be altered by gravity, and space produces particles. Einstein's equations show that the universe couldn’t be eternal. It had a beginning. Einstein believed, because of science, in the existence of God behind the origin and order of the universe. He didn't believe in a personal God like Christians do, but he did believe science pointed to the existence of an all powerful and intelligent Creator
THE SCIENTIFIC CASE AGAINST ATHEISM: Please read this Internet article of mine published in Russia's English Pravda. It will be a real eye-opener for all who think belief in a Creator is merely subjective blind faith. Also read my article, LIFE ON MARS NO SURPRISE (In the Earth's past there was powerful volcanic activity which spewed life-containing dirt and rocks (meteors) into outer space. Mars may literally have millions of tons of Earth soil)
NATURAL LIMITS TO EVOLUTION: Only evolution within "kinds" is genetically possible (i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.), but not evolution across "kinds" (i.e. from worm to human). How were species living and reproducing if their vital structures, organs, reproductive systems hadn't evolved yet? Read my Pravda Internet article: WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS! I discuss: Punctuated Equilibrium, "Junk DNA," genetics, mutations, natural selection, fossils, genetic/biological similarities between species
DAWKINS, HITCHENS, AND HAWKING REFUSE TO DEBATE with creationists who are SCIENTISTS, such as the scientists at The Institute for Creation Research. Dawkins and his friends only debate non-scientist creationists. Read articles by scientists supporting creation at The Institute for Creation Research site. Read analysis from creation scientists about the latest news on fossils, genetics, astronomy, etc. that you won't read in the main stream media. Visit the Institute for Creation Research site.
INTELLIGENT DESIGN ON ANOTHER PLANET? Imagine finding a planet where robots are programmed to make other robots just like themselves from raw materials. Now, imagine an alien scientist visiting the planet and, after studying these robots, comes to the conclusion that because science can explain how these robots work, function, and reproduce there's no reason to believe there was an intelligent designer behind them! Read my Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
WHAT IS SCIENCE? Science simply is knowledge based on observation. No one observed the universe coming by chance or by design, by creation or by macro-evolution. These are positions of faith. The issue is which faith the scientific evidence best supports. Natural laws can explain how an airplane or a cell works, but it's irrational to believe that mere undirected natural laws can bring about either. Read my Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
SCIENTISTS HAVE NEVER CREATED LIFE. And, even if they do it won't be by chance but by intelligent design. By genetically engineering already existing forms of life, scientists have produced new forms of life, but they did not produce these new life forms from non-living matter. Even in synthetic life, scientists design and build DNA from scratch, through intelligent design, and then insert their man-made DNA into an already living cell. Read my article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
THE ODDS of the sequence of molecules in a cell coming together by chance are similar to the odds of magnetic letters randomly bonding together in a sequence to form all the words and sentences in a dictionary. Without the right sequence, a cell's molecules won't work. Amino acids can come by chance but not proteins. Without DNA there can be no proteins and vice versa. Gradually won't do. It's all at once or not at all for a cell's survival. Read my article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
NATURAL SELECTION DOESN'T PRODUCE ANYTHING. It can only "select" from what is produced that has survival value. If a variation occurs that helps a species survive, that survival is called being "selected." That's all it is. There's no conscious selection by nature. It's a passive process. Natural selection is a figure of speech. The term itself is a tautology. Natural selection only operates once there is life and reproduction, not before. Read my article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM.
NATURAL SELECTION IS NO BLIND WATCHMAKER because it can only "select," not produce or arrange. If a variation survives, that's called being "selected." Natural selection operates only once there is life and reproduction, not before, so it couldn't have been involved in life's origins. A partially-evolved cell (an oxymoron) would quickly disintegrate. It couldn't wait ("survive") millions of years for chance to complete it and then make it alive! Read: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
ARE FOSSILS REALLY MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD? Popular Internet article examines assumptions concerning fossil deposition as well as built-in assumptions involved in modern radiometric dating (not used for dating fossils but other rocks), and arguments from starlight and time. Discusses lack of true transitional forms in the fossil record and lack of "age" sequence of the fossil layers. Discussion of mixed species (i.e. dinosaur, reptile, mammal fossils in the same stratum).
IMAGINE A FISH WITH PART FINS, part feet with the fins evolving (transitioning) into feet. What survival benefit would there be? The fish couldn't use its fins or its feet, and there are no fossils showing such a creature ever existed. They only exist on automobile bumper stickers! There are no true transitional forms, either living or fossilized. Evolutionists realize this fact! Read my Internet article: WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
APES ARE QUITE COMFORTABLE IN HOW THEY WALK, just as humans are quite comfortable in how they walk. Even a slight change in the position of a muscle or bone, for either, would be excruciatingly painful and would not be an advantage for survival. There's no hard evidence that humans evolved from ape-like creatures anymore than there's hard evidence that apes evolved from four-legged-pawed dog-like creatures. Read Internet article: MISSING LINKS THAT NEVER WERE.
GENETIC INFORMATION CANNOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE, so it's more logical to believe that genetic similarities between all forms of life are due to a common Designer who designed similar functions for similar purposes. It doesn't mean all forms of life are biologically related! Also, "Junk DNA" isn't junk. These non-coding segments of DNA have recently been found to be vital in regulating gene expression. Read my popular Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
ALL REAL EVOLUTION ( i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.) in nature is the expression, over time, of already existing genes. Evolution is possible only if there’s information (genes) directing it. Only variations of already existing genes are possible, which means only limited evolution and adaptations are possible. Nature has no ability to invent new genes via random mutations caused by random environmental forces. That’s evolutionary faith, not science. Read my article, WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
DO EYES CARRY SCARS OF EVOLUTION? Read this fantastic Internet article by biologist and creationist Brian Thomas. Thomas refutes every argument of a "flawed" design for the eye, and explains how and why the so-called flaw is actually the best thing for the eye. Read the article! It's amazing what facts evolutionists will ignore. Numerous times evolutionists have been proven wrong about their interpretation of a structure as being flawed or useless.
@rjcode6 Bravo, on doing that. Most would just take it, and if they didn't agree with it, throw it in the trash. It takes some guts to put it back on her porch, and I commend you on it.
I don't know what city you're in, but you might want to look for a MeetUp grour in your city (or start one). Youre NOT alone! :)
I feel a little more free after watching your video I was brought up brainwashed catholic but deep down never really accepted it there was just no logic to it thanks
Thank you, Doubter, for a memorably excellent series but also for having set the platform for the wonderfully funny comments that your readers have posted. Cheers.
to tell the truth both atheism and religion both make you slave of the state however atheism thinks its smart ,to me i am atheist and also Anarchist and also want to learn more from both sides etc
In the Book of Enoch (950 year old Noah's 300 year old Grand-father), Enoch claims he visited heaven and met god and some of his angels. In his description and pictures they are all butt naked men... no women... I'll take hell please.
Thank you so much for making these. These videos are just perfect. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now I can show this to people when they think I'm a witch loving satan humper. :)
Full house from me, great video and a while back it really helped me convert from christianity to reason, and I don't think I've ever been more happy. 5/5
awesome videos! you make a large number of great points, and I especially liked the portions of showing examples of other atheists.
If you haven't already seen them, there is another amazing series on religion and science thats having a hard time finding viewers. It's called Discovering Religion, by andyzohoury, i believe. there are currently 12 in the series but he hopes to produce more. Check em out!
Just finished watching all 6 parts.thank you 4 your Digitalfreethought's Atheism 101 1 to 6 , its 5/5 but i fined you go a little fast , sum time to emphasis
at the end of statements. may help ? wish more people could see these videos
And you do not need to stop at wishing. You can send links to your friends, or put up a link at your social-site profiles or homepage. If you truely are a proud atheis, you should have no problem doing that. I would also like for more people to see these videos, but i don't feel like yelling out to people (yet at least), as i live in a scandinavia, and most people here are very disbelieving in religions (literal interpetation at least) as in general.
Just the fact that different people all over the world believe with all their heart in a certain religion proofs that people can be easily deluded.
I think the promises and treats religion makes are just too big for people to have a good reality check. Nomatter how many scientific claims from the bible or any other religion get disproved by science, people will just keep on hoping and believing in the afterlife.
I agree on many levels, especially all of the ones that you mention. but what I was referring to is the part where i said "I wish we could all live forever", but it doesn't necessarily mean in the Christian heaven. With out constant, challenge and improvement it would eventually turn into hell.. I couldn't agree more.
I think the Idea of Hevean would be so tragic. that everything in this universe is a complete waste, all the amazing and extraordinary processess, the struggle and the amazing forces that made life, all these complexities so far beyond our understanding. all for naught. just so a few of us could float in the clouds for eternity. with no purpose because with have already achieved the maximum we could hope for. besides 1/3 of all angels obviously weren't happy. what makes you so sure you will be
"don't you wish that you could go to hevean?" no i don't, don't use we when talking about an atheist trait, because the only common atheist trait not accepting the supernatural. even free thought isn't a universally atheist idea, many atheists want to destroy religion, some are just ignorant people that just dont believe in gods or magic. atheism is not a religion, it is not a belief. there is no "we".
Just finished watching all 6 parts. A comforting confirmation of my growth out of Catholicism. Only one disagreement and that's on afterlife. I certainly do not believe in any form remotely resembling the biological one but perhaps a shift to something we cannot as yet explain. In speaking about "personality" I think there is room for the concept of conciousness apart from it. My own experience, (evidence as it were), is more simply explained by an alternate form. Any thoughts?
Thanks for your excellent documentary. Everybody should watch it. If the human race can survive religion, maybe it can become worthy of its natural gift of intelligence. Keep up the good work, Ed
Hm, this was an excellent series, but I've been noticing that folks are now going on about how science is all evil because of weapons developed because of it or the whole "Hitler bought into Darwin" meme. Maybe we need an "atheism 201" to cover these?
"Gott mit uns" was the motto of the Wehrmacht, but I don't have sources that Hitler personally thought the Aryan race was chosen by god. Wouldn't surprise me, though.
Thank you so much for these vids. The music and production value were both fantastic. I only wish that mainstream America would open their eyes and shed the religious blinders. The fact that Gov. Palin believes in witches, creationism, and rapture, (and could be only a heart attack away from holding the codes for the largest nuclear weapons stockpile in history) makes me ill.
What's a shame is that we aren't demanding that creationists and other science-haters be denied the benefits of technology, medicine, and so on. We should be able to just tell these folks "back to your cave, grunty" and be done with it. Somehow though, they've gotten power.
Excellent. Thanks for this. In my experience though, I find that theists get pissed off when you dismiss their 'personal experience' as a psycological effect.
This is such an amazing series. It's accessible to "beginners" to this debate, yet remains relevant to people who have spent a lot of time researching it.
grrrrrrrrrreat series mr.Rhodes!! i truly enjoyed watching this. i hope to see more of this sometime soon! ive also had a rough 'awakening' from faith to reason, but that is more a reason to try and enlighten my fellow human beings. keep up the good work!!
The correct word is disinformation, not misinformation. Disinformation is deliberately spreading lies whereas misinformation is spreading untruths when you do not know the truth and or have not bothered to find out, so the religious leaders have been spreading disinformation about atheists. Apart from that the whole series is spot on and I have enjoyed it immensely.
jumpiniloveyou, you're absolutely right. The link between communism and atheism is overwhelming. Which is why the fathers of America turned away from Christianity and made it's country a communist country where everyone has to be atheist. Oh wait...
Great series. Thanks a lot. I'll be showing this to many people who know little about Atheism. A few weeks ago my nephew heard I was an Atheist and asked if I believed in the devil!
So... -now I've seen the whole series and, well, I really wanted you to suceed, but... What a disappointment... The whole series is really begging the question, wouldn't you say? I can't even begin to fit all of my criticisms of your approach to science on here. And why bother with the ridicule of religions? I really think that if you left that stuff out you'd have a much more solid point, which is the scientific way to do things, no?
Thanks for taking the time to comment on my video. Please remember that that this is Atheism "101"... For people who may never have even thought to question their religious upbringing, or for those who have just now started..
So, this IS about questioning and disproving religion more so than just saying you don't have evidence. Why not just say you're agnostic? Why go through attempts to point out internal contradictions of an ideology based on faith and the dogmas of religion. Science is also a faith based ideology.
The arguments used on one must logically be used on the other ideology (esp. since science is so very dependent on its logic and rationality). To ridicule one ideology in such terms only goes to show that you have a personal bias on an emotional level. This is not scientific. This explanation of Atheism is entirely flawed.
it isn't about proving god doesn't exist, but proving that the arguments for proving god doesn't exist don't suffice. you cannot disprove what has never been proven to exist in the first place. it is like saying religion is cold, not that cold is an actual energy countering heat, but just a lack of heat.
Ah, instead of "disprove," I shall say "discredit" and stick with everything else I wrote. My point is that doubter 5 was religious, lost his/her faith and now is athiest. All of the scientific logic would lead one to espouse agnosticism, but he/she is antagonistic of religion in general, probably b/c of a personal loss that shattered his/her faith. My point was that the argument would be stronger without the ridicule of the other ideology in such broad strokes.
i personally find agnosticism and atheism interchangeable. agnostics are unsure, atheists are confident. but both don't know, and both don't believe in god.
being antagonistic of religion in general is perfectly permissible when it needs to be shown how dangerous it is. it is also clearing misconceptions of atheism from the believers who think atheists are idiots.
Right. How can one be confident, in religion, or science? I understand the semantics of each term. I'm questioning the video, well the autuer's strategy of antagonism of religion. Leave it at: I don't believe in a god. The rest just shows personal bias of distaste for religion.
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I mean, from the point of view of this video anyone from a protestant religion would be like: of course, that's why we protested and split.
And speaking of dangerous, I don't subscribe to either ideology. The atheist's confidence is foolish and more scarey than a primitive believer. Having to choose between ideologies, I'd take a spiritually faith based one.
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For all of the hippocratical killing in the name of their god, it doesn't touch the number of people killed to enforce communism. Oh, and when I say communism, I mean Atheist communism.
I will agree some parts could have been more carefully done, but overall, the points are made rather clear. It's the political correctness of not being offensive to anyone at all that is extremely tricky to do. It's religion so no matter how nice and thorough the guy does it, it's bound to sound 'angry' to someone. Which is why I often don't bother saying anything to my family, or I sound like an asshole.
science by definition is not faith based. it is knowledge based. science is the study of the objective. good science never holds a position that is disproven. it holds onto what makes the most sense so far. if something can objectively make more sense, it will adapt.
Yes, and then you begin to see more internal contradictions with this, no? What do you know of "science?" Only what you have studied of it. I think it's safe to say that you've never seen an atom split, or even an atom period, and yet you have "faith" on what others say they have proven... Unless you are going to tell me that you have studied every principle of science, experimented and proven them all. Faith = belief in things not seen...
Furthermore, you "believe" them without having experimented and proven every single scientific finding to be true for yourself, as doing so would be nearly impossible in a lifetime. Faith = belief in things not seen. Science therefore is faith based, on several levels.
Great series. By far the most educational and eye opener on You Tube. Now to get this to where more people can see it. and hopefully even translate it. We need to stop these little fairy tales and HOPING for a supposed god to do this for me, or help my sister with this or with that, Screw that. Do for you . You want something , go out and get it, Don't pray for it. Tell yourself you wanted and you need it and DO IT!!!
Nice work.But why does the dis - UNITED STATES have so many problems with people not beleving in the supernatural.I know the U.S . thinks it has a monopoly on whats right . but there is only about 300 million people in the U.S, YOUTUBE spans the whole world. 6 billion & rising THERE IS NO GOD people (probably) GET OVER IT....
awsome video {im still trying to decide who too beleive but this video helps alot} i truly appreciate all the time and work you put in too making this and helping me choose the path of reason
If your "soul" has nothing to do with you personality, then you cannot have an individual soul. Furthermore, as your own actions are guided by your personality then you are in fact stating that your "soul" cannot be affected by your actions. So the act of worship - which is driven by your personality- cannot affect what will happen to the soul. So you are in fact stating that religious worship in any form is meaningless as it "has nothing to do with the soul".
Your connection of personality and soul is puzzling. My acts of worship are not driven only by my personality. Maybe you are meaning personality is a way different than I understand its common usage. If you by personality you mean a person's distinctive behaviorial, emotional and social traits and characteristics, Christians believe a soul is much more than that. My personality changes over time, my soul doesn't. You are short changing the soul with your viewpoint.
You, yourself stated "A soul has *nothing* to do with personality". If that statement is set as true the arguments I gave follows. Now you are stating that a soul is "more than personality" (i.e. personality is *a part* of what you call a soul). However, you also state that a soul *does not change* and a personality does. This must mean that your actions in life, say changing from being a non-believer to a believer (a personality change), will *not* affect the soul, so worship is meaningless.
In Texas, wehn we say "more than" we can mean "greater than". To me the soul is the eternal part of who you are. You could use the word "spirit" in a similar fashion. When I say nothing to do with personality, I mean whether you are shy or gregarious or introverted or extroverted or comedic or any other personality traits. You make it sound like the sum of those items is your soul, and I see little or no correlation.
When I say the soul doesn't change, I don't mean that it can't be infected with evil or improved by help from the Holy Spirit. But it can't be changed out anymore than your physical body is. I can't change my body for Peyton Manning's and I can't change my soul either. It is my eternal part. But the soul doesn't change when I take a Dale Carnagie course or some other positive thinking course. That's personality not soul.
To give an old quote : "A blow to the head will confuse a man's thinking, a blow to the foot has no such effect, this cannot be the result of an immaterial soul". ― Heraclitus, 500 BC, However, contrary to what Heraclitus implied I don't have *one* soul, I have two, one under each foot.
Deism is a religious philosophy and movement that became prominent in England, France, and the United States in the 17th and 18th centuries. Deism defers from theism in that God does not interfere with human life and the laws of the universe.
Deists typically reject supernatural events (prophecy, miracles) and divine revelation prominent in organized religion, along with holy books and revealed religions that assert the existence of such things. Instead, Deists hold that religious beliefs must be founded on human reason and observed features of the natural world, and that these sources reveal the existence of one God or supreme being.
The fact that we can see Religion for the fairy tale that it is shows us that human beings are still going though a process of evolution, millions of us are.
Outstanding work! This series is a very well-laid out response to the repetitive series of questions that church officials give out to their congregations to dispute atheism. These questions are meant to stump an individual and put them on the spot in a discussion of religion versus atheism, and, though I cannot speak for every other atheist, I whole-heartedly agree with your responses. Well done!
Im not trying to proove a point to win an arguement. If God exsists, he must have made himself known right? Experience is never at the mercy of an arguement, one has to humble himself and understand that he needs God. If you want proof start here on your spiritual journey and move out of an "Egyptian state of mind" like the Israelites did to find the ONE TRUE GOD, and learn the biblical progression. My hope for you is eternal life with Jesus. wikipedia jabal al lawz
Many scientists,Johnny?In America,97%of the population believe in a personal God and conversely,97% of scientists in the most prestigious National Academy of Science don't believe in a personal God.Of those in the biological sciences, only 3% believe in a personal God.
More More more! I'm not sure if I'm just seeing it more in my own personal sphere but Atheism is coming up alot more often recently. I think its good, and I think its time.
What will happen eventually is that science will fill in the gaps so there will be no more "putting God in the gaps". There will then be no other option but to leave religion, mysticism and superstition behind.
Science has shown that all living organisms are prone to breakdown and decay. The genetic codes of all living things grow weaker as time goes by. How can Evolutionists blatantly ignore the boldfaced facts of science?
Mmm...as a bioogical major student, I'm curious, where did you get that idea? The genetic codes(gene) does not grow weaker but rather get longer through mutation, addition from other organisms(endosymbiosis) and etc. You are refering to tail-piece gene that cuts off during replication. But these tail-piece makes up frm just repeating segement that encodes for nothing. And when tail-piece gets too smaller, cell either regenerates it or suicides.
I get the impression you are from another country, so I will be kind in regards to your grammatical errors. I think you are arguing semantics brilliantly, but the idea is the same. Take bananas as an example, which have become so weak genetically they are projected to be extinct in less than 10 years.
Admittedly, I am out of my element, but I believe you are a highly programmed individual when it comes to forcing biology to fit evolution.
How is a change in the rotational velocity of the earth an argument against evolution?
As the Earth loses its kinetic energy due to all forms of friction acting on it; tides, galactic space dust, solar wind, space weather, geomagnetic storms, etc., like any flywheel, it will slow down.
Wow pseudo, that post was a long time ago... It's not an argument against evolution. The observable breakdown and decay of all living things is enough to raise an honest eyebrow. But this strange and pretentious dishonesty pervades our culture, and has anihilated the constructs of reason, for whatever it may or may not be worth to you.
Bananas have the same genetic code as they had since they started getting cloned. The reason they're projected to be extinct is because they haven't adapted (evolved) to survive in the modern world.
You've got to be an ex-Catholic. Anyway, the Old Testament refers to the earth as a sphere. Further, the scientific community at that time believed the earth was flat. That logic could just as easily be used to say that since scientists once believed this, science doesn't count. That would be sheer stupidity, don't you agree?
No. That is not sound logic, because science was also responsible for the correction and modification of those ideas, and willingly admits when it's wrong. Religion clung to their flasehoods for a LONG time, and banished the person that proposed the idea in the first place. Science is not a religion, it's a way of thinking. Sometimes thoughts are wrong, but it's not a 'package deal' that was all made up the way religions are. It's a bad comparison.
Okay, so science changes when it's wrong. What if science evolves/eventually progresses to the point of intelligent design? Many scientists feel that this is a legitimate possibility. If science went in this direction, would you cease to follow science?
"The Lord sitteth on the circle of the earth" Anyway, your atheist friends who know the reference (Isaiah 40:22, I believe) simply argue that it was thought to be a disc, an idea that has little or no support. Just thought I'd save you that argument.
Personally, I don't know what the reference means. The only possible way forwards on this one is to examine the Greek and establish if the meaning is clearer. Without an agreed meaning, no proper conclusion can be drawn.
Well done, i think. i would hope not to strip religious people of the cultural and psychological impact of their myths, but i would very much like to see people recognize their myths as myths. i simply cannot understand how an adult can still believe what they are told to believe. i became an atheist when i became capable of critical thought, as im sure many others have.
well, hold on there. don piper went to heaven after dying, came back and wrote a book in which he claimed he saw uncle george and all the cousins while in attendance. *grin*
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@wp4866 (in the same spirit) Oh! Well, then I stand corrected! :)
I guess it MUST be true. Since the bible is true because it says it's true, then I quess Piper's book is true as well! Wow! That makes EVERY book true as well. Even the UFO adbuction books, Spiderman and the entire Harry Potter series! Cool! Thanks! :)
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This series is great...but I have to say that that woman's whiny voice that asks the questions is grating!
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ALTHOUGH I'M A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN (Baptist), I no longer believe that the Bible teaches eternal torment or suffering. The Bible teaches eternal punishment, but it's not eternal torment. In my popular Internet article, TRADITIONAL DOCTRINE OF HELL EVOLVED FROM GREEK ROOTS, I explain how and why teaching of eternal torment entered early into Christianity and how Scriptures have been misinterpreted and taken out of context to support that teaching. ~Babu G. Ranganathan (B.A. theology/biology)
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SCIENCE SHOWS THAT THE UNIVERSE could not have sustained itself eternally because of entropy (even in an open system). Einstein confirmed that space, matter, and time had a beginning! That beginning had to be supernatural because natural laws have no ability to bring the universe into existence from nothing. The supernatural cannot be proved by science but science points to a supernatural intelligence for the origin and order of the universe ~ HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM (Article)
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EINSTEIN CONFIRMED that space and time are just as physical as matter. That's why space and time can be altered by gravity, and space produces particles. Einstein's equations show that the universe couldn’t be eternal. It had a beginning. Einstein believed, because of science, in the existence of God behind the origin and order of the universe. He didn't believe in a personal God like Christians do, but he did believe science pointed to the existence of an all powerful and intelligent Creator
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THE SCIENTIFIC CASE AGAINST ATHEISM: Please read this Internet article of mine published in Russia's English Pravda. It will be a real eye-opener for all who think belief in a Creator is merely subjective blind faith. Also read my article, LIFE ON MARS NO SURPRISE (In the Earth's past there was powerful volcanic activity which spewed life-containing dirt and rocks (meteors) into outer space. Mars may literally have millions of tons of Earth soil)
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NATURAL LIMITS TO EVOLUTION: Only evolution within "kinds" is genetically possible (i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.), but not evolution across "kinds" (i.e. from worm to human). How were species living and reproducing if their vital structures, organs, reproductive systems hadn't evolved yet? Read my Pravda Internet article: WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS! I discuss: Punctuated Equilibrium, "Junk DNA," genetics, mutations, natural selection, fossils, genetic/biological similarities between species
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DAWKINS, HITCHENS, AND HAWKING REFUSE TO DEBATE with creationists who are SCIENTISTS, such as the scientists at The Institute for Creation Research. Dawkins and his friends only debate non-scientist creationists. Read articles by scientists supporting creation at The Institute for Creation Research site. Read analysis from creation scientists about the latest news on fossils, genetics, astronomy, etc. that you won't read in the main stream media. Visit the Institute for Creation Research site.
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INTELLIGENT DESIGN ON ANOTHER PLANET? Imagine finding a planet where robots are programmed to make other robots just like themselves from raw materials. Now, imagine an alien scientist visiting the planet and, after studying these robots, comes to the conclusion that because science can explain how these robots work, function, and reproduce there's no reason to believe there was an intelligent designer behind them! Read my Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
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WHAT IS SCIENCE? Science simply is knowledge based on observation. No one observed the universe coming by chance or by design, by creation or by macro-evolution. These are positions of faith. The issue is which faith the scientific evidence best supports. Natural laws can explain how an airplane or a cell works, but it's irrational to believe that mere undirected natural laws can bring about either. Read my Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
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SCIENTISTS HAVE NEVER CREATED LIFE. And, even if they do it won't be by chance but by intelligent design. By genetically engineering already existing forms of life, scientists have produced new forms of life, but they did not produce these new life forms from non-living matter. Even in synthetic life, scientists design and build DNA from scratch, through intelligent design, and then insert their man-made DNA into an already living cell. Read my article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
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THE ODDS of the sequence of molecules in a cell coming together by chance are similar to the odds of magnetic letters randomly bonding together in a sequence to form all the words and sentences in a dictionary. Without the right sequence, a cell's molecules won't work. Amino acids can come by chance but not proteins. Without DNA there can be no proteins and vice versa. Gradually won't do. It's all at once or not at all for a cell's survival. Read my article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
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NATURAL SELECTION DOESN'T PRODUCE ANYTHING. It can only "select" from what is produced that has survival value. If a variation occurs that helps a species survive, that survival is called being "selected." That's all it is. There's no conscious selection by nature. It's a passive process. Natural selection is a figure of speech. The term itself is a tautology. Natural selection only operates once there is life and reproduction, not before. Read my article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM.
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NATURAL SELECTION IS NO BLIND WATCHMAKER because it can only "select," not produce or arrange. If a variation survives, that's called being "selected." Natural selection operates only once there is life and reproduction, not before, so it couldn't have been involved in life's origins. A partially-evolved cell (an oxymoron) would quickly disintegrate. It couldn't wait ("survive") millions of years for chance to complete it and then make it alive! Read: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
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ARE FOSSILS REALLY MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD? Popular Internet article examines assumptions concerning fossil deposition as well as built-in assumptions involved in modern radiometric dating (not used for dating fossils but other rocks), and arguments from starlight and time. Discusses lack of true transitional forms in the fossil record and lack of "age" sequence of the fossil layers. Discussion of mixed species (i.e. dinosaur, reptile, mammal fossils in the same stratum).
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IMAGINE A FISH WITH PART FINS, part feet with the fins evolving (transitioning) into feet. What survival benefit would there be? The fish couldn't use its fins or its feet, and there are no fossils showing such a creature ever existed. They only exist on automobile bumper stickers! There are no true transitional forms, either living or fossilized. Evolutionists realize this fact! Read my Internet article: WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
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APES ARE QUITE COMFORTABLE IN HOW THEY WALK, just as humans are quite comfortable in how they walk. Even a slight change in the position of a muscle or bone, for either, would be excruciatingly painful and would not be an advantage for survival. There's no hard evidence that humans evolved from ape-like creatures anymore than there's hard evidence that apes evolved from four-legged-pawed dog-like creatures. Read Internet article: MISSING LINKS THAT NEVER WERE.
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GENETIC INFORMATION CANNOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE, so it's more logical to believe that genetic similarities between all forms of life are due to a common Designer who designed similar functions for similar purposes. It doesn't mean all forms of life are biologically related! Also, "Junk DNA" isn't junk. These non-coding segments of DNA have recently been found to be vital in regulating gene expression. Read my popular Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
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ALL REAL EVOLUTION ( i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.) in nature is the expression, over time, of already existing genes. Evolution is possible only if there’s information (genes) directing it. Only variations of already existing genes are possible, which means only limited evolution and adaptations are possible. Nature has no ability to invent new genes via random mutations caused by random environmental forces. That’s evolutionary faith, not science. Read my article, WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
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DO EYES CARRY SCARS OF EVOLUTION? Read this fantastic Internet article by biologist and creationist Brian Thomas. Thomas refutes every argument of a "flawed" design for the eye, and explains how and why the so-called flaw is actually the best thing for the eye. Read the article! It's amazing what facts evolutionists will ignore. Numerous times evolutionists have been proven wrong about their interpretation of a structure as being flawed or useless.
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rjcode6 9 months ago
@rjcode6 And they don't ask me to believe the unbelievable or else! :)
Doubter5 9 months ago
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rjcode6 9 months ago
@rjcode6 Bravo, on doing that. Most would just take it, and if they didn't agree with it, throw it in the trash. It takes some guts to put it back on her porch, and I commend you on it.
I don't know what city you're in, but you might want to look for a MeetUp grour in your city (or start one). Youre NOT alone! :)
Doubter5 9 months ago
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rjcode6 9 months ago
I feel a little more free after watching your video I was brought up brainwashed catholic but deep down never really accepted it there was just no logic to it thanks
timminsmark 10 months ago
Thank you, Doubter, for a memorably excellent series but also for having set the platform for the wonderfully funny comments that your readers have posted. Cheers.
0sacrosanct 1 year ago
to tell the truth both atheism and religion both make you slave of the state however atheism thinks its smart ,to me i am atheist and also Anarchist and also want to learn more from both sides etc
totolondon 1 year ago
In the Book of Enoch (950 year old Noah's 300 year old Grand-father), Enoch claims he visited heaven and met god and some of his angels. In his description and pictures they are all butt naked men... no women... I'll take hell please.
ziriaxwc 1 year ago
@ziriaxwc lol!
ericon52168 1 year ago
Practice your guitar with a metronome
psilocyberspaceman 1 year ago
Very nice series Doubter.
James1Connelly 2 years ago
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For a more reasonable discussion (without the Christian/Atheist ranting) check out my channel.
atheistfriends 2 years ago
Thank you so much for making these. These videos are just perfect. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now I can show this to people when they think I'm a witch loving satan humper. :)
JaeFuma 2 years ago 7
Full house from me, great video and a while back it really helped me convert from christianity to reason, and I don't think I've ever been more happy. 5/5
olafurpals 2 years ago 4
5 stars! I love it
GotDots 2 years ago 3
Atheists FTW!!
ArrogantAtheist 2 years ago
Fantastic! Bravo!
agentdoublemint 2 years ago 3
awesome videos! you make a large number of great points, and I especially liked the portions of showing examples of other atheists.
If you haven't already seen them, there is another amazing series on religion and science thats having a hard time finding viewers. It's called Discovering Religion, by andyzohoury, i believe. there are currently 12 in the series but he hopes to produce more. Check em out!
ScienceWinsEveryTime 2 years ago
Great and very inclusive video!
cagronomy 2 years ago
Just finished watching all 6 parts.thank you 4 your Digitalfreethought's Atheism 101 1 to 6 , its 5/5 but i fined you go a little fast , sum time to emphasis
at the end of statements. may help ? wish more people could see these videos
invisibletime 2 years ago
Thank you very much for these videos! Im proud to be an atheist, I only wish more people could see these videos!
oldrabidone 2 years ago 9
And you do not need to stop at wishing. You can send links to your friends, or put up a link at your social-site profiles or homepage. If you truely are a proud atheis, you should have no problem doing that. I would also like for more people to see these videos, but i don't feel like yelling out to people (yet at least), as i live in a scandinavia, and most people here are very disbelieving in religions (literal interpetation at least) as in general.
gulllars 2 years ago
An Excellent video for answering some of the more common (religious) questions I've heard on youtube.
CameronSLaird 2 years ago 2
i love your voice.
now to somthing that matters, i completely agree with everything that you have said. of course i know that there will be much more frothing christians
(lets face it it usually is christians who flip out)
that will be really mad at you.
keep doing it!
cerebralinflammation 2 years ago
Just the fact that different people all over the world believe with all their heart in a certain religion proofs that people can be easily deluded.
I think the promises and treats religion makes are just too big for people to have a good reality check. Nomatter how many scientific claims from the bible or any other religion get disproved by science, people will just keep on hoping and believing in the afterlife.
jamyfromfin 2 years ago
I agree on many levels, especially all of the ones that you mention. but what I was referring to is the part where i said "I wish we could all live forever", but it doesn't necessarily mean in the Christian heaven. With out constant, challenge and improvement it would eventually turn into hell.. I couldn't agree more.
Well said, indeed..
Larry
Doubter5 2 years ago
I think the Idea of Hevean would be so tragic. that everything in this universe is a complete waste, all the amazing and extraordinary processess, the struggle and the amazing forces that made life, all these complexities so far beyond our understanding. all for naught. just so a few of us could float in the clouds for eternity. with no purpose because with have already achieved the maximum we could hope for. besides 1/3 of all angels obviously weren't happy. what makes you so sure you will be
theMadSmashedClam 2 years ago
"don't you wish that you could go to hevean?" no i don't, don't use we when talking about an atheist trait, because the only common atheist trait not accepting the supernatural. even free thought isn't a universally atheist idea, many atheists want to destroy religion, some are just ignorant people that just dont believe in gods or magic. atheism is not a religion, it is not a belief. there is no "we".
theMadSmashedClam 2 years ago
Just finished watching all 6 parts. A comforting confirmation of my growth out of Catholicism. Only one disagreement and that's on afterlife. I certainly do not believe in any form remotely resembling the biological one but perhaps a shift to something we cannot as yet explain. In speaking about "personality" I think there is room for the concept of conciousness apart from it. My own experience, (evidence as it were), is more simply explained by an alternate form. Any thoughts?
mark3393 2 years ago
Sounds good, it's just that I cannot conceive of an intelligence without a biological basis, ie. a brain.
But that may very well be just a limitation of my own imagination!
Thanks for commenting! :)
Doubter5 2 years ago
More Please, this is great stuff
jmal7211 3 years ago
Thanks for the very kind words, and I am working on another video, but it's slow going. Just not taking any time to get it done... Sheer inertia!
Doubter5 3 years ago
I have to watch the rest of this series now. But I learned a bit from this so thanks for posting.
somechick73 3 years ago
Thanks for your excellent documentary. Everybody should watch it. If the human race can survive religion, maybe it can become worthy of its natural gift of intelligence. Keep up the good work, Ed
stobor2 3 years ago 4
Doing research on the physiology of the brain is one of the best antidotes to religious belief.
seathanaich 3 years ago 3
Very well put. Excellent!
bandoli66 3 years ago
wow, i cant tell you how happy watching this series has made me. I wish this series could be played on every television in the world.
AtheistBrad 3 years ago
Hm, this was an excellent series, but I've been noticing that folks are now going on about how science is all evil because of weapons developed because of it or the whole "Hitler bought into Darwin" meme. Maybe we need an "atheism 201" to cover these?
Zevaeros 3 years ago
Well Hitler was a roman catholic for sure following one of the passages in the bible to justify holocoast.
allinsman 3 years ago
didnt hitler think that he was the race chosen by god?
mj1903ikjshdj 3 years ago
mj,
"Gott mit uns" was the motto of the Wehrmacht, but I don't have sources that Hitler personally thought the Aryan race was chosen by god. Wouldn't surprise me, though.
Zevaeros 3 years ago
5 stars.
uudfourty 3 years ago
Thank you so much for these vids. The music and production value were both fantastic. I only wish that mainstream America would open their eyes and shed the religious blinders. The fact that Gov. Palin believes in witches, creationism, and rapture, (and could be only a heart attack away from holding the codes for the largest nuclear weapons stockpile in history) makes me ill.
tstockt 3 years ago
tstockt,
What's a shame is that we aren't demanding that creationists and other science-haters be denied the benefits of technology, medicine, and so on. We should be able to just tell these folks "back to your cave, grunty" and be done with it. Somehow though, they've gotten power.
Zevaeros 3 years ago
Excellent. Thanks for this. In my experience though, I find that theists get pissed off when you dismiss their 'personal experience' as a psycological effect.
AlmightScoop 3 years ago
I love these videos. I've watched them about 4 times now, and each time I've enjoyed them more and more.
zbambam5 3 years ago 2
Thanks! I appreciate it! Remember you can download it complete in one 35 minute video from Digitalfreethought(dot)com.
Hang in there! :)
Doubter5 3 years ago
this was entertaning and smart
5 stars
kornjunke 3 years ago
Very nicely done. I enjoyed watching it.
Dacrath 3 years ago
This is such an amazing series. It's accessible to "beginners" to this debate, yet remains relevant to people who have spent a lot of time researching it.
KaminaGurren 3 years ago 3
I love this series.
intubatto 3 years ago 3
grrrrrrrrrreat series mr.Rhodes!! i truly enjoyed watching this. i hope to see more of this sometime soon! ive also had a rough 'awakening' from faith to reason, but that is more a reason to try and enlighten my fellow human beings. keep up the good work!!
lumel666 3 years ago 3
Thank you so much for posting this.
snafo102 3 years ago 2
Nice series. Enjoyed it very much. Thanks!
Lassiuu 3 years ago 4
Sir, I want to have sex with you after watching all of these. I am sure you have a manly beard!
angelofski 3 years ago
Thank you Larry Rhodes! Nicely put together.
Kevo216666 3 years ago 5
The correct word is disinformation, not misinformation. Disinformation is deliberately spreading lies whereas misinformation is spreading untruths when you do not know the truth and or have not bothered to find out, so the religious leaders have been spreading disinformation about atheists. Apart from that the whole series is spot on and I have enjoyed it immensely.
BobTKaye 3 years ago 2
jumpiniloveyou, you're absolutely right. The link between communism and atheism is overwhelming. Which is why the fathers of America turned away from Christianity and made it's country a communist country where everyone has to be atheist. Oh wait...
Semition 3 years ago
Thank you for showing this six-part documentary.
Nectrox 4 years ago
Great series. Thanks a lot. I'll be showing this to many people who know little about Atheism. A few weeks ago my nephew heard I was an Atheist and asked if I believed in the devil!
Badbark 4 years ago
So... -now I've seen the whole series and, well, I really wanted you to suceed, but... What a disappointment... The whole series is really begging the question, wouldn't you say? I can't even begin to fit all of my criticisms of your approach to science on here. And why bother with the ridicule of religions? I really think that if you left that stuff out you'd have a much more solid point, which is the scientific way to do things, no?
jumpiniloveyou 4 years ago
Thanks for taking the time to comment on my video. Please remember that that this is Atheism "101"... For people who may never have even thought to question their religious upbringing, or for those who have just now started..
Doubter5 4 years ago
So, this IS about questioning and disproving religion more so than just saying you don't have evidence. Why not just say you're agnostic? Why go through attempts to point out internal contradictions of an ideology based on faith and the dogmas of religion. Science is also a faith based ideology.
jumpiniloveyou 4 years ago
The arguments used on one must logically be used on the other ideology (esp. since science is so very dependent on its logic and rationality). To ridicule one ideology in such terms only goes to show that you have a personal bias on an emotional level. This is not scientific. This explanation of Atheism is entirely flawed.
jumpiniloveyou 4 years ago
it isn't about proving god doesn't exist, but proving that the arguments for proving god doesn't exist don't suffice. you cannot disprove what has never been proven to exist in the first place. it is like saying religion is cold, not that cold is an actual energy countering heat, but just a lack of heat.
Thrashaero 4 years ago
Ah, instead of "disprove," I shall say "discredit" and stick with everything else I wrote. My point is that doubter 5 was religious, lost his/her faith and now is athiest. All of the scientific logic would lead one to espouse agnosticism, but he/she is antagonistic of religion in general, probably b/c of a personal loss that shattered his/her faith. My point was that the argument would be stronger without the ridicule of the other ideology in such broad strokes.
jumpiniloveyou 4 years ago
i personally find agnosticism and atheism interchangeable. agnostics are unsure, atheists are confident. but both don't know, and both don't believe in god.
being antagonistic of religion in general is perfectly permissible when it needs to be shown how dangerous it is. it is also clearing misconceptions of atheism from the believers who think atheists are idiots.
Thrashaero 4 years ago
Right. How can one be confident, in religion, or science? I understand the semantics of each term. I'm questioning the video, well the autuer's strategy of antagonism of religion. Leave it at: I don't believe in a god. The rest just shows personal bias of distaste for religion.
jumpiniloveyou 4 years ago
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I mean, from the point of view of this video anyone from a protestant religion would be like: of course, that's why we protested and split.
And speaking of dangerous, I don't subscribe to either ideology. The atheist's confidence is foolish and more scarey than a primitive believer. Having to choose between ideologies, I'd take a spiritually faith based one.
jumpiniloveyou 4 years ago
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For all of the hippocratical killing in the name of their god, it doesn't touch the number of people killed to enforce communism. Oh, and when I say communism, I mean Atheist communism.
jumpiniloveyou 4 years ago
Hmmm they never did anythig in the name of atheism they did it in the name of communism. you are trolling
Staal75 4 years ago 2
The atheist comminists learned the techniques of suppression for their Christain foreberers.
humanist7117 3 years ago
I will agree some parts could have been more carefully done, but overall, the points are made rather clear. It's the political correctness of not being offensive to anyone at all that is extremely tricky to do. It's religion so no matter how nice and thorough the guy does it, it's bound to sound 'angry' to someone. Which is why I often don't bother saying anything to my family, or I sound like an asshole.
Thrashaero 4 years ago
ALL religious ideology deserves ridicule. ALL of them.
zbambam5 4 years ago 2
science by definition is not faith based. it is knowledge based. science is the study of the objective. good science never holds a position that is disproven. it holds onto what makes the most sense so far. if something can objectively make more sense, it will adapt.
Thrashaero 4 years ago
Yes, and then you begin to see more internal contradictions with this, no? What do you know of "science?" Only what you have studied of it. I think it's safe to say that you've never seen an atom split, or even an atom period, and yet you have "faith" on what others say they have proven... Unless you are going to tell me that you have studied every principle of science, experimented and proven them all. Faith = belief in things not seen...
jumpiniloveyou 4 years ago
Furthermore, you "believe" them without having experimented and proven every single scientific finding to be true for yourself, as doing so would be nearly impossible in a lifetime. Faith = belief in things not seen. Science therefore is faith based, on several levels.
jumpiniloveyou 4 years ago
Great job. I am glad to see something like this on youtube. Maybe more people will see the light and come to reason.
jebus6kryst 4 years ago 3
very thoughtful and informative, i award you 5 stars.
Bravo.
macabregustave 4 years ago 2
Great series. By far the most educational and eye opener on You Tube. Now to get this to where more people can see it. and hopefully even translate it. We need to stop these little fairy tales and HOPING for a supposed god to do this for me, or help my sister with this or with that, Screw that. Do for you . You want something , go out and get it, Don't pray for it. Tell yourself you wanted and you need it and DO IT!!!
romeostyle 4 years ago 2
Atheists should start a massive fund to have this series broadcast on many TV and Radio stations... especially so in the USA.
nigex 4 years ago 2
Nice work.But why does the dis - UNITED STATES have so many problems with people not beleving in the supernatural.I know the U.S . thinks it has a monopoly on whats right . but there is only about 300 million people in the U.S, YOUTUBE spans the whole world. 6 billion & rising THERE IS NO GOD people (probably) GET OVER IT....
tricky159 4 years ago 2
great video the ending is the best!
jiromo89 4 years ago
Good job
mraei 4 years ago
all these videos were extrmely well done, thank you larry!
gratefullydead661 4 years ago
Truth:Christain Repellant
Sumwun22 4 years ago
Great video`s! my son and I learned alot!!
lisalacy 4 years ago
awsome video {im still trying to decide who too beleive but this video helps alot} i truly appreciate all the time and work you put in too making this and helping me choose the path of reason
frostybladez 4 years ago
my my my
this seres is soooo wonderful
excellent beautiful
this should indeed be shown to every school like he the person below me a couple comments said
jhonnytehalsom 4 years ago
excellent
brucepapoose 4 years ago
i agree very organized i liked it alot. put in everything and a bit more then ive already read... atheist srate up g-dawg XD im so not gangster XD
n4sc3nt 4 years ago
Extraordinary work, Larry!
RationalStaff 4 years ago
this should be shown in every single school in every single part of the world..
this is exactly the way i think, big truth what he said..
thnx for the video mate=D
kannabinoides 4 years ago 2
i agree, this is the most educational video (series) ive ever seen on youtube. Great work, so well organized too
Ballslaw 4 years ago 2
Thank you, a wise man!
JagVox 4 years ago
Just Brilliant.
Thank you so much!
selti1 4 years ago
A soul has nothing to do with personality.
Matur1n 4 years ago
If your "soul" has nothing to do with you personality, then you cannot have an individual soul. Furthermore, as your own actions are guided by your personality then you are in fact stating that your "soul" cannot be affected by your actions. So the act of worship - which is driven by your personality- cannot affect what will happen to the soul. So you are in fact stating that religious worship in any form is meaningless as it "has nothing to do with the soul".
Draugh39 4 years ago
Your connection of personality and soul is puzzling. My acts of worship are not driven only by my personality. Maybe you are meaning personality is a way different than I understand its common usage. If you by personality you mean a person's distinctive behaviorial, emotional and social traits and characteristics, Christians believe a soul is much more than that. My personality changes over time, my soul doesn't. You are short changing the soul with your viewpoint.
Matur1n 4 years ago
You, yourself stated "A soul has *nothing* to do with personality". If that statement is set as true the arguments I gave follows. Now you are stating that a soul is "more than personality" (i.e. personality is *a part* of what you call a soul). However, you also state that a soul *does not change* and a personality does. This must mean that your actions in life, say changing from being a non-believer to a believer (a personality change), will *not* affect the soul, so worship is meaningless.
Draugh39 4 years ago
In Texas, wehn we say "more than" we can mean "greater than". To me the soul is the eternal part of who you are. You could use the word "spirit" in a similar fashion. When I say nothing to do with personality, I mean whether you are shy or gregarious or introverted or extroverted or comedic or any other personality traits. You make it sound like the sum of those items is your soul, and I see little or no correlation.
Matur1n 4 years ago
When I say the soul doesn't change, I don't mean that it can't be infected with evil or improved by help from the Holy Spirit. But it can't be changed out anymore than your physical body is. I can't change my body for Peyton Manning's and I can't change my soul either. It is my eternal part. But the soul doesn't change when I take a Dale Carnagie course or some other positive thinking course. That's personality not soul.
Matur1n 4 years ago
To give an old quote : "A blow to the head will confuse a man's thinking, a blow to the foot has no such effect, this cannot be the result of an immaterial soul". ― Heraclitus, 500 BC, However, contrary to what Heraclitus implied I don't have *one* soul, I have two, one under each foot.
Draugh39 4 years ago
great series. I believe it all
foreevermojo 4 years ago
concise.
cryptosphinx 4 years ago
Deism is a religious philosophy and movement that became prominent in England, France, and the United States in the 17th and 18th centuries. Deism defers from theism in that God does not interfere with human life and the laws of the universe.
irreverentjim 4 years ago
Deists typically reject supernatural events (prophecy, miracles) and divine revelation prominent in organized religion, along with holy books and revealed religions that assert the existence of such things. Instead, Deists hold that religious beliefs must be founded on human reason and observed features of the natural world, and that these sources reveal the existence of one God or supreme being.
irreverentjim 4 years ago
awesome video, the whole series was just great and so true
doombringer2007 4 years ago
Great work (5 stars)
JamesF63 4 years ago
The fact that we can see Religion for the fairy tale that it is shows us that human beings are still going though a process of evolution, millions of us are.
Carlitos1010 4 years ago
This whole series is awesome.
d83a 4 years ago
This was very good! I enjoyed it.
LogicalSkeptic 4 years ago
Great work Larry - I'm sure I'll be referring any inquisitive minds to your 6-part series.
summitwealth 4 years ago
Outstanding work! This series is a very well-laid out response to the repetitive series of questions that church officials give out to their congregations to dispute atheism. These questions are meant to stump an individual and put them on the spot in a discussion of religion versus atheism, and, though I cannot speak for every other atheist, I whole-heartedly agree with your responses. Well done!
hunkamonkiman 4 years ago
Probablyaduck
Point taken.
When I typed 'Hebrew', 'Greek' came out! - Duh!
pseudotruth 4 years ago
Awesome videos, very, very good. It's a shame that most Christians would say this is the work of the devil or something stupid like that.
Letsfightlove 4 years ago
Not any room left for god!
Absolutely terrific series!
pseudotruth 4 years ago
just finished all 6 vids. i wish i had more hands to give more thumbs up. excellent posts. i hope you keep them coming.
shopwreckin 4 years ago
excellence, pure excellence. bravo!
marklethanarkle 4 years ago
This is seriously the video companion to The God Delusion, etc. Brilliantly done.
Bueller007 4 years ago
Im not trying to proove a point to win an arguement. If God exsists, he must have made himself known right? Experience is never at the mercy of an arguement, one has to humble himself and understand that he needs God. If you want proof start here on your spiritual journey and move out of an "Egyptian state of mind" like the Israelites did to find the ONE TRUE GOD, and learn the biblical progression. My hope for you is eternal life with Jesus. wikipedia jabal al lawz
hdfhjasdofibafa 4 years ago
Many scientists,Johnny?In America,97%of the population believe in a personal God and conversely,97% of scientists in the most prestigious National Academy of Science don't believe in a personal God.Of those in the biological sciences, only 3% believe in a personal God.
cfulm 4 years ago
This series is great.. well done.
shaygahweh 4 years ago
William Shatner is an atheist?
Then why isn't everyone an atheist?
William Shatner is the fucking man!!
Dengar12000 4 years ago
More More more! I'm not sure if I'm just seeing it more in my own personal sphere but Atheism is coming up alot more often recently. I think its good, and I think its time.
WorldCitizen06 4 years ago
What will happen eventually is that science will fill in the gaps so there will be no more "putting God in the gaps". There will then be no other option but to leave religion, mysticism and superstition behind.
nrdcskb 4 years ago
Science has shown that all living organisms are prone to breakdown and decay. The genetic codes of all living things grow weaker as time goes by. How can Evolutionists blatantly ignore the boldfaced facts of science?
johnnybdifficult2 4 years ago
What are you talking about? Evolution does not ignore that in any way.
chillmonster 4 years ago
Mmm...as a bioogical major student, I'm curious, where did you get that idea? The genetic codes(gene) does not grow weaker but rather get longer through mutation, addition from other organisms(endosymbiosis) and etc. You are refering to tail-piece gene that cuts off during replication. But these tail-piece makes up frm just repeating segement that encodes for nothing. And when tail-piece gets too smaller, cell either regenerates it or suicides.
Chomite 4 years ago
I get the impression you are from another country, so I will be kind in regards to your grammatical errors. I think you are arguing semantics brilliantly, but the idea is the same. Take bananas as an example, which have become so weak genetically they are projected to be extinct in less than 10 years.
Admittedly, I am out of my element, but I believe you are a highly programmed individual when it comes to forcing biology to fit evolution.
johnnybdifficult2 4 years ago
Secondly, do you deny that all living organisms are prone to breakdown and decay over time?
Even the earth is spinning more slowly. I would lean more towards evidence for de-volution.
johnnybdifficult2 4 years ago
johnnybdifficult2
How is a change in the rotational velocity of the earth an argument against evolution?
As the Earth loses its kinetic energy due to all forms of friction acting on it; tides, galactic space dust, solar wind, space weather, geomagnetic storms, etc., like any flywheel, it will slow down.
pseudotruth 4 years ago
Wow pseudo, that post was a long time ago... It's not an argument against evolution. The observable breakdown and decay of all living things is enough to raise an honest eyebrow. But this strange and pretentious dishonesty pervades our culture, and has anihilated the constructs of reason, for whatever it may or may not be worth to you.
johnnybdifficult2 4 years ago
Bananas have the same genetic code as they had since they started getting cloned. The reason they're projected to be extinct is because they haven't adapted (evolved) to survive in the modern world.
MooseHole 4 years ago
Here is a very interesting article on the subject:
popsci com/popsci/science/5a4d4c3ee4d05010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
MooseHole 4 years ago
You've got to be an ex-Catholic. Anyway, the Old Testament refers to the earth as a sphere. Further, the scientific community at that time believed the earth was flat. That logic could just as easily be used to say that since scientists once believed this, science doesn't count. That would be sheer stupidity, don't you agree?
johnnybdifficult2 4 years ago
No. That is not sound logic, because science was also responsible for the correction and modification of those ideas, and willingly admits when it's wrong. Religion clung to their flasehoods for a LONG time, and banished the person that proposed the idea in the first place. Science is not a religion, it's a way of thinking. Sometimes thoughts are wrong, but it's not a 'package deal' that was all made up the way religions are. It's a bad comparison.
urinferior1212 4 years ago
Okay, so science changes when it's wrong. What if science evolves/eventually progresses to the point of intelligent design? Many scientists feel that this is a legitimate possibility. If science went in this direction, would you cease to follow science?
johnnybdifficult2 4 years ago
johnnybdifficult2
You said "Anyway, the Old Testament refers to the earth as a sphere."
Bible references please
Book, chapter verse.
pseudotruth 4 years ago
"The Lord sitteth on the circle of the earth" Anyway, your atheist friends who know the reference (Isaiah 40:22, I believe) simply argue that it was thought to be a disc, an idea that has little or no support. Just thought I'd save you that argument.
johnnybdifficult2 4 years ago
johnnybdifficult2
Personally, I don't know what the reference means. The only possible way forwards on this one is to examine the Greek and establish if the meaning is clearer. Without an agreed meaning, no proper conclusion can be drawn.
pseudotruth 4 years ago
wow, awesome series Larry, thanks :)
lornloxor 4 years ago
Well done, i think. i would hope not to strip religious people of the cultural and psychological impact of their myths, but i would very much like to see people recognize their myths as myths. i simply cannot understand how an adult can still believe what they are told to believe. i became an atheist when i became capable of critical thought, as im sure many others have.
Avidyavan 4 years ago
Well Done! You have added to my arsenal for debates.
DoubTinT 4 years ago
Great stuff!
zen3rgy 4 years ago
the ending was beautiful -sniff- -sniff-
TragedyZ 4 years ago
I can watch thousands more of these videos. it's great!
honeyhotsauce 4 years ago
part 5 nailed it
bjarka 4 years ago
A most excellent series of videos. An item or two in Part 5 that I think are wrong, but otherwise well done.
RuinedSaint 4 years ago
I found it very moving and well written. Good work
bluebeard2 4 years ago
Thank you very much for making this video. I intend to show it to some friends who ask why I am an atheist.
Rogue9Nine 4 years ago