Bruce Gleason-Why I'm an Atheist

Bruce Gleason, Atheists United member and founder of Orange County CA's Backyard Skeptics says why he's an atheist.

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[vizion24]

Bruce, turn to Jesus Christ, He is the truth and He loves you.

[ColumbiaPerna]

Bruce, you pick on Christians ONLY in your public displays because you are a coward and you want to be famous. I already know that part, but I respectively ask you to put up a billboard and a You Tube video saying that Mohammed was not a prophet and that Allah is not real. I would like to see you do that. I will personally pay for the ad if you have the nerve to do something like that with you and your group's name attached to it. I will also pay YOU $150,000 personally to do it.

[ColumbiaPerna]

@brendanthirteen Evolution -- religious stuff notwithstanding -- is still going on. Viruses are evolving 100 million times faster than mammals, but it is happening. Also, evolution in still happening before our very eyes, ask any zoologist. Seals are an example of an animal that is gradually leaving the water. Hippos are a species that is gradually entering the water -- there are thousands of examples of this. You can't watch somthing happen when it takes millions of years

[brendanthirteen]

Okay here's a question for you. If evolution is real, why is it no longer happening. Why don't monkeys at the zoo eventually turn into humans. And why are human babies born from a human instead of baby monkeys?

[EinsteinxtremeRoblox]

@roscoegino Right now, our brains are losing mass, but not losing intelligence. Over the past 5,000 years (quite a rapid change by evolutionary terms), our brains have lost 10% of their mass.

[EinsteinxtremeRoblox]

@roscoegino We haven't stopped evolving. Evolution is a process which takes hundreds of thousands or millions of years, and is not visible to the naked eye. The problem with many people is that they think evolution will happen to INDIVIDUAL animals, when really, animals have babies, and sometimes these babies have mutations. Some mutations (example: less fat, more lean muscle) will let the mutant have an easier time surviving, so that kind of mutation becomes the common one over time.

[roscoegino]

@EinsteinxtremeRoblox Then when did we stop evolving? How are we changing now? Jesus loves you. I'm serious. He really really does.

[EinsteinxtremeRoblox]

@roscoegino You're not responding directly to my answers, Rosc. Anyhow, nobody invented emotion, childbirth, and sexuality. Again, those are all byproducts of evolution, and we can observe that in any species. The human brain has had 4 BILLION (4,000,000,000!) years to evolve. That's more than any of us can imagine in a short few seconds. When you "go to God" for your answers, I understand why. God is such a cozy, romantic view of reality. But it's just a lazy, deluded shortcut, bro.

[roscoegino]

@EinsteinxtremeRoblox We're all have to answer to what we believe. Who invented mankind, the animals, the planets. Who invented emotion, childbirth, sexuality? Who is at the head of evolution? There must be a head. The human brain is so, so complex. Wouldn't there be something even more complex to be responsible for its design? No mortal has all the answers so I humble myself and rely upon God when common sense falls short.

[EinsteinxtremeRoblox]

@roscoegino I never said Dawkins is the source, Ros. I said that Dawkins has written a book ON THE SUBJECT. Evolution is the source, and faith is nothing but an age-old fairy tale. One by one, the various human faiths are being disproved. Even Zeus and Poseidon, once as mighty as Jesus is today, are now just jokes. Think about it.

And yes, mystery is not something to be ashamed of, which is exactly what scientists tell us. Faith on the other hand thinks it knows all the answers. It's stupid.