I've not been able to sleep well because of a recent job loss--stressing out about a lot of stuff... which is why I'm here watching this on a late, late, late night. But now that I have watched this, and taken in its message, its spirit, I feel a sense of peace that will be enough to carry me through to the next day, well rested.
After I failed the July Bar exam, I listened to this speech every day. It helped me realize that I am able to persevere and can achieve that which I desire, no matter how many setbacks I experience. I finally passed the Bar, and now I'm a lawyer!!! NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER!!!
I love to watch this video because it just makes me feel good to move forward. Knowing what you look to in the future only motivates you to be competent, but being competent doesn't always help to know what you look to in the future. A tree grows as one, but branches grow in different directions. Only to grow from it's roots it cannot help it's own leafs from falling. That is way we only pick our self’s up to love, to feel good, and to move forward.
dnt kno wat kind of a situation ur gonna be in man......but jus remember that lions dnt need to be in a herd...sheep do!!!!! Warriors roam dnt need a mastery at anything else but their weapon....their weapon is their soulmate.....
true happiness comes from inside.....the world should stop seeking it from the outside!!! Once you realize this.....u will be ready for a one man mission to settle on mars!!
If the morality we are to rise to is homosexality, then we lose the will to war. The will to fight. Behold the DADT passage in our weak spirited senate. Men who have lost the will to fight, the courage to stand up for what is right. Like Sir Winston Churchill said, "The worm is in the apple".
Friends do know where you will be one second after you die? Heaven or Hell? If you ever lied, stolen, lusted, taken the Lord's name in vain, fornicated etc you will be in Hell. God does not want you to go there. He became a man in the flesh (Jesus) and was crucified for you, died, and resurrected on the third day defeating death and sin. Now He commands you to repent (turn away) and trust in Him to be saved. Do it today you might not have tomorrow.
Friends do know where you will be one second after you die? Heaven or Hell? If you ever lied, stolen, lusted, taken the Lord's name in vain, fornicated etc you will be in Hell. God does not want you to go there. He became a man in the flesh (Jesus) and was crucified for you, died, and resurrected on the third day defeating death and sin. Now He commands you to repent (turn away) and trust in Him to be saved. Do it today you might not have tomorrow.
Thank you who give me the thumbs up and sorry I couldn't comment 4 a while my PS3 wouldn't let me but I personally would like to thank eddynor10987 and CVonnk 4 their encouraging words. I still do watch this every morning. I am happy 2 say im going 2 school finally because I can cope more with the pain. I am going 2 b a PSW to help others the way ive been helped. Thanx 4 ur time god bless.
@GlennJWhittier I get that two men bashing each other's brains out is considered "entertainment" in this country. Cinematic depiction of the same is also entertainment. The music is nice, though.
@cathcoy i tend to think gladiator is more than that, you have maximus i man who has served his country with out question, then he has his entire life ripped from him, just when he hits rock bottom he discovers his purpose and he gets back up and achieves it. he reminds the government where they get their true power from and that is the governed. if only our government would remember that, listen to ron paul and spread his message.
I watch this movie every morning, Im proud 2 say ive lost 56lbs in 3 months and have healed my herniated discs, I have a steel cage in my back but learned 2 surround myself with speeches such as this I still have pain but i can walk so i cant complain thanx 4 the motivation!
@BUDAGREEN1 hey bro since you watch it frequently could you post it in the net or tell me where I could watch it online or download without any virus content? It's hard to get the movie in my country. CD stores don't sell it any longer (even the ones with the pirated versions). I tried looking for it in Youtube, Megavideo, Youku, Google Video and a few more. But something's always not right ( shit quality, dubbed, stupid terms & conditions, etc). Btw congratz for your success in life.
@BUDAGREEN1 Check out Dare to be Great and Im a champion speech(two seperate videos)... for even more motivation, congrats on your success, -56 lbs is amazing
I watch this every morning, I had a major back surgery lost my motivation but learned 2 surround myself with speeches such as this movie. Im proud 2 say ive lost 56lbs in 3 months and have healed my herniated discs, i still have pain and a steel cage in my back but wake up happy because I can still walk,thanx 4 the motivation!
Faith is the substance of things hoped for. What do you hope for? Trust is also based upon faith in our fellow mankind. Are we just beast randomly selected through mutation and evolution? If you think this, You have more faith than I do......
How so? My main argument here is that evolution is an intelligent behavior of an organism's antecedent. Mutation is usually not intelligent and is almost always harmful or produces no benefit, although it occasionally can. It's difficult to be concise when talking about the two because they are so intermingled and probably resulting in a lot of confusion on youtube. For evolution to occur there must be mutation. Check out DNA repair, that is so cool.
Sorry if I was unclear. I was trying to point out that 'evolution' has 2 parts. Mutation/dna pool diversification which increases the DNA pool, and adaptation which decreases it.
It's more correct to say, the possibilities from which adaptation can occur are random, but you shouldn't segregate a part of the process... You'll sound like a creationist who only understands the 'survival of the fittest' half ;-)
@Popikawaii Good to hear you know that Evolution is not random........
Sorry i ruffled your feathers to get you to react like that. You have a problem with faith then? or do you just think your above everyone and LOVE the word Pathetic.... Yes?
Abiogenesis was the natural process by which life developed from non-living matter into primitive living things. Evolution is the process by which the original life-forms developed into the rich diversity we see today. Likewise, fear, both fear of of the unknown and being alone, caused the ancestors of humans to start imagining they had invisible companions to accompany and help protect them on their daily ventures. And evolution developed those pretend-friends into gods and religion of todai
Your PC is made up from a mind-blowing amount of science. The internet with all it's 100s of millions? of computers, routers, servers, 1000s of miles of fibre optic cables, satellites, complex software etc. are designed through SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE that WORKS.
This clip is awesome. Thanks Al. It covered most if not all of life in five minutes. You would have to agree that a phenomen of the mind, which is motivation, requires one to continuously refill. It seems as though the mind or motivation is like a well in society, in order for it to function one must continuously refill it with more water. Further, its like no matter how motivated one can be at a particular moment, with time complacency is a constant in humanity that must always be fought.
My aim here is not to disprove atheism or prove religion or Christianity; there are simply too many arguments for that this is not the place. I am making one simple point here. Atheists often claim that science disproves or undermines religion, and therefore supports their view. Neither of those suppositions are at all correct. Therefore atheism will need to cease hiding behind science to support its position, leaving atheism a perilously shallow intellectual position.
@Kampfer1445 "Science doesn't disprove religion." Is that so? Your argument is pathetic. "as is pointed out in the Bible (which is mostly a historical book)." Yes, all those talking bushes of fire, pure history, Sherlock.
You obviously don't know what science is, which is unsurprising given that you can not string two coherent thoughts together. Science is the study of the physical universe, so anything potentially beyond that is outside of its ability to study. There are thousands of supernatural phenomena and miracles that are beyond science's capacity to explain, making it obvious that there is more to existence than the physical universe. Wishing that away does not make it so.
@Kampfer1445 No one thinks science has discovered some things. Remember how people used to think the earth was flat? Or when it was the center of the universe? And the man who discovered it wasn't was labeled a blasphemer by the church. Just because science hasn't learned something doesn't mean it won't.
What you have said made no sense. Science is not some panacea for human ignorance. Science is the study of the physical universe, both on Earth and in Space. Circumnavigating the globe and reaching the moon does not in any way prove or disprove God's existence. If something is not part of the physical universe it is beyond science's capabilities; science doesn't answer every question. There is a lot more to human progress and knowledge than only scientific research and discovery.
Beyond re-stating that you don't know what science is, you also overlook that nowhere has the Bible or Christianity ever stated that the world was flat. That is not a religious question. In religious terms it is irrelevant whether the Earth is round or flat. The Church's clamping down on that was more to do with the medieval world it was part of at the time than the faith itself. Religion can not blindly dictate scientific truth, nor can science deal with religion; it is outside of their scope.
Actually most of our knowledge of Bronze Age and Iron Age history in the Middle East initially came only from the Bible. It was only when the cities described in the Bible began to be discovered in the 19th Century, and the historical events there became corroborated by other sources that historians were able to verify the Bible's accuracy. Again your ability to hold an argument is terminally handicapped by your ignorance of history and reality.
@Kampfer1445 "Initially." And how about the part where that one burning bush talks to that one guy? Or the seas are parted? Or how about when that guy is swallowed by the "big fish?" Historically accurate? Please, entertain me with this next response. And my argument is handicapped by my ignorance of reality, so says the religious person. THAT is good.
Can you prove that it did not happen? If not there is no point in you bringing it up. You have not seen the interaction of atoms or the Big Bang either, so you can not state whether or not those things are genuinely factual. The fact is that supernatural happenings are beyond science, as is proved by thousands of miracles that have happened and continue to happen that are beyond all capacity of science to deal with; because they are not related to the physical universe.
What is sure is that the Abrahamic religious tradition has led to the only genuinely world religions, and those with by far the greatest longevity and adherence. If you think that Christianity could have developed as it did based on lies then you are as arrogant as you are totally ignorant. Do you think that Christ would have evinced the impact he did if he was not genuine? Your intellect is primeval, and if you think that you are wise I will be the first to disabuse you.
The Roman emperor portrayed in this clip came off as being really jaded, cynical, and unfeeling. We are fortunate to live in a world whose leaders are not only democratically elected but are generally responsive to the visions of their people. He who preserves this fragile but precious balance between the leaders and the led is the warrior.
Commodus was one of the worst Roman Emperors, and was overthrown after about twelve years. However, Marcus Aurelius is recognized as one of the greatest rulers of all time. One always gets the good with the bad. But at least these rulers had the power to implement their visions, to change the world. Democracy involves lots of talk and very little action. The democratic governments of today administer, but they lack vision and courage. I would rather a strong ruler to an uninspiring talking shop.
Thanks for your reply to my comment. I have yet to actually see the movie, The Gladiator. I like the principles apparently exemplified in the film, but I am squeamish---having had my fill of gore in Viet Nam. I do not share your admiration for the git-er-done efficiency of autocratic leaders and governments. Redundancy, posturing, and inefficiency are part of the price that we pay for freedom. I do not perceive of the human race as an assembly line... though I'm sure that you don't either.
I don't either, and I understand your views. However I must say that when looking at history the strong leaders and the great empires inspire far greater admiration and progressed society much further than the governments of today. I would rather serve a strong ruler or an idea than a dithering, unimaginative and often corrupt representative democracy. Without the unbending sense of duty and pursuit of virtue of the heyday of the Roman Republic I view representative democracy as a weakness.
Where is God in this? When will the world realize that they should turn to HIM and not motivational clips based on a semi-fictional movie? In the end this is just sound and words you listen to and images you see, nothing more...
I must admit though, the movie was exceptionally good and the clip does motivate. But, it will never fill you completely with what you truly might lack in your day to day life.
However, philosophically and scientifically atheism makes illogical. Also without belief in God or ideology, something greater than self, motivation tends to be self-centered.
You do realise how arrogant you sound, don't you? Beyond that I'm not about to have a bibe fight with you. Explaining this kind of stuff to Christians is like pushing shit up hill.
Can you actually defend your views? Discussing arrogance, baldly making statements such as 'God doesn't exist' and being unable to present any compelling argument in your favor is the height of intellectual arrogance. 'Explaining' this is indeed like pushing shit up hill, because that exactly what you are trying to do. How did something come from nothing? That is the essential question! The Big Bang theory is indeed the most creationist theory that I have ever heard!
Look, if you're going to cry at me because I wasn't brainwashed by my scripture teacher, that's fine. But at least use correct spelling when you're trying to start a fight.
I say it's like pushing shit up hill because nothing is ever solved or established in these debates. Think about it. When was the last time you saw a religious vs atheist debate ANYWHERE where either side, "Oh wow, you're right, it's time I changed my views."
I'm running out of space here but something didn't come from nothin
'Something didn't come from nothing'. You have just effectively denied your own atheism. As usual you fail to defend your views, because they are after all scientifically and philosophically impossible. You are incompetent intellectually. 'Spelling'? Pray tell? Your reply here is as arrogant as it is futile.
No. If I said I didn't believe that there was no god or gods, that'd be denying my atheism.
Since you seem to think I don't have a reason for being atheist. Here it is: The thought of some magical being in the sky controlling everything is laughable. Yes we don't know exactly how the universe was formed. But I'm more inclined to believe people who studied science for years than people who are largely represented by idiots, murderers and pedophiles.
Moreover, I despise religion because it controls and manipulates peoples thoughts and actions under the false pretense of spirital guidance. The whole ordeal is just a really large joke.
I despise atheism because it attempts to pervert and hijack science for its own uses, which are profoundly illogical and unscientific. It denies the dignity of human life and the existence of objective right and wrong or morality, reducing humanity to simply another species of base animal. It is profoundly opposed to human civilization. Human society can not develop or succeed based on atheism, because atheism undermines everything that makes societies work. Atheism is really a humanist farce.
That is typical of an atheist's muddled thinking. Science can never detect God nor determine anything supernatural, because science is the study of the natural world. The supernatural is beyond science's scope and a scientist is no more or less an expert on God's existence than a bus driver. Which proves that you don't know anything more than what you are fed by atheist ideologues. Most scientists actually do believe in God. 'Idiots, murderers and pedophiles'? Sounds like atheistic Marxists.
The irony of atheism is that while it in its arrogance imagines itself to be an 'educated' idea, it is in fact the opposite. Atheists, like animals can not comprehend the possibility that there is anything beyond their physical senses; they can not recognize their own limitations as human beings. Thus the higher intellectual spheres of human thought; philosophy, ethics and religion disappear, limiting mankind to the mere recognition of his natural surroundings; turning man back into an animal.
People are animals basically. Very intelligent animals, but not some higher being like you seem to think they are. Also, a bible thug lecturing me on morality. That's rich. Yeah, I said murderers and pedophiles. I guess if Christians didn't want people calling them out on stuff like that they probably shouldn't go around persecuting "heathens" and raping little boys then trying to cover it up.
Atheism doesn't pervert or hijack science. It just happens that the two overlap in some places.
And yeah, you're totally right. I dont' believe in something that no sane person has ever seen, heard or spoken with. Therefore I'm reducing humanity to idiotic animals. See it's because of people like you that Christians get such a bad rep.
Atheists recognise that there are varying states of mind so straight away that's something beyond a physical sense that they acknowledge. Also arguing that atheists have no intellectual sphere, thought, philosophy or ethics? Wow you paddies really are thick.
The only problem is you can't actually disagree with anything that I have said, save to deny it away like a fanatic. So yes that is pretty much the case. And unless you can come up with some logical philosophical and rational argument for atheism, which no one in its more than 250 year modern history has even come close to, then you can not really argue the point.
You can't dispute anything that I have pointed out. That atheism can not support philosophy, ethics, morality or any other more advanced sphere of human thought is entirely self-evident through its own muddled intellectual history. You have therefore pretty much endorsed their truth. Atheism is an enemy of human progress and human civilization. Which is no surprise because the only atheist political ideology, Marxism, does the same thing.
It is laughable that atheists believe that their beliefs are rooted in logic, reason, rational inquiry etc. when those ideas were developed by the great Doctors of the Church, particularly St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. So atheists claim that concepts which came to civilization through Christianity (and thus do not conflict with Christian beliefs) somehow undermine religion. This is a profoundly unsustainable atheist argument.
It is thus self-apparent that atheism, which tries again to hijack Christian ideas and then proclaim that Christianity is unworkable is an unsustainable argument. It is clear that atheism turns its back on human civilization and human progress, and is therefore an enemy of all human civilization. If you want to return to the Animal Kingdom go and live in the jungle. If you want to live in a civilization you should probably cease to try, however feebly and undermine it at the same time.
Actually atheism and science don't overlap anywhere, save in that science can not confirm or deny God's existence because it is limited in scope to the natural universe, which fits in with atheism's blinkered thinking so you fondly proclaim that there is nothing beyond the natural universe and therefore no God. However all rational human thought and scientific logic point to the universal truth of a creation and therefore a Creator. Even your arrogance is hopelessly outmatched by your ignorance.
This is why I said it's pushing shit up hill. You don't bother to read what I've said. You just twist my words and ignore what I say.
I could go the usual way and say that I don't believe because you can't prove. But we both know how that one goes.
Instead it'd be just quicker for me to tell you to go watch some videos that explain it very well. But given your tendency to whining and finding the easy way out, heres the link:
It may surprise you that I have argued with other atheists in my time, and like you they are unable to answer for the inherent flaws of atheism. I have read what you have said here and many times before. Its self-defeating garbage. The inability of atheists, you and many more notorious ones, to provide any logical foundation for atheism pretty much sustains my argument. Thank you very much!
Flaws? How so? There's no proof that god exists. So it would be irrational to believe in something when there's no proof of it's existence. End of story.
There again you fall into the old atheist trap. You believe that the physical universe is the be all and end all, so if God has not physically appeared to you you can not comprehend him. Although there are numerous miracles which you may have trouble explaining; Guadalupe, the Eucharist of Siena, etc. The point is that science does not and can not answer everything, as any scientist will concede. It is the study of the natural world, like exploring other lands and classifying animal life.
It studies the natural world only. Science has no ability to study anything beyond our physical surroundings; it can not masquerade as a philosophy, an ethical code or anything else. Those are entirely different spheres, which require entirely different thinking and study entirely different things. Morality and Philosophy are intangible as well, but that does not mean that they are false. There are numerous miracles which are beyond science, proving to the rational person divine intervention.
Atheism is as inherently flawed as Buddhism, despite being polar opposites, because it attempts to reduce the universe and existence to one narrow aspect taken out of context. Buddhists believe that everything physical is an illusion, that the only reality is the great wheel, and the souls ascending or descending, while some ancient Greeks believed that everything was simply a product of the refraction of air, with nothing physical being real. Atheism is the same thing from the opposite extreme.
So, in spite of the obvious limitations of science in the face of phenomena beyond the physical universe, atheists cling to their distorted science worship. That is dogmatic fanaticism of the highest order, akin to nature worship. They also fail to face the reality exposed by both physical science and rational thought; that the universe can not simply have willed itself into being. A ball of matter could not simply have found itself in an empty space before the 'Big Bang'. It is simply absurd.
Of course science can't answer everything. It's never been falsely advertised as a silver bullet to all of life's questions. Unlike religion, it never had the arrogance to assume that it could. Furthermore, science at least bases it's conclusions on what has been observed and discovered. Rather than starting at the opposite end like religion, which begins with the conclusion, then tries to find things to back it up.
Also why is it so difficult for you to undestand why people have difficulty believing in something that has never appeared to them and they've never been given sufficient evidence to aknowledge its existence?
You seem to be using the same excuse that religious people have been using for millenia: "I can't think of how it got there, and the answer doesn't appear to me immediately, so a god or gods must have done it."
Also I need to ask you something. Not taking the piss or anything, seriously. I am genuinely curious on this one.
If I can't prove that god doesn't exist, which is true, I can't and I'll readily make that concession. At the same time I can't prove to you that there's no such thing as Odin, or Appollo, or a flying spaghetti monster or an invisible pink unicorn or Russel's Teapot or anything else that can be alleged and imagined. So why God (presumably Chritstian) and not these other things?
That is not a bad question. Firstly using rational thought and logic Christianity makes sense. All of the other things that you mentioned don't have a theology or rational basis behind them, so there is no reason to believe that they are true. Second most religions are limited or centered on one race, culture or region; Christianity is the only true world religion; so it is not merely a product of a culture. Third the plethora of miracles attributed to Christianity are unmatched.
The reason in support of monotheistic religion over polytheistic religion is obvious; as is pointed out in the Bible (which is mostly a historical book) were there multiple God's they would spend their time fighting each other; there would thus not be a religion at all, as there would be no theology or belief system, and doubtless no physical creation. The creation of the universe would require a single guiding 'hand' or thought process, not a series of conflicting ones.
@Kampfer1445 This comment truly put you over the edge. "The bible says that polytheism wouldn't work so that is how it is." ..............Yeah, ok. Please tell me how the bible knows there would be no physical creating if there were multiple gods? And by the bible, I mean some random guys who wrote a book a long time ago and are having the biggest laugh in history as millions of ignorant people listen to what they wrote.
Absolutely, positively, awesome.
009tesla 2 weeks ago
there is this text written ?
if there is please tell me .
sergio59jackson 1 month ago
My boss played this video on a team meeting and I saw 35+ yo men trying to hide their tears...
And had no success in doing so.
CorretorAlyssonGomes 2 months ago
Has anyone ever figured out who wrote this speech?
DarkFenix34512 2 months ago
@DarkFenix34512 Niccolò Machiavelli
KuanDeedee 2 months ago
@KuanDeedee
isn't that the dude from assasins creed?
footballelmaestro123 1 month ago
@footballelmaestro123 from what?
KuanDeedee 1 month ago
where does the speech come from? who is the speaker? really need to know!
RichyDYupYup 3 months ago
I've not been able to sleep well because of a recent job loss--stressing out about a lot of stuff... which is why I'm here watching this on a late, late, late night. But now that I have watched this, and taken in its message, its spirit, I feel a sense of peace that will be enough to carry me through to the next day, well rested.
Nonsequitor415 4 months ago
Crying while watching , it felt so good, ..
jeronico2000 4 months ago 2
whats the song called?
Stefan1245963 6 months ago
@Stefan1245963
Now we are free ( Hans zimmer )
Zeberde3 5 months ago
Nice commentary on motivation. Something quite simple yet not practiced enough.
sherwinjtb 7 months ago
Soo many people looking for motivation.
MegaServantofgod 7 months ago
i can honestly say this is the only one motivational vid that i keep coming back to every once in a while...and its still the best
535manbearpig 8 months ago
Who's talking in the vid ? ?
ThirtkO 8 months ago
Watch this video once a week, it's like medicine.
OzTurk 8 months ago
After I failed the July Bar exam, I listened to this speech every day. It helped me realize that I am able to persevere and can achieve that which I desire, no matter how many setbacks I experience. I finally passed the Bar, and now I'm a lawyer!!! NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER!!!
90cta395 8 months ago
@Nasdaq7 what other ones do you recommend?
KuanDeedee 8 months ago
26 mediocres disliked this video. 600 champions liked it.
bamabelle327 9 months ago
this is an excellent video.
extremely inspirational... in every way.
thanks for sharing...c
charissamarluk 10 months ago
Could somebody tell me who the man speaking is and what he is reading from. Is it a book?
Thank you.
Eatmybologna 10 months ago
This is just simply the best...Where did you get this wonderful speech from ?! Please answer
n0th1ng2 11 months ago
BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAA
ratman1234567890 1 year ago
His voice gets boring!!!!
MegaFred55 1 year ago
I love to watch this video because it just makes me feel good to move forward. Knowing what you look to in the future only motivates you to be competent, but being competent doesn't always help to know what you look to in the future. A tree grows as one, but branches grow in different directions. Only to grow from it's roots it cannot help it's own leafs from falling. That is way we only pick our self’s up to love, to feel good, and to move forward.
iray89 1 year ago
I'm gonna be a loner for the next 3 years. Complete isolation. I'm about to turn 29. Any suggestions on what to do??
VictorHugo289mex 1 year ago
@VictorHugo289mex why a loner? What are your circumstances? What are your objectives? Be careful, I made a wrong turn at your age
MikaShelley99 1 year ago
@MikaShelley99
he's going to prison
footballelmaestro123 9 months ago
@VictorHugo289mex
dnt kno wat kind of a situation ur gonna be in man......but jus remember that lions dnt need to be in a herd...sheep do!!!!! Warriors roam dnt need a mastery at anything else but their weapon....their weapon is their soulmate.....
true happiness comes from inside.....the world should stop seeking it from the outside!!! Once you realize this.....u will be ready for a one man mission to settle on mars!!
kanthasingh54 11 months ago
"What we do in life... echoes in eternity"
SeedsofJoy 1 year ago 26
If the morality we are to rise to is homosexality, then we lose the will to war. The will to fight. Behold the DADT passage in our weak spirited senate. Men who have lost the will to fight, the courage to stand up for what is right. Like Sir Winston Churchill said, "The worm is in the apple".
tracmag 1 year ago
All of us are slaves on a Roman LATIFUNDIUM, compliments of the mass murdering Debt Syndicate BANKERS.
ARREST ALL BANKERS
BANKERS ARE THE ENEMY
centurion180ad 1 year ago
All this struggle only to die in the end......
paully6996 1 year ago
Brothers, what we do in life... echoes in eternity!
intransmissivel 1 year ago
The lines are from Marcus Aurelius ;)
TheMaera 1 year ago
Who is the man speaking ???
windex1234 1 year ago
Who does the voice on this video?
noLuckyStrike09 1 year ago
I WANT TO WIN, I WILL WIN , THANK U
535manbearpig 1 year ago
persistence
StrengthinGod 1 year ago
Thank you very much for the upload sir
elitism19 1 year ago
I have seen several motivational videos and clips, but this one is simply the best!!!!
jawwadkazi 1 year ago
The pride of being a winner is vanity.
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God.
RobertMOdell 1 year ago
trust Jesus
dandan688 1 year ago
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Friends do know where you will be one second after you die? Heaven or Hell? If you ever lied, stolen, lusted, taken the Lord's name in vain, fornicated etc you will be in Hell. God does not want you to go there. He became a man in the flesh (Jesus) and was crucified for you, died, and resurrected on the third day defeating death and sin. Now He commands you to repent (turn away) and trust in Him to be saved. Do it today you might not have tomorrow.
dandan688 1 year ago
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Friends do know where you will be one second after you die? Heaven or Hell? If you ever lied, stolen, lusted, taken the Lord's name in vain, fornicated etc you will be in Hell. God does not want you to go there. He became a man in the flesh (Jesus) and was crucified for you, died, and resurrected on the third day defeating death and sin. Now He commands you to repent (turn away) and trust in Him to be saved. Do it today you might not have tomorrow.
dandan688 1 year ago
Sounds like Kofi Annan speaking.
Amar7605 1 year ago
what we do in life, echoes in eternity.
hypercarbon 1 year ago 9
do u think u can make one wityh english sub titles? the words can stick in my head easier that way =D but awesome vid!
skruffy12runner 1 year ago
Animador! Obrigado à quem legendou em português.
ergileno 1 year ago
GlennJWhittier sry 4 the error in your name bro.
BUDAGREEN1 1 year ago
LuffyTubby Thanx you too!
BUDAGREEN1 1 year ago
THANK YOU Glenn_/Whittier.
BUDAGREEN1 1 year ago
anyone know the song?
joshhamilton04 1 year ago
@joshhamilton04 its now we are free by enya i believe, some say its lisa gerrard either way its on the gladiator soundtrack.
b78venom 1 year ago
I will never forget where came from and I will keep pressing forward until my goals in life are complete.
fatherjon908 1 year ago
I feel like that this is a good vid. very inspiring. the movie is one of my favorite.
tylerhmccart 1 year ago
well that was gay
Razersun 1 year ago
Thank you who give me the thumbs up and sorry I couldn't comment 4 a while my PS3 wouldn't let me but I personally would like to thank eddynor10987 and CVonnk 4 their encouraging words. I still do watch this every morning. I am happy 2 say im going 2 school finally because I can cope more with the pain. I am going 2 b a PSW to help others the way ive been helped. Thanx 4 ur time god bless.
BUDAGREEN1 1 year ago
How can watching a man fight for his life while exploited by barbaric practices be considered motivating? I don't get it. It's disgusting.
cathcoy 1 year ago
@cathcoy The fact that you don't get it......well that says alot.
GlennJWhittier 1 year ago
@GlennJWhittier I get that two men bashing each other's brains out is considered "entertainment" in this country. Cinematic depiction of the same is also entertainment. The music is nice, though.
cathcoy 1 year ago
@cathcoy i tend to think gladiator is more than that, you have maximus i man who has served his country with out question, then he has his entire life ripped from him, just when he hits rock bottom he discovers his purpose and he gets back up and achieves it. he reminds the government where they get their true power from and that is the governed. if only our government would remember that, listen to ron paul and spread his message.
b78venom 1 year ago
@b78venom agreed, movies tend to have more depth than bashing each others brains out
themuld 1 year ago
Who is the speaker in this video
jojonpat 1 year ago
The values displayed in this video is certainly needed for all peoples around the world. A class act by the author!
2uprofit 1 year ago
I think this video is awesome. Love the speech also, nice job.
Cronex 1 year ago
I dont think the voice matches with the video, it feels annoying :( But keep the good work up mate, seems to work for ppl.
midskogs 1 year ago
@midskogs ur clearly a dumb one here!!! Glad u show urself!!!
muaythai4ko 1 year ago
@muaythai4ko I love you to.
midskogs 1 year ago
@midskogs huh!... finally someone woke u up!!!
muaythai4ko 1 year ago
very inspirational
465pokemon 1 year ago 3
@BUDAGREEN1 Massive respect mate, you truely have a strong spirit. Keep it up, much love.
CVonnK 1 year ago
RenownedRyan Thank You Bro
BUDAGREEN1 1 year ago
who's wrote this?
TheYeyeMan5000 1 year ago
where can i read this speech?
sk0lnick 1 year ago 3
LOL at the people trying to carry out an intelligent debate on youtube.
No less,on a video on motivation. Human stupidity is infinite.
arare666 1 year ago
this has to be narrated by paulo coelho
gbogh25 1 year ago
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sk0lnick 1 year ago
I watch this movie every morning, Im proud 2 say ive lost 56lbs in 3 months and have healed my herniated discs, I have a steel cage in my back but learned 2 surround myself with speeches such as this I still have pain but i can walk so i cant complain thanx 4 the motivation!
BUDAGREEN1 1 year ago 210
@BUDAGREEN1 Respect.
RenownedRyan 1 year ago
@BUDAGREEN1 You're a warrior mate keep it up ;]
eddynor10987 1 year ago
@BUDAGREEN1 PHENOMENAL! STRONG! Keep moving forward!
GlennJWhittier 1 year ago
@BUDAGREEN1 keep rocking dude!
LuffyTubby 1 year ago
@BUDAGREEN1 hey bro since you watch it frequently could you post it in the net or tell me where I could watch it online or download without any virus content? It's hard to get the movie in my country. CD stores don't sell it any longer (even the ones with the pirated versions). I tried looking for it in Youtube, Megavideo, Youku, Google Video and a few more. But something's always not right ( shit quality, dubbed, stupid terms & conditions, etc). Btw congratz for your success in life.
giriisindahouse 1 year ago
@BUDAGREEN1
Fuck yeah. Brofist! Climb the tallest mountain and punch God in the face. You kick ass man.
bankypunk 1 year ago
@BUDAGREEN1 Check out Dare to be Great and Im a champion speech(two seperate videos)... for even more motivation, congrats on your success, -56 lbs is amazing
SpaardaLT 1 year ago
@SpaardaLT Dare to be great is a waste of breath.
Dare to ARREST A BANKER, that would be meaningful.
centurion180ad 1 year ago
@centurion180ad You need to be great to do that.
VictorHugo289mex 1 year ago
@BUDAGREEN1 It's the first I've seen it and want to watch it every day too. Good luck to you Buda
MikaShelley99 1 year ago
@BUDAGREEN1 Your actions will Eco in the eternities. You should write a letter to the main actors in this movie.
cwood4ever 3 months ago
@BUDAGREEN1 I'm so proud of you, well done, I hope you enjoy the rest of your life after making yourself a better person of yourself.
HollieMayWright 3 months ago
I watch this every morning, I had a major back surgery lost my motivation but learned 2 surround myself with speeches such as this movie. Im proud 2 say ive lost 56lbs in 3 months and have healed my herniated discs, i still have pain and a steel cage in my back but wake up happy because I can still walk,thanx 4 the motivation!
BUDAGREEN1 1 year ago 3
Did anyone get anything useful out of this rambling restatement of the obvious?
slippo99 1 year ago
Niccolò Machiavelli wrote it. ;)
demaera7 1 year ago
dear God, who wrote this?
oehieze 1 year ago
I want the written version of this.
KuanDeedee 1 year ago
erfolgloser . de
DrStrichmann 1 year ago
Lisa you are a source of inspiration for me. I hope that you can decide where you want to go so that you can rise to greatness.
emmertol 1 year ago
At my signal, unleash hell...
Sendlgam 2 years ago 62
Faith is the substance of things hoped for. What do you hope for? Trust is also based upon faith in our fellow mankind. Are we just beast randomly selected through mutation and evolution? If you think this, You have more faith than I do......
exp105 2 years ago
Evolution is not random, please go read a book before trying to flaunt your pathetic knowledge.
Popikawaii 1 year ago
evolution may not be, but mutation is, which happens to a contributing factor for evolution
keithgarry 1 year ago
That is like saying, bricks are not weak, but sand is, which is a contributing factor for making bricks. -_-'
Popikawaii 1 year ago
How so? My main argument here is that evolution is an intelligent behavior of an organism's antecedent. Mutation is usually not intelligent and is almost always harmful or produces no benefit, although it occasionally can. It's difficult to be concise when talking about the two because they are so intermingled and probably resulting in a lot of confusion on youtube. For evolution to occur there must be mutation. Check out DNA repair, that is so cool.
keithgarry 1 year ago
Sorry if I was unclear. I was trying to point out that 'evolution' has 2 parts. Mutation/dna pool diversification which increases the DNA pool, and adaptation which decreases it.
It's more correct to say, the possibilities from which adaptation can occur are random, but you shouldn't segregate a part of the process... You'll sound like a creationist who only understands the 'survival of the fittest' half ;-)
Popikawaii 1 year ago
@Popikawaii Good to hear you know that Evolution is not random........
Sorry i ruffled your feathers to get you to react like that. You have a problem with faith then? or do you just think your above everyone and LOVE the word Pathetic.... Yes?
exp105 1 year ago
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Abiogenesis was the natural process by which life developed from non-living matter into primitive living things. Evolution is the process by which the original life-forms developed into the rich diversity we see today. Likewise, fear, both fear of of the unknown and being alone, caused the ancestors of humans to start imagining they had invisible companions to accompany and help protect them on their daily ventures. And evolution developed those pretend-friends into gods and religion of todai
rikci1 2 years ago
Science leads to practical advantage for our species, while religion is? simply rampant speculation based on emotional appeal and whim.
rikci1 2 years ago
Your PC is made up from a mind-blowing amount of science. The internet with all it's 100s of millions? of computers, routers, servers, 1000s of miles of fibre optic cables, satellites, complex software etc. are designed through SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE that WORKS.
rikci1 2 years ago
whoever made this video is a friggin genius...I feel like it's Jesus talkin to my soul not to give up :D
rockeer 2 years ago
this video is friggin awesome
rockeer 2 years ago 4
is there an artist to the music being played at 1:47 ?
chevy94ful 2 years ago
era.
airharm 2 years ago
@chevy94ful now were free- hans zimmer
1SerbiaPolska1 9 months ago
kampfer stop spamming this vid with useless comments and jus enjoy the video
Danknugget5 2 years ago
Danknugget I couldn't care less what you have to say. You are not obliged to read the comments when you watch the video.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
''greatness is a vision''
smiffyp07 2 years ago
This clip is awesome. Thanks Al. It covered most if not all of life in five minutes. You would have to agree that a phenomen of the mind, which is motivation, requires one to continuously refill. It seems as though the mind or motivation is like a well in society, in order for it to function one must continuously refill it with more water. Further, its like no matter how motivated one can be at a particular moment, with time complacency is a constant in humanity that must always be fought.
jaykidsleep 2 years ago
I completely agree. The will is more important than physical factors.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
My aim here is not to disprove atheism or prove religion or Christianity; there are simply too many arguments for that this is not the place. I am making one simple point here. Atheists often claim that science disproves or undermines religion, and therefore supports their view. Neither of those suppositions are at all correct. Therefore atheism will need to cease hiding behind science to support its position, leaving atheism a perilously shallow intellectual position.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
@Kampfer1445 "Science doesn't disprove religion." Is that so? Your argument is pathetic. "as is pointed out in the Bible (which is mostly a historical book)." Yes, all those talking bushes of fire, pure history, Sherlock.
ohaitharguiz 2 years ago
You obviously don't know what science is, which is unsurprising given that you can not string two coherent thoughts together. Science is the study of the physical universe, so anything potentially beyond that is outside of its ability to study. There are thousands of supernatural phenomena and miracles that are beyond science's capacity to explain, making it obvious that there is more to existence than the physical universe. Wishing that away does not make it so.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
@Kampfer1445 No one thinks science has discovered some things. Remember how people used to think the earth was flat? Or when it was the center of the universe? And the man who discovered it wasn't was labeled a blasphemer by the church. Just because science hasn't learned something doesn't mean it won't.
ohaitharguiz 2 years ago
What you have said made no sense. Science is not some panacea for human ignorance. Science is the study of the physical universe, both on Earth and in Space. Circumnavigating the globe and reaching the moon does not in any way prove or disprove God's existence. If something is not part of the physical universe it is beyond science's capabilities; science doesn't answer every question. There is a lot more to human progress and knowledge than only scientific research and discovery.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
Beyond re-stating that you don't know what science is, you also overlook that nowhere has the Bible or Christianity ever stated that the world was flat. That is not a religious question. In religious terms it is irrelevant whether the Earth is round or flat. The Church's clamping down on that was more to do with the medieval world it was part of at the time than the faith itself. Religion can not blindly dictate scientific truth, nor can science deal with religion; it is outside of their scope.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
Actually most of our knowledge of Bronze Age and Iron Age history in the Middle East initially came only from the Bible. It was only when the cities described in the Bible began to be discovered in the 19th Century, and the historical events there became corroborated by other sources that historians were able to verify the Bible's accuracy. Again your ability to hold an argument is terminally handicapped by your ignorance of history and reality.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
@Kampfer1445 "Initially." And how about the part where that one burning bush talks to that one guy? Or the seas are parted? Or how about when that guy is swallowed by the "big fish?" Historically accurate? Please, entertain me with this next response. And my argument is handicapped by my ignorance of reality, so says the religious person. THAT is good.
ohaitharguiz 2 years ago
Can you prove that it did not happen? If not there is no point in you bringing it up. You have not seen the interaction of atoms or the Big Bang either, so you can not state whether or not those things are genuinely factual. The fact is that supernatural happenings are beyond science, as is proved by thousands of miracles that have happened and continue to happen that are beyond all capacity of science to deal with; because they are not related to the physical universe.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
What is sure is that the Abrahamic religious tradition has led to the only genuinely world religions, and those with by far the greatest longevity and adherence. If you think that Christianity could have developed as it did based on lies then you are as arrogant as you are totally ignorant. Do you think that Christ would have evinced the impact he did if he was not genuine? Your intellect is primeval, and if you think that you are wise I will be the first to disabuse you.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
who wrote the speech???? please answer
hannah0riti 2 years ago
Thank you! Thank you!
s10fisto01 2 years ago
a good friend showed me this.. thanks.. very comforting.. :)
luvinyou05 2 years ago
The Roman emperor portrayed in this clip came off as being really jaded, cynical, and unfeeling. We are fortunate to live in a world whose leaders are not only democratically elected but are generally responsive to the visions of their people. He who preserves this fragile but precious balance between the leaders and the led is the warrior.
FlipKeithCossey 2 years ago
Commodus was one of the worst Roman Emperors, and was overthrown after about twelve years. However, Marcus Aurelius is recognized as one of the greatest rulers of all time. One always gets the good with the bad. But at least these rulers had the power to implement their visions, to change the world. Democracy involves lots of talk and very little action. The democratic governments of today administer, but they lack vision and courage. I would rather a strong ruler to an uninspiring talking shop.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
Thanks for your reply to my comment. I have yet to actually see the movie, The Gladiator. I like the principles apparently exemplified in the film, but I am squeamish---having had my fill of gore in Viet Nam. I do not share your admiration for the git-er-done efficiency of autocratic leaders and governments. Redundancy, posturing, and inefficiency are part of the price that we pay for freedom. I do not perceive of the human race as an assembly line... though I'm sure that you don't either.
FlipKeithCossey 2 years ago
I don't either, and I understand your views. However I must say that when looking at history the strong leaders and the great empires inspire far greater admiration and progressed society much further than the governments of today. I would rather serve a strong ruler or an idea than a dithering, unimaginative and often corrupt representative democracy. Without the unbending sense of duty and pursuit of virtue of the heyday of the Roman Republic I view representative democracy as a weakness.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
Thanks!
etschi 2 years ago 2
very moving
chisox711 2 years ago 3
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Where is God in this? When will the world realize that they should turn to HIM and not motivational clips based on a semi-fictional movie? In the end this is just sound and words you listen to and images you see, nothing more...
I must admit though, the movie was exceptionally good and the clip does motivate. But, it will never fill you completely with what you truly might lack in your day to day life.
shd775 2 years ago
A movie or god, it doesn't matter: Both are fictional.
obglobgablob 2 years ago
you can't prove that
gilmour86 2 years ago
I don't need to. I'm not the one trying to convince people that God is needed for motivation, shd775 is.
Whether God exists or not people still get motivated and inspired. That includes people that don't believe that God exists.
obglobgablob 2 years ago
However, philosophically and scientifically atheism makes illogical. Also without belief in God or ideology, something greater than self, motivation tends to be self-centered.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
You do realise how arrogant you sound, don't you? Beyond that I'm not about to have a bibe fight with you. Explaining this kind of stuff to Christians is like pushing shit up hill.
obglobgablob 2 years ago
Can you actually defend your views? Discussing arrogance, baldly making statements such as 'God doesn't exist' and being unable to present any compelling argument in your favor is the height of intellectual arrogance. 'Explaining' this is indeed like pushing shit up hill, because that exactly what you are trying to do. How did something come from nothing? That is the essential question! The Big Bang theory is indeed the most creationist theory that I have ever heard!
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
Look, if you're going to cry at me because I wasn't brainwashed by my scripture teacher, that's fine. But at least use correct spelling when you're trying to start a fight.
I say it's like pushing shit up hill because nothing is ever solved or established in these debates. Think about it. When was the last time you saw a religious vs atheist debate ANYWHERE where either side, "Oh wow, you're right, it's time I changed my views."
I'm running out of space here but something didn't come from nothin
obglobgablob 2 years ago
'Something didn't come from nothing'. You have just effectively denied your own atheism. As usual you fail to defend your views, because they are after all scientifically and philosophically impossible. You are incompetent intellectually. 'Spelling'? Pray tell? Your reply here is as arrogant as it is futile.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
No. If I said I didn't believe that there was no god or gods, that'd be denying my atheism.
Since you seem to think I don't have a reason for being atheist. Here it is: The thought of some magical being in the sky controlling everything is laughable. Yes we don't know exactly how the universe was formed. But I'm more inclined to believe people who studied science for years than people who are largely represented by idiots, murderers and pedophiles.
obglobgablob 2 years ago
Moreover, I despise religion because it controls and manipulates peoples thoughts and actions under the false pretense of spirital guidance. The whole ordeal is just a really large joke.
obglobgablob 2 years ago
I despise atheism because it attempts to pervert and hijack science for its own uses, which are profoundly illogical and unscientific. It denies the dignity of human life and the existence of objective right and wrong or morality, reducing humanity to simply another species of base animal. It is profoundly opposed to human civilization. Human society can not develop or succeed based on atheism, because atheism undermines everything that makes societies work. Atheism is really a humanist farce.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
That is typical of an atheist's muddled thinking. Science can never detect God nor determine anything supernatural, because science is the study of the natural world. The supernatural is beyond science's scope and a scientist is no more or less an expert on God's existence than a bus driver. Which proves that you don't know anything more than what you are fed by atheist ideologues. Most scientists actually do believe in God. 'Idiots, murderers and pedophiles'? Sounds like atheistic Marxists.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
The irony of atheism is that while it in its arrogance imagines itself to be an 'educated' idea, it is in fact the opposite. Atheists, like animals can not comprehend the possibility that there is anything beyond their physical senses; they can not recognize their own limitations as human beings. Thus the higher intellectual spheres of human thought; philosophy, ethics and religion disappear, limiting mankind to the mere recognition of his natural surroundings; turning man back into an animal.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
People are animals basically. Very intelligent animals, but not some higher being like you seem to think they are. Also, a bible thug lecturing me on morality. That's rich. Yeah, I said murderers and pedophiles. I guess if Christians didn't want people calling them out on stuff like that they probably shouldn't go around persecuting "heathens" and raping little boys then trying to cover it up.
Atheism doesn't pervert or hijack science. It just happens that the two overlap in some places.
obglobgablob 2 years ago
And yeah, you're totally right. I dont' believe in something that no sane person has ever seen, heard or spoken with. Therefore I'm reducing humanity to idiotic animals. See it's because of people like you that Christians get such a bad rep.
Atheists recognise that there are varying states of mind so straight away that's something beyond a physical sense that they acknowledge. Also arguing that atheists have no intellectual sphere, thought, philosophy or ethics? Wow you paddies really are thick.
obglobgablob 2 years ago
Also nice attempt at trying to make your statements nice and closed off at boths ends. Why not just say, "Anyone who disagrees is gay."
obglobgablob 2 years ago
The only problem is you can't actually disagree with anything that I have said, save to deny it away like a fanatic. So yes that is pretty much the case. And unless you can come up with some logical philosophical and rational argument for atheism, which no one in its more than 250 year modern history has even come close to, then you can not really argue the point.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
You can't dispute anything that I have pointed out. That atheism can not support philosophy, ethics, morality or any other more advanced sphere of human thought is entirely self-evident through its own muddled intellectual history. You have therefore pretty much endorsed their truth. Atheism is an enemy of human progress and human civilization. Which is no surprise because the only atheist political ideology, Marxism, does the same thing.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
It is laughable that atheists believe that their beliefs are rooted in logic, reason, rational inquiry etc. when those ideas were developed by the great Doctors of the Church, particularly St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. So atheists claim that concepts which came to civilization through Christianity (and thus do not conflict with Christian beliefs) somehow undermine religion. This is a profoundly unsustainable atheist argument.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
It is thus self-apparent that atheism, which tries again to hijack Christian ideas and then proclaim that Christianity is unworkable is an unsustainable argument. It is clear that atheism turns its back on human civilization and human progress, and is therefore an enemy of all human civilization. If you want to return to the Animal Kingdom go and live in the jungle. If you want to live in a civilization you should probably cease to try, however feebly and undermine it at the same time.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
Actually atheism and science don't overlap anywhere, save in that science can not confirm or deny God's existence because it is limited in scope to the natural universe, which fits in with atheism's blinkered thinking so you fondly proclaim that there is nothing beyond the natural universe and therefore no God. However all rational human thought and scientific logic point to the universal truth of a creation and therefore a Creator. Even your arrogance is hopelessly outmatched by your ignorance.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
This is why I said it's pushing shit up hill. You don't bother to read what I've said. You just twist my words and ignore what I say.
I could go the usual way and say that I don't believe because you can't prove. But we both know how that one goes.
Instead it'd be just quicker for me to tell you to go watch some videos that explain it very well. But given your tendency to whining and finding the easy way out, heres the link:
watch?v=jnz0ql-Rgt4
Now fuck off Paddy. I have other things to do.
obglobgablob 2 years ago
It may surprise you that I have argued with other atheists in my time, and like you they are unable to answer for the inherent flaws of atheism. I have read what you have said here and many times before. Its self-defeating garbage. The inability of atheists, you and many more notorious ones, to provide any logical foundation for atheism pretty much sustains my argument. Thank you very much!
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
Flaws? How so? There's no proof that god exists. So it would be irrational to believe in something when there's no proof of it's existence. End of story.
obglobgablob 2 years ago
There again you fall into the old atheist trap. You believe that the physical universe is the be all and end all, so if God has not physically appeared to you you can not comprehend him. Although there are numerous miracles which you may have trouble explaining; Guadalupe, the Eucharist of Siena, etc. The point is that science does not and can not answer everything, as any scientist will concede. It is the study of the natural world, like exploring other lands and classifying animal life.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
It studies the natural world only. Science has no ability to study anything beyond our physical surroundings; it can not masquerade as a philosophy, an ethical code or anything else. Those are entirely different spheres, which require entirely different thinking and study entirely different things. Morality and Philosophy are intangible as well, but that does not mean that they are false. There are numerous miracles which are beyond science, proving to the rational person divine intervention.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
Atheism is as inherently flawed as Buddhism, despite being polar opposites, because it attempts to reduce the universe and existence to one narrow aspect taken out of context. Buddhists believe that everything physical is an illusion, that the only reality is the great wheel, and the souls ascending or descending, while some ancient Greeks believed that everything was simply a product of the refraction of air, with nothing physical being real. Atheism is the same thing from the opposite extreme.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
So, in spite of the obvious limitations of science in the face of phenomena beyond the physical universe, atheists cling to their distorted science worship. That is dogmatic fanaticism of the highest order, akin to nature worship. They also fail to face the reality exposed by both physical science and rational thought; that the universe can not simply have willed itself into being. A ball of matter could not simply have found itself in an empty space before the 'Big Bang'. It is simply absurd.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
Of course science can't answer everything. It's never been falsely advertised as a silver bullet to all of life's questions. Unlike religion, it never had the arrogance to assume that it could. Furthermore, science at least bases it's conclusions on what has been observed and discovered. Rather than starting at the opposite end like religion, which begins with the conclusion, then tries to find things to back it up.
obglobgablob 2 years ago
Also why is it so difficult for you to undestand why people have difficulty believing in something that has never appeared to them and they've never been given sufficient evidence to aknowledge its existence?
You seem to be using the same excuse that religious people have been using for millenia: "I can't think of how it got there, and the answer doesn't appear to me immediately, so a god or gods must have done it."
obglobgablob 2 years ago
Also I need to ask you something. Not taking the piss or anything, seriously. I am genuinely curious on this one.
If I can't prove that god doesn't exist, which is true, I can't and I'll readily make that concession. At the same time I can't prove to you that there's no such thing as Odin, or Appollo, or a flying spaghetti monster or an invisible pink unicorn or Russel's Teapot or anything else that can be alleged and imagined. So why God (presumably Chritstian) and not these other things?
obglobgablob 2 years ago
Oh also. Thanks for the neg reps man. My mighty ego, she is aching.
obglobgablob 2 years ago
That is not a bad question. Firstly using rational thought and logic Christianity makes sense. All of the other things that you mentioned don't have a theology or rational basis behind them, so there is no reason to believe that they are true. Second most religions are limited or centered on one race, culture or region; Christianity is the only true world religion; so it is not merely a product of a culture. Third the plethora of miracles attributed to Christianity are unmatched.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
The reason in support of monotheistic religion over polytheistic religion is obvious; as is pointed out in the Bible (which is mostly a historical book) were there multiple God's they would spend their time fighting each other; there would thus not be a religion at all, as there would be no theology or belief system, and doubtless no physical creation. The creation of the universe would require a single guiding 'hand' or thought process, not a series of conflicting ones.
Kampfer1445 2 years ago
@Kampfer1445 This comment truly put you over the edge. "The bible says that polytheism wouldn't work so that is how it is." ..............Yeah, ok. Please tell me how the bible knows there would be no physical creating if there were multiple gods? And by the bible, I mean some random guys who wrote a book a long time ago and are having the biggest laugh in history as millions of ignorant people listen to what they wrote.
ohaitharguiz 2 years ago
read my comment please
DarkFenix34512 2 years ago