I have a hard time swallowing the fact that human existence amounts to nothing more than coincidences, chaos theory and molecules bumping into each other by accident. I also have a hard time stomaching the fact that we just fade to black when we die. I don't think very many people accept that either: the human mind likes organization, structure and order. If there is nothing but eternal blackness before me, why live or care about anything?
@maddingo12 With enough time molecules tend to form into what is most stable. Some people accept death and the only thing we can say we know for certain that happens. I am aware that my life is finite but that's what gives it value and urgency. I have to experience what I can and care about what I can because it will be over in a flash. If you lived for eternity, why care about anything?
When I finally came to that same conclusion about what happens after we die... to be honest, I felt rather sad for awhile, but only because I saw death as a negative evil as Thomas Nagle puts it. When I was younger, I'd wished soul reincarnation was possible.
I had a heart attack when I was 38 that went on for 2-4 days. My younger brother had one when he was 37. My one doctor suspected that because I smoked weed at the time, less damage was done to my heart. My younger brothers heart is so damaged, he needed a pacemaker/defibrillator put in. Talking with me for a half hour exhausted him physically. He could die any time and his only hope is a transplant. He has accepted this. I am having trouble with accepting it.
Kinda sounds like all those get rich quick infomercials. I used to be a practicing Catholic until the 2nd round of pedo priests emerged. And the "book" by man from stories told by other men - sort of like the game telephone. In most instances the resulting message is not even close to the initial message.
A few months after I lost my faith the fear of death hit me. I kinda went opposite; I never feared death as a Christian, but I began to fear if after I became an atheist. After awhile I got over it and faced my fear. There is a lot of fear of the unknown, and it take a lot of courage to face it. However, out of my search for truth and knowledge, I feel that I must face those fears head on.
I love your snake, BTW. He's so cute! What's his name?
Exremely educational. I loved it and it was completely unbiased. Granted the religious with high power will do anything to decieve the public and up to include murder innocents and other people to get their way at any cost.
When I lost my religion and faith, I no longer feared death. I accepted it as part of life...the end of life. I didn't question when others died either, no matter the circumstance, their age, etc.
But, when my fiance died in April, for the first time in the nearly six years of being an atheist, I questioned myself. I couldn't get past the knowing that I would never see him again and, for a moment, I wished I still had my faith that we would reunite one day.
Answer you gave to "What happens after you die?" is "(no none really knows)"... That only reinforces belief that they know more and makes them feel that you are dumber.
We know what happens when we die - neural network in our brain dissipates, thus our consciousness cease to exist. Just because we cant completely discount unsubstituted assumption that soul (magical duplicate of my neural network which can continue to exist in magical realm) exist, we shouldn't give that idea any merit.
After your video, this pole dancing video popped up, so I watched it, then another, then another, and holy crap 20 minutes have gone by! Those chicks are crazy!
Actually, there is a mountain of evidence that death is the end of consciousness. Consciousness is a phenomenon of the physical brain, and when the brain dies, consciousness and self identity die. I count this as evidence against "afterlife", and therefore gods. People seem to have a default position of eternal life belief, and are amazed that I don't share that.
I believe that once you die that's it. Curtains. But I don't think this is as bad as it sounds. It just means that you have one chance to love your wife even more, one chance to make your parents prouder and one chance to fully appreciate how awesome life and love are.
One of the issues is that, to a religious person, it is so OBVIOUS that they have "truth", it takes a massive amount of energy in the form of courage, thought, and information to overcome that inertia.
This is why I feel a need to debate religious people. There is an amazing world of discoveries and questions and using your god-glasses only destroys it.
What greater punishment is there than thinking that you have all the answers? Where do you go from there? Life will never become boring as long as you have these questions
I strongly believe it's easy to get all your answers from one book. It's much harder to accept information from many sources and make decisions about what is correct or moral based on analysing all the facts. I have said this to Christians before and they strongly disagree with me.
I think they'd agree with me if it said exactly that in the Bible. Maybe we should put that in there somewhere...
I just had an epiphany. What if a person made a concerted effort to edit a few hundred bibles. Not too significantly. Maybe add one incredulous story that contradicts some major tenant of the religion - place the bibles in the pews of a good sized church and just wait to see if anyone notices.
@PrairiePie23 probably not, a lot of people wouldnt have memorized every single story and they would all probly think its just some obscure one they havent noticed before and go on blelving it cause its in the bible.
@PrairiePie23 I don't think they would notice. But it would be interesting to give them a list of well known stories, then make them up and give them multiple answers, then after they choose, have them explain why it ended that way.
I'm trying to figure out why they are afraid of dying when they believe in heaven, while I have no fear and suspect that death is like shutting off a computer. Seems it should be the other way around.
@TheOtherSide100 I think it comes down to each person's desire to survive. Self survival is such a part of each of us, that no amount of comfort makes that go away. ( Of course there are always exceptioons) If you are a Christian, and you are trapped in a burning house, you'll still fight to survive, even if the greatest thing that will ever happen to you is just a few full lungs of smoke away.
@ProportionalResponse I think it's because they fear the judgment on the other side. Religion teaches us to mistrust our inner being. If you feel like taking a break from your labours, are you sure you need the break or are you just being slothfull, self centred, and a lover of material comfort? Our every effort is accompanied by such considerations, planted in our brains by religion.
@pirbird14 Fair point. Just as I said there are always many reasons why someone believes these things, I'm sure there are many reasons someone would have to not die
Hopefully somebody can take this to heart. You are a good speaker (when I was able to pay enough attention to not be afraid of your snake in the background :P)
Questions I asked when I was 17: Do I believe in a God because of the heaven or hell? Is it because it provides simple answers for complex problems like life? Those questions were the only real strong reasons I believed in God after a while. I always loved searching for the answers outside of God before I believed in the big bang and evolution. Now that I am an atheist I enjoy learning more. I noticed that I was taking in more information to instead of seeing how it agreed with god.
I have a hard time swallowing the fact that human existence amounts to nothing more than coincidences, chaos theory and molecules bumping into each other by accident. I also have a hard time stomaching the fact that we just fade to black when we die. I don't think very many people accept that either: the human mind likes organization, structure and order. If there is nothing but eternal blackness before me, why live or care about anything?
maddingo12 10 months ago
@maddingo12 With enough time molecules tend to form into what is most stable. Some people accept death and the only thing we can say we know for certain that happens. I am aware that my life is finite but that's what gives it value and urgency. I have to experience what I can and care about what I can because it will be over in a flash. If you lived for eternity, why care about anything?
ICanFlyHonest 10 months ago
When I finally came to that same conclusion about what happens after we die... to be honest, I felt rather sad for awhile, but only because I saw death as a negative evil as Thomas Nagle puts it. When I was younger, I'd wished soul reincarnation was possible.
CeaselesslyCurious 1 year ago
I had a heart attack when I was 38 that went on for 2-4 days. My younger brother had one when he was 37. My one doctor suspected that because I smoked weed at the time, less damage was done to my heart. My younger brothers heart is so damaged, he needed a pacemaker/defibrillator put in. Talking with me for a half hour exhausted him physically. He could die any time and his only hope is a transplant. He has accepted this. I am having trouble with accepting it.
kelliko70 1 year ago
Kinda sounds like all those get rich quick infomercials. I used to be a practicing Catholic until the 2nd round of pedo priests emerged. And the "book" by man from stories told by other men - sort of like the game telephone. In most instances the resulting message is not even close to the initial message.
TheAlpineal 1 year ago
A few months after I lost my faith the fear of death hit me. I kinda went opposite; I never feared death as a Christian, but I began to fear if after I became an atheist. After awhile I got over it and faced my fear. There is a lot of fear of the unknown, and it take a lot of courage to face it. However, out of my search for truth and knowledge, I feel that I must face those fears head on.
I love your snake, BTW. He's so cute! What's his name?
Ozma3000 1 year ago
Exremely educational. I loved it and it was completely unbiased. Granted the religious with high power will do anything to decieve the public and up to include murder innocents and other people to get their way at any cost.
gravekeepersven 1 year ago
Yawn.
TeaMaster1978 1 year ago
Great logical video.
246scully 1 year ago
Asking questions?!
You're going to hell!!! :p
Arikiel 1 year ago
When I lost my religion and faith, I no longer feared death. I accepted it as part of life...the end of life. I didn't question when others died either, no matter the circumstance, their age, etc.
But, when my fiance died in April, for the first time in the nearly six years of being an atheist, I questioned myself. I couldn't get past the knowing that I would never see him again and, for a moment, I wished I still had my faith that we would reunite one day.
debbieomi 1 year ago 2
@debbieomi I'm sorry for your loss. That honestly is one of the tougher issues for atheists.
ProportionalResponse 1 year ago
@debbieomi Hi Debbie, I almost cried reading your comment here and I hope you are doing well.
CeaselesslyCurious 1 year ago
I liked that soooo much I Facebooked it too. That should stir up my religious family/friends for the week. LOL
ReligiousJezta 1 year ago
OH MY FSM!!! I love this video PR!!! Favd and Liked!
ReligiousJezta 1 year ago
Answer you gave to "What happens after you die?" is "(no none really knows)"... That only reinforces belief that they know more and makes them feel that you are dumber.
We know what happens when we die - neural network in our brain dissipates, thus our consciousness cease to exist. Just because we cant completely discount unsubstituted assumption that soul (magical duplicate of my neural network which can continue to exist in magical realm) exist, we shouldn't give that idea any merit.
futureorreligion 1 year ago
Great video.
After your video, this pole dancing video popped up, so I watched it, then another, then another, and holy crap 20 minutes have gone by! Those chicks are crazy!
I had to come back and let you know. :)
squirreljester2 1 year ago
Dude, what are you talking about???? People don't still believe in the gods.....it's the 21st century for christs sake....get with the time
JosephW99 1 year ago
Great video just fucking awesome!!
gingergreek 1 year ago
Actually, there is a mountain of evidence that death is the end of consciousness. Consciousness is a phenomenon of the physical brain, and when the brain dies, consciousness and self identity die. I count this as evidence against "afterlife", and therefore gods. People seem to have a default position of eternal life belief, and are amazed that I don't share that.
wwwATHEISTATOMcom 1 year ago
Cool snake
OhMySchwag 1 year ago
@OhMySchwag That's what she said
ProportionalResponse 1 year ago 3
I believe that once you die that's it. Curtains. But I don't think this is as bad as it sounds. It just means that you have one chance to love your wife even more, one chance to make your parents prouder and one chance to fully appreciate how awesome life and love are.
Linkacious1 1 year ago
@Linkacious1 Nicely said.
beayn 1 year ago
One of the issues is that, to a religious person, it is so OBVIOUS that they have "truth", it takes a massive amount of energy in the form of courage, thought, and information to overcome that inertia.
bushonomics 1 year ago
Cool snake.
sandform 1 year ago
The fact that there's more than one religion makes religion a joke.
CanineFaeces 1 year ago
SNAKE!!!!
AlphonsusPeck 1 year ago
Good video, very well presented, thanks!
Rogan74 1 year ago
This is a phenomenal video.
p.s. Does the snake eat the Cheerios? ;-)
MyGrammarRules 1 year ago
@MyGrammarRules Only rat flavored Cherrios, and thanks =)
ProportionalResponse 1 year ago 2
This is why I feel a need to debate religious people. There is an amazing world of discoveries and questions and using your god-glasses only destroys it.
What greater punishment is there than thinking that you have all the answers? Where do you go from there? Life will never become boring as long as you have these questions
gurra9 1 year ago
you a great speaker i must say, that was amazing :D
(cool snake btw XD)
wallakfir90 1 year ago
I strongly believe it's easy to get all your answers from one book. It's much harder to accept information from many sources and make decisions about what is correct or moral based on analysing all the facts. I have said this to Christians before and they strongly disagree with me.
I think they'd agree with me if it said exactly that in the Bible. Maybe we should put that in there somewhere...
SpecialElisa 1 year ago
Snakes are cool.
idontcare80 1 year ago
Great Stuff :)
AtheistKiwi 1 year ago
I just had an epiphany. What if a person made a concerted effort to edit a few hundred bibles. Not too significantly. Maybe add one incredulous story that contradicts some major tenant of the religion - place the bibles in the pews of a good sized church and just wait to see if anyone notices.
PrairiePie23 1 year ago
@PrairiePie23 probably not, a lot of people wouldnt have memorized every single story and they would all probly think its just some obscure one they havent noticed before and go on blelving it cause its in the bible.
klooger28 1 year ago
@PrairiePie23 I don't think they would notice. But it would be interesting to give them a list of well known stories, then make them up and give them multiple answers, then after they choose, have them explain why it ended that way.
ProportionalResponse 1 year ago
Thumbs up for Dippin' Dots and the ball python.
Excellent points.
I'm trying to figure out why they are afraid of dying when they believe in heaven, while I have no fear and suspect that death is like shutting off a computer. Seems it should be the other way around.
TheOtherSide100 1 year ago
@TheOtherSide100 I think it comes down to each person's desire to survive. Self survival is such a part of each of us, that no amount of comfort makes that go away. ( Of course there are always exceptioons) If you are a Christian, and you are trapped in a burning house, you'll still fight to survive, even if the greatest thing that will ever happen to you is just a few full lungs of smoke away.
ProportionalResponse 1 year ago
@ProportionalResponse I think it's because they fear the judgment on the other side. Religion teaches us to mistrust our inner being. If you feel like taking a break from your labours, are you sure you need the break or are you just being slothfull, self centred, and a lover of material comfort? Our every effort is accompanied by such considerations, planted in our brains by religion.
pirbird14 1 year ago
@pirbird14 Fair point. Just as I said there are always many reasons why someone believes these things, I'm sure there are many reasons someone would have to not die
ProportionalResponse 1 year ago
Knowing what you can't know, is all you need to know.
nishbrown 1 year ago
Sorry I wasn't listening i was too busy watching your awesome snake, I'm joking, great video!
TheUnillogical 1 year ago
very concise and correct. Great analogies!
ExploringReal 1 year ago
So good!
If the mysteries of life could be figured out in a book, what's the point of living?
JOKERSFREAK 1 year ago
Bravo sir!
themanofearth 1 year ago
Mmm dippin' dots...
Outstanding analogy.
TheTeachingAtheist 1 year ago
Hopefully somebody can take this to heart. You are a good speaker (when I was able to pay enough attention to not be afraid of your snake in the background :P)
MakingTheMetalBand 1 year ago
Questions I asked when I was 17: Do I believe in a God because of the heaven or hell? Is it because it provides simple answers for complex problems like life? Those questions were the only real strong reasons I believed in God after a while. I always loved searching for the answers outside of God before I believed in the big bang and evolution. Now that I am an atheist I enjoy learning more. I noticed that I was taking in more information to instead of seeing how it agreed with god.
ConradSigma 1 year ago
Awesome :D
anikinippon 1 year ago
They have Dippin' Dots in heaven? Praise Jesus!
PJsCreed 1 year ago 2
It's very compelling and attractive to people that have no hope in life.
It's why they always say things like "without God, life would have no meaning".
For them, it's kinda true, because they are fearful.
SiriusMined 1 year ago