The Old Lady’s TORTOISE (Hinduism) and DRAGON (Taoism) are symbols for WAVE (energy), both are analog with MAGEN DAVID (Judaism). "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is the metaphor, and also similar with allegory of rituals Thawaf circling around the Ka'ba and Sa’i oscillating along “the sinus” Marwah-Shafa during the Hajj pilgrimage (Abraham). YIN-YANG: energy-particle . CROSS (Christian) and SWASTIKA (Buddhism) are symbols for “Balance of Nature.”
Fuck, look at all the dislikes. More idiots who can`t stand to see one of their fellow idiots and their weak-ass arguments being challenged. This is why rating systems are stupid, people just abuse them.
@blazereef i agree. I look at it as an Mathmatical equeation where some people find logic and others cannot grasp. People get so fussy about someone accepting Christ and others who have not have that spiritual connection. Im not sure if your religious but i like your statement. Belief is not a choice and we are not the judge. Christians are supposed to testify not condem and vice versa ahiest can accept that they do not believe but do not judge
@cierrasme im atheist and im not really religious but i guess you could say i get that spiritual feeling from things like looking at the stars and stuff but yeh, if religion didnt cause so much trouble, i would care less about it
wohhooo 42-42-42!! i made it till the end and this is only the second vid ive watched by RabidApe. **patting self on back** haha. very good ideas here. gettin some of the books mentioned tomorrow. subscribing and looking forward to more vids. thanks for not yelling lol
After reading the comments of most of the religious on here I have to wonder. Is it a prerequisite of the fundamentalist christian to have the grammar of a 4 yr old? I think they are taking the verse Mark 10:13-16: "Come as a Child" a bit too literally
Those who are told and understand the consequences of not believing in the 'Hell and Damnation' idea, don't believe it because they are guided by their true nature, not some misguided interpritation of the scriptures.'Believing' doesn't make it true. War between religions is simply a desperate need to be 'right', which fosters a sense of security. Beliefs equal 'mind' constructs that divide existence into religious boxes.called Christianity, Buddhism etc. driven by fear and uncertainty.
it dosnt matter what we beleave..... we will know or not know when we exsist no more......you cannot tell someone to beleave nor tell someone not to beleave
1)"but is incapable of believing that the proposition is true?"
The word "Incapable" in this circumstance is thrown around like it's an absolute. It's not. Such a person is too complex to label him/her a hopeless unbeliever. Many who once said that they would never believe in God actually came to prove their' own affirmations wrong by eventually coming to faith. No atheist is omnipotent in their' resistence to faith. In fact, they ironically can't help but to practice it.
If you show me a red apple and tell me that I must believe that it's green, I can act like I believe it, I can lie to myself and tell myself that I believe it, but deep inside I'd know it's bullshit. You cannot SINCERELY believe in things that you don't believe.
kaminarigaston, "If you show me a red apple and tell me that I must believe that it's green"
This is not an accurate analogy. I countered by saying that many who once affirmed their' inability to believe eventually became believers. Your proposition is to defend absolute unbelief, which will never fly. I wager that there were much more stronger reasons than you have that others have used, but eventually discarded for faith. People are not "Incapable" of faith in Christ. They simply resist it.
I could become a "believer". As I told before, I could act like I believe it, I could lie to myself and tell myself that I believe it, but deep inside I'd know it's bullshit.
kaminarigaston "but deep inside I'd know it's bullshit."
You would "Know" no such thing. Don't confuse the word "Know" with "Assume". You "Assume" that it's false. And, assumptions are never concrete.
Many professing atheists make this blatant error in judgement. Confusing assumption with accurate knowledge is the lazy intellect's game. Don't be found guilty of this. Whether you believe or disbelieve, you do so by (faith). You can't avoid it.
May I suggest that what is happening when people like kaminarigaston tell us that they know deep inside that it is bullshit, they are reacting to the emotional manipulation that constitutes so much of what passes for argumentation amongst apologists for religion.
We know that our feelings are our own, and that no one has the right to appropriate them for any reason. We often find it difficult to analyse those feelings in the heat of argument; but we know that the apologist is wrong.
In the cases I'm discussing, the apologist is using emotional manipulation, either as a substitute for logic or as a main buttress to weak logic. Whether we are trained in logic or not, we know that the apologist is wrong - both morally and logically - in resorting to such tactics. Often, the apologist is telling us things about our feelings that just don't match what we actually feel. We can't haul out our feelings and measure them as we would a yard of cloth, so we laugh at them or get angry.
While some of what constitutes apologetics may be emotionally motivated, not all of it is. There are some good points that seasoned apologists focus on - objective morality, fine tuning of the universe, etc. The apologist's job is not to "Prove" God's existence, but to give plausible arguments in defense of His existence.
Most of us don't encounter seasoned apologists. Most of us encounter friends and family who wish to "win us for Christ". When we respond with reasoned objections, they attack our "pride", or try to terrorize us with visions of hell. We see these same tactics used by televangelists. Even the liberal preachers of my childhood wove lesser versions of these arguments into their sermons.
Their job, as they see it, is to break our "pride".
But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
You have to read in the bible everyday to grow in your belief because the world we live in is related to time. Gods words, jugement and foundation are forever and given by his words throught the bible. Jesus lived by every word of God and therefore he resureected from the dead. He was a man in the flesh.
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Revelations 5:9
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
You have to grow in your belief, this can only be done by realizing what sin is. Find it in the bible. Jesus doesnt ask much from you. What could be wrong to open your heart to him? Come as you are.
Ppl follow the bible selectively or they'd be murderous psychopaths! Remove the bad bits, pointless waffle and badly evidenced 10th hand history and the tiny bible would be a 1/2 decent life guidebook. Your faith based assumption the bible is 'True' may work for a gradually narrowing mind but not for mine. Why would god dictate so many contradictions and rules that cause so much pain, suffering, mental anguish & retardation? Is god mad, evil, a sick joker or sick joke? Love is love, not god!
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WHAT IS REALITY, THE MATTER LOOKS SO REAL TO US THAT WE BELIEVE IN IT. INSTEAD OF WORSHIPPING THE CREATOR WE RATHER HEAR THINGS OF MEN INSTEAD OF reading what GOD TELLS US. INFROMATION COMES FROM INFORMATION. BUT WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION? INFINITE INFORMATION THAT CONTROLS ALL INFORMATION. and therefore it has to be in all the ages TO MAKE INFORMATION IN EXSISTENCE. INFORMATION THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO TIME can SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THE true INFORMATION IS.foundation and law is 10COMMANDMENTS
Great book list. I notice you tactfully left out Harris and Hitchens. Good move. Two other books which are good, and shorter reads, are - The Origins of Virtue by Matt Ridley and The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsche - both of which impacted me greatly.
I am a christian. I must say I really enjoyed this video! I have watched about 20 of your vids as well, and I appreciate your civil tact and methodical approach. You state your position intelligently, as opposed to other atheists who simply throw vile emotional tantrums toward christians.
I'd like to see you and Ravi Zacharias have an open debate covering this very topic. That would be some stimulating entertainment!
I find that both sides get too emotional. It's perfectly understandable, but if you're going to toss around mud or start stating scripture to a crowd that does not acknowledge the bible, you bring nothing.
I find that even with a logical argument, a lot of atheists are passive aggressive. Look at some of 'Amazingatheist's videos.
As with the bible, I have seen some people try to completely override the discussion by stating how the principles of god can be above any conventional wisdom...
Far from helpful.
This topic is probably just another distraction to the masses. A lot of people 'argue' to vent off their frustrations from elsewhere in life.
I think argument can just be another walk in the woods. Something you do for pleasure, that is an end in itself (Christopher Hitchens in the Four Horsemen video said as much himself).
I'm in that camp. And I certainly don't care that I am haha!
I agree. My Christian friend and I can actually sit down and have a civil, electric conversation about theology.
What troubles me is when people enter a discussion with no intention of adding anything, but merely to spew their angst from elsewhere in life. Improper motivation that leads their emotions to drive their thinking and in the end, it's not "Science" or "evolution" that they are attacking but some other issue in their lives mirroring them. I could go on.
Ravi Zacharias? That guy insults my intelligence. I listened to his Lessons from War in a Battle of Ideas thing, and I could point out how horribly flawed every other sentence was. I wrote a small essay about each of his stupid claims, and I found out that his sources were questionable at best, nonexistant at worst.
Zacharias wouldn't stand a chance in a debate if you could get him to stop stretching his esses (s) long enough to show how wrong he is.
Seriously ugly. Coyote ugly. The kind of ugly that becomes cemented in the brain and causes recurring nightmares. Slap your mama for letting you out of her stanking pussy ugly. For real. Hairless gorilla ugly. Baboon ugly. Please paper bag your head ugly. You get the drift. Hate God for making you so ugly and on and on...lol
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man you are an idiot harmlessperv.....you probbaly don't like this video because you are a fucking idiot and can't understand what he is saying. You are the type of people that make the human gene pool degerative, go fuck your sister and pray to your faulse god
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HarmlessPerv, the fact that you would need to create sock puppet accounts to do your bidding only shows your desperation. You cannot come up with any real answers on your own, so you resort to childish name calling, school yard insults, and dishonest behavior.
Hey, I just finished watchin' this vid. Good stuff. I notice that this video, you did a great job of explaining how the other person can step into your shoes. Sounds like your trying to keep a balance perspective. Do you have any vids of you stepping into their shoes? ( I sorta feel like I'm missing something, & am very interested on your take from the other side's "shoes").
Great video Rabid! You are one of the 'atheist' here on YouTube that I take the time to watch. It's a pitty, from my POV, that you had associated yourself with the RRS, but apart from that you have my respect.
You also said that you were very sincere in your search for God and he never answered your prayers; my answer to that would be that if you were sincere, and you still have air in those lungs of yours then the show is not yet over.
At this point, I have no choice but to conclude that this 'God' character does not exist.
If he 'knocks', I'll be sure to answer - but I'm too busy living my life (and helping others enjoy theirs) to spend it trying to create an imaginary friend.
dude dont smoke, not cool, we need you alive, mainly for president lol, but come on if u get lung cancer thats death and as an atheist u kno that means lights out end of it all, lol anyway love ur stuff recently found u and subed, cheers
Thank God for RabidApe one of the most polite...well whats the right word for you..Atheist Agnostic? Not sure but you make an very polite impression to me. Even with that dirty smile in your face all the time :D greetz Mudd
Good vid. Some of those books are already on my reading list and I've read "A Brief History Of Time" by Stephen Hawking. I'd like to recommend "A Brief History Of Science" by John Gribbin.
I'm not sure where I read/saw it (think it was The God Delusion) Dawkins said a little about the title "The Selfish Gene". He explained it by saying that the emphasis is sometimes mistakenly put on "Selfish" but it should be on "Gene".
I feel that some people will never feel the Lord in their hearts and I don't know why. How very sad. I feel that as a Christian I'm only here to plant the seed and let others know about Christ. That's just me. Not all people will make it into heaven and that's just the way it is. (Cont.)
I'm sorry that it took me a couple days to get back to it. I was leaving town and 5 minutes into it I just had to stop. I thought it was going to ruin my weekend, but now that I have seen the whole thing, it was not bad and you were very pleasant. Thanks
There was a time when I honestly believed that all Atheists were open-minded skeptics and all Christians were closed-minded mental slaves. So I actually did an experament to test this idea. By the Scientific Method, I was actively trying to give christians as much of a chance as possible to disprove my own hypothesis.
mission accomplished I'm afraid. I'd say about 90% of Atheists and about 75% of Christians are open-minded.
In one way this is a failure, because I actually had a further point that would have been made if I was right (doesn't matter now) However, it also means that all this debate is NOT in fact, completely and utterly pointless. At least not completely.
I like watching lots of videos from people who want to understand things. Ive been looking for a lot of life answers lately, and for somebody who really dislikes reading, a video explaining things is really comforting.=)
With regards to the first question you asked, whenever I ask that or similar to the theists i've known the response is almost universally along the lines of "I'll pray for you"
or "Its so sad you cannot understand, i'll pray for your soul'
No person can covert you... You think too much... thought isn't bad, but Harris was on to something. Hope you know what I'm talking about. My entire world view is supported through the words of Jesus and there is TOTAL peace living "through Him". This is NOT something I was indoctrinated to believe. Question... without believing that Jesus is God, can you accept His teachings as a way of life? If you want to dialogue, you can message me. I won't try to convert you! : )
Yes as a deist my idea of a universe is exactly the same. I'm a agnostic deist. I don't think there is anyway to prove god's existence BUT If someone could tell me WHY (Not how) the big bang happened. I would convert immediately to atheism. I've read all those book' except for the "The Selfish Gene". although I would have included Bill Bryson's "A short history of nearly everything." to the list.
Basicaly that and a few other things. The thing most people don't know about agnosticism is that you can't just be an agnostic. That would be the same as saying I don't want to take a side or think about it. By definition you have to be an agnosticism theist,atheist, or some other position on god. Agnosticism is not a position on it's own, like saying god did it is a non answer it's a non position.
Thanks for clarifying that, you identified part of why i have a hard time accepting agnostisism.
It seems to me you are saying everyone is either an agnostic theist or agnostic atheist (apart from those with the illusion of 100% certainty of either position ;)
I vote for dropping the term agnostic and say; atheist, theist or deist.
Otherwise it keeps confusing (me), like what is the difference between "weak atheism" and "agnostic atheist"?
Have to hand it to you, you address these things with integrity. There's another guy who has good intentions, but I think he sours it with "F-you, I hope you die" crap, which does no good at all, and seems rather embarrassing.
I like your style, great speaker, and you have class.
I have a hard time seeing why a "who" question is even necessary. I see no real evidence of design to the universe. I see logic. I see order from chaos. I see a rational process that brings complexity from simplicity. I don't see how positing a creator answers anything. It only creates more unanswerable questions than it answers. Who/what created god? How is god coming into existance without explanation better than the universe coming into existance without explanation?
Answering the unknown and finding comfort in it is one of the purposes of faith. Thinking about it to the point of creating an insane amount of sophistry is the only flaw I see in close-minded rationalization.
:P
You just reminded me of me before I converted to Christianity.
God is love...1st Corinthians 13:5, Love keeps no record of wrongs. If this is true there won't be any record of your unbelief or any other wrong for that matter.
Mixing oil and water again? Reason and faith are opposites. One of faith cannot give you a really rational argument to accept it logically. You do seem to have a little faith. You accept history as fact (it mostly is but the blackest lie is one that is at least half a truth).
Like you, I read books outside of what I believe. Having an open mind does lead to some interesting discussions (and some shunning of those with similar beliefs though).
With respect to #4, maybe God, being supposedly omniscient, is just really really impressed by our capacity to have faith - knowing everying renders him incapable of even attempting to rely on faith, and therefore envies our ability to do so.
Conciousness and language tend to be two areas where theists feel the need to add God, in addition to creation itself. The above books offer elegant natural explanations for both. Although they don't offer full explanations(the brain has not been fully understood yet after all) it is clear that a God or soul is not a key component in any of them.
I think you might be a tad off course on your audience. "Academically, theoretically..." From the movie Airplane II: In space terms, a tad is about, oh say, half a million miles. :)
"the universe in a nutshell" was, "a brief history of time - for dummies" wasn't it? Best they start on that one instead... Not that that's an easy read either.
A deistic god could design a universe that appeared to be primordial, but there would be ohter designs that would hint very strongly at design. Like an arrangement of particles at the big bang that is fated to create an arrangement of stars in the sky of a particular planet to draw a detailed face of an animal that would later evolve on that planet, then look up and see the face of "god". These are the kinds of signs that a deistic god could leave in the universe if it wanted us to know.
Theinquisitor: That would be a powerful inducement for me to believe. Something truly clear and obviously designed on a grand scale would be the kind of thing a rational god who wanted us to believe could do to avoid the theistic bloodshed we've had instead.
lets just say that having brown hair is dominent gene and black hair is ressesive. than if some one who is Rr and someone else is RR and they ahve a babby, the babby will have brown hair but 50% chance of having the ressesive gene for black.
the bible may be based opon some things that may have happend in history but it just as well could have been made by a person with an imagination. people back then were more nieve than now too.
also, if people did go to heaven than what is the point of living on earth. only 1 person will ever and has ever been to heaven if it was a real place, jesus. god is fake!
even if god and hell are real(which they are not). why would got send his creations to hell. you do not burn the things you love. also the bible does not even say you go to hell if you don't believe in it.
ps- the flying spagetti monster is more real than god. ;)
Only some of the good book??? lucky git you. i got force fed it!!! despite what other people i have been in religous debates with, i've read the whole book from cover to cover (didn't realy have a choise), and i have come to agree with most of the people i've listened to... the majority of christians have not read the bible, they cherry pick the good bits, and ignore the rest. if it's gods words, how can you choose to edit it when you like.. isn't that blasphamy?
Jesus being born of a virgin is based on a mistranslation in the bible. Originally, the term "young woman" was used, but that was mistranslated into "virgin" and has since not been corrected, making the error a predominant part of Christian theology. Practically anyone who studies the history of the actual bible, itself, can tell you that.
Well for most any church to say that Mary was not a virgin and change doctrine would be detrimental to that denomination. Well if the church as been running with inaccurate information for this long what else is the church hiding. They cannot afford for questions to come up form their congregations.
Im not a christian by any stretch of an imagination but what draws me to rabidape's videos are the RRS vids that assert that all theists have mind disorders. I thought that was unnecessarily unkind and malicious. This is a class act compared to those videos. We are all truth seekers lets not penalize each other for that.
bill hicks died of lung cancer. There are also people who cannot grasp the concept of a universe without a creator. You are disproving the faulty limited christian concept of God, that's wonderful but most people had already overcome this explanation. Elaine Pagels is so clear about the incompleteness of the bible.
Brief History of Time. I read that book like 5 years ago. Very good read. Then I somehow managed to loose the book, but haha, got it for xmas this year anyway.
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GOD - Philosophia Perennis and Science.
The Old Lady’s TORTOISE (Hinduism) and DRAGON (Taoism) are symbols for WAVE (energy), both are analog with MAGEN DAVID (Judaism). "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is the metaphor, and also similar with allegory of rituals Thawaf circling around the Ka'ba and Sa’i oscillating along “the sinus” Marwah-Shafa during the Hajj pilgrimage (Abraham). YIN-YANG: energy-particle . CROSS (Christian) and SWASTIKA (Buddhism) are symbols for “Balance of Nature.”
TatoSugiarto 5 months ago
Tibor Gánti made a pretty good model on how life could have begun, it's called the chemoton model.
bocckoka 1 year ago
Fuck, look at all the dislikes. More idiots who can`t stand to see one of their fellow idiots and their weak-ass arguments being challenged. This is why rating systems are stupid, people just abuse them.
shrikechan 1 year ago
beleif is not a choice, EVER.
blazereef 1 year ago
@blazereef i agree. I look at it as an Mathmatical equeation where some people find logic and others cannot grasp. People get so fussy about someone accepting Christ and others who have not have that spiritual connection. Im not sure if your religious but i like your statement. Belief is not a choice and we are not the judge. Christians are supposed to testify not condem and vice versa ahiest can accept that they do not believe but do not judge
cierrasme 1 year ago
@cierrasme im atheist and im not really religious but i guess you could say i get that spiritual feeling from things like looking at the stars and stuff but yeh, if religion didnt cause so much trouble, i would care less about it
blazereef 1 year ago
My one question would be, "Make an argument for the existence of god that doesn't boil down to, "You should believe this because I do."
TheSoSoAgnostic 1 year ago
wohhooo 42-42-42!! i made it till the end and this is only the second vid ive watched by RabidApe. **patting self on back** haha. very good ideas here. gettin some of the books mentioned tomorrow. subscribing and looking forward to more vids. thanks for not yelling lol
nagchampafreak 2 years ago
After reading the comments of most of the religious on here I have to wonder. Is it a prerequisite of the fundamentalist christian to have the grammar of a 4 yr old? I think they are taking the verse Mark 10:13-16: "Come as a Child" a bit too literally
jayfunk13 2 years ago 3
God created this mess? if a god made the world and people he/she is a giant douche.
BNnoddy 2 years ago 4
Those who are told and understand the consequences of not believing in the 'Hell and Damnation' idea, don't believe it because they are guided by their true nature, not some misguided interpritation of the scriptures.'Believing' doesn't make it true. War between religions is simply a desperate need to be 'right', which fosters a sense of security. Beliefs equal 'mind' constructs that divide existence into religious boxes.called Christianity, Buddhism etc. driven by fear and uncertainty.
TopDingoMan 2 years ago
it dosnt matter what we beleave..... we will know or not know when we exsist no more......you cannot tell someone to beleave nor tell someone not to beleave
militaryminded85 2 years ago
The funny thing is, most atheist I know ( and myself, being an ex pastor) understand the theology and the bible even better then christians do.
givingmantoo 2 years ago 2
i like it and i wana know more
lamisalasry 2 years ago
1)"but is incapable of believing that the proposition is true?"
The word "Incapable" in this circumstance is thrown around like it's an absolute. It's not. Such a person is too complex to label him/her a hopeless unbeliever. Many who once said that they would never believe in God actually came to prove their' own affirmations wrong by eventually coming to faith. No atheist is omnipotent in their' resistence to faith. In fact, they ironically can't help but to practice it.
JoelJW 3 years ago
If you show me a red apple and tell me that I must believe that it's green, I can act like I believe it, I can lie to myself and tell myself that I believe it, but deep inside I'd know it's bullshit. You cannot SINCERELY believe in things that you don't believe.
kaminarigaston 2 years ago
kaminarigaston, "If you show me a red apple and tell me that I must believe that it's green"
This is not an accurate analogy. I countered by saying that many who once affirmed their' inability to believe eventually became believers. Your proposition is to defend absolute unbelief, which will never fly. I wager that there were much more stronger reasons than you have that others have used, but eventually discarded for faith. People are not "Incapable" of faith in Christ. They simply resist it.
JoelJW 2 years ago
I could become a "believer". As I told before, I could act like I believe it, I could lie to myself and tell myself that I believe it, but deep inside I'd know it's bullshit.
kaminarigaston 2 years ago
kaminarigaston "but deep inside I'd know it's bullshit."
You would "Know" no such thing. Don't confuse the word "Know" with "Assume". You "Assume" that it's false. And, assumptions are never concrete.
Many professing atheists make this blatant error in judgement. Confusing assumption with accurate knowledge is the lazy intellect's game. Don't be found guilty of this. Whether you believe or disbelieve, you do so by (faith). You can't avoid it.
JoelJW 2 years ago
May I suggest that what is happening when people like kaminarigaston tell us that they know deep inside that it is bullshit, they are reacting to the emotional manipulation that constitutes so much of what passes for argumentation amongst apologists for religion.
We know that our feelings are our own, and that no one has the right to appropriate them for any reason. We often find it difficult to analyse those feelings in the heat of argument; but we know that the apologist is wrong.
pirbird14 2 years ago
"but we know that the apologist is wrong."
How so?
JoelJW 2 years ago
In the cases I'm discussing, the apologist is using emotional manipulation, either as a substitute for logic or as a main buttress to weak logic. Whether we are trained in logic or not, we know that the apologist is wrong - both morally and logically - in resorting to such tactics. Often, the apologist is telling us things about our feelings that just don't match what we actually feel. We can't haul out our feelings and measure them as we would a yard of cloth, so we laugh at them or get angry.
pirbird14 2 years ago
I appreciate the reply.
While some of what constitutes apologetics may be emotionally motivated, not all of it is. There are some good points that seasoned apologists focus on - objective morality, fine tuning of the universe, etc. The apologist's job is not to "Prove" God's existence, but to give plausible arguments in defense of His existence.
JoelJW 2 years ago
Most of us don't encounter seasoned apologists. Most of us encounter friends and family who wish to "win us for Christ". When we respond with reasoned objections, they attack our "pride", or try to terrorize us with visions of hell. We see these same tactics used by televangelists. Even the liberal preachers of my childhood wove lesser versions of these arguments into their sermons.
Their job, as they see it, is to break our "pride".
pirbird14 2 years ago
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Luke4:4
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Think about it.
For now, I know your sencere so seek Jesus.
For some it can be in a instant moment by being baptized, for others they grow in faith.
Greetz from Holland
megaloethor 3 years ago
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Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
You have to read in the bible everyday to grow in your belief because the world we live in is related to time. Gods words, jugement and foundation are forever and given by his words throught the bible. Jesus lived by every word of God and therefore he resureected from the dead. He was a man in the flesh.
megaloethor 3 years ago
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Revelations 5:9
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
You have to grow in your belief, this can only be done by realizing what sin is. Find it in the bible. Jesus doesnt ask much from you. What could be wrong to open your heart to him? Come as you are.
God Bless
God Bless
megaloethor 3 years ago
Ppl follow the bible selectively or they'd be murderous psychopaths! Remove the bad bits, pointless waffle and badly evidenced 10th hand history and the tiny bible would be a 1/2 decent life guidebook. Your faith based assumption the bible is 'True' may work for a gradually narrowing mind but not for mine. Why would god dictate so many contradictions and rules that cause so much pain, suffering, mental anguish & retardation? Is god mad, evil, a sick joker or sick joke? Love is love, not god!
PrivateSi 3 years ago
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Its just open your heart to Jesus, its not science, its not based on formalas its based on simply truth.
Revelations 4:11
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
God Bless
megaloethor 3 years ago
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WHAT IS REALITY, THE MATTER LOOKS SO REAL TO US THAT WE BELIEVE IN IT. INSTEAD OF WORSHIPPING THE CREATOR WE RATHER HEAR THINGS OF MEN INSTEAD OF reading what GOD TELLS US. INFROMATION COMES FROM INFORMATION. BUT WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION? INFINITE INFORMATION THAT CONTROLS ALL INFORMATION. and therefore it has to be in all the ages TO MAKE INFORMATION IN EXSISTENCE. INFORMATION THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO TIME can SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THE true INFORMATION IS.foundation and law is 10COMMANDMENTS
megaloethor 3 years ago
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ALL THE SCIENCE BOOKS ARE MADE BY MEN, AND THE BIBLE IS WRITTEN BY PEOPLE INSPIRED BY GOD. SO THEY KNEW THEY HAD THE TRUTH.
THE BIBLE IS THE LIVING WORD BECAUSE ITS NOT SUBJECT TO TIME. SO THEREFORE IT GIVES US INSIDE IN WHICH EMPIRE WE ARE LIVING.
ITS HISTORY MORALS AND PROPHECY
It just God saying people dont be deceived by scientist, false prophets, if you want to hear the truth seek me.
SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES
NEW WORLD ORDER EN EU ARE SOON RISING MY FRIEND
megaloethor 3 years ago
John 1:1:
'The Word Became Flesh In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.'
John 6:63:
'The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.'
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW? THE DEFINITIVE TRUTH OR SCIENCE. GOD SAYS IN THE BIBLE HE IS THE TRUTH. ITS THE ONLY BOOK THAT STATES IT.
SO THEREFORE ITS THE TRUTH. ALL THE MORALS COMES FROM IT. CHARLES DARWIN WAS A COMMUNIST MAN.
megaloethor 3 years ago
"GOD SAYS IN THE BIBLE HE IS THE TRUTH. ITS THE ONLY BOOK THAT STATES IT.
SO THEREFORE ITS THE TRUTH."
That's called circular reasoning, and it's retarded.
PsykoPatrik 3 years ago 3
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The Truth refering to the truth is not circular reasoning. Circular reasoning is most common in science.
study your bible, it has anything in it for you.
God Bless
megaloethor 3 years ago
er it is circular reasoning ,psykopatrik was spot on , are you a troll or mad ?
sausage4mash 3 years ago
You tell them "Hug me! I'm a jewish pretzel!" when they won't believe you, randomness catches them off guard and makes me laugh.
Akulshae 3 years ago
What you're looking for at around 11 minutes is in the Bible:
"No man has seen my face."
Et cetera.
MusicalAdrian 3 years ago
Great book list. I notice you tactfully left out Harris and Hitchens. Good move. Two other books which are good, and shorter reads, are - The Origins of Virtue by Matt Ridley and The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsche - both of which impacted me greatly.
riversonthemoon 3 years ago
I am a christian. I must say I really enjoyed this video! I have watched about 20 of your vids as well, and I appreciate your civil tact and methodical approach. You state your position intelligently, as opposed to other atheists who simply throw vile emotional tantrums toward christians.
I'd like to see you and Ravi Zacharias have an open debate covering this very topic. That would be some stimulating entertainment!
nochartmozart 4 years ago 9
I find that both sides get too emotional. It's perfectly understandable, but if you're going to toss around mud or start stating scripture to a crowd that does not acknowledge the bible, you bring nothing.
solitairedream 3 years ago
The crux of the debate are the contents of the bible (i.e. scripture).
I'm also not sure about your emotional comment. Which atheist debates emotionally? I'll agree with the mud tossing though, that happens.
I'm just examining your statements.
bluebeard2 3 years ago
Very good Blue, analyze and ask questions.
I find that even with a logical argument, a lot of atheists are passive aggressive. Look at some of 'Amazingatheist's videos.
As with the bible, I have seen some people try to completely override the discussion by stating how the principles of god can be above any conventional wisdom...
Far from helpful.
This topic is probably just another distraction to the masses. A lot of people 'argue' to vent off their frustrations from elsewhere in life.
solitairedream 3 years ago
I think argument can just be another walk in the woods. Something you do for pleasure, that is an end in itself (Christopher Hitchens in the Four Horsemen video said as much himself).
I'm in that camp. And I certainly don't care that I am haha!
bluebeard2 3 years ago
I agree. My Christian friend and I can actually sit down and have a civil, electric conversation about theology.
What troubles me is when people enter a discussion with no intention of adding anything, but merely to spew their angst from elsewhere in life. Improper motivation that leads their emotions to drive their thinking and in the end, it's not "Science" or "evolution" that they are attacking but some other issue in their lives mirroring them. I could go on.
solitairedream 3 years ago
Ravi Zacharias? That guy insults my intelligence. I listened to his Lessons from War in a Battle of Ideas thing, and I could point out how horribly flawed every other sentence was. I wrote a small essay about each of his stupid claims, and I found out that his sources were questionable at best, nonexistant at worst.
Zacharias wouldn't stand a chance in a debate if you could get him to stop stretching his esses (s) long enough to show how wrong he is.
He just doesn't think his arguments through
EdwardHowton 3 years ago
I would just like to say that you are a very well mannered and thought provoking atheist, both thumbs up from me
Redempt88 4 years ago 3
These comments only show the small capacity of the christian brain.
Xestriker 4 years ago 3
Ugly atheist.
HarmIessPerv 4 years ago
whatever you say, Sparky
RabidApe 4 years ago
Seriously ugly. Coyote ugly. The kind of ugly that becomes cemented in the brain and causes recurring nightmares. Slap your mama for letting you out of her stanking pussy ugly. For real. Hairless gorilla ugly. Baboon ugly. Please paper bag your head ugly. You get the drift. Hate God for making you so ugly and on and on...lol
HarmIessPerv 4 years ago
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CLASSIC PWNAGE! ha ha ha
HarmIessPerv 4 years ago
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"CLASSIC PWNAGE!"
No, just an idiotic, hate filled rant. It only shows that you cannot follow any form of civil discourse.
smartmusicfreak 4 years ago
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man you are an idiot harmlessperv.....you probbaly don't like this video because you are a fucking idiot and can't understand what he is saying. You are the type of people that make the human gene pool degerative, go fuck your sister and pray to your faulse god
prankster2277 4 years ago
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U could go fuck urself, dickface. Or go suck RabidApe's cock...I'm sure he'd let u! ha ha ha
HarmlessPervToo 4 years ago
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HarmlessPerv, the fact that you would need to create sock puppet accounts to do your bidding only shows your desperation. You cannot come up with any real answers on your own, so you resort to childish name calling, school yard insults, and dishonest behavior.
smartmusicfreak 4 years ago
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I had to create these accts. because your fucking idol, RabidPig, blocked me, douche.
HarmlessPervToo 4 years ago
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"...blocked me..."
Gee I wonder why... After all, you were oh so polite and kind....
smartmusicfreak 4 years ago
You're profane, and you do nothing but insult people. I think blocking you was warranted.
civisromae 3 years ago 2
CHALLENGE TO CHRISTIANS:
If you can read this page right to the bottom:
godisimaginary[dot]com/i7.htm
And not have a new perspective on your faith, then I would dearly like to hear your reasons as they may cause me to accept Jesus.
pos777 4 years ago 3
Hey, I just finished watchin' this vid. Good stuff. I notice that this video, you did a great job of explaining how the other person can step into your shoes. Sounds like your trying to keep a balance perspective. Do you have any vids of you stepping into their shoes? ( I sorta feel like I'm missing something, & am very interested on your take from the other side's "shoes").
Once again, great stuff.
themightycelestial 4 years ago
watch?v=j6u-kJSCuSk
glad you're enjoying yourself!
RabidApe 4 years ago
Thanx. Just watch it. This debate is fun.
BTW, I like your "Dr. Demento" greeting at the beginning of this video.
themightycelestial 4 years ago
Even though I'm lucky enough to be niether a religious person or an atheist,
I do enjoy watching the two sides debate.
themightycelestial 4 years ago
Great video Rabid! You are one of the 'atheist' here on YouTube that I take the time to watch. It's a pitty, from my POV, that you had associated yourself with the RRS, but apart from that you have my respect.
AwokenSpirit 4 years ago
You also said that you were very sincere in your search for God and he never answered your prayers; my answer to that would be that if you were sincere, and you still have air in those lungs of yours then the show is not yet over.
AwokenSpirit 4 years ago
I'm not going to hypnotize myself!
:P
The 'search' is over, sorry.
At this point, I have no choice but to conclude that this 'God' character does not exist.
If he 'knocks', I'll be sure to answer - but I'm too busy living my life (and helping others enjoy theirs) to spend it trying to create an imaginary friend.
RabidApe 4 years ago
You know your asking about a self-contradictory human construct...religion...They cannot answer, they have none.
You might as well ask a child, "What does a cop ask you for when you get pulled over?" You'll always get a "Mit Romney/Bill Clinton" answer.
According to their beliefs an atheist firefighter who loses his/her life saving another is destined to hell because he/she never said (blah blah blah)
Please remember, their confusion, doesn't mean there is no 'creator.'
Roudter 4 years ago
dude dont smoke, not cool, we need you alive, mainly for president lol, but come on if u get lung cancer thats death and as an atheist u kno that means lights out end of it all, lol anyway love ur stuff recently found u and subed, cheers
cheekycritter 4 years ago
Plus, let's not forget,
smokers, when they die, go to hell.
themightycelestial 4 years ago
there's you're awnser the nummer you just say'd ;).
pagangeek 4 years ago
Thank God for RabidApe one of the most polite...well whats the right word for you..Atheist Agnostic? Not sure but you make an very polite impression to me. Even with that dirty smile in your face all the time :D greetz Mudd
ps. I might would vote for u 2 :)
MrMudd1988 4 years ago
You are the Atheist Jesus lol
Keep up the good fight, you have my full support but i just can't deal with these Religious morons anymore... It pains my brain..
Cragnous 4 years ago
42
All I have to say is that you most definitely have my vote in 2024.
TheKidFrom13thStreet 4 years ago
thank you, sir!
RabidApe 4 years ago
in 2024 i will be able to vote, (actually in 2010) you will be on my ballot
Nightbane12 4 years ago
Great video. Actually worth watching 30min. I've read most of those books, btw, and the ones I haven't I'm interested in reading! Thanks.
patricknelson 4 years ago 2
you're welcome!
RabidApe 4 years ago
Good vid. Some of those books are already on my reading list and I've read "A Brief History Of Time" by Stephen Hawking. I'd like to recommend "A Brief History Of Science" by John Gribbin.
I'm not sure where I read/saw it (think it was The God Delusion) Dawkins said a little about the title "The Selfish Gene". He explained it by saying that the emphasis is sometimes mistakenly put on "Selfish" but it should be on "Gene".
Mozza314 4 years ago
You are incredible. You have great patience and show how wonderful a person can be without superstition and dogma.
Rhonda9 4 years ago 3
thanks, Rhonda!
RabidApe 4 years ago
You, sir, are an asset to humanity. Thank you.
mjhacker 4 years ago 3
you are very welcome!
RabidApe 4 years ago
PS...42
CagedSongBird 4 years ago
I feel that some people will never feel the Lord in their hearts and I don't know why. How very sad. I feel that as a Christian I'm only here to plant the seed and let others know about Christ. That's just me. Not all people will make it into heaven and that's just the way it is. (Cont.)
CagedSongBird 4 years ago
You should believe in whatever you feel the need to believe in... because in the end, whatever will be... will be.
Have a great day and a great '08!
Sending love & smiles from afar!
(((Hugs))) to you & yours...
Paula
CagedSongBird 4 years ago
RabidApe, I just watched your whole video 42.
I'm sorry that it took me a couple days to get back to it. I was leaving town and 5 minutes into it I just had to stop. I thought it was going to ruin my weekend, but now that I have seen the whole thing, it was not bad and you were very pleasant. Thanks
sablechicken 4 years ago
Glad you enjoyed it.
I look forward to your answer(s).
RabidApe 4 years ago
1well 1 of 2 answers, fundies say "you go to hell" liberal xians work some kind of weak personal loop hole
2you cant; gonna have to use evidentless faith
3low selfesteem issues it seems
4just another way to stifle those who question: Free speech dude
5my sis reads bible everyday she says yes. to make moses tribulation more of weight?
6im not, guess they Are cause their beloved god is being "wounded"
7pretty neighborly, your choice tho
8me? A
9all prob say A but many hold B to their hearts
OsyenVyeter 4 years ago
1. You don't tell him anything lol.
truevoiceofsanity 4 years ago
There was a time when I honestly believed that all Atheists were open-minded skeptics and all Christians were closed-minded mental slaves. So I actually did an experament to test this idea. By the Scientific Method, I was actively trying to give christians as much of a chance as possible to disprove my own hypothesis.
dechha1981 4 years ago
mission accomplished I'm afraid. I'd say about 90% of Atheists and about 75% of Christians are open-minded.
In one way this is a failure, because I actually had a further point that would have been made if I was right (doesn't matter now) However, it also means that all this debate is NOT in fact, completely and utterly pointless. At least not completely.
dechha1981 4 years ago
haha, i guess im a true fan now.
I like watching lots of videos from people who want to understand things. Ive been looking for a lot of life answers lately, and for somebody who really dislikes reading, a video explaining things is really comforting.=)
adamabra8 4 years ago
With regards to the first question you asked, whenever I ask that or similar to the theists i've known the response is almost universally along the lines of "I'll pray for you"
or "Its so sad you cannot understand, i'll pray for your soul'
etc..
TingTang1234567 4 years ago
if i may ask you a completely unrelative question, what is on your walls and ceilings?
beccajeanbean 4 years ago
Only God can call you. A contrite heart He will not cast out...
LearningToLeanChurch 4 years ago
Hey, I know you don't know me, but I've read it. I REALLY liked it. ;D It's a really good read, I recommend it.
colleen3217 4 years ago
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fuck you pervert!!!! NO self respecting human being will send that pic to a woman. FUCK YOU!!!
kimmy2345k 4 years ago
not to sound like a cocky prick, but...
Ask anyone who you know and who's opinion you respect, and I'll wager that if they've read it, they REALLY liked it.
It seems like all of the criticism I've seen towards it is from people who completely misconstrue what the book explains.
It's all the more nauseating because most of these criticisms are anticipated and addressed in the first twenty pages...
XD
RabidApe 4 years ago
We watched a video of it in World History, very interesting. I will probably have to pick it up soon.
Facecageworshipper 4 years ago
No person can covert you... You think too much... thought isn't bad, but Harris was on to something. Hope you know what I'm talking about. My entire world view is supported through the words of Jesus and there is TOTAL peace living "through Him". This is NOT something I was indoctrinated to believe. Question... without believing that Jesus is God, can you accept His teachings as a way of life? If you want to dialogue, you can message me. I won't try to convert you! : )
nodrahma 4 years ago
Nice one RabidApe,
The origin of species is like ALL of his work completely available online on:
darwin-online DOT org DOT uk
Chrs,
mindwis3 4 years ago
Yes as a deist my idea of a universe is exactly the same. I'm a agnostic deist. I don't think there is anyway to prove god's existence BUT If someone could tell me WHY (Not how) the big bang happened. I would convert immediately to atheism. I've read all those book' except for the "The Selfish Gene". although I would have included Bill Bryson's "A short history of nearly everything." to the list.
sharpie443 4 years ago
Hi Sharpie,
"I'm a agnostic deist" -> what? i already have a hard time accepting 'agnosticism' and now you say this, heeelp ;)
But at least you are a deist and not a theist, i just don't quite understand the motivation;
You're a deist because you -(like anyone else)- don't know why the big bang hapened?
mindwis3 4 years ago
Basicaly that and a few other things. The thing most people don't know about agnosticism is that you can't just be an agnostic. That would be the same as saying I don't want to take a side or think about it. By definition you have to be an agnosticism theist,atheist, or some other position on god. Agnosticism is not a position on it's own, like saying god did it is a non answer it's a non position.
sharpie443 4 years ago
Sharpie,
Thanks for clarifying that, you identified part of why i have a hard time accepting agnostisism.
It seems to me you are saying everyone is either an agnostic theist or agnostic atheist (apart from those with the illusion of 100% certainty of either position ;)
I vote for dropping the term agnostic and say; atheist, theist or deist.
Otherwise it keeps confusing (me), like what is the difference between "weak atheism" and "agnostic atheist"?
But that's my limited view ;)
mindwis3 4 years ago
Good video rabid ape.
I don't believe in God because the logic centre of my brain says, no way jose. I have little choice in the matter.
Naabenstadt 4 years ago
hmmm, you would still be conceding that the universe isn't the product of some natural process. So deism is out.
Who's to say that the big bang wasn't the product of the end of some lower order universe? Nobody, that's f*cking who.
Someone needs to tell the *ists to go back and examine some of their fundamental assumptions. And it's nice that you're trying to do that.
SandmanOpiate 4 years ago
One of your best yet, RabidApe. Keep up the good work. I'm rooting for you. And for sablechicken's attempt to really understand the other side.
"... but what is the question?"
"How about, 'How many roads must a man walk down?'"
renegade4dio 4 years ago
Way to hold their feet to the fire, ape.
JFZcafe 4 years ago
word!
kill them with kindness...
RabidApe 4 years ago
Have to hand it to you, you address these things with integrity. There's another guy who has good intentions, but I think he sours it with "F-you, I hope you die" crap, which does no good at all, and seems rather embarrassing.
I like your style, great speaker, and you have class.
Keep the vids coming! ;)
OnTheFritz602 4 years ago 2
In answer to your question: Mark 9:23-24.
Mark 10:26-27 is also relevent though slightly out of context. :o)
FluffyDarkPrincess 4 years ago
God answeres "Who" and science answers "how"... AMEN! That is what I have been saying since I converted to Christianity.
That80sGuy1972 4 years ago
I have a hard time seeing why a "who" question is even necessary. I see no real evidence of design to the universe. I see logic. I see order from chaos. I see a rational process that brings complexity from simplicity. I don't see how positing a creator answers anything. It only creates more unanswerable questions than it answers. Who/what created god? How is god coming into existance without explanation better than the universe coming into existance without explanation?
renegade4dio 4 years ago 2
Answering the unknown and finding comfort in it is one of the purposes of faith. Thinking about it to the point of creating an insane amount of sophistry is the only flaw I see in close-minded rationalization.
:P
You just reminded me of me before I converted to Christianity.
That80sGuy1972 4 years ago
jesus fucking christ.
NikitaLion 4 years ago
I thought it was Jesus H Christ. I was wondering Howard, Harlod, Henry... is the H silent and it is actually spelled "Hfukking"?
See ya' in Hell ;) (I'm a bad Christian)
That80sGuy1972 4 years ago
God is love...1st Corinthians 13:5, Love keeps no record of wrongs. If this is true there won't be any record of your unbelief or any other wrong for that matter.
traog 4 years ago
Mixing oil and water again? Reason and faith are opposites. One of faith cannot give you a really rational argument to accept it logically. You do seem to have a little faith. You accept history as fact (it mostly is but the blackest lie is one that is at least half a truth).
Like you, I read books outside of what I believe. Having an open mind does lead to some interesting discussions (and some shunning of those with similar beliefs though).
That80sGuy1972 4 years ago
1) Discuss it and find common ground. It can only be done in dialog.
2) Knowing comes when belief is so strong that it takes place of "worldly" knowledge.
3) All things are considered (my personal belief)
4) *shrug* God has a sense of humor. He is the source of all that is good and humor is good.
5) Yep. He was building a culture. You can't make an omlette without breaking a few eggs.
That80sGuy1972 4 years ago
6) I am a horrible Christian (unrepentant on many things) so I laugh and say "I'll see you in Hell." Yay! I will know someone in Hell
7) Even some of us Christians dislike his tactics. Yes, you are being very neighborly.
8) A (mostly)
9) A (dominant)
That80sGuy1972 4 years ago
Carl Sagan's cosmos would be a great dvd set for sable chicken
illusionist1977 4 years ago
With respect to #4, maybe God, being supposedly omniscient, is just really really impressed by our capacity to have faith - knowing everying renders him incapable of even attempting to rely on faith, and therefore envies our ability to do so.
danno1111 4 years ago
I'd like to recommend two other books.
"The Language Instinct" by Stephen Pinker.
"Conciousness Explained" by Daniel C. Dennett
Conciousness and language tend to be two areas where theists feel the need to add God, in addition to creation itself. The above books offer elegant natural explanations for both. Although they don't offer full explanations(the brain has not been fully understood yet after all) it is clear that a God or soul is not a key component in any of them.
olavka 4 years ago
Douglas Adams... I liked the movie too. Zaphod for president!
BudhagRizzo 4 years ago
I think you look helluva lot better with the shaved head.
crazypants88 4 years ago
aaaah, hitchhikers guide ha ah ha ha ha ha
joebot1 4 years ago
why that number?
Why not top it off with a 0 ;) ;)
thefakeyeti 4 years ago
I'm a true fan. *pats self on the back*...and it looks like I have a book list for the next year or so. 30 minutes and not one wasted.
NearNothing 4 years ago
42 - The answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Unfortunately we dont know what the question is. All we know is the answer 42.
dilmo22 4 years ago 4
I believe the question might be: What is paradise?
TheGiantRobot 4 years ago
Love your movies, Favorited.
Luke123098 4 years ago
It's odd that in this day and age we have to convince some people of legitimacy of science and its benefits.
SuperTwit 4 years ago 2
I think you might be a tad off course on your audience. "Academically, theoretically..." From the movie Airplane II: In space terms, a tad is about, oh say, half a million miles. :)
mwest1234 4 years ago
Awesome video RrrrabidApe! Thanks for the book recommendations, I'll have to look for those.
TheEyesOfNye 4 years ago
"the universe in a nutshell" was, "a brief history of time - for dummies" wasn't it? Best they start on that one instead... Not that that's an easy read either.
GOAQ 4 years ago
Lol, This is the first video of yours I have watched and I'm already a true fan xD
128916171829 4 years ago
You mentioned some great books, I'd like to add one more by Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale. Simply the best pop-sci book on evolution I've read so far.
deBeuk 4 years ago
On your final point, I think most Deists would say there is a way of finding out: dying. So they can still use Pascal's wager, for example.
DagnirGlaurunga 4 years ago
"...would say there is a way of finding out: dying."
Well, lets just hope the YECs voluntarily "find out."
smartmusicfreak 4 years ago
A deistic god could design a universe that appeared to be primordial, but there would be ohter designs that would hint very strongly at design. Like an arrangement of particles at the big bang that is fated to create an arrangement of stars in the sky of a particular planet to draw a detailed face of an animal that would later evolve on that planet, then look up and see the face of "god". These are the kinds of signs that a deistic god could leave in the universe if it wanted us to know.
theinquisitor 4 years ago
Theinquisitor: That would be a powerful inducement for me to believe. Something truly clear and obviously designed on a grand scale would be the kind of thing a rational god who wanted us to believe could do to avoid the theistic bloodshed we've had instead.
renegade4dio 4 years ago
Another great vid, rabid. do you think she will actually respond though? i'm thinkin no, hopefully i am wrong though
Plasticdolly69 4 years ago
15 minutes of this was apologizing for what youre gonna say next lol. very clever tactic.
fr3d420 4 years ago
killin'em with kindness!
:D
RabidApe 4 years ago
in most cases thats the only tactic that can be used , expessially talking to people that are soo far deep into this rabbit hole called christianity
i wish could do that more , im too abrasive when i talk to chrisitans
BreadWinner06 4 years ago
I dont know Rabid, I think a swift blunt object to the skull would get the job much faster.
Facecageworshipper 4 years ago
do you have any significant haters rabidape?
CheeezMaster 4 years ago
Not that I know of, but I suppose it depends on what you mean by 'significant' and 'hater'...
RabidApe 4 years ago
lol you relativist.
CheeezMaster 4 years ago
You remind me of Richard Dreyfuss.
LoveCraken 4 years ago
lets just say that having brown hair is dominent gene and black hair is ressesive. than if some one who is Rr and someone else is RR and they ahve a babby, the babby will have brown hair but 50% chance of having the ressesive gene for black.
rjrrules 4 years ago
the bible may be based opon some things that may have happend in history but it just as well could have been made by a person with an imagination. people back then were more nieve than now too.
rjrrules 4 years ago
also, if people did go to heaven than what is the point of living on earth. only 1 person will ever and has ever been to heaven if it was a real place, jesus. god is fake!
rjrrules 4 years ago
even if god and hell are real(which they are not). why would got send his creations to hell. you do not burn the things you love. also the bible does not even say you go to hell if you don't believe in it.
ps- the flying spagetti monster is more real than god. ;)
rjrrules 4 years ago
42. Jared Diamond is a much better author than Hawkins or Dawkins or Dennet. He is just so much fun to read.
ExSaint1379 4 years ago
i prefer dawkins...but of course it's up to everyones taste.
matereymate 4 years ago
dawkins kicks ass
Xestriker 4 years ago 5
Out of that list, Dawkins is my favorite.
renegade4dio 4 years ago
I shed a tear at how theist and athesit are friends in this little series.
apackagefromsteve 4 years ago 2
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wtf is an athesit?
CheeezMaster 4 years ago
41 42 43 44 45
Reggis420 4 years ago
Only some of the good book??? lucky git you. i got force fed it!!! despite what other people i have been in religous debates with, i've read the whole book from cover to cover (didn't realy have a choise), and i have come to agree with most of the people i've listened to... the majority of christians have not read the bible, they cherry pick the good bits, and ignore the rest. if it's gods words, how can you choose to edit it when you like.. isn't that blasphamy?
capidosia 4 years ago
Jesus being born of a virgin is based on a mistranslation in the bible. Originally, the term "young woman" was used, but that was mistranslated into "virgin" and has since not been corrected, making the error a predominant part of Christian theology. Practically anyone who studies the history of the actual bible, itself, can tell you that.
suttsteve 4 years ago
Well for most any church to say that Mary was not a virgin and change doctrine would be detrimental to that denomination. Well if the church as been running with inaccurate information for this long what else is the church hiding. They cannot afford for questions to come up form their congregations.
thorspower 4 years ago 3
I dont like how we think that every theist must be a nutcase cause they bevieve in that thing they believe.
This discussion is better than I thought it would be.
virtualheresy 4 years ago 2
Im not a christian by any stretch of an imagination but what draws me to rabidape's videos are the RRS vids that assert that all theists have mind disorders. I thought that was unnecessarily unkind and malicious. This is a class act compared to those videos. We are all truth seekers lets not penalize each other for that.
janinemelissa22 4 years ago
As a theist (a non-Christian pantheist to be more specific), I'm aware that your disbelief is not a choice.
UltimoJ 4 years ago 3
UltimoJ: Non-Christian panthiest? Ba'Hai? Deist? Just curious. You don't find many thiests willing to concede that point.
renegade4dio 4 years ago
Rabidape! By asking just one question you are just focusing on one card in a house of cards. Brilliant. 42!
Brainmold 4 years ago
bill hicks died of lung cancer. There are also people who cannot grasp the concept of a universe without a creator. You are disproving the faulty limited christian concept of God, that's wonderful but most people had already overcome this explanation. Elaine Pagels is so clear about the incompleteness of the bible.
whinecountryUSA 4 years ago
pancreatic cancer, actually.
RabidApe 4 years ago
Brief History of Time. I read that book like 5 years ago. Very good read. Then I somehow managed to loose the book, but haha, got it for xmas this year anyway.
TheBlueFalconX 4 years ago