the Nothing created all or not. that is the question. the quest for the answer. the universe is us. sagan was it. we are all flowers reaching for the stars. pass your knowledge to your kids. evolution depends unendlessly on it.
CARL SAGAN - "Almost no one attempts to educate themselves on the basics of science and technology, yet our society is based on these. TV takes up far too much of our time and is apparently much more attractive to most of us than the beauty and wonder of science. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces." - CARL SAGAN
and ironically on the religious aspect, the two clashing hordes (christianity/islam) that hate each other so relentlessly and without reason, are worshipping the same story played in a different tune. I always thought it was sad that Sagan passed at 62, but lately i think whatever powers that be did not want to let such a pure soul have to witness the insane, meaningless, and tragic downfall the human race is taking. All that potential squandered by the masses in the name of fear and complacency
Well, I think the theists, deists, and atheists here can at least agree that Creation, Cosmos, Nature or what have you is a fascinating, magnificent thing. And is something we understand little about and should do all we can to maintain. If you are not convince by much of what Sagan says, I would urge you to take one thing away from this series. That is the image of Earth, hanging alone in a void. And the idea of a thin shell, the only biosphere we know in the universe.
@vortexy1 But I can very easily say Zues doesn't exist. Because if Zues was real, he'd demand worship and lightning bolts wouldn't hit randomly but at specific non believers. Since the Christian god also has attributes, you can look at the attributes assigned to this particular god, and see how likely its existence is. All knowing, and directly wrote/inspired the bible. Are two completely contradictory attributes. A god could exist, yes always possible, but many gods are not possible.
@GhostInTheShell29 Still dont undestAnd do you? Just because your senses cant perceive everything, doesnt mean it isnt there!!! Learn Heisenberg's uncertainty principle!!!!
@vortexy1 Another example a concept of God like the Hindu concept of Brahman, One can not rationally prove, or refute that, though you could argue philosophically over it till the cows come home. But if you apply attributes to a God, for example Jesus's love then you can look if its consistent in the world, and within its own mythology. Jesus's new covenant sent most humans who ever existed in the history of the earth to hell. For the sin of being born to the wrong religion.
@vortexy1 As for my earlier example with Zues, If the Zues we know of existed, its existence would be obvious. Could a God exist that had the same name? Could a God exist that had some similarities to Zues exist, well yes. But it be fundamentally different. The Biblical God as described can not physically exist at it be a living contradiction of itself, or it have to be deceitful, which would also be a contradiction.
@GhostInTheShell29 This is a problem with discussing any contemporary religion. Theologians have had many years to apologize. If you lived in 450 BC Athens you can bet there were proselytizers making complex excuses for Zeus's absence. The religion looks so funny now because all we have are the myths minus the reasoning. Analysis disproves myth. The same way analysis of the Bible disproves the Abrahamic God. Religions over time are like sludge. They change shape to fill any container.
@vortexy1 I don't know for sure if the leprechauns exist. Why should I entertain the notion that she does? Similarly, why should I entertain the notion that God does?
What I have chosen to believe is definitely true. I know that it's true because it's blatantly obvious. You're an idiot because you've chosen to believe in something else.
Furthermore, I feel the need to come into an unrelated youtube video and argue about it in the comments in such a way that it pisses you off, because I don't like your belief system.
I'm tired of seeing atheist douche-bags acting like assholes to people are giving atheists a bad name. I'm not an atheist anymore, I'm a deist, and not as many people know or care about deism. Sad really, so many people think its either theism or atheism.Some atheists are really deists. Some believe in "something", Carlin called it the Big Electron, theists call it Creation, Krishna Consciousness call it Krishna's dream, Sagan called it the Cosmos. Its the infinite omnipresent omnipotent Being.
Let us just enjoy the beauty of the nature around us and the confident narration of Carl Sagan who elegantly describes its mystery and mechanisms instead of arguing on the internet.
To be an atheist you do not need brains. No man says "God does not exist", except one who has an interest in that it does not exist. The world is still waiting for the first atheist wise. I am surprised to find an intelligent person who fights against something she absolutely does not believe it exists. The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
@WestminsterIceTea Religion will die when humans no longer revere and comemorate unrecorded and unprovable events and deeds from the past. When evidence is absolute and the mystic is redundant.
God Created Man ! We Should beleve if we want armagedon ! armagedon dont means apocalipse ! armagedon means defeating everything that eat our mind ! everything whats anti christ !
@dShando1 You mean, "destroying everything you don't understand". Because you hate what you fear and you fear what you don't understand. You just want the fear to go away don't you? The fear THEY programmed into you. Wake up!
@MinGophers - I disagree - it is an ignorant position. If all the observations point to a certain position why discount it. True science is making a hypothesis up and then continual testing and observation to see whether there is anything that refutes that hypothesis. The position of there being a god has never been supported by any observable phenomena.
@asgardian001 there will always be ignorance in my opinion. I *highly* doubt that there will be any complete evidence of the existence of a God, or lack thereof. Until it is *proven*, it's just an argument from ignorance.
And I don't think there is that much evidence against there being a God. Nor for a God. All just stances on neutral facts.
@MinGophers I agree to an extent - There can be no evidence to the existence of god as by pure definition god is supernatural - so outside our natural laws ... but so too is every mythology about gods and spiritual beings.
There can not be evidence against the existence of god just like there can not be any evidence against anything else that is a negative. Try and prove that there is no invisible, non corporeal, and ethereal elephant in your room right now. It is impossible.
@MinGophers I wouldnt call it neutral ..evidence that there ISNT a god is like proving a negative. Thats like trying to prove there isnt an easter bunny
@screat If you *positively* assert there is no God, burden is on you. If you assert anything, the burden is on you. It's all about the assertion, whether that assertion is positive or negative. Assuming there is a God and until proven otherwise, "he exists" would require proving a negative and be quite illogical.
wow i wish they played this at my school when i was in 5th grade but instead we had to read bible verses and recite them....this is far more interesting.
I love the soundtrack. My parents gave me the soundtrack on cassette tape about the same time as the last episode and I listened to it regularly until my tape case was stolen in 1994. Needless to say the type of person who stole it would never have listened to it. Sad, Sad.
Kids are growing up thinking anyone who is educated is a 'nerd', it's become 'uncool' to be educated for young people. This needs to change, when I got out of high school I was extremely uneducated, it wasn't until I got out of school and into the real world that I became thrilled with learning, that is when I got my first taste of Sagan. Sagan was able to do something that 14 years of traditional schooling wasn't, get me excited about learning. I wish I had you as a teacher all those years ago.
As a kid growing up I had no want of knowledge. I was your typical high school student, friends, social life, but when it came to knowledge I always viewed it as unimportant or 'gay'. I was ok with mediocrity, I was ok with stupidity. Only now looking back can I see how dumb I was.. However that raises a good point, I believe if our species is to survive we need to change society, it's become not only acceptable but normal to indulge in ignorance and turn a blind eye to education, (next post)
As a very young man, saw cosmos, found scientific disciplines that are self correcting but testing, observation and postulations. The need to say God made it or did it to cover our lack of knowledge no longer neccessary. Carl Sagen took the knowledge of science and made it digestable for us all. Thanks Carl.
Carl had no evidence that there was no God (or Gods for that matter). Before his death, on the Charlie Rose show, he said: 'In my opinion- Holding a belief without evidence, is a mistake'.
Now read that again, a totally contradicting statement. He held a belief there was no God without evidence. Regarding any unprovable hypothesis, Isn't "I don't know" a better answer than "no"
So you spoke to yourself? Here is another question perhaps you can answer this. So If it takes months if not years for "god" to answer you and you accept that as acceptable, then why do the majority of religious people believe in creationism, and not evolution, where changes take thousands if not millions of years?
And I'm well aware that the big bang is a theory, but like anyone who uses empirical evidence the facts were written by nature, not someone 5k years ago.
As its known there is no science in Creationism. Here is a challenge, if the bible had never been written, what would you believe in? Would you make your own creation myth up or would you try to find the answers though empirical data?
I'm aware the bible is a part of society. My question is merely a thought experiment. If you can answer this objectively ( yes that means trying to answer this question with no bible) it would be of great interest to me.
@willd3rbeast The question itself is the problem. It is based on faith. You are in error just by creating the question, any question - it is a belief. Relgion and science are both interests that different people pursue. One judges the other as wrong. Seems arrogant, doesn't it?
@willd3rbeast Well to answer your thought experiment (to the best of my ability), it would entirely depend on the time period I was born - past, present or future. We're still trying to undertand the universe as well as we can given our present level of understanding, just as our ancestors did and our descendents will.
@willd3rbeast Do you really expect me to answer your question in the space provided for a YouTube comment!! As for God. That's easy. You're aware of your thoughts, emotions and physical sensations, right? You always were and will be. Now what exactly is it that allows you to be aware, because it isn't the brain. Everyone can say 'my mind', 'my emotions', etc. Well what's the I that corresponds to the 'my'. God is consciousness itself, not a physical thing.
@DOMuricu The irony is that Sagan was operating from a 'spiritual' perspective: i.e., wonder and reverence for life. His phrase that the 'Cosmos' is experiencing itself in all it's physical and living forms is the same as the spiritual truth that consciousness is experiencing itself in temporary, physically limited forms through this universe.
@DOMuricu Your opinion on god is your "own". Im asking for a simple retort to my question. Not your philosophy. If the bible did not exist what would you use for DATA about your environment.
@willd3rbeast I don't understand your argument. First I'm not religious. Secondly I don't deal with life with any pre-defined source of information. The problem is in your definition of God. That word was chosen because it doesn't describe a physical object: it doesn't have any information in it. If you think that the reality that word is a label for is a physical object alone, then you aren't paying attention. You're just lost in thought and constructing a flawed conceptual argument.
@DOMuricu There is no argument yet, Its a question to who ever defines a god to try to remove that aspect from their thought process for determining the way they perceive their world. I never every said you were religious either so don't imply that, but it seems you can't understand the fundamental question.You idea of god is most likely different from the net guy. I don't think my logic is flawed for asking a question. Perhaps you should try to understand the question before commenting on it.
@DOMuricu So if I damaged your brain your consciousness should remain unaffected. Unfortunately you're wrong, consciousness is one of the many things that our mighty brains do.
There is no reason to assume/assert that our consciousness comes from some archaic bizarre magic man.
@ArchhereticK I didn't reply to your answer until now, because I knew you'd just repeat the same old argument. Consciousness is not thought...this is the fundamental error that humans have been trapped in. You can verify this yourself easily. Thought has no direct correlation to reality, consciousness does. Most humans can distinguish between the two....which is a basic flaw in the human brain's mechanism. If a person can be aware that they are thinking......fill in the dots yourself.
@ArchhereticK The answer to your question is yes. I would be fully aware of damage to my brain. My thinking level would be impaired in some way, but I would be aware. The distinction is that either my ability to use language or to function physically would be impaired, while my actual experience of that would not. The mind and nervous system can't distinguish between dreams/imagination and reality. Experiment: Pretend you have to go to a job interview today unprepared. Feel anything?
@DOMuricu It is also possible for consciousness to be impaired (or indeed eliminated), personalities can be changed, paranoia and schizophrenia (which affect your consciousness) can be removed/induced through manipulation of brain tissue.
@ArchhereticK I'm not trying to be argumentative or competitive with this. What you've said is true for thought and the tissue of the mind. I'm distinguishing in a very simplified way between thought and consciousness, because I don't want them confused as the same or interchangeable. Thought is a product of consciousness - one limited aspect. Consciouness is what enables you to realise that a thought is only a thought: the mind can't make that distinction itself. Observe it yourself.
@DOMuricu I think thought can be applied to non-sentient (creatures lacking consciousness) beings as well, for instance a dog can think he's running in his sleep, I don't think thought is a product of consciousness, I'd view consciousness, more, as the observation of thought in a sense, although it is much more complicated that that.
@willd3rbeast The answer to your question lies in both history and Human nature itself. Our ancestors likely made up myths to explain their world. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are not different. Though their Beliefs only deal for the most part with what happens after death. Now what happened during the Plauge, when the religion of the time, Catholsism, a sect of christianty failed to explain the plauge, people turned to a different one. Sory I tend to get caried way but I hopethereareanswers
@willd3rbeast Id also like to add.. does that mean you would have no morals of your own..Would you start raping and killing simply bc the bible is no more..hmm
Im sure that we figured out that hurting people was a bad thing long before someone wrote the bible, but yea that just adds to the clarity of my point!
@willd3rbeast I know, my point was, that when you watch the atheist experience, Chtns claim that they get their morals from the bible and that we dont have any
The bible is only one among several texts that appeal to a grand creator, the Qu'ran is another. Every major religion has its own bible. So yes, I believe people would still believe in deities and gods. Paganism is the evidence. Every society attempts to answer the question, "why are we here?" I believe that religion is nothing more than best guesses. Guesses based on peoples' desires and fears and perception. But why people cling onto it... I do not know.
Ok, so we have here very smart Ahteists and very dumb Christians? Come on, open up your mind, there is no single contradiction between science and Christianity. In fact, opposing to common propaganda, modern science would not exist without the fundament the Greek, and the Christian philosophers in the Middle Age (wasn't that dark, read wikipedia for this) built.
@TheLi0nnnn Modern historians call it the dark ages because of the decrease in available information from that time not because of the social and civic policies of the times. The Roman roads and trade routes that united the world fell into disuse. And monks stayed in their abbeys rather than travel and exchange ideas. The term dark refers to how illuminated the era is to us today not because of how dismal life was then.
@willd3rbeast Good question. At first sight. It is like "Can an almighty God make a stome so heavy he could not lift it?" This is just a contradiction within the borders of our thinking. I mean, as it does exist, the "if" does not matter. Would you miss Internet if it was never invented?
@willd3rbeast the bible was a book of knowledge back then,it was kind of a self help book with a little mysticism in it.haha.well without the bible history wouldn't be what it is today,do you believe in parallel universes?
@420smugg I'm open to the possibility that parallel universes exist but until there is a way to prove it i have to put that on the "unknown shelf" in my brain.
@willd3rbeast if a parallel world exist and the bible or religion wasn't created what would it look like,or could we even advance as humans without religion?all im saying is maybe its a gradual process,in the future i hope every human becomes enlightened gradually and see the real truth.
@420smugg Your question already has an answer. Look at the ancient Mediterranean. Rome and Greece for example had very modern mostly secular legal systems. The rule of law was very important to the Romans. That is something we lost with the rise of monarchies and the concept of the Right of Kings.
@willd3rbeast I have lived with a certain disdain for the bible and christianity as a whole. I still have contempt for the people that run the church, but at the same time there are some real science minded christians that KNOW the truth and are a bit ashamed for the church and its mistakes. The truth is, the bible is forewarning us of events to come and if you can get beyond that hatred you have for christianity and look at prophecy as it is written you will uncover some scary stuff.
@romnsch13 I've had to read the bible as a teen, I have never uncovered anything but stories and fairy tales. I can't comment about prophecy I don't know the future, Do you? The bible certainly does not know either. But look at any novel, the events could either happen or seem like they are going to happen. Its all a matter of time IMO.
@romnsch13 With the absolutely ridiculous amount of blind, soulless followers today (in both christianity and islam) that believe & are literally begging and screaming for the apocalypse to come about, its no surprise. If enough people believe in and want a certain thing to come about, they will end up bringing it about themselves. THAT is whats fucking scary. The sheer, overwhelming amount of brainwashed and misguided fools wanting so badly to destroy their own ecosystem that gave them life...
Its not up to science to prove there is no god. Its up to those who claim that there is a god to prove that there is, or at least show some evidence that there is. And no one has ever shown any evidence at all that god exists or that any deities have ever existed for that matter. Carl never says there's no god, he does say however that there is no evidence that there is a god, so why would we believe in something for which there is no evidence?
@Energyone your god exists to you, but you can never prove to yourself that he exists. My question to which you refer is not based in religion, its based on getting facts and thinking outside of ones box.
Im not saying the idea of a god is impossible, But there is no evidence to support it. You may claim otherwise but please have some sort of proof.
@willd3rbeast I never said I had a 'god.' I just enjoy that there is no evidence to support the non-existence. As it was said earlier - Religion and science are both interests that different people pursue, and only one judges the other as wrong. People consider the religious belief against homosexuality as arrogant. Is not the one who judges against religion also arrogant? It is a belief; a faith, that is illogical to question.
@Energyone For the most part I agree with your points. There is no evidence to support them is or is not a god. Science is not just an interest and its not an ideology either, its a way to find the questions of the entire universe (when done correct) Anyone who does an experiment should get the same results if done proper . Where as religion is an easy to answer to all hard questions with no support or any evidence and it preys on the weak minded for easy answers.
@willd3rbeast Religion is also not just an interest, but the fact is I never claimed either are just interests. They are interests, but not just interests. Calling the religious weak minded is an example of the arrogance discussed.
@willd3rbeast So, if one was brought up in a scientific environment, that same person can say the scientist is weak. I'm trying to follow the logic of being judgmental and the arrogant, to see if I can understand it.
How is religion not weak mind? Its a not out of the box idea, just a lazy way to understand the world. Where as science tries to make sense of the world though tangible results. Science cannot make sense of everything perhaps it will never either. But people should not band the things not understood by science into religion. Dont you find that religion tries to take the things that seem mystical or magical and brand them for their purposes? Correct me if im wrong.
@willd3rbeast Depends on the religion, which I'm sure you agree with. It can be a tough sell to argue science or religion is wrong based on how 'lazy' one perceives it I suppose.
@willd3rbeast You can hardly call religion lazy. You should see the knots theologians have tied themselves up in trying just to rectify the discrepancies between Acts and the Epistles of Paul.
@Energyone I dare you to prove that there isn't a giant spaghetti monster floating in outer space watching everything we do. It's not impossible. If science teaches us anything, it's that nothing is impossible. We just follow the entropy of the universe and try to judge what is reasonable plausible and what isn't. It doesn't boil down to "God is fake," but rather "a deity is entirely possible, but astronomically improbable."
@Jammed9000 Using Logic, (read my comments to wildbeast) Read Genesis 1 verse 1 - Big Bang 2 accretion disc 3 sol fusion 6 earth still forming 9 plate tectonics 11-12 Phototrophs evolves / botanical hereditary 14-16 signifies an atmospheric change from CO2 to O2 20-22 aquatic life evolves 24 land animals 26-27 intelligent life evolves While Gen is not without few timeline ?'s (fowl, whale) it nails the scientific creation. How? Now you write the narrative, in words of that time, & compare.
Look I'm not judging your believe, but I'm asking to find your train of thought and trying to understand the consistency in your logic. For all I care you can believe in the care-bears.
According to the myth the earth was created in 7 days, do you believe the universe was created in seven days, 6000 years ago. Because if you do not then you are contradicting your sacred book, which then breaks down your logic and shows you believe in whats more convenient to you.
@willd3rbeast Sigh. I'm not a believer but not all Christians are scriptural literalists.
I would also point out that atheism, like any revealed religion, also requires belief.
The cosmological argument is rather persuasive, almost certainly the best basis theists/religionists have as a predicate to their belief in God. Argue against this - your opponent's strongest argument, not his weakest.
@TheTheking1935 Actually, to say atheism is a belief maybe be pertinent to people who don't understand what atheism is about. While others DO NOT believe in what cannot be PROVEN. which is great btw.
Now any scientist can say the big bang made the universe and that would be a belief in the scientists calculations. Others Just don't know and that would be Agnostic. I'm agnostic because I don't know. But i'm fairly convinced in my own personal experience that there is no Literal god.
@TheTheking1935 Also lets be clear about something. Using the word "belief" in any context is the action of enabling themselves to stop their train of logic and reasoning.
I choose to stop using that word freely because of the inherent failure of reasoning that it pertains to. Any others should start using this word to its literal interpenetration and not only for theistic arguments.
Like always, I did the talking. His answers come in our lives. Perhaps even through you my cosmos loving brother. I devoured Cosmos when it aired on PBS, at 13. Carl explained away things with logic. Explain this. Go online read
Genesis chapter 1. How does 5k year old text get all: big bang to mans creation, in the correct order?All before any science books. You had Carl's voice 2 explain creation, Moses had Gods voice & used the terminology of the day to explain in Bible.
@fredusedup9lives. I wouldn't be so sure about Sagan. He may have been an atheist, but the use he put his knowledge and intellect to surely have to amount to compassion of a kind that isn't necessarily what human nature would produce.
why do i have to X out of an ad before every fucking video, this is bullshit, why dont you just take over my comp and force me to watch 3 hours of infomercials before brainwashing me to spend money...... !
@SlashRose I also respect Carl Sagan a great deal more than Bill Nye, although I disagree about him being a hack. The man got a great number of kids hooked on science, and has done other (less signnificant, though still important) services in the name of science and technology. He still deserves respect, just not as much.
I watched the "Cosmos" on tv when I was a teenager. Carl Sagan had this unique ability to make science simple and understandable, compaired to other scientists on tv.
My gentle, kind sister died recently. Her ashes were buried in a rose garden. I know Janet has gone forever as she was but I know that bees will take something of her from the flowers that she nourished to make honey. I know that will in turn be fed to other bees to sustain them or perhaps to spread on the toast of some child over breakfast. My sister's molecules will live on but she, as she was, is gone forever.Sadly I know her lovely presence in this life was only a short, joyous gift.
This is simply the best series on the subject. Entertaining, enlightening and just plain good. Mr. Sagan's passing touched so many lives on many levels, but thanks to 'Cosmos' he will live on forever. Thanks for the video!
the Nothing created all or not. that is the question. the quest for the answer. the universe is us. sagan was it. we are all flowers reaching for the stars. pass your knowledge to your kids. evolution depends unendlessly on it.
gameill 3 months ago
If you want a good time, post anything religious or creator oriented on a Sagan vid,......You will get postings for months on it.
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CARL SAGAN - "Almost no one attempts to educate themselves on the basics of science and technology, yet our society is based on these. TV takes up far too much of our time and is apparently much more attractive to most of us than the beauty and wonder of science. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces." - CARL SAGAN
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romnsch13 3 months ago
Does anyone think they should make a sequel with one of his other books, like The Dragons of Eden or Pale Blue Dot? Sounds like a good idea to me
dilbertismyrealname 4 months ago
I can't believe you guys are arguing about religion while a perfectly good live-action Dan-no-ura is playing out on your monitor or other screen.
chortles9 5 months ago
and ironically on the religious aspect, the two clashing hordes (christianity/islam) that hate each other so relentlessly and without reason, are worshipping the same story played in a different tune. I always thought it was sad that Sagan passed at 62, but lately i think whatever powers that be did not want to let such a pure soul have to witness the insane, meaningless, and tragic downfall the human race is taking. All that potential squandered by the masses in the name of fear and complacency
corrosivetrip 5 months ago
Well, I think the theists, deists, and atheists here can at least agree that Creation, Cosmos, Nature or what have you is a fascinating, magnificent thing. And is something we understand little about and should do all we can to maintain. If you are not convince by much of what Sagan says, I would urge you to take one thing away from this series. That is the image of Earth, hanging alone in a void. And the idea of a thin shell, the only biosphere we know in the universe.
SirNewt 5 months ago
@SirNewt After all, if you aren't fascinated by science and nature in some sense, why are you watching these videos?
SirNewt 5 months ago
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rackslap 6 months ago
@rackslap is a simple answer to a very complex question. Doesn't mean it's the right one though.
rackslap 6 months ago
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vortexy1 6 months ago
shut the fuck up assholes! both religious and atheist assholes! You cant say There IS a God, And you cant say God Doesnt Exist.
FACT : None of you know for sure!!!!!!!!
vortexy1 6 months ago in playlist Cosmos by Carl Sagan
@vortexy1 But I can very easily say Zues doesn't exist. Because if Zues was real, he'd demand worship and lightning bolts wouldn't hit randomly but at specific non believers. Since the Christian god also has attributes, you can look at the attributes assigned to this particular god, and see how likely its existence is. All knowing, and directly wrote/inspired the bible. Are two completely contradictory attributes. A god could exist, yes always possible, but many gods are not possible.
GhostInTheShell29 6 months ago
@GhostInTheShell29 Still dont undestAnd do you? Just because your senses cant perceive everything, doesnt mean it isnt there!!! Learn Heisenberg's uncertainty principle!!!!
vortexy1 6 months ago
@vortexy1 Another example a concept of God like the Hindu concept of Brahman, One can not rationally prove, or refute that, though you could argue philosophically over it till the cows come home. But if you apply attributes to a God, for example Jesus's love then you can look if its consistent in the world, and within its own mythology. Jesus's new covenant sent most humans who ever existed in the history of the earth to hell. For the sin of being born to the wrong religion.
GhostInTheShell29 6 months ago
@GhostInTheShell29 btw, what are you? a fucking all knowing "god" that you say with certainty: "but many gods are not possible."
Do you even know the real meaning of the word "possible" Think out of the box you ignorant fool!
vortexy1 6 months ago
@vortexy1 As for my earlier example with Zues, If the Zues we know of existed, its existence would be obvious. Could a God exist that had the same name? Could a God exist that had some similarities to Zues exist, well yes. But it be fundamentally different. The Biblical God as described can not physically exist at it be a living contradiction of itself, or it have to be deceitful, which would also be a contradiction.
GhostInTheShell29 6 months ago
@GhostInTheShell29 This is a problem with discussing any contemporary religion. Theologians have had many years to apologize. If you lived in 450 BC Athens you can bet there were proselytizers making complex excuses for Zeus's absence. The religion looks so funny now because all we have are the myths minus the reasoning. Analysis disproves myth. The same way analysis of the Bible disproves the Abrahamic God. Religions over time are like sludge. They change shape to fill any container.
SirNewt 5 months ago
@GhostInTheShell29 In the same way dead men tell no tales, dead religions con volute no ancient texts to correct obvious discrepancies.
SirNewt 5 months ago
@vortexy1 I don't know for sure if the leprechauns exist. Why should I entertain the notion that she does? Similarly, why should I entertain the notion that God does?
axis462 6 months ago
What I have chosen to believe is definitely true. I know that it's true because it's blatantly obvious. You're an idiot because you've chosen to believe in something else.
Furthermore, I feel the need to come into an unrelated youtube video and argue about it in the comments in such a way that it pisses you off, because I don't like your belief system.
Falcrist 6 months ago
I'm tired of seeing atheist douche-bags acting like assholes to people are giving atheists a bad name. I'm not an atheist anymore, I'm a deist, and not as many people know or care about deism. Sad really, so many people think its either theism or atheism.Some atheists are really deists. Some believe in "something", Carlin called it the Big Electron, theists call it Creation, Krishna Consciousness call it Krishna's dream, Sagan called it the Cosmos. Its the infinite omnipresent omnipotent Being.
stfwho 6 months ago in playlist Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Let us just enjoy the beauty of the nature around us and the confident narration of Carl Sagan who elegantly describes its mystery and mechanisms instead of arguing on the internet.
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To be an atheist you do not need brains. No man says "God does not exist", except one who has an interest in that it does not exist. The world is still waiting for the first atheist wise. I am surprised to find an intelligent person who fights against something she absolutely does not believe it exists. The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
OtonielRochaSC 8 months ago
These shows still give me chills.
qthelost 9 months ago
science, philosophy, poetry and history: the best combination.
alejita1679 9 months ago 13
@alejita1679 wonderfully said!!!
rodzimanos 3 months ago
religion will take a while to disappear, just give us some time.
WestminsterIceTea 9 months ago
@WestminsterIceTea Religion will die when humans no longer revere and comemorate unrecorded and unprovable events and deeds from the past. When evidence is absolute and the mystic is redundant.
zenzombie72 9 months ago
God Created Man ! We Should beleve if we want armagedon ! armagedon dont means apocalipse ! armagedon means defeating everything that eat our mind ! everything whats anti christ !
dShando1 11 months ago
@dShando1 You mean, "destroying everything you don't understand". Because you hate what you fear and you fear what you don't understand. You just want the fear to go away don't you? The fear THEY programmed into you. Wake up!
Jeddie256 11 months ago 2
after realizing everything that's out there makes me wanna believe in god even more
ay2941 11 months ago
3 people believe in Astrology.
JRod8885 1 year ago 2
Carl Sagan freed many minds with teaching people about the cosmos.
Septimius25 1 year ago 3
Agnosticism is the only sensible choice.
MinGophers 1 year ago 3
@MinGophers - I disagree - it is an ignorant position. If all the observations point to a certain position why discount it. True science is making a hypothesis up and then continual testing and observation to see whether there is anything that refutes that hypothesis. The position of there being a god has never been supported by any observable phenomena.
asgardian001 1 year ago
@asgardian001 there will always be ignorance in my opinion. I *highly* doubt that there will be any complete evidence of the existence of a God, or lack thereof. Until it is *proven*, it's just an argument from ignorance.
And I don't think there is that much evidence against there being a God. Nor for a God. All just stances on neutral facts.
MinGophers 1 year ago
@MinGophers I agree to an extent - There can be no evidence to the existence of god as by pure definition god is supernatural - so outside our natural laws ... but so too is every mythology about gods and spiritual beings.
There can not be evidence against the existence of god just like there can not be any evidence against anything else that is a negative. Try and prove that there is no invisible, non corporeal, and ethereal elephant in your room right now. It is impossible.
asgardian001 1 year ago
@MinGophers I wouldnt call it neutral ..evidence that there ISNT a god is like proving a negative. Thats like trying to prove there isnt an easter bunny
screat 9 months ago
@screat If you *positively* assert there is no God, burden is on you. If you assert anything, the burden is on you. It's all about the assertion, whether that assertion is positive or negative. Assuming there is a God and until proven otherwise, "he exists" would require proving a negative and be quite illogical.
MinGophers 9 months ago
@MinGophers wow..im off to church...im not asserting anything, im simply responding to relgn as a whole.
screat 9 months ago
@screat Good for you?
MinGophers 9 months ago
I'm here to listen and watch the great man that was, Carl Sagan .. Argue all you want, I'm with Carl!
Hempstraw 1 year ago
SirNewt is the man, thank you brother for posting these
krapptacular 1 year ago
Thumbs up for Seananners!
fannypenis 1 year ago
wow i wish they played this at my school when i was in 5th grade but instead we had to read bible verses and recite them....this is far more interesting.
TMarche 1 year ago 5
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willd3rbeast 1 year ago 3
I love the soundtrack. My parents gave me the soundtrack on cassette tape about the same time as the last episode and I listened to it regularly until my tape case was stolen in 1994. Needless to say the type of person who stole it would never have listened to it. Sad, Sad.
jnichols3 1 year ago
What more can one say
flips300021 1 year ago
Happy BDAY Sagan!
boorens18 1 year ago
happy birthday carl sagan.
9after9 1 year ago
@iWesTCoaqstiN never too late to learn, just keep watching the great Sagan video :)
visualart139 1 year ago
Kids are growing up thinking anyone who is educated is a 'nerd', it's become 'uncool' to be educated for young people. This needs to change, when I got out of high school I was extremely uneducated, it wasn't until I got out of school and into the real world that I became thrilled with learning, that is when I got my first taste of Sagan. Sagan was able to do something that 14 years of traditional schooling wasn't, get me excited about learning. I wish I had you as a teacher all those years ago.
iWesTCoastiN 1 year ago 4
As a kid growing up I had no want of knowledge. I was your typical high school student, friends, social life, but when it came to knowledge I always viewed it as unimportant or 'gay'. I was ok with mediocrity, I was ok with stupidity. Only now looking back can I see how dumb I was.. However that raises a good point, I believe if our species is to survive we need to change society, it's become not only acceptable but normal to indulge in ignorance and turn a blind eye to education, (next post)
iWesTCoastiN 1 year ago
As a very young man, saw cosmos, found scientific disciplines that are self correcting but testing, observation and postulations. The need to say God made it or did it to cover our lack of knowledge no longer neccessary. Carl Sagen took the knowledge of science and made it digestable for us all. Thanks Carl.
otalpsage 1 year ago
Carl would have to have been the ambassador for the human species to any possible intelligent aliens who came to visit us.
torontoBluejays87 1 year ago 5
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Poor Carl. So clued in on the endless bounds of the universe...Yet so clueless on the boundless love of God.
fredusedup9lives 1 year ago
@fredusedup9lives Yes, so clueless about Allah... Poor soul....
ahb9days 1 year ago
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willd3rbeast 1 year ago
@fredusedup9lives He simply did not believe in something that does not exist. It would seem that you are clueless to reality, so poor you.
willd3rbeast 1 year ago 84
@willd3rbeast
Carl had no evidence that there was no God (or Gods for that matter). Before his death, on the Charlie Rose show, he said: 'In my opinion- Holding a belief without evidence, is a mistake'.
Now read that again, a totally contradicting statement. He held a belief there was no God without evidence. Regarding any unprovable hypothesis, Isn't "I don't know" a better answer than "no"
fredusedup9lives 1 year ago
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So you spoke to yourself? Here is another question perhaps you can answer this. So If it takes months if not years for "god" to answer you and you accept that as acceptable, then why do the majority of religious people believe in creationism, and not evolution, where changes take thousands if not millions of years?
And I'm well aware that the big bang is a theory, but like anyone who uses empirical evidence the facts were written by nature, not someone 5k years ago.
willd3rbeast 1 year ago 30
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As its known there is no science in Creationism. Here is a challenge, if the bible had never been written, what would you believe in? Would you make your own creation myth up or would you try to find the answers though empirical data?
I'm aware the bible is a part of society. My question is merely a thought experiment. If you can answer this objectively ( yes that means trying to answer this question with no bible) it would be of great interest to me.
willd3rbeast 1 year ago 93
@willd3rbeast The question itself is the problem. It is based on faith. You are in error just by creating the question, any question - it is a belief. Relgion and science are both interests that different people pursue. One judges the other as wrong. Seems arrogant, doesn't it?
Energyone 1 year ago
@willd3rbeast i am very interested in that :D
nuitaridark 11 months ago
@willd3rbeast Well to answer your thought experiment (to the best of my ability), it would entirely depend on the time period I was born - past, present or future. We're still trying to undertand the universe as well as we can given our present level of understanding, just as our ancestors did and our descendents will.
DOMuricu 10 months ago
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willd3rbeast 10 months ago
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@DOMuricu First - You just tried to answer my question with an obvious statement.
Second - Dude what time period are you living in?
willd3rbeast 10 months ago
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@DOMuricu First - You just tried to answer my question with an obviously statement. Second - Dude what time period are you living in?
willd3rbeast 10 months ago
@DOMuricu First off you answered my question with an obvious statement. Secondly what time period are you living in?
willd3rbeast 10 months ago
@willd3rbeast Do you really expect me to answer your question in the space provided for a YouTube comment!! As for God. That's easy. You're aware of your thoughts, emotions and physical sensations, right? You always were and will be. Now what exactly is it that allows you to be aware, because it isn't the brain. Everyone can say 'my mind', 'my emotions', etc. Well what's the I that corresponds to the 'my'. God is consciousness itself, not a physical thing.
DOMuricu 10 months ago
@DOMuricu The irony is that Sagan was operating from a 'spiritual' perspective: i.e., wonder and reverence for life. His phrase that the 'Cosmos' is experiencing itself in all it's physical and living forms is the same as the spiritual truth that consciousness is experiencing itself in temporary, physically limited forms through this universe.
DOMuricu 10 months ago
@DOMuricu Your opinion on god is your "own". Im asking for a simple retort to my question. Not your philosophy. If the bible did not exist what would you use for DATA about your environment.
willd3rbeast 10 months ago
@willd3rbeast I don't understand your argument. First I'm not religious. Secondly I don't deal with life with any pre-defined source of information. The problem is in your definition of God. That word was chosen because it doesn't describe a physical object: it doesn't have any information in it. If you think that the reality that word is a label for is a physical object alone, then you aren't paying attention. You're just lost in thought and constructing a flawed conceptual argument.
DOMuricu 10 months ago
@DOMuricu There is no argument yet, Its a question to who ever defines a god to try to remove that aspect from their thought process for determining the way they perceive their world. I never every said you were religious either so don't imply that, but it seems you can't understand the fundamental question.You idea of god is most likely different from the net guy. I don't think my logic is flawed for asking a question. Perhaps you should try to understand the question before commenting on it.
willd3rbeast 10 months ago
@DOMuricu So if I damaged your brain your consciousness should remain unaffected. Unfortunately you're wrong, consciousness is one of the many things that our mighty brains do.
There is no reason to assume/assert that our consciousness comes from some archaic bizarre magic man.
ArchhereticK 10 months ago
@ArchhereticK I didn't reply to your answer until now, because I knew you'd just repeat the same old argument. Consciousness is not thought...this is the fundamental error that humans have been trapped in. You can verify this yourself easily. Thought has no direct correlation to reality, consciousness does. Most humans can distinguish between the two....which is a basic flaw in the human brain's mechanism. If a person can be aware that they are thinking......fill in the dots yourself.
DOMuricu 10 months ago
@DOMuricu Ooops! Typo. I meant to say: Most humans CAN'T distinguish between the two and not CAN.
DOMuricu 10 months ago
@DOMuricu I didn't say consciousness was thought or vice versa, I said consciousness can be affected by physical trauma.
Thought is more obviously affected by the outside world, I felt in unneccessary to mention.
ArchhereticK 10 months ago
@ArchhereticK The answer to your question is yes. I would be fully aware of damage to my brain. My thinking level would be impaired in some way, but I would be aware. The distinction is that either my ability to use language or to function physically would be impaired, while my actual experience of that would not. The mind and nervous system can't distinguish between dreams/imagination and reality. Experiment: Pretend you have to go to a job interview today unprepared. Feel anything?
DOMuricu 10 months ago
@DOMuricu It is also possible for consciousness to be impaired (or indeed eliminated), personalities can be changed, paranoia and schizophrenia (which affect your consciousness) can be removed/induced through manipulation of brain tissue.
ArchhereticK 10 months ago
@ArchhereticK I'm not trying to be argumentative or competitive with this. What you've said is true for thought and the tissue of the mind. I'm distinguishing in a very simplified way between thought and consciousness, because I don't want them confused as the same or interchangeable. Thought is a product of consciousness - one limited aspect. Consciouness is what enables you to realise that a thought is only a thought: the mind can't make that distinction itself. Observe it yourself.
DOMuricu 10 months ago
@DOMuricu I think thought can be applied to non-sentient (creatures lacking consciousness) beings as well, for instance a dog can think he's running in his sleep, I don't think thought is a product of consciousness, I'd view consciousness, more, as the observation of thought in a sense, although it is much more complicated that that.
ArchhereticK 10 months ago
@willd3rbeast The answer to your question lies in both history and Human nature itself. Our ancestors likely made up myths to explain their world. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are not different. Though their Beliefs only deal for the most part with what happens after death. Now what happened during the Plauge, when the religion of the time, Catholsism, a sect of christianty failed to explain the plauge, people turned to a different one. Sory I tend to get caried way but I hopethereareanswers
Metalfan33935 10 months ago
@willd3rbeast Id also like to add.. does that mean you would have no morals of your own..Would you start raping and killing simply bc the bible is no more..hmm
screat 9 months ago
@screat hehe ,
Im sure that we figured out that hurting people was a bad thing long before someone wrote the bible, but yea that just adds to the clarity of my point!
willd3rbeast 9 months ago
@willd3rbeast I know, my point was, that when you watch the atheist experience, Chtns claim that they get their morals from the bible and that we dont have any
screat 9 months ago
@willd3rbeast
The bible is only one among several texts that appeal to a grand creator, the Qu'ran is another. Every major religion has its own bible. So yes, I believe people would still believe in deities and gods. Paganism is the evidence. Every society attempts to answer the question, "why are we here?" I believe that religion is nothing more than best guesses. Guesses based on peoples' desires and fears and perception. But why people cling onto it... I do not know.
kival71 9 months ago
@kival71 Yeah, let's just "guess" on how we got here instead of searching for the truth. Sounds reasonable to me.
JaosiX 8 months ago
Ok, so we have here very smart Ahteists and very dumb Christians? Come on, open up your mind, there is no single contradiction between science and Christianity. In fact, opposing to common propaganda, modern science would not exist without the fundament the Greek, and the Christian philosophers in the Middle Age (wasn't that dark, read wikipedia for this) built.
TheLi0nnnn 8 months ago
@TheLi0nnnn Modern historians call it the dark ages because of the decrease in available information from that time not because of the social and civic policies of the times. The Roman roads and trade routes that united the world fell into disuse. And monks stayed in their abbeys rather than travel and exchange ideas. The term dark refers to how illuminated the era is to us today not because of how dismal life was then.
SirNewt 5 months ago
@willd3rbeast Good question. At first sight. It is like "Can an almighty God make a stome so heavy he could not lift it?" This is just a contradiction within the borders of our thinking. I mean, as it does exist, the "if" does not matter. Would you miss Internet if it was never invented?
TheLi0nnnn 8 months ago
@willd3rbeast the bible was a book of knowledge back then,it was kind of a self help book with a little mysticism in it.haha.well without the bible history wouldn't be what it is today,do you believe in parallel universes?
420smugg 7 months ago in playlist Cosmos by Carl Sagan
@420smugg I'm open to the possibility that parallel universes exist but until there is a way to prove it i have to put that on the "unknown shelf" in my brain.
willd3rbeast 7 months ago
@willd3rbeast if a parallel world exist and the bible or religion wasn't created what would it look like,or could we even advance as humans without religion?all im saying is maybe its a gradual process,in the future i hope every human becomes enlightened gradually and see the real truth.
420smugg 6 months ago
@420smugg Your question already has an answer. Look at the ancient Mediterranean. Rome and Greece for example had very modern mostly secular legal systems. The rule of law was very important to the Romans. That is something we lost with the rise of monarchies and the concept of the Right of Kings.
SirNewt 5 months ago
@willd3rbeast I have lived with a certain disdain for the bible and christianity as a whole. I still have contempt for the people that run the church, but at the same time there are some real science minded christians that KNOW the truth and are a bit ashamed for the church and its mistakes. The truth is, the bible is forewarning us of events to come and if you can get beyond that hatred you have for christianity and look at prophecy as it is written you will uncover some scary stuff.
romnsch13 5 months ago
@romnsch13 I've had to read the bible as a teen, I have never uncovered anything but stories and fairy tales. I can't comment about prophecy I don't know the future, Do you? The bible certainly does not know either. But look at any novel, the events could either happen or seem like they are going to happen. Its all a matter of time IMO.
willd3rbeast 5 months ago
@romnsch13 With the absolutely ridiculous amount of blind, soulless followers today (in both christianity and islam) that believe & are literally begging and screaming for the apocalypse to come about, its no surprise. If enough people believe in and want a certain thing to come about, they will end up bringing it about themselves. THAT is whats fucking scary. The sheer, overwhelming amount of brainwashed and misguided fools wanting so badly to destroy their own ecosystem that gave them life...
corrosivetrip 5 months ago
@corrosivetrip Save yourself, watch john moore. Trust me......., this is not a religious vid. Watch it NOW !!!!!!
romnsch13 5 months ago
@romnsch13 the hell with john moore,carls the man,
MrNance91 3 months ago
@MrNance91 How did you manage to get to a comment 1 month deep? And I agree, Carl is the man. He would be a great assett to science right now.
romnsch13 3 months ago
@willd3rbeast We would adopt one of the thousands of other creation myths out there.
SirNewt 5 months ago
@fredusedup9lives Thats the reason Richard Dawkins doesnt rule out faeries or santa claus.
juggep80 1 year ago
@fredusedup9lives
Its not up to science to prove there is no god. Its up to those who claim that there is a god to prove that there is, or at least show some evidence that there is. And no one has ever shown any evidence at all that god exists or that any deities have ever existed for that matter. Carl never says there's no god, he does say however that there is no evidence that there is a god, so why would we believe in something for which there is no evidence?
kival71 8 months ago
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@willd3rbeast No, it is you who have missed the boat. You do not believe in that which you cannot see. You are a blind fool.
proferic 1 year ago
@willd3rbeast I dare you to prove that God does not exist. Logic is annoying, isn't it?
Energyone 1 year ago
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@Energyone - what do u define as god?
willd3rbeast 1 year ago
@willd3rbeast I didn't define god.
Energyone 1 year ago
@Energyone What do you define as god?
willd3rbeast 1 year ago
@Energyone your god exists to you, but you can never prove to yourself that he exists. My question to which you refer is not based in religion, its based on getting facts and thinking outside of ones box.
Im not saying the idea of a god is impossible, But there is no evidence to support it. You may claim otherwise but please have some sort of proof.
willd3rbeast 1 year ago
@willd3rbeast I never said I had a 'god.' I just enjoy that there is no evidence to support the non-existence. As it was said earlier - Religion and science are both interests that different people pursue, and only one judges the other as wrong. People consider the religious belief against homosexuality as arrogant. Is not the one who judges against religion also arrogant? It is a belief; a faith, that is illogical to question.
Energyone 1 year ago
@Energyone For the most part I agree with your points. There is no evidence to support them is or is not a god. Science is not just an interest and its not an ideology either, its a way to find the questions of the entire universe (when done correct) Anyone who does an experiment should get the same results if done proper . Where as religion is an easy to answer to all hard questions with no support or any evidence and it preys on the weak minded for easy answers.
willd3rbeast 1 year ago
@willd3rbeast Religion is also not just an interest, but the fact is I never claimed either are just interests. They are interests, but not just interests. Calling the religious weak minded is an example of the arrogance discussed.
Energyone 1 year ago
@Energyone Science does not judge anyone. Its people, I judge religion because i have been brought up in a religious environment.
willd3rbeast 1 year ago
@willd3rbeast So, if one was brought up in a scientific environment, that same person can say the scientist is weak. I'm trying to follow the logic of being judgmental and the arrogant, to see if I can understand it.
Energyone 1 year ago
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willd3rbeast 1 year ago
@Energyone
How is religion not weak mind? Its a not out of the box idea, just a lazy way to understand the world. Where as science tries to make sense of the world though tangible results. Science cannot make sense of everything perhaps it will never either. But people should not band the things not understood by science into religion. Dont you find that religion tries to take the things that seem mystical or magical and brand them for their purposes? Correct me if im wrong.
willd3rbeast 1 year ago
@willd3rbeast Depends on the religion, which I'm sure you agree with. It can be a tough sell to argue science or religion is wrong based on how 'lazy' one perceives it I suppose.
Energyone 1 year ago
@Energyone True say, i think people are lazy when they believe blindly in science too.
willd3rbeast 1 year ago
@willd3rbeast I think people are lazy when they believe blindly in religion. And by 'lazy,' I mean, 'retarded.'
Adam716X 11 months ago
@Adam716X lol
willd3rbeast 11 months ago
@willd3rbeast You can hardly call religion lazy. You should see the knots theologians have tied themselves up in trying just to rectify the discrepancies between Acts and the Epistles of Paul.
SirNewt 5 months ago
@Energyone I dare you to prove that there isn't a giant spaghetti monster floating in outer space watching everything we do. It's not impossible. If science teaches us anything, it's that nothing is impossible. We just follow the entropy of the universe and try to judge what is reasonable plausible and what isn't. It doesn't boil down to "God is fake," but rather "a deity is entirely possible, but astronomically improbable."
ShoppingWops 1 year ago
@ShoppingWops Interesting topic, no?
Energyone 1 year ago
@fredusedup9lives
Can you prove that god exists and if there is any reason to believe in god?
Jammed9000 1 year ago
@Jammed9000 Am I sure God exists? Yeah, I just spoke with him. Merry Christmas my friend.
fredusedup9lives 1 year ago
@fredusedup9lives
I didn't ask if you know God exists, I asked how do you know. So, again I ask: Can you prove that a god exists?
Jammed9000 1 year ago
fredusedup9lives 1 year ago
@fredusedup9lives
Look I'm not judging your believe, but I'm asking to find your train of thought and trying to understand the consistency in your logic. For all I care you can believe in the care-bears.
According to the myth the earth was created in 7 days, do you believe the universe was created in seven days, 6000 years ago. Because if you do not then you are contradicting your sacred book, which then breaks down your logic and shows you believe in whats more convenient to you.
willd3rbeast 1 year ago 36
@willd3rbeast Sigh. I'm not a believer but not all Christians are scriptural literalists.
I would also point out that atheism, like any revealed religion, also requires belief.
The cosmological argument is rather persuasive, almost certainly the best basis theists/religionists have as a predicate to their belief in God. Argue against this - your opponent's strongest argument, not his weakest.
TheTheking1935 5 months ago in playlist Cosmos Carl Sagan
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willd3rbeast 5 months ago
@TheTheking1935 Actually, to say atheism is a belief maybe be pertinent to people who don't understand what atheism is about. While others DO NOT believe in what cannot be PROVEN. which is great btw.
Now any scientist can say the big bang made the universe and that would be a belief in the scientists calculations. Others Just don't know and that would be Agnostic. I'm agnostic because I don't know. But i'm fairly convinced in my own personal experience that there is no Literal god.
willd3rbeast 5 months ago
@TheTheking1935 Also lets be clear about something. Using the word "belief" in any context is the action of enabling themselves to stop their train of logic and reasoning.
I choose to stop using that word freely because of the inherent failure of reasoning that it pertains to. Any others should start using this word to its literal interpenetration and not only for theistic arguments.
willd3rbeast 5 months ago
@fredusedup9lives
You cant use the bible as solid scientific evidence.
Jammed9000 1 year ago
@fredusedup9lives
What did he tell you?
willd3rbeast 1 year ago
@willd3rbeast
Like always, I did the talking. His answers come in our lives. Perhaps even through you my cosmos loving brother. I devoured Cosmos when it aired on PBS, at 13. Carl explained away things with logic. Explain this. Go online read
Genesis chapter 1. How does 5k year old text get all: big bang to mans creation, in the correct order?All before any science books. You had Carl's voice 2 explain creation, Moses had Gods voice & used the terminology of the day to explain in Bible.
fredusedup9lives 1 year ago
@fredusedup9lives. I wouldn't be so sure about Sagan. He may have been an atheist, but the use he put his knowledge and intellect to surely have to amount to compassion of a kind that isn't necessarily what human nature would produce.
DOMuricu 10 months ago
i talked to my chemistry teacher today and he acctually lived on the same street as carl.
sk84alife 1 year ago
why do i have to X out of an ad before every fucking video, this is bullshit, why dont you just take over my comp and force me to watch 3 hours of infomercials before brainwashing me to spend money...... !
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TakOgrodnik 1 year ago
This is amazing stuff here, stephen hawking aint got nothin on carl sagan. This stuff would be the best on hallucinogenics.
otterboi26 1 year ago
@otterboi26 Maybe if Stephen could move more than a few muscles in his face you could make that comparison. But you cant. :[
TySpoonz 1 year ago
This is such a classic, this series opened my eyes to the endless possibilities of the universe.
datacabling 1 year ago 2
kids should be watching this rather than Bill Ney.
Zekkandgrant13 1 year ago 3
@Zekkandgrant13 That guy is a hack. Sagan and Kaku all the way!
SlashRose 1 year ago
@SlashRose I also respect Carl Sagan a great deal more than Bill Nye, although I disagree about him being a hack. The man got a great number of kids hooked on science, and has done other (less signnificant, though still important) services in the name of science and technology. He still deserves respect, just not as much.
Emceegyver 1 year ago
I am so high. This is fucking awesome.
MrPablowjob 1 year ago 7
I watched the "Cosmos" on tv when I was a teenager. Carl Sagan had this unique ability to make science simple and understandable, compaired to other scientists on tv.
Carl Sagan is the reason I look up at the sky.
stekiz 1 year ago 5
They were reduced to selling flowers "and other favors".
Hilarious that the big bad scientist guy won't say the word se...
Dang I couldn't either.
Kamicolod 1 year ago
Carl Sagan always was undeniable in making scientific discovery, poetic artistry.
boorens18 1 year ago 4
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Sagan's life origin hypotheses are annoying. Otherwise, he was a brilliant man.
GaryFL1 1 year ago
@GaryFL1 How are they annoying?
tsimon1234 1 year ago
@tsimon1234 Go to his channel. He's obviously a religious nut.
bsartist 1 year ago
@bsartist :-(
tsimon1234 1 year ago
so the japanese fisherman are selecting those crabs with the faces on their back, thereby contributing to evolution
FarrenfollowsBen 1 year ago
i watched all carl sagans episodes a long time ago, now i am looking for a complete dvd series to revisit as it was the best thing on tv i have seen.
monastacist 1 year ago
Samurai crab! Cool!
SanGuevara 1 year ago 2
Wow this guy is great, I can see why he's such a legend!
AndyBJ 1 year ago
I feel he still touches our souls with his words, his charm, his humanity. Thank you so much!
albertcomellas1970 1 year ago 3
why does the good ones always go.. Mr. Carl Sagan YOU WILL LIVE forever in history, i thank you for your work.
rip CS.
ultraudv 1 year ago 2
@ultraudv yea:(..rip carl:((..
fermerwuvu 1 year ago
What a great guy...
felsner1 1 year ago 3
My gentle, kind sister died recently. Her ashes were buried in a rose garden. I know Janet has gone forever as she was but I know that bees will take something of her from the flowers that she nourished to make honey. I know that will in turn be fed to other bees to sustain them or perhaps to spread on the toast of some child over breakfast. My sister's molecules will live on but she, as she was, is gone forever.Sadly I know her lovely presence in this life was only a short, joyous gift.
willwak 1 year ago 9
@willwak what an amazing outlook you have, your sister will live on in everyone she touched and your story has touched me.
LowleyUK 1 year ago 3
@willwak I have never seen a more eloquent comment, nor have I seen one with such deep feeling. You have my deepest sympathies.
tsimon1234 1 year ago 2
@willwak She also lives on in your memories, she is as much a part of you as you are yourself.
I wish you much love and strength.
pixeluded 1 year ago
This is simply the best series on the subject. Entertaining, enlightening and just plain good. Mr. Sagan's passing touched so many lives on many levels, but thanks to 'Cosmos' he will live on forever. Thanks for the video!
MrDesertrat2009 1 year ago 8
Im so high, and so loving this.
FretArchitect 1 year ago 3