Atheist plays gospel/blues piano version of "Amazing Grace"

Solo gospel/blues piano version of "Amazing Grace."

Performed and arranged by Todd Allen Gates, author of "Dialogue with a Christian Proselytizer."

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My four YouTube channels:

- http://youtube.com/user/ToddGates - my musician channel

- http://youtube.com/user/ToddAllenGates - where I discuss the ideas in "Dialogue with a Christian Proselytizer"

- http://youtube.com/user/ToddAllenGates2 - where I discuss the ideas in my book "Hunting, Gathering, & Videogames" (such as "Why do we have to work?" and "Why do we have to use money?" and "How should we define 'success'?")

- http://youtube.com/user/BlasphemyPiano - where I play the background piano accompaniment for songs in Nick Gisburne's book of lyrics "Blasphemy! Anthems for Atheists."

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[lucasmez]

You doubter!

[ToddAllenGates]

@lucasmez

> You doubter!

True -- although I don't know if you mean that as an accusation or a compliment.

If it's an accusation, all I can say is that when it comes to theism, just about *all* of us are doubters. Christians doubt the claims from Islam, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, etc. New Agers may embrace multiple faiths, but they doubt the claims from fundamentalists.

Almost all of us are skeptics & doubters of some 99.999% of the world's claims of possessing knowledge of the Divine.

[philosage]

@ToddAllenGates without going on a long diatribe forget the user who said " keep your religion or lack there of, off of youtube." Beliefs dont live in a vacum they shape our actions and affect the things we value. its nice to be aware that there are people like you who still like gospel music.btw me and you im a atheist aswell

[ToddAllenGates]

@philosage

> Beliefs dont live in a vacum they shape our actions and affect the things we value.

Well said!

> its nice to be aware that there are people like you who still like gospel music

I don't even mind the lyrics of most gospel songs, at least while I'm listening to the music!

[spooner1957]

i can't figure out from these comments if you're an atheist or not. if you are i think that's awesome!!! i'm atheist and love gospel music too!

[ToddAllenGates]

@spooner1957

> i can't figure out from these comments if you're an atheist or not

Yes, I'm an atheist.

> ...love gospel music too!

My one other "atheist/gospel" video (so far) is a version of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (/watch?v=pACiYcxLsu0).

I call the video "Fear of death: the wishful oomph of the god hypothesis," because as I show the song's lyrics on the screen, I also include quotes from skeptics about the afterlife.

[lucasmez]

@ToddAllenGates The ironic thing is that I don`t like that song 'Amazing Grace'  but I liked the Blues touch to it

[lucasmez]

@ToddAllenGates hehe I was just kidding man..I`m a christian but I respect every other religion...great playing btw, I`m trying to learn how to play the piano.

[ToddAllenGates]

3 of 3:

But unlike "real life," YouTube has a community that thrives on debating religion: my subscribers tune in specifically to hear about faith issues. Of my 95 videos, this is probably the only one that *doesn't* discuss religion (I put the word "atheist" in the title just to let my subs know I haven't switched sides, despite my love of gospel music!)