Nice ending, and I'd like to highlight just how irrational and nasty the atheist was at the beginning of this clip compared to the rational behavior shown by Geerup at the end of the clip. How can atheists who watch atheists behave like TheKidFrom13thStreet have any pretense that atheism will make the world a more peaceful place. Clearly not, when that sort of violent and obnoxious behavior is embraced by atheists on the grounds that it doesn't matter.
This the stupidest bullshit I've ever seen. Atheism is a denial of god,but as a reaffirmation...the a in atheism means "to remove" that means that I as an atheist look at the argument of the existence of your god,and then after making a conclusion to it's validity, I assert that it is bullshit, and form an opinion about the subject.
Some people are obsessed with a "non-existent Hell" as you put it because they think it 'may' be real. Given the ultimate unknown nature of reality, that possibility is enough to strike fear into people. Plus Hell is backed by Jesus who taught some really brilliant things.
The problem is if you accept the whole concept of the religious belief of hell, then you have to take in the stupid rules that are written in the stupid fucking book so many christians follow, so sex is evil? if I have sex without being married I am evil. no chance, and I do not want to redeem myself and turn away from my act of love in giving myself to others and loving them in the most intimate way I know how. and God made me this way not the devil? if in fact either of them exist at all???
Gud point, but Jesus died 2 open up da gates of heaven- God promised from da begining of time dat He'd send a Messiah 2 save us from Hell those hu die and still don't admit of their sin are sent to hell but those hu r dyin n r sorry n admit der mistak r sent to heaven or purgatory. God is just- but it depends on how you feel towards God then u call him Just
no body deserves enternal punishment as a strong beleiver I beleiv God loves everyone sinrs & beleivers although this isn't entirely true he does have some point
no 1 cares wht u think. stop brainwashing ppl in2 believing sumthing tht dusnt exist. let ppl believe wht they wnt nd dnt fcking try nd put ur views out 2 evry1. keep ur opinion 2 urself nd go fck a goat u asshole.
Im so sorry but Ive no respect for anyone who does not believe in GOD, Period :) That is pure honesty........doesnt mean I dont care, simply means I cant respect that :)
Geerup, even though "Ben Nichols" aka Mr. 13th street, is young,misled and definitely as rebellious as they come. I remember when I was around his age and met or dealt with people just like him. I will admit, he does take on that dark,evil and forboding look as well as persona. Ozzy Jr. wannabe
But again, thats stupid, because you take the choice out of humans.Obviously not a single person in their right mind would want to go to hell if they knew of its existence.Evidence would be enough if a man or woman went to hell, came back(witnessed by more than 3 people),and described hell in intricate detail,in varification with another person,lets say from Iceland. But since that never happened, we dont know what lies on the other side, other than what it says in your book of crazies.
There have been documented cases of people who have died and came back to life. Their experiences or what they witness isn't always been the great white light or hanging out with their dead friends and relatives. A few described going to hell.
Yet, you don't bleep out "beat off". You cherry-pick the swear words like a prosperity gospel preacher cherry-picks the Bible to find the verses that will enable one to become "rich". How stupidly unoriginal.
On judgement day, when God pulls back His common grace (which everyone has weither you like it or not) from within you, and it reviels the evil creature you are without Jesus Christ and you are cast in to hell, all creation will cheer. At that time, God's people will not feel remorse for you.
But for now, repent, accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and serve the God who created you, before it's too late.
It´s impossible for you, Geerup, to know wether or not an enormous pile of pancakes will fall upon you after death, if you ever use more than three different fonts on you personal website.
It´s highly improbable, I know, but can you know for sure?
Well, you can "know" just as much as we atheists "know" we don't go to hell. For a person outside your brainwashed thinking methods, the idea of a hell is simply just hilarious. Got it? You are right, we do not know(!!!) But we "know". Strongly...
And yes, Geerup, I DO want evil to be punished. I really do. But it just seem to me, that that is not really what God is doing. He is only punishing disbelief. So I can live a perfect life(well, ofcourse I'll sin, but not more than you do, Geerup), and the only thing that'll put me to hell, and you into heaven, is my lack of belief, which I have no control over, whatsoever. I once saw the moon rotating 180 deg. in a sec. Will you believe me? No matter which pains your disbelief would put on you?
Awesome Geerup...They still deny that they are "denying God"..How blind....their videos show pure hatred to something they don't beleive in...and hatred to what He does.
You don;t really hate Dracula when you see a vampire movie because u know he doesn't exist..:-)
But people believing in vampires doesn't control our lifes...wrong analogy. We do not hate God. We are simply just annoyed at those who tries pull their believes in this magical being down upon us. That's what we comment on/rage about
You explain that it's wrong to insist absolute certainty in the argument against God, however you believe with absolute certainty that God does exist based on nothing more than your perception of the living world. So, regardless of who's position is correct, you argue against absolute certainty with absolute certainty. Therefore I deem you a hypocrite.
sdean21, You may want to reconsider that view, because you will bow before Jesus one day, and you may as well do it willingly. We will all be judged, Jesus is the mediator between God and Man. Humble your self, pride was eve's downfall.
sdean21, glad you cleaned up you language now try letting Jesus clean up your heart and making you happy. You in the natural can not comprehend the wonderful things he is preparing for you. But He will show you by the Holy Spirit if you will just call on the name of Jesus.
God healed me of a stroke. I should be paralyzed on my right side with hardly no vision and no speech, but after an hour of praying by my husband I have NO symptoms of that stroke. GOD healed me. No one can tell me there is no God.
I don't deny Zeus, because we teach kids about him in public schools. I don't put my faith in Zeus by the way...but please tell me how do the strong atheist deny Zeus? Do they protest the teaching of Zeus in school or prayers to Zeus?
If you want to teach Yahweh as myth in public schools, for example in comparative religion or something, that's fin.
Finally, prayer is not forbidden in public schools. Only mandatory prayer. Student groups with optional attendance are perfectly free to pray to whatever deity they want, and such groups are common.
Since existence is inherent to the definition of God, it is impossible to conceive of God without conceiving of Him as existing. Think about arguments stemming from historical accounts such as Christian historical apologetics and archaeological evidence such as Bible archaeology.
The universe exhibits overwhelming evidence of deliberate, intelligent, purposeful design, which implies an intelligent designer. Every event in our universe necessarily has a cause. However, it is impossible that there should be an unending chain of causes going back. Therefore, there necessarily must be a cause distinct from the universe as we know it which is capable of causing all things and is itself uncaused. Atheism denies that the First Cause is God.
You state in your video that "Denying God affirms his existence by a negative" yet the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy's definition of atheism is "the denial of the existence of any God OR GODS" To apply your argument, by denying the existence of ANY god or gods would affirm all gods. Are you saying all gods exist?
Just a word to you, i am a agnostic and struggling with my beliefs, and at no time since ive been on you tube i have never had the atheists shove there beliefs down my throat, but you christians have, they have been very open to me and friendly, im a little confused as to why you like to judge people so poorly?????
You really did a good job of logically dissecting Ben's arguments, I thought, however, you went from admitting that the existence of a higher power was uncertain to trying to bolster the exact opposite. Thus, I find is the conundrum with theological debates. You can always break the other guy down, but to build yourself up is the trick...
Geerup, the gift you have to share the gospel astounds me. Thank you for being useful to the Master. 100 stars. Amen. Best education video I have ever watched.
WoW : The Kid from 13th street is awesome, what a great tribute to him. Well done geerup.. :) Pity about the rest of the video. By the way if all my friends were in "hell?" I know where I would want to go. F*ck the skydaddy.
Geerup is just another Christian trying to convert people using terrorism. Good job, jackass! Too bad the bible says stupid things like anyone who doesn't accept Christianity and Jesus as their savior will go to hell. I guess that means you could be like Mother Teresa, but if you're Jewish, you go to hell... We aren't falling for your bullshit. So try to use fear to convert us all you want, because you're the real evil.
Do I think evil should be punished? Perhaps. But I do I think that punishment should be eternal torture in a lake of fire? I don't think so...
The universe HAD to come from somewhere, but that does not prove that hell exists. Even if you believe in god, there's a difference between believing that there is a god out there and knowing the character, likes, and dislikes of that god.
Even if you assume that hell is a real place, you still haven't established that avoiding hell is a moral action or what is required to avoid hell.
As a mere human being, you don't know if God is all-loving or good. If God is a supreme being he could be a force of evil. You can't claim to know anything about God because everything you know could be a lie and you have no way of determining the truth.
If hell is real, show me the correct way to stay out of it. It would appear that everyone has a different way of avoiding it. Can they all be right? The bible can't even make up its mind.
Hell is just a concept created by man to tap in on mans fear and spread your religion like a virus so the masses can be controlled. Christianity is evil.
Your a christian, you believe in a god, you believe in a god because of a book that apparently is the words of god?
Yet, in reality, the universe is billions of years older then this "bible" you take so seriously, if a god created this universe, why would he write a book million and millions of years later?
God is false, religion is a fuckin joke, and you are brainwashed like the rest of your incompetent followers.
Atheism, as defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, is the denial of the existence of any God or gods. In respect to the history of atheism, proponents of atheism have argued for the necessity of atheism, however, the arguments against atheism and the arguments for theism strongly attest to the validity of theism.
First Atheism is, among other things, a misnomer. For instance, you would not describe yourself as a non-accountant to talk about your career. Atheism, if you look at how it's used in speech, has many quite loose definitions.
Second you're attacking a straw man by defining a form of Atheism your opponent did not address.
Third, as the law of conservation of mass/energy still holds in this universe, as far as we know. Logically there is no need for a Creator.
You're argument is not objective. It is based in the assumption that God is real or exists. Also good job on trying to convince people of "the true definition of atheism. Nice try on also trying to convince people that faith is a huge part of logic. Fail
Evil is a subjective term created by humans. Hell isn't real. If i were to tell you to worship a dog turd or you will go to an eternal place with the absence of the presence of the dog turd, and live in eternal suffering. You couldn't disprove or prove my theory. I'd rather be a free man tortured in hell than an asskisser in heaven. Besides who the fuck do you think your are? The Ghost of Christmas Future? grow the fuck up.
What the dictionary defines as "atheism" is irrelevant. Many people who call themselves atheists on YouTube do not deny the possibility of the existence of a god, including me. Words are limiting, therefore, if someone qualifies the definition of themselves, then that is the definition you must take, at least for that individual. In my definition: theism=belief in a god. A=prefix meaning "without." A-theism=without belief in god. But that's just for me.
Right on about that definition thing. "Atheism" as a term comes from a combination of the prefix "A" (meaning no) the Greek root "theos" (god) and the suffix "ism" which can be a noun of action from a verb or a belief. It literally means a belief in no god. It is a noun of action.
Do we have to make a new word for ourselves everytime some theist says it means something else... Christ why don't you Muzzies, chistians, jew, and all the other bullshit take a vote.
Aside from my Christianity and before I was a Christian, it was this type of person who I wanted to eliminate. I don't respect their freedom. Now, I try to recognize it's only their ignorance and I pity them.
theKidfrom13Steet, by the way. There are still people who used to be like me before I was a Christian. You might not be afraid of hell, but you should be afraid of people like me. I don't mean to sound like I'm insane (I am), but I am not a threat to you now. There are people out there who would eliminate you. Be careful and keep yourself as anonymous as possible.
shiningcross, maybe that is what Steven should have done. It was the religious that stoned Him, he told them, "you stiff neck people always resisting the HOLY SPIRIT". I too am insanely in love with the Creator.
Truthfully, I always have valued human life, and I would rather see those people change. But, before I was a Christian I thought about killing people like him. Very few times.
I believe in Jesus and try to obey Him, but I fail too often. I say this admitting the possibility that I could be in Hell. I'd like to believe in eternal salvation, but I try to stay open incase I am deceived.
So, sometimes I feel that to God I am no different than this guy as he appears to me. I can accept that.
That is what is wonderful about the Blood of Jesus. You can't do anything to make your self righteous, only take up the cross and follow...all our righteousness is filthy to The Father, but the payment was paid in full, now we just follow, sheep...following the shepherd. Baa..............I need Jesus, day after day after day..Peace to all that worship the Prince of Peace.
Tell Pastor Tony Smith that. I agree it sounds like he's preaching from the book, but legalism makes no sense. Even if we did overcome all sin in our way we'd still not fulfill the law, thus fall short of the glory of God.
I think we should live like how that Pastor Tony Smith guy says, but it should be out of respect for Jesus, not because our salvation hinges on it. If that's the case then we nullified the cross in my opinion.
lol no that comment is to Tony Smith. I was just thinking outloud. Youtube search him. You'll see what I'm talking about. He's a nice guy and knows the Bible, but he's a legalist from what I can tell.
Geerup, you gave him too much time on your video! He is just disrespectful and nasty, nothing to do with Atheism.
Some of these people just want attention. As far as hell, I'm am 99.9 % sure there is no heaven or hell! But you have the right to believe what you want. :)
Maiyana45, Hi, Where is hell..in the center of the earth. Where is heaven...when The Creator rolls back the heavens you will see. You will know The Creator by the Holy Spirit that He gives to those that call on the name of Jesus. YOUr spirit must be born. Faith Hope and LOve, i'm for you, Carol
Nice ending, and I'd like to highlight just how irrational and nasty the atheist was at the beginning of this clip compared to the rational behavior shown by Geerup at the end of the clip. How can atheists who watch atheists behave like TheKidFrom13thStreet have any pretense that atheism will make the world a more peaceful place. Clearly not, when that sort of violent and obnoxious behavior is embraced by atheists on the grounds that it doesn't matter.
HammerofHeretics 2 years ago
This the stupidest bullshit I've ever seen. Atheism is a denial of god,but as a reaffirmation...the a in atheism means "to remove" that means that I as an atheist look at the argument of the existence of your god,and then after making a conclusion to it's validity, I assert that it is bullshit, and form an opinion about the subject.
Elenkhos 2 years ago
Good point man. I like the break down of the word Atheist. Makes sense. God Bless and to him be the glory!!
506airborne 2 years ago
Eternal punishment, ..... eternal non forgiveness,
Nice.
Eternal ignorance, ... eternal epic fail,
Geerup.
M0THERKN0WSBEST 2 years ago
I disrespect with you on most things, but in this video you come across quite caring.
Checker222 2 years ago
You are an idiot geerup....
guitarmaestro078 2 years ago
I like how at 5:45 his analogy totally changes once its comes around to him.
bckyrdboogie 2 years ago
Some people are obsessed with a "non-existent Hell" as you put it because they think it 'may' be real. Given the ultimate unknown nature of reality, that possibility is enough to strike fear into people. Plus Hell is backed by Jesus who taught some really brilliant things.
joeltcola 2 years ago
Geerup, you're one stupid motherfucker. How many times were you dropped as an infant? Or were you thrown!?
IFloridaMotocrossI 2 years ago
There was no dropping, it was how he was brainwashed into the Christian Faith. May the flying spaghetti monster help you find you way, Geerup.
snipeshow920 2 years ago
Yeah, man, you really pwned Geerup by saying he was dropped on his head. The only, "stupid motherf**cker" here is you. You sound like a total idiot.
Stradivarius12506 2 years ago
what are we supposed to call someone that DOESN'T BELIEVE in God.
"things require a cause... OH except God."
64kix 2 years ago
AWSOME
ThatGuyinPLVY 3 years ago
Don't play around with definitions to change the topic. What an ass.
zombiemouse 3 years ago
The problem is if you accept the whole concept of the religious belief of hell, then you have to take in the stupid rules that are written in the stupid fucking book so many christians follow, so sex is evil? if I have sex without being married I am evil. no chance, and I do not want to redeem myself and turn away from my act of love in giving myself to others and loving them in the most intimate way I know how. and God made me this way not the devil? if in fact either of them exist at all???
medussa2me 3 years ago
Gud point, but Jesus died 2 open up da gates of heaven- God promised from da begining of time dat He'd send a Messiah 2 save us from Hell those hu die and still don't admit of their sin are sent to hell but those hu r dyin n r sorry n admit der mistak r sent to heaven or purgatory. God is just- but it depends on how you feel towards God then u call him Just
karemelmohr 3 years ago
no body deserves enternal punishment as a strong beleiver I beleiv God loves everyone sinrs & beleivers although this isn't entirely true he does have some point
karemelmohr 3 years ago
If no one deserved eternal punishment..what was the point of Jesus being punished IN PLACE of us, who now, don't have to be punished..?
Everyone, no matter what, would go to heaven if we deserved it. God is just.
Just saying.
FSElement 3 years ago
He's not obsessed with a none-existent hell. He's obsessed with preachers telling him, that he's gonna burn in a none existent hell.
Atheist001 3 years ago
no 1 cares wht u think. stop brainwashing ppl in2 believing sumthing tht dusnt exist. let ppl believe wht they wnt nd dnt fcking try nd put ur views out 2 evry1. keep ur opinion 2 urself nd go fck a goat u asshole.
PurpleBearsAteMyHead 3 years ago
dick go to church to preach not youtube
ticket43 3 years ago
he says youre probably going to Hell if you dont believe, because you ARE :)
May GOD help You to see before its too late :)
Mystwicca 3 years ago
Im so sorry but Ive no respect for anyone who does not believe in GOD, Period :) That is pure honesty........doesnt mean I dont care, simply means I cant respect that :)
Mystwicca 3 years ago
misunderstanding definitions, misunderstanding definitions, pascals wager, pascals wager, empty threats of hell, empty threats of hell, HELL, HELL, GOD, GOD, argument of wonder, argument of wonder.-Your video
TheDeLoreanFlux 3 years ago
The video was about respect, not the existence of Hell, GEERUP.
h8uall66 4 years ago
your telling me what I believe. I know automatically from that you're full of shit
velocityeleven 4 years ago
This is like a tribute vid. "Best of the kid." rofl. The video started off good... then geerup talked.
Sarahon06 4 years ago
nobody deserves eternal punishment.
clubmondobizarre 4 years ago
Geerup, even though "Ben Nichols" aka Mr. 13th street, is young,misled and definitely as rebellious as they come. I remember when I was around his age and met or dealt with people just like him. I will admit, he does take on that dark,evil and forboding look as well as persona. Ozzy Jr. wannabe
Dajuhan 4 years ago
But again, thats stupid, because you take the choice out of humans.Obviously not a single person in their right mind would want to go to hell if they knew of its existence.Evidence would be enough if a man or woman went to hell, came back(witnessed by more than 3 people),and described hell in intricate detail,in varification with another person,lets say from Iceland. But since that never happened, we dont know what lies on the other side, other than what it says in your book of crazies.
Domzdream 4 years ago
There have been documented cases of people who have died and came back to life. Their experiences or what they witness isn't always been the great white light or hanging out with their dead friends and relatives. A few described going to hell.
Dajuhan 4 years ago
What is this evidence, that "Strongly" suggest he exists?
svaught32 4 years ago
Yet, your summation of atheism lacks the n-t-i, therefore you are atheistic of antitheism.
opinionhead444 4 years ago
Yet, you don't bleep out "beat off". You cherry-pick the swear words like a prosperity gospel preacher cherry-picks the Bible to find the verses that will enable one to become "rich". How stupidly unoriginal.
opinionhead444 4 years ago
On judgement day, when God pulls back His common grace (which everyone has weither you like it or not) from within you, and it reviels the evil creature you are without Jesus Christ and you are cast in to hell, all creation will cheer. At that time, God's people will not feel remorse for you.
But for now, repent, accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and serve the God who created you, before it's too late.
i2zion 4 years ago
what the hell?
Do you realise how stupid you sound in this video?
velocityeleven 4 years ago
DURKA DURKA! is all i heard from that moron
Kujien 4 years ago
Yes! God must punish the evil that he allows! Amen.
Sarahon06 4 years ago
According to your religion Gandhi went to hell. That rightful? So yes, the evil really does get the punished. Gandhi was a bad ass.
TaoTaoWasCute 4 years ago
It´s impossible for you, Geerup, to know wether or not an enormous pile of pancakes will fall upon you after death, if you ever use more than three different fonts on you personal website.
It´s highly improbable, I know, but can you know for sure?
Well, you can "know" just as much as we atheists "know" we don't go to hell. For a person outside your brainwashed thinking methods, the idea of a hell is simply just hilarious. Got it? You are right, we do not know(!!!) But we "know". Strongly...
HKragh 4 years ago
And yes, Geerup, I DO want evil to be punished. I really do. But it just seem to me, that that is not really what God is doing. He is only punishing disbelief. So I can live a perfect life(well, ofcourse I'll sin, but not more than you do, Geerup), and the only thing that'll put me to hell, and you into heaven, is my lack of belief, which I have no control over, whatsoever. I once saw the moon rotating 180 deg. in a sec. Will you believe me? No matter which pains your disbelief would put on you?
HKragh 4 years ago
Awesome Geerup...They still deny that they are "denying God"..How blind....their videos show pure hatred to something they don't beleive in...and hatred to what He does.
You don;t really hate Dracula when you see a vampire movie because u know he doesn't exist..:-)
mmakram 4 years ago
But people believing in vampires doesn't control our lifes...wrong analogy. We do not hate God. We are simply just annoyed at those who tries pull their believes in this magical being down upon us. That's what we comment on/rage about
HKragh 4 years ago
You explain that it's wrong to insist absolute certainty in the argument against God, however you believe with absolute certainty that God does exist based on nothing more than your perception of the living world. So, regardless of who's position is correct, you argue against absolute certainty with absolute certainty. Therefore I deem you a hypocrite.
graveyardpc 4 years ago
God is not real you fucking loser get a life. If you belive in him fine but fucking hell get a life.
sdean21 4 years ago
sdean21, OK Pat, Jesus died for the sin of man kind. He does LOVE His Creation. He is Creator, you be wrong. Jesus is LORD> OH Yeah.
qswfeh2121 4 years ago
Jesus is a made up character form a book.
sdean21 4 years ago
sdean21, You may want to reconsider that view, because you will bow before Jesus one day, and you may as well do it willingly. We will all be judged, Jesus is the mediator between God and Man. Humble your self, pride was eve's downfall.
qswfeh2121 4 years ago
Yawn...seriously i dont care. You are a loser.Fuck Jesus and Fuck God and Fuck You.
sdean21 4 years ago
OK PAT...Your words are so coarse. You can change, but only through Jesus. By Pat.
qswfeh2121 4 years ago
ok fudgedipper
sdean21 4 years ago
lol.
qswfeh2121 4 years ago
hahahaha
sdean21 4 years ago
sdean21, glad you cleaned up you language now try letting Jesus clean up your heart and making you happy. You in the natural can not comprehend the wonderful things he is preparing for you. But He will show you by the Holy Spirit if you will just call on the name of Jesus.
qswfeh2121 4 years ago
This is the last time i am replying cause i have better things to do i randomly watched this video and i do not give a fuck about it.
i really dont care about Jesus or God they can burn in hell hahahah fuck you and die fag.
sdean21 4 years ago
Sdean...your mouth just exposed the garbage inside ur heart..apple trees give apples..where does garbage come from??
mmakram 4 years ago
God healed me of a stroke. I should be paralyzed on my right side with hardly no vision and no speech, but after an hour of praying by my husband I have NO symptoms of that stroke. GOD healed me. No one can tell me there is no God.
originalpuppysgirl 4 years ago
originalpuppysgirl amen to that! Praise God.
sablechicken 4 years ago
First of all, there is no need to make up definitions. The definitions are well established, and they are as follows.
There is weak atheism, the lack of belief in a god or gods, and there is strong atheism, the belief that no god exists.
Secondly, the "denying" part you're just throwing in there. Do you "deny" Zeus? Are you thus re-affirming him?
darktango78 4 years ago
darktango78
I don't deny Zeus, because we teach kids about him in public schools. I don't put my faith in Zeus by the way...but please tell me how do the strong atheist deny Zeus? Do they protest the teaching of Zeus in school or prayers to Zeus?
sablechicken 4 years ago
Zeus is taught in schools as myth.
If you want to teach Yahweh as myth in public schools, for example in comparative religion or something, that's fin.
Finally, prayer is not forbidden in public schools. Only mandatory prayer. Student groups with optional attendance are perfectly free to pray to whatever deity they want, and such groups are common.
darktango78 4 years ago
darktango78
So what your saying is that atheists don't deny myths, they just deny the God that is not a myth.
sablechicken 4 years ago
Depends what you mean by "not denying a myth."
It's interesting to study myths while not necessarily having to believe they are true.
I can study the myth of Thor without having to believe that I need to die honourably in battle to enter Valhalla.
I can study the myth of Jesus Christ without having to believe that I'll burn in hell forever if I don't accept him as my lord and saviour.
darktango78 4 years ago
Since existence is inherent to the definition of God, it is impossible to conceive of God without conceiving of Him as existing. Think about arguments stemming from historical accounts such as Christian historical apologetics and archaeological evidence such as Bible archaeology.
GEERUP 4 years ago
The universe exhibits overwhelming evidence of deliberate, intelligent, purposeful design, which implies an intelligent designer. Every event in our universe necessarily has a cause. However, it is impossible that there should be an unending chain of causes going back. Therefore, there necessarily must be a cause distinct from the universe as we know it which is capable of causing all things and is itself uncaused. Atheism denies that the First Cause is God.
GEERUP 4 years ago
You state in your video that "Denying God affirms his existence by a negative" yet the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy's definition of atheism is "the denial of the existence of any God OR GODS" To apply your argument, by denying the existence of ANY god or gods would affirm all gods. Are you saying all gods exist?
shoyhoy 4 years ago
Just a word to you, i am a agnostic and struggling with my beliefs, and at no time since ive been on you tube i have never had the atheists shove there beliefs down my throat, but you christians have, they have been very open to me and friendly, im a little confused as to why you like to judge people so poorly?????
Nragedx 4 years ago
You really did a good job of logically dissecting Ben's arguments, I thought, however, you went from admitting that the existence of a higher power was uncertain to trying to bolster the exact opposite. Thus, I find is the conundrum with theological debates. You can always break the other guy down, but to build yourself up is the trick...
SomeCynicalGuy 4 years ago
Geerup, the gift you have to share the gospel astounds me. Thank you for being useful to the Master. 100 stars. Amen. Best education video I have ever watched.
qswfeh2121 4 years ago
WoW : The Kid from 13th street is awesome, what a great tribute to him. Well done geerup.. :) Pity about the rest of the video. By the way if all my friends were in "hell?" I know where I would want to go. F*ck the skydaddy.
aZeroGodist 4 years ago
Great Video. God Bless you Geerup. Keep the Word coming!!
hawkphoenix13 4 years ago
there ya go bein like Jesus again. I think He spoke about hell 75% of the time compared to heaven the other 25%.
loved this video man.
NJslkbk 4 years ago
Geerup is just another Christian trying to convert people using terrorism. Good job, jackass! Too bad the bible says stupid things like anyone who doesn't accept Christianity and Jesus as their savior will go to hell. I guess that means you could be like Mother Teresa, but if you're Jewish, you go to hell... We aren't falling for your bullshit. So try to use fear to convert us all you want, because you're the real evil.
Bloodthroe 4 years ago
You affirm the existence of god by denying him... Okay. Do I affirm the existence of Santa Claus as well? What a moron.
Bloodthroe 4 years ago
Do I think evil should be punished? Perhaps. But I do I think that punishment should be eternal torture in a lake of fire? I don't think so...
The universe HAD to come from somewhere, but that does not prove that hell exists. Even if you believe in god, there's a difference between believing that there is a god out there and knowing the character, likes, and dislikes of that god.
jackbauer6543 4 years ago
Even if you assume that hell is a real place, you still haven't established that avoiding hell is a moral action or what is required to avoid hell.
As a mere human being, you don't know if God is all-loving or good. If God is a supreme being he could be a force of evil. You can't claim to know anything about God because everything you know could be a lie and you have no way of determining the truth.
BurningIssue 4 years ago
Your videos are always great, GEERUP.
michelle2chat 4 years ago
If hell is real, show me the correct way to stay out of it. It would appear that everyone has a different way of avoiding it. Can they all be right? The bible can't even make up its mind.
DoyleWolfgang 4 years ago
Hell is just a concept created by man to tap in on mans fear and spread your religion like a virus so the masses can be controlled. Christianity is evil.
apatheticbuddha 4 years ago
Let me clarify that thought, Christianity as it is generally practiced is evil. Jesus and his teachings were not.
apatheticbuddha 4 years ago
Awesome message GEERUP!!
Bonigee 4 years ago
It's sweet that you talked down to him so he could understand such difficult and new concepts like Pascal's Wager.
ClearCamoflauge 4 years ago
have you everheard of in context you sack of shit
justin1o0 4 years ago
*Hypothetically speaking* You are one of the biggest TOOLS on Youtube, Hypotetically speaking...
darkenx20 4 years ago
Your a christian, you believe in a god, you believe in a god because of a book that apparently is the words of god?
Yet, in reality, the universe is billions of years older then this "bible" you take so seriously, if a god created this universe, why would he write a book million and millions of years later?
God is false, religion is a fuckin joke, and you are brainwashed like the rest of your incompetent followers.
xXxD3ATHWISHxXx 4 years ago
We were bought with a price, one we cannot fathom. Like you said, there is nothing we can do "pay" God back for what He did thru Jesus Christ.
However we can offer our entire life to Him as a living sacrifice. What a mighty God we serve.
Good vid.
Love ya bro,
steve
hetgow 4 years ago
There should be be no jails on earth because sinners will be punished after their lives are done and god says "vengeance is mine".
It is not a person on Earth's place to punish a murderer, that's god work.
Yankeezcap 4 years ago
Atheism, as defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, is the denial of the existence of any God or gods. In respect to the history of atheism, proponents of atheism have argued for the necessity of atheism, however, the arguments against atheism and the arguments for theism strongly attest to the validity of theism.
GEERUP 4 years ago
Not quite.
First Atheism is, among other things, a misnomer. For instance, you would not describe yourself as a non-accountant to talk about your career. Atheism, if you look at how it's used in speech, has many quite loose definitions.
Second you're attacking a straw man by defining a form of Atheism your opponent did not address.
Third, as the law of conservation of mass/energy still holds in this universe, as far as we know. Logically there is no need for a Creator.
000Jordan 4 years ago
You're argument is not objective. It is based in the assumption that God is real or exists. Also good job on trying to convince people of "the true definition of atheism. Nice try on also trying to convince people that faith is a huge part of logic. Fail
mconn2112 4 years ago
ATHEIST!
devgroupie 4 years ago
Evil is a subjective term created by humans. Hell isn't real. If i were to tell you to worship a dog turd or you will go to an eternal place with the absence of the presence of the dog turd, and live in eternal suffering. You couldn't disprove or prove my theory. I'd rather be a free man tortured in hell than an asskisser in heaven. Besides who the fuck do you think your are? The Ghost of Christmas Future? grow the fuck up.
ChildrenOfValhalla 4 years ago
Thats what i think, they know He exsist, but deny Him without fear or should i say respect.........
SuteUp 4 years ago
there is no god to deny.
SuperAtheist 4 years ago
What the dictionary defines as "atheism" is irrelevant. Many people who call themselves atheists on YouTube do not deny the possibility of the existence of a god, including me. Words are limiting, therefore, if someone qualifies the definition of themselves, then that is the definition you must take, at least for that individual. In my definition: theism=belief in a god. A=prefix meaning "without." A-theism=without belief in god. But that's just for me.
itsjuststeve 4 years ago
"He that is not with me is against me and he that does not gather scatters."
- Jesus Christ
(Luke 11:23)
Neutrality is a myth only endorsed by those who don't believe in the Truth.
LaneCh 4 years ago
"You're not right, I'm not right, God is right." I love Reformed epistemology!
ReformedLou 4 years ago
Right on about that definition thing. "Atheism" as a term comes from a combination of the prefix "A" (meaning no) the Greek root "theos" (god) and the suffix "ism" which can be a noun of action from a verb or a belief. It literally means a belief in no god. It is a noun of action.
joness105639 4 years ago
Awesome work brother, Great job, Glory to God. be strong, I love you and your walk is real... very real.
Yokeup 4 years ago
Thank you for this video.
frl287 4 years ago
Excellent!
Amen!
sablechicken 4 years ago
This was a great video bro,keep it up!
ProclaimHisWord 4 years ago
Wow did you make that up as you went along?
Do we have to make a new word for ourselves everytime some theist says it means something else... Christ why don't you Muzzies, chistians, jew, and all the other bullshit take a vote.
justin1o0 4 years ago
Aside from my Christianity and before I was a Christian, it was this type of person who I wanted to eliminate. I don't respect their freedom. Now, I try to recognize it's only their ignorance and I pity them.
Good video as usually GeerUp.
shiningcross 4 years ago
theKidfrom13Steet, by the way. There are still people who used to be like me before I was a Christian. You might not be afraid of hell, but you should be afraid of people like me. I don't mean to sound like I'm insane (I am), but I am not a threat to you now. There are people out there who would eliminate you. Be careful and keep yourself as anonymous as possible.
shiningcross 4 years ago
shiningcross, maybe that is what Steven should have done. It was the religious that stoned Him, he told them, "you stiff neck people always resisting the HOLY SPIRIT". I too am insanely in love with the Creator.
qswfeh2121 4 years ago
Truthfully, I always have valued human life, and I would rather see those people change. But, before I was a Christian I thought about killing people like him. Very few times.
I believe in Jesus and try to obey Him, but I fail too often. I say this admitting the possibility that I could be in Hell. I'd like to believe in eternal salvation, but I try to stay open incase I am deceived.
So, sometimes I feel that to God I am no different than this guy as he appears to me. I can accept that.
shiningcross 4 years ago
That is what is wonderful about the Blood of Jesus. You can't do anything to make your self righteous, only take up the cross and follow...all our righteousness is filthy to The Father, but the payment was paid in full, now we just follow, sheep...following the shepherd. Baa..............I need Jesus, day after day after day..Peace to all that worship the Prince of Peace.
qswfeh2121 4 years ago
Tell Pastor Tony Smith that. I agree it sounds like he's preaching from the book, but legalism makes no sense. Even if we did overcome all sin in our way we'd still not fulfill the law, thus fall short of the glory of God.
I think we should live like how that Pastor Tony Smith guy says, but it should be out of respect for Jesus, not because our salvation hinges on it. If that's the case then we nullified the cross in my opinion.
shiningcross 4 years ago
Shinningcross??Tell Pastor Tony Smith that.,????????? Is this comment to me??? Who is Tony Smith????
qswfeh2121 4 years ago
lol no that comment is to Tony Smith. I was just thinking outloud. Youtube search him. You'll see what I'm talking about. He's a nice guy and knows the Bible, but he's a legalist from what I can tell.
shiningcross 4 years ago
Geerup, you gave him too much time on your video! He is just disrespectful and nasty, nothing to do with Atheism.
Some of these people just want attention. As far as hell, I'm am 99.9 % sure there is no heaven or hell! But you have the right to believe what you want. :)
maiyana45 4 years ago
Why are you 99.9% sure?
mrpevlicsmith 4 years ago
Because of the lack of evidence! Where is heaven? Where is Hell? When the satellites send us back an image, then I will believe, thus the 1%. :)
maiyana45 4 years ago
Maiyana45, Hi, Where is hell..in the center of the earth. Where is heaven...when The Creator rolls back the heavens you will see. You will know The Creator by the Holy Spirit that He gives to those that call on the name of Jesus. YOUr spirit must be born. Faith Hope and LOve, i'm for you, Carol
qswfeh2121 4 years ago