2.3 Deconversion: Other Christians (Part 1)

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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[TheBiAtheist]

@HardcoreEnigma I assure you, you aren't going to strengthen your faith by watching this series, unless you twist his words around and misunderstand his arguments.

[StevenCasteel]

Man, I can relate so much to your story so far! Atheist now btw. I did the same thing discussing religion online and couldn't help but think "Oh man, shit's about to hit the fan" when you mentioned that the amazon review writer was a professor and out classed you. Being an opened minded Christian who continues to study about the world will definitely be conflicted with what they find.

[nintendo768]

@wrylie188 If there is another God out there that is real, he does not deserve to be worshiped if he will not show himself.

[ajbfakrhbvoiwuqh4foi]

Thank you. Thank you for all your videos.

[Aleitheo]

@HardcoreEnigma The point of hearing other opinions is to get a better view of the world and if you are shown to be wrong, you change your beliefs to fit the truth. You do not listen to other peoples beliefs in order to ignore them and stick more stubbornly with your own.

It is important that when presented with other views, you do not do what you are doing but rather you critically look at all views including your own to see the truth.

[Nshelton5683]

I came across this while i was browsing Reddit.com, and I, as a Pragmatic Agnostic, am -for lack of a better word- stupefied. You really have walked right through the open door in my head. Kudos. I am thoroughly impressed and its because of people like you that i still have faith in humanity. As you said people are quick to should their opinions with their eyes closed and their hands over their ears. This, in my opinion, is pure ignorance. Thanks you for being the voice of reason and clarity :)

[TheMomochan13]

Its refreshing to hear an eloquent person.Aghh.

[AStyleProductions]

pour some out for schroeder's cat

[TheWhiteStripes3]

Science and religion are incompatible for deeper reasons than timelines. Science shows that the very concept of consciousness is something that only applies to biological organisms. There can't be a supernatural being with a mind because there can't be a mind without a brain. You can't separate [thoughts & feelings] from [living creatures]. Living creature define thoughts and feelings. God can only be a construct of the imagination.

[iFoxyFox]

your voice is epic and I find these vids pretty damn interesting :D

[wrylie188]

EVEN IF you strip away the 95% of the bible that makes no sense (either it contradicts itself, history, or science.) and use the 5% that can be made compatible with science (abstractly but whatever.) Who's to say that the "real" god is the Judeo-Christian god? Who's to say it isn't Zeus or Odin or Vishnu? If you take away everything that makes the christian god christian and only use the abstract parts, you aren't a christian anymore, your just a loose, vague theist.

[Shadow6728]

Jesus christ this guys voice is so boring.