Tribe? Do you live in the Amazon? This "relationship" is realized upon personal acceptance of reality. It can't be nailed down to some particular time during a person's life. There is no proof needed because we are born into truth. I wasn't born into religious texts and beliefs of Christianity yet I believe in God. It's so easy to look at the status of the world and disdain God for what is happening. It's nothing more than human beings allowed to act as they will...like a barbaric tribe.
It's so easy to reject God when you are rich, famous, loved by everybody, have everything you ever want. The man says to himself 'What is God? Who needs God? I don't need God!'. But it is very difficult to be an atheist when you are on your death bed. Laying there for hours thinking 'What if people who believe in God are right. What if there is a heaven and a hell. What if God had a plan for me to follow? How would my life be different?' Please be open to God.
@GregariousGorilla You make it sound like we acknowledge the possible presence of a God, but then say "nah, I don't need any of that, I'm awesome!". I'm an atheist because I have encountered no experience, argument, or plausible thought process that slightly hints at the existence of a higher power. I'm open to the possibility of there being some god, but how the hell are we supposed to know? Unlike the plot lines of every religious text, God doesn't just speak from the sky every day.
@GregariousGorilla there is no god to reject. whats being rejected is a story. the only reason you believe in this tale is because you fear "hell". and thats the hook. you will always fear what someone told you whats going to happen to you after you die. take a second to think. magic or extraordinary claims arent real. whats real is space, universe, dinosaurs, DNA, atoms, because they exist and you can see them and prove them.
@GregariousGorilla you just admit that you have fear which is instilled into you by the bible and what pastors tell you whats going to happen to you. you fear being in a death bed and being wrong and ending up in a lava pit burning with satan lol. thats what all of your belief is based on. its all a form of control. instill fear into their minds and you have total control of anyone. tell a child there is a monster in her closet and that if she doesnt behave it will come out. she will believe u
@GregariousGorilla according to your bible you already have a one way ticket to hell. because you are on youtube participating in worldly things that have sin all over it. including your choices in wordly music which you have on your page. im sure there are many other sins you do daily. like lusting for women, masterbating, etc I bet you think about sex once a day. and if you do ur sinning and ur going to hell for that fyi. so pack ur bags you have a long trip to the lava pit.
For anyone who wants to see a true story regarding this matter, watch the YouTube video titled: A Christian Fired For Sharing Faith With Brad Pitt on the Set of Moneyball.
@Mookie4820 Yeah, well, it's bad manners to preach at the workplace. You wouldn't like it if I slapped my dick on the table and started talking about it, would you?
And yes, I am comparing proselytizing to exposing yourself.
Religion is man made!! It is used to control the masses into following the agendas of those who control the world, or Satan as Jesus said. The scriptures of the Bible were put together to deceive mankind into following something that has nothing to do with God. He is about faith, righteousness, and holiness, Religion and the Bible have been used for things that have nothing to do with these ideals. It is time we wake up!!!
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Actually, Brad is right. Religion is stifling because it is based on works, not love. Ahhh, love, love is different. It produces faith. If your faith is in the right one then you have found the ultimate gift. Grace. See grace is about Jesus and this faith is about relationship. NOT works. It is something wonderful. To have a relationship with God. More intimate then any human relationship can ever be. It's all about love.
You have just quoted from a religious work and explained a particular religious doctrine of grace and faith and how they are interrelated and how works cannot save you, according to certain religious denominations of Christianity, i.e. one of the world's major religions. And then you have the audacity to say that that is not religion? LOL?
@wimsweden Any moral system is technically religious. That's all religion means, "a moral system" it doesn't have to include god. Since all morality is subjective it has to fall to the metaphysics department. All she's trying to say is that if you focus on the right aspects religion can be less about doctrine and more about love. I think you knew this but it was more thumb worthy to be ingenuous.
You are a spinmaster...Christianity is not a religion. It's a relationship with God. Take time out to really explore the true defintion of Christianity and not just what you've heard.
Thanks for projecting. I'm not really an atheist either, I have a personal relationship with reality. The problem with yr definition of the Christian religion is that it assumes what you have to prove, i.e. the existence of your god, and that this "relationship" only ever takes place after the person has been introduced to the religious texts and beliefs of Christianity. Show me a tribe never introduced to Xianity first that was discovered to have this 'relationship'.
9 million children under the age of 5 dies every year , most of them have christian parents praying for help......if real, god is either powerless to help or a pyschopath....
religious people believes that everything have been created for themselves and that everything is in gods will. for exemple those usa newborn christian believe that you do not have to help the poor because it is gods will for them to be poor. they do not have to care about environement or anything because god take care of it.
@Lautreamont053 and you don't care about God, then what? Then leave people who believe to believe, and non-believers will go to hell or be damned, then so be it. Accept it. Why argue it?
I used to think religion was only for idiots, now I know it's for cowards
people unable to accept that this life is the only life, how very comforting it must be to believe a magical man in the sky will take you to heaven when you die.
@mittROMNEY666 Ya he's A communist to why else would he have a wall to keep his people in there, lol, your part system or tyrants by man I’d rather be a under god than man.
If religion is stifling, then what can relieve and give peace? If you have religion, you rely on someone greater than yourself, and if you're an atheist, you rely on your own self. It'd be pretty hard to control your life, and fix all the bad, heal everything. I find it relaxing, rejuvenating and uplifting to follow, love and rely on my loving God. ;D
@ajesusfreak1 That's a very pathetic viewpoint. You're essentially admitting you're too weak to accept logically truth, and have to rely on a fantasy to get through the day. I pity you.
Oh, and 'your God' as described in 'your book' is not loving. At all. He's abusive and hateful. The only reason to worship such a bastard is in the hopes he doesn't punish you. Which is very pathetic also, considering such a being does not exist and cannot exist.
@andromidius God is love! He created this world in love, made us in His image in love, and we are the one's who rebelled. You and I (as a result of our sinful nature) cursed this beautiful earth. I agree, this earth is no longer perfect. It's full of corruption and death, because a long time ago Adam sinned. So now, we (believers) joyfully wait for the New Earth and for God to bring perfect judgement and let us enter His kingdom. I am not of this world. HALLELUJAH!
@lalaurentide I have pure joy in the Lord. I know where I'm going after I die. I have a purpose here on earth, with God's will to guide me. I'll say it again, HALLELUJAH, HE REIGNS!
@ajesusfreak1 Since we can't rely on your loving god, we have doctors. Next time you are dying, pray, and his rejuvenating love will relax you and lift you up to the grave.
@headbanger6969 Oh the irony. A religious person accusing someone of pushing beliefs down their throats? So someone saying their own beliefs is oppressive to you? Wow, you life a sheltered life if you don't understand how stupid your statement is.
@headbanger6969 you don't exactly see anyone preaching how much God doesn't exist. I think it's the other way around. And if they do get a bit edgy towards Christians... it's usually because the christians started it. Dare prove me wrong?
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Its interesting to me that those who reject God will do so because they feel religion (the way we worship God) is stifling. What exactly is being said here? They hate rules? What exactly is stifling Brad Pitt when it comes to religion? I wonder how Brad Pitt would feel if someone else, who felt the same about those stifling rules, broke one of them against him. Would Brad Pitt feel violated?
"those who reject God will do so because they feel religion (the way we worship God) is stifling." Atheists don't "reject" gods. We don't believe in their existence. Secondly, don't generalise the reason why atheists don't believe in the different religions. I for one did not grow up in a stifling religious tradition.
@wimsweden Let me clarify my statement from above...Its interesting to me that Brad Pitt rejects God because he feels religion is stifling. I am aware that many people who consider themselves to be Atheists have many reasons for being as such.
"Its interesting to me that Brad Pitt rejects God because he feels religion is stifling."
He describes himself as an atheist. Atheists don't "reject God", they don't believe in the existence of god(s). Additionally, he didn't jettison religion only because he found it stifling. If you listen to the initial segment, he's e.g. also pointing out an incoherence in the Christianity he was brought up in, which this video illustrates as well:
@wimsweden But they do reject His salvation, a person must be born again to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Anyone's whose name was not written were cast into the lake of fire. Believe or don't...they are only two worlds to choose from. God exists whether someone believes or not...people have common sense that this world had a Maker who designed the universe. Nothing can create itself or be created by nothing.
@ziginflo36 It is stifling because it denies critical thinking and questioning. You go around believing that everything will be taken care of and you don't stop to ask why or how things happen. You don't challenge yourself to be a better person through knowledge and understanding, instead religious people believe that god will take care of everything and don't see how that sort of viewpoint on life can be harmful to the world. Mainly they all believe they are doing what is best for the world.
Let me help. Do you reject Zues, Horus, Apsu, Enlil, Santa, and only accept your god? Or do you just not even acknowledge the others exist because you know they are myths?
The difference between you and an atheist is that an atheist acknowledges that your god is also a myth, just like all of the ancient gods people used to believe in. Like how kids grow up and no longer acknowledge Santa is real.
@nidodson I can reject those other gods because unlike the Judeo-Christian God, they are not rooted to any real person. Christianity is rooted in the person of Jesus who actually lived, walked, and taught throughout Galilee and Judea. He confirmed the writers of the Old Testament by fulfilling the prophecies they made. No other belief system can claim that. Therefore, the Christian God has the most credibility.
Mohammad is actually just as credible as Jesus is too, why not believe in him? By the way, according to their texts, other religions do have gods and figures that fulfilled prophecies. And that the stories of Jesus in the bible were actually confirm is untrue. Many historians have try for centuries to try to prove that Jesus was a real man. They would become famous if they did, and it would make your claim more likely. There is no valid evidence of that though.
@nidodson Mohammad never fulfilled any prophecies. The Koran as given by Mohammad cannot compare with the Bible. Site for me any religious text that states a prophecy and show me its fulfillment and I will show you mine. Who confirmed that the stories in the Bible of Jesus were untrue? Archaeology and history have proven time and time again that the Bible has been right. As for many historians proving Jesus never existed, that's untrue. We have more proof that Jesus existed then Abe Lincoln.
You really are a whack job if you think even one photo of Abe Lincoln is less proof than anything "proving" Jesus. Please admit to me that you are exaggerating on actually thinking that, because if not, this is definitely over, and you have admitted to be so emotionally bound to your beliefs that common sense doesn't even apply.
@ziginflo36 Its more a case of it being oppressive to the masses. He's lucky, many others aren't. Religion aims to keep the masses down, and the priest ruling caste on top. Nothing else.
@xhaze8 Morals existed before religion, so yes, there are rules outside of religion. My point in the original thread was centered around Brad finding religion stifling. What Brad is saying is that religion has standards and precepts he finds uncomfortable. Why? That was where I was going with my original statement.
@ziginflo36 what is interesting to me is how media kept all this low profile. I think Mr Pitt is too popular and can wake up few more souls from religion..you know..the opium of the masses? aah and don't forget, himself obbeys his own myth so, really..
@ozmonster1989 Here's the problem with your statement: to know that all religion is untrue means that you have absolute knowledge of all truth which we both know you don't have. Therefore, " they" cannot logically reject religion due to truth.
@ziginflo36 I don't have knowledge of all truth. But unless evidence that suggests something is true is present there is no reason to assume otherwise. In other words :
Not a shred of evidence for any religious belief being based on fact = Reasonable to assume that religious belief is a load of shit
@ozmonster1989 If you do not have absolute knowledge of all truth then how can you claim that there isn't a shred of evidence for any religious belief? There may be something you have not heard of or considered or perhaps what you thought you knew you really misunderstood. This is why you cannot back up your claim that all religions are untrue. At the most you can only claim ignorance: " as far as I am aware, all religions are untrue." That statement is what you really mean.
@ziginflo36 No evidence for the existence of god = true statement. If I'm wrong and there is evidence for the existence of god then surrender it now.
But yes, that's not to say it is absolute. It's not 100% definite than unicorns don't exist, but people don't believe in them, why? Because there is no evidence.
@ozmonster1989 I love those kinds of statements, " give me proof!" The problem is, any " proof" I submit you will immediately disqualify for this reason or that. For example, the Bible says that creation is proof of God, you however, would say science explains the universe just fine (which it can't), but you get my point. As for unicorns, the tooth fairy, Santa, etc., we know where those myths come from and why and none of them are ever argued to be grounded in reality. However, Jesus is real.
@ziginflo36 So for as long as we disregard a flat earth, an earth at the centre of the universe, Zeus, Allah and Anubis, the only criteria for determining fact from fantasy should be that it is backed by empirical evidence and that evidence stands up to scrutiny.
@ozmonster1989 Ok, my empirical evidence is the universe. I say God created it. Where does your science say it comes from? We know the universe isn't eternal, it had a beginning. Wouldn't you agree that everything that has a beginning has a cause? So what caused the universe? Did nothing suddenly explode? Scientifically, that's impossible. In the end, it comes down to how you interpret that " evidence." Which puts us both on the same level ground. Influenced by our beliefs.
@ziginflo36 it turns out the universe is an example of things such as infinite cause or something out of nothing, or maybe the universe has always been here and the big bang is just part of a life cycle, we don't yet know is the answer. In response I would ask you :
1) What caused the first cause, if nothing caused it then why can't that apply to the universe?
2) If you believe the universe is evidence of god, that should surely make you a deist? What does it have to do with christianity?
@ozmonster1989 The argument is that all things which have a beginning have a cause. The Bible says that God is infinite which makes sense because our universe isn't, it had a beginning. That means whatever started the universe came from outside time and space. Christianity (imo) makes the best sense of who God is. You go from believing in God to finding out who He or She or It is. Jesus brings it all together.
@ziginflo36 The link you made is an opinion. If you believe the existence of the universe, laws of causation etc, is evidence for the existence of god, then as stated that could apply to any religion. Without making any further leaps of faith it should lead you to deism. If it persuades you about christianity then that says everything about your culture and country you were born in, and nothing about the cosmological argument or the validity of your religion.
@ziginflo36 The link you made is an opinion. If you believe the existence of the universe, laws of causation etc, is evidence for the existence of god, then as stated that could apply to any religion. Without making any further leaps of faith it should lead you to deism. If it persuades you about christianity then that says everything about your culture and country you were born in, and nothing about the cosmological argument or the validity of your religion.
@ziginflo36 Ok, well the universe is a good example of empirical. However, the fact that that is evidence for god is an opinion. What you are talking about is 'the cosmological argument', there is a universe, it had to come from something, that something is god. Science doesn't yet have full answers about where the universe came from, but I would rather not know that fill in gaps with assumption. As we know science is always progressing, and it might be that in the future
@ozmonster1989 Science cannot know where the universe came from because science must be able to observe and test as you have already stated. Since it cannot do that, how it all happened will remain a mystery to science.
@ziginflo36 Not true, many if not all scientific endeavours could have seemed impossible at the right point in time. Try telling someone from 1600 about the big bang, evolution, space travel, the internet. Science needs to test and observe, but science also develops and the ability to discover evolves with it. We will just have to wait and see what gets discovered in our lifetime, alot I'm hoping !
@ziginflo36 The link you made is an opinion. If you believe the existence of the universe, laws of causation etc, is evidence for the existence of god, then as stated that could apply to any religion. Without making any further leaps of faith it should lead you to deism. If it persuades you about christianity then that says everything about your culture and country you were born in, and nothing about the cosmological argument or the validity of your religion.
@ziginflo36 Therein lies the difference between science and faith. A science-minded individual would say, "well we don't know yet, and that's okay." Where a faith-minded individual would say, "well we don't know yet, God must have done it."
@ziginflo36 You're right, any 'proof' you provide will shown to be either not proof or shown to be utter rubbish. That's due to your bias, not mine. People's religious convictions often skew their ability to determine genuine evidence from pseudo'evidence'.
Yes, we know where those myths come from, we also know where christianity comes from, the fact that some argue it to 'be grounded in reality' does not give it any weight as an idea, people have always believed in rubbish on a large scale.
@ozmonster1989 So you're saying that religious people are the only one's with bias? That's utter rubbish and arrogant. Everyone has preconceived ideas about reality whether they are Atheist or not. Therefore, you too have biases based upon your world view. I would also argue that it is because of people's religious beliefs that we have made some of the most incredible discoveries known to man.
@ozmonster1989 So where did Christianity come from? It was born in a culture that rejected it and founded by men who were devout Jews. If Jesus was not who he said he was, and didn't do the things he did, do you really think these men, who knew him personally, would have given their lives for something they knew was untrue? Does anyone die for something they know first hand is not true? Think about it. Something miraculous happened which impacted all of them.
Organized religions are fundamentally undemocratic. Expanding on this, you might consider them fundamentally unAmerican.
You can have your religious freedom — the freedom to believe that angels, witches, and bigfoot are real — but you don't have the right to push your religious values, bigotry, and sense of morality on other people. This is how America deals with religious mania. Keep it to yourself.
Talking about god is embarrassing; that's an English attitude we should adopt in the USA.
"The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power." - Nikola Tesla
"I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings." - Albert Einstein
"This most beautiful system [The Universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being." - Isaac Newton
Brad...my brother....save some faith for JAH Ras Tafari Haile Sellassie I and you shall see that there is an alternative to organized, compulsive, coercive religions. It is called Faith. One obtains it through hardship and suffering and knowledge that we are all the same colour beneath a very thin skin - Blood. Imagine what someone with your wealth and exposure could do - you could litigate successfully for recognition of religious freedoms for Rastafarians. You could change the world. Do it.
@SmileyGarrish So faith as a means to further the goals of some? I think he is doing the world a much bigger favor here by criticizing religion in general.
@dujl Perhaps you miss the point: USA spews the noxious line about how great, free and democratic we are, which is pure bullshit .....Now regardless of what you think about my faith you must admit that no where in the free world are Rastafarians granted the same rights and freedoms to worship as are say alcohol drinking Catholics. We get discrimination and persecution from every side in each supposedly discrimination free country. All to protect the entrenched fabricated "truth" from Rome.
@SmileyGarrish Actually, rastafari is something that has gone under my radar. I don't know much about your beliefs, or how you are treated in society. I've always had the impression that rasta was something quite frivolous, almost to be made light of, but regardless I do think you should have the same rights as members of any other system of faith.
@dujl Ras Tafari became King of Ethiopia and was crowned as Haile Sellassie I, attacked by White European 'Christians' blessed by London, Paris and Rome. This murderous invasion followed the assassination of King Theodore by the British, the 1896 invasion when Italy lost 10,000 men to Menelik's Army at Adowa, and much political subterfuge. Whitewashing this history is necessary for Rome, Paris and London: Hence my faith is criminalized and the herb prohibited by those Guilty of War Crimes. JAH
@bnewton81 No marching order. Marching order comes from the writers of a book. I would rather base my march off of real things, not flying fire chariots /w elijah, talking donkeys with balaam, sticks turning into snakes with moses, or firstborns dying in egypt that never happened... i'll stick with history and archaeology and science and facts, faith can go for the other people who don't appreciate reality
@iliveon Well, used to be a fact that the world was flat. Used to be fact that the universe rotated around the world. Today's "facts" are tomorrows humors antidotes. It can never be proven whether there is a god or not. You find solace in science I find it in a belief of God.
@bnewton81 Ya um... I've read the bible myself... And actually it made my atheism stronger. Most of the time when you hear people talk about the stories, they make it more believable. But when you actually read the stories of the bible, in my opinion, it shows how flawed the bible is. And if you ask "why'd you read the bible if you don't believe it", it's cause I wanted to see the bullshit first hand and see it with my own eyes so if I'm challenged, I can bring up personally read points
@joshgiesbrecht There are differences in just reading the Bible vs. really studying the Bible in understanding its true meaning as with many that take it out of context. Many of the words used of the time it was written can easily miscontrued which can change the meaning of what is being said. This is the reason why there are post graduate levels of this type of study as many will postulate in their attempts to really understand it. You at least need to have an open mind.
@bnewton81 Oh... I bet you haven't read the bible.... I have never known a person to read the bible in full and then state that it is completely true, and should be the basis of a moral compass.
@bnewton81 actually its the believres themselves that have a wrong image of fucking god. dont take ur marching order from an ancient book from the bronze age when they didnt have a clue as to what the fuk was goin on. retard
@Menelyagor12 God is whats mentioned in the bible without the book there not even an idea of a god except for gods in other religions that aren't classified as god but many gods or like the muslim god theres no difference there just stupid ideas that aren't relevant to anything it makes more sense to worship the sun then it does religion.
@ShadowxBoi Oh, I think I agree with you. My original comment was about why they had to make a news story about a man, because of what he believes; they -only- highlighted that, to make controversy, and possibly hurt his sales with religious people.
@firegod001 because the goodness of love on your shoulder probably isnt that. its something thats created from this hollywood. someething materialistic or money driven...right? right
@Areyeful That made no sense whatsoever. I'm trying to get your feeble mind to understand that when you take your religion and put it above everyone else's, not realizing how silly it is to many others, not respecting the religious beliefs and religious non-beliefs of others nearly as much as you want them to respect yours, you are making an ass out of yourself.
@firegod001 when did i take my religion and put it above everybody elses? ur some lonely person trolling ppl for attention arent you? u dont even know what i think of religion. loool ur an ass
I'm confused, why did Brad change the subjects and his voice at 0:38 ? Oh wait it’s just that fake news reporter cutting out the most important part. The reason for his opinion!
Brad, your "soul" purpose as a Sag is to find single pointed religious focus. Welcome to your birthright. P.S. Find out more by Googling starlove synastry (you, Jen, Angelina and Justin are examples used). Welcome to step one, and I assure you it's worth the ride.
2. If god is the truth, "what is", then it's those seeking the objective reality around them that seek god at the same time. People who are inspired by knowledge and not inspired by inspiration.
3. Given this working and competent definition of god, if we now look at who knows and who knows it not...it's the ones who are superimposing their own subjective attributes of what God is regardless of what god, in fact, actually is.
@D33veeoss What is truth? What is reality? Are we slaves? If so, slaves to who? Do we supply our own chains? Is there a war going on beyond our subconscience? What if these so-called "prophecies" are true? Are we closer to winning this war or losing it? Who will deliver us from these so-called chains? Is he yet to be born?
4. It appears that scientists are the real practicing theists whilst the so-called and self-proclaimed/imagined"theists", the religious, are the in fact atheists.
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Think about it. If god is truth, then wouldn't the subjective postulates be an absolute BARRIER?
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Think about it If god is truth, then wouldn't observing and attempting to uncover what is 'objective' and seeking it, (or at least the process thereof) be a thing of sacred consideration?
@dkthg Many atheists I know say, "I know g/God not." I say, "if you say so." - Many theists I know say, "I know God well. He's everything I imagine Him to be and more." I say, "if you say so." - And that's the point isn't it? - It's not what we say. It's 'what is'. - Truth. - What in fact happened. - What is in fact true. -
@D33veeoss What is truth? What is reality? Are we slaves? If so, slaves to who? Do we supply our own chains? Is there a war going on beyond our subconscience? What if these so-called "prophecies" are true? Are we closer to winning this war or losing it? Who will deliver us from these so-called chains? Is he yet to be born?
@D33veeoss What is truth? What is reality? Are we slaves? If so, slaves to who? Do we supply our own chains? Is there a war going on beyond our subconscience? What if these so-called "prophecies" are true? Are we closer to winning this war or losing it? Who will deliver us from these so-called chains? Is he yet to be born?
@D33veeoss What is truth? What is reality? Are we slaves? If so, slaves to who? Do we supply our own chains? Is there a war going on beyond our subconscience? What if these so-called "prophecies" are true? Are we closer to winning this war or losing it? Who will deliver us from these so-called chains? Is he yet to be born?
@D33veeoss What is truth? What is reality? Are we slaves? If so, slaves to who? Do we supply our own chains? Is there a war going on beyond our subconscience? What if these so-called "prophecies" are true? Are we closer to winning this war or losing it? Who will deliver us from these so-called chains? Is he yet to be born?
The point of the scientist is to replace as much of that *?* (<--- in this context, '?' easily suffices as another describer/name for god) ...as much of that ? with as much ! as possible. Note: ! 1 l | [ all look somewhat similar. Often times, what we first announce as !, is revisited and found to be a |. Thus, back to the drawing board. On that level, yes, conclusions are SUBJECT to change. But this is science. We chase the "?" like others chase the dragon.
What's typical is whilst the scientist's speculations about the objective truth are subject to change, this is far different, incompatibly so, with those that are "satisfied" with (their own/others') subjective truths. Subjective truths don't want or seek to change or correct themselves. In fact, changing them is like pulling teeth.
Ask Galilleo.
So where we seek to understand, bolster and explore the untampered truth of "?", so we might find ! ...
...others might explore the untampered truth of "?" and create a "!".
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This is very much, and literally, ! vs "!".
In fact, in my opinion, ! vs "!" is a borderline mathematical statement/assessment describing the reality between the two. (objective and subjective)
god vs God
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it vs "Him"
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Knowing mankinds untrusting nature of one another, it would have to be an incompetent God that would entrust 'one or two' with messages as vital as salvation, for the masses.
This brand of mechanical deficiency is simply not observed in nature.
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It's difficult to draw comparisons as nothing in nature has the ability to "interpret and convince" it's kind of ideas, much less grandiose ideas...but nonetheless, it's hard to argue that if the truth behind our ability to experience had those types of clutzy qualities...then yeah, I speculate that we would not be here.
Tribe? Do you live in the Amazon? This "relationship" is realized upon personal acceptance of reality. It can't be nailed down to some particular time during a person's life. There is no proof needed because we are born into truth. I wasn't born into religious texts and beliefs of Christianity yet I believe in God. It's so easy to look at the status of the world and disdain God for what is happening. It's nothing more than human beings allowed to act as they will...like a barbaric tribe.
diglightdig 3 hours ago
Oh good, a rich actor just told us about religion. Now we know the way things are.
sneaksuit 13 hours ago
@sneaksuit
Being rich and an actor doesn't necessarily make you wrong.
wimsweden 12 hours ago
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100JBspecial1on1 15 hours ago
"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." Hitchens
Albertaguy321 2 days ago
It's so easy to reject God when you are rich, famous, loved by everybody, have everything you ever want. The man says to himself 'What is God? Who needs God? I don't need God!'. But it is very difficult to be an atheist when you are on your death bed. Laying there for hours thinking 'What if people who believe in God are right. What if there is a heaven and a hell. What if God had a plan for me to follow? How would my life be different?' Please be open to God.
GregariousGorilla 2 days ago
@GregariousGorilla You make it sound like we acknowledge the possible presence of a God, but then say "nah, I don't need any of that, I'm awesome!". I'm an atheist because I have encountered no experience, argument, or plausible thought process that slightly hints at the existence of a higher power. I'm open to the possibility of there being some god, but how the hell are we supposed to know? Unlike the plot lines of every religious text, God doesn't just speak from the sky every day.
ColbyFoote 2 days ago
@GregariousGorilla there is no god to reject. whats being rejected is a story. the only reason you believe in this tale is because you fear "hell". and thats the hook. you will always fear what someone told you whats going to happen to you after you die. take a second to think. magic or extraordinary claims arent real. whats real is space, universe, dinosaurs, DNA, atoms, because they exist and you can see them and prove them.
o0zeroeffect0o 2 days ago
@GregariousGorilla you just admit that you have fear which is instilled into you by the bible and what pastors tell you whats going to happen to you. you fear being in a death bed and being wrong and ending up in a lava pit burning with satan lol. thats what all of your belief is based on. its all a form of control. instill fear into their minds and you have total control of anyone. tell a child there is a monster in her closet and that if she doesnt behave it will come out. she will believe u
o0zeroeffect0o 2 days ago
@GregariousGorilla according to your bible you already have a one way ticket to hell. because you are on youtube participating in worldly things that have sin all over it. including your choices in wordly music which you have on your page. im sure there are many other sins you do daily. like lusting for women, masterbating, etc I bet you think about sex once a day. and if you do ur sinning and ur going to hell for that fyi. so pack ur bags you have a long trip to the lava pit.
o0zeroeffect0o 2 days ago
@GregariousGorilla What about YOU being open to Atheism,and realising god is merely a figment of frightened people's imagination.
MOGGS1942 16 hours ago
brilliant guy I'm sure; what secondary 'edyukashun' does 'ol bradley have?
mrhughes00 4 days ago
For anyone who wants to see a true story regarding this matter, watch the YouTube video titled: A Christian Fired For Sharing Faith With Brad Pitt on the Set of Moneyball.
Mookie4820 4 days ago
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@Mookie4820 Yeah, well, it's bad manners to preach at the workplace. You wouldn't like it if I slapped my dick on the table and started talking about it, would you?
And yes, I am comparing proselytizing to exposing yourself.
DeadFishFactory 3 days ago
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Religion is man made!! It is used to control the masses into following the agendas of those who control the world, or Satan as Jesus said. The scriptures of the Bible were put together to deceive mankind into following something that has nothing to do with God. He is about faith, righteousness, and holiness, Religion and the Bible have been used for things that have nothing to do with these ideals. It is time we wake up!!!
twowitnessesoftheson 5 days ago
Wanna know what's stifling? When he's about to elaborate on his reasoning and is suddenly cut off and voiced-over. ._.
lightsout4u1 5 days ago 27
@lightsout4u1
Check the links in the description for a longer clip.
wimsweden 4 days ago
how could you NOT find religion stifling? ...unless of course you LIKE having your brain switched off...
tarose71 6 days ago
god exists but god never made religion
jayd4ever 1 week ago
Make him look bad, and then cut him off when he goes to explain his logic. Fuck the news.
IDONTCARE123124 1 week ago
nice sunglasses douchebag
deucelittle 1 week ago
I can't wait for the day when we realise religion and the belief in god for what it truly is... A FUCKING MENTAL ILLNESS!!
D00MWEED 1 week ago
i noticed how they stopped the audio too, objective my ass
TheFuriousDuane 1 week ago 2
That's what 7yrs in Tibet does to you.
8urvett 1 week ago
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Actually, Brad is right. Religion is stifling because it is based on works, not love. Ahhh, love, love is different. It produces faith. If your faith is in the right one then you have found the ultimate gift. Grace. See grace is about Jesus and this faith is about relationship. NOT works. It is something wonderful. To have a relationship with God. More intimate then any human relationship can ever be. It's all about love.
1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us.
ladyplaysgtr50 1 week ago
@ladyplaysgtr50
You have just quoted from a religious work and explained a particular religious doctrine of grace and faith and how they are interrelated and how works cannot save you, according to certain religious denominations of Christianity, i.e. one of the world's major religions. And then you have the audacity to say that that is not religion? LOL?
wimsweden 1 week ago 24
@wimsweden Any moral system is technically religious. That's all religion means, "a moral system" it doesn't have to include god. Since all morality is subjective it has to fall to the metaphysics department. All she's trying to say is that if you focus on the right aspects religion can be less about doctrine and more about love. I think you knew this but it was more thumb worthy to be ingenuous.
JoJaDaRu 4 days ago
@wimsweden
You are a spinmaster...Christianity is not a religion. It's a relationship with God. Take time out to really explore the true defintion of Christianity and not just what you've heard.
diglightdig 6 hours ago
@diglightdig
Thanks for projecting. I'm not really an atheist either, I have a personal relationship with reality. The problem with yr definition of the Christian religion is that it assumes what you have to prove, i.e. the existence of your god, and that this "relationship" only ever takes place after the person has been introduced to the religious texts and beliefs of Christianity. Show me a tribe never introduced to Xianity first that was discovered to have this 'relationship'.
wimsweden 4 hours ago
@ladyplaysgtr50 Shut up you moron
snozbanger7 1 week ago
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nicethoughts1 1 week ago
@ladyplaysgtr50 I honestly believe you have no idea what the words "faith" or "grace" even mean.
Zipito06 6 days ago
@ladyplaysgtr50 That's incoherent bullshit , and so is religion , grow up
machielste1 2 days ago
@ladyplaysgtr50 i agree forget those thumbs down.
Cyrax4d 1 day ago
9 million children under the age of 5 dies every year , most of them have christian parents praying for help......if real, god is either powerless to help or a pyschopath....
SuperShockjock 1 week ago
@SuperShockjock You live in America...you could help those kids by just cutting back on the amount of junk food you eat...are you powerless & psycho?
hotelroomsmoker 1 week ago
brad pitt admits to being an atheist, good on him, he joins a great list
nubl37 1 week ago
@nubl37 I await the day that atheism comes as a standard and people will have to 'admit' to having religious views.
ozmonster1989 1 week ago
It most be the most awkward moment for stars when they're asked about their view on religions pr just religion in general.
One wrong word and your going to hell!
KuwaitF22 1 week ago
religious people believes that everything have been created for themselves and that everything is in gods will. for exemple those usa newborn christian believe that you do not have to help the poor because it is gods will for them to be poor. they do not have to care about environement or anything because god take care of it.
Lautreamont053 1 week ago
@Lautreamont053 and you don't care about God, then what? Then leave people who believe to believe, and non-believers will go to hell or be damned, then so be it. Accept it. Why argue it?
Cthemotorcyclist1982 1 week ago
Brad = WIN!
83redrose83 1 week ago
Brad's one of the best people in the whole Hollywood scene. Articulate, charitable, intelligent. He seems like a really cool guy.
shiva369 1 week ago
Brad Pitt: the atheist libertarian. Somebody nominate this guy to the presidency.
Montaignely 1 week ago
I used to think religion was only for idiots, now I know it's for cowards
people unable to accept that this life is the only life, how very comforting it must be to believe a magical man in the sky will take you to heaven when you die.
ThriceDog 1 week ago
how is religio still relevant in 2012??
MultiLenoxxx 1 week ago
@mittRomney666 I'll see you at the great white throne of judgement. I'll remember these words.
luckycloverLA 2 weeks ago
im an atheist but if god were real i would piss in his face. god is a tyrant and i refuse to bow to him.
mittROMNEY666 2 weeks ago
@mittROMNEY666 Ya he's A communist to why else would he have a wall to keep his people in there, lol, your part system or tyrants by man I’d rather be a under god than man.
ST4leave 1 week ago
@andromidius @iLLKushin why dont you two go meet up at a seth macfarlene parade and butt-fuck each other?
headbanger6969 2 weeks ago
BLASPHEMY!May The Pink Unicorn forgive him!
MrDarkkamui 2 weeks ago
If religion is stifling, then what can relieve and give peace? If you have religion, you rely on someone greater than yourself, and if you're an atheist, you rely on your own self. It'd be pretty hard to control your life, and fix all the bad, heal everything. I find it relaxing, rejuvenating and uplifting to follow, love and rely on my loving God. ;D
ajesusfreak1 2 weeks ago
@ajesusfreak1 That's a very pathetic viewpoint. You're essentially admitting you're too weak to accept logically truth, and have to rely on a fantasy to get through the day. I pity you.
Oh, and 'your God' as described in 'your book' is not loving. At all. He's abusive and hateful. The only reason to worship such a bastard is in the hopes he doesn't punish you. Which is very pathetic also, considering such a being does not exist and cannot exist.
andromidius 2 weeks ago
@andromidius God is love! He created this world in love, made us in His image in love, and we are the one's who rebelled. You and I (as a result of our sinful nature) cursed this beautiful earth. I agree, this earth is no longer perfect. It's full of corruption and death, because a long time ago Adam sinned. So now, we (believers) joyfully wait for the New Earth and for God to bring perfect judgement and let us enter His kingdom. I am not of this world. HALLELUJAH!
ajesusfreak1 2 weeks ago
@ajesusfreak1 I can't tell if you are honest or sarcastic. That's how silly religion is, you can't take it seriously.
lalaurentide 1 week ago
@lalaurentide I have pure joy in the Lord. I know where I'm going after I die. I have a purpose here on earth, with God's will to guide me. I'll say it again, HALLELUJAH, HE REIGNS!
ajesusfreak1 1 week ago
@ajesusfreak1 Purpose? Yet you are still a whitetrash trolling the Youtube comments with your religious nonsense.
lalaurentide 1 week ago
@ajesusfreak1 Something that can relieve and give peace... hmmm..... hmmm... weed? don't need a god for that! Just puuure nature ;D
iLLKushin 2 weeks ago
@iLLKushin Weed kills. God saves.
ajesusfreak1 2 weeks ago
@ajesusfreak1 Since we can't rely on your loving god, we have doctors. Next time you are dying, pray, and his rejuvenating love will relax you and lift you up to the grave.
lalaurentide 1 week ago
@lalaurentide Who gave the doctors their talent? Who knit everyone together in the womb? Actually, I can't wait for the New Earth!
ajesusfreak1 1 week ago
@ajesusfreak1 Education?
lalaurentide 1 week ago
Atheist are so hypocritical shoving their beliefs down our throats then turn around and say they became atheist because someone did it to them.
headbanger6969 2 weeks ago
@headbanger6969 Oh the irony. A religious person accusing someone of pushing beliefs down their throats? So someone saying their own beliefs is oppressive to you? Wow, you life a sheltered life if you don't understand how stupid your statement is.
andromidius 2 weeks ago
@headbanger6969 you don't exactly see anyone preaching how much God doesn't exist. I think it's the other way around. And if they do get a bit edgy towards Christians... it's usually because the christians started it. Dare prove me wrong?
iLLKushin 2 weeks ago
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Its interesting to me that those who reject God will do so because they feel religion (the way we worship God) is stifling. What exactly is being said here? They hate rules? What exactly is stifling Brad Pitt when it comes to religion? I wonder how Brad Pitt would feel if someone else, who felt the same about those stifling rules, broke one of them against him. Would Brad Pitt feel violated?
ziginflo36 2 weeks ago
@ziginflo36
"those who reject God will do so because they feel religion (the way we worship God) is stifling." Atheists don't "reject" gods. We don't believe in their existence. Secondly, don't generalise the reason why atheists don't believe in the different religions. I for one did not grow up in a stifling religious tradition.
wimsweden 2 weeks ago 42
@wimsweden Let me clarify my statement from above...Its interesting to me that Brad Pitt rejects God because he feels religion is stifling. I am aware that many people who consider themselves to be Atheists have many reasons for being as such.
ziginflo36 2 weeks ago
@ziginflo36
"Its interesting to me that Brad Pitt rejects God because he feels religion is stifling."
He describes himself as an atheist. Atheists don't "reject God", they don't believe in the existence of god(s). Additionally, he didn't jettison religion only because he found it stifling. If you listen to the initial segment, he's e.g. also pointing out an incoherence in the Christianity he was brought up in, which this video illustrates as well:
watch?v=A0EEKfTnfvA
wimsweden 2 weeks ago 7
@wimsweden But they do reject His salvation, a person must be born again to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Anyone's whose name was not written were cast into the lake of fire. Believe or don't...they are only two worlds to choose from. God exists whether someone believes or not...people have common sense that this world had a Maker who designed the universe. Nothing can create itself or be created by nothing.
UrielEternal 6 days ago
@ziginflo36 He doesn't reject God, but more so rejects religion. Anti-theist.
LTMagic21 1 week ago
@ziginflo36 It is stifling because it denies critical thinking and questioning. You go around believing that everything will be taken care of and you don't stop to ask why or how things happen. You don't challenge yourself to be a better person through knowledge and understanding, instead religious people believe that god will take care of everything and don't see how that sort of viewpoint on life can be harmful to the world. Mainly they all believe they are doing what is best for the world.
TheBigAngryLion 1 week ago 12
@ziginflo36
Let me help. Do you reject Zues, Horus, Apsu, Enlil, Santa, and only accept your god? Or do you just not even acknowledge the others exist because you know they are myths?
The difference between you and an atheist is that an atheist acknowledges that your god is also a myth, just like all of the ancient gods people used to believe in. Like how kids grow up and no longer acknowledge Santa is real.
nidodson 1 week ago
@nidodson I can reject those other gods because unlike the Judeo-Christian God, they are not rooted to any real person. Christianity is rooted in the person of Jesus who actually lived, walked, and taught throughout Galilee and Judea. He confirmed the writers of the Old Testament by fulfilling the prophecies they made. No other belief system can claim that. Therefore, the Christian God has the most credibility.
ziginflo36 1 week ago
@ziginflo36
Mohammad is actually just as credible as Jesus is too, why not believe in him? By the way, according to their texts, other religions do have gods and figures that fulfilled prophecies. And that the stories of Jesus in the bible were actually confirm is untrue. Many historians have try for centuries to try to prove that Jesus was a real man. They would become famous if they did, and it would make your claim more likely. There is no valid evidence of that though.
nidodson 1 week ago
@nidodson Mohammad never fulfilled any prophecies. The Koran as given by Mohammad cannot compare with the Bible. Site for me any religious text that states a prophecy and show me its fulfillment and I will show you mine. Who confirmed that the stories in the Bible of Jesus were untrue? Archaeology and history have proven time and time again that the Bible has been right. As for many historians proving Jesus never existed, that's untrue. We have more proof that Jesus existed then Abe Lincoln.
ziginflo36 1 week ago
@ziginflo36
You really are a whack job if you think even one photo of Abe Lincoln is less proof than anything "proving" Jesus. Please admit to me that you are exaggerating on actually thinking that, because if not, this is definitely over, and you have admitted to be so emotionally bound to your beliefs that common sense doesn't even apply.
nidodson 1 week ago
@ziginflo36 Amen.
ajesusfreak1 2 weeks ago
@ziginflo36 Its more a case of it being oppressive to the masses. He's lucky, many others aren't. Religion aims to keep the masses down, and the priest ruling caste on top. Nothing else.
andromidius 2 weeks ago
@ziginflo36 "They hate rules? " Religious rules aren't the only rules you can live by.
xhaze8 1 week ago
@xhaze8 Morals existed before religion, so yes, there are rules outside of religion. My point in the original thread was centered around Brad finding religion stifling. What Brad is saying is that religion has standards and precepts he finds uncomfortable. Why? That was where I was going with my original statement.
ziginflo36 1 week ago
@ziginflo36 what is interesting to me is how media kept all this low profile. I think Mr Pitt is too popular and can wake up few more souls from religion..you know..the opium of the masses? aah and don't forget, himself obbeys his own myth so, really..
max86to99 1 week ago
@ziginflo36 U are confused and your paragraph/ logic sounds like you are talking about yourself not Brad pitt??????
ca34jun 1 week ago
@ziginflo36 we hate rules? you do realize that there are rules outside the bible, dont you?
kefkapalazzo1 1 week ago
@ziginflo36 People don't reject religion because it is stifling, they reject it because it is not true.
ozmonster1989 1 week ago
@ozmonster1989 Here's the problem with your statement: to know that all religion is untrue means that you have absolute knowledge of all truth which we both know you don't have. Therefore, " they" cannot logically reject religion due to truth.
ziginflo36 1 week ago
@ziginflo36 I don't have knowledge of all truth. But unless evidence that suggests something is true is present there is no reason to assume otherwise. In other words :
Not a shred of evidence for any religious belief being based on fact = Reasonable to assume that religious belief is a load of shit
ozmonster1989 1 week ago
@ozmonster1989 "If a God is willing but not able to prevent evil - he is not omnipotent
If a God is able but not willing to prevent evil - then he is malevolent
And if a God is nor willing nor able to prevent evil - then why call him a God?"
- Epicurus, 33 AD
CheckMa7e 1 week ago
@ozmonster1989 If you do not have absolute knowledge of all truth then how can you claim that there isn't a shred of evidence for any religious belief? There may be something you have not heard of or considered or perhaps what you thought you knew you really misunderstood. This is why you cannot back up your claim that all religions are untrue. At the most you can only claim ignorance: " as far as I am aware, all religions are untrue." That statement is what you really mean.
ziginflo36 1 week ago
@ziginflo36 No evidence for the existence of god = true statement. If I'm wrong and there is evidence for the existence of god then surrender it now.
But yes, that's not to say it is absolute. It's not 100% definite than unicorns don't exist, but people don't believe in them, why? Because there is no evidence.
ozmonster1989 1 week ago
@ozmonster1989 I love those kinds of statements, " give me proof!" The problem is, any " proof" I submit you will immediately disqualify for this reason or that. For example, the Bible says that creation is proof of God, you however, would say science explains the universe just fine (which it can't), but you get my point. As for unicorns, the tooth fairy, Santa, etc., we know where those myths come from and why and none of them are ever argued to be grounded in reality. However, Jesus is real.
ziginflo36 1 week ago
@ziginflo36
Prove it! lol
igotsachubby 1 week ago
@ziginflo36 So for as long as we disregard a flat earth, an earth at the centre of the universe, Zeus, Allah and Anubis, the only criteria for determining fact from fantasy should be that it is backed by empirical evidence and that evidence stands up to scrutiny.
ozmonster1989 1 week ago
@ozmonster1989 Ok, my empirical evidence is the universe. I say God created it. Where does your science say it comes from? We know the universe isn't eternal, it had a beginning. Wouldn't you agree that everything that has a beginning has a cause? So what caused the universe? Did nothing suddenly explode? Scientifically, that's impossible. In the end, it comes down to how you interpret that " evidence." Which puts us both on the same level ground. Influenced by our beliefs.
ziginflo36 1 week ago
@ziginflo36 it turns out the universe is an example of things such as infinite cause or something out of nothing, or maybe the universe has always been here and the big bang is just part of a life cycle, we don't yet know is the answer. In response I would ask you :
1) What caused the first cause, if nothing caused it then why can't that apply to the universe?
2) If you believe the universe is evidence of god, that should surely make you a deist? What does it have to do with christianity?
ozmonster1989 1 week ago
@ozmonster1989 The argument is that all things which have a beginning have a cause. The Bible says that God is infinite which makes sense because our universe isn't, it had a beginning. That means whatever started the universe came from outside time and space. Christianity (imo) makes the best sense of who God is. You go from believing in God to finding out who He or She or It is. Jesus brings it all together.
ziginflo36 6 days ago
@ziginflo36 The link you made is an opinion. If you believe the existence of the universe, laws of causation etc, is evidence for the existence of god, then as stated that could apply to any religion. Without making any further leaps of faith it should lead you to deism. If it persuades you about christianity then that says everything about your culture and country you were born in, and nothing about the cosmological argument or the validity of your religion.
ozmonster1989 6 days ago
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@ziginflo36 The link you made is an opinion. If you believe the existence of the universe, laws of causation etc, is evidence for the existence of god, then as stated that could apply to any religion. Without making any further leaps of faith it should lead you to deism. If it persuades you about christianity then that says everything about your culture and country you were born in, and nothing about the cosmological argument or the validity of your religion.
ozmonster1989 6 days ago
@ziginflo36 Ok, well the universe is a good example of empirical. However, the fact that that is evidence for god is an opinion. What you are talking about is 'the cosmological argument', there is a universe, it had to come from something, that something is god. Science doesn't yet have full answers about where the universe came from, but I would rather not know that fill in gaps with assumption. As we know science is always progressing, and it might be that in the future
ozmonster1989 1 week ago
@ozmonster1989 Science cannot know where the universe came from because science must be able to observe and test as you have already stated. Since it cannot do that, how it all happened will remain a mystery to science.
ziginflo36 6 days ago
@ziginflo36 Not true, many if not all scientific endeavours could have seemed impossible at the right point in time. Try telling someone from 1600 about the big bang, evolution, space travel, the internet. Science needs to test and observe, but science also develops and the ability to discover evolves with it. We will just have to wait and see what gets discovered in our lifetime, alot I'm hoping !
ozmonster1989 6 days ago
@ziginflo36 The link you made is an opinion. If you believe the existence of the universe, laws of causation etc, is evidence for the existence of god, then as stated that could apply to any religion. Without making any further leaps of faith it should lead you to deism. If it persuades you about christianity then that says everything about your culture and country you were born in, and nothing about the cosmological argument or the validity of your religion.
ozmonster1989 6 days ago
@ziginflo36 Therein lies the difference between science and faith. A science-minded individual would say, "well we don't know yet, and that's okay." Where a faith-minded individual would say, "well we don't know yet, God must have done it."
jojogonzo 5 days ago
@ziginflo36 You're right, any 'proof' you provide will shown to be either not proof or shown to be utter rubbish. That's due to your bias, not mine. People's religious convictions often skew their ability to determine genuine evidence from pseudo'evidence'.
Yes, we know where those myths come from, we also know where christianity comes from, the fact that some argue it to 'be grounded in reality' does not give it any weight as an idea, people have always believed in rubbish on a large scale.
ozmonster1989 1 week ago
@ozmonster1989 So you're saying that religious people are the only one's with bias? That's utter rubbish and arrogant. Everyone has preconceived ideas about reality whether they are Atheist or not. Therefore, you too have biases based upon your world view. I would also argue that it is because of people's religious beliefs that we have made some of the most incredible discoveries known to man.
ziginflo36 1 week ago
@ozmonster1989 So where did Christianity come from? It was born in a culture that rejected it and founded by men who were devout Jews. If Jesus was not who he said he was, and didn't do the things he did, do you really think these men, who knew him personally, would have given their lives for something they knew was untrue? Does anyone die for something they know first hand is not true? Think about it. Something miraculous happened which impacted all of them.
ziginflo36 1 week ago
Y Tha Fuck did she call Sean Penn seasoned. Sean Penn the main man nah mean
EDGE6678 2 weeks ago
@EDGE6678 Seasoned means experienced.
SuFamiChalmers 2 weeks ago
This video is very misleading, only shows half the answer, he said he was an atheist later on.
SportmanCrew 2 weeks ago 10
@SportmanCrew
Not in this interview. You probably mean the interview with Bill Maher.
wimsweden 2 weeks ago
Fucking news graphic misquotes him as he's speaking. He said HE found is stifling. He's not saying everyone will find it so.
SoftwareTheft 2 weeks ago
Organized religions are fundamentally undemocratic. Expanding on this, you might consider them fundamentally unAmerican.
You can have your religious freedom — the freedom to believe that angels, witches, and bigfoot are real — but you don't have the right to push your religious values, bigotry, and sense of morality on other people. This is how America deals with religious mania. Keep it to yourself.
Talking about god is embarrassing; that's an English attitude we should adopt in the USA.
jigen08 2 weeks ago
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"The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power." - Nikola Tesla
"I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings." - Albert Einstein
"This most beautiful system [The Universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being." - Isaac Newton
ISMOPANAMA 2 weeks ago
Brad...my brother....save some faith for JAH Ras Tafari Haile Sellassie I and you shall see that there is an alternative to organized, compulsive, coercive religions. It is called Faith. One obtains it through hardship and suffering and knowledge that we are all the same colour beneath a very thin skin - Blood. Imagine what someone with your wealth and exposure could do - you could litigate successfully for recognition of religious freedoms for Rastafarians. You could change the world. Do it.
SmileyGarrish 2 weeks ago
@SmileyGarrish So faith as a means to further the goals of some? I think he is doing the world a much bigger favor here by criticizing religion in general.
dujl 2 weeks ago
@dujl Perhaps you miss the point: USA spews the noxious line about how great, free and democratic we are, which is pure bullshit .....Now regardless of what you think about my faith you must admit that no where in the free world are Rastafarians granted the same rights and freedoms to worship as are say alcohol drinking Catholics. We get discrimination and persecution from every side in each supposedly discrimination free country. All to protect the entrenched fabricated "truth" from Rome.
SmileyGarrish 2 weeks ago
@SmileyGarrish Actually, rastafari is something that has gone under my radar. I don't know much about your beliefs, or how you are treated in society. I've always had the impression that rasta was something quite frivolous, almost to be made light of, but regardless I do think you should have the same rights as members of any other system of faith.
dujl 2 weeks ago
@dujl Ras Tafari became King of Ethiopia and was crowned as Haile Sellassie I, attacked by White European 'Christians' blessed by London, Paris and Rome. This murderous invasion followed the assassination of King Theodore by the British, the 1896 invasion when Italy lost 10,000 men to Menelik's Army at Adowa, and much political subterfuge. Whitewashing this history is necessary for Rome, Paris and London: Hence my faith is criminalized and the herb prohibited by those Guilty of War Crimes. JAH
SmileyGarrish 2 weeks ago
I have respect for Brad Pitt as an artist and an intellectual.
FreeBeDrug 2 weeks ago
@FreeBeDrug He's not an intellectual he a person of influence as a result of wealth.
DHarri9977 2 weeks ago
Religion stifles him, like stifling his vows to a woman he vowed to wed for better or worse 'til death do they part? Oh, I see.
ricaleigh007 2 weeks ago
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bnewton81 2 weeks ago
@bnewton81
I've already heard this argument from a Muslim too. Go figure.
wimsweden 2 weeks ago 27
@bnewton81 No marching order. Marching order comes from the writers of a book. I would rather base my march off of real things, not flying fire chariots /w elijah, talking donkeys with balaam, sticks turning into snakes with moses, or firstborns dying in egypt that never happened... i'll stick with history and archaeology and science and facts, faith can go for the other people who don't appreciate reality
iliveon 2 weeks ago
@iliveon Well, used to be a fact that the world was flat. Used to be fact that the universe rotated around the world. Today's "facts" are tomorrows humors antidotes. It can never be proven whether there is a god or not. You find solace in science I find it in a belief of God.
bnewton81 2 weeks ago
@bnewton81 science can only improve... religion is stagnant... but evolves too, but much, much slower.
iliveon 2 weeks ago
@bnewton81 I've hear this story before from a christian, jew, Muslim..why not spin the bottle and let odds choose....
keithsa41 2 weeks ago
@bnewton81 Ya um... I've read the bible myself... And actually it made my atheism stronger. Most of the time when you hear people talk about the stories, they make it more believable. But when you actually read the stories of the bible, in my opinion, it shows how flawed the bible is. And if you ask "why'd you read the bible if you don't believe it", it's cause I wanted to see the bullshit first hand and see it with my own eyes so if I'm challenged, I can bring up personally read points
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DHarri9977 2 weeks ago
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@joshgiesbrecht There are differences in just reading the Bible vs. really studying the Bible in understanding its true meaning as with many that take it out of context. Many of the words used of the time it was written can easily miscontrued which can change the meaning of what is being said. This is the reason why there are post graduate levels of this type of study as many will postulate in their attempts to really understand it. You at least need to have an open mind.
DHarri9977 2 weeks ago
@bnewton81 Hes fucking Tyler Durden he doesnt need your stupid religion.
utube2344 2 weeks ago
@bnewton81 Hi. My names bnewton. Do I know you? No. But I'm going to judge you JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE.
Vinhaay 2 weeks ago
@bnewton81 Oh... I bet you haven't read the bible.... I have never known a person to read the bible in full and then state that it is completely true, and should be the basis of a moral compass.
yersimapestis 2 weeks ago
@bnewton81 actually its the believres themselves that have a wrong image of fucking god. dont take ur marching order from an ancient book from the bronze age when they didnt have a clue as to what the fuk was goin on. retard
Menelyagor12 2 weeks ago
@Menelyagor12 God is whats mentioned in the bible without the book there not even an idea of a god except for gods in other religions that aren't classified as god but many gods or like the muslim god theres no difference there just stupid ideas that aren't relevant to anything it makes more sense to worship the sun then it does religion.
pur3k0 2 weeks ago
@pur3k0 i couldnt agree more
Menelyagor12 2 weeks ago
Brains and Beauty
MMAenthusiastUHHE 2 weeks ago
Why can't a man be free to have his own beliefs?
rrrrrrrush 2 weeks ago
@rrrrrrrush He can, where on earth did you get the idea he can't?
Unless you love in a Religious nation anywho. Tend not to be able to have your in beliefs in one of those.
ShadowxBoi 2 weeks ago
@ShadowxBoi Oh, I think I agree with you. My original comment was about why they had to make a news story about a man, because of what he believes; they -only- highlighted that, to make controversy, and possibly hurt his sales with religious people.
rrrrrrrush 2 weeks ago
why is hollywood so against the existence of jahovah?
Areyeful 2 weeks ago
@Areyeful Why are you so against the little goddess of love sitting on my shoulder?
firegod001 2 weeks ago
@firegod001 because the goodness of love on your shoulder probably isnt that. its something thats created from this hollywood. someething materialistic or money driven...right? right
Areyeful 2 weeks ago
@Areyeful That made no sense whatsoever. I'm trying to get your feeble mind to understand that when you take your religion and put it above everyone else's, not realizing how silly it is to many others, not respecting the religious beliefs and religious non-beliefs of others nearly as much as you want them to respect yours, you are making an ass out of yourself.
firegod001 2 weeks ago 6
@firegod001 when did i take my religion and put it above everybody elses? ur some lonely person trolling ppl for attention arent you? u dont even know what i think of religion. loool ur an ass
Areyeful 2 weeks ago
@Areyeful Whatever you say, sporty....
firegod001 2 weeks ago
I'm confused, why did Brad change the subjects and his voice at 0:38 ? Oh wait it’s just that fake news reporter cutting out the most important part. The reason for his opinion!
joshafool 2 weeks ago
Brad, your "soul" purpose as a Sag is to find single pointed religious focus. Welcome to your birthright. P.S. Find out more by Googling starlove synastry (you, Jen, Angelina and Justin are examples used). Welcome to step one, and I assure you it's worth the ride.
newtonbelieved 3 weeks ago
Man made god. The real question is "what" made man, not "who".
dkthg 3 weeks ago
@dkthg
1. Man made God, not god.
2. If god is the truth, "what is", then it's those seeking the objective reality around them that seek god at the same time. People who are inspired by knowledge and not inspired by inspiration.
3. Given this working and competent definition of god, if we now look at who knows and who knows it not...it's the ones who are superimposing their own subjective attributes of what God is regardless of what god, in fact, actually is.
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D33veeoss 3 weeks ago
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@D33veeoss What is truth? What is reality? Are we slaves? If so, slaves to who? Do we supply our own chains? Is there a war going on beyond our subconscience? What if these so-called "prophecies" are true? Are we closer to winning this war or losing it? Who will deliver us from these so-called chains? Is he yet to be born?
dkthg 3 weeks ago
@dkthg
4. It appears that scientists are the real practicing theists whilst the so-called and self-proclaimed/imagined"theists", the religious, are the in fact atheists.
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Think about it. If god is truth, then wouldn't the subjective postulates be an absolute BARRIER?
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Think about it If god is truth, then wouldn't observing and attempting to uncover what is 'objective' and seeking it, (or at least the process thereof) be a thing of sacred consideration?
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D33veeoss 3 weeks ago
@D33veeoss What is truth? What is reality? Are we slaves? If so, slaves to who? Do we supply our own chains? Is there a war going on beyond our subconscience? What if these so-called "prophecies" are true? Are we closer to winning this war or losing it? Who will deliver us from these so-called chains? Is he yet to be born?
dkthg 3 weeks ago
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@D33veeoss What is truth? What is reality? Are we slaves? If so, slaves to who? Do we supply our own chains? Is there a war going on beyond our subconscience? What if these so-called "prophecies" are true? Are we closer to winning this war or losing it? Who will deliver us from these so-called chains? Is he yet to be born?
dkthg 3 weeks ago
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@D33veeoss What is truth? What is reality? Are we slaves? If so, slaves to who? Do we supply our own chains? Is there a war going on beyond our subconscience? What if these so-called "prophecies" are true? Are we closer to winning this war or losing it? Who will deliver us from these so-called chains? Is he yet to be born?
dkthg 3 weeks ago
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@D33veeoss What is truth? What is reality? Are we slaves? If so, slaves to who? Do we supply our own chains? Is there a war going on beyond our subconscience? What if these so-called "prophecies" are true? Are we closer to winning this war or losing it? Who will deliver us from these so-called chains? Is he yet to be born?
dkthg 3 weeks ago
@D33veeoss
"What in fact happened. - What is in fact true." And the answer is...?
wimsweden 3 weeks ago
@wimsweden
"What" indeed.
The point of the scientist is to replace as much of that *?* (<--- in this context, '?' easily suffices as another describer/name for god) ...as much of that ? with as much ! as possible. Note: ! 1 l | [ all look somewhat similar. Often times, what we first announce as !, is revisited and found to be a |. Thus, back to the drawing board. On that level, yes, conclusions are SUBJECT to change. But this is science. We chase the "?" like others chase the dragon.
D33veeoss 3 weeks ago
@wimsweden
What's typical is whilst the scientist's speculations about the objective truth are subject to change, this is far different, incompatibly so, with those that are "satisfied" with (their own/others') subjective truths. Subjective truths don't want or seek to change or correct themselves. In fact, changing them is like pulling teeth.
Ask Galilleo.
So where we seek to understand, bolster and explore the untampered truth of "?", so we might find ! ...
D33veeoss 3 weeks ago
@wimsweden
...others might explore the untampered truth of "?" and create a "!".
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This is very much, and literally, ! vs "!".
In fact, in my opinion, ! vs "!" is a borderline mathematical statement/assessment describing the reality between the two. (objective and subjective)
god vs God
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it vs "Him"
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Knowing mankinds untrusting nature of one another, it would have to be an incompetent God that would entrust 'one or two' with messages as vital as salvation, for the masses.
D33veeoss 3 weeks ago
@wimsweden
This brand of mechanical deficiency is simply not observed in nature.
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It's difficult to draw comparisons as nothing in nature has the ability to "interpret and convince" it's kind of ideas, much less grandiose ideas...but nonetheless, it's hard to argue that if the truth behind our ability to experience had those types of clutzy qualities...then yeah, I speculate that we would not be here.
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And that's my main beef here.
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It's to a head now yeah? ...
D33veeoss 3 weeks ago