It is my belief that many people complain about vids like this because they
A) Want to have a reason, any reason, to burn it, this way they don't have to feel anything about it and not care about what they say
or
B) Get too emotional about it, allowing them to forget using reason and not have to think about what they are saying
And don't even try to burn me for either reason without a solid point to back it up, you need reason and emotion in balance. (Keep religion out, I'm an Atheist too)
@tweeetie55 Good point. But I am an atheist. My mother had Christianity forced upon her and she didn't like it. So she is a Wican (not wicked not pagan not fucking sacrificing alright) believes in the spirit of nature. Due to the fact she had Christianity numerously shoved down her throat she allowed me to choose my belief. I chose to be an atheist because I have realized the facts and saw so many things that make a deity sound unrealistic. So if more people had freedom at Religion at birth
When we see a building we know that their is a designer behind it. The building did not form itself. Now neither did the earth form itself. Behind this design there is a grand Designer. If someone was to tell you that the building was not made, would he not sound foolish? Do you know that the universe has a chemistry balance that even makes scientist marvel at it. That is order. Behind this design there is a Designer. After death there is Judgement. Judgement is without mercy.
There are three models of Government competing for world domination:
(1) Communist / atheist: where government officials decide and dole out your temporal rights if any
(2) Sharia Law: where the Qu'ron governs
(3) Judeo-Christian model, where God grants our rights & liberties and THEREFORE they are unalienable, power resides in we the people, we are sovereign and the government is our servant.
"i believe that falling into a trap of working in a job you hate, to buy crap you don't need, to impress people you dont like is far easier than you think." - that is my favourite quote from this video for today!
al, i am going to assume that you meant to say "...of how SOME theists don't have reasons...". i certainly have reasons.
my friend felt god told her he was healing her children of ADD, autistic spectrum problems, and food intolerances.on that day, she took the kids off their medication for ADD, she reintroduced stuff to their diets that they had previously not been able to tolerate.
that was january 2009. they have had no problems of that nature since.
your comment doesn't make sense. you call atheism a lie, you give satan as a choice (if you beleive in satan then you already beleive in god, its circular reasoning) and then you claim god is 100% real. it lacks logic and reasoning.
your comment doesn't make sense. you call atheism a lie, you give satan as a choice (if you beleive in satan then you already beleive in god, its circular reasoning) and then you claim god is 100% real. it lacks logic and reasoning.
In simple terms... open a book that really tells what's about instead of what you think it's about and have few, few clue about it. No one ever said we came from monkeys but people who thinks what they talk about and don't.
(part 2) since Theism/Theist equals "Belief in a god or gods" and "A" equals "without" we put it toguether and the result is Atheist equals someone without belief in a god or gods... congratulations for missing the point.
Theists believe in a god. Theism does not believe anything. Therefore theism is without belief in a god. Theism lacks belief in a god. According to you then, theism is atheism.
@gklr is there a problem with your reading/comprehension skills? Theists believe in a god or gods since theism describes theyr condition, theism means belief in a god or gods, theism is not without belief in a god or gods, an A before the definition means without, example: Apolitical. so according to me is incorrect, according to you, I never said that so read again but this time put you glasses on sunshine...
Yes it is. Theism is not capable of belief of any kind. Theism is the belief itself. Beliefs do not believe anything. Theology does not believe in a god.
Formal logic is not semantics. I saw nothing in the first minute and a half in that video that pertains to anything we are discussing. Perhaps you'd like to refer me to what part of that 7 minute video has any bearing on this discussion? My entire video shows the a=not or a=without to be complete foolishness.
No thanks, Couglin666 comes across as a babbling moron with an utter fail in basic logic. And that was in the first 1:05. When we say X lacks Y, we are not talking about X. A lack of belief is not anything. Either offer his argument, point out where he actually tried to make one, or realize none has been made here. I won't waste my time looking for him to say more stupid things, his first 1 minute convinced me already he is a buffoon.
@gklr @!#x!!! ...the point is between 3:20 and 4:05, can't you watch 7 friggin minutes but you bitch and moan about "without" and "non" during 6 posts? do you want me to bottle-feed you aswell, I'm giving the exact timing of the video so watch it or quit (you are an inch away of boring me and if you get me bored you'll see what happens, well actually you'll not see it...)
I watched between 3:15 and 4:15 and saw garbage and nonsense that barely touches on the topic at all. You sound too bored so go away then, but do so knowing "without belief" and "lacking belief" do not exist. And that saying X lacks Y is not talking about X. Saying an atheist lacks belief in god is true, just not about the atheist. It is true for what the atheist is not. Sorry to bore you with why what you said is false. Carry on....
Atheists, atheism, theism, rocks, AIDS, hate, murder, child porn and ugly.... all exist and all of them lack belief in a god. All true, none if it true about atheists, atheism, theism, rocks, AIDS, hate, murder, child porn or ugly. When you did not exist, say 1 million years ago, you did not believe in a god., you lacked belief, you were without belief in a god. Are you the eternal atheist then?
@gklr Implicit Atheism: babys have no notion of the concept so they are whithout that notion therefore every single baby is by definition an Implicit Atheist, same for people who never heard of that (jungle primitive tribe maybe?) Explicit Atheism: you don't believe in a god or gods for reasons A, B, C... therefore you are without belief in a god or gods because you don't believe, period. Pre-existing and post-existint means nothing because you can't have that notions oh, and you got me bored
If implicit atheism is being without belief in god, then implicit theism is being without belief there is no god. Are you an implicit theist? This is why the logic used to define implicit or weak atheism is just nonsense. First off it is not speaking about you to say what you lack, the subject of the sentence is about what you are not, not about you. You have dodged these points.
Rocks are without belief in god and are not atheists. Theism itself lacks belief in a god, it is the belief and beliefs do not believe anything. When you can cope with the arguments presented to you, do so. Coughlin666 can't that is for sure. He seems to think he is what he isn't. Clearly a "notter". (derived from nutter)
@gklr rocks can't take a position on the issue, do you train to be that friggin stupid or it was a matter of parental incest? I'm tired of your bullshit, no more replys from me, waste your time not mine, bye
I didn't say anything about rocks. I said what rocks are not, nothing about what rocks are. Likewise it is not saying anything about atheists to say they lack belief in a god. You missed that point entirely. I am not you is true, but not you is not a property of me and not believing is not a property of an atheist. Not X, no matter what X is.... is not anything.
All positions are beliefs or truths. Rocks lack belief in a god, they do not believe in a god. First you want atheism to be a lack of belief, and then you want it to be a position? Say again? You are saying atheism is a lack of a position by saying it is a lack of belief. A lack of belief is no more a position than lacking a hat is a form of headgear.
@gklr if you are not married or with boy/glirlfriend you are single, you are just being defined by something you are without or you are not, you are not married. he's not saying what it is or what is not he's saying that you are going to be defined by what you have and by what you are without or not are, it's fucking different; no home to live, you sleep under a bridge, you are homeless, you've been defined by something you are without, a pre-school could understand that, you bore me, bye.
Well the present King of France is not married and is not single.
It is not talking about X to say X is not Y. So when you say you are not married, you are not talking about you or what you are. You are talking about what you are not. It is true you were not married in 1754 too. You were not single in 1754 and were not married.
Better to introduce preschoolers to some logic. For you, I recommend Bertrand Russells essays titled "On Denoting" where he argues the present King of France has no hair and is not bald. The PKoF also has no home and is not homeless. Nothing IS what it ISN'T? If any preschoolers tell you otherwise, they are as wrong as Coughlin666.
Dawkins is upset with the fact that his idol, the world's PREMIERE ATHEIST, Anthony Flew stated what he did about DNA publicly; but Dawkins forgets that he himself stated that DNA can only be explained by intelligent design. The difference is that Dawkins said the code may have been written by evolved aliens whereas Anthony Flew said he was siding with Einstein and calling the creator "God".
Dawkins is angry because unlike Flew, he is more about 'atheism' than he is about science and the facts
"Dawkins forgets that he himself stated that DNA can only be explained by intelligent design"
Yeeeah. I'm going to go ahead and say that's not true, and that you are also exaggerating what Flew has said, what Einstein said, and his relationship to Dawkins. I know about the aliens quote, so I also know you are simply mischaracterizing that entirely.
Congratulations. You've managed to saturate more lies in 500 characters than I've ever seen before.
Einstein didn't use the word "God" to refer to a creator. As I understand it, he used the word to refer to the unknown qualities of the universe. The things he felt couldn't be understood through the science of the time. Not an anthropomorphic deity or creator. There's a significant distinction to be made.
I don't "believe" in atheism. I think that it should be reinforced that atheism is a lack of a belief otherwise the Religious will keep telling us we are as deluded as they are.
@gklr I am an atheist because no evidence exists to substantiate religious claims. No evidence at all = the default position of non-existence and things that don't exist don't require a belief for them not to exist.
If you assert "There IS no god" you have made a positive claim which requires evidence or belief that is not atheism.
The definition states atheism as the LACK of a belief in god(s) not a belief that no god(s) exist.
My position would change if evidence for god(s) appeared.
KH seems to want it both ways on many related issue to this. One minute there is no evidence, thus nonexistence... while he cannot prove anyone believes in a god (prove theism exists). Thus theism doesn't exist in his logic. Nor would atheism.
He also wants to talk about the nonexistence of god, a conclusion, and say atheism is not a conclusion. Kinda way out there even for a notter.
"No evidence at all = the default position of non-existence and things that don't exist don't require a belief for them not to exist."
Nonexistence is proven by showing the object in question to be the subject of a logical contradiction. All other proposed things possibly exist. The gods of the koran or bible can be proven to not exist, the only beliefs needed would be in the axioms of logic itself (which are required for any truth statement, so it is a moot point)
" you assert "There IS no god" you have made a positive claim which requires evidence "
Not if I say it is a belief. A burden of proof applies only when we state something is true. No belief is proven true, once proven true it is not a belief.
"My position would change if evidence for god(s) appeared"
There is plenty of evidence of a god, all poor evidence. Bibles, testimonies are all evidence. In court, complete lies are evidence and they are here as well. Atheism is a not a science, it is a logical (inductive and not deductive) conclusion. There is no scientific proof of theism or atheism, let alone god.
That's true. But it shows that the creators of Family Guy do not believe that atheists are immoral, and it gives everyone watching Family Guy the idea that atheists can be moral.
MTGandP: That is an exaggeration. Most studies find that about 10% of people (in America) identify as atheist, agnostic, "not religious", etc. Claiming that they are all atheists is misleading.
Though I was talking about the entire world, you are correct. I misread the study I was using: the 20% includes all nonreligious people, who are about half theistic and half atheist.
I believe people care more about sharing their own beliefs than they do about hearing others'.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher regard those who think alike than those who think differently. Keep an open mind folks..
you're a man after my own heart, Al. or i'm one after yours... regardless... even though i did, in fact, find this video whilst seeking opinions echoing my own, and even though i found just that in this video, i find your perspective and clarity utterly inspiring... thanks! and may all nay-sayers serve only to refine your message and language so that even they might one day hear and see... anything. cheers
I think his point is that everyone believes something. He trying to bridge the gap between him and believers. There isn't a us vs them thing going on here. Merely two groups looking for an answer. You can't get on to Atheists for asking for evidence.
i believe there was a time when the old testament laws applied to the people who followed them, but that this is because they were a people who did not have grace to forgive. i know thats not a complete reason, i do apologise, brain is on a go slow!
i think being an adult and being able to forgive ur parents arent always the same thing.
some things are MUCH easier to forgive than others.
i agree about knowing where countries are on the world map. i need to work on that.
it hadnt occurred to me to think of you as an ethnicity at all!
it IS really silly to believe in love. i remember those notes in year 3 with the check boxes. they were cool. i think the relationships we (most of us!) had at that age were a lot more straightforward due to not having any of the worries that show up when you start having sex...
i agree with ur comments about tv at 1:50and 2:45...do you own one?
you make a point about reading the scriptures of other religions.
Interesting comment about your ethnicity, I assumed it was south-east Asian. However, I believe that the importance of ethnicity is as over-rated as the importance of religion.
You're absolutely right, Albert - if atheists don't speak up, the negative perceptions will continue. Let's proudly proclaim our beliefs, and remind everyone that accuses atheists of having "no morals" that one of the most atheist countries on earth - Sweden - also consistently has the lowest crime rates. Hmmm, now how could that be?........
Actually, I watched this video before, and I'm pretty sure that I even forgot that comment about forgetting within half an hour. Part of the reason why we will forget so much of it so quickly is because you express a large number of diverse ideas without much elaboration. Sure, sometimes you said one belief, and then had a follow-up, but I don't even remember those that well. Also, many were quite ironic.
And while I'm commenting: I'd like to see you finish your "this old Earth" videos.
You're Asian? I thought you were Hispanic. I believe "Jackass" is an underutilized derogatory epithet. I believe that morality is a subcategory of aesthetics. I believe that you ought to make more videos.
I believe Christians should start 'spreading the gospel' in countries where it is illegal, like Saudi Arabia, instead of sticking to countries where it is not illegal, like India. And someone should vlog it.
But unicorns ARE real!!..I've seen them O_o...behold! bible translation..from Greek, Monoceros then to Latin...unicorn..both mean "one horn" but we call that same animal, "nose horn" instead of "one horn"..and since it's also a Greek word, it's Rhinoceros..if you read the bible description, it's clearly a rhino. And I'm not Christian, i just know things....unicorns are freaking' scary....
verymaddog: Apparently you do. You care enough to leave a comment on this video, anyway. Could you provide something a bit more constructive or critical though?
He clearly doesn't understand that the point is to show that atheists are more than their one (lack of) belief. You do a great job of displaying that there is more to people. This is my favorite video of yours, except maybe 'fair and balanced'. You should take the time to make more videos, it's definitely worth it. Have a good one.
Well, why it may be possible that evolution is some god's plan, it seems more reasonable to believe that there is no god and that evolution is simple the best explanation of life. The theory of Evolution stands only, without the need for a creator. We most probably came about through slow incremental changes over long periods of time without the "help" of some god or supernatural force. A god probably does not exist. Have you told a child who asks you, that you believe there is no god lately!
To all my athiest brethrens out there. your nothing but victems. ''knock''knock'' whoes there?'', I dont know? THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING STANDING IN FRONT OF MY DOOR? I DONT KNOW? you would run back into your houses dial 911 get theres a Mad man at my door his insane theres insanity and loss of reason knocking on my door without reason
I just wanna say that you rock! Thanks for making all these videos. Where I live, people really don't get atheism and it's more than annoying. Especially when it's my parents...
Very Good Video, You a very well spoken individual. Only time will tell hopefully the human race will let go of all mysticism, and religion, and just be able to say I do not know.
I should have said *direct* taxes. Direct taxation, the kind that can't be avoided without going to jail, is theft. An indirect tax, like the gas tax we pay for road construction, is not theft. But, again, I meant to speak of direct taxation, and it doesn't matter what the ultimate use of direct taxes is, it is still robbing you of your money, which is immoral. You spoke of "civil society." But how civil is a society that gets much of its revenue through coercion?
no one gives a shit about what you think
RetinendParadox 10 months ago
thankyou im a athiest , i don`t believe in a god i believe in science and what can be proven , who else is one click like on my comment
tara6692 10 months ago
What an Atheist believes (In the words of the late great Madalyn M. O'Hair):
1. An Atheist loves his fellow Man instead of a god.
2. An Atheist believes that Heaven is something for which we should work now here on earth for all mankind to enjoy
3. An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church
4. An Atheist believes that he/she can get no help through prayer
5. An Atheist believes that a deed should be done, instead of a prayer said
Neueregel 11 months ago 3
@Neueregel Very true.
SinZero1 11 months ago
@Neueregel thats very true why should a church be bulit when a hospetal can
tara6692 10 months ago
i belive you're wright! THUMS UP MAN
apolon113 11 months ago
oh man you are simply appalling. listen to yourself you absolute tool.
RetinendParadox 1 year ago
It is my belief that many people complain about vids like this because they
A) Want to have a reason, any reason, to burn it, this way they don't have to feel anything about it and not care about what they say
or
B) Get too emotional about it, allowing them to forget using reason and not have to think about what they are saying
And don't even try to burn me for either reason without a solid point to back it up, you need reason and emotion in balance. (Keep religion out, I'm an Atheist too)
Shadowbonez 1 year ago
666 likes........ whoa
acdc14terrace 1 year ago
You will surely die in a lake of fire if you do not repent to the Lord our God ..if you dont beleive me wait and see ..hav fun burning athiest
gooberboy98 1 year ago
I believe that the reason you don't believe in god is because you didn't study about God and the probability of God's existence!
TheRatiniked 1 year ago
Atheists as a group in that designation have no beliefs.
This video does not represent what an atheist believes but rather a believe in all manor of beliefs who happens to be an atheist.
Twicebakedtaters 1 year ago
I am a christian and I agree with about 99% of everything you said. awesome video. I know you posted it way back in 2007, but its still a good video
shoulung 1 year ago
I believe you should find your own beliefs. Most of these hard core christans or atheists have had their religions programed into them since day 1.
tweeetie55 1 year ago
@tweeetie55 Good point. But I am an atheist. My mother had Christianity forced upon her and she didn't like it. So she is a Wican (not wicked not pagan not fucking sacrificing alright) believes in the spirit of nature. Due to the fact she had Christianity numerously shoved down her throat she allowed me to choose my belief. I chose to be an atheist because I have realized the facts and saw so many things that make a deity sound unrealistic. So if more people had freedom at Religion at birth
DeathsWill228 1 year ago
@tweeetie55 There wouldn't be that many Christians correct?
DeathsWill228 1 year ago
When we see a building we know that their is a designer behind it. The building did not form itself. Now neither did the earth form itself. Behind this design there is a grand Designer. If someone was to tell you that the building was not made, would he not sound foolish? Do you know that the universe has a chemistry balance that even makes scientist marvel at it. That is order. Behind this design there is a Designer. After death there is Judgement. Judgement is without mercy.
jackyseurei 1 year ago
@jackyseurei
brilliantly said!
libetta 1 year ago
There are trillions of ants on this world and a lot of humans acting like ants on this planet. This appears to be you.
IronHorsez88 1 year ago
What an Atheist believes (In the words of the late great Madalyn M. O'Hair):
1. An Atheist loves his fellow Man instead of a god.
2. An Atheist believes that Heaven is something for which we should work now here on earth for all mankind to enjoy
3. An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church
4. An Atheist believes that he/she can get no help through prayer
5. An Atheist believes that a deed should be done, instead of a prayer said
NickBFilms 1 year ago 3
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There are three models of Government competing for world domination:
(1) Communist / atheist: where government officials decide and dole out your temporal rights if any
(2) Sharia Law: where the Qu'ron governs
(3) Judeo-Christian model, where God grants our rights & liberties and THEREFORE they are unalienable, power resides in we the people, we are sovereign and the government is our servant.
Mr88playmaker 1 year ago
I believe intelligence is hot :)
MakingTheMetalBand 1 year ago
I believe that identifying yourself as anything can make you angry and frustrated when people do not like what you identify yourself as.
I believe your logic is on point, but your efforts aren't going to change anything or anybody.
I don't think that all people can grasp the concept of atheism.
superrobottrollninja 1 year ago
"i believe that falling into a trap of working in a job you hate, to buy crap you don't need, to impress people you dont like is far easier than you think." - that is my favourite quote from this video for today!
thebestwillow 2 years ago
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a)Do you choose atheist (a lie)
b)Do you choose satanism (He is real, but he gives nothing, but lies.
c)God is your answer.(100% real)
which would you choose
TheIggy457 2 years ago
@TheIggy457
Gee whiz, you're too clever for me. I suppose I must choose to become a theist (and of your religion in particular).
Or perhaps this is a perfect example of how theists don't have any reasons or evidence to back their beliefs, but just empty rhetoric.
Albert10110 2 years ago 12
al, i am going to assume that you meant to say "...of how SOME theists don't have reasons...". i certainly have reasons.
my friend felt god told her he was healing her children of ADD, autistic spectrum problems, and food intolerances.on that day, she took the kids off their medication for ADD, she reintroduced stuff to their diets that they had previously not been able to tolerate.
that was january 2009. they have had no problems of that nature since.
thebestwillow 2 years ago
your comment doesn't make sense. you call atheism a lie, you give satan as a choice (if you beleive in satan then you already beleive in god, its circular reasoning) and then you claim god is 100% real. it lacks logic and reasoning.
errskin 2 years ago
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your comment doesn't make sense. you call atheism a lie, you give satan as a choice (if you beleive in satan then you already beleive in god, its circular reasoning) and then you claim god is 100% real. it lacks logic and reasoning.
errskin 2 years ago
dear thelggy, what exactly was ur purpose in making this comment? it comes across as arrogant and condemning and generally offensive.
thebestwillow 2 years ago
@TheIggy457 Hey thelggy lets reverse the positions.
A) Do you choose to be a Christian? Complete lie made by power hungry human beings
B)Do you choose to be an atheist? Many facts supporting itself with no real goal of controlling the masses
Whats it gonna be Sir?
DeathsWill228 1 year ago
An Atheist believes that he's a mutant,hairless monkey.(in simple terms)
KpEMuKoBcu 2 years ago
Oh?
Albert10110 2 years ago 4
In simple terms... open a book that really tells what's about instead of what you think it's about and have few, few clue about it. No one ever said we came from monkeys but people who thinks what they talk about and don't.
DocStrange0123 2 years ago
(part 2) since Theism/Theist equals "Belief in a god or gods" and "A" equals "without" we put it toguether and the result is Atheist equals someone without belief in a god or gods... congratulations for missing the point.
DocStrange0123 2 years ago
@DocStrange0123,
Theists believe in a god. Theism does not believe anything. Therefore theism is without belief in a god. Theism lacks belief in a god. According to you then, theism is atheism.
gklr 1 year ago
@gklr is there a problem with your reading/comprehension skills? Theists believe in a god or gods since theism describes theyr condition, theism means belief in a god or gods, theism is not without belief in a god or gods, an A before the definition means without, example: Apolitical. so according to me is incorrect, according to you, I never said that so read again but this time put you glasses on sunshine...
DocStrange0123 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
"theism is not without belief in a god or gods"
Yes it is. Theism is not capable of belief of any kind. Theism is the belief itself. Beliefs do not believe anything. Theology does not believe in a god.
gklr 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
"A before the definition means without"
/watch?v=GJ3A4aBNK9M
End of that bit of garbage right there.
gklr 1 year ago
@gklr u just use semantics to fit your point, sorry doesn't work that way.. want a link too? /watch?v=X189in5UtSs .
DocStrange0123 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
Formal logic is not semantics. I saw nothing in the first minute and a half in that video that pertains to anything we are discussing. Perhaps you'd like to refer me to what part of that 7 minute video has any bearing on this discussion? My entire video shows the a=not or a=without to be complete foolishness.
gklr 1 year ago
@gklr then watch it all..
DocStrange0123 1 year ago
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@DocStrange0123,
"then watch it all.."
No thanks, Couglin666 comes across as a babbling moron with an utter fail in basic logic. And that was in the first 1:05. When we say X lacks Y, we are not talking about X. A lack of belief is not anything. Either offer his argument, point out where he actually tried to make one, or realize none has been made here. I won't waste my time looking for him to say more stupid things, his first 1 minute convinced me already he is a buffoon.
gklr 1 year ago
@gklr @!#x!!! ...the point is between 3:20 and 4:05, can't you watch 7 friggin minutes but you bitch and moan about "without" and "non" during 6 posts? do you want me to bottle-feed you aswell, I'm giving the exact timing of the video so watch it or quit (you are an inch away of boring me and if you get me bored you'll see what happens, well actually you'll not see it...)
DocStrange0123 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
I watched between 3:15 and 4:15 and saw garbage and nonsense that barely touches on the topic at all. You sound too bored so go away then, but do so knowing "without belief" and "lacking belief" do not exist. And that saying X lacks Y is not talking about X. Saying an atheist lacks belief in god is true, just not about the atheist. It is true for what the atheist is not. Sorry to bore you with why what you said is false. Carry on....
gklr 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
Atheists, atheism, theism, rocks, AIDS, hate, murder, child porn and ugly.... all exist and all of them lack belief in a god. All true, none if it true about atheists, atheism, theism, rocks, AIDS, hate, murder, child porn or ugly. When you did not exist, say 1 million years ago, you did not believe in a god., you lacked belief, you were without belief in a god. Are you the eternal atheist then?
gklr 1 year ago
@gklr Implicit Atheism: babys have no notion of the concept so they are whithout that notion therefore every single baby is by definition an Implicit Atheist, same for people who never heard of that (jungle primitive tribe maybe?) Explicit Atheism: you don't believe in a god or gods for reasons A, B, C... therefore you are without belief in a god or gods because you don't believe, period. Pre-existing and post-existint means nothing because you can't have that notions oh, and you got me bored
DocStrange0123 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
If implicit atheism is being without belief in god, then implicit theism is being without belief there is no god. Are you an implicit theist? This is why the logic used to define implicit or weak atheism is just nonsense. First off it is not speaking about you to say what you lack, the subject of the sentence is about what you are not, not about you. You have dodged these points.
gklr 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
Rocks are without belief in god and are not atheists. Theism itself lacks belief in a god, it is the belief and beliefs do not believe anything. When you can cope with the arguments presented to you, do so. Coughlin666 can't that is for sure. He seems to think he is what he isn't. Clearly a "notter". (derived from nutter)
gklr 1 year ago
@gklr rocks can't take a position on the issue, do you train to be that friggin stupid or it was a matter of parental incest? I'm tired of your bullshit, no more replys from me, waste your time not mine, bye
DocStrange0123 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
I didn't say anything about rocks. I said what rocks are not, nothing about what rocks are. Likewise it is not saying anything about atheists to say they lack belief in a god. You missed that point entirely. I am not you is true, but not you is not a property of me and not believing is not a property of an atheist. Not X, no matter what X is.... is not anything.
gklr 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
"rocks can't take a position on the issue"
All positions are beliefs or truths. Rocks lack belief in a god, they do not believe in a god. First you want atheism to be a lack of belief, and then you want it to be a position? Say again? You are saying atheism is a lack of a position by saying it is a lack of belief. A lack of belief is no more a position than lacking a hat is a form of headgear.
gklr 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
Ok at 3:24 he says "what you are is sometimes going to be defined by what you are not." That is complete nonsense. Nothing is what it is not.
gklr 1 year ago
@gklr if you are not married or with boy/glirlfriend you are single, you are just being defined by something you are without or you are not, you are not married. he's not saying what it is or what is not he's saying that you are going to be defined by what you have and by what you are without or not are, it's fucking different; no home to live, you sleep under a bridge, you are homeless, you've been defined by something you are without, a pre-school could understand that, you bore me, bye.
DocStrange0123 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
Well the present King of France is not married and is not single.
It is not talking about X to say X is not Y. So when you say you are not married, you are not talking about you or what you are. You are talking about what you are not. It is true you were not married in 1754 too. You were not single in 1754 and were not married.
gklr 1 year ago
@DocStrange0123,
"a pre-school could understand that"
Better to introduce preschoolers to some logic. For you, I recommend Bertrand Russells essays titled "On Denoting" where he argues the present King of France has no hair and is not bald. The PKoF also has no home and is not homeless. Nothing IS what it ISN'T? If any preschoolers tell you otherwise, they are as wrong as Coughlin666.
gklr 1 year ago
@KpEMuKoBcu i have hair
liljimmylv 1 year ago
@KpEMuKoBcu do you have a point?
Jack9ix 1 year ago
i believe haveing sex is good
totolondon 2 years ago
I believe this video is genius. Seriously, this is a class act!
jkalvin9 2 years ago
Dawkins is upset with the fact that his idol, the world's PREMIERE ATHEIST, Anthony Flew stated what he did about DNA publicly; but Dawkins forgets that he himself stated that DNA can only be explained by intelligent design. The difference is that Dawkins said the code may have been written by evolved aliens whereas Anthony Flew said he was siding with Einstein and calling the creator "God".
Dawkins is angry because unlike Flew, he is more about 'atheism' than he is about science and the facts
Mr88playmaker 2 years ago
"Dawkins forgets that he himself stated that DNA can only be explained by intelligent design"
Yeeeah. I'm going to go ahead and say that's not true, and that you are also exaggerating what Flew has said, what Einstein said, and his relationship to Dawkins. I know about the aliens quote, so I also know you are simply mischaracterizing that entirely.
Congratulations. You've managed to saturate more lies in 500 characters than I've ever seen before.
Albert10110 2 years ago 7
Einstein didn't use the word "God" to refer to a creator. As I understand it, he used the word to refer to the unknown qualities of the universe. The things he felt couldn't be understood through the science of the time. Not an anthropomorphic deity or creator. There's a significant distinction to be made.
bloodyspartan 2 years ago
I don't "believe" in atheism. I think that it should be reinforced that atheism is a lack of a belief otherwise the Religious will keep telling us we are as deluded as they are.
KaelHunter 2 years ago
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@KaelHunter,
"I don't "believe" in atheism"
Then you are not an atheist.
"I think that it should be reinforced that atheism is a lack of a belief "
A lack of belief does not exist, there is no such thing. Atheism exists, I am an atheist.
gklr 1 year ago
@gklr I am an atheist because no evidence exists to substantiate religious claims. No evidence at all = the default position of non-existence and things that don't exist don't require a belief for them not to exist.
If you assert "There IS no god" you have made a positive claim which requires evidence or belief that is not atheism.
The definition states atheism as the LACK of a belief in god(s) not a belief that no god(s) exist.
My position would change if evidence for god(s) appeared.
KaelHunter 1 year ago
@KaelHunter "The definition states atheism as the LACK of a belief in god(s)"
That is a definition used by people who have no understanding what belief is.
"My position would change if evidence for god(s) appeared."
Evidence is already here. its just poor evidence. WHat you want is proof a god exists.
Your opinion that no evidence at all exists to substantiate a belief is in its self a belief. In short, you don;t make much sense.
sashajw1234 1 year ago
@sashajw1234,
KH seems to want it both ways on many related issue to this. One minute there is no evidence, thus nonexistence... while he cannot prove anyone believes in a god (prove theism exists). Thus theism doesn't exist in his logic. Nor would atheism.
He also wants to talk about the nonexistence of god, a conclusion, and say atheism is not a conclusion. Kinda way out there even for a notter.
gklr 1 year ago
@KaelHunter,
" I am an atheist because no evidence exists to substantiate religious claims."
So that is why you believe there is no god?
gklr 1 year ago
@KaelHunter,
"No evidence at all = the default position of non-existence and things that don't exist don't require a belief for them not to exist."
Nonexistence is proven by showing the object in question to be the subject of a logical contradiction. All other proposed things possibly exist. The gods of the koran or bible can be proven to not exist, the only beliefs needed would be in the axioms of logic itself (which are required for any truth statement, so it is a moot point)
gklr 1 year ago
@KaelHunter,
" you assert "There IS no god" you have made a positive claim which requires evidence "
Not if I say it is a belief. A burden of proof applies only when we state something is true. No belief is proven true, once proven true it is not a belief.
gklr 1 year ago
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@KaelHunter,
"The definition states atheism as the LACK of a belief in god(s) not a belief that no god(s) exist."
Ya, the illogical definition does say that. A lack of belief, like lacking a 32nd head, is not a property of you or anyone since no such thing exists.
gklr 1 year ago
@KaelHunter,
"My position would change if evidence for god(s) appeared"
There is plenty of evidence of a god, all poor evidence. Bibles, testimonies are all evidence. In court, complete lies are evidence and they are here as well. Atheism is a not a science, it is a logical (inductive and not deductive) conclusion. There is no scientific proof of theism or atheism, let alone god.
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KaelHunter 1 year ago
Great video. I have been a fan for a while. After a hiatus from youtube I was excited to return and find interesting videos from you! Thanks!
kisskisskiss121212 2 years ago
according to your words you are a religions atheist
which i believe is stupid no less then being theist
there is a difference between believing it is fake then not believing its true
adirm18 2 years ago
I believe that love is a bi-product of hate because you can't know such strong things without knowing their opposites.
I believe that the world is ful of problems that could easily be solved if we stopped praying ad di something about it.
MrGameposter 2 years ago
Do you really think love and hate are opposites? I think indifference is their mutual opposite.
canibalgofer 2 years ago
Just to stick navy showers! Look around you! What the fuck is "the scientisfic method".
usnrnurse 2 years ago
you know what I BELIEVE!!! I believe your cracked!!
mimi2696 2 years ago
I believe that there should be more videos like this.
InsanityManifest 2 years ago 10
i don´t Believe in good and evil
only a presons point of view
ziggymikkel 2 years ago
Oh yeah, and Brian from Family Guy is an atheist, and he's about the most moral character on the show.
MTGandP 2 years ago
Using fictional characters from a fictional cartoon show isn't the best example you can use.
Albert10110 2 years ago
That's true. But it shows that the creators of Family Guy do not believe that atheists are immoral, and it gives everyone watching Family Guy the idea that atheists can be moral.
MTGandP 2 years ago
About 20% of people worldwide are atheists. Not that bad. Rationality and skepticism is spreading!
MTGandP 2 years ago
MTGandP: That is an exaggeration. Most studies find that about 10% of people (in America) identify as atheist, agnostic, "not religious", etc. Claiming that they are all atheists is misleading.
Albert10110 2 years ago
Though I was talking about the entire world, you are correct. I misread the study I was using: the 20% includes all nonreligious people, who are about half theistic and half atheist.
MTGandP 2 years ago
*applauds*
3gaaraWshippo3 2 years ago
I believe people care more about sharing their own beliefs than they do about hearing others'.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher regard those who think alike than those who think differently. Keep an open mind folks..
olvr1902 2 years ago
you're a man after my own heart, Al. or i'm one after yours... regardless... even though i did, in fact, find this video whilst seeking opinions echoing my own, and even though i found just that in this video, i find your perspective and clarity utterly inspiring... thanks! and may all nay-sayers serve only to refine your message and language so that even they might one day hear and see... anything. cheers
watchzeitgeist 2 years ago 3
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what's your point mr atheist?
what is that you believe this and believe that got to do being non believer of god?
wengsky01 2 years ago
I think his point is that everyone believes something. He trying to bridge the gap between him and believers. There isn't a us vs them thing going on here. Merely two groups looking for an answer. You can't get on to Atheists for asking for evidence.
kathrynkatana 2 years ago
obama is half white and half black. everyone considers him black
BackDraft017 2 years ago
i believe there was a time when the old testament laws applied to the people who followed them, but that this is because they were a people who did not have grace to forgive. i know thats not a complete reason, i do apologise, brain is on a go slow!
i think being an adult and being able to forgive ur parents arent always the same thing.
some things are MUCH easier to forgive than others.
i agree about knowing where countries are on the world map. i need to work on that.
thebestwillow 2 years ago
it hadnt occurred to me to think of you as an ethnicity at all!
it IS really silly to believe in love. i remember those notes in year 3 with the check boxes. they were cool. i think the relationships we (most of us!) had at that age were a lot more straightforward due to not having any of the worries that show up when you start having sex...
i agree with ur comments about tv at 1:50and 2:45...do you own one?
you make a point about reading the scriptures of other religions.
thebestwillow 2 years ago
Interesting comment about your ethnicity, I assumed it was south-east Asian. However, I believe that the importance of ethnicity is as over-rated as the importance of religion.
kshackleton 2 years ago
look you can believe in something whats got proof
or you can believe in a book
Redknight345 2 years ago
You're absolutely right, Albert - if atheists don't speak up, the negative perceptions will continue. Let's proudly proclaim our beliefs, and remind everyone that accuses atheists of having "no morals" that one of the most atheist countries on earth - Sweden - also consistently has the lowest crime rates. Hmmm, now how could that be?........
VidKid40 3 years ago 2
Your Fantastic.
amandapalacio17 3 years ago
amazing video albert!!!
underclassdamnriot 3 years ago
I love the Fight Club reference! Keep up the great videos!
thranil 3 years ago
Brilliant, yet simple words of wisdom. Thank you sir...
jsaka14 3 years ago
I believe that one day soon science will finally debunk religion. (And I hope that day is tomorrow)
SuperboyConnerKent 3 years ago
Aww look at the kitty how cute!
You are very true about how many athiests are afraid to say anything!
LEmusic145 3 years ago
I believe in Harvey Dent.
I also believe that people should follow the example you have demonstrated by thinking about what they say before they say it.
Fantastic video.
OminousVoice 3 years ago 4
I believe in you!
(And lots of other people.)
luckakaprova 3 years ago
wow...you're good.....and i agree with u alot...but i still believe they'res a God=]
italianblack21 3 years ago 3
you believe they are is a god?
Valkes 3 years ago
Actually, I watched this video before, and I'm pretty sure that I even forgot that comment about forgetting within half an hour. Part of the reason why we will forget so much of it so quickly is because you express a large number of diverse ideas without much elaboration. Sure, sometimes you said one belief, and then had a follow-up, but I don't even remember those that well. Also, many were quite ironic.
And while I'm commenting: I'd like to see you finish your "this old Earth" videos.
WatcherThePunk 3 years ago
Wow, very well said.
PinchHarmonix 3 years ago
You're Asian? I thought you were Hispanic. I believe "Jackass" is an underutilized derogatory epithet. I believe that morality is a subcategory of aesthetics. I believe that you ought to make more videos.
UnBeguiled 3 years ago 2
very well said.
k2sizzle 3 years ago
I believe you are a very intelligent person who needs to keep up the great posts. Love it.
Nattybug01 3 years ago 3
I believe Christians should start 'spreading the gospel' in countries where it is illegal, like Saudi Arabia, instead of sticking to countries where it is not illegal, like India. And someone should vlog it.
MutantBamHammer 3 years ago
Great video
WC3Muteman 3 years ago
athiest is the same as spiritualism. you see life through more than one aspect, so you can believe in unicorns XD and not god
ancientprotecter 3 years ago
But unicorns ARE real!!..I've seen them O_o...behold! bible translation..from Greek, Monoceros then to Latin...unicorn..both mean "one horn" but we call that same animal, "nose horn" instead of "one horn"..and since it's also a Greek word, it's Rhinoceros..if you read the bible description, it's clearly a rhino. And I'm not Christian, i just know things....unicorns are freaking' scary....
Ravindra9689 3 years ago 2
they stole my wallet!
ancientprotecter 3 years ago
I believe that I am stupider for having watched this video.
zztoproadster 3 years ago
You believe A, B, C - Who the hell cares ?
verymaddog 3 years ago
verymaddog: Apparently you do. You care enough to leave a comment on this video, anyway. Could you provide something a bit more constructive or critical though?
Albert10110 3 years ago
He clearly doesn't understand that the point is to show that atheists are more than their one (lack of) belief. You do a great job of displaying that there is more to people. This is my favorite video of yours, except maybe 'fair and balanced'. You should take the time to make more videos, it's definitely worth it. Have a good one.
KonijNx2 3 years ago
I wish verymaddog offered a bit more of a dialectic, rather than nothing of substance.
Even when someone disagrees with you, it creates a debate, and all debate is productive.
Andrewticus04 3 years ago
Hey, I am a fifteen year old atheist, and I believe in so many things. And videos like this make me believe that people can be amazing. :)
thethinkler 3 years ago 2
that's a nice thought....
Castrate666 2 years ago
what would you do in a hypothetical situation?
HeresToTheAdventure 3 years ago
Good job!
kberka 3 years ago
Man...I loved the things you said. Seriously.
Twint42 3 years ago
Well, why it may be possible that evolution is some god's plan, it seems more reasonable to believe that there is no god and that evolution is simple the best explanation of life. The theory of Evolution stands only, without the need for a creator. We most probably came about through slow incremental changes over long periods of time without the "help" of some god or supernatural force. A god probably does not exist. Have you told a child who asks you, that you believe there is no god lately!
JohnHasSeriousQ 3 years ago
To all my athiest brethrens out there. your nothing but victems. ''knock''knock'' whoes there?'', I dont know? THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING STANDING IN FRONT OF MY DOOR? I DONT KNOW? you would run back into your houses dial 911 get theres a Mad man at my door his insane theres insanity and loss of reason knocking on my door without reason
get it athiests
salekh01 3 years ago
... no.
baldur26 3 years ago 3
salekh01 its atheist not 'athiest'
VCMethod 3 years ago
Amazing video. I went straight to the transcript because I definitely agree with you. Great points.
rebekahope 3 years ago
did he mention that jesus loves you....i can't remember...:P
darkheart220982 3 years ago
You're Asian? Doesn't matter or anything, I just wouldn't have guessed. I agree, Internet (esp YouTube) is way better than TV.
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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
you cannot escape that, GOD loves you...:)
rommelreyes18 3 years ago
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If you believe in love, you must believe in God because God is love.He is patient, merciful, caring, and everything else love is.
slim2jz 4 years ago
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baldur26 3 years ago
I just wanna say that you rock! Thanks for making all these videos. Where I live, people really don't get atheism and it's more than annoying. Especially when it's my parents...
gaelicdragon66 4 years ago
wow how often do you find someone you completely agree with. wanna grab a drink sometime?
MaxiusTheGod 4 years ago
Ever watch OZ? Prison rape IS funny! But seriously, this country is fucked up...
kingreg69 4 years ago
i like ur cat!
ramstar28 4 years ago
That was to "Patsun9" by the way. (I have got to remember to do that!)
megami2323 4 years ago
I'm a milkman, in my line of work, I give people what they want. I make friggin organic milk for the hippies!!!!
hackajim 4 years ago
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Please kill yourself. Thanks!
01296501923654 4 years ago
awesome video
fruitybud420 4 years ago 2
Very Good Video, You a very well spoken individual. Only time will tell hopefully the human race will let go of all mysticism, and religion, and just be able to say I do not know.
Atheist18505 4 years ago 2
I'm one of those that doesn't announce I'm an atheist but people comes into conclusion that I am an atheist and it's true.
onotheo 4 years ago
I believe that taxation is theft and that wealth redistribution is just another name for slavery.
bradwatson7324 4 years ago
Taxes are the entry fee for civil society. How do you like your roads and law enforcement and fire/rescue services?
MoNuckah 4 years ago
I should have said *direct* taxes. Direct taxation, the kind that can't be avoided without going to jail, is theft. An indirect tax, like the gas tax we pay for road construction, is not theft. But, again, I meant to speak of direct taxation, and it doesn't matter what the ultimate use of direct taxes is, it is still robbing you of your money, which is immoral. You spoke of "civil society." But how civil is a society that gets much of its revenue through coercion?
bradwatson7324 4 years ago
Love this video, it's really sincere and everything you say provokes a little bit of thought and a little bit of introspection. Thanks. :]
KonijNx2 4 years ago
i believe that man is about as important as a pile of raked up leafs
calculus345 4 years ago