This is the way it is... the concept of god is the most radical that can be proposed, and to one who isn't raised to believe in this concept, as adam said, or to one who has no direct experiential evidence of god... the concept of the existence of god may very well seem quite asinine. It could even be said that it is asinine to truly believe in god without experiential evidence... although it should also be said that it is asinine to absolutely rule out the possibility of the existence of god>
given the observation of our present condition. I won't go further into that.
It's not entirely surprising that even a very smart man like adam would not believe at all in a god when he has had no experiential evidence of the presence or existence of god. This is a vital factor in order in truly believe in, again, the most radical concept which could exist, but it is not at all foolish to suspect the existence of god. It is however, foolish to claim certain knowledge a priori, of either belief.
I looked up what you were talking about. The "asked of protestants" applied to the next three questions, beyond that they were back to the random sample of all Americans from which the 92% figure was drawn.
@Jeffersonwazright Ouch... thank you for being the 80,000th person to make that same comment on here. Replace "god" with "unicorns." It's simply saying what you know to be reasonably true within our given world. Same thing as stating: I know there are no unicorns. I know there are no underpants gnomes. etc.
JESUS CHRIST, HIS CATHOLIC-UNIVERSAL-APOSTOLIC CHURCH, SACRAMENTS, THE BIBLE, MIRACLES, HEALINGS, ST. MARY APPARITIONS, MESSAGES FROM HEAVEN, SIGNS IN 2011 ARE NOT A MYTHOLOGY BUT THE REALITY !!!
For all you know the universe could be some antfarm equivalent, a toy for some infinitely complex species, who watches everything for their own amusement. Such a being would fulfill the role of an omnipotent creator, or a god. Until you can know how the universe was created, what exists outside, and what purpose does it serve, it seems to me rather naive to cast your decision on whether or not a god exists.
Adam is wrong on this subject. You don't KNOW, you THINK there isn't a god. Nobody knows for sure. Looking up at the starry sky you can see how small and simple we are, there are things infinitely more complex than us out there, much of it beyond the understanding of the human brain. We haven't evolved to calculate infinities in our heads for example. I think what you meant to say here is you don't believe in religion (which is man-made), and not a god-like "creator" which may or may not exist.
great vid. but to be 100% sure that theres nothing else, thats not very smart to say. I know theres no chance that any religion is right, and im 99.99% sure theres nothing after death....but yeah. even he said so, we dont know.
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I know my comments will not be popular on this video, but I couldn't disagree more on the subject. I've personally experienced multiple events on the battlefields of Iraq in 2003 where it was clear that we were protected. I can talk shit about Allah, because he was no where to be found. Several events that consistantly defied logic or odds and all happened to be in our favor. I have no fear of death and in many ways I look forward to it, because I KNOW their is something better when we die.
@wlindenlaub Man, that's an awesome way to live your life... like it's just an appetizer. And if death's so great, sounds like your magic protector didn't do you any favors in Iraq. Congrats on being so wildly narcissistic that you think some god is turning events in your personal favor, while thousands simultaneously suffer and die, when their prayers to the very same god go unanswered.
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@mrbunsen Maybe you misunderstood my earlier comment. Our prayers did not go unanswered. Because our true God exists. However all the dirty camel jockeys praying to some false pedophile god did, because allah is a false god. That is why they suffered and died. We were not praying to the same God. Hope this clears it up for you.
@wlindenlaub I didn't misunderstand your meaning at all. What i can't understand is how you can be so narcissistic as to say "my god saved me and likes me" while thousands of other U.S. troops have died in your very same situation. Many of those troops were likely just as pious as you and shared the same idea of god.
@mrbunsen Alright, I understand now what you're saying. I've come to realize that when we die is not up to us. This life is the appetizer unless you don't play by the rules. Then you have to go to sleep hungry. It does not matter when someone dies in the grande scheme of things, what matters is what we do with our time occupying this physical form. Make sense?
@wlindenlaub "allah" means god, you being deployed in iraq should know this. all gods are the same god they're just different cultures and different ways of interpreting him. the reason you guys survived was because you were better soldiers, nothing more and nothing less. i applaud your faith but when it comes down to it god only exists in your mind and weather you choose to accept him is up to you. if you choose not to accept god your no less of a person than someone who does.
@wlindenlaub our side killed many more civilians then there's ever has. Baghdad vs the 3,000 at WTC? Fuch your self entitled, underprivileged, dense mind.
@legend3061 I hope you realize that you are a dumbass. You do know that the enemies we are fighting don't have the balls to put on a military uniform right? Which means they are all dressed as civilians. Also just because an Iraqi or Afghan gets killed while dressed as a civilian doesn't mean they are a civilian. If they fire on us, it doesn't matter how they are dressed. They are enemy combatants.
@wlindenlaub A uniform? The US isn't at war with an army. They invaded multiple countries under false pretenses. They bombed innocent people and have saturated their territory. What would you do if Russia bombed Chicago because of some terrorists that don't even represent your country or it's interests and swarmed all over your land? Of course you make IED's. The only people I know who join the present day military are racists pretending to be patriotic, psychotic hicks who want to kill people.
@wlindenlaub guerilla tactics have existed throughout man's history, when the odds are severely stacked against a defending territory. That's what is pathetic about this "war". The US is supposedly the worlds mightiest superpower and after 11 years hasn't managed to overcome an enemy who's only means of defense are car bombs, decades old firearms, and cell phones. You should be ashamed, invading someone who's too poor to afford water and still not being able to achieve an easy victory
@legend3061 Do you honestly think we couldn't completely destroy the enemy? It has dragged on as long as it has because the ones in power are liberal pussies like yourself, and don't have the stomach for the medicine. If you doubt that research the numbers in Fallujah when the hand cuffs were off the Marines for around 72 hours. Our politicians are more dangerous to our military than the enemy we're fighting.
@wlindenlaub The US has been in Iraq for eleven years, it costs 100 billion dollars a year on average and has took the lives of almost 4,500 American soldiers (ironically, more than died on 911). You cannot completely destroy the enemy as you say, or else it would obviously have been done within the first few years. Pray as much as you want and please go back and eat a bullet.
@wlindenlaub Bush was in power for the first 8 years of your war. You think he was liberal? you are a mindless fool, the perfect demographic for the US infantry
@legend3061 Obviously you were too stupid to check out the numbers of losses on both sides during the Marine offensive in Fallujah. Your comment made me laugh though. I've had a few occasions where someone has tried to feed me a bullet. Lol, and RPGs in Baghdad, and mortars at the Saddam Canal yet no one was successful. My God has protected me. Regardless of our differences, we are both going to die. The major difference is when you die... you'll still be a piece of shit.
@wlindenlaub You actually think I'm going to research Fallujah to win an argument with someone who believes in angels? I think the fact that the bullets missed your thick head had more to do with your enemy's complete lack of formal training and their empty stomachs than with any intervention from your sky daddy. As big a piece of shit you think I am, as a christian, you're the fool who is obligated to pray for me. Put in a good word for me to your imaginary pal, wish really hard at the ceiling
@wlindenlaub pedophile god? Dirty camel jockeys? This is the kind of unthinking hatred that makes you an ideal candidate to serve in Iraq. We need more knuckle-draggers like you to go over there and fertilize the desert with their cross toting bodies. It's pretty Darwinian if you think about it. Our gene tree is pruning itself of apes like you. Do us a favour and never procreate.
@legend3061 It's a shame that you didn't have the spine to go over to Iraq with me and try to fertilize their soil with my "cross toting body". I'd be willing to bet you would've met God personally. With people like you I can understand why liberals believe in abortion. It's too bad your mother didn't. I'll tell you what, I'll pray for her.
@wlindenlaub If there was a god, i might have more chance of meeting him than someone who not only kills people, but seems to enjoy doing it. Whatever justification you cling on to, you are a racist and murderous person. Pray in one hand and shit in the other, see which fills faster. If you were a real christian, instead of just going through the motions, you are obligated to pray for me. You are obviously an armchair theist picking and choosing the tenements that work in your favour. Smart...
@wlindenlaub You realize that your buddy jesus was from the Middle East, right? Do you ever think about that when you are polishing your rifle and dreaming about hunting
@legend3061 Yes, I'm well aware of that. You do know he was Jewish, right? We weren't in the middle east killing Jews. Also, just because we are fighting in the same region of the world that Jesus came from does not make those over the "christ-like". Honestly, I didn't have to dream about it. I was there. Twice, and the only thought that crossed my mind cleaning my rifle was just to make sure that it wouldn't jam.
@wlindenlaub If I were to show you a picture of an Israelite next to a picture of an Iraqi, would you be able to identify which one is the "Camel Jockey?" The only difference between them besides _______________ (fill that in) is that one country happens to believe in the same exact fairy tale as you, while the other believes in the exact same fairy tale until they branched off from the old testament thousands of years ago. You do know that jews, christians and muslims share the same god, right?
@wlindenlaub Again, if I were to show you a picture of someone from jesus' home town and someone from Iraq, could you identify which is the camel jockey? Likewise, if I were able to show you a snapshot of jesus christ himself, you would more than likely call him a camel jockey worshiping a "pedophile god."
jews, muslims and christians all read the old testament, therefore, you believe in the same god that they do. Maybe you're a racist, maybe you're an idiot, more than likely a mixture of both
Allah means "god" genius. it's the same god as in the christian bible, the god of abraham and isaac. use your gi bill to learn some things then form an opinion. @wlindenlaub
@wlindenlaub thank you for your service and thank you for standing up to the pretentious atheists. but you will never get through to them, the have to believe they don't know everything and that will never happen.
Agree with most of what he says except "I know there's no god". How can you know? I agree you can respond to the traditional human ideas of a god and say - "that almost definitely doesn't exist". I don't see how you can be certain about anything like that though- there could be feasible ideas of god that we haven't heard of yet. I think it's better to stick with probabilities- and saying "I know there's no god" gives religious people a lot of ammunition to keep the "arrogant atheist" idea going
@GodTheHypothesis Many atheists are 100% sure the god of the bible doesn't exist. Sure, there might be a god that created our universe, but there's no evidence that a god cares about us and there's no evidence for an afterlife.
Well as soon as someone talks about being 100% certain, they've stopped being rational or scientific. I don't know any atheists that would say 100%- I'm not really 100% sure about ANYTHING. Saying there's no evidence for something is very different. I'd say I'm only about 90% sure the christian god doesn't exist.
@GodTheHypothesis As is true for anything that can't feasibly be proven or disproven, there is no 100% either way. However, I live my life by a number of virtues, one of them being that if there's no evidence or hint or ANYTHING that something exists or is happening, until that changes, I assume it doesn't exist. This is where God is for me. If I look into a room and see no one, I'll assume nobody is there. I will not assume that there is an invisible man there until evidence presents itself.
Yep, I agree with all that. I think that's a much better way of putting it than saying you're 100% sure of something- in my eyes that just plays into the hands of the religious who want to talk about atheists being arrogant: which is a truly ironic claim.
Atheist do not know there is no god anymore than the religious knows there is a god. Its the tangible paradox. The Atheists cannot explain the ridiculous odds of our existence and the religious cannot show physical evidence that there has been an intelligent design. Anyone who says they know 100% for sure is being pompous because NEITHER side has proof. Which brings us back to the tangible paradox. How do you prove that there is not a higher power? How do you prove there is one?
I'm an ass for actually lowering myself to this discussion but I think a lot atheists would find a lot less problems with religion if more "Christians" followed Christianity. If we had a serious discussion and threw out the infallibility of the Bible we'd might see the truths in it. The Ten Commandments (with some flexibility in interpretation), The Golden Rule, Love Thy Neighbor as thy self, I can't imagine what wrongs could be done by following the core of those rules.
@EclosionProductions Is this a joke? Never mind religious people committing atrocities in the Middle East as i type this at the command of their holy book... Read "evil bible . com" for 30 seconds and then re-ask "what wrongs could be done by following the bible's truths?"
@EclosionProductions Then follow them, but those ideas are not unique to Christianity, so don't be smug about it, as most "humble" Christians are. And whether you live that way or not, you still have to die, and it will be a lot like before you were born: total, eternal oblivion. Nothingness. To think anything else is childish.
@EclosionProductions Your kind disgusts me. Christianity encourages equality and respect of other beliefs. Its people like you that make ME want to become an atheist.
I've also done some deep research about Islam, if you read about it you would not be saying the atrocities you are now. No wonder you americans have a stereotype of being uneducated morons, you make the US look bad. God help you.
@Giiinaaah89 Bullshit.Christianity has never encouraged equality. Its partly the foundation of white supremacy and anti-semitism in Europe and the US.
Christians had no problem with slavery and used the bible to support it.
Christians had no problem with segregation and anti-miscegenation.
Christians were and are against femnism.
Christians were and are against gays.
Equality and tolerance are not Christian values, they are secular values.
@EclosionProductions you'll never get through to the atheists. they think they have all the secrets of the universe, how do you get through to someone like that?
@uberrrich No the fundamentalist Chrstians, Muslim, Jews and other religious nuts pretend to have all the secrets to the universe. That's why this world is fucked up and always will be.
Just stick to what religion does best in this country: butressing white supremacy, trying to repress gays and women and taking in as much money as they possibly can-In God's Name.
I can care less if he believes or not... He is a comedian and that's about it, nothing more, nothing less. Funny how he likes to talk about narcissistic morons who think their opinion counts bur then wastes 7 and a half minutes trying to tell 95% of the population they are wrong...stick to politics and and zingy one liners...no one really cares if you believe in God or not...that is a personal choice. BTW, if you are looking to guys like Adam for spiritual advice then you are in sad shape...
You can't deduce that there is no god. One induces that the supernatural does not exist. (i.e. the supernatural conflicts with the basic axioms of knowledge)
Carolla makes the assumption that he has "logic" to determine right from wrong. But logic is a subjective property based off the context of the thinker. As an atheist, he comes across as hypocritical. How can you judge another’s internal perspective of life without an external law?
It's because an intrinsic rule does exist, one which cannot be explained in the current context of what we know. It's a question of metaphysics and ontology, and one which merits the existence of a higher power.
Carolla isn't dumb, I enjoy a lot of his rants, but not when it comes to religion. The argument stems much deeper than the logic of some fanatic 'christian fundamentalist'. Its an ontological question which forms the foundation for objective thought/objective morality. In fact, you cannot speak objectively without the concept of a higher power holding precedent, by atheistic default; an individuals outlook on life holds just as much merit as the next: all reasoning and logic become subjective.
@HandyMan101 Agreed. I love the guy and I think he's still searching. One thing he certainly is not is a leftard! By that I mean one of these clueless anti American Marxist/Socialist/Communist/Progressive/Collectivist who condemn Capitalism and competition while talking on their iphone & who despite all historical evidence to the contrary actually believe that if we just give enough of our precious individual liberty & freedom to the federal government then man made utopia will ensue.
There is a God. There is a Lord and Savior and He loves us. He doesn't punish you, hate you for being same sex orientated, or vote differently from your neighbor. But here is a shocker: people die. Parents, grandparents, your pets die. And it isn't because you cheated on your taxes, or because you were disapointed by the end of The Sapronos. It just something that happens. Atheism is based on disapointing results. Man proposes, God disposes.
@HandyMan101 Saying you know there's no unicorns is the height of arrogance. "That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."
@beefking69er Which god are you referring to that has this omnipotence? Any one from scripture or just a nebulous concept of one?
If you believe there is a god that's omnipotent and also takes an interest in our human lives... then god sure is a huge asshole for allowing things like genocide, children with cancer, suffering and torture. He's omnipotent and just stands there with his arms folded with indifference.
You can't have good without evil, one cannot exist without the other. If only 'good' existed, how could it be defined?
As an atheist, your conjecture relies on subjective reasoning, as defined by nothing but personal understanding; therefore, good and evil don't exist as an external "property".
Enjoy living in a world of solipsism where the world around you is unjustifiable..
You could still have a concept of good and evil with a lot less pointless suffering than there is now. A loving God could do everything just as he does now but could remove bone cancer in children- and the notion of good and evil would be virtually the same. The only justifications I've heard for this are basically comedy scripts.
I don't know if you realize it, but (within your reply), you're still using the widely accepted notion of 'objective morality' to make the distinction between what is good/evil and the stages therein.
Atheists abandon this notion when they decide there is no God, seeing as the concept of a moral law is exclusively a question based on ontological grounds.
How can you make accusations which negate your belief system?(Assuming your atheist)
Well atheists don't necessarily abandon this. We simply don't know if objective morals exist or not. The idea that they're grounded in God is simply an assertion and one I don't take seriously until it's demonstrated to be the case. You could even believe in a God that has no moral aspect so one certainly doesn't imply the other. Even if morals are really just subjective, they're based on consistent traits about life so that we can still say that "murder is wrong".
@mrbunsen, He's likely doing more than you or I know about. I've seen enough amazing wonderful things come from what seemed like dire straights to know miracles are taking place all the time.
I'm a Christian and am gratified that a recent (June 2011) Gallup poll showed that 92% of Americans believe in God, virtually unchanged results since 1944. I'd also like to point out that Adam's got far and away the best podcast in the country. Just check out the new (2-days old) app...it's phenomenal. Regardless of whether we realize, like, or accept it, God is intimately acquainted with each and every one of us, and still profoundly loves us.
@pbmdh Gallup is a very reputable non biased polling company that released this poll on faith in America on June 3, 2011. It's not hard to find online. The numbers are correct.
@M0rdH0rst Wrong. In May of 2011 Gallup asked a random sample of Americans this exact question: "Do you believe in God or a universal spirit?" Over 9 in 10 said that they did. That number has remained virtually unchanged since 1944. Many leftist anti-American organizations relentlessly propagandize the lie that faith in God is fading in America. It's not. The lowest % of believers in God were the 18 to 29 year old in America....at 84% or nearly 9 in 10.
@3434arc1 I was refering to: "gallup com poll 1690 religion aspx"
In the first section they were asking all persons. In that section 14% said "No Religion" and 20% said religion is "Not very important". Later comes a text saying:
"ASKED OF PROTESTANTS; BASED ON NATIONAL ADULTS"
And after that are the 92% -> 92% of all protestants believe in a god.
@3434arc1 I googled "gallup poll religion" and a May 2010 poll showed 16% choosing no religion. Regardless, realize that even at a high levels, that the US stands alone in it's level of modernization and a population claiming a form of god (by most any measurement, GDP, ect.) The U.S. also suffers from unique levels of crime among more modern nations.
While that's logically sound, it's certainly not a good argument FOR something that it can't be disproved. You can create an infinite number of things in your imagination that couldn't be disproved if you make them outside of space and time (a 'location' that God has conveniently assumed)
I've seen polls that would disagree with that- and the way they're phrased tends to make a big difference. I've seen one that had 15% at either atheist or agnostic.
it's not i know there is no god,it's there is no god period end of story.now put your book away and come out to the real world and say wow is this earth.
In regards to this, if everyone KNOWS there's no God, and YOU know that they KNOW, why not just let them be?
Faith gives people something to hold on to when there's nothing else to hold on to. Why take that away from a person? Would you tell a small child there is no Santa Claus just because it's TRUE? No! You let them figure it out for themselves. Everyone has there own way. Just like you. So stop bitching.
@babuganoosh Are you sure you don't mean hope? This is often confused with faith. The definition of faith is believing something in the absence of evidence or in spite of evidence to the contrary. Religion has bastardized the idea of faith as a good thing. Glorified willful ignorance. Hope on the other hand is a positive attitude in the face of difficulty. Big difference.
@newcoyote I totally agree with you on the religion aspect of it, so I can see where you made the connection of faith-religion, because they often go hand in hand. But faith and hope can also go hand in hand. Some people dont need faith to have hope, thats great. But some do need it, and for those who do, it keeps them going. Faith and religion are totally different like you said, and probably like you I gave up on the institution of religion a long time ago. That said, faith is good for some.
@newcoyote I totally agree with you on the religion aspect of it, so I can see where you made the connection of faith-religion, because they often go hand in hand. But faith and hope can also go hand in hand. Some people dont need faith to have hope, thats great. But some do need it, and for those who do, it keeps them going. Faith and religion are totally different like you said, and probably like you I gave up on the institution of religion a long time ago. That said, faith is good for some.
ALTHOUGH I'M A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN (Baptist), I no longer believe that the Bible teaches eternal torment or suffering. The Bible teaches eternal punishment, but it's not eternal torment. In my popular Internet article, TRADITIONAL DOCTRINE OF HELL EVOLVED FROM GREEK ROOTS, I explain how and why teaching of eternal torment entered early into Christianity and how Scriptures have been misinterpreted and taken out of context to support that teaching. ~Babu G. Ranganathan (B.A. theology/biology)
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SCIENCE SHOWS THAT THE UNIVERSE could not have sustained itself eternally because of entropy (even in an open system). Einstein confirmed that space, matter, and time had a beginning! That beginning had to be supernatural because natural laws have no ability to bring the universe into existence from nothing. The supernatural cannot be proved by science but science points to a supernatural intelligence for the origin and order of the universe ~ HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM (Article)
EINSTEIN CONFIRMED that space and time are just as physical as matter. That's why space and time can be altered by gravity, and space produces particles. Einstein's equations show that the universe couldn’t be eternal. It had a beginning. Einstein believed, because of science, in the existence of God behind the origin and order of the universe. He didn't believe in a personal God like Christians do, but he did believe science pointed to the existence of an all powerful and intelligent Creator
EINSTEIN CONFIRMED that space and time are just as physical as matter. That's why space and time can be altered by gravity, and space produces particles. Einstein's equations show that the universe couldn’t be eternal. It had a beginning. Einstein believed, because of science, in the existence of God behind the origin and order of the universe. He didn't believe in a personal God like Christians do, but he did believe science pointed to the existence of an all powerful and intelligent Creator
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NOT NATURE MADE! Just because something exists in nature doesn't mean it was invented or made by Nature. If all the chemicals that make-up an earthworm were scattered and left to themselves, "Mother Nature" would have no ability to re-organize them into a worm again. It takes an already existing worm to bring about another worm. The worm exists and reproduces in nature but Nature didn't design or invent the worm! Read my Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
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NATURAL SELECTION IS NO BLIND WATCHMAKER because it can only "select," not produce or arrange. If a variation survives, that's called being "selected." Natural selection operates only once there is life and reproduction, not before, so it couldn't have been involved in life's origins. A partially-evolved cell (an oxymoron) would quickly disintegrate. It couldn't wait ("survive") millions of years for chance to complete it and then make it alive! Read: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
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GENETIC INFORMATION CANNOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE, so it's more logical to believe that genetic similarities between all forms of life are due to a common Designer who designed similar functions for similar purposes. It doesn't mean all forms of life are biologically related! Also, "Junk DNA" isn't junk. These non-coding segments of DNA have recently been found to be vital in regulating gene expression. Read my popular Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
ALL REAL EVOLUTION ( i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.) in nature is the expression, over time, of already existing genes. Evolution is possible only if there’s information (genes) directing it. Only variations of already existing genes are possible, which means only limited evolution and adaptations are possible. Nature has no ability to invent new genes via random mutations caused by random environmental forces. That’s evolutionary faith, not science. Read my article, WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
ALL REAL EVOLUTION ( i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.) in nature is the expression, over time, of already existing genes. Evolution is possible only if there’s information (genes) directing it. Only variations of already existing genes are possible, which means only limited evolution and adaptations are possible. Nature has no ability to invent new genes via random mutations caused by random environmental forces. That’s evolutionary faith, not science. Read my article, WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
DO EYES CARRY SCARS OF EVOLUTION? Read this fantastic Internet article by biologist and creationist Brian Thomas. Thomas refutes every argument of a "flawed" design for the eye, and explains how and why the so-called flaw is actually the best thing for the eye. Read the article! It's amazing what facts evolutionists will ignore. Numerous times evolutionists have been proven wrong about their interpretation of a structure as being flawed or useless.
This is a fun discussion to have. This is an argument that no one will win. Not a single person has the power in a youtube comment to convince someone their beliefs on life are wrong.
@snakebitgoat It's much more narrow-minded to assume true the religious lies passed on from generations of parents living in the same geographical region for centuries. What's more narrow-minded: To pretend you already have the answer to everything or be open to new reason and evidence?
@snakebitgoat Jesus could change every Atheist's open mind tomorrow if he started the rapture and came back to earth. Every Atheist and Scientist would have to say, "i was wrong, & based on this new evidence Christianity is clearly true." At the same time, we actually HAVE discovered things like evolution & the fossil record which decimate claims of Christianity. Instead of accepting new evidence like a scientist would, Christians ignore it, or try to reason around it. Close-minded
@mrbunsen so scientist=atheist? That's a big leap and well free will cancels out forcing Jesus to "Opene everybody's mind" forcing people's mind isn't what I call open-minded liek what you're doing
@snakebitgoat You're missing the point: Atheists are open-minded in that they are free to imagine a scenario that could change their world view at any time based on new evidence. The religious are closed off to this same possibility because they already have all the answers written in pen by the supposed creator. It's not a malleable viewpoint, So a Christian either has to close their mind off from learning new information like Evolution, or their entire worldview is untenable.
See, I'm a free thinker, I think religions are good because they guide people to goodness. But fanatically believe something thats doubtable, well, it's just dumb.
if God is unable to prevent evil, he is not omnipotent
if God is not willing to prevent evil, he is not benevolent
If God is not benevolent and omnipotent, then why worship him?
@Flipthatchicken321 I'll skip the whence cometh evil argument since I'm no pro at apologetics but I do believe fanaticism is wrong. I'm also just saying Adam is sounding just as close-minded as fundie just saying
"He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’ “But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’” Luke 16
How do religious people lie to themselves? If you believe in a god, you believe, nothing else. Also i'm sure religious scientists understand the laws of the universe like you, Adam.
Sad... religious families have to listen to ignorant dolts on the radio like this. It's ok to have an opinion on religion, but why try and convince yourself you know how this universe started?
@danielkirk1 they lie by assuming things! Not a single religious person can get even near proving the existence of god. Not a single piece of evidence exists to support religious claims. Yet people assume it is true. Every belief or opinion has to be grounded in facts, otherwise they are completely unsubstantiated. So yes, when you believe something that was not even proved, you are lying to yourself.
@eleminatus every belief has to be grounded in facts? This would only be true if we knew everything in the universe. The words you type are even man made. Everything you have ever had in life had a starting point. And when it comes to 100% fact, atheists have no proof of how time started AT ALL.
So please, go to Adam carollas tonight, and discuss a mathematical equation to help you see beyond time. Yeah that's right YOU CANT DO THE IMPOSSIBLE.
@danielkirk1 you dont have to know everything to reach a conclusion on a single point. Your point is silly at best (no offense). And how is having a starting point even relevant to my argument? Im not arguing the origin of time, Im arguing what to base the beliefs on - you dont have proof that god exists yet you believe in him! Such belief is not based or grounded on anything tangible whatsoever hence you lie to yourself!
@eleminatus My point is that to me, the fact that everything we witness has a starting point instinctly and logically tells me that an intelligent designer is present. To me, evolution,religious scientists,biology,mathematics only proves god exists also. Music for example is an unexplainable phenomenon when it comes to the why and how it's beautiful. Careful not to be too narrow minded like i am sometimes.
@danielkirk1 key words here are "to me"! The fact that you interpret the knowledge you possess and conclude that designer is present is a mere speculation. A speculation that yet again is not grounded in anything tangible. If you think science shows any correlation with designer, then provide a paper or an article. Can you?! There is a system with which we determine what is true and what is not, you simply ignore it!
@eleminatus We have a difference in views hence why i say "to me", the rest was just you putting words into my mouth. In biology we learn most things have an ancestor, everything has a starting point. You're hypercritical because you're speculating that you know the unknown. Tell me what made the universe or silence.
@danielkirk1 sure, everything has a beginning, so what? Just because of that you assume designer is at hand here?! Im not saying that I know the unknown, im saying that you dont know either, so how can you make such conclusion! Who made the designer then? Who made the designer of the designer? And so on! We may never know the complete origins of our universe, doesnt mean we can just speculate and make wild conclusions!
@eleminatus You're right, I've never actually went to gods house and had a cup of coffee... But just like scientists can have their theories, I also can have faith that god (none in specific, just the thing/being that created life) is responsible for us being present. I think like all atheists, you're asking questions way too far into the deep-end like "who created god then?" I'm sure if we were meant to know, we would by now. Let's live our life and see after death what happens.
I used to think this way until i started making youtube videos. Now i am completely confident that absolutely no one knows for sure. there is absolutely no way to prove either sides. If you claim to know everything,you are wrong. Because you don't know. Please prove me wrong. You can't cause i can't prove your wrong.
to be held accountable for you actions? I'm not speaking to any one individual so please don't take this as offensive to you personally because that is not how I mean any of my words. I'm speaking if you will to the general feeling and mindframe of the atheist community from what statements I've read thus far.
promiscuous behavior never would have been tolerated. society today praises and rejoices as these moral footings of society slip away and the norm falls to an "almost anything goes" position. anyways, so assuming the majority of actually true and practicing believers are good, honest, people and families who do no harm to you, then what good do you accomplish out of mocking such people? Where's all this drive to tear apart our beliefs or just merely judge us coming from? Do you just not want
such claims. Why spend time attacking and disrespecting people who believe in something that could be true? As long as it doesn't lead them to harm anyone. People who only treat others with respect, kindness, and decency. Hardworking, law abiding, contributing citizens, who raise families with morals and values, values and morals which in today's society are mocked and trampled upon and completely thrown out the window, and this is the norm. when only a century ago such vulgar and
certain and fully validated conclusions where there is no evidence. it's one thing to just state that you don't believe in any such existence, but to full on declare you know there isn't any existence of a God and judge believers to be retarded because we don't only use science, but also faith in addition to that (in all honesty every bit of science thus far points towards the existence of a God), is plainly and completely hypocritical and ungrounded. I would find myself embarassed to make
@logicnreason1. You are spot on. Most of the comments and statements I've read on here and from other atheism discussions, by those who are atheists, are entirely ungrounded and fully hypocritical. atheists take the side of science and having to prove things by evidence right? Well, considering all the possibilities that are out there in the unknown universe having to do with the existence and work of a Deity/God, and the lack of evidence about it, they sure seem confident in making
EVERYONE WAS BORN AN ATHEIST...then according to our geological and family background...we have religious beliefs indoctrinated into our young premature minds.....when a 7 year old ask his mom "where does grandma go when she dies?" the mom wudnt say, "she's just buried and her body just decomposes" -_- obviously the mommy wud say, "she's off to a better place.....heaven"
It is amazing how people like Mr Carolla can make statements on certainty from the limited knowledge of their own existence. Im sure these people have traversed the known universe and added up the sum of human existence to come up with their conclusions. There has been as much evil done by those who deny God as those who "claim" belief in Him. Evil exists in ALL areas of human experience, not just religion.
@logicnreason1 that is not true, there has not been as much evil done by non believers, there's no anti religion war in the history books, there's war amongst the theists (the crusades, the spanish inquisition, witch hunts) but not from anti theistical background, yes there is stalin but he was motivated not by his atheism but by communism and his own own personal problems. while all those others where impacted by their religious beliefs
exactly
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This is the way it is... the concept of god is the most radical that can be proposed, and to one who isn't raised to believe in this concept, as adam said, or to one who has no direct experiential evidence of god... the concept of the existence of god may very well seem quite asinine. It could even be said that it is asinine to truly believe in god without experiential evidence... although it should also be said that it is asinine to absolutely rule out the possibility of the existence of god>
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given the observation of our present condition. I won't go further into that.
It's not entirely surprising that even a very smart man like adam would not believe at all in a god when he has had no experiential evidence of the presence or existence of god. This is a vital factor in order in truly believe in, again, the most radical concept which could exist, but it is not at all foolish to suspect the existence of god. It is however, foolish to claim certain knowledge a priori, of either belief.
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If you google "Gallup poll 147887" it gives you a pretty good summary.
3434arc1 2 weeks ago
I looked up what you were talking about. The "asked of protestants" applied to the next three questions, beyond that they were back to the random sample of all Americans from which the 92% figure was drawn.
3434arc1 2 weeks ago
Ouch...he messed up right away. No person "knows there is no god". We assume.
Jeffersonwazright 3 weeks ago
@Jeffersonwazright Ouch... thank you for being the 80,000th person to make that same comment on here. Replace "god" with "unicorns." It's simply saying what you know to be reasonably true within our given world. Same thing as stating: I know there are no unicorns. I know there are no underpants gnomes. etc.
mrbunsen 3 weeks ago 10
@mrbunsen Wow, you have time to read all the posts on here? Good for you buddy.
Jeffersonwazright 2 weeks ago
@Jeffersonwazright splitting hairs?
legend3061 2 weeks ago
I'm so happy I finally woke up!
I am an Atheist, and I am happy =^_^=
BlankPicketSign 3 weeks ago
"When we die we go back to where we were before we are born". - Arthur Schopenhauer
freeman8128 3 weeks ago
God had a plan for Heath Ledger's death. Insofar, that he made him do heroin.
chica476 3 weeks ago
Books kill gods dead.
zEropoint68 3 weeks ago
I'm not an atheist because I know there'z no god.
I'm an atheist because religious people are full of shit.
BionicDance 3 weeks ago
Carolla speaks the truth
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JezusSlave 4 weeks ago
carolla is an unfunny douchebag
zatoth13 1 month ago
For all you know the universe could be some antfarm equivalent, a toy for some infinitely complex species, who watches everything for their own amusement. Such a being would fulfill the role of an omnipotent creator, or a god. Until you can know how the universe was created, what exists outside, and what purpose does it serve, it seems to me rather naive to cast your decision on whether or not a god exists.
Taurusaud 1 month ago
@Taurusaud no, they know everything because they are such intelligent beings.
uberrrich 1 month ago
Adam is wrong on this subject. You don't KNOW, you THINK there isn't a god. Nobody knows for sure. Looking up at the starry sky you can see how small and simple we are, there are things infinitely more complex than us out there, much of it beyond the understanding of the human brain. We haven't evolved to calculate infinities in our heads for example. I think what you meant to say here is you don't believe in religion (which is man-made), and not a god-like "creator" which may or may not exist.
Taurusaud 1 month ago
Yeah..! YEAH! TAKE THE LEMONS! *GladOs moment*
Manguneshane 1 month ago
great vid. but to be 100% sure that theres nothing else, thats not very smart to say. I know theres no chance that any religion is right, and im 99.99% sure theres nothing after death....but yeah. even he said so, we dont know.
smokelakes 1 month ago
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I know my comments will not be popular on this video, but I couldn't disagree more on the subject. I've personally experienced multiple events on the battlefields of Iraq in 2003 where it was clear that we were protected. I can talk shit about Allah, because he was no where to be found. Several events that consistantly defied logic or odds and all happened to be in our favor. I have no fear of death and in many ways I look forward to it, because I KNOW their is something better when we die.
wlindenlaub 1 month ago
@wlindenlaub Man, that's an awesome way to live your life... like it's just an appetizer. And if death's so great, sounds like your magic protector didn't do you any favors in Iraq. Congrats on being so wildly narcissistic that you think some god is turning events in your personal favor, while thousands simultaneously suffer and die, when their prayers to the very same god go unanswered.
mrbunsen 1 month ago 16
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@mrbunsen Maybe you misunderstood my earlier comment. Our prayers did not go unanswered. Because our true God exists. However all the dirty camel jockeys praying to some false pedophile god did, because allah is a false god. That is why they suffered and died. We were not praying to the same God. Hope this clears it up for you.
wlindenlaub 1 month ago
@wlindenlaub I didn't misunderstand your meaning at all. What i can't understand is how you can be so narcissistic as to say "my god saved me and likes me" while thousands of other U.S. troops have died in your very same situation. Many of those troops were likely just as pious as you and shared the same idea of god.
mrbunsen 1 month ago 13
@mrbunsen Alright, I understand now what you're saying. I've come to realize that when we die is not up to us. This life is the appetizer unless you don't play by the rules. Then you have to go to sleep hungry. It does not matter when someone dies in the grande scheme of things, what matters is what we do with our time occupying this physical form. Make sense?
wlindenlaub 1 month ago
@wlindenlaub "allah" means god, you being deployed in iraq should know this. all gods are the same god they're just different cultures and different ways of interpreting him. the reason you guys survived was because you were better soldiers, nothing more and nothing less. i applaud your faith but when it comes down to it god only exists in your mind and weather you choose to accept him is up to you. if you choose not to accept god your no less of a person than someone who does.
julian12345 1 month ago
@wlindenlaub our side killed many more civilians then there's ever has. Baghdad vs the 3,000 at WTC? Fuch your self entitled, underprivileged, dense mind.
legend3061 3 weeks ago
@legend3061 I hope you realize that you are a dumbass. You do know that the enemies we are fighting don't have the balls to put on a military uniform right? Which means they are all dressed as civilians. Also just because an Iraqi or Afghan gets killed while dressed as a civilian doesn't mean they are a civilian. If they fire on us, it doesn't matter how they are dressed. They are enemy combatants.
wlindenlaub 2 weeks ago
@wlindenlaub A uniform? The US isn't at war with an army. They invaded multiple countries under false pretenses. They bombed innocent people and have saturated their territory. What would you do if Russia bombed Chicago because of some terrorists that don't even represent your country or it's interests and swarmed all over your land? Of course you make IED's. The only people I know who join the present day military are racists pretending to be patriotic, psychotic hicks who want to kill people.
legend3061 2 weeks ago
@wlindenlaub guerilla tactics have existed throughout man's history, when the odds are severely stacked against a defending territory. That's what is pathetic about this "war". The US is supposedly the worlds mightiest superpower and after 11 years hasn't managed to overcome an enemy who's only means of defense are car bombs, decades old firearms, and cell phones. You should be ashamed, invading someone who's too poor to afford water and still not being able to achieve an easy victory
legend3061 2 weeks ago
@legend3061 Do you honestly think we couldn't completely destroy the enemy? It has dragged on as long as it has because the ones in power are liberal pussies like yourself, and don't have the stomach for the medicine. If you doubt that research the numbers in Fallujah when the hand cuffs were off the Marines for around 72 hours. Our politicians are more dangerous to our military than the enemy we're fighting.
wlindenlaub 2 weeks ago
@wlindenlaub The US has been in Iraq for eleven years, it costs 100 billion dollars a year on average and has took the lives of almost 4,500 American soldiers (ironically, more than died on 911). You cannot completely destroy the enemy as you say, or else it would obviously have been done within the first few years. Pray as much as you want and please go back and eat a bullet.
legend3061 2 weeks ago
@wlindenlaub Bush was in power for the first 8 years of your war. You think he was liberal? you are a mindless fool, the perfect demographic for the US infantry
legend3061 2 weeks ago
@legend3061 Obviously you were too stupid to check out the numbers of losses on both sides during the Marine offensive in Fallujah. Your comment made me laugh though. I've had a few occasions where someone has tried to feed me a bullet. Lol, and RPGs in Baghdad, and mortars at the Saddam Canal yet no one was successful. My God has protected me. Regardless of our differences, we are both going to die. The major difference is when you die... you'll still be a piece of shit.
wlindenlaub 2 weeks ago
@wlindenlaub You actually think I'm going to research Fallujah to win an argument with someone who believes in angels? I think the fact that the bullets missed your thick head had more to do with your enemy's complete lack of formal training and their empty stomachs than with any intervention from your sky daddy. As big a piece of shit you think I am, as a christian, you're the fool who is obligated to pray for me. Put in a good word for me to your imaginary pal, wish really hard at the ceiling
legend3061 2 weeks ago
@wlindenlaub pedophile god? Dirty camel jockeys? This is the kind of unthinking hatred that makes you an ideal candidate to serve in Iraq. We need more knuckle-draggers like you to go over there and fertilize the desert with their cross toting bodies. It's pretty Darwinian if you think about it. Our gene tree is pruning itself of apes like you. Do us a favour and never procreate.
legend3061 2 weeks ago
@legend3061 It's a shame that you didn't have the spine to go over to Iraq with me and try to fertilize their soil with my "cross toting body". I'd be willing to bet you would've met God personally. With people like you I can understand why liberals believe in abortion. It's too bad your mother didn't. I'll tell you what, I'll pray for her.
wlindenlaub 2 weeks ago
@wlindenlaub If there was a god, i might have more chance of meeting him than someone who not only kills people, but seems to enjoy doing it. Whatever justification you cling on to, you are a racist and murderous person. Pray in one hand and shit in the other, see which fills faster. If you were a real christian, instead of just going through the motions, you are obligated to pray for me. You are obviously an armchair theist picking and choosing the tenements that work in your favour. Smart...
legend3061 2 weeks ago
@wlindenlaub You realize that your buddy jesus was from the Middle East, right? Do you ever think about that when you are polishing your rifle and dreaming about hunting
"camel jockey's?"
legend3061 2 weeks ago
@legend3061 Yes, I'm well aware of that. You do know he was Jewish, right? We weren't in the middle east killing Jews. Also, just because we are fighting in the same region of the world that Jesus came from does not make those over the "christ-like". Honestly, I didn't have to dream about it. I was there. Twice, and the only thought that crossed my mind cleaning my rifle was just to make sure that it wouldn't jam.
wlindenlaub 2 weeks ago
@wlindenlaub If I were to show you a picture of an Israelite next to a picture of an Iraqi, would you be able to identify which one is the "Camel Jockey?" The only difference between them besides _______________ (fill that in) is that one country happens to believe in the same exact fairy tale as you, while the other believes in the exact same fairy tale until they branched off from the old testament thousands of years ago. You do know that jews, christians and muslims share the same god, right?
legend3061 2 weeks ago
@wlindenlaub Again, if I were to show you a picture of someone from jesus' home town and someone from Iraq, could you identify which is the camel jockey? Likewise, if I were able to show you a snapshot of jesus christ himself, you would more than likely call him a camel jockey worshiping a "pedophile god."
jews, muslims and christians all read the old testament, therefore, you believe in the same god that they do. Maybe you're a racist, maybe you're an idiot, more than likely a mixture of both
legend3061 1 week ago
Allah means "god" genius. it's the same god as in the christian bible, the god of abraham and isaac. use your gi bill to learn some things then form an opinion. @wlindenlaub
rjml2rjml2 1 month ago
@wlindenlaub thank you for your service and thank you for standing up to the pretentious atheists. but you will never get through to them, the have to believe they don't know everything and that will never happen.
uberrrich 1 month ago
@uberrrich Thank you brother. Sadly, you're absolutely right.
wlindenlaub 1 month ago
@wlindenlaub how many of your comrades believed they were protected while the bullets seared through their noggins? Grow a brain, twat.
legend3061 3 weeks ago
Amen, Adam!
Now, instead of getting into heated arguments with my family/friends over why I'm not religious, now I can just send them this link.
Thank you.
User8571 1 month ago
Agree with most of what he says except "I know there's no god". How can you know? I agree you can respond to the traditional human ideas of a god and say - "that almost definitely doesn't exist". I don't see how you can be certain about anything like that though- there could be feasible ideas of god that we haven't heard of yet. I think it's better to stick with probabilities- and saying "I know there's no god" gives religious people a lot of ammunition to keep the "arrogant atheist" idea going
GodTheHypothesis 1 month ago
@GodTheHypothesis Many atheists are 100% sure the god of the bible doesn't exist. Sure, there might be a god that created our universe, but there's no evidence that a god cares about us and there's no evidence for an afterlife.
tim55lincecum 1 month ago
@tim55lincecum
Well as soon as someone talks about being 100% certain, they've stopped being rational or scientific. I don't know any atheists that would say 100%- I'm not really 100% sure about ANYTHING. Saying there's no evidence for something is very different. I'd say I'm only about 90% sure the christian god doesn't exist.
GodTheHypothesis 1 month ago
@GodTheHypothesis As is true for anything that can't feasibly be proven or disproven, there is no 100% either way. However, I live my life by a number of virtues, one of them being that if there's no evidence or hint or ANYTHING that something exists or is happening, until that changes, I assume it doesn't exist. This is where God is for me. If I look into a room and see no one, I'll assume nobody is there. I will not assume that there is an invisible man there until evidence presents itself.
TanisHH 1 month ago
@TanisHH
Yep, I agree with all that. I think that's a much better way of putting it than saying you're 100% sure of something- in my eyes that just plays into the hands of the religious who want to talk about atheists being arrogant: which is a truly ironic claim.
GodTheHypothesis 1 month ago
We need way more right wing atheists like Carolla. I'm tired of most atheists being leftards,
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Atheist do not know there is no god anymore than the religious knows there is a god. Its the tangible paradox. The Atheists cannot explain the ridiculous odds of our existence and the religious cannot show physical evidence that there has been an intelligent design. Anyone who says they know 100% for sure is being pompous because NEITHER side has proof. Which brings us back to the tangible paradox. How do you prove that there is not a higher power? How do you prove there is one?
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reasontorecord 1 month ago
I'm an ass for actually lowering myself to this discussion but I think a lot atheists would find a lot less problems with religion if more "Christians" followed Christianity. If we had a serious discussion and threw out the infallibility of the Bible we'd might see the truths in it. The Ten Commandments (with some flexibility in interpretation), The Golden Rule, Love Thy Neighbor as thy self, I can't imagine what wrongs could be done by following the core of those rules.
EclosionProductions 1 month ago
@EclosionProductions Is this a joke? Never mind religious people committing atrocities in the Middle East as i type this at the command of their holy book... Read "evil bible . com" for 30 seconds and then re-ask "what wrongs could be done by following the bible's truths?"
mrbunsen 1 month ago
@EclosionProductions Then follow them, but those ideas are not unique to Christianity, so don't be smug about it, as most "humble" Christians are. And whether you live that way or not, you still have to die, and it will be a lot like before you were born: total, eternal oblivion. Nothingness. To think anything else is childish.
MrDoubtfulguest 1 month ago
@EclosionProductions Your kind disgusts me. Christianity encourages equality and respect of other beliefs. Its people like you that make ME want to become an atheist.
I've also done some deep research about Islam, if you read about it you would not be saying the atrocities you are now. No wonder you americans have a stereotype of being uneducated morons, you make the US look bad. God help you.
Giiinaaah89 1 month ago
@Giiinaaah89 Bullshit.Christianity has never encouraged equality. Its partly the foundation of white supremacy and anti-semitism in Europe and the US.
Christians had no problem with slavery and used the bible to support it.
Christians had no problem with segregation and anti-miscegenation.
Christians were and are against femnism.
Christians were and are against gays.
Equality and tolerance are not Christian values, they are secular values.
MultiSmartass1 1 month ago
@EclosionProductions you'll never get through to the atheists. they think they have all the secrets of the universe, how do you get through to someone like that?
uberrrich 1 month ago
@uberrrich No the fundamentalist Chrstians, Muslim, Jews and other religious nuts pretend to have all the secrets to the universe. That's why this world is fucked up and always will be.
Just stick to what religion does best in this country: butressing white supremacy, trying to repress gays and women and taking in as much money as they possibly can-In God's Name.
MultiSmartass1 1 month ago 2
I can care less if he believes or not... He is a comedian and that's about it, nothing more, nothing less. Funny how he likes to talk about narcissistic morons who think their opinion counts bur then wastes 7 and a half minutes trying to tell 95% of the population they are wrong...stick to politics and and zingy one liners...no one really cares if you believe in God or not...that is a personal choice. BTW, if you are looking to guys like Adam for spiritual advice then you are in sad shape...
averagejoeamerican 1 month ago
You can't deduce that there is no god. One induces that the supernatural does not exist. (i.e. the supernatural conflicts with the basic axioms of knowledge)
AlexanderEBott 1 month ago
Carolla makes the assumption that he has "logic" to determine right from wrong. But logic is a subjective property based off the context of the thinker. As an atheist, he comes across as hypocritical. How can you judge another’s internal perspective of life without an external law?
It's because an intrinsic rule does exist, one which cannot be explained in the current context of what we know. It's a question of metaphysics and ontology, and one which merits the existence of a higher power.
beefking69er 1 month ago
Carolla isn't dumb, I enjoy a lot of his rants, but not when it comes to religion. The argument stems much deeper than the logic of some fanatic 'christian fundamentalist'. Its an ontological question which forms the foundation for objective thought/objective morality. In fact, you cannot speak objectively without the concept of a higher power holding precedent, by atheistic default; an individuals outlook on life holds just as much merit as the next: all reasoning and logic become subjective.
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beefking69er 1 month ago
i love that guy
cartman86332 2 months ago
Adam doesn't believe what he spews. He's been quoted as saying something to the effect of, 'my family member is looking down on us'
HandyMan101 2 months ago
@HandyMan101 Agreed. I love the guy and I think he's still searching. One thing he certainly is not is a leftard! By that I mean one of these clueless anti American Marxist/Socialist/Communist/Progressive/Collectivist who condemn Capitalism and competition while talking on their iphone & who despite all historical evidence to the contrary actually believe that if we just give enough of our precious individual liberty & freedom to the federal government then man made utopia will ensue.
3434arc1 2 weeks ago
There is a God. There is a Lord and Savior and He loves us. He doesn't punish you, hate you for being same sex orientated, or vote differently from your neighbor. But here is a shocker: people die. Parents, grandparents, your pets die. And it isn't because you cheated on your taxes, or because you were disapointed by the end of The Sapronos. It just something that happens. Atheism is based on disapointing results. Man proposes, God disposes.
SpeedyTase 2 months ago 2
saying that you KNOW there's no God, is the height of arrogance.
HandyMan101 2 months ago
@HandyMan101 Saying you know there's no unicorns is the height of arrogance. "That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."
mrbunsen 2 months ago 7
@mrbunsen
But if unicorns were believed by some to be 'omnipotent', you could argue that there is evidence.
Your argument is ad hominem.
beefking69er 1 month ago
@beefking69er Which god are you referring to that has this omnipotence? Any one from scripture or just a nebulous concept of one?
If you believe there is a god that's omnipotent and also takes an interest in our human lives... then god sure is a huge asshole for allowing things like genocide, children with cancer, suffering and torture. He's omnipotent and just stands there with his arms folded with indifference.
mrbunsen 1 month ago
@mrbunsen
Suffering.... as defined by what? A moral law?
You can't have good without evil, one cannot exist without the other. If only 'good' existed, how could it be defined?
As an atheist, your conjecture relies on subjective reasoning, as defined by nothing but personal understanding; therefore, good and evil don't exist as an external "property".
Enjoy living in a world of solipsism where the world around you is unjustifiable..
beefking69er 1 month ago
@beefking69er
You could still have a concept of good and evil with a lot less pointless suffering than there is now. A loving God could do everything just as he does now but could remove bone cancer in children- and the notion of good and evil would be virtually the same. The only justifications I've heard for this are basically comedy scripts.
GodTheHypothesis 1 month ago
@GodTheHypothesis
Did you read my earlier comments?
I don't know if you realize it, but (within your reply), you're still using the widely accepted notion of 'objective morality' to make the distinction between what is good/evil and the stages therein.
Atheists abandon this notion when they decide there is no God, seeing as the concept of a moral law is exclusively a question based on ontological grounds.
How can you make accusations which negate your belief system?(Assuming your atheist)
beefking69er 1 month ago
@beefking69er
Well atheists don't necessarily abandon this. We simply don't know if objective morals exist or not. The idea that they're grounded in God is simply an assertion and one I don't take seriously until it's demonstrated to be the case. You could even believe in a God that has no moral aspect so one certainly doesn't imply the other. Even if morals are really just subjective, they're based on consistent traits about life so that we can still say that "murder is wrong".
GodTheHypothesis 1 month ago
@mrbunsen, He's likely doing more than you or I know about. I've seen enough amazing wonderful things come from what seemed like dire straights to know miracles are taking place all the time.
paulnz0 1 month ago
you gotta pay the troll toll..... theres a shit ton of trolls commenting on this.
frankisneat 2 months ago
I'm a Christian and am gratified that a recent (June 2011) Gallup poll showed that 92% of Americans believe in God, virtually unchanged results since 1944. I'd also like to point out that Adam's got far and away the best podcast in the country. Just check out the new (2-days old) app...it's phenomenal. Regardless of whether we realize, like, or accept it, God is intimately acquainted with each and every one of us, and still profoundly loves us.
3434arc1 2 months ago
@3434arc1
Better fact check that, because non-belief has been slowly growing every year, hovering around 10-15%. Your numbers are wrong.
pbmdh 2 months ago
@pbmdh Gallup is a very reputable non biased polling company that released this poll on faith in America on June 3, 2011. It's not hard to find online. The numbers are correct.
3434arc1 2 months ago
@3434arc1 They asked only christians. 92% of the interviewed christians believe in a god. Shouldn't this be 100%? There are christian atheists!
M0rdH0rst 3 weeks ago
@M0rdH0rst Wrong. In May of 2011 Gallup asked a random sample of Americans this exact question: "Do you believe in God or a universal spirit?" Over 9 in 10 said that they did. That number has remained virtually unchanged since 1944. Many leftist anti-American organizations relentlessly propagandize the lie that faith in God is fading in America. It's not. The lowest % of believers in God were the 18 to 29 year old in America....at 84% or nearly 9 in 10.
3434arc1 2 weeks ago
@3434arc1 I was refering to: "gallup com poll 1690 religion aspx"
In the first section they were asking all persons. In that section 14% said "No Religion" and 20% said religion is "Not very important". Later comes a text saying:
"ASKED OF PROTESTANTS; BASED ON NATIONAL ADULTS"
And after that are the 92% -> 92% of all protestants believe in a god.
M0rdH0rst 2 weeks ago
@3434arc1 I saw God once. I came in his mouth, he gives really good head. I still prefer Jesus's tight ass though, he pushes back
legend3061 2 weeks ago
@3434arc1 I googled "gallup poll religion" and a May 2010 poll showed 16% choosing no religion. Regardless, realize that even at a high levels, that the US stands alone in it's level of modernization and a population claiming a form of god (by most any measurement, GDP, ect.) The U.S. also suffers from unique levels of crime among more modern nations.
mrbunsen 2 months ago
@3434arc1 Just because a bunch of Americans believe in god, does not make it true. Do you even have the faintest concept of logic<
?
jabom99 2 months ago
@jabom99
Just because a few Americans don't doesn't make Him non existent. Do you have the slightest concept of logic?
insanity401 1 month ago
@insanity401
While that's logically sound, it's certainly not a good argument FOR something that it can't be disproved. You can create an infinite number of things in your imagination that couldn't be disproved if you make them outside of space and time (a 'location' that God has conveniently assumed)
GodTheHypothesis 1 month ago
@3434arc1
I've seen polls that would disagree with that- and the way they're phrased tends to make a big difference. I've seen one that had 15% at either atheist or agnostic.
GodTheHypothesis 1 month ago
it's not i know there is no god,it's there is no god period end of story.now put your book away and come out to the real world and say wow is this earth.
mysanuty 3 months ago
Jesus was a queer.
jfizzmonkeybutt 3 months ago
This guy elevates his "knowing" religiously into some sort of universal truth.
Poor deluted soul. Would it be humorous to call him a damn dirty ape? Or a talking monkey, perhaps?
He ventilates his own personal opinion on reality.
It's a silly view on matters, I think.
For me, only one thing is certain. God is real.
I don't believe that either. I know it.
God's name is Ea. He is an ancient Anunnaki God and He is my God.
That is reality.
Billions will die, very soon.
Just hang in there.
CamoKhan2000 3 months ago
@CamoKhan2000
Take your medication, nitwit.
StaceyC123 3 months ago
@CamoKhan2000 Cool story bro.
brrrdman85 3 months ago
lol at all the top comments being the uploaders.
NiangoChan 3 months ago
Hey Adam,
In general, I'm a fan. BUT:
In regards to this, if everyone KNOWS there's no God, and YOU know that they KNOW, why not just let them be?
Faith gives people something to hold on to when there's nothing else to hold on to. Why take that away from a person? Would you tell a small child there is no Santa Claus just because it's TRUE? No! You let them figure it out for themselves. Everyone has there own way. Just like you. So stop bitching.
babuganoosh 4 months ago
@babuganoosh Are you sure you don't mean hope? This is often confused with faith. The definition of faith is believing something in the absence of evidence or in spite of evidence to the contrary. Religion has bastardized the idea of faith as a good thing. Glorified willful ignorance. Hope on the other hand is a positive attitude in the face of difficulty. Big difference.
newcoyote 3 months ago
@newcoyote I totally agree with you on the religion aspect of it, so I can see where you made the connection of faith-religion, because they often go hand in hand. But faith and hope can also go hand in hand. Some people dont need faith to have hope, thats great. But some do need it, and for those who do, it keeps them going. Faith and religion are totally different like you said, and probably like you I gave up on the institution of religion a long time ago. That said, faith is good for some.
babuganoosh 3 months ago
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@newcoyote I totally agree with you on the religion aspect of it, so I can see where you made the connection of faith-religion, because they often go hand in hand. But faith and hope can also go hand in hand. Some people dont need faith to have hope, thats great. But some do need it, and for those who do, it keeps them going. Faith and religion are totally different like you said, and probably like you I gave up on the institution of religion a long time ago. That said, faith is good for some.
babuganoosh 3 months ago
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ALTHOUGH I'M A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN (Baptist), I no longer believe that the Bible teaches eternal torment or suffering. The Bible teaches eternal punishment, but it's not eternal torment. In my popular Internet article, TRADITIONAL DOCTRINE OF HELL EVOLVED FROM GREEK ROOTS, I explain how and why teaching of eternal torment entered early into Christianity and how Scriptures have been misinterpreted and taken out of context to support that teaching. ~Babu G. Ranganathan (B.A. theology/biology)
Mogley52 4 months ago
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SCIENCE SHOWS THAT THE UNIVERSE could not have sustained itself eternally because of entropy (even in an open system). Einstein confirmed that space, matter, and time had a beginning! That beginning had to be supernatural because natural laws have no ability to bring the universe into existence from nothing. The supernatural cannot be proved by science but science points to a supernatural intelligence for the origin and order of the universe ~ HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM (Article)
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SCIENCE SHOWS THAT THE UNIVERSE could not have sustained itself eternally because of entropy (even in an open system). Einstein confirmed that space, matter, and time had a beginning! That beginning had to be supernatural because natural laws have no ability to bring the universe into existence from nothing. The supernatural cannot be proved by science but science points to a supernatural intelligence for the origin and order of the universe ~ HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM (Article)
Mogley52 4 months ago
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EINSTEIN CONFIRMED that space and time are just as physical as matter. That's why space and time can be altered by gravity, and space produces particles. Einstein's equations show that the universe couldn’t be eternal. It had a beginning. Einstein believed, because of science, in the existence of God behind the origin and order of the universe. He didn't believe in a personal God like Christians do, but he did believe science pointed to the existence of an all powerful and intelligent Creator
Mogley52 4 months ago
EINSTEIN CONFIRMED that space and time are just as physical as matter. That's why space and time can be altered by gravity, and space produces particles. Einstein's equations show that the universe couldn’t be eternal. It had a beginning. Einstein believed, because of science, in the existence of God behind the origin and order of the universe. He didn't believe in a personal God like Christians do, but he did believe science pointed to the existence of an all powerful and intelligent Creator
Mogley52 4 months ago
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THE SCIENTIFIC CASE AGAINST ATHEISM: Please read this Internet article of mine published in Russia's English Pravda. It will be a real eye-opener for all who think belief in a Creator is merely subjective blind faith. Also read my article, LIFE ON MARS NO SURPRISE (In the Earth's past there was powerful volcanic activity which spewed life-containing dirt and rocks (meteors) into outer space. Mars may literally have millions tons of Earth soil)
Mogley52 4 months ago
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NATURAL LIMITS TO EVOLUTION: Only evolution within "kinds" is genetically possible (i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.), but not evolution across "kinds" (i.e. from worm to human). How were species living and reproducing if their vital structures, organs, reproductive systems hadn't evolved yet? Read my Pravda Internet article: WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS! I discuss: Punctuated Equilibrium, "Junk DNA," genetics, mutations, natural selection, fossils, genetic/biological similarities between species
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DAWKINS, HITCHENS, AND HAWKING REFUSE TO DEBATE with creationists who are SCIENTISTS, such as the scientists at The Institute for Creation Research. Dawkins and his friends only debate non-scientist creationists. Read articles by scientists supporting creation at The Institute for Creation Research site. Read analysis from creation scientists about the latest news on fossils, genetics, astronomy, etc. that you won't read in the main stream media. Visit the Institute for Creation Research site.
Mogley52 4 months ago
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INTELLIGENT DESIGN ON ANOTHER PLANET? Imagine finding a planet where robots are programmed to make other robots just like themselves from raw materials. Now, imagine an alien scientist visiting the planet and, after studying these robots, comes to the conclusion that because science can explain how these robots work, function, and reproduce there's no reason to believe there was an intelligent designer behind them! Read my Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
Mogley52 4 months ago
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WHAT IS SCIENCE? Science simply is knowledge based on observation. No one observed the universe coming by chance or by design, by creation or by macro-evolution. These are positions of faith. The issue is which faith the scientific evidence best supports. Natural laws can explain how an airplane or a cell works, but it's irrational to believe that mere undirected natural laws can bring about either. Read my Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
Mogley52 4 months ago
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NOT NATURE MADE! Just because something exists in nature doesn't mean it was invented or made by Nature. If all the chemicals that make-up an earthworm were scattered and left to themselves, "Mother Nature" would have no ability to re-organize them into a worm again. It takes an already existing worm to bring about another worm. The worm exists and reproduces in nature but Nature didn't design or invent the worm! Read my Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
Mogley52 4 months ago
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THE ODDS of the sequence of molecules in a cell coming together by chance are similar to the odds of magnetic letters randomly bonding together in a sequence to form all the words and sentences in a dictionary. Without the right sequence, a cell's molecules won't work. Amino acids can come by chance but not proteins. Without DNA there can be no proteins and vice versa. Gradually won't do. It's all at once or not at all for a cell's survival. Read my article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
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NATURAL SELECTION DOESN'T PRODUCE ANYTHING. It can only "select" from what is produced that has survival value. If a variation occurs that helps a species survive, that survival is called being "selected." That's all it is. There's no conscious selection by nature. It's a passive process. Natural selection is a figure of speech. The term itself is a tautology. Natural selection only operates once there is life and reproduction, not before. Read my article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM.
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NATURAL SELECTION IS NO BLIND WATCHMAKER because it can only "select," not produce or arrange. If a variation survives, that's called being "selected." Natural selection operates only once there is life and reproduction, not before, so it couldn't have been involved in life's origins. A partially-evolved cell (an oxymoron) would quickly disintegrate. It couldn't wait ("survive") millions of years for chance to complete it and then make it alive! Read: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
Mogley52 4 months ago
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ARE FOSSILS REALLY MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD? Popular Internet article examines assumptions concerning fossil deposition as well as built-in assumptions involved in modern radiometric dating (not used for dating fossils but other rocks), and arguments from starlight and time. Discusses lack of true transitional forms in the fossil record and lack of "age" sequence of the fossil layers. Discussion of mixed species (i.e. dinosaur, reptile, mammal fossils in the same stratum).
Mogley52 4 months ago
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IMAGINE A FISH WITH PART FINS, part feet with the fins evolving (transitioning) into feet. What survival benefit would there be? The fish couldn't use its fins or its feet, and there are no fossils showing such a creature ever existed. They only exist on automobile bumper stickers! There are no true transitional forms, either living or fossilized. Evolutionists realize this fact! Read my Internet article: WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
Mogley52 4 months ago
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APES ARE QUITE COMFORTABLE IN HOW THEY WALK, just as humans are quite comfortable in how they walk. Even a slight change in the position of a muscle or bone, for either, would be excruciatingly painful and would not be an advantage for survival. There's no hard evidence that humans evolved from ape-like creatures anymore than there's hard evidence that apes evolved from four-legged-pawed dog-like creatures. Read Internet article: MISSING LINKS THAT NEVER WERE.
Mogley52 4 months ago
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GENETIC INFORMATION CANNOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE, so it's more logical to believe that genetic similarities between all forms of life are due to a common Designer who designed similar functions for similar purposes. It doesn't mean all forms of life are biologically related! Also, "Junk DNA" isn't junk. These non-coding segments of DNA have recently been found to be vital in regulating gene expression. Read my popular Internet article: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
Mogley52 4 months ago
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ALL REAL EVOLUTION ( i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.) in nature is the expression, over time, of already existing genes. Evolution is possible only if there’s information (genes) directing it. Only variations of already existing genes are possible, which means only limited evolution and adaptations are possible. Nature has no ability to invent new genes via random mutations caused by random environmental forces. That’s evolutionary faith, not science. Read my article, WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
Mogley52 4 months ago
ALL REAL EVOLUTION ( i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.) in nature is the expression, over time, of already existing genes. Evolution is possible only if there’s information (genes) directing it. Only variations of already existing genes are possible, which means only limited evolution and adaptations are possible. Nature has no ability to invent new genes via random mutations caused by random environmental forces. That’s evolutionary faith, not science. Read my article, WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
Mogley52 4 months ago
@Mogley52 no one's going to read your article because you're an idiot
NiangoChan 3 months ago
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DO EYES CARRY SCARS OF EVOLUTION? Read this fantastic Internet article by biologist and creationist Brian Thomas. Thomas refutes every argument of a "flawed" design for the eye, and explains how and why the so-called flaw is actually the best thing for the eye. Read the article! It's amazing what facts evolutionists will ignore. Numerous times evolutionists have been proven wrong about their interpretation of a structure as being flawed or useless.
Mogley52 4 months ago
This is a fun discussion to have. This is an argument that no one will win. Not a single person has the power in a youtube comment to convince someone their beliefs on life are wrong.
MrArdvark69 4 months ago
@MrArdvark69 True... assuming you can continue to hold your beliefs in the face of learning new information.
mrbunsen 2 months ago
Thank you Adam for being a shallow and narrow minded twat
snakebitgoat 4 months ago
@snakebitgoat It's much more narrow-minded to assume true the religious lies passed on from generations of parents living in the same geographical region for centuries. What's more narrow-minded: To pretend you already have the answer to everything or be open to new reason and evidence?
mrbunsen 4 months ago
@mrbunsen That's what atheism does, you just go with what your eyes see how is THAT open-minded?
snakebitgoat 4 months ago
@snakebitgoat Jesus could change every Atheist's open mind tomorrow if he started the rapture and came back to earth. Every Atheist and Scientist would have to say, "i was wrong, & based on this new evidence Christianity is clearly true." At the same time, we actually HAVE discovered things like evolution & the fossil record which decimate claims of Christianity. Instead of accepting new evidence like a scientist would, Christians ignore it, or try to reason around it. Close-minded
mrbunsen 4 months ago 12
@mrbunsen so scientist=atheist? That's a big leap and well free will cancels out forcing Jesus to "Opene everybody's mind" forcing people's mind isn't what I call open-minded liek what you're doing
snakebitgoat 4 months ago
@snakebitgoat You're missing the point: Atheists are open-minded in that they are free to imagine a scenario that could change their world view at any time based on new evidence. The religious are closed off to this same possibility because they already have all the answers written in pen by the supposed creator. It's not a malleable viewpoint, So a Christian either has to close their mind off from learning new information like Evolution, or their entire worldview is untenable.
mrbunsen 4 months ago 7
@mrbunsen Ok if they're open minded why do they call Christians retarded. That's open-minded right?
Go back and look around maybe you can learn something aside from bigotry other than that Shalom
snakebitgoat 4 months ago
@snakebitgoat
See, I'm a free thinker, I think religions are good because they guide people to goodness. But fanatically believe something thats doubtable, well, it's just dumb.
if God is unable to prevent evil, he is not omnipotent
if God is not willing to prevent evil, he is not benevolent
If God is not benevolent and omnipotent, then why worship him?
Flipthatchicken321 4 months ago
@Flipthatchicken321 I'll skip the whence cometh evil argument since I'm no pro at apologetics but I do believe fanaticism is wrong. I'm also just saying Adam is sounding just as close-minded as fundie just saying
snakebitgoat 4 months ago
"He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’ “But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’” Luke 16
paulnz0 1 month ago
@snakebitgoat are you a legit retard
nollz69 4 months ago
@snakebitgoat No thank you for being a twat
martin2132004 4 months ago
I like eggs.
shaunwake777 4 months ago
How do religious people lie to themselves? If you believe in a god, you believe, nothing else. Also i'm sure religious scientists understand the laws of the universe like you, Adam.
Sad... religious families have to listen to ignorant dolts on the radio like this. It's ok to have an opinion on religion, but why try and convince yourself you know how this universe started?
danielkirk1 4 months ago
@danielkirk1 they lie by assuming things! Not a single religious person can get even near proving the existence of god. Not a single piece of evidence exists to support religious claims. Yet people assume it is true. Every belief or opinion has to be grounded in facts, otherwise they are completely unsubstantiated. So yes, when you believe something that was not even proved, you are lying to yourself.
eleminatus 4 months ago
@eleminatus every belief has to be grounded in facts? This would only be true if we knew everything in the universe. The words you type are even man made. Everything you have ever had in life had a starting point. And when it comes to 100% fact, atheists have no proof of how time started AT ALL.
So please, go to Adam carollas tonight, and discuss a mathematical equation to help you see beyond time. Yeah that's right YOU CANT DO THE IMPOSSIBLE.
danielkirk1 4 months ago
@danielkirk1 you dont have to know everything to reach a conclusion on a single point. Your point is silly at best (no offense). And how is having a starting point even relevant to my argument? Im not arguing the origin of time, Im arguing what to base the beliefs on - you dont have proof that god exists yet you believe in him! Such belief is not based or grounded on anything tangible whatsoever hence you lie to yourself!
eleminatus 4 months ago
@eleminatus My point is that to me, the fact that everything we witness has a starting point instinctly and logically tells me that an intelligent designer is present. To me, evolution,religious scientists,biology,mathematics only proves god exists also. Music for example is an unexplainable phenomenon when it comes to the why and how it's beautiful. Careful not to be too narrow minded like i am sometimes.
danielkirk1 4 months ago
@danielkirk1 key words here are "to me"! The fact that you interpret the knowledge you possess and conclude that designer is present is a mere speculation. A speculation that yet again is not grounded in anything tangible. If you think science shows any correlation with designer, then provide a paper or an article. Can you?! There is a system with which we determine what is true and what is not, you simply ignore it!
eleminatus 4 months ago
@eleminatus We have a difference in views hence why i say "to me", the rest was just you putting words into my mouth. In biology we learn most things have an ancestor, everything has a starting point. You're hypercritical because you're speculating that you know the unknown. Tell me what made the universe or silence.
danielkirk1 4 months ago
@danielkirk1 sure, everything has a beginning, so what? Just because of that you assume designer is at hand here?! Im not saying that I know the unknown, im saying that you dont know either, so how can you make such conclusion! Who made the designer then? Who made the designer of the designer? And so on! We may never know the complete origins of our universe, doesnt mean we can just speculate and make wild conclusions!
eleminatus 4 months ago
@eleminatus You're right, I've never actually went to gods house and had a cup of coffee... But just like scientists can have their theories, I also can have faith that god (none in specific, just the thing/being that created life) is responsible for us being present. I think like all atheists, you're asking questions way too far into the deep-end like "who created god then?" I'm sure if we were meant to know, we would by now. Let's live our life and see after death what happens.
danielkirk1 4 months ago
@danielkirk1 Sorry i mean "i think all atheists ask questions that are a bit in the deep-end".
danielkirk1 4 months ago
I used to think this way until i started making youtube videos. Now i am completely confident that absolutely no one knows for sure. there is absolutely no way to prove either sides. If you claim to know everything,you are wrong. Because you don't know. Please prove me wrong. You can't cause i can't prove your wrong.
jeremyelliott1 4 months ago
to be held accountable for you actions? I'm not speaking to any one individual so please don't take this as offensive to you personally because that is not how I mean any of my words. I'm speaking if you will to the general feeling and mindframe of the atheist community from what statements I've read thus far.
breastmilkgaysexs 5 months ago
promiscuous behavior never would have been tolerated. society today praises and rejoices as these moral footings of society slip away and the norm falls to an "almost anything goes" position. anyways, so assuming the majority of actually true and practicing believers are good, honest, people and families who do no harm to you, then what good do you accomplish out of mocking such people? Where's all this drive to tear apart our beliefs or just merely judge us coming from? Do you just not want
breastmilkgaysexs 5 months ago
such claims. Why spend time attacking and disrespecting people who believe in something that could be true? As long as it doesn't lead them to harm anyone. People who only treat others with respect, kindness, and decency. Hardworking, law abiding, contributing citizens, who raise families with morals and values, values and morals which in today's society are mocked and trampled upon and completely thrown out the window, and this is the norm. when only a century ago such vulgar and
breastmilkgaysexs 5 months ago
certain and fully validated conclusions where there is no evidence. it's one thing to just state that you don't believe in any such existence, but to full on declare you know there isn't any existence of a God and judge believers to be retarded because we don't only use science, but also faith in addition to that (in all honesty every bit of science thus far points towards the existence of a God), is plainly and completely hypocritical and ungrounded. I would find myself embarassed to make
breastmilkgaysexs 5 months ago
@logicnreason1. You are spot on. Most of the comments and statements I've read on here and from other atheism discussions, by those who are atheists, are entirely ungrounded and fully hypocritical. atheists take the side of science and having to prove things by evidence right? Well, considering all the possibilities that are out there in the unknown universe having to do with the existence and work of a Deity/God, and the lack of evidence about it, they sure seem confident in making
breastmilkgaysexs 5 months ago
wow. wrong on all counts here adam. what an embarassing speech for him.
breastmilkgaysexs 5 months ago
EVERYONE WAS BORN AN ATHEIST...then according to our geological and family background...we have religious beliefs indoctrinated into our young premature minds.....when a 7 year old ask his mom "where does grandma go when she dies?" the mom wudnt say, "she's just buried and her body just decomposes" -_- obviously the mommy wud say, "she's off to a better place.....heaven"
toolfan513 5 months ago
I know there is a god. I don't believe in religion.
MyPersonalVendetta 5 months ago
It is amazing how people like Mr Carolla can make statements on certainty from the limited knowledge of their own existence. Im sure these people have traversed the known universe and added up the sum of human existence to come up with their conclusions. There has been as much evil done by those who deny God as those who "claim" belief in Him. Evil exists in ALL areas of human experience, not just religion.
logicnreason1 5 months ago in playlist Atheist Celebrities
@logicnreason1 that is not true, there has not been as much evil done by non believers, there's no anti religion war in the history books, there's war amongst the theists (the crusades, the spanish inquisition, witch hunts) but not from anti theistical background, yes there is stalin but he was motivated not by his atheism but by communism and his own own personal problems. while all those others where impacted by their religious beliefs
AidansVlog 4 months ago
I am agnostic.
KhemAndKurami 5 months ago