The only reason why i hide it from my family is because i live with them(i do hint at it though). Once i get a place of my own, i will go all out & get out of the "atheist closet".(my friends already know & it turns out that they are atheist too.)
I have only just now in the past few weeks thought of myself as an atheist so your comment on my mortality really struck me as scary. Thank you for the help
@LargoFan2000 I just in the past month became atheist.Remember,even though none of us know for sure what happens when we die, there are an infinite number of alternate universes, eleven diferent dimensions, and a current universe that is also infinite...I like to think that our consciousness will re emerge in another dimension/lifetime. Otherwise, just take good care of yourself and maybe you'll live long enough for scientists to create cyborgs for us to download our thoughts into.
@LargoFan2000 I just in the past month became atheist.Remember,even though none of us know for sure what happens when we die, there are an infinite number of alternate universes, eleven diferent dimensions, and a current universe that is also infinite...I like to think that our consciousness will re emerge in another dimension/lifetime. Otherwise, just take good care of yourself and maybe you'll live long enough for scientists to create cyborgs for us to download our thoughts into.
Very great video! Normal and relatable. Where on earth can I find information on evolution that is approachable? I'm baffled that it's so hard to find something that shows the intricacies of evolution without being so scientifically baffling. Is there anything that's in sort of plain English (or Spanish haha)? I'm really wanting to learn more.
Religion is now just a fashion statement. Don't be afraid to feel a minority as I am an atheist (ex christian) it was the best decision I have made. Being an atheist makes me think for myself and judge things for right and wrong and base my morals on them. If you need some type of moral compass like the bible...like religious people do...I know it is for the weak minded. Being an a religion is a sick mind virus that starts manipulating children from an early age.
I am sorry but you can NOT win debates with idiots who just believe and don't open their ayes. I always experienced the same thing when discussing wit theists: they just WANT to believe and do nto try to understand the world they are living in.
not attacking your athiest view but what do you have faith in and you use the word spirit in your video spirit by its very nature conflicts with what you say also do u believe there is a soul and do you beleive you have one you dont have to subscribe to an organized religion i do agree that many of them are wrong but i do think that deep down everyone believes in something even you sweetness
@666nonbeliever The stupidest thing they did when they made up the religion was declaring him crucified by the Romans! Because the Romans crucified people by securing each of them to a cross or some other frame at five points of the body (four we know about) in an unspeakably shameful manner. Great PR tool! Hahahaha, not.
Why is it that atheists are not allowed to act in ways that can be likened to religious people? Why is it that they are not allowed to "preach" or speak publicly to be persuasive, or to tell people that they are incorrect, or to gather support? If this is the case and atheism truly means isolation in your arguments, if it means that we must automatically become supertolerant and not support our view in numbers or debate, then in this Universe free thought is worthless.
I have often told religious people that science is my faith and what I believe in. Obviously, that's not strictly true, but it means I can use their defences against them. When they attack me I just say that they are attacking my faith and not giving other beliefs a chance. I don't really have to defend my "faith" since it relies on "belief". -Their problem is just that they haven't found "science" yet.
Good video! I would also advise people to read the bible (or Quraan or book of mormon...) and this time read it as it is not the interpretation that is told to you. The number of things that sunday schools and churches leave out or gloss over is amazing.
@MrKli4d Science doesn't 'disprove' religion, it just offers a picture of the universe that works without intelligence, without direction. It shows us that life could (and most likely did) arise through entirely abiotic processes that took place over billions of years. You can't disprove god in the same way you can't disprove Santa or the Tooth Fairy, but given the evidence we have accumulated, the likelihood of god's existence becomes vanishingly unlikely.
@huxtiblejones Especially a God that didn't use the mechanism of Evolution, and certainly not the God of The Monotheistic religions, seeing as they are provably plagiarisms of older religions.
By doing this video, you are preaching what you claim to be against, you shun religion for frowning upon people and restricting people, but you are doing the same, you are shunning people just for having a religion, and you are restricting people to just petty science. Are they not allowed an opinion or view? Atheism isnt a religion, its just a term for someone who doesnt believe in a religion, yet you are talking like its a religion! Im not religious, but i completely shun this video.Not cool.
Are you kidding me? You offered not one example of what you say, just empty accusations. This video is meant to encourage atheists who have to hide their beliefs from people who would persecute them for a differing view. I'm not trying to 'convert' people or convince them to give up their religion, this video is intended for people who have already done that.
And how am I 'shunning' people for having a religion? I think you didn't even watch this video.
You should also reconsider calling science 'petty.' Name for me one major breakthrough in the history of humankind that came from mysticism or superstition. Science is a flame in a world of darkness that reveals the physical nature of the universe in which we exist. The very fact that you are on this computer trashing science and me with absolutely nothing of merit to say is solely because science discovered the means to do it.
Please be more accurate in how you phrase what you say.
@RosaEnnis I'm an Atheist and when I see people praying and preaching and I see the Evangalist on TV
they just look insane too me.People who go up to the front and the minister touchs their heads and they pass out LOOKS totaly fake.Religion today " Send me your money". Atheism you see the reality in the world Religion gives you a Fantasy to believe in.You go read your Bible and I will look at the latest deep space pictures of the universe and Admire the beauty in the natural world we live in!
Keep up the good work, huxtiblejones! You have good advice for new Atheists: Learn, learn, learn. Knowledge is the key to understanding, not blindly following the twisted words of bloodthirsty bronze-age sheep herders of the Bible.
I highly recommend Richard Dawkins book, "The God Delusion," to anyone who is beginning to question the superstitions they were taught as a child.
Also, you appear to assume that science and god are logical contradictions, which is exactly what religious people typically think. What follows is that in your opinion only, without evidence to support your assumption that no god exists, and a flawed assumption about god and science, you made a philosophical statement, not a scientific one. Can you decide which of two philosophical points is absolutely right and which is absolutely wrong?
All you're saying is "Based on the current scientific consensus, the existence of a deity is improbable". Any other statement regarding the existance of god falls outside the realm of science, which is inadequate to describe the idea of a deity. You're using a flawed argument to support your argument re: evidence. Its like using a tire gauge to measure oil in a car. No evidence is found but the oil still exists. I'd place you in the "weak atheist" to "agnostic" category now .
You're such a pedantic fuck, you keep ignoring what I'm saying and redefining my beliefs in your own context.
"without evidence to support your assumption that no god exists..."
I have written this 3 times now. It is not on the shoulders of non-believers to disprove god, do you understand that? Theists make these religious claims, it's up to them to demonstrate the validity. I don't have to debunk god anymore than I have to debunk the tooth fairy or santa - evidence must be offered.
Love the Family Guy-esque use of the word "pedantic" and the clearly intellectual use of the word "fuck" as a noun. Sure, I'm not taking your bait to get bogged down in a constant defensive position. I give you a possible answer, you tell me how dumb it is or insult my intelligence and ask a question, and so on. Position is key in a debate, is it not?. All I need to do is attack the logic on which you base your beliefs which is easy to do to an atheist who only uses the "evidence" argument.
God is a concept that is so massive that for it to leave no footprint on the universe is absurd to the highest degree. If there was an intentional creation of this universe, testaments to that fact would exist everywhere... yet absolutely nothing in the natural world shows a need for intelligence.
Until there is 1 shred of evidence for god, it's just a hypothesis with no credibility. It's an idea that's as likely as any other random charge about how the universe works, and I don't believe it.
Clearly I will not convince you to take my point of view so thats not my goal. My point is saying that the burden is on 'believers' to prove positive is no more correct than me saying the burden is on atheists to prove negative. Who gets to decide? if its science and logic, than all we can speak about is "probably this or that is true". You cannot be absolutely dogmatic about it, since thats foolishness.
It would not be acceptable to demand that people believe in gravity without some sufficient evidence. If religious folks can pray to god, if they can have a relationship with him, if he can physically reach and touch the minds of humans so that they know he exists, then that is within the realm of science. If god created the universe, that is a scientific claim. If any single one of those religious claims is valid there WILL be evidence for it.
@scubaman3d There is no "scientific consensus." There is no committee of scientists who decide on accepted theories, there's no ballot boxes that scientists use to vote for accepted theories. There are however peer reviewed publications in which scientists constantly question and doubt each other to look for alternate explanations. Science isn't defined by consensus, but by doubt, skepticism, and comparing ideas to the observed facts to see if the hypothesis fits the evidence to become theory.
@scubaman3d Your example of the gauge ist totaly inadequate. If you know how the gauge works (maybe you do not, but most peaople do), you know that the indications are due to the presence of oil. And, by the way, you can experimentaly prove the corelation between the oil level and the gauge indication and it is fully reproductible. But I know... the words "experimenting", "reproductible", "thinking" are not in theists vocabulary.
the second that science leaves the realm of gathering data and begins to draw conclusions about non-scientific matters, it becomes a belief system (i.e. religion). Do not say you're not religious, say your religion doesn't have an intelligent deity.
First and foremost, science does not conclude whether or not god exists, it merely demonstrates that the physical world can be explained through naturalistic models. It never invokes supernatural entities and never 'disproves' them.
Atheism is a lack of theism, science is the reasoning by which we rule out god through alternative explanations.
That is not religion, it has no doctrine, it's just a lack of supernatural belief supported by evidence of natural systems (e.g. biology, geology, etc)
If science does not conclude about the existence of god, why would it be able to rule it out?
Since your belief system (religion) can change over time based on intellectual and technological limits, and is without an "inspired" doctrine, then all you can really say is something analogous to "Religion is false because it contradicts what I believe". As such, your effort to convince people otherwise is on par with the "attack" that you claim to be under and is just as illogical.
What the hell? You make weird assumptions about things. Religion is false because it offers no evidence to the contrary. Science offers alternative explanations.
Any other connection you are making is wrong. You sound like a bitter person, like you have an ax to grind with atheism.
Can you offer evidence of god? If you can't, then atheism is logical.
Let me clarify. You contradicted yourself in your first response to me: " science does not conclude whether or not god exists" yet "is the reasoning by which we rule out god ". Advancements in technology have always changed the way we think about science so your system of beliefs is subject to change and is limited by your own intellectual capacity. Also, resorting to personal attacks in an intellectual conversation makes you look desperate. Saying religious people attack you is bitter.
Regarding evidence and atheism. Science is intended only to make observations on what is measurable. A deity is a concept that science is fundamentally unable to describe. This is a poor argument, since any good scientist recognizes that the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. In any case, I've never been that keen on being a "Youtube warrior" so I'll stop bothering you. :)
You are missing the point. God is 'ruled out' by science because science offers alternative viewpoints that more accurately describe the natural world and are backed up by evidence. When I say 'ruled out' it's not the same as 'it proves god doesn't exist.'
It merely casts sufficient doubt on god and demonstrates that the universe can (and does) operate by natural systems. Theism trespasses in the domain of science, it makes claims that directly oppose those of science and should be examined.
Secondly, I never once claimed that a lack of evidence for god is evidence of non-existence, I'm saying that god is not a credible hypothesis until there is something to back it up. Does no evidence mean god doesn't exist? No, but it only casts more doubt on top of evidence of impersonal forces that drive life and the universe (gravity, DNA, molecular chemistry, etc)
Atheism is a lack of belief in god. I am an atheist because there is sufficient doubt for me to believe there is no god.
If that troubles you, I still ask you to offer up evidence to the contrary. It's vastly more irrational to believe in something without evidence than to disbelieve in something that has no evidence.
Do you have problems disbelieving in the Egyptian creation myth? What about the charge that the world sits upon a Yggdrasil tree? Do you disbelieve that man came from peapods as the Inuit say?
Of course you disbelieve in all of that, there is no reason to believe it otherwise.
u r right every time i say anything about being atheist im talked shit about my freaind said he should smack me in my fucking mouth for beleiving evolution and being atheist
Religious background? I was raised completely without religion, I was baptised because of my grandmother, but it was just ceremonial, I didn't even understand what it meant at the time.
You're not being very accurate in your wording, I'm not sure what you mean.
If you really want to fight religion, I recommend starting at the skeptics annotated bible. (It even has a skeptically annotated quran as well, for equal opportunity nonsense busting!)
Learn what the little book actually says, because it's a gold mine of cruelty, savagery and nonsense. On the comical side the bible says bats are birds, on the nastier side it has human sacrifices (Jephtah's daughter anyone?) And is 100% pro-slavery.
hey i'm a spiritual satanist and i hear and understand the ridicule you guys get from christians and other people. i'm actually all for science and i understand what your saying. but what are you gonna do about people like them ya know?
Fuck what others think, I'm an atheist, all my friends and family know it, I've never been afraid to say it. I've been attacked by religious people plenty of times. They always use the same arguments over and over, and it's all illogical bullshit.
It is SO important to get out of "the closet" now!!! Some surveys have shown that 15-20 percent of americans don't believe in "God" now, and if all of those would be open about it, I'm sure they would help other people go atheists too! Come on, fight religion now! It is religion that belongs in a shut closet somewhere, not us atheists! : )
Great advice. I think that over the next 5 to 10 years, being an atheist will start to lose its social stigma and our culture will move away from the religious fanaticism we've been plagued by for centuries. As Sam Harris said, no society has ever suffered from its people being too rational.
Good video but I think a few points need clarification.
Religious people probably won't *always* attack you. (sorry if that is your experience)
You don't need evidence or proof that god doesn't exist, because the burden of proof is on the positive claim and the claim that god exists is unfalsifiable (see Russell's teapot).
as a slight expansion on the vid: confirmation bias/self deception + Occam's razor + critical reasoning philosophy course will enable you to tear their arguments apart.
I agree. Faith is seriously flawed in that you can have faith or believe in anything. Being true or false is irrelevant.
A personal note to any closet atheist. I was a Christian for over 20 years, and now that I am not, I have a more realistic view of the world and the people around me. I am still the same person, with the exception of a deity to worship.
Im assuming one of your verbal slip-ups was your reference to proof. there is only proof in mathematic, thats it. however there is evidence (which is what I think you ment to say) and I think we can both agree that evidence is key to reason.
"you will be attacked from all angles 24/7", that my friend, is a fuckin lie, i live in the bible belt and am RARELY bothered, i mean like twice a year at the most, don't try to get away with your bullshit persecution stories, i'm an atheist, dont give us a bad name, i am friendly, happy, open minded and enjoy life, you appear to be one of those pissed off at religion type, probably forced to attend church when you were young, now apologize to the real atheists.
I was raised without religion. You seem to be the one who's upset here.
Go perform a little test: admit in a large public space that you're an atheist and clarify why you don't believe in God. You will often times be ridiculed, threatened with Hell, or insulted for your 'arrogance.'
I honestly don't know why you're so full of vitriol. I didn't 'give atheists a bad name'. I'm going to assume you didn't really watch this video from start to end or any other videos I have made. Have a nice day.
@Scandall 2012. I get attacked quite often. And from the people I have talked to, they have been through the same experiences. And I agree with huxtible. If I don't have every single detail of a certain theory, whether it is cosmogenisis, abiogenesis, or evolution, then I get walked over.
where did DNA come from before there where cells to construct it? But how would the cells know how to construct DNA when DNA is what tells a cell how to operate? What caused the big bang? Why did a jewish text fullfill 320 some odd prophecies when the jews didn't want to believe in him? Why did those very prophecies prodict the Jews would reject him and they rejected him any way?
cells don't construct DNA.......... and the same prophecies have been being used by religions for the past couple thousand years. They're all the same. Read a book dude.
I am an atheist, and I completely agree with the major themes you brought up. I sometimes even wish I did believe in God, mostly because I think it would make a lot of things easier, and a lot more things easier to accept. Knowing there is something to look forward to after death would be great, and I am glad some people can find solace in that dream. However, I simply do not find it logical. But I am completely content with my beliefs, and plan to live my life to the fullest.
I was brought up as a born-again fundamentalist christian and I am happy to have that burden lifted. Some denominations of Christianity are different, but mine in particular (Pentecostal) openly told their followers that probably only 10% of the church would actually make it into heaven. The thought of having a 90% chance of going to ''hell'' is terrifying, but all in all its just to scare the shit out of people and to control them. All christians live in a dream world, I'm so happy I woke up.
Exactly. It's just like those wishy-washy 'spiritual' people who like to take a superior stance by stating that they believe religion and science can be reconciled.
Why? Why do they assume that science and religion SHOULD be reconciled?
I agree with you one hundred percent. I'm perfectly happy about being an atheist. It makes me realize how short life can be without the possibility of an afterlife, so I live for today and my life's never been better. (:
what good does winning a debate and forefit your soul! have you ever read C.S. lewis Mere Christianity or any other apologetics writing it tries to reason with you with facts while you wrestle with your conscience (I ask that you forgive my misspelling)
Life is so much more bright and vivid with out bronze aged parinoid supperstitions that cloud and contract the mind with some empty and undesireable promise that sparks can burn forever.
Our time is finite, this gives our life meaning; this gives our life purpose; this gives our life urgency. live life today. Savor it."- Thunderfoot
"I srtongly urge you to accept you mortality. Do not let the fear of your inevitalbe death make you waste your only mortal life pursuing fantasims and delusions. look at yourself in the mirror. For billions of years those particles that are looking back at you have been circulating through out the universe. but for a brief moment they have coelest in you. Rejoice in the impressive instant untill they disapate from whence they came. Delight that your a spark of light in the universe.
i couldn't put it better my self. this video is now on my favorites. a nice quote that i always go back to when people ask me how i find happyness. thanks for the video. awesome.
A difficult concept approached with simplicity and fact. Nicely presented, you seem very well-spoken.
Thanks for touching on this topic. I've wondered for a long time how to approach the religious people I love (family, friends, etc) without alienating myself from them... and I too came to the conclusion that you can't get around it. Its much too all-encompassing to just let pass by, should you be confronted with the issue.
The sad truth is that some family ties will sever over this.
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you sound so confused in your video. Pray to God for wisdom. Science usually manifests facts to make you believe something and to fit thier conclusion . What is carbon testing really? Do you know?The Bible is the truth. If you read it ,it will tell you what was,what is and whats to come. And I can tell you this time is short, ask Jesus to come into your life.
"Science usually manifests facts to make you believe something and to fit thier conclusion."
Uhm, I'm not really getting your statement. If science 'manifests' facts (and I'm going by the definition that manifest means to demonstrate clearly or prove) then how would they make you believe something or fit their conclusion? If it can be shown clearly, and can explain the natural phenomena accurately, then no belief is required to accept that as a working explanation to whatever their explaining.
Sky-daddy worship or his son or any of the other thousands of past gods, is considered delusional thought and behaviour. You should look into recovering from your delusion. Your prognosis is largely related to the level of conviction you have in this delusion and the openness you possess to allow info that contradicts your delusion. Doctors diagnose this disorder if you are excessively preoccupied by your belief, especially if you are unswayed by contra-evidence. Read non-fiction.
What do you mean? Finding a 'point' in life is a strictly human thing to want. It's a product of intellect. Life inherently has no purpose - it's a continual dance of creation and destruction. I suppose the only real point I can see to life is the ability for an animal, the human, to reach out and spread across the cosmos, learning as much about the natural world as possible before it all implodes, haha!
People must look at themselves as individuals, knowing what makes them happy and become willing to stand up for it in spite of others.
Now I understand there's a difference between living THROUGH a god and living FOR a god. It makes a lot more sense to me living without, people have to take responsibility for themselves more often and try to rely on the goodness of others is possible without religion to do so.
When you read "The Case For A Creator" by Lee Stobel...pls let me know if you still do not believe there is a Creator...God may hate religion! But all evidence points to an intelligent design and a Creator...which may have nothing to do with any religious dogma...give this a shot...
That feeling you get when you are in a convertible and you drive through leaves falling from the trees.
cooperation, sharing, caring for and valuing others is logical.
Atheism is as old as doubt: thinking that something is superstitious BS. God thinks with evolution, big bangs, weather, the sea, biology, photons and the geometry of matter. The truth is enough, Religion is fear and trying to tell God what to do.
Atheism is Truth revealed, discovering how things truly are.
Don't say that evidence points to intellegent design. The only reason anyone says that is through ignorance of science and a weird need to to overly mystified by honestly simple things.
I'm a catholic and I'm not going to tell you that your wrong even though it's what I think. However I find it hard to believe you live a happy life without God. I'm 16 years old and I was raised with the belief in God, and how God teaches to love one another. I don't understand why thats hated so much. Anyway what I would like to say is that theres hope for people like you. God is very accepting. And you can always turn to him. Feel free to message me back.
I'm not going to try to bash your beliefs, but humor something for me. Read Leviticus and Deuteronomy. You may be thinking, "But that's the Old Testament. It doesn't matter anymore." In that case, read the passage Matthew 5:17-20. It talks about the "Law," and what it means by that is the Torah, which is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
We don't see anything wrong with us, you do. Maybe that is why you feel your beliefs are hated. If you were more accepting maybe Atheists wouldn't care that you were religious, but everyone has to be like you and that is a problem in a free society where a belief of God is chosen to be the national belief, when really it was only put on money 50 years ago by religious fanatics that had to have their beleifs validated by adding the word God to the pledge.
good video. but we all know that there will always be religion because its a money maker but even if we gave these people the facts you all know they dont care about facts they say that faith is all they need
Good advice. I don't know why people feel like coming out of the closet , though. Must people I hang out with don't care that much about God anyway.People who want to stir up drama with with the whole atheism thing are uncool. But the moment one of the creationist brings up some claim it feels great destroying it.
Good vid and the point about Atheism revealing your mortality and how precious our lives really our to the point that it is our only life on this planet. I think this is our strongest point in morality against theists. They believe if you can do anything and just go to heaven or hell, but we only have one life. What we do is all we have and why waste our lives with murder or religion a non-beneficial existence. Make the best of the life you have.
You're wrong to say that facts will win every debate. To a religious person, our acceptance of the facts is just as much a "belief", a religious stance, as their beliefs, and as such they do not accept that the facts are valid points, that the facts prove or disprove anything. To them, no fact is solid, because the tools used to obtain that fact could have been built using faulty premises, etc. It is a simple lack of knowledge, the foundation needed to understand and accept the facts as facts.
To be an 'equipped' Atheist takes a lot of dedication and time. You'll need to learn your Bible well- citing the verses that show just how immoral it is. Slavery, genocide, etc. You'll need to learn about the history of your Religion. The foundations of Christianity are very shaky. Jesus never existed as a person you'll find out. And you'll need to understand evolution well, abiogenesis, the history of life, etc. Check out the aronra channel on YT for a start and TalkOrigins (dotNET) as well.
I find that the more knowledge I gain about science that life has more meaning. I used to keep my atheism to myself, but now I am glad to say that I am an atheist.
great vid! i can relate, i've never had a belief in god either and the more and more i gained knowledge on how to defeat religious arguments, the more confidence i had. i love telling people i'm an atheist.
I've heard that some people have had success with not using the word. Know what I mean? Saying "I don't go/belong to a church", instead of saying, "I'm an atheist".
It seems that the knuckle dragger Christians tend to have a knee jerk reaction to the A-word... and they're too dumb to understand it's the same thing.
I sometimes wish I could do that... but unfortunately I'm Finnish, pretty much nobody in the country gives a damn about religion. Takes the fun out of it when the reply to being an atheist is "...so what?" instead of the traditional "burn in hell!!!".
The only reason why i hide it from my family is because i live with them(i do hint at it though). Once i get a place of my own, i will go all out & get out of the "atheist closet".(my friends already know & it turns out that they are atheist too.)
radewi1 4 days ago
I have only just now in the past few weeks thought of myself as an atheist so your comment on my mortality really struck me as scary. Thank you for the help
LargoFan2000 1 month ago
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@LargoFan2000 I just in the past month became atheist.Remember,even though none of us know for sure what happens when we die, there are an infinite number of alternate universes, eleven diferent dimensions, and a current universe that is also infinite...I like to think that our consciousness will re emerge in another dimension/lifetime. Otherwise, just take good care of yourself and maybe you'll live long enough for scientists to create cyborgs for us to download our thoughts into.
chica349 1 week ago
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@LargoFan2000 I just in the past month became atheist.Remember,even though none of us know for sure what happens when we die, there are an infinite number of alternate universes, eleven diferent dimensions, and a current universe that is also infinite...I like to think that our consciousness will re emerge in another dimension/lifetime. Otherwise, just take good care of yourself and maybe you'll live long enough for scientists to create cyborgs for us to download our thoughts into.
chica349 1 week ago
future Jeffrey Dahmer.
ikawpipa 5 months ago
How do you find happiness as an atheist? Use MDMA!
venca13 7 months ago
Id really like to know - what do you study? ... (Your Awesome)
CuriousCamella 7 months ago
Very great video! Normal and relatable. Where on earth can I find information on evolution that is approachable? I'm baffled that it's so hard to find something that shows the intricacies of evolution without being so scientifically baffling. Is there anything that's in sort of plain English (or Spanish haha)? I'm really wanting to learn more.
Thanks! Great video!
theFriendlyHughes 10 months ago
Religion is now just a fashion statement. Don't be afraid to feel a minority as I am an atheist (ex christian) it was the best decision I have made. Being an atheist makes me think for myself and judge things for right and wrong and base my morals on them. If you need some type of moral compass like the bible...like religious people do...I know it is for the weak minded. Being an a religion is a sick mind virus that starts manipulating children from an early age.
enalopez26 10 months ago
Nice video! I'm going to be going through this soon. I find your words very encouraging!
MrInsanityCheck 11 months ago
I am sorry but you can NOT win debates with idiots who just believe and don't open their ayes. I always experienced the same thing when discussing wit theists: they just WANT to believe and do nto try to understand the world they are living in.
neko2808 1 year ago
not attacking your athiest view but what do you have faith in and you use the word spirit in your video spirit by its very nature conflicts with what you say also do u believe there is a soul and do you beleive you have one you dont have to subscribe to an organized religion i do agree that many of them are wrong but i do think that deep down everyone believes in something even you sweetness
goddesssummer1 1 year ago
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check out the video "Pro gay atheists are stupid"..He makes some good points and he's an atheists
checkmwonderfulday 1 year ago
Jesus loves you all, even if you don't want him too :))
God bless yall. :)
CNANDEZ9 1 year ago
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Jesus never excited and the religion made up in his name sucks.
666nonbeliever 1 year ago
@666nonbeliever The stupidest thing they did when they made up the religion was declaring him crucified by the Romans! Because the Romans crucified people by securing each of them to a cross or some other frame at five points of the body (four we know about) in an unspeakably shameful manner. Great PR tool! Hahahaha, not.
EdM021 9 months ago
Why is it that atheists are not allowed to act in ways that can be likened to religious people? Why is it that they are not allowed to "preach" or speak publicly to be persuasive, or to tell people that they are incorrect, or to gather support? If this is the case and atheism truly means isolation in your arguments, if it means that we must automatically become supertolerant and not support our view in numbers or debate, then in this Universe free thought is worthless.
sonickid001 1 year ago
If this guy is a sample of atheist superiority then God can relax.
Txsray 1 year ago
@Txsray I believe in superman, if your a sample of religious superiority then us Superman believers can relax.
NightHawkBomber001 1 year ago
I have often told religious people that science is my faith and what I believe in. Obviously, that's not strictly true, but it means I can use their defences against them. When they attack me I just say that they are attacking my faith and not giving other beliefs a chance. I don't really have to defend my "faith" since it relies on "belief". -Their problem is just that they haven't found "science" yet.
theseedsofautumn 1 year ago
@theseedsofautumn hahaha thats funny, good one xD
bluefang05 1 year ago
Good video! I would also advise people to read the bible (or Quraan or book of mormon...) and this time read it as it is not the interpretation that is told to you. The number of things that sunday schools and churches leave out or gloss over is amazing.
the12throotof2 1 year ago
good advice and a good video.
Cheers Christine
christinepeace 1 year ago
Why does science disprove religion?
MrKli4d 1 year ago
@MrKli4d Science doesn't 'disprove' religion, it just offers a picture of the universe that works without intelligence, without direction. It shows us that life could (and most likely did) arise through entirely abiotic processes that took place over billions of years. You can't disprove god in the same way you can't disprove Santa or the Tooth Fairy, but given the evidence we have accumulated, the likelihood of god's existence becomes vanishingly unlikely.
huxtiblejones 1 year ago 9
@huxtiblejones
Mindless evidence did not know how to create and present itself, no matter how many billions of years you wait for this to happen.
Cypherus21 10 months ago
@huxtiblejones Especially a God that didn't use the mechanism of Evolution, and certainly not the God of The Monotheistic religions, seeing as they are provably plagiarisms of older religions.
joemantex 2 months ago
he just tells his opinion, if a believer is changed by this its their own will its their behaviour. the truth. the evidense. the facts. as he says.
Multatuly 1 year ago
an Atheist to an Atheist. Great video man. Atheism is free thinking. Religion is stuck in the middle ages.
cybergeek100 1 year ago
By doing this video, you are preaching what you claim to be against, you shun religion for frowning upon people and restricting people, but you are doing the same, you are shunning people just for having a religion, and you are restricting people to just petty science. Are they not allowed an opinion or view? Atheism isnt a religion, its just a term for someone who doesnt believe in a religion, yet you are talking like its a religion! Im not religious, but i completely shun this video.Not cool.
RosaEnnis 1 year ago
Are you kidding me? You offered not one example of what you say, just empty accusations. This video is meant to encourage atheists who have to hide their beliefs from people who would persecute them for a differing view. I'm not trying to 'convert' people or convince them to give up their religion, this video is intended for people who have already done that.
And how am I 'shunning' people for having a religion? I think you didn't even watch this video.
huxtiblejones 1 year ago 4
You should also reconsider calling science 'petty.' Name for me one major breakthrough in the history of humankind that came from mysticism or superstition. Science is a flame in a world of darkness that reveals the physical nature of the universe in which we exist. The very fact that you are on this computer trashing science and me with absolutely nothing of merit to say is solely because science discovered the means to do it.
Please be more accurate in how you phrase what you say.
huxtiblejones 1 year ago 6
@RosaEnnis I'm an Atheist and when I see people praying and preaching and I see the Evangalist on TV
they just look insane too me.People who go up to the front and the minister touchs their heads and they pass out LOOKS totaly fake.Religion today " Send me your money". Atheism you see the reality in the world Religion gives you a Fantasy to believe in.You go read your Bible and I will look at the latest deep space pictures of the universe and Admire the beauty in the natural world we live in!
123456wasp 1 year ago
At 6;01 he calls to Jesus. lol
1971SuperLead 1 year ago
Keep up the good work, huxtiblejones! You have good advice for new Atheists: Learn, learn, learn. Knowledge is the key to understanding, not blindly following the twisted words of bloodthirsty bronze-age sheep herders of the Bible.
I highly recommend Richard Dawkins book, "The God Delusion," to anyone who is beginning to question the superstitions they were taught as a child.
svanhoosen 2 years ago
Also, you appear to assume that science and god are logical contradictions, which is exactly what religious people typically think. What follows is that in your opinion only, without evidence to support your assumption that no god exists, and a flawed assumption about god and science, you made a philosophical statement, not a scientific one. Can you decide which of two philosophical points is absolutely right and which is absolutely wrong?
scubaman3d 2 years ago
All you're saying is "Based on the current scientific consensus, the existence of a deity is improbable". Any other statement regarding the existance of god falls outside the realm of science, which is inadequate to describe the idea of a deity. You're using a flawed argument to support your argument re: evidence. Its like using a tire gauge to measure oil in a car. No evidence is found but the oil still exists. I'd place you in the "weak atheist" to "agnostic" category now .
scubaman3d 2 years ago
You're such a pedantic fuck, you keep ignoring what I'm saying and redefining my beliefs in your own context.
"without evidence to support your assumption that no god exists..."
I have written this 3 times now. It is not on the shoulders of non-believers to disprove god, do you understand that? Theists make these religious claims, it's up to them to demonstrate the validity. I don't have to debunk god anymore than I have to debunk the tooth fairy or santa - evidence must be offered.
huxtiblejones 2 years ago
Love the Family Guy-esque use of the word "pedantic" and the clearly intellectual use of the word "fuck" as a noun. Sure, I'm not taking your bait to get bogged down in a constant defensive position. I give you a possible answer, you tell me how dumb it is or insult my intelligence and ask a question, and so on. Position is key in a debate, is it not?. All I need to do is attack the logic on which you base your beliefs which is easy to do to an atheist who only uses the "evidence" argument.
scubaman3d 2 years ago
God is a concept that is so massive that for it to leave no footprint on the universe is absurd to the highest degree. If there was an intentional creation of this universe, testaments to that fact would exist everywhere... yet absolutely nothing in the natural world shows a need for intelligence.
Until there is 1 shred of evidence for god, it's just a hypothesis with no credibility. It's an idea that's as likely as any other random charge about how the universe works, and I don't believe it.
huxtiblejones 2 years ago
Clearly I will not convince you to take my point of view so thats not my goal. My point is saying that the burden is on 'believers' to prove positive is no more correct than me saying the burden is on atheists to prove negative. Who gets to decide? if its science and logic, than all we can speak about is "probably this or that is true". You cannot be absolutely dogmatic about it, since thats foolishness.
scubaman3d 2 years ago
It would not be acceptable to demand that people believe in gravity without some sufficient evidence. If religious folks can pray to god, if they can have a relationship with him, if he can physically reach and touch the minds of humans so that they know he exists, then that is within the realm of science. If god created the universe, that is a scientific claim. If any single one of those religious claims is valid there WILL be evidence for it.
WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?
huxtiblejones 2 years ago 2
@scubaman3d There is no "scientific consensus." There is no committee of scientists who decide on accepted theories, there's no ballot boxes that scientists use to vote for accepted theories. There are however peer reviewed publications in which scientists constantly question and doubt each other to look for alternate explanations. Science isn't defined by consensus, but by doubt, skepticism, and comparing ideas to the observed facts to see if the hypothesis fits the evidence to become theory.
luccaskunk 1 year ago
@scubaman3d Your example of the gauge ist totaly inadequate. If you know how the gauge works (maybe you do not, but most peaople do), you know that the indications are due to the presence of oil. And, by the way, you can experimentaly prove the corelation between the oil level and the gauge indication and it is fully reproductible. But I know... the words "experimenting", "reproductible", "thinking" are not in theists vocabulary.
neko2808 1 year ago
the second that science leaves the realm of gathering data and begins to draw conclusions about non-scientific matters, it becomes a belief system (i.e. religion). Do not say you're not religious, say your religion doesn't have an intelligent deity.
scubaman3d 2 years ago
First and foremost, science does not conclude whether or not god exists, it merely demonstrates that the physical world can be explained through naturalistic models. It never invokes supernatural entities and never 'disproves' them.
Atheism is a lack of theism, science is the reasoning by which we rule out god through alternative explanations.
That is not religion, it has no doctrine, it's just a lack of supernatural belief supported by evidence of natural systems (e.g. biology, geology, etc)
huxtiblejones 2 years ago
@huxtiblejones
If science does not conclude about the existence of god, why would it be able to rule it out?
Since your belief system (religion) can change over time based on intellectual and technological limits, and is without an "inspired" doctrine, then all you can really say is something analogous to "Religion is false because it contradicts what I believe". As such, your effort to convince people otherwise is on par with the "attack" that you claim to be under and is just as illogical.
scubaman3d 2 years ago
What the hell? You make weird assumptions about things. Religion is false because it offers no evidence to the contrary. Science offers alternative explanations.
Any other connection you are making is wrong. You sound like a bitter person, like you have an ax to grind with atheism.
Can you offer evidence of god? If you can't, then atheism is logical.
huxtiblejones 2 years ago
Let me clarify. You contradicted yourself in your first response to me: " science does not conclude whether or not god exists" yet "is the reasoning by which we rule out god ". Advancements in technology have always changed the way we think about science so your system of beliefs is subject to change and is limited by your own intellectual capacity. Also, resorting to personal attacks in an intellectual conversation makes you look desperate. Saying religious people attack you is bitter.
scubaman3d 2 years ago
Regarding evidence and atheism. Science is intended only to make observations on what is measurable. A deity is a concept that science is fundamentally unable to describe. This is a poor argument, since any good scientist recognizes that the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. In any case, I've never been that keen on being a "Youtube warrior" so I'll stop bothering you. :)
scubaman3d 2 years ago
You are missing the point. God is 'ruled out' by science because science offers alternative viewpoints that more accurately describe the natural world and are backed up by evidence. When I say 'ruled out' it's not the same as 'it proves god doesn't exist.'
It merely casts sufficient doubt on god and demonstrates that the universe can (and does) operate by natural systems. Theism trespasses in the domain of science, it makes claims that directly oppose those of science and should be examined.
huxtiblejones 2 years ago
Secondly, I never once claimed that a lack of evidence for god is evidence of non-existence, I'm saying that god is not a credible hypothesis until there is something to back it up. Does no evidence mean god doesn't exist? No, but it only casts more doubt on top of evidence of impersonal forces that drive life and the universe (gravity, DNA, molecular chemistry, etc)
Atheism is a lack of belief in god. I am an atheist because there is sufficient doubt for me to believe there is no god.
huxtiblejones 2 years ago
If that troubles you, I still ask you to offer up evidence to the contrary. It's vastly more irrational to believe in something without evidence than to disbelieve in something that has no evidence.
Do you have problems disbelieving in the Egyptian creation myth? What about the charge that the world sits upon a Yggdrasil tree? Do you disbelieve that man came from peapods as the Inuit say?
Of course you disbelieve in all of that, there is no reason to believe it otherwise.
huxtiblejones 2 years ago
u r right every time i say anything about being atheist im talked shit about my freaind said he should smack me in my fucking mouth for beleiving evolution and being atheist
patrickledford420 2 years ago
@patrickledford420 where the hell do you live? i'll come down there and smack your friend silly.
FallOfTheColossus 2 years ago
you say you are an athiest but you have religous background. how do i know. you said "on earth" you subconsciously find security in it
homepie64 2 years ago
Religious background? I was raised completely without religion, I was baptised because of my grandmother, but it was just ceremonial, I didn't even understand what it meant at the time.
You're not being very accurate in your wording, I'm not sure what you mean.
huxtiblejones 2 years ago
You know what I found interesting about an older person becoming an atheist?
It wasn't any logical arguments or science that did it. It was learning more about religion and it's history that did the trick.
You can't fight religion with logic and science, but you can fight it very well with religion itself.
Shavarnarak 2 years ago
If you really want to fight religion, I recommend starting at the skeptics annotated bible. (It even has a skeptically annotated quran as well, for equal opportunity nonsense busting!)
Learn what the little book actually says, because it's a gold mine of cruelty, savagery and nonsense. On the comical side the bible says bats are birds, on the nastier side it has human sacrifices (Jephtah's daughter anyone?) And is 100% pro-slavery.
Fight the bible with the bible!
Shavarnarak 2 years ago
hey i'm a spiritual satanist and i hear and understand the ridicule you guys get from christians and other people. i'm actually all for science and i understand what your saying. but what are you gonna do about people like them ya know?
gwar9023 2 years ago
Satanism seems to be an interesting philosophy, but has a bad reputation in the media.
Maybe if more Satanists came out of the closet that would help.
LiberdadeHedonista 2 years ago
Fuck what others think, I'm an atheist, all my friends and family know it, I've never been afraid to say it. I've been attacked by religious people plenty of times. They always use the same arguments over and over, and it's all illogical bullshit.
canadianmaple09 2 years ago
It is SO important to get out of "the closet" now!!! Some surveys have shown that 15-20 percent of americans don't believe in "God" now, and if all of those would be open about it, I'm sure they would help other people go atheists too! Come on, fight religion now! It is religion that belongs in a shut closet somewhere, not us atheists! : )
winterstellar 2 years ago 3
Great advice. I think that over the next 5 to 10 years, being an atheist will start to lose its social stigma and our culture will move away from the religious fanaticism we've been plagued by for centuries. As Sam Harris said, no society has ever suffered from its people being too rational.
huxtiblejones 2 years ago
@winterstellar yes then the closet needs to be burned in hell lol religious people dont function on rationality or logical reasoning skills
patrickledford420 2 years ago
Good video but I think a few points need clarification.
Religious people probably won't *always* attack you. (sorry if that is your experience)
You don't need evidence or proof that god doesn't exist, because the burden of proof is on the positive claim and the claim that god exists is unfalsifiable (see Russell's teapot).
as a slight expansion on the vid: confirmation bias/self deception + Occam's razor + critical reasoning philosophy course will enable you to tear their arguments apart.
geolab101 2 years ago
I agree. Faith is seriously flawed in that you can have faith or believe in anything. Being true or false is irrelevant.
A personal note to any closet atheist. I was a Christian for over 20 years, and now that I am not, I have a more realistic view of the world and the people around me. I am still the same person, with the exception of a deity to worship.
vottoduder 2 years ago
Im assuming one of your verbal slip-ups was your reference to proof. there is only proof in mathematic, thats it. however there is evidence (which is what I think you ment to say) and I think we can both agree that evidence is key to reason.
catpuncher7 2 years ago
"you will be attacked from all angles 24/7", that my friend, is a fuckin lie, i live in the bible belt and am RARELY bothered, i mean like twice a year at the most, don't try to get away with your bullshit persecution stories, i'm an atheist, dont give us a bad name, i am friendly, happy, open minded and enjoy life, you appear to be one of those pissed off at religion type, probably forced to attend church when you were young, now apologize to the real atheists.
scandall2012 2 years ago
I was raised without religion. You seem to be the one who's upset here.
Go perform a little test: admit in a large public space that you're an atheist and clarify why you don't believe in God. You will often times be ridiculed, threatened with Hell, or insulted for your 'arrogance.'
I honestly don't know why you're so full of vitriol. I didn't 'give atheists a bad name'. I'm going to assume you didn't really watch this video from start to end or any other videos I have made. Have a nice day.
huxtiblejones 2 years ago
@Scandall 2012. I get attacked quite often. And from the people I have talked to, they have been through the same experiences. And I agree with huxtible. If I don't have every single detail of a certain theory, whether it is cosmogenisis, abiogenesis, or evolution, then I get walked over.
PoDReligion 2 years ago
How did he give us a bad name?
grinder73 2 years ago
lose the headset
region1111 2 years ago
I am a former youth pastor and life is spinning.
After my confession of atheism and agnosticism
XSILENTS 2 years ago
Your life is spinning? What exactly do you mean?
huxtiblejones 2 years ago
Thank you so much for this video! We need to help everyone in the closet and I really think this video will help :)
Dimebag719 2 years ago 5
where did DNA come from before there where cells to construct it? But how would the cells know how to construct DNA when DNA is what tells a cell how to operate? What caused the big bang? Why did a jewish text fullfill 320 some odd prophecies when the jews didn't want to believe in him? Why did those very prophecies prodict the Jews would reject him and they rejected him any way?
sl0j0 2 years ago
cells don't construct DNA.......... and the same prophecies have been being used by religions for the past couple thousand years. They're all the same. Read a book dude.
Dimebag719 2 years ago
omg i have the same headset!!! gamer headset ftw
AwsomestKill 2 years ago
hey!!!.... how are you?.....
alguienPLC 2 years ago
I am an atheist, and I completely agree with the major themes you brought up. I sometimes even wish I did believe in God, mostly because I think it would make a lot of things easier, and a lot more things easier to accept. Knowing there is something to look forward to after death would be great, and I am glad some people can find solace in that dream. However, I simply do not find it logical. But I am completely content with my beliefs, and plan to live my life to the fullest.
pitachip123 2 years ago
I was brought up as a born-again fundamentalist christian and I am happy to have that burden lifted. Some denominations of Christianity are different, but mine in particular (Pentecostal) openly told their followers that probably only 10% of the church would actually make it into heaven. The thought of having a 90% chance of going to ''hell'' is terrifying, but all in all its just to scare the shit out of people and to control them. All christians live in a dream world, I'm so happy I woke up.
jda379 2 years ago
P.S. love how he says Jesus! at like 6 mins.
dirtydkb24fan 3 years ago
my faith is based on reason through science and philosophy.
dirtydkb24fan 3 years ago
Faith by definition cannot be based on science. Philosophy, sure, but to have faith in something means that you believe in it without evidence.
Science and faith do not mesh.
huxtiblejones 3 years ago
Exactly. It's just like those wishy-washy 'spiritual' people who like to take a superior stance by stating that they believe religion and science can be reconciled.
Why? Why do they assume that science and religion SHOULD be reconciled?
They... are... not... the... same.
cfytcf 2 years ago
I agree with you one hundred percent. I'm perfectly happy about being an atheist. It makes me realize how short life can be without the possibility of an afterlife, so I live for today and my life's never been better. (:
xoGAMERCHICKx3 3 years ago
Right on sister!
huxtiblejones 3 years ago
Absolutely.
jda379 2 years ago
what good does winning a debate and forefit your soul! have you ever read C.S. lewis Mere Christianity or any other apologetics writing it tries to reason with you with facts while you wrestle with your conscience (I ask that you forgive my misspelling)
ghostx184 3 years ago
Noone has read any of your stupid religous books jackass. Grow up, and go read something informative.
gargoylewatch 2 years ago
*HIGH-FIVE*
I decided to face reality yesterday and im happy about it.
I also lol'd at the fact that I have the same headset you do.
8BitPerception 3 years ago
very real guy
mysteek29 3 years ago
You are my new hero. Thanks for this =]
MyEye6 3 years ago
Life is so much more bright and vivid with out bronze aged parinoid supperstitions that cloud and contract the mind with some empty and undesireable promise that sparks can burn forever.
Our time is finite, this gives our life meaning; this gives our life purpose; this gives our life urgency. live life today. Savor it."- Thunderfoot
staledoughnuts1 3 years ago
"I srtongly urge you to accept you mortality. Do not let the fear of your inevitalbe death make you waste your only mortal life pursuing fantasims and delusions. look at yourself in the mirror. For billions of years those particles that are looking back at you have been circulating through out the universe. but for a brief moment they have coelest in you. Rejoice in the impressive instant untill they disapate from whence they came. Delight that your a spark of light in the universe.
staledoughnuts1 3 years ago
i couldn't put it better my self. this video is now on my favorites. a nice quote that i always go back to when people ask me how i find happyness. thanks for the video. awesome.
staledoughnuts1 3 years ago 2
Yeah I'm totoally sick of all the repetition too.
MillionSword 3 years ago
A difficult concept approached with simplicity and fact. Nicely presented, you seem very well-spoken.
Thanks for touching on this topic. I've wondered for a long time how to approach the religious people I love (family, friends, etc) without alienating myself from them... and I too came to the conclusion that you can't get around it. Its much too all-encompassing to just let pass by, should you be confronted with the issue.
The sad truth is that some family ties will sever over this.
DeadlyChinchilla 3 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
you sound so confused in your video. Pray to God for wisdom. Science usually manifests facts to make you believe something and to fit thier conclusion . What is carbon testing really? Do you know?The Bible is the truth. If you read it ,it will tell you what was,what is and whats to come. And I can tell you this time is short, ask Jesus to come into your life.
love peace wisdom faith
a servant
vasiliosrigos 3 years ago
"Science usually manifests facts to make you believe something and to fit thier conclusion."
Uhm, I'm not really getting your statement. If science 'manifests' facts (and I'm going by the definition that manifest means to demonstrate clearly or prove) then how would they make you believe something or fit their conclusion? If it can be shown clearly, and can explain the natural phenomena accurately, then no belief is required to accept that as a working explanation to whatever their explaining.
iAstrophysics 3 years ago
vasiliosrigos
Sky-daddy worship or his son or any of the other thousands of past gods, is considered delusional thought and behaviour. You should look into recovering from your delusion. Your prognosis is largely related to the level of conviction you have in this delusion and the openness you possess to allow info that contradicts your delusion. Doctors diagnose this disorder if you are excessively preoccupied by your belief, especially if you are unswayed by contra-evidence. Read non-fiction.
saxmanchiro 3 years ago
Vasiliosrigos, can you prove that the Bible is true?
AJComixII 3 years ago
ATHEISTS. what is the point in life?
i would like 2 know
wow3310inline 3 years ago
What do you mean? Finding a 'point' in life is a strictly human thing to want. It's a product of intellect. Life inherently has no purpose - it's a continual dance of creation and destruction. I suppose the only real point I can see to life is the ability for an animal, the human, to reach out and spread across the cosmos, learning as much about the natural world as possible before it all implodes, haha!
huxtiblejones 3 years ago
Ambition.
People must look at themselves as individuals, knowing what makes them happy and become willing to stand up for it in spite of others.
Now I understand there's a difference between living THROUGH a god and living FOR a god. It makes a lot more sense to me living without, people have to take responsibility for themselves more often and try to rely on the goodness of others is possible without religion to do so.
KeijiKG 3 years ago
The meaning to your life is what you make it: Family, love, cars, music, art, cheese burgers, what ever you want
GTRrocker666 3 years ago
When you read "The Case For A Creator" by Lee Stobel...pls let me know if you still do not believe there is a Creator...God may hate religion! But all evidence points to an intelligent design and a Creator...which may have nothing to do with any religious dogma...give this a shot...
A former agnostic/Athiest
JohnnyC1568 3 years ago
I dare you to name three pieces of evidence which point to an intelligent designer. Do it on this page in public.
huxtiblejones 3 years ago
Mozart,
That feeling you get when you are in a convertible and you drive through leaves falling from the trees.
cooperation, sharing, caring for and valuing others is logical.
Atheism is as old as doubt: thinking that something is superstitious BS. God thinks with evolution, big bangs, weather, the sea, biology, photons and the geometry of matter. The truth is enough, Religion is fear and trying to tell God what to do.
Atheism is Truth revealed, discovering how things truly are.
marsCubed 3 years ago
Hmm, looks like you couldn't come up with anything. It's okay, the idea of God is purely philosophical, it has no basis in evidence.
huxtiblejones 3 years ago
Don't say that evidence points to intellegent design. The only reason anyone says that is through ignorance of science and a weird need to to overly mystified by honestly simple things.
rocketmanlegacy 3 years ago
I'm a catholic and I'm not going to tell you that your wrong even though it's what I think. However I find it hard to believe you live a happy life without God. I'm 16 years old and I was raised with the belief in God, and how God teaches to love one another. I don't understand why thats hated so much. Anyway what I would like to say is that theres hope for people like you. God is very accepting. And you can always turn to him. Feel free to message me back.
lmeisstevel 3 years ago
I'm not going to try to bash your beliefs, but humor something for me. Read Leviticus and Deuteronomy. You may be thinking, "But that's the Old Testament. It doesn't matter anymore." In that case, read the passage Matthew 5:17-20. It talks about the "Law," and what it means by that is the Torah, which is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Imagunnut 3 years ago
We don't see anything wrong with us, you do. Maybe that is why you feel your beliefs are hated. If you were more accepting maybe Atheists wouldn't care that you were religious, but everyone has to be like you and that is a problem in a free society where a belief of God is chosen to be the national belief, when really it was only put on money 50 years ago by religious fanatics that had to have their beleifs validated by adding the word God to the pledge.
GTRrocker666 3 years ago
good video. but we all know that there will always be religion because its a money maker but even if we gave these people the facts you all know they dont care about facts they say that faith is all they need
its. bs i was raised catholic and its all crap
Joeyz444 3 years ago
thank goodness I live in the UK and I don't have to go around saying sorry for being an atheist.
so far...
tieInterceptor 3 years ago
Good advice. I don't know why people feel like coming out of the closet , though. Must people I hang out with don't care that much about God anyway.People who want to stir up drama with with the whole atheism thing are uncool. But the moment one of the creationist brings up some claim it feels great destroying it.
windex72 3 years ago
Mortality gives us purpose. We only have one shot at life, let's make the best of it.
Habaruori 3 years ago
Good vid and the point about Atheism revealing your mortality and how precious our lives really our to the point that it is our only life on this planet. I think this is our strongest point in morality against theists. They believe if you can do anything and just go to heaven or hell, but we only have one life. What we do is all we have and why waste our lives with murder or religion a non-beneficial existence. Make the best of the life you have.
MisumiKuro 3 years ago
You're wrong to say that facts will win every debate. To a religious person, our acceptance of the facts is just as much a "belief", a religious stance, as their beliefs, and as such they do not accept that the facts are valid points, that the facts prove or disprove anything. To them, no fact is solid, because the tools used to obtain that fact could have been built using faulty premises, etc. It is a simple lack of knowledge, the foundation needed to understand and accept the facts as facts.
endergt 3 years ago
That's right Mr Jones. Good video. Thank goodness for youtube, arming atheists for debate since 2006!
JmkLcAeJsm 3 years ago
To be an 'equipped' Atheist takes a lot of dedication and time. You'll need to learn your Bible well- citing the verses that show just how immoral it is. Slavery, genocide, etc. You'll need to learn about the history of your Religion. The foundations of Christianity are very shaky. Jesus never existed as a person you'll find out. And you'll need to understand evolution well, abiogenesis, the history of life, etc. Check out the aronra channel on YT for a start and TalkOrigins (dotNET) as well.
Cyraside 3 years ago
In Europe atheists are never mocked except by the many muslims we have nowadays (they seem to have a very effective brainwashing method).
But it is true atheism is very liberating for you mind and your ability to reason.
freethinkerbell 3 years ago 3
wow - we ought to talk. message me. thanks.
Brian
kokob7 3 years ago
Awesome! Retaliate with education and knowledge!
sputnikowns 3 years ago
you sound almost exactly like Variablast... it's kinda creepy.
TomConger 3 years ago
Where the hell have you been dude?
AgainstAllGods 3 years ago
Just doing art and smoking, soaking up the world and forgetting about all the arguments!
Sorry for disappearing, haha.
huxtiblejones 3 years ago
Excellent vid.
I find that the more knowledge I gain about science that life has more meaning. I used to keep my atheism to myself, but now I am glad to say that I am an atheist.
HaleyMary 3 years ago 2
great vid! i can relate, i've never had a belief in god either and the more and more i gained knowledge on how to defeat religious arguments, the more confidence i had. i love telling people i'm an atheist.
Sean2046 3 years ago
Well said! I totally agree... ★★★★★
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Katalyzt 3 years ago
I've heard that some people have had success with not using the word. Know what I mean? Saying "I don't go/belong to a church", instead of saying, "I'm an atheist".
It seems that the knuckle dragger Christians tend to have a knee jerk reaction to the A-word... and they're too dumb to understand it's the same thing.
TETSUno1 3 years ago
haha, that's what my dad's done his whole life and yeah, it's worked for him. i myself wear my atheism like a badge of honor :)
Sean2046 3 years ago
I sometimes wish I could do that... but unfortunately I'm Finnish, pretty much nobody in the country gives a damn about religion. Takes the fun out of it when the reply to being an atheist is "...so what?" instead of the traditional "burn in hell!!!".
*sigh*
TETSUno1 3 years ago
You could always visit the American Bible belt for some action. ;)
PhoenixIgnis 3 years ago 2
It's like people are taking it personal that I'm Agnostic Atheist.
XSILENTS 2 years ago