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Evid3nc3

Why I am no longer a Christian

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I explain my life as a born-again Christian, my deconversion, and my life as an atheist.

In the deconversion section, I show how evidence, reason, and experiences related to prayer, morality, deconverted Christians, the Bible, and my relationship with God Himself all lead to my eventual inability to believe anymore.

I explain my life as a born-again Christian, my deconversion, and my life as an atheist.

In the deconversion section, I show how evidence, reason, and experiences related to prayer, morality, deconverted Christians, the Bible, and my relationship with God Himself all lead to my eventual inability to believe anymore.
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    0 Overview

    by Evid3nc3 371,132 views

    Abridged overview of the "Why I am no longer a Christian" series for the purpose of brevity to newcomers.

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    1 My Christian Life

    by Evid3nc3 206,414 views

    A short but comprehensive look into my life as a Christian (which spanned 15 years) to prove to Christians that I was a genuine born-again, Holy Spirit baptised, and deeply committed Christian who had a strong relationship with Jesus Christ.

    Royal Rangers website:
    http://royalrangers.ag.org/

    Assemblies of God website:
    http://ag.org/top/

    Music:
    "La Mujer de Mi Hermano Theme" by Angelo Milli

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    2.0 Deconversion: The God Concept

    by Evid3nc3 201,629 views

    The concept of God, while having the appearance of being a single, coherent belief is often actually supported by multiple pillars of intertwined sub-beliefs. I give an overview of some of the most important sub-beliefs for my personal conception of God here. I will detail how at least most of these sub-beliefs fell for me, under the weight of logic and evidence, in later videos.

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    Music:
    "Deus" by Electric Skychurch

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    2.1 Deconversion: Prayer

    by Evid3nc3 136,630 views

    I explain why, for theological reasons, I stopped believing in the validity of intercessory prayer as a Christian.

    I also comment on the famous 2006 study on intercessory prayer[1] and present GIIVideo's argument against the validity of the "Yes", "No", and "Wait" heuristic that many theists use to justify the practice of intercessory prayer.

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    Music:
    "Ave Maria" by The Sixteen
    "Jaracanda" from the iLife Sound Effects library

    1. "Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer." Benson, Dusek

    NYTimes article:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/health/31pray.html

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    2.2 Deconversion: Morality

    by Evid3nc3 116,278 views

    I explain how, through the study of Ethics, I came to believe that morality was something separate from God that He wanted us to discover using reason, evidence, and experience.

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    A special thanks to snap2objects for providing the Creative Commons 3.0 licensed vectors used for the figures representing myself and my teacher in this video.

    Another thank you to http://graphicssoft.about.com/ for providing the Christian dove brush used to represent the guidance of the Holy Spirit in my videos.

    Music:
    "Be Still My Soul" by Libera

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    2.3 Deconversion: Other Christians (Part 1)

    by Evid3nc3 111,818 views

    I explain how I came to see science and the Bible as compatible and started sharing this argument with atheists and non-believers through the Internet.

    Books Mentioned:
    The Science of God by Gerald Schroeder
    A History of God by Karen Armstrong
    Who Wrote the New Testament? by Burton Mack

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    A special thanks to snap2objects for providing the Creative Commons 3.0 licensed vectors used for the figures representing myself and the professor in this video.

    Music:
    "Voca Me" by Libera

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    2.3 Deconversion: Other Christians (Part 2)

    by Evid3nc3 100,786 views

    I explain how I came to meet a true Christian who had deconverted and how I came to believe that I was at a different rational stage of development than some believers.

    Books Mentioned:
    Some Mistakes of Moses by Robert Ingersoll (written in 1880)

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    A special thanks to snap2objects for providing the Creative Commons 3.0 licensed vectors used for the figures representing myself and the professor in this video.

    Music:
    "Voca Me" by Libera

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    2.4 Deconversion: The Bible (Part 1)

    by Evid3nc3 116,943 views

    I explain how, through my own personal readings, I came to see the Bible from a less literal and more liberal perspective.

    Verses Mentioned:
    Matthew 7:6 (Pearls to pigs)
    Proverbs 3:5 (Your own understanding)
    Romans 1:22 (Wise but fools)
    Genesis 12:11-20 (Lying Sarah)
    Exodus 9:12 & 10:20 (Hardening Pharaoh's heart)
    Leviticus 2 (Mundane flour rituals)
    Numbers 2 (Counting Hebrews)
    Romans 2:14-15 (Written on our hearts)
    Acts 1:18 v Matthew 27:5 (Judas's death)

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    Music:
    "Mass for Four Voices: Agnus Dei" by The Sixteen

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    2.4 Deconversion: The Bible (Part 2)

    by Evid3nc3 101,200 views

    I explain how the professor's knowledge of the Bible's construction brought into question my belief that it was divinely inspired.

    Verses Mentioned:
    2 Kings 2:24 (Children killed by bears)
    Deut. 20:16 (Leave alive nothing that breathes)

    The Documentary Hypothesis
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis

    The Bible with Sources Revealed
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bible_with_Sources_Revealed
    http://www.amazon.com/Sources-Revealed-Richard-Elliott-Fried­man/dp/0060530693

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    Music:
    "Mass for Four Voices: Agnus Dei" by The Sixteen

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    2.5 Deconversion: Personal Relationship (Part 1)

    by Evid3nc3 94,759 views

    I explain how I was raised to see God in everything, how I came to believe I had a personal relationship with him, and how I began to enter a personal crisis in college when that relationship started failing and feeling distant and confused.

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    Music:
    "Recordare" by Libera

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    2.5 Deconversion: Personal Relationship (Part 2)

    by Evid3nc3 109,278 views

    The beginning of my final battle with the professor and the professor's perspective of the concept of a personal God.

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    Music:
    "Recordare" by Libera
    "Agnus Dei, Op. 11" by The Sixteen

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    2.6 Deconversion: The End

    by Evid3nc3 125,787 views

    I explain the end of my confident faith in God and the beginning of what became irreparable doubts about God's existence, given the current lack of motivating evidence for believing in Him.

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    Music:
    "Deus" by Electric Skychurch

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    2.7 Deconversion: Losing God

    by Evid3nc3 103,591 views

    I explain the torturous emotional roller-coaster and eventual desolate hopelessness and terror that resulted from losing my theistic God.

    For progress updates on the next video, subscribe to:
    http://twitter.com/Evid3nc3

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    Music (in order of appearance):
    "Swamp" by Télépopmusik
    "Bloodstone" by Amon Tobin
    "Welcome to the Real World" by Don Davis

    Image Attributions:
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    3.0 Atheism: A New Way of Seeing God

    by Evid3nc3 110,759 views

    I explain how I came to reject the Theistic conception of God in favor of Pantheism.

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    Image Attributions:
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    Music (in order of appearance):
    "Welcome to the Real World" by Don Davis
    "Song For Bob" by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
    "One-Winged Angel (Orchestra Version)" by Nobuo Uematsu
    "Returns a King" by Tyler Bates
    "Canis Lupus" by Alexandre Desplat

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    3.1 Atheism: Definitions

    by Evid3nc3 87,342 views

    I discuss various definitions of "atheism" and explain why I have chosen the one I have.

    Appeal to Ridicule:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_ridicule

    Appeal to Popular Opinion (Argumentum ad Populum):
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum

    Stella Liebeck v McDonald's:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restauran­ts

    Strong and Weak Atheism:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_and_strong_atheism

    Agnostic Atheism:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_atheism

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

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    and many more textures and vectors from Snap2Objects:
    http://www.snap2objects.com/freebies/

    Image Attributions:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cup_of_coffee.svg

    Music:
    "Giving Up the Ghost" by DJ Shadow

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    3.2 Atheism: Nontheistic Gods

    by Evid3nc3 77,979 views

    I explain why I remained with the church after becoming an atheist and discuss more nontheistic God concepts I considered in my theological journey.

    Books and Concepts:

    Jonathan Livingston Seagull:
    http://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Livingston-Seagull-Richard-Ba­ch/dp/0380012863
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull

    Swarm Intelligence:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558605959/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp­_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201­&pf_rd_i=B000N5BZ56&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=01RG8WFZWA­XHB0TK1WFR

    The Hidden Face of God:
    http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Face-God-Science-Ultimate/dp/06­84870592

    The Greatest Show on Earth:
    http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution­/dp/1416594787

    Transitional fossils from Hair-Covered Apes to Humans:
    http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section1.html#morpho­logical_intermediates_ex3

    Critique of the Physics arguments used in The Hidden Face of God:
    http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/scott_oser/hidden.htm­l

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    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    3D Model Attributions:
    Church
    http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=15033a08b­1d815f421e647bc36589aaa&prevstart=0

    Brush/Vector Attributions:
    A huge thanks to Snap2Objects for the vectors used for the professor and I:
    http://www.snap2objects.com/freebies/

    Image Attributions:
    Circling above the Flock:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltesenwordpresscom/682615793/­sizes/o/
    The Flock
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    http://www.flickr.com/photos/timparkinson/1857588752/sizes/o­/
    Flying
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    Thinking
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    Feeding
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/clairity/141874616/sizes/o/
    Milling Around
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rupertuk/2102548580/sizes/l/
    The Dead Sea
    http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/images/dead-sea.jpg
    Banishment
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    US Outline Maps
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    Brain
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cerebral_lobes.png
    Motherboard
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    Eye
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eye-diagram_no_circles_bor­der.svg
    Cell
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endomembrane_system_d­iagram_en.svg
    DNA Coding
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_replication_en.sv­g
    Circulatory System
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Circulatory_System_en.svg
    Gene Duplication
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gene-duplication.png
    Hydrogen Bonds
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:3D_model_hydrogen_bonds_in­_water.jpg
    Chemical Structure
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caffeine_3d_structure.png

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    Music:
    "The Last Man" by Clint Mansell

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    3.3.1 Atheism: Ingersoll & Mack

    by Evid3nc3 77,687 views

    I relate the inspiring experiences of reading Ingersoll for the first time, observing the successful application of reductio ad absurdum to religion, perceiving the growth and maturing of my own mind, and encountering the concept of different Jesus movements from Mack.

    Note: In case it is not obvious, the voice in the pseudo-Ingersoll recordings is my own.

    Books and Concepts:

    Some Mistakes of Moses:
    http://www.archive.org/details/somemistakesmose00ingeuoft
    http://books.google.com/books?id=VxUaAAAAYAAJ&printsec=front­cover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false
    http://www.amazon.com/Some-Mistakes-Moses-Robert-Ingersoll/d­p/0879753617

    Robert Ingersoll:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll

    The Golden Age of Freethought:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Freethought

    reductio ad absurdum:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum

    DarkMatter2525 - Intelijunt Dezine
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6AdEDm2mLQ

    NonStampCollector - Free Will - "God Style" PART 3; Finale
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0wSjJAsrAk

    Inspiration for Sistine God manipulations:
    ProfMTH - Adam + Eve = Plan B
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waV91LS0Atw

    Proto-Orthodox Christianity:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-orthodox_Christianity


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    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    Thank you to Pioneer Press and Spencer Research Library for pictures of their copy of "Mistakes of Moses".

    A note to the curators of Spencer Research Library: the book I took photos of in 2010 (published 1941) appears to be a different version than the one I read in 2004 (published ~1898).

    3D Model Attributions:
    Library Shelf:
    http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=475a45090­91b5f14bb4fd842f8631c2b&prevstart=0
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    Table:
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    Vector Attributions:
    A huge thanks to Snap2Objects for the many businessmen vectors I use:
    http://www.snap2objects.com/freebies/
    More Businessmen:
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    Leaf:
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    Children:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/vectorchildren/
    World Map:
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    Image Attributions:
    Ingersoll:
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    Straw Man:
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    John Shelby Spong
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    Music:
    "All Things" by The Cinematic Orchestra

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    3.3.2 Atheism: Spong

    by Evid3nc3 74,453 views

    I relate the insights of reading Spong for the first time, solidifying the displacement of theism by the insights of science, seeing how we had created the theistic God in our own image, learning about the first images of Jesus from the letters of Paul, and trying to extract concepts from my Christian experience that were still meaningful in a non-theistic universe.

    Books and Concepts:

    Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers In Exile:
    http://www.amazon.com/Why-Christianity-Must-Change-Die/dp/00­60675365

    Size of the Observable Universe:
    http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=size%20of%20the%20obser­vable%20universe&t=macw01
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe

    1 Thessalonians:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Epistle_to_the_Thessaloni­ans
    Gospel of Mark:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_mark#Date
    Gospel of Matthew:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_matthew#Date_of_gospe­l
    Gospel of Luke:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_luke#Date


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    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC.

    3D Model Attributions:
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    Vector Attributions:
    A huge thanks to Snap2Objects for the many businessmen vectors I use:
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    Spong silhouette:
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    Man:
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    Exile:
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    Round Earth:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo­_17.jpg
    Orbits:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CopernicSystem.png
    Aristotle:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aristotle_Altemps_Inv8575.­jpg
    Copernicus:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copernicus_by_Thorwal­dsen_Warsaw_01.jpg
    Newton:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theed_Newton_Grantham­_face.JPG
    Flat Earth:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naked_Dune.jpg
    Ascension of Christ:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AscensionofChrist2.jpg
    Light from Heaven Surrounded Paul:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_conversion_de_Saint_Pau­l_Giordano_Nancy_3018.jpg
    Earth's Circumference:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abu_Reyhan_Biruni-Earth_Ci­rcumference.svg
    Planetary Orbits Close:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gliese876Orbits.svg
    Planetary Orbits Far:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GJ581orbits.svg
    Night Sky:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orion_-_Clear_night_s­ky.jpg
    Universe 1:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abell_520.PNG
    Universe 2:
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Abell_S74­0.jpg
    Universe 3:
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Abell315_­(ESO).jpg
    "Heaven":
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SunFromClouds.jpg
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sun-Clouds.JPG
    Sun:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sun_by_the_Atmospheric­_Imaging_Assembly_of_NASA's_Solar_Dynamics_Observatory_-_201­00801.jpg
    Darwin:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Darwin_01.jpg
    Darwin Tree:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_tree.png
    Man's Place in Nature:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huxley_-_Mans_Place_i­n_Nature.png
    Darwin's Finches:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin's_finches.jpeg
    Einstein and Bohr:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_Bohr_Albert_Ein­stein_by_Ehrenfest.jpg
    2 Slit Experiment:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2slits.png
    Probability Densities:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1D_Probability_Densit­y_with_Energies.svg
    1 Thessalonians:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minuscule_699_(GA)_fo­lio_18.jpg
    Gospel of Mark:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BookOfDurrowBeginMark­Gospel.jpg
    Gospel of Matthew:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CorpusChristiCollegeM­S122Fol10vChiRho.jpg
    Gospel of Luke:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BL_Harley_Gospels_109­r.jpg
    Praying Hands:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Praying_Hands_-_Albre­cht_Durer.png

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    Music:
    "Canvas (Instrumental Version)" by Imogen Heap
    "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" by Leopold Stokowski & The Philadelphia Orchestra

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    3.3.3 Atheism: A History of God (Part 1)

    by Evid3nc3 294,905 views

    I explain how I learned from A History of God by Karen Armstrong that the evidence indicates that the Jewish concept of monotheism evolved from the syncretism of various polytheistic sources like Canaanite and Babylonian polytheism.

    Books and Concepts:

    A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam:
    http://www.amazon.com/History-God-000-Year-Judaism-Christian­ity/dp/0345384563

    Well-sourced Wikipedia articles describing the evolution of Jewish monotheism from polytheism:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_J­udah#Religion
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism#Origin_and_developme­nt
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh#Early_history_of_Yahweh-­worship

    Enuma Elish:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En%C3%BBma_Eli%C5%A1
    Library of Ashurbanipal:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Ashurbanipal
    Canaanite Religion:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite_religion
    Did Jewish Slaves Build the Pyramids?:
    http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4191

    Taanach Cult Stand:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh#Development
    Israel Enters Recorded History in Egypt at 1200 BCE:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_J­udah#Iron_Age_I

    Jeremiah's Monolatrist Polytheism:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_heaven_(Antiquity)#Heb­rew_Bible_references

    Exodus Renaming by P verified in The Bible with Sources Revealed:
    http://www.amazon.com/Sources-Revealed-Richard-Elliott-Fried­man/dp/0060530693

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    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC, including:

    The Prince of Egypt:
    http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Egypt-Val-Kilmer/dp/B00000JGOQ

    Vector Attributions:
    A huge thanks to Snap2Objects for the many businessmen vectors I use:
    http://www.snap2objects.com/freebies/
    Iron Age Israel and Judah:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kingdoms_of_Israel_and_Jud­ah_map_830.svg
    Cloaked Israelite Women:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/super-girls/
    Gods and Israelites of War:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/fighting-people/
    Tiamat:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/vector-oriental-dragons/
    Asherah and Baal:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/jumping-people/
    Israelites:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/miscsilhouettesofpeople/
    Sun:
    http://greeengirl.deviantart.com/art/free-simbols-sun-811746­95?q=boost:popular+in:resources/vector+sun+vector&qo=9
    Clouds:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/vector-clouds/
    Plants:
    http://www.vecteezy.com/Flowers/127-13-Free-Vector-Foliage-O­rnaments-Pack-01
    Babies:
    http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/?q=baby#/d1cnta1
    Ares:
    http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/vector/?q=ares#/d2b8a­ai
    Deuteronomy Flourishes:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/vector-flourishes/
    Blood:
    http://www.vecteezy.com/Spills-Splatters/15375-Free-Splatter­-Vector-Set
    Paint Splatters:
    http://www.vecteezy.com/Spills-Splatters/466-Vector-Splatter­s

    Image Attributions:
    Badlands:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2003-08-15_Badlands_N­ational_Park_small_buttes.jpg
    Heaven:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sky_between_cloud_lay­ers.jpeg
    Babylonian Tablet:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venus_Tablet_of_Ammisaduqa­.jpg
    Babylonian Exile:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_history#Babylonian_capti­vity
    Baal Epic:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baal_epic_mp3h8930.jp­g
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baal_epic_mp3h8950.jp­g

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    Music:
    "Saladin" by Harry Gregson-Williams
    "Saladin" remixed by Hybrid

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    3.3.3 Atheism: A History of God (Part 2)

    by Evid3nc3 127,089 views

    I explain why I stopped using the word "God" to describe anything correlated with a reality outside of our own minds, pending evidence that would persuade me to do so.

    A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam:
    http://www.amazon.com/History-God-000-Year-Judaism-Christian­ity/dp/0345384563

    Minor errors:

    0:25
    The verse about the "glory of Yahweh" is Exodus 33:18, not Exodus 3:18:
    http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2033:18&v­ersion=NIV

    0:53
    "Physicial" should have been "Physical",

    2:13
    Hillel died in 10 CE. His ideas helped shape the Pharasaic Theology that allowed Judaism to survive after the second destruction of the Temple in 70 CE.

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    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC, including:

    Vector Attributions:
    A huge thanks to Snap2Objects for the many businessmen vectors I use:
    http://www.snap2objects.com/freebies/
    India:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comunidades-of-Goa-in­-India.svg

    Image Attributions:
    Black Hole:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_hole.jpg
    Tree of Life:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tree-of-Life_Flower-of-Lif­e_Stage.jpg
    Qu'ran:
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Quran_cov­er.jpg

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    Music:
    "Marrakech" by Hybrid
    "Any Other Name" by Thomas Newman
    "174 BPM" by Klute

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    3.4.1(1) Atheism: Evidence

    by Evid3nc3 123,597 views

    I lay the philosophical groundwork for my epistemological position of Evidentialist Foundationalism by contrasting it with the First Principles journey of the Rationalist Descartes.

    Rationalism:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalism

    Evidentialism (Which mentions combination with Foundationalism):
    http://www.iep.utm.edu/evidenti/

    A good description of Experientialist Foundationalism (related) is contained in:
    Evidence and Inquiry by Susan Haack:
    http://www.amazon.com/Evidence-Inquiry-Pragmatist-Reconstruc­tion-Epistemology/dp/159102689X

    Verificationism (also related):
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verificationism

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    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC, including:

    Sound Attributions:
    Barn Owl Screech:
    http://macaulaylibrary.org/

    Video Attributions:
    Luke I am your father / No, I am your father:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6sj89xgnl4

    Vector Attributions:
    A huge thanks to Snap2Objects for the many businessmen vectors I use:
    http://www.snap2objects.com/freebies/
    Wings:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/free-vector-wings/
    Mythological Monsters:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/mythological-monsters/
    Woman Being Murdered:
    http://www.vecteezy.com/People/16907-Horror-Silhouette--1
    Barn Owl:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/detailedbirds/
    Insects:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/download-free-vector-insects-clip­art/


    Image Attributions:
    City:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolix/2368859523/sizes/l/in/pho­tostream/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifmuth/5239949695/sizes/l/in/ph­otostream/
    Descartes:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frans_Hals_-_Portret_­van_Ren%C3%A9_Descartes.jpg
    Quartz:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rutile_quartz_polishe­d.jpg
    Sweat Drop:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_drop.svg
    Calculator:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solar-calculator.jpg
    Dollar:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dollarnote_hq.jpg
    Dice:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2d6_2_3.svg
    Five of Spades:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poker-sm-21A-5s.svg
    Newton's Cradle:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kugelsto%C3%9Fpendel.­jpg
    Receipt:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_bill.jpg
    Tally Marks:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tally_marks-Five-bar_­Gate.svg
    Protractor:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protractor_Rapporteur­_Degree_V1.jpg
    Grass:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2008-09-15_(14)_Grass­,_Gras.JPG
    Broken Concrete:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broken_concrete_road.­JPG
    Honey Comb:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wabenbau_verschiedene­_Farben_15a.jpg
    Beeswax:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beeswax.jpg
    Flowers:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chamomile@original_si­ze.jpg
    Hair Blowing in the Wind:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/dividedxwexstand/4969109132/
    Wind Blown Palm Trees:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/frted/4971932876/
    Mathematica Wind:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MathematicaWind.png
    Anemometer:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anemometer.jpg
    Radiation Measurements:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fukushima-Radiation.p­ng
    Geiger Counter:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portable_Geiger_count­er_series_900_mini-monitor.jpg
    Big Fish:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amur_b%C3%ADl%C3%BD_(­08).jpg
    BBC Life:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clownfish_(Amphiprion_ocel­laris).jpg
    Book:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Livre_ouvert.svg

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    Music:
    Extension of "Denmark" by Portland Cello Project

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    3.4.1(2) Atheism: Objections to Evidentialism

    by Evid3nc3 77,024 views

    I respond to objections to Evidentialism regarding the use of provisional hypotheses, the alleged self-refuting properties of Evidentialism, the evidential bases of mathematics and logic, and the relation of Evidentialism to Logical Positivism.

    Radical Skepticism:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_skepticism

    Cantor's Original Definition of Set:
    http://books.google.com/books?id=W1gNAAAAYAAJ&q=aggregate#v=­snippet&q=%22M%20of%20definite%22&f=false
    Russell's Paradox:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_paradox
    ZFC:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zermelo%E2%80%93Fraenkel_set_th­eory
    Construction of Natural Numbers based on Set Theory:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_numbers#Constructions_b­ased_on_set_theory

    Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being
    http://www.amazon.com/Where-Mathematics-Comes-Embodied-Bring­s/dp/0465037704

    Evidentialism References:
    Conee, E., & Feldman, R., 2004, Evidentialism: Essays in Epistemology. Clarendon Press.
    Poston, T., 2007, Foundational Evidentialism and the Problem of Scatter. Abstracta, 3 (2), 89-106.
    Wampler-Doty, M., 2010, Evidentialist Logic. MSc Thesis, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands. Retrieved from ILLC Publications (Accession Order No. MoL-2010-15).

    --

    All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC, including:

    Vector Attributions:
    A huge thanks to Snap2Objects for the many businessmen vectors I use:
    http://www.snap2objects.com/freebies/
    Business Women:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/vectorbusinesswomen/
    Christian Cross:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg
    Islam Star and Crescent:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg
    Hindu Om:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Om.svg
    Temperature Gauges:
    http://www.snap2objects.com/2011/10/12/12-vector-weather-cas­t-elements/
    Crowds:
    http://all-silhouettes.com/vector-people-crowds/

    Image Attributions:
    Triceratops Skull:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Triceratops2.png
    DNA Test:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:05-0339_b.jpg
    Psalms Scroll:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Psalms_Scroll.jpg
    Moon Landing:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_15_flag,_rover­,_LM,_Irwin.jpg
    Natural Groups:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/doom64/5847203863/sizes/l/in/ph­otostream/
    Mud:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mud_closeup.jpg
    Water:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Water_002.jpg
    Fire:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FIRE_01.JPG
    Georg Cantor:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Georg_Cantor2.jpg
    Bertrand Russell:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russell1907-2.jpg
    Ernst Zermelo:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ernst_Zermelo.jpeg
    Apple:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dark_apple.png
    Coffee Cup:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swl-mugg.jpg
    Leaf:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lisc_lipy.jpg
    Strobe Ball:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bouncing_ball_strobe_­edit.jpg
    Rain:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rain_cloud_swifts_cre­ek_0107.jpg
    Wet:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Here_comes_rain_again­.jpg
    Burn:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burn_2nd_degree_2.jpg
    Glass:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Light_through_glass05­.jpg
    Broken Glass:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broken_glass,_Belfast­,_April_2010.JPG

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    Music:
    "Another Day" by The Unordinaries

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