AronRa Q&A on Darwin Day (3 of 3)

[zeldaofarel]

My mum is the kind of person who doesn't believe in a god, but her thinking is still Christian, even though I keep pointing that out to her. Like she can't stand homosexuality. She makes gagging noises even if two men hold hands.

[VictorEchoNovember79]

Aw damn I should pay more attention, I wish I had known you were in Florida I could have come to see this. Maybe next time duder.

[sveinis123]

I believe what I believe, so don´t confuse me with facts............. he he.

[Eyedunno]

Amazing presentation. Can't wait to see you again tomorrow on The Atheist Experience.

[Azurerosa]

You, sir, are my new favorite speaker.

[RickysaurusNY]

Wish the Q&A would have been longer, and the guy using the camera putting in less of what he thinks are quips.

[AtheistVendetta]

"You cant reason someone out of a position they didnt reason themselves into." - Unknown

[Eloeem]

Aaronra, I love your voice so much :o~

[LAnonHubbard]

Brilliant

[MrJmm999]

Great Video AronRa. I think your position with the Texas School Board of Education was commendable. Someone needs to document what is happening in the science curriculum. Teaching dogma rather than science is the exact reason the entire middle east is in a technological black hole.

[91741]

thumbs up Aron!

[Thulgore]

I actually wish this would have gone on much longer. =(

[TheLummer66]

I enjoyed how you personalized your reasons for posting the youtube videos. I really appreciate them along with the humility to be proven wrong. This is inherant in a lot of the other atheist videos. I became an atheist through philosophical means, but have indulged myself in the more difficult scientific ideas of late and find your method alot more applicable than some of the other channels.

[samdugom]

great job! may darwin bless you lol

[cmbasnett]

Very lovely talks.  Thank you.

[Katalyzt]

★★★★★

[semasiologistics]

1. Hi, AronRa. I don"t want you to read over my comment like any of the countless others, though each is of course important...rather I draw attention to myself to say thank you and to congratulate you! I know what it is like to teach people and stand before people as an intellect, or a much less connotative word...as someone who is imparting knowledge that is meant to be true.

[semasiologistics]

2. I know what its like to be afraid that maybe what Im saying is somehow untrue or my answer isnt good enough or the audience doesn't follow. You did an awesome job! Teaching isnt easy, and few people know some of the anxiety one goes through facing an entire crowd of potentially pissed off experts. Facing the entire gambut of questions.

Thanks again for all your videos and for this one especially. Must have been a LOT of preparation that you went through. Keep up the Excel-lent WORK.

[paulusmagirl]

Thanks again AronRa. You're the man!

[daleshankins]

Thanks for posting this. Aaron, wonderful job.

[biscoito1r]

It is only one "A" and it is pronounced "Ah-ron"

[daleshankins]

Thanks for the correction. My fingers got ahead of my brain; a not uncommon occurrence.

[Lpoolboy]

You're a fantastic and natural public speaker, Aron. Thanks for this, awesome watch!

[Bagkaa]

Great job, AronRa.

[20lbsledge]

just for the record that message wasn't sent by me LOL.I sent him messages on the facts that nucleotide can't mutate enough to make vertical evolution possible.

[AronRa]

It's interesting that you still claim it to be a 'fact' that evolution is impossible -while ignoring the fact that it has already been directly observed and documented in real time both in the lab and in naturally controlled environments in the field. How do you explain that?

[Ecite]

@AronRa Hey Aron, great videos btw. I am looking for a particular video of yours "Turns out we DID come from monkeys" but I cannot find the original upload. Rumor is that it was removed. Is this true?

[trekgeek1]

"You cant convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, its based on a deep seated need to believe."

- Carl Sagan

Man, Aron really nailed it. You can present all the information and evidence you want, they will not accept it. It's not a lack of evidence of evolution, it's a lack of acceptance.

[FreeInquisition]

Phantastic.

[AntiCitizenX]

I always enjoy watching Aron speak. :)

[DarkAngel182]

Bravo sir, always a pleasure to watch your videos!

[valvatica]

The guy brought up PCS in public? It's almost embarrassing :-P

[a300pilotster]

Really appreciate your spread of knowledge.

[mindDefyButtin]

great set of vids for sure...thank you

[leojboby]

We need more ppl like you. But, if im not a scientist or as well-informed as you, how am i to refute the arguments my children come home with from their pro-creationist school?

[NDLlama1]

Most arguments are pretty easy to debunk with nothing more than common sense.

Those that aren't so obvious, google is your friend.

[thespeedingcookie]

@NDLlama1

God bless Google.

[brendankhoury]

nar

[mykegoh]

@thespeedingcookie

GOD bless google.??? U mean GOD.?? hmmm...

[Nakedhominid]

Check out Arons other videos, name the Foundational Falshoods of Creationism series.

Also look up Potholer54 and Thunderfoot. Most creationist crap is debunked on these channels.

[harkying99]

2Nakedhominid:not just debunked but decisively so.

[LunarPoet]

Google: "An Index to Creationist Claims". Which is a sub-section of talkorigins*dot*org, and it has tons of good answers to all the most common creationist claims.

[TakesTwoToTango]

Good question. I'd say it's difficult, though here are things you can try:

-ask around if you know any scientists in your friend group or in your family. If it's on the subject of evolution, biologists would be the best choice, followed by bio-engineers and geologists.

-Try some trustable online information. Now not being a scientist yourself, I think you could look for one explaining it. There's this channel potholer54 which is very good at doing this. He has a "... made easy" series.

[hylo1111]

@leojboby Tell them this:Creationists belieive this because of blah blah blah, but scientist belive this because of blah blah blah. Educate yourself, and educate your children. Its easy to say Christain believe the earth was created in 6 days, and beleive in a young earth, but science shows that the earth is much older than that with a rich fossil record to prove this. Next learn the history of religions around the world, where did they originate, how did they evolve, why did they disapear ect

[fairguynova]

Important emphasis: "Next learn the history of religions around the world, where did they originate, how did they evolve, ***why did they disappear***..."

[hylo1111]

@fairguynova you got it dude

[Turandot29]

***why did they disappear?*** ... may the trend continue.

[Rationalific]

What a treat these videos were for me!

[KiaOra53]

An excellent job.

Congratulations.

[askegg]

Great speech, Aron. Wonderfully well done.

[Saukko31]

This was great, thanks.

[webhed003]

The camera operator was incredibly annoying, throughout all three videos he was just trying way too hard to connect with you. I don't know if he is a friend of yours or not, but really, he needs to learn to just shut the hell up if he's going to be doing more of that kind of work. As for you, Aron, you were excellent as always, I really enjoyed these vids, thanks for posting!

[johncrwarner]

It is interesting that conservative evangelicals with their inerrancy of the bible and strong doctrinal requirements tthat the church members do not live up to - is a vision that often will be the tipping point for some to become atheists. It is the strong claims they make as conservative evangelicals that repels some to atheism - more than they think.

[Scurmicurv]

I have to say, hearing you live is like hearing a virtuoso musician you've only come across in recording before and finding that yes, he can do it for real. A great talk all in all and a few good rants here in the Q&A. Keep it up!

[newcoleco]

I didn't know about the problems of teaching science in Texas. I can see your motivation and I appreciate that you did share these videos with us.

[Omikron420]

excellent job Aron I hope to hear more from you

[maxpooper]

Aron, you're just as excellent live as you are narrating. More please. Y'know. When you get the chance ;).

[NikolitaNiko]

Agreed!

[FenriX123]

grilled ribeye steaks with German beer AAAAAAaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggll­lllll(Homer simpson sound)

[crzer07]

Man the camera dude is like an offline troll amongst the audience. Much like the inTARwebz, he be trollin' in this event.

[alieales]

absolutely great - I dont need to say more

[Razevok]

I enjoyed the presentation and the Q&A thoroughly, thanks for sharing AronRa!

[Relloq]

Aron, thanks for the contribution you have made spreading knowledge about evolution and putting false information regarding it into perspective. Really appreciate it, thought me a lot!

[Freshman000000]

wtf

[Exorania]

Good old unrelated notions

[sureup]

Great stuff!

[ChaosmanOne]

Oh yea...love you and your work Aron. Sub4life.

[ChaosmanOne]

I wonder if it was just someone sitting close to the cameraman...but I agree, while 10 year old smart ass comments might be amusing to ... uh ... 10 year olds; keep it to yourself buddy.

[Cyrius01]

You are a great presenter - you should try to arrange your next talk to have great lighting and take an audio track straight form the mixer, to reduce the room ambience, so it would be a real pro result to complement your presentation, which is knowledgeable, interesting and entertaining.

[SheepRCool17]

fantastic speech, and great answers, Aron!!

[deepraine]

Thanks for putting up the Q&A.

[fartwimp]

no evil atheist conspiracy?

Come to think of it I do not think anyone has invited you into the evil atheist conspiracy, I will have to have the Grand Wizard send you an invite.

[dragonmatt5]

Great stuff man.

the guy behind the camera should just record and not try to add in his asides....they really detract from the whole thing and are kinda annoying.

[LBTennis]

I know, hes quite rude.

[REBMike1]

Thank you AronRa for your videos, they are very informative.

[yavanna1969]

5 stars as always and long time subbed but as a fanatic fan - please cut yr hair i`m finding my own hair is always not long enough not glossy enough.............. help us all out here we are not worthy!

[Ibis333]

Man, that guy with the camera is fucking annoying.

[MRaverz]

Especially when he references things like PCS which most people there probably don't recognise.

[JoeTube2]

Thank you AaronRa for this amazing presentation and all of your intriguing videos. You are by far the best Youtuber!

You're still a wuss though. // from Stockholm.

[Soberum]

holy shit that science teacher sounds like my biology teacher.... well mine might be worse but the arguements sounded very similar

[IAmDonar]

You got to learn to speak in the microphone. I enjoy your speeches but i cant hear half of it.

[AislinCade]

You sound a lot more mild on that microphone than I'm used to with your videos. As always, though, you're witty and fun at the same time as being educational and informative. Keep up the good work!

[Airave]

Good works, Bro.

Thanks for sharing.

[musicgeniusno1]

Really enjoyed watching it Aron, thanks.

I'm sure you enjoyed the steak too! What great hosts.

5 * :)

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

Did the telephoto lens really need to get that extra 1 foot closer to the target or was someone just trying to block the shot?

[brendhanhorne]

The Darwin Day photographer came up and was moving into the area. So it was zoomed in to keep the still photog out of the frame.

[0pnMnded]

Excellent 5*!!!

[MrCarbon14]

Again, thank you good sir.

[TotalLogic]

My God... the guy behind the camera just doesn't know how to shut up.

It is extremely irritating to hear him laughing and making stupid comments when trying to listen to AronRa.

[Powerlifter83]

100000 % agree

[YoungSteve17]

@TotalLogic I know.

[panthera50]

Think he had great fun. :-)

^^)

[ArchhereticK]

Wow, I never thought he'd be so friendly when looking like that. lol

[MpowerdAPE]

hope you had fun Aronra.

[xNightmareBeta]

good sound quality!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TruthfulChristian]

I think the comment system is frozen LOL. My comments aren't showing up.

[DarthServo]

Try posting something that isn't blatantly retarded.

[Eaglesfaninca]

YOU!

[reloadedditto]

ARONRA IS A BADAS

[THADI0US]

Good stuff. 5*