Soooo..... Religion is a way to control people, and your comment board is definitely not, seeing that you remove comments of those who don't jive with your philosophy. Your oh so fresh philosophy and totally (not) novel ideas that censor others is very similar to the religious establishment that you denounce.
im agnostic but i dont disprove God with pink unicorns... thats a little foolish.
i mean what is God but a "higher power" and if we speak in those terms, the possibility of there being a God are astronomically higher than pink unicorns existing. this is because we have no basis but myth for these creature, and though the same is for God, the possibility of the universe just happening to exist is far more astronomical than God.
hmmm...this is interesting. Just one problem: not everything can be explained by math and science. If you were to go to a church and talk about how quantum physics is realted to god, they might just not listen. But still, interesting thoughts you have bestowed. That last sentence sounded all weird... I probably shouldn't have inverted it.
No god... really? So if i kill someone the only thing i gotta worry about is jail? Got a hard time believing the only thing higher than myself is the government.
people are allowed to believe whatever they want. beliveing in God or science doesn't determine ones intelligence. i've met stupid people in and out of church. Religion isn't about fighting. let people alone and if they believe cool, if not, that's fine too! i personally go to church and believe in God, but my best friend is atheist. and we get along fine. just be kind to eachother and everything goes ok.
@joecoolismyname Some religion is about fighting (if you want me to give you an instance I can, but i think we both know what I'm talking about).
Also, belief in God doesn't mean someone's stupid, but it kind of is a stupid belief, sorry. After all, smart people are often good at defending things they came to belief for un-smart reasons. Again, I'm not questioning your intelligence, just your beliefs, it's good to remember the difference
God is beyond some mathematical or scientific theory. this is just silly. be agnostic or athiest or whatever the heck you want to call your lack of religion but don't mock those who have the mental capacity to go beyond what they can prove. dont think that you are some genius because you can doubt. you aren't special. you are close minded to what you cant see and touch and measure. i just feel bad for you that you have to miss out on all the God has to offer because you cant open your mind. :(
Richard Dawkins said the exact same thing actually. I was watching his interview with Bill Maher and he said that it would be scientifically unwise for anyone to say that there definitely is not anything. He went on to include God, fairies and unicorns. I think your logic makes a lot more sense than that of this Brett guy (not sure who he is).
I love your song choice, the text was actually intelligent and coherent. Personally, I prefer to considered myself an Apathetic Agnostic. I don't know, nor do I care. Regardless of whether is a god or not, I'm going to live out my life in peace, and to my own choosing.
After all, the worst a behaved non-believer can get is Limbo.
Actually isn't that purgatory? They came up with the idea for Limbo for unbaptized babies? I think. Strange thought that. Ah no, I'd tend to go with what Robert Anton Wilson said, 'belief is the opposite of thought.' As soon as you believe something or make a decision one way or the other, you stop thinking about it. So avoiding narrowness is the way to go for me. That and not considering your opinion is any better or worse than anyone elses. Ironically, there's mine. Unasked :)
how can we even be so sure that what we see in our everyday lives is real let alone what will come after? As the philosopher Rene Descartes says "I think therefore i am" meaning he knows he is thinking but this is the only thing he can be sure of; all other sense experience cannot be trusted.
Hmm. Alan Watts changed my mind a lot re: Descartes. & Descartes fought for the Catholic League & spent his time killing Protestants in the 40 years war. It obviously doesn't invalidate what he said but context is a wonderful thing, how open-minded can a guy be who does stuff like that. But who am I to judge anyone? But ya, check out Watts. He makes a lot of sense. To me anyway.
well personally i feel that you make a good point here but i tend to believe that unless you can convincingly prove that somethingdoes not exsist that there is always the posibility that it does but that is just me
You say that there are no absolutes (I think you mean in knowledge)...
Well you speak your doctrines as absolutes.. How's that logical...? Also you mix up philosophical sciences and the physical sciences which does NOT make your mind free, but in error.
Quantum physics is physical science, not philosphy.
So go back to Aristotle... A branch of knowledge is derived from its proper object. (thing studied.)
That's a beginning...learn: "The division and methods of sciences."
Methods are systemic, they require a system of proof. Absolutes are beyond a system, true whether or not a system exists, eternally, so there is no "before". There is no logical possibility of an absolute truth, truth is systemic, relative to a system of proof.
Show any statement that is not language dependant, or any language that is not mind dependant, and you'd be 2 small steps closer to showing an absolute truth, with a long way to go... but that would start you off right. There is no sense in believing in absolute truth, it defies the basics of logic.
You are in the Kantian/postmodern bind and can't get out of your own mind: Most of this theoretical type try to convince others of the reality of their position, when by their own system, they can't even commucate what reality with others. They even know others exist! So why are you trying to communicate what you deem as a truth to others who, according to your system, you can't know exist at all?
Any extremist can become dangerous. Even an atheist. However, the latter is much less likley. Brett Keane hasn't suggested or implied that being an agnostic will bring you great punishment from him or any other being. That's the difference. A nasty video about you is mild compare with threats of eternal hell.
WTF was that about a bacterium changing one element into another? You must be mistaken about that. The intense amount of energy necessary and released from fission or fusion seem to place this outside the realm of possibility. Let me know if you can cite a source for that.
As I suspected, it was a reference from a disreputable journal that includes such wonders as "cold fusion" and "environmental energy". You shouldn't place quackery in an otherwise great video. Cold fusion is well beyond the realm of mainstream science and has yet to be reproducibly observed, much less in a biological system. Were this reproducible, it would be in every major newspaper.
I will give you that it was from a cold fusion journal. Whether or not you agree with their spectroscopy, I was trying to illustrate that the natural world has incredible potential for things beyond our imagination. Many Microbes have been recorded as capable of performing high-energy reactions like reduction of Selenates and high energy oxidations of ions. Photosynthesis itself is a ridiculously amazing reaction.
With all your brilliant Philosophy on Mathematical probability VS., "the Existence of God". Tell me one thing, without lecturing on the curvature of space or the EVER EXPANDING UNIVERSE not to leave out, "time Space Continuum", what is the mathematical formula for Alpha or omega (the beginning or the End),forever? In terms of our universe! We have a mathematical solution for everything else. Dont we einstein! That leaves the mind blank for an agnostic, and especially an atheist!
Everything you just wrote is mental vomit. Write something intelligible if you're going to comment on my work. What do you mean "mathematical formula for Alpha and Omega?" This biblespeak means nothing to me. It seems that you're implying that the Big Bang and Big Crunch don't have mathematical proof...Look up the Physics discipline called Ergodics.
I have a similar view, we can't prove that god/gods exist or not, but when it comes to human concepts of such god/gods, religions in particular we have ample evidence that they are just human constructs used to a population.
i can call u whatever i want?
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na just kiding, great video.
FOR AN IDIOT!!!!
na but really great job.
lordrazi111693 1 year ago
Soooo..... Religion is a way to control people, and your comment board is definitely not, seeing that you remove comments of those who don't jive with your philosophy. Your oh so fresh philosophy and totally (not) novel ideas that censor others is very similar to the religious establishment that you denounce.
yaybab 2 years ago
i dno...
im agnostic but i dont disprove God with pink unicorns... thats a little foolish.
i mean what is God but a "higher power" and if we speak in those terms, the possibility of there being a God are astronomically higher than pink unicorns existing. this is because we have no basis but myth for these creature, and though the same is for God, the possibility of the universe just happening to exist is far more astronomical than God.
But yes, organized religion is total bull.
ViperT17 2 years ago
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jujuzuko 2 years ago
hmmm...this is interesting. Just one problem: not everything can be explained by math and science. If you were to go to a church and talk about how quantum physics is realted to god, they might just not listen. But still, interesting thoughts you have bestowed. That last sentence sounded all weird... I probably shouldn't have inverted it.
Gobob789 2 years ago
No god... really? So if i kill someone the only thing i gotta worry about is jail? Got a hard time believing the only thing higher than myself is the government.
Neuman357 2 years ago
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coldplaygirl11 2 years ago
ben folds is god
youenjoy00myself 2 years ago 2
LOLOLOL! you speak truth brother! you must be a prophet lol
joecoolismyname 2 years ago
HAHAH. God. What a joke.
HollywoodHit 2 years ago
jeez, why must people always fight religious stuff on videos??? gosh, bug off. these comments are for the VIDEOs. not for your dumb personal battles.
165894 2 years ago
people are allowed to believe whatever they want. beliveing in God or science doesn't determine ones intelligence. i've met stupid people in and out of church. Religion isn't about fighting. let people alone and if they believe cool, if not, that's fine too! i personally go to church and believe in God, but my best friend is atheist. and we get along fine. just be kind to eachother and everything goes ok.
joecoolismyname 2 years ago 8
lol that's to true XD
superACTIVEmonster 2 years ago
@joecoolismyname Some religion is about fighting (if you want me to give you an instance I can, but i think we both know what I'm talking about).
Also, belief in God doesn't mean someone's stupid, but it kind of is a stupid belief, sorry. After all, smart people are often good at defending things they came to belief for un-smart reasons. Again, I'm not questioning your intelligence, just your beliefs, it's good to remember the difference
jamesbuckie1 1 year ago
@joecoolismyname
Whenever I Talk About Religion, I Never Debate Who Is Right Or Wrong, All I Simply Care About Is To Heat What They Believe.
HFGundam17 1 year ago
God is beyond some mathematical or scientific theory. this is just silly. be agnostic or athiest or whatever the heck you want to call your lack of religion but don't mock those who have the mental capacity to go beyond what they can prove. dont think that you are some genius because you can doubt. you aren't special. you are close minded to what you cant see and touch and measure. i just feel bad for you that you have to miss out on all the God has to offer because you cant open your mind. :(
francelizilu 2 years ago
Richard Dawkins said the exact same thing actually. I was watching his interview with Bill Maher and he said that it would be scientifically unwise for anyone to say that there definitely is not anything. He went on to include God, fairies and unicorns. I think your logic makes a lot more sense than that of this Brett guy (not sure who he is).
m8cct 2 years ago
reba is almost cool
yamitousherio 3 years ago
I shall call you awesome.
I love your song choice, the text was actually intelligent and coherent. Personally, I prefer to considered myself an Apathetic Agnostic. I don't know, nor do I care. Regardless of whether is a god or not, I'm going to live out my life in peace, and to my own choosing.
After all, the worst a behaved non-believer can get is Limbo.
TheAmazingT242 3 years ago 2
Actually, that isn't true.
Hell is the eternal separation from God. And if you don't believe in God, you are separating yourself from him. It's not God's choice; it's yours.
xofintimacy 3 years ago
Actually isn't that purgatory? They came up with the idea for Limbo for unbaptized babies? I think. Strange thought that. Ah no, I'd tend to go with what Robert Anton Wilson said, 'belief is the opposite of thought.' As soon as you believe something or make a decision one way or the other, you stop thinking about it. So avoiding narrowness is the way to go for me. That and not considering your opinion is any better or worse than anyone elses. Ironically, there's mine. Unasked :)
maitiudeburca 2 years ago
how can we even be so sure that what we see in our everyday lives is real let alone what will come after? As the philosopher Rene Descartes says "I think therefore i am" meaning he knows he is thinking but this is the only thing he can be sure of; all other sense experience cannot be trusted.
hertzy45 2 years ago
Hmm. Alan Watts changed my mind a lot re: Descartes. & Descartes fought for the Catholic League & spent his time killing Protestants in the 40 years war. It obviously doesn't invalidate what he said but context is a wonderful thing, how open-minded can a guy be who does stuff like that. But who am I to judge anyone? But ya, check out Watts. He makes a lot of sense. To me anyway.
maitiudeburca 2 years ago
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your an ass
mattp83m 4 years ago
Wow, that was very deep. I think I could consider myself an Agnostic Athiest with the lack of absolute truth.
cloudbroken 4 years ago
As long as there's Absolut, you'll be ok.
jamescalihan 4 years ago 2
*YOUR LOL OOPS!
agnostic2 4 years ago
I LOVE YOU VIDEO. The part about bacteria changing elements was amazing.
agnostic2 4 years ago
This is an absolute truth: there is no absolute truth... oh shit... :D
URAGR8M8 4 years ago 3
well personally i feel that you make a good point here but i tend to believe that unless you can convincingly prove that somethingdoes not exsist that there is always the posibility that it does but that is just me
djewing1122 5 years ago
Can you prove that there's no flying spaghetti monster?
kdko 3 years ago
The real proof is REJECTING the existence of such flying pasta monster.
wenniwen 3 years ago
no i cannot , there for until i see one i will never know for certain that there neither is or isnt one
djewing1122 2 years ago
I see nothing wrong with continuing to be curious about spirituality or the orgin of the universe.
Brainmold 5 years ago
Neither do I
NuclearRadio 5 years ago
You say that there are no absolutes (I think you mean in knowledge)...
Well you speak your doctrines as absolutes.. How's that logical...? Also you mix up philosophical sciences and the physical sciences which does NOT make your mind free, but in error.
Quantum physics is physical science, not philosphy.
So go back to Aristotle... A branch of knowledge is derived from its proper object. (thing studied.)
That's a beginning...learn: "The division and methods of sciences."
dawgie102 5 years ago
Methods are systemic, they require a system of proof. Absolutes are beyond a system, true whether or not a system exists, eternally, so there is no "before". There is no logical possibility of an absolute truth, truth is systemic, relative to a system of proof.
gklr 5 years ago
And that is an absolute statement.
dawgie102 5 years ago
Not at all. Like all statements it requires a mind and language to exist first or it makes no sense. All statements are systemic.
gklr 5 years ago
"All statements are systemic." Which is also an absolute statement. However we have not addressed the question as to whether it is true or false...
dawgie102 5 years ago
An absolute statement from your system, obviously
dawgie102 5 years ago
Show any statement that is not language dependant, or any language that is not mind dependant, and you'd be 2 small steps closer to showing an absolute truth, with a long way to go... but that would start you off right. There is no sense in believing in absolute truth, it defies the basics of logic.
gklr 5 years ago
And that is the absolute truth?
dawgie102 5 years ago
It is not true independant of mind or language, so no, and no truth possibly is.
gklr 5 years ago
You are in the Kantian/postmodern bind and can't get out of your own mind: Most of this theoretical type try to convince others of the reality of their position, when by their own system, they can't even commucate what reality with others. They even know others exist! So why are you trying to communicate what you deem as a truth to others who, according to your system, you can't know exist at all?
dawgie102 5 years ago
I can prove others exist. State one truth about an object and it must exist. I show how to prove existence in my videos.
gklr 5 years ago
sorry for mistakes in communication.. In last posting:
what should be "that reality". And "They can't even know others exist". should be the right one... Sorry.. I'm too hurried sometimes
dawgie102 5 years ago
ask descartes
daniellewalker78 5 years ago
Fucking brilliantly put.
MetalTimesInfinity 5 years ago
Any extremist can become dangerous. Even an atheist. However, the latter is much less likley. Brett Keane hasn't suggested or implied that being an agnostic will bring you great punishment from him or any other being. That's the difference. A nasty video about you is mild compare with threats of eternal hell.
Brainmold 5 years ago
I am standing on my chair and applauding!!!!
Thank-you for putting this so clearly and eloquently.
phaedress 5 years ago
WTF was that about a bacterium changing one element into another? You must be mistaken about that. The intense amount of energy necessary and released from fission or fusion seem to place this outside the realm of possibility. Let me know if you can cite a source for that.
OparinsBulldog 5 years ago
See I.I. Samoyloylenko, Mn55 - Fe57 transformations, 6th Int. Conference on Cold Fusion, 1996, T.I.T., Japan.
NuclearRadio 5 years ago
As I suspected, it was a reference from a disreputable journal that includes such wonders as "cold fusion" and "environmental energy". You shouldn't place quackery in an otherwise great video. Cold fusion is well beyond the realm of mainstream science and has yet to be reproducibly observed, much less in a biological system. Were this reproducible, it would be in every major newspaper.
OparinsBulldog 5 years ago
I will give you that it was from a cold fusion journal. Whether or not you agree with their spectroscopy, I was trying to illustrate that the natural world has incredible potential for things beyond our imagination. Many Microbes have been recorded as capable of performing high-energy reactions like reduction of Selenates and high energy oxidations of ions. Photosynthesis itself is a ridiculously amazing reaction.
NuclearRadio 5 years ago
With all your brilliant Philosophy on Mathematical probability VS., "the Existence of God". Tell me one thing, without lecturing on the curvature of space or the EVER EXPANDING UNIVERSE not to leave out, "time Space Continuum", what is the mathematical formula for Alpha or omega (the beginning or the End),forever? In terms of our universe! We have a mathematical solution for everything else. Dont we einstein! That leaves the mind blank for an agnostic, and especially an atheist!
ReBlog 5 years ago
Everything you just wrote is mental vomit. Write something intelligible if you're going to comment on my work. What do you mean "mathematical formula for Alpha and Omega?" This biblespeak means nothing to me. It seems that you're implying that the Big Bang and Big Crunch don't have mathematical proof...Look up the Physics discipline called Ergodics.
NuclearRadio 5 years ago
Well said! As a fellow agnostic I shall say to thee CHEERS, peace and pieces (from the whole DamNation), i look foreward to future posts
DamNationDiplomat 5 years ago
I have a similar view, we can't prove that god/gods exist or not, but when it comes to human concepts of such god/gods, religions in particular we have ample evidence that they are just human constructs used to a population.
subach 5 years ago
ROFLS I LOVE IT!!!
JoshOffy18 5 years ago