@iTROLL9000 If laissez faire capital comes about, then to ward of plutocratic elitism, I will build sustable communes as protection against greed and exploitation, I will build a system of syndicates between the communes; and capitalism will die. I know how to kill capitalism.
@Adeikov and there is a certain science to "astrology". not the kind advertised by gypsies or basement dwelling hippy, or a mongrel in a cave or personalities seen on tv etc. some of the nazi's were studying the "occult", which is more of a science than it is a religion.
@Adeikov lol. yes it makes me feel better. "they say he was into mysticism".. who is "they"? most of the literature and "history" written of hitler is largely propaganda. if he would have won the war, he would be written of in a positive light. and also hitler would have won had america not interfered. the commies (russia, america and the brits) vs germany. germany was vastly outnumbered by the parasites.
and yes, hitler talked to his soldiers of "altruism", although it translates different than your meaning of altruism. he was addressing the soldiers, not civilians. join americas army and u will see an even worse form of altruism, and with low intelligence monkeys grunting orders to more intelligent lower ranking white men. military law is different from civilian law. if it wasnt we would have mercenaries, free market profit driven soldiers, like blackwater spec ops and body guards.
hitler's main ideal was to finally restore free market for a white society (whites (some) are the only ones smart enough to even comprehend what "john galt" is). henry ford, kennedy, general patton, prince edward, etc.. ALL supported what hitler was doing, the only ones that opposed him were the commies.
and i think it was pretty stupid to include clips of hitler in your videos, as he was the only leader that opposed communism in the world. maybe u should do some research outside of what u learned in college, or from the mainstream media. in a few short years hitler raised germany up from having worthless currency, to being the worlds greatest power (it took russia, usa, and the brits, etc) to ruin germany.
Galt, you are the undeserving, non-contributor, non-solution to poverty. Your worth is based on how you improve humanity and NOT JUST yourself. You are seriously delusional. If it's good only to you, what value can it be for others, why do you deserve the place awarded to you by the builders of civilisation? Poverty is a malfunction in those that have the power: the abandonment of a problem that gets worse & worse; the degeneracy of the poor is institutionalised into them.
So altuism is anyone that has surrendered mind and lifes purpose to someone else? More or less a follower? Illogical and irrational natural behvior? Giving up basic instict? A bee killing it self for the queen?
It's like one long running straw man and false dichotomy. It may good a rebuff to the western Christian guilt involved in charity, but once a person has questioned these principals and come to another conclusion than what Rand arrives at, it becomes patently obvious she is speaking to an imagined audience with a single personality.
So what you're saying is that if you already know that a morality based on altruism is BS, then this isn't needed? That's fine, but I fail to see how it's a straw man. There are certainly people out there who hold the views being criticized and the criticisms are valid.
@andrewclunn, you have now waited for two months to receive a meaningful answer, but you did not get it. You are now allowed to come to the conclusion that his "false dichotomy" and "straw man" is just a hijack of the reasonable men's vocabulary, but without the slightest insight of the meaning. We can also solve this by searching for any other possible solution. Can one be anything else but con, pro (which includes in difference) to self-sacrifice? No, that is logically impossible. QED.
@ShadowPa1adin While these videos are great, they often overextend themselves by providing interpretations to Rand's writings rather than mere illustration. The man with the sign, however, was probably just a mistake. Richard?
If you are being forced (by government taxation) to sacrifice more and more of your "cake" for the sake of ungrateful eaters, who produce nothing and therefore compensate you with nothing in return for all your hard work, you will sooner or later consider giving up the baking of "cakes," and justly so.
That is why it is morally proper for an "Atlas" to "shrug." When He does, those who felt entitled to continue "eating their cake and yet have it" will lose all. (Did they ever deserve any?)
Exactly, well said. Like Dagny, it was her nature to keep continueing. To be "SOMETHING AND SOMEONE". Shrugging as Galt said is the very last straw. The altruists are hypocritical and committ the very act of mooching and using from the producer. The irony is that they then make us slaves. Slaves to them. Its the most immoral and evil and disgusting thing.
Ever take a close look at the Christian commandment, "Love your neighbor as thyself"? As Mr Galt points out, self-esteem is an absolute necessity, for without it you can't value yourself or anyone else either.
@tstakland4 That's from the mosaic law, not christianity. Jesus said that it was no longer enough. That one must love their neighbor MORE than themselves. And then he said they must love their ENEMY.
@CptnChan In Matthew 22:39 in the New Testament, Jesus Christ states the command to love thy neighbor as thyself, so I would have to say that this commandment is indeed part of Christianity. This commandment illustrates the importance for self-esteem - it is impossible to love someone more than you love your own self. However, I am in complete agreement that it is irrational to make worthlessness the basis for love.
@CptnChan The same statement may mean one thing to a certain audience and mean something entirely different to another audience. Our culture, background and language mean that we each understand very differently. I think Rand understood that Jesus was condemning self-interest and elevating self-debasement, and I agree that such a philosophy is evil. I don't believe, however, that this was Jesus' message, but I won't attempt to explain why without an invitation.
@tstakland4 Actually I agree with you I was just pointing out that Jesus made that specific point somewhere when he said something to the effect of: "Everybody loves the people close to them. That doesn't make you special."
But as for loving someone more than yourself, I am like 99% that John Galt says to Dagny that he loves her more than he loves his own life. Sorry, I can't reference it, but I remember it clear as day.
@CptnChan How could John Galt profess to love someone else's life more than his own while he teaches that your own life must be your highest value? You may be right... I remember him saying something along those lines...
I think problems arise because of the lack of a clear definition of love. "Love is th emotional price you pay others for their value" (paraphrased)... while this is the definition Galt gives, I think there is a lot more to love.
@CptnChan It's easy to judge a statement or teaching when we use our own definitions of words. In order to understand, however, we need to pause and discern the definitions that others use. This is extremely difficult to do for most people - the notion that a word can be defined in many different ways depending on culture, language and background seems simple enough but few are able to grasp it.
@CptnChan@CptnChan It's easy to judge a statement or teaching when we use our own definitions of words. In order to understand, however, we need to pause and discern the definitions that others use. This is extremely difficult to do for most people - the notion that a word can be defined in many different ways depending on culture, language and background seems simple enough but few are able to grasp it.
@CptnChan For example, in her personal notes Ayn Rand wrote "remember always how the physical proceeds from the spiritual." Well, to understand what she meant you need to understand how she defined spiritual and physical. While Galt's speech is very powerful, sometimes these videos use irrelevant illustrations of Rand's principles because it is so easy to assume people use words the same way you do. "Faith", for example, is defined so many different ways, and most people don't define it at all.
@tstakland4 Well sure, of course. Most people who are religious refer to faith as a really strong conviction. Rand referred to it as blind belief. But that's the whole point, she challenge the words people used in everyday life such as "selfish", "faith" and "love" be she saw that the common usages were harmful.
@CptnChan Right, and while I am a Christian, I think Rand is 100% correct in her condemnation of what she refers to as faith. If faith is a belief in the absence is evidence, then it is irrational and anti-life (insomuch as man's means of survival is reason). I am glad that we both find this concept of words and their definitions intuitive. I have tried to discuss this with many Rand enthusiasts and it's been difficult.
@Ddvex This is one definition given, and is NOT what Rand refers to when she discusses faith. According to the definition you gave, faith must be based on rational evidence that gives you a level of certainty. An example of such faith would be an engineer who has absolute certainty of a principle of physics, and thus gains an assured expectation of what'll happen when he applies that principle of physics.
@Ddvex I don't think Rand looked very deliberately at how religious texts define faith because most of their definitions are very similar to the way she defines thinking. Instead, she seems to have simply observed how many people use the word on a daily basis - an irrational whim of sorts.
Acts 20:35) I have exhibited to YOU in all things that by thus laboring YOU must assist those who are weak, and must bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, when he himself said, ‘There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.’”
The happiness that arises from giving is an individual experience that could NEVER come through coercion and force. It comes through liberty; free will!!!
Jesus teachings are SUPERIOR than any human philosophy.
@Ddvex They are worthwhile only if they are understood... a truth misunderstood can wreak havoc, and I think most Christians don't understand Christ's teachings very well. Rand isn't condemning Christ's teachings - just the misguided application of them she sees around her. I think these videos inappropriately overextend themselves by some of the examples used as interpretations of Rand's philosophy instead of illustration.
@tstakland4 The question still stands: "Who's teachings are superior?" Is charity good or bad? Is egoism good or bad? Is loving your neighbor good or bad? Is caring for one another good or bad? Is being altruist good or bad? Do we owe anything to anyone? Or do we have the right of everything we have? Do we owe our lives to anyone? Or did we create ourselves?
@Ddvex Please excuse my previous comment. It seems I misunderstood you as being a person who's legitimately curious and not just asking rhetorical questions for the sake of redirecting people to "THE BIBLE". I'd prefer an outright "no" over an insulting hypocritical answer.
@Ddvex As unconvincing as it is? A book can be mistranslated, misinterpreted, and manipulated any way HUMANS see fit. Mark 16:18 is your challenge. Prove it like the Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:21.
@Ddvex Prove that you are a real Christian. You used the term "SO CALLED" earlier. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 says to prove all things. Mark 16:18 tells us who the true believers are. The challenge is there, take it.
(1 Corinthians 13:8,13) Love never fails. But whether there are [gifts of] prophesying, they will be done away with; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
13 Now, however, there remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
The gifts given to the apostles would cease!!!
True Christians nowadays don't make miraculous healings.
(Mathew 28:18-20) And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU.
(Mathew 24:14) And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.
Did we design our brain, our eyes, our ears, our hands?
Did we create the Sun, or even planet Earth?
Do we even known why or how food grows? Or do we give it for GRANTED?
BTW: The Bible was not intended as a 2011 science book. Why? It would look too simple by 3011. The Bible is intended as a way to know God, and his will.
@Ddvex Yeah, you're right, I've put in ZERO hours to obtain what knowledge I have. I've paid no dues and haven't put forth the effort. What I have was given to me by some imaginary omnipotent being.
Look too simple? A truthful account of how things are, now matter how simple or complex, is the truth whether read in 2011 or 3022.
@Ddvex Your god created sentient beings while knowing the entire time which ones he would send to the hell he created for an eternity of torment. If this being happened to actually exist, it should be killed. But of course, there is nothing there to be killed.
You mentioned 3011. By then, Christianity will only be spoken of as mythology.
Romans (1:19,20) because what may be known about God is manifest among them, for God made it manifest to them. 20 For his invisible [qualities] are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that they are inexcusable;
(Psalms 10:4) The wicked one according to his superciliousness makes no search; All his ideas are: “There is no God.”
Reading the bible would do me as much good as reading the qur'an, both are based on the idea that "A" is not "A". That reality is not reality. Could it be true? Maybe. Can it be tested? I'd pity to see you try.
To live as if "A" is not "A" is to abandon reason.
That quote admits faith is a belief not resting on logical proof or material evidence.
Religious faith disqualifies reasoning in favor of "transcendent reality" AKA "A is not A".
You cannot live without reason. You're feeling hungry, therefore your rational mind tells you it's time to eat. Well, your faith cannot make you food. Your faith won't subdue a robber either. Your faith only acts as a debilitating wound that renders you incapable of thinking and doing.
@Ddvex *facepalm* No, that would be implying something IS simply because there is no evidence to the contrary. Ex. "You can't prove god doesn't exist".
Richard, as far as I'm concerned...your channel is the most relevent channel on YT.....your work is life altering and we appreciate it! You have raised the bar on what is sorely needed to effect changes in the lives of those who are just becoming aquainted with Any Rand...you make it interesting and addicting, Thanks
@GaltSpeaking Wow...I honestly can't believe you included that crying sorority girl. I mean, this series of yours is wonderful, but that one scene actually is pretty funny.
Beautiful speech, I hate the idiotic debates that are going down here though -.-
Arielslopa 2 days ago
@iTROLL9000 If laissez faire capital comes about, then to ward of plutocratic elitism, I will build sustable communes as protection against greed and exploitation, I will build a system of syndicates between the communes; and capitalism will die. I know how to kill capitalism.
Adeikov 1 month ago
@Adeikov lol yea ok.. good luck with that.. smoke sum more dope..
iTROLL9000 1 month ago
@iTROLL9000 Hilter was into mysticism, they say. Some of his war strategy, which battles to pick, was based on astrology.
Adeikov 1 month ago
@Adeikov and there is a certain science to "astrology". not the kind advertised by gypsies or basement dwelling hippy, or a mongrel in a cave or personalities seen on tv etc. some of the nazi's were studying the "occult", which is more of a science than it is a religion.
iTROLL9000 1 month ago
@iTROLL9000 It make you feel better to think I am stupid: cognitive dissonance.
Adeikov 1 month ago
@Adeikov lol. yes it makes me feel better. "they say he was into mysticism".. who is "they"? most of the literature and "history" written of hitler is largely propaganda. if he would have won the war, he would be written of in a positive light. and also hitler would have won had america not interfered. the commies (russia, america and the brits) vs germany. germany was vastly outnumbered by the parasites.
iTROLL9000 1 month ago
and yes, hitler talked to his soldiers of "altruism", although it translates different than your meaning of altruism. he was addressing the soldiers, not civilians. join americas army and u will see an even worse form of altruism, and with low intelligence monkeys grunting orders to more intelligent lower ranking white men. military law is different from civilian law. if it wasnt we would have mercenaries, free market profit driven soldiers, like blackwater spec ops and body guards.
iTROLL9000 1 month ago
hitler's main ideal was to finally restore free market for a white society (whites (some) are the only ones smart enough to even comprehend what "john galt" is). henry ford, kennedy, general patton, prince edward, etc.. ALL supported what hitler was doing, the only ones that opposed him were the commies.
iTROLL9000 1 month ago
and i think it was pretty stupid to include clips of hitler in your videos, as he was the only leader that opposed communism in the world. maybe u should do some research outside of what u learned in college, or from the mainstream media. in a few short years hitler raised germany up from having worthless currency, to being the worlds greatest power (it took russia, usa, and the brits, etc) to ruin germany.
iTROLL9000 1 month ago
lol, bum fights. hahaha he's drinkin a 40 of piss. i have those dvds
iTROLL9000 1 month ago
Galt, you are the undeserving, non-contributor, non-solution to poverty. Your worth is based on how you improve humanity and NOT JUST yourself. You are seriously delusional. If it's good only to you, what value can it be for others, why do you deserve the place awarded to you by the builders of civilisation? Poverty is a malfunction in those that have the power: the abandonment of a problem that gets worse & worse; the degeneracy of the poor is institutionalised into them.
We don't need you!!!
Adeikov 2 months ago
@Adeikov shut up retard. please go starve and die
iTROLL9000 1 month ago
So altuism is anyone that has surrendered mind and lifes purpose to someone else? More or less a follower? Illogical and irrational natural behvior? Giving up basic instict? A bee killing it self for the queen?
zazack79 3 months ago
Unless the rich man is Job or David or Solomon oh and mooching off of two women is OK too.
TheDano1947 5 months ago
It's like one long running straw man and false dichotomy. It may good a rebuff to the western Christian guilt involved in charity, but once a person has questioned these principals and come to another conclusion than what Rand arrives at, it becomes patently obvious she is speaking to an imagined audience with a single personality.
jeremydchristensen 9 months ago
@jeremydchristensen
So what you're saying is that if you already know that a morality based on altruism is BS, then this isn't needed? That's fine, but I fail to see how it's a straw man. There are certainly people out there who hold the views being criticized and the criticisms are valid.
andrewclunn 8 months ago
@andrewclunn, you have now waited for two months to receive a meaningful answer, but you did not get it. You are now allowed to come to the conclusion that his "false dichotomy" and "straw man" is just a hijack of the reasonable men's vocabulary, but without the slightest insight of the meaning. We can also solve this by searching for any other possible solution. Can one be anything else but con, pro (which includes in difference) to self-sacrifice? No, that is logically impossible. QED.
MrOperettalover 6 months ago
SO ALTRUISM IS WRONG ??????
If YOU had infinite power and wealth WOULD YOU SOLVE ALL THE MISERY IN THE WORLD???
Poverty, Wars, Corruption, Unjustice, Sickness, Death ...
(Matthew 6:10) Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.
Ddvex 11 months ago
Why is a man with a sign saying "will work for food" a symbol of parasitism in this video?
ShadowPa1adin 1 year ago
@ShadowPa1adin While these videos are great, they often overextend themselves by providing interpretations to Rand's writings rather than mere illustration. The man with the sign, however, was probably just a mistake. Richard?
tstakland4 11 months ago
If you are being forced (by government taxation) to sacrifice more and more of your "cake" for the sake of ungrateful eaters, who produce nothing and therefore compensate you with nothing in return for all your hard work, you will sooner or later consider giving up the baking of "cakes," and justly so.
That is why it is morally proper for an "Atlas" to "shrug." When He does, those who felt entitled to continue "eating their cake and yet have it" will lose all. (Did they ever deserve any?)
xalambalax 1 year ago
Exactly, well said. Like Dagny, it was her nature to keep continueing. To be "SOMETHING AND SOMEONE". Shrugging as Galt said is the very last straw. The altruists are hypocritical and committ the very act of mooching and using from the producer. The irony is that they then make us slaves. Slaves to them. Its the most immoral and evil and disgusting thing.
Bigturns33 1 year ago
Thanks so much for your masterful editing and posting of these.
tkdrocks66 1 year ago
Jesus got it right: You cannot serve two masters.
tpsisokayiguess 1 year ago
@tpsisokayiguess "This myth of Jesus has served us well" Pope Leo X
doughtymqan 1 year ago
Bookmark for 5:27.
ErikNikolai 1 year ago
Watching a new episode of this series always clears my mind and lifts my spirit.
ErikNikolai 1 year ago
Ever take a close look at the Christian commandment, "Love your neighbor as thyself"? As Mr Galt points out, self-esteem is an absolute necessity, for without it you can't value yourself or anyone else either.
tstakland4 1 year ago
@tstakland4 That's from the mosaic law, not christianity. Jesus said that it was no longer enough. That one must love their neighbor MORE than themselves. And then he said they must love their ENEMY.
CptnChan 1 year ago
@CptnChan In Matthew 22:39 in the New Testament, Jesus Christ states the command to love thy neighbor as thyself, so I would have to say that this commandment is indeed part of Christianity. This commandment illustrates the importance for self-esteem - it is impossible to love someone more than you love your own self. However, I am in complete agreement that it is irrational to make worthlessness the basis for love.
tstakland4 1 year ago
@CptnChan The same statement may mean one thing to a certain audience and mean something entirely different to another audience. Our culture, background and language mean that we each understand very differently. I think Rand understood that Jesus was condemning self-interest and elevating self-debasement, and I agree that such a philosophy is evil. I don't believe, however, that this was Jesus' message, but I won't attempt to explain why without an invitation.
tstakland4 1 year ago
@tstakland4 Actually I agree with you I was just pointing out that Jesus made that specific point somewhere when he said something to the effect of: "Everybody loves the people close to them. That doesn't make you special."
But as for loving someone more than yourself, I am like 99% that John Galt says to Dagny that he loves her more than he loves his own life. Sorry, I can't reference it, but I remember it clear as day.
CptnChan 1 year ago
@CptnChan How could John Galt profess to love someone else's life more than his own while he teaches that your own life must be your highest value? You may be right... I remember him saying something along those lines...
I think problems arise because of the lack of a clear definition of love. "Love is th emotional price you pay others for their value" (paraphrased)... while this is the definition Galt gives, I think there is a lot more to love.
tstakland4 1 year ago
@CptnChan It's easy to judge a statement or teaching when we use our own definitions of words. In order to understand, however, we need to pause and discern the definitions that others use. This is extremely difficult to do for most people - the notion that a word can be defined in many different ways depending on culture, language and background seems simple enough but few are able to grasp it.
tstakland4 1 year ago
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@CptnChan @CptnChan It's easy to judge a statement or teaching when we use our own definitions of words. In order to understand, however, we need to pause and discern the definitions that others use. This is extremely difficult to do for most people - the notion that a word can be defined in many different ways depending on culture, language and background seems simple enough but few are able to grasp it.
tstakland4 1 year ago
@CptnChan For example, in her personal notes Ayn Rand wrote "remember always how the physical proceeds from the spiritual." Well, to understand what she meant you need to understand how she defined spiritual and physical. While Galt's speech is very powerful, sometimes these videos use irrelevant illustrations of Rand's principles because it is so easy to assume people use words the same way you do. "Faith", for example, is defined so many different ways, and most people don't define it at all.
tstakland4 1 year ago
@tstakland4 Well sure, of course. Most people who are religious refer to faith as a really strong conviction. Rand referred to it as blind belief. But that's the whole point, she challenge the words people used in everyday life such as "selfish", "faith" and "love" be she saw that the common usages were harmful.
CptnChan 1 year ago
@CptnChan Right, and while I am a Christian, I think Rand is 100% correct in her condemnation of what she refers to as faith. If faith is a belief in the absence is evidence, then it is irrational and anti-life (insomuch as man's means of survival is reason). I am glad that we both find this concept of words and their definitions intuitive. I have tried to discuss this with many Rand enthusiasts and it's been difficult.
tstakland4 1 year ago
@tstakland4 Well I got your back! And besides, Objectivists often disagree with each other. it's not a big deal.
CptnChan 1 year ago
@tstakland4
(Hebrews 11:1) Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld.
Ddvex 11 months ago
@Ddvex This is one definition given, and is NOT what Rand refers to when she discusses faith. According to the definition you gave, faith must be based on rational evidence that gives you a level of certainty. An example of such faith would be an engineer who has absolute certainty of a principle of physics, and thus gains an assured expectation of what'll happen when he applies that principle of physics.
tstakland4 11 months ago
@Ddvex I don't think Rand looked very deliberately at how religious texts define faith because most of their definitions are very similar to the way she defines thinking. Instead, she seems to have simply observed how many people use the word on a daily basis - an irrational whim of sorts.
tstakland4 11 months ago
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@tstakland4
Acts 20:35) I have exhibited to YOU in all things that by thus laboring YOU must assist those who are weak, and must bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, when he himself said, ‘There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.’”
The happiness that arises from giving is an individual experience that could NEVER come through coercion and force. It comes through liberty; free will!!!
Jesus teachings are SUPERIOR than any human philosophy.
Ddvex 11 months ago
@Ddvex They are worthwhile only if they are understood... a truth misunderstood can wreak havoc, and I think most Christians don't understand Christ's teachings very well. Rand isn't condemning Christ's teachings - just the misguided application of them she sees around her. I think these videos inappropriately overextend themselves by some of the examples used as interpretations of Rand's philosophy instead of illustration.
tstakland4 11 months ago
Ddvex 11 months ago
@Ddvex lol
Read "The Fountainhead" and all shall be answered.
RemBot2000 10 months ago
@RemBot2000
Read "THE BIBLE"
Ddvex 10 months ago
@Ddvex Please excuse my previous comment. It seems I misunderstood you as being a person who's legitimately curious and not just asking rhetorical questions for the sake of redirecting people to "THE BIBLE". I'd prefer an outright "no" over an insulting hypocritical answer.
RemBot2000 9 months ago
@RemBot2000
I was not being hypocritical. Please read the Bible.
All those are questions are answered in the Bible.
I believe the word of God is a better guide than any human philosophy.
And be sure that I don't believe in coercive collectivism.
I believe in liberty, and free will.
I also believe in charity, loving your neighbor, caring for one another.
We should try to PERSUADE people to use their LIBERTY AND FREE WILL in that manner.
Ddvex 9 months ago
@Ddvex God chose to communicate to his humans through a book written by various humans in a particular language thousands of years ago. Bullshit.
allmanjoy 9 months ago
@allmanjoy
Why are you so surprised?
God is the Almighty!
Why can't he choose to communicate as he pleases?
Oh wait... or do you believe he needs to ask for your permission first?
Ddvex 9 months ago
@Ddvex He created matter yet chose to communicate through an ever changing human invention. All Christians can agree upon is to disagree.
allmanjoy 9 months ago
@allmanjoy
He chose to communicate as He saw fit!!
Maybe He's already sent someone knocking on your door preaching the Good News of His Kingdom (Mathew 24:14).
And yes, many "SO CALLED" christians can only disagree.
Ddvex 9 months ago
@Ddvex As unconvincing as it is? A book can be mistranslated, misinterpreted, and manipulated any way HUMANS see fit. Mark 16:18 is your challenge. Prove it like the Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:21.
allmanjoy 9 months ago
@allmanjoy
I agree a book CAN be mistranslated, misinterpreted and manipulated, and specifically.. many people do that with the Bible!!!
Please can you be more specific about Mark 16:18 and 1 Thessalonians 5:21. What is that you want me to prove???
Ddvex 9 months ago
@Ddvex Prove that you are a real Christian. You used the term "SO CALLED" earlier. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 says to prove all things. Mark 16:18 tells us who the true believers are. The challenge is there, take it.
allmanjoy 9 months ago
@allmanjoy
(1 Corinthians 13:8,13) Love never fails. But whether there are [gifts of] prophesying, they will be done away with; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
13 Now, however, there remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
The gifts given to the apostles would cease!!!
True Christians nowadays don't make miraculous healings.
Ddvex 9 months ago
@Ddvex Paul wrote BEFORE the Gospels. Think again.
allmanjoy 9 months ago
@allmanjoy Prove of a real Christian (1)
(1 John 2:4) He that says: “I have come to know him,” and yet is not observing his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this [person].
Ddvex 9 months ago
@allmanjoy Prove of a real Christian (2)
(Mathew 28:18-20) And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU.
Ddvex 9 months ago
@allmanjoy Prove a real Christian (3)
(Mathew 24:14) And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.
Ddvex 9 months ago
@allmanjoy Prove a real Christian (4)
CONCLUSION: A real Christian obeys Jesus commandment of preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God !!!!
Ddvex 9 months ago
@allmanjoy
Many jews believed the Messiah would come (rich and powerful) liberating them from the Roman oppression.
Nonetheless, Jesus was born into a poor family and, although he was very powerful, he didn't liberate jews from Roman oppression.
The point is: God doesn't need to comply to your expectations. Its the other way around!!!
So you can think to be as wise as you think you are but, the problem is, WISDOM is only granted to the HUMBLE!
Remember???: I only know I know nothing!
Ddvex 9 months ago
@Ddvex Wisdom is granted huh? Someone needs to grant god some wisdom because his account of how he created the universe in Genesis is bunk.
allmanjoy 9 months ago
@allmanjoy
Wisdom IS granted!!!!
Wait... tell me, please: WHAT ISN'T GRANTED?
Did we make our own bodies?
Did we design our brain, our eyes, our ears, our hands?
Did we create the Sun, or even planet Earth?
Do we even known why or how food grows? Or do we give it for GRANTED?
BTW: The Bible was not intended as a 2011 science book. Why? It would look too simple by 3011. The Bible is intended as a way to know God, and his will.
Ddvex 9 months ago
@Ddvex Yeah, you're right, I've put in ZERO hours to obtain what knowledge I have. I've paid no dues and haven't put forth the effort. What I have was given to me by some imaginary omnipotent being.
Look too simple? A truthful account of how things are, now matter how simple or complex, is the truth whether read in 2011 or 3022.
allmanjoy 9 months ago
@allmanjoy
Please tell me: What do you own?? A house, a car??? WOW!!!
We are nothing. We own nothing.
Wisen up. Lift your eyes to the skies. Who has CREATED all that? Who crated you?
You want knowledge? None will be granted until you humiliate yourself and recognize the Almighty Creator of the universe.
Every cause has an effect?
Effect: Universe, Planet Earth, Life
Cause?????? GOD!!!!!!!!!
Ddvex 9 months ago
@Ddvex Your god created sentient beings while knowing the entire time which ones he would send to the hell he created for an eternity of torment. If this being happened to actually exist, it should be killed. But of course, there is nothing there to be killed.
You mentioned 3011. By then, Christianity will only be spoken of as mythology.
allmanjoy 9 months ago
@Ddvex
Who caused God?
StayingSain 9 months ago
@StayingSain
GOD IS THE CAUSE!!!!!
Romans (1:19,20) because what may be known about God is manifest among them, for God made it manifest to them. 20 For his invisible [qualities] are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that they are inexcusable;
(Psalms 10:4) The wicked one according to his superciliousness makes no search; All his ideas are: “There is no God.”
Ddvex 9 months ago
@Ddvex You're being hypocritical by inquiring when you've decided you already know the solution.
"I believe the word of God is a better guide than any human philosophy."
Religion = faith = irrationality. Philosophy = reason = rationality.
Reading the bible would do me as much good as reading the qur'an, both are based on the idea that "A" is not "A". That reality is not reality. Could it be true? Maybe. Can it be tested? I'd pity to see you try.
To live as if "A" is not "A" is to abandon reason.
RemBot2000 9 months ago
@RemBot2000
I was asking rhetorical questions!!!
Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld(Hebrews 11:1).
Ddvex 9 months ago
@Ddvex Yes, I said that.
That quote admits faith is a belief not resting on logical proof or material evidence.
Religious faith disqualifies reasoning in favor of "transcendent reality" AKA "A is not A".
You cannot live without reason. You're feeling hungry, therefore your rational mind tells you it's time to eat. Well, your faith cannot make you food. Your faith won't subdue a robber either. Your faith only acts as a debilitating wound that renders you incapable of thinking and doing.
RemBot2000 9 months ago
@RemBot2000 (1)
There is a BIG difference between a rhetorical question and being hypocritical.
But it is SMALL when compared to the difference between faith and illogical credibility.
Men say they have "faith" their wives are not cheating on them and they call them "faithful wives", and probably most of them are.
Would you tell them their wives are whores simply because they couldn't satisfy YOUR request for logical proof or material evidence???
Ddvex 9 months ago
@Ddvex *facepalm* No, that would be implying something IS simply because there is no evidence to the contrary. Ex. "You can't prove god doesn't exist".
RemBot2000 9 months ago
@RemBot2000
After watching "Privileged Planet" tell me if there is no proof God exists.
Ddvex 9 months ago
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@Ddvex If you aren't capable of speaking confidently in your own words you should not have replied.
RemBot2000 9 months ago
@RemBot2000 (2)
Please search in YouTube for "Privileged Planet".
It is a documentary based on science.
I'd like to know to what conclusion you REASON arrives after watching that documentary.
It won't take too long and its worthwhile.
Ddvex 9 months ago
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RemBot2000 9 months ago
@Ddvex If you aren't capable of speaking confidently in your own words you should not have replied.
RemBot2000 9 months ago
@RemBot2000
Please watch "Privileged Planet"
Ddvex 9 months ago
Richard, as far as I'm concerned...your channel is the most relevent channel on YT.....your work is life altering and we appreciate it! You have raised the bar on what is sorely needed to effect changes in the lives of those who are just becoming aquainted with Any Rand...you make it interesting and addicting, Thanks
lynage1 1 year ago 13
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yammyspeed13 1 year ago
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@exacerbatedtaboo
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GaltSpeaking 1 year ago
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freemanrevolution 9 months ago
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jaar2001 1 year ago 7