Who am I?

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The universe is amazing. Through careful observation and measurement we have been able to determine the universe sprung from quantum foam and rapidly expanded. The first stars formed as matter coalesced from gigantic balls of gas which ignited under intense pressures. In these stars the first heavier elements were formed.

The emergence of life is a process under examination and we do not have all the details yet. However, once life started it branched into an amazing array of interdependent species which fill every possible crack capable of supporting life. We are simply one example of the extraordinary series of events.

As humanity developed his senses we started to ask how we came to be here. What lead to the world around us? Why did it suit as so well? Not having any methods to determine this objectively, many simply decided a God was responsible. Fearing death we figured we were special and our God had a purpose for us during our lives and after our deaths. Thus the spirit was born. It gave purpose to a meaningless universe.

However, thing did not always go our way. Many times the seasons transpired against us, hordes of locust ate our crops, the sun would burn the land, and the rivers would wash our villages away. Why were the God angry? Were we meant to sacrifice animals to him? Was it the fault of the tribe across the plains? Should we sacrifice them?

Strangers were to be feared. They had other gods and different practices. These were not to be tolerated and were the cause of our suffering. Surely they must die.

In our modern world we have developed the capability to murder millions in split seconds. The thinking of the past fizzles, spits, and reacts with our new found knowledge. One of them has to go. Which do you choose?

WE invented Gods to explain what we did not understand, and now will kill in their name. To me, this is all backwards. We should be united by the aeons of cosmic history that unites us, not divided by the last few centuries of metaphysical differences.

We invented the gods, and now we must do away with them.

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To be honest I was unsure about adding the Answers in Genesis advertisement as a footnote to the video. It seems to me it is ambiguously implies that it's alright to kill atheists because they do not matter to anyone. This runs against the grain of the point I was making.

Music is "Who am I?" by "Peace Orchestra" and inspired this video.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• religion
• big bang
• abiogenesis
• evolution
• man
• humanity
• tribes
• gods
• war
• killing
• iraq
• 911
• destruction

[askegg]

@acceptjesusorburn Instead of actually placing your hypothesis on the table you hide behind your offence. Fuck off troll.

[DooMDrat]

@farvision I think "Answers" in Genesis made that ad. They actually had billboards with the shot of the kid aiming at the camera, with the words "If god doesn't matter to him, why should you?" (IIRC).

Funny how shit like that is perfectly OK, yet if some atheists put up a billboard saying "You can be good without god." or "Don't believe in god? You are not alone.", people go apeshit, deface the billboards, and make death threats.

[itzahazylife]

I am me, and I am everything, all at the same time..The atoms in me are in reality, and the atoms in reality, are in me..

[VinnyMonster1]

By the way, you just earned a subscriber!

[VinnyMonster1]

Powerful, awesome, and disturbing. But then again, I assume you wanted disturbing. Still, awesome video!

[shockinbros]

the idea of old gods does have to go; they are violent, irrational, and primitive, just like the primitive people who created them. but, the modern concept of god, put forth by theists who follow no religious sect, is quite logical in many ways. with concepts like the oscillating universe becoming more unlikely, and new developments in baffling links between quantum mechanics and a conscious observer, atheists, including myself, must rethink, or perhaps reopen to some kind of creator.

[jakefw]

Well done, Skegg. Brilliant piece of work, mate.

[billygundum]

BECAUSE GOD IS EVERYONE.

YEAH

[ProudHumanist]

I love it, askegg and posted at Proud Atheists!!

[matmicmj]

BEAUTIFUL

[matmicmj]

thank you for being beatiful

[utoobasaurus]

Awesome video! 10 thumbs up!