RR 2.26: Thunderf00t vs. the Bible

Psalm 23:
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.

Thunderf00t's "Christians say the Dumbest Things":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFw5TsAi1Mk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
Thunderf00t's "The Problem with Religion":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vktnYVOsDns&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
Shmoop's article on Psalm 23:
http://www.shmoop.com/psalm-23/
Thunderf00t's money making potential as calculated by myu2b:
http://www.myu2b.com/users/Thunderf00t
HappyCabbie's Blog response to Thunderf00t:
http://happycabbie.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-does-shepherd-mean-to-christian....
Terrarising's video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmBv7ysoBcQ&feature=feedu

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[LordZentei]

Thunderfoot has actually explained - more than once - why he doesn't allow ads on his videos. No offense, but it seems to me that you're just looking for things to complain about.

[RationalRoundtable]

@LordZentei

my point is that he contradicts himself, if he wants to post ads so that he is paid, fine I have no problem with that, if he feels that 'educational' videos should be ad free and simply be the product of his love for science, fine, I have no problem with that... if he feels that he somehow deserves to be compensated by his viewers when he could be compensated without imposing on his viewers, he is being a hypocrite.

[Alyxm]

@RationalRoundtable you cant make money off of youtube by charging people to view videos...

[RationalRoundtable]

@Alyxm

actually you can, using the YouTube rental system.

[phallictractor]

Religion=Irrational.



[RationalRoundtable]

@phallictractor

comment = pointless

[calmreason]

The bible is hate speech.

[chiefsforpres]

Who ever made this video has got to be a fucking moron. Dude you make a 15 minute video going on and about how stupid someone is and never see the fact that anyone who believes in any religion is one of the dumbest morons to ever walk the planet. You want to call out someone's intelligence but you believe in a 500 year old drunk that build a cruse liner 100 year old pregnant women and talking snakes? Here is a metaphor ever hear people that live in glass houses should not throw stones?

[KevinSolway]

If the word "God" is interpreted to mean "Reality" then the poem makes a lot of sense. There is no greater protector, and no greater wisdom, than a relationship with Reality.

[knivesthe]

This is stupid. the interpretation you give is completely the same as the second intepretation thinderfoot gives, the difference is the truths.

You see it as a good thing and thunderfoot sees it as a weak thing. Funny thing is you are both right. The more you depend on someone to look out for you the weaker you become, and the person looking out for you is being good.

The problem is you accuse thunderfoot of outright lying, which is an outright lie.

[OppirompaMiDotCom]

In my opinion, a parent is a better metaphor for a god.

A shepherd is an employee who looks after livestock while they are being exploited for fleece, meat and milk.

[ManicTheManic]

@RationalRoundtable This isn't an anti Thunderf00t channel? Go to the list of videos and click on the "most viewed" filter, a vast majority of those have thunderf00t in the title, like it or not thats the only reason you're enjoying your small amount of "popularity" in some of your videos. Thunderf00t has explained why he doesn't activate ad revenue on his video, and he's not being "compensated" for his work he's getting money to continue his work.

[659851]

I'm sorry to say man but .... You just proves his point .... Yes he tells it in an extreme fashion ... But it's for the sake of the argument ... Relgion these day is getting ridiculous ... If your moderate to a point that you dont really believe or follow the bible, stop calling yourself christian .... It's regressive to society .....

[659851]

@RationalRoundtable

Why the hell do you care about what he does with his suscribers ??

And that's exactly what he was ridiculizing .... The lord is my shepard... Gardian, protector, nany ...

He know that that's what it means, he goes a little extreme to try to get it in your heads that your wasting your lifes ....

And if your a ''rational'' christian, your just on your way to not being christian anymore... If your christian but dont read and follow the bible, your not really christia

[apfejes]

The noise to signal ratio is pretty high in this video - you could have made your point in about 3 minutes: You think TF is an idiot, you believe there can be only one thing wrong with religion at a time and you have a better interpretation of the psalm - which apparently is that shepherds are protectors (and implicitly that they are benevolent in their protection.)

I fail to see why TF's questioning the motivation of the shepherd is in any way impacted by your points. What did I miss?