Freedom of speech at its best, done with intelligence. I may or may not agree with Stellan, but the way he thinks and speaks holds himself must be respected. Brilliant Actor too.
@@greglaprade7507 Only a fool would resort to putting their faith in something supernatural just cause they can't find the answers yet. Science is explaining more and more questions every day, you just need to have some patience.
@@nanashi2146 Not at the moment no. But as history have shown us, give us time and we'll find most answers. And to just chalk something up to "God did it" when you're stuck with a really difficult question, then you're taking an easy way out.
Completely perfect way to end it. We may not be able to understand everything, but we can try to do so, and let's not inject the most simple answer in some of the biggest questions we can ask our selves. Bootstrap Bill knows the deal.
@@greglaprade7507 He never said the Bible attempts to answer every question. He said that we shouldn't inject the most simple answer "God did it" whenever we're stuck without an answer. Eventually we will find the answer to it, as we always have.
But he does oversimplify religion in this interview, though. I don't disagree with everything he says, but he seems to think that there's only one version of religion, that leaves no room for wonder and mystery
@@Line... He obviously doesn't "seem to think that there's only one version of religion". He literally said after 9/11, he went and read the Bible and the Quran. This is just an example. Someone who goes to look and read the source material has likely read others or pondered them. This is just a short interview and it's probably edited to not show the full thing. He is wondering about the mysteries of the universe and says so in this very interview. To take a book only a few thousand years old when the universe itself is almost 14 BILLION years old is basically a god of the gaps situation.
As a very biased man. He just said all Christians are ignorant and that whether you think it or not is a very biased and incorrect thing to say. It's like if I said all Atheists are angry bitter malcontents, that wouldn't be a very open-minded thing to say would it?
@@imbluz Exactly. The bible doesn't begin to even try to make the claim that it tells all the answers. So many mysteries of God are not revealed to us this side of the afterlife.
I was thinking that he could not say this in an interview in the USA. You can't even hold public office in some places in the US if you're an atheist. But you can if you support gen0c*de. It's a wild country. Not to mention how religion has also shaped the Middle East.
A lot of the "culture war" over religion is due to the fact that the voices of radicals, nutcases, and fools carry much farther than most rational ones. When's the last time you saw a headline that read: "Famous Person Has Balanced Worldview, Says Reasonable Thing?"
@@greglaprade7507 More like he's mocking organized religion taking tax money to indoctrinate children into a belief they haven't chosen by their own, but rather by their parents. And how its leaders manipulate their followers to commit horrible things. Religion can be practiced without some big church telling you what to do.
I wholeheartedly agree with what he says at the end. No matter what the innate ability of a human allows for, we will all die with a pathetic fraction of the answers behind the mysteries of life. I’ve got to say though, everything’s a lot more interesting when you don’t have all the answers. When you know, the anticipation and curiosity about that particular thing is gone.
I find Skarsgard's comments particularly insightful and striking. It is a fantastic way of summarizing what many an agnostic has struggled to get across to certain intensely religious proselytizers: Life is too complex and beautiful to be attributed to such a laughably simplistic answer as "Oh, a magical being in the sky made us." People look at figures like Thor and Zeus as magical and fantastic, but, fundamentally, how are these archaic belief systems so different from the Christian deity?
@@headshotfisken104 First, there are absolutely still pagan groups that worship both the Norse and classical Greek pantheons. They may be fringe, but "nobody is worshipping" them is categorically false. Second, it took time and significant sociocultural changes to make them agree that they are fictional. Greeks in the 3rd bce were just as certain of the reality of their gods as a modern Christian would be of the Judeo-Christian god. There is every possibility that a millennia from now, if humanity remains a "thing" people will speak of abrahamic gods much in the same way as we do of the gods of antiquity. So I say again, there isn't much distinguishing between the two. There is as little evidence to support the existence of Freya and Hera as there is of 'God.'
I adore Stellan since many years back and after seeing this i adore him even more..he is a smart man and i agree with him (my opinion) thanks for sharing this video :)
Dorianflawz Both :P The interviewer speaks Norwegian, Stellan speaks Swedish. The languages are very similar, so there's no problem understanding each other :)
If he were a woman, and younger, I'd ask him to marry me. Of course, he would be a her. You get the picture. Always loved this man. I saw him, years ago, in Good Evening Mr. Wallenberg and knew he was an amazing actor then. I love that he, and his fellow Swede, Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA), are both Atheists. And I love that they aren't afraid to speak their minds either.
I know but I won´t be jealous of his wife (my heart is big), I promise lol And he could be a good friend for my husband he likes Stellan a lot. Talking seriously, my husband´s cousin knows Stellan and has told us he´s really a nice person
He nails it. Petty, ready made package created 3,000 years ago. It is a human way to try yo understand mysteries that we never shall. "God" is what we call our ignorance and a way to try to explain things. It's not that simple and truth really is stranger than fiction.
Well, I do believe in God, but I do agree that there is very little in the universe we understand and probably will never understand. However, believing in God or having a since of spirituality doesn't mean someone is un-educated in the ways of science nor does it mean they reject. Believing in God doesn't make you ignorant, rejecting to learn about the world around you is what makes oyu ignorant. Alot of Atheist (not all) sometimes see themselves as the only ones one are curious about the world and wish to explore life, which isn't true. Many people who believe in God are just as curious and wish to make their passion and dreams a reality. We are all humans
@Therese Eriksson Atheists deny the forensic science that shows Jesus died and rose again. Pro "choice" advocates deny the scientific video evidence that shows tiny human beings backing away from the tools of the abortionists. Now the pagan regressives are denying the science that proves there are 2 and only 2 genders.
@Therese Eriksson Compare the written accounts and number of eyewitnesses to the resurrection to say the current witch hunt going on in the U.S. congress. Check out a book or videos by worldclass cold case detective named J. Warner Wallace called Coldcase Christianity. Never heard of forensics?
@Therese Eriksson Intriguing the depths you go to to deny truth. You read that book quickly! Wow, you are a genius! Amazingly you read Wallace's book and responded back in only 17 minutes!
I totally agree with him. Everyone should here the alternatives, but if you choose the easy part, the petty god, you miss out so much of the reality! 2:13 is brilliant and - I love Bamse! :D
I just came across this treasure and I´ve never been more in love in an argumentation about a reason not to believe in god. Incredible intelligent man💚
Not really. He's acting like just because Bush said God appointed him there's only two options, when it's very apparent there's a third option that Bush was lying and there is a God and Bush will have to answer to Him one day for lying and using God's name to justify his actions.
Yeah me too, but Stellan forgot the third alternative: God exists and Bush thinks he was placed by God to be president. Personally I think it was also the rich and mighty behind the scenes, that put Bush were he was.
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It's interesting I have not seen Norwegian / Swedish political discussions before (well I speak English so I suppose that's not surprising). Certainly far more rational than anything of the American persuasion. Though if people think he's particularly brave I would not say so, it's not very controversial to have an atheist perspective in Nordic countries. I think this is exemplified by his tacit approval of government run schools without any critical thought applied whatsoever.
If anyone has worked in a government body , you know there is The Act .....then the Regulations, then Policy and Procedures, then Operational Directives ....and so on and so forth ..... You can't just read sola scriptura and overlook the Homilies and teachings of the early Church Father's ....the Dogmas and how they came about .the writings of the approved Saints....doctors of the Church ....Too bad he didn't ask for guidance on how to study because then he would have found "love". He would have found it from the standpoint of Divine Providence, not human misunderstandings
what an amazing question to ask on a chat show. Excellent response done in a serious tone. American chat shows would immediately jump into the gutter and provide a pointless vapid answer. Skavlan and Stellan!
I do believe strongly in God, but I have no use for religion, which is based on power, control, fear, and hiding/legitimizing the criminality of its leaders. I have a personal relationship with God and have felt his presence more in nature, yoga, and meditation than I ever did on a kneeler in a stone church and reciting very generic prayers out of a prayer book. Stellan is not wrong.
If god is unable to prevent evil, then he is not all-powerful. If god is not willing to prevent evil, then he is not all-good. If god is both willing and able to prevent evil, then why does evil exist? If god created everything then that means he created evil. And if that is the case what does that say about god? I imagine he and the other Skarsgårds have wondered this very thing.
@MsAKSfan -I too believe in a creator, you say! Sry but i cant hear Stellan saying that, form what part of this intervju did you get that he believes in a creator?
Don’t know much about the Quran, but to say there is no love in the Bible? What? How is an innocent man giving up his life for a broken world not love?
Why would a human sacrifice be required to mend a "broken world"? What kind of "love" is it to say that you demand the death of someone in order to change your mind. That kind of "love" I will happily do without.
Draugh39 It is set up that way. If you sin, you pay the consequences, but if an innocent takes their(our) place we would t have to suffer that. I don’t know what’s not to get. It’s in our favor so I don’t know why you would “do without”. It’s like if someone offered to pay for all of your groceries. They get nothing but the bill and you get groceries. Why would you say no thanks?
This is scapegoating. Which means that you do not require the the person that "sinned" to change, but instead take someone utterly innocent and sacrifice that person (or goat for that matter) as an offering to an entity that apparently approve of human sacrifices. We saw this in many primitive religions, where an innocent virgin woman was killed in a ritual sacrifice to appease the gods. It was wrong then, it is just as wrong here. The whole mentality behind scapegoating is wrong, so it is in Christianity as well as it was among the other primitive religions, because that is where this mindset comes from. (And since the Bible approve of killing young women as sacrifices to the Christian god, I see no difference between these religions (C.f. Judges 11:29-39)
That's an absurd argument. You are equating government with civilization. Correlation does not equal causation, at one point in history people made the same argument of slavery. You don't like slavery, well then go live out in the wilderness... And in the same vein, if you're a shop keeper in a neighbourhood where the mafia forces you to pay protection money, will you then say that it's the shop keeper who is at fault for being in that neighbourhood? The government is simply the largest mafia
But he never states that he believes there is a creator? What you say you believe in sounds like Intelligent Design and as a concept, that is basically just a substitute for the word "God" created by americans trying to incorporate religion in school. Stellan Skarsgård could just as easily mean that he does not believe in any creator at all, he just finds the evolution of the human race too complex for us ever to understand.
Try Buddhism! You can interpret it into more traditional concept with the believe in a God or you can see it as a philosophy? Its either way and their is no Buddhist forcing you into their interpretation
Freedom of speech at its best, done with intelligence.
I may or may not agree with Stellan, but the way he thinks and speaks holds himself must be respected.
Brilliant Actor too.
Thank you for the subtitles. That was very interesting. What an intelligent and articulate man, with quite a wry sense of humour too.
Only a fool denies the existence of God. The complexities of nature are evidence of a Creator. Psalm 19:1-6.
@@greglaprade7507 Only a fool would resort to putting their faith in something supernatural just cause they can't find the answers yet. Science is explaining more and more questions every day, you just need to have some patience.
@@greglaprade7507 Only a fool would
find his answers in a book without questining it's content and sources.
@@baverfjant Surely you wouldn't be so arrogant to assume that science can answer every question?
@@nanashi2146 Not at the moment no. But as history have shown us, give us time and we'll find most answers. And to just chalk something up to "God did it" when you're stuck with a really difficult question, then you're taking an easy way out.
Completely perfect way to end it. We may not be able to understand everything, but we can try to do so, and let's not inject the most simple answer in some of the biggest questions we can ask our selves. Bootstrap Bill knows the deal.
Damn right.
The bible never claims to answer every question. But Jesus died and rose again, taking on the sins of the world.
@@greglaprade7507 He never said the Bible attempts to answer every question. He said that we shouldn't inject the most simple answer "God did it" whenever we're stuck without an answer. Eventually we will find the answer to it, as we always have.
But he does oversimplify religion in this interview, though. I don't disagree with everything he says, but he seems to think that there's only one version of religion, that leaves no room for wonder and mystery
@@Line... He obviously doesn't "seem to think that there's only one version of religion". He literally said after 9/11, he went and read the Bible and the Quran. This is just an example. Someone who goes to look and read the source material has likely read others or pondered them. This is just a short interview and it's probably edited to not show the full thing. He is wondering about the mysteries of the universe and says so in this very interview. To take a book only a few thousand years old when the universe itself is almost 14 BILLION years old is basically a god of the gaps situation.
This man is a Swedish national treasure.
Brilliant. I have always loved him as an actor. Now I love and respect him as a very smart man.
As a very biased man. He just said all Christians are ignorant and that whether you think it or not is a very biased and incorrect thing to say. It's like if I said all Atheists are angry bitter malcontents, that wouldn't be a very open-minded thing to say would it?
He did not say that.
Where did he say that? The things he says from 1:18 to 1:39?
I'm baffled by this adulation people are hurling at this creep. Anyone can Straw man an argument against Christianity. It doesn't take brilliance.
@@imbluz Exactly. The bible doesn't begin to even try to make the claim that it tells all the answers. So many mysteries of God are not revealed to us this side of the afterlife.
An amazing man. Very intelligent and loving. I think he taught his children the real values of life.
I like him even more than I already did after watching this.
I so love this. He articulates everything I have always intuited. Also ... intelligence. Kindness. Insight.
Like Syril's mother?
I guess my view on religion and god may change at some point, but right now, I have to agree completely with Stellan Skarsgård on religion.
I wish I could like this video more than once. Stellan is so articulate and intelligent, and he answered a potentially tricky question perfectly.
That was such an intellectual turn on.
Of course it´s not brave in Sweden, but it´s brave for someone who are getting a lot of his income from work in the US...
I was thinking that he could not say this in an interview in the USA. You can't even hold public office in some places in the US if you're an atheist. But you can if you support gen0c*de. It's a wild country. Not to mention how religion has also shaped the Middle East.
It would be absolutely impossible for me to agree any more with him! This is exactly how I feel about religion.
Fyfan vilken skön person
Such a brilliant person, listening to him is pleasure. Now want to find more interviews with him.
Well he really hit the nail on the coffin in this. 10/10
You know as a Christian I find most of what he says here very good!
You like how he mocks God's inerrant word, do ya?
A lot of the "culture war" over religion is due to the fact that the voices of radicals, nutcases, and fools carry much farther than most rational ones.
When's the last time you saw a headline that read: "Famous Person Has Balanced Worldview, Says Reasonable Thing?"
@@greglaprade7507 You just dislike him deconstructing the coolaid of religion. They call it 'mocking'.
As if it wasn't a joke to begin with.
@@greglaprade7507 More like he's mocking organized religion taking tax money to indoctrinate children into a belief they haven't chosen by their own, but rather by their parents. And how its leaders manipulate their followers to commit horrible things. Religion can be practiced without some big church telling you what to do.
@@spacegerrit9499 greg himself was making a joke to the original commenter
lol, i think the sarcasm and joke flew over ur head :p
"You can't attack something you don't believe in" As a Christian, I adore this honest and it's honest intellectually.
Fikk plutselig veldig respekt for Stellan Skarsgård. Tjena fra Norge.
I wholeheartedly agree with what he says at the end. No matter what the innate ability of a human allows for, we will all die with a pathetic fraction of the answers behind the mysteries of life. I’ve got to say though, everything’s a lot more interesting when you don’t have all the answers. When you know, the anticipation and curiosity about that particular thing is gone.
Mystery not as something we need to extinguish but as a fundamental aspect of positive humanity. Interesting position.
I find Skarsgard's comments particularly insightful and striking. It is a fantastic way of summarizing what many an agnostic has struggled to get across to certain intensely religious proselytizers: Life is too complex and beautiful to be attributed to such a laughably simplistic answer as "Oh, a magical being in the sky made us."
People look at figures like Thor and Zeus as magical and fantastic, but, fundamentally, how are these archaic belief systems so different from the Christian deity?
Because nobody is worshipping Thor and Zeus and everybody agrees that they are completely fictional
@@headshotfisken104 First, there are absolutely still pagan groups that worship both the Norse and classical Greek pantheons. They may be fringe, but "nobody is worshipping" them is categorically false.
Second, it took time and significant sociocultural changes to make them agree that they are fictional. Greeks in the 3rd bce were just as certain of the reality of their gods as a modern Christian would be of the Judeo-Christian god. There is every possibility that a millennia from now, if humanity remains a "thing" people will speak of abrahamic gods much in the same way as we do of the gods of antiquity.
So I say again, there isn't much distinguishing between the two. There is as little evidence to support the existence of Freya and Hera as there is of 'God.'
Oh I admire him so much. I agree with him 100% :)
Stellan Skarsgard is great actor. period.
Couldnt have said it better myself. All of it. Brilliant.
stellan is great!
How so?
and thanks for posting this as well.... I wish I could see this in its entirety.
I think I'm now in love with Stellan Skarsgard
What an outspoken man.
I adore Stellan since many years back and after seeing this i adore him even more..he is a smart man and i agree with him (my opinion) thanks for sharing this video :)
Oh wow, I wish he was my dad! No wonder the other Skarsgård kids (from what I've seen) have turned out so well!
Dorianflawz Both :P The interviewer speaks Norwegian, Stellan speaks Swedish. The languages are very similar, so there's no problem understanding each other :)
Well not really, It's 50% swedish 50% norwegian. Some words are radically different, so he replaces them with the swedish counterpart.
MrMrMaran Yep. he is speaking "Svorsk"
Well spoken, Stellan! I agree with you 100%
If he were a woman, and younger, I'd ask him to marry me. Of course, he would be a her. You get the picture. Always loved this man. I saw him, years ago, in Good Evening Mr. Wallenberg and knew he was an amazing actor then. I love that he, and his fellow Swede, Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA), are both Atheists. And I love that they aren't afraid to speak their minds either.
***** Don´t worry ,I´ll ask him to marry me ;) I think he´s an awsome actor and an inspiration
CisaMalfoy
He just married recently and had another kid.
I know but I won´t be jealous of his wife (my heart is big), I promise lol And he could be a good friend for my husband he likes Stellan a lot. Talking seriously, my husband´s cousin knows Stellan and has told us he´s really a nice person
WORD har precis fått tregånger respekten för denna man
He nails it. Petty, ready made package created 3,000 years ago. It is a human way to try yo understand mysteries that we never shall. "God" is what we call our ignorance and a way to try to explain things. It's not that simple and truth really is stranger than fiction.
Well, I do believe in God, but I do agree that there is very little in the universe we understand and probably will never understand. However, believing in God or having a since of spirituality doesn't mean someone is un-educated in the ways of science nor does it mean they reject. Believing in God doesn't make you ignorant, rejecting to learn about the world around you is what makes oyu ignorant. Alot of Atheist (not all) sometimes see themselves as the only ones one are curious about the world and wish to explore life, which isn't true. Many people who believe in God are just as curious and wish to make their passion and dreams a reality. We are all humans
@Therese Eriksson The World Wars were started by non-believers. The 20th century was the bloodiest on record.
@Therese Eriksson Atheists deny the forensic science that shows Jesus died and rose again. Pro "choice" advocates deny the scientific video evidence that shows tiny human beings backing away from the tools of the abortionists. Now the pagan regressives are denying the science that proves there are 2 and only 2 genders.
@Therese Eriksson Compare the written accounts and number of eyewitnesses to the resurrection to say the current witch hunt going on in the U.S. congress. Check out a book or videos by worldclass cold case detective named J. Warner Wallace called Coldcase Christianity. Never heard of forensics?
@Therese Eriksson Intriguing the depths you go to to deny truth. You read that book quickly! Wow, you are a genius! Amazingly you read Wallace's book and responded back in only 17 minutes!
I love him even more now! Good man!
I totally agree with him. Everyone should here the alternatives, but if you choose the easy part, the petty god, you miss out so much of the reality! 2:13 is brilliant and - I love Bamse! :D
wise words STELLAN!!!! :D
I've just become a big fan of his based on this.
Respect!
It doesn't take a brave soul to admit this in Sweden, but in America it would (unfortunately) :/
Stellan Skarsgård is a smart man.
Only fools deny God... So just the opposite. Not too wise to send yourself to hell.
Bamse is a great role model :D
Well done. Thank you for posting. Larry, Taiwan
If I didn't love Stellan already, I'd definitely love him now.
thanks for english subtitles! :D i'm learning swedish but i'm not so good at it yet.
"We don't know a tenth of a percent about anything." -Edison
I just came across this treasure and I´ve never been more in love in an argumentation about a reason not to believe in god. Incredible intelligent man💚
Mads Mikkelsen was there !! : ))))
@MsAKSfan you dont need to be brave to admit being an atheist in Sweden, 80% of us are. Actually is more "brave" to admit you are religious over here.
Ham Stellan er en smart og sjov herre :)
THAT made me a fan of Stellan Skarsgård!
I have some much respect for him right now
SUPERB. Absolutely SUPERB responses by Stellan.
Not really. He's acting like just because Bush said God appointed him there's only two options, when it's very apparent there's a third option that Bush was lying and there is a God and Bush will have to answer to Him one day for lying and using God's name to justify his actions.
this is superb. alex has great genes.
Yeah me too, but Stellan forgot the third alternative: God exists and Bush thinks he was placed by God to be president. Personally I think it was also the rich and mighty behind the scenes, that put Bush were he was.
No love in the Bible ? The story and purpose of Jesus in the Bible is Love which is God's love but hey I'm just american.
Håller med till 100% , Stellan Skarsgård du har exakt mina åsikter i vad du säger här 🙂👍tänk om vi hade Svenska politiker med ditt iq, lägger man ihop ig på Alla partiledare i Sveriges riksdag kanske dom har 50% tillsammans som Stellan Skarsgård!
Applause!
It must be amazing to grow up with such a father. Who can guide you a little on how to think, how to question from an early age.
It's interesting I have not seen Norwegian / Swedish political discussions before (well I speak English so I suppose that's not surprising).
Certainly far more rational than anything of the American persuasion.
Though if people think he's particularly brave I would not say so, it's not very controversial to have an atheist perspective in Nordic countries.
I think this is exemplified by his tacit approval of government run schools without any critical thought applied whatsoever.
So intelligent and precise
way to go stellan!
Now I know there is at least one other person on the planet who thinks like I do.❤
Gorgeous actor and an intellectual
If anyone has worked in a government body , you know there is The Act .....then the Regulations, then Policy and Procedures, then Operational Directives ....and so on and so forth ..... You can't just read sola scriptura and overlook the Homilies and teachings of the early Church Father's ....the Dogmas and how they came about .the writings of the approved Saints....doctors of the Church ....Too bad he didn't ask for guidance on how to study because then he would have found "love". He would have found it from the standpoint of Divine Providence, not human misunderstandings
Brilliant !
what an amazing question to ask on a chat show. Excellent response done in a serious tone. American chat shows would immediately jump into the gutter and provide a pointless vapid answer. Skavlan and Stellan!
Well said.
I do believe strongly in God, but I have no use for religion, which is based on power, control, fear, and hiding/legitimizing the criminality of its leaders.
I have a personal relationship with God and have felt his presence more in nature, yoga, and meditation than I ever did on a kneeler in a stone church and reciting very generic prayers out of a prayer book. Stellan is not wrong.
Stellan är bäst! :)
Absolut. Min respekt för honom blev ännu större nu.
I'like to learn swedish, they all sound so wonderful!! Is it a tough language to learn? ☺
No ....I manage...:) But I was born here.....
One of the easier european langues to learn as a english speaker.
Excellent!
This made me respect him even more.
he is fantastic actor
Spot on
Faith and spirituality can be found without an organization. Power in the hands of a few & their favorites always becomes corrupt, no exception.
If god is unable to prevent evil, then he is not all-powerful.
If god is not willing to prevent evil, then he is not all-good.
If god is both willing and able to prevent evil, then why does evil exist?
If god created everything then that means he created evil. And if that is the case what does that say about god?
I imagine he and the other Skarsgårds have wondered this very thing.
I'm totally with Mr Skargarsd.
I agree with Stellan.
@MsAKSfan -I too believe in a creator, you say!
Sry but i cant hear Stellan saying that, form what part of this intervju did you get that he believes in a creator?
Agree with Stellan 1,000%.. HEJA STELLAN!!! (From California)
I love this man!
beautiful
fan vad han är bra! underbara människa!
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There are no different alternatives of how old the earth is, whether you choose to accept the fact or not it still is 4,5 billion years old
Just like there is only two genders or it is wrong to abort a baby?
Don’t know much about the Quran, but to say there is no love in the Bible? What? How is an innocent man giving up his life for a broken world not love?
Why would a human sacrifice be required to mend a "broken world"? What kind of "love" is it to say that you demand the death of someone in order to change your mind. That kind of "love" I will happily do without.
Draugh39 It is set up that way. If you sin, you pay the consequences, but if an innocent takes their(our) place we would t have to suffer that. I don’t know what’s not to get. It’s in our favor so I don’t know why you would “do without”. It’s like if someone offered to pay for all of your groceries. They get nothing but the bill and you get groceries. Why would you say no thanks?
This is scapegoating. Which means that you do not require the the person that "sinned" to change, but instead take someone utterly innocent and sacrifice that person (or goat for that matter) as an offering to an entity that apparently approve of human sacrifices. We saw this in many primitive religions, where an innocent virgin woman was killed in a ritual sacrifice to appease the gods. It was wrong then, it is just as wrong here. The whole mentality behind scapegoating is wrong, so it is in Christianity as well as it was among the other primitive religions, because that is where this mindset comes from. (And since the Bible approve of killing young women as sacrifices to the Christian god, I see no difference between these religions (C.f. Judges 11:29-39)
That's an absurd argument. You are equating government with civilization. Correlation does not equal causation, at one point in history people made the same argument of slavery. You don't like slavery, well then go live out in the wilderness...
And in the same vein, if you're a shop keeper in a neighbourhood where the mafia forces you to pay protection money, will you then say that it's the shop keeper who is at fault for being in that neighbourhood?
The government is simply the largest mafia
What an incredible man.
But he never states that he believes there is a creator? What you say you believe in sounds like Intelligent Design and as a concept, that is basically just a substitute for the word "God" created by americans trying to incorporate religion in school.
Stellan Skarsgård could just as easily mean that he does not believe in any creator at all, he just finds the evolution of the human race too complex for us ever to understand.
Bravo, Stellan!
A smart guy. Stellan Skarsgård.
What is the book that they're talking about in the beginning?
Angels & Demons or The Da Vinci Code perhaps
If You didn't love and mercy in Qur'aan Then i doubt that you read it at all!!! May God guide you..
Pay attention, Cory Barlog. Here is your Odin.
Happy Thanksgiving. Hälsningar från USA.
So Luthen and Galen have met?
Is he the guy from Ronin?
Try Buddhism! You can interpret it into more traditional concept with the believe in a God or you can see it as a philosophy? Its either way and their is no Buddhist forcing you into their interpretation