Neil deGrasse Tyson - "Do you believe in god?"

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  • čas přidán 14. 09. 2014
  • Walla Walla, WA September 12th, 2014
    During the Q&A, a ten year old boy asks Dr. Tyson if he believes in god.

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  • @kristidelacruz3961
    @kristidelacruz3961  Před 9 lety +6919

    To those of you who think NdGT was "beating around the bush"...the question was asked by a ten year old boy (who identified himself as catholic), obviously a very impressionable age. He doesn't answer, "No, and here's why..." because I'm sure he's aware how influential he is and how delicate this topic can be, especially for a young mind raised in a religious household. He's not on Bill Maher, he chose not to be blunt about it...he's talking to a kid. So instead of saying, "No. Now mindlessly believe what I just told you..." he's saying, "Here's my reasoning. Take it. Digest it. Think on it. Make up your own mind." He's not your dad answering whether or not santa is real, he's challenging you to think critically. Apparently, he challenged a lot of your attentions spans as well.

    • @BOSSDONMAN
      @BOSSDONMAN Před 9 lety +74

      ***** Regarding your post of:
      "As a scientist who values questions he can't be an atheist. Atheism is taking a position of 100% certainty that there never is, was, or could be a god of any kind.
      Agnosticism says: I don't know if there is, was, or ever will be any kind of god."
      I cannot tell if you are a troll or not. The vast majority of atheists identify as agnostic, even ones like Richard Dawkins to an extent. Atheism and Agnosticism are not mutually exclusive.

    • @bengalashe
      @bengalashe Před 9 lety +122

      BOSSDONMAN Atheism is NOT the claim that there is no God, with 100% certainty. Education yourself, please. It is the BELIEF that there isn't. No atheist who is intellectually honest will ever claim to know with certainty. (This is the principle difference between an atheist and a theist, btw. Theists DO claim to know with certainty.)

    • @bengalashe
      @bengalashe Před 9 lety +2

      bengalashe Sorry, this was meant for Tracie...

    • @BOSSDONMAN
      @BOSSDONMAN Před 9 lety +8

      bengalashe You do know you can edit your comment, right?

    • @BOSSDONMAN
      @BOSSDONMAN Před 9 lety +54

      ***** No, no it doesn't.
      The prefix a in 'Atheist' means without. The word theist is derived from theism, which means belief in the existence of a God.
      From there, you combine the two and get atheism, without a belief in the existence of a God (or lack of a belief).
      Agnostic says nothing about what you believe or don't believe- you cannot be in a state of belief and non-belief simultaneously either.
      Whether Neil identifies as an atheist or not really doesn't matter, because at that point it is simply a game of semantics. What does matter is he is opposed to religious beliefs fueling scientific ignorance and religious beliefs limiting the ability to perform science in general. I'm convinced Neil is an atheist based on him explicitly stating he does not believe in a God, but identifies as an agnostic in order to appear more politically correct.

  • @roybecker492
    @roybecker492 Před 4 lety +2916

    That was the longest "NO" ever.

    • @volpt
      @volpt Před 4 lety +41

      amen

    • @charleyweinhardt
      @charleyweinhardt Před 4 lety +36

      Actually it's the longest lie, he believes in God, but hates him, because HE will receive all the glory, and Neil will receive none.

    • @itaialter
      @itaialter Před 4 lety +290

      @@charleyweinhardt Why are you feeling the need to put words in his mouth?

    • @scottbeale1825
      @scottbeale1825 Před 4 lety +230

      @@charleyweinhardt holy fuck you are dumb

    • @charleyweinhardt
      @charleyweinhardt Před 4 lety +33

      @@scottbeale1825 no actually I was smart enough to find God and witness countless real miracles. This man is a troll and wants you to worship his ideas and not seek the truth of our creation. You believe our ancestors were rocks, enzymes and fish...

  • @Ara24_td
    @Ara24_td Před 3 lety +372

    I love how he’s being as respectful as possible and not trying to offend anyone.

    • @greggibbs8641
      @greggibbs8641 Před 3 lety +6

      He is disrespecting God and will pay for that unless He finds Grace and Mercy in Christ Jesus alone God will not be mocked , this guy is walking on razor thin ice and below the ice is a lake of fire

    • @Ara24_td
      @Ara24_td Před 3 lety +11

      The ice will melt if there’s fire beneath it, there wouldn’t any ice so that he can walk on in the first place. Pfft dumby, think harder next time.

    • @TheDayd111returns
      @TheDayd111returns Před 3 lety +29

      @@greggibbs8641 If god was real, how come he didn't take down those who are enslaving us, like the government. If god was real, why does it continue let evil rule the world? If god was real, how come it never stood up for Blacks or other race who are being killed off by hateful racists everyday. Exactly. If it was real, the world would be in a way better place. We're on our own in this world.

    • @greggibbs8641
      @greggibbs8641 Před 3 lety +2

      @@TheDayd111returns we are in the fall of man since Adam and Eve sinned we are now under sin and this world is the devils kingdom until God takes it back , that time is nearing very close we are about to go into the 7 year tribulation period when God's judgement is going to fall on the wicked unless they repent and take the gift of God by sending His Son Jesus Christ to die and Resurrect back to life that we may have life through Him by being born again In John book 3 this is explained John 3:16 for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life . He is the gift for us to wash away our sin do we can have a relationship with Him and be with Him for eternity in heaven or otherwise we perish and go to the everlasting lake of fire made for the devil and his angels so we must follow our Lord and Savior He is the only truth and loves us and wants us to be with Him . All these things are explained in the bible clearly that's the problem everybody wants to look everywhere but there for answers I pray The Lord will reveal Himself to you but we must seek Him not reject Him

    • @philippearson9477
      @philippearson9477 Před 3 lety +17

      @@greggibbs8641 omfg

  • @leslieyancey5084
    @leslieyancey5084 Před 2 lety +153

    I love how NDT takes his time to explain things in a way that regular people can understand. You can tell he really values education and wants to share his knowledge with as many people as possible!

    • @alecx2899
      @alecx2899 Před 2 lety

      Leslie...are you married?

    • @RobertMJohnson
      @RobertMJohnson Před rokem

      Neil's a regular person.

    • @user-ii6xm2we7l
      @user-ii6xm2we7l Před 5 měsíci

      He's a shill saying what his handlers want him to say. It takes lots of money to produce a NDT and I am sure it didn't come from NDT.

  • @randomcats8619
    @randomcats8619 Před 8 lety +6006

    Ask this guy a question, get a Ted talk for an answer

    • @edouardpierrebatemebande4393
      @edouardpierrebatemebande4393 Před 8 lety +238

      +Bobby Wood he couldn't directly respond to the question because he was talking to a kid, he was afraid that his own belief could influence the kid and many other people since he was in a position of authority.

    • @SK-ki3fq
      @SK-ki3fq Před 8 lety +66

      The beauty of a genius is that he thinks everyone is a dumbass, hence the explanation.

    • @SK-ki3fq
      @SK-ki3fq Před 8 lety +27

      ***** Sorry M8, I wasn't talking about the kid. Bobby Wood was implying that Neil explains everything like a "Ted Talk", so I said "the beauty of genius is that he explains everything". I didn't mean any disrespect to the kid; I think it is important for kids to ask these question and be inquisitive.

    • @VG-rj8pn
      @VG-rj8pn Před 8 lety +4

      +Dean KC Neal is not a genius damn are you gullible the man is a joke

    • @VG-rj8pn
      @VG-rj8pn Před 8 lety +2

      +patrick82895 the clown is no genius damn you people are gullible fools

  • @nathanwaltrip7220
    @nathanwaltrip7220 Před 3 lety +1045

    "Do you believe in god?"
    "Im glad you asked." *presents powerpoint presentation*

    • @mitchellc4
      @mitchellc4 Před 3 lety +6

      The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
      Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
      Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
      Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
      John 17
      3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
      RSV
      Only-monos
      God-theos
      Monos theos
      Monotheism
      The Father
      Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
      Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
      Jesus has a God!
      Jesus died!
      God can’t die!
      God raised Jesus from the dead!

    • @nathanwaltrip7220
      @nathanwaltrip7220 Před 3 lety +6

      @@mitchellc4 "God government on Earth"
      Look up Darkmatter 2525s video "Would You Vote for God?" Would tolerate an eternity? You wouldn't even last 4 years.

    • @nidalal-sayed4019
      @nidalal-sayed4019 Před 3 lety +2

      @@mitchellc4 are you Muslim? The quran says the same thing you state.

    • @mitchellc4
      @mitchellc4 Před 3 lety +1

      @@nidalal-sayed4019
      No I’m not a Muslim
      I don’t think it says Jesus is the Son of God who was raised from the dead

    • @nidalal-sayed4019
      @nidalal-sayed4019 Před 3 lety +3

      @@mitchellc4 your thinking meet with what quran says. Sobhan Allah.
      Even the bible didn't state that Jesus is the spiritual son of the god.
      But the bible only stated "our father in the sky" but I think that Bible didn't meant that the god is as spiritual father of jesus but it meant by the word father that Allah is our great God.
      Logically The real and the true God who is perfect is impeccable from all creatures.
      And jesus is not perfect, therefore he can't be a god or a part of the god but he belongs as any other creatures.
      Then I think that ancient christians were muslims because the word Muslim means the one who follows god as the messenger called him.
      There for old christians were muslims, but they are called by christians because they supported Jesus and believed in his message.
      But please my brother, go deep in your mind and try to find the real religion of Allah or at least what is the name of Allah religion throughout all the ages.
      Is it called christianity? Sure no!
      Because the christianity is only specified for people whose follow Jesus and surely if I was as Muslim in the time of jesus, I would have supported and followed him.
      But let's think of what was the name of God religion when he had sent messengers coming before Jesus ?
      Was it called christianity? Surely no but it was called the religion of surrender to God that's called Islam in arabic language.

  • @michael_buan
    @michael_buan Před 3 lety +36

    This was 6 years ago but I always come back to listen because it is thought provoking and I would love to have his charisma telling stories without inspiring aggression or contempt to the listener

    • @dustynduncan8757
      @dustynduncan8757 Před 3 lety +2

      I've seen this guy speak so many times. I have never seen anyone so passionate about everything that he talks about.

    • @quinzerrak4975
      @quinzerrak4975 Před 2 lety

      Is your profile picture from The Midnight *GOSPEL* ?

  • @MrThunderbeast
    @MrThunderbeast Před 3 lety +62

    "It is unstable to build a government on a belief system"
    NDT
    Truer words were never spoken, yet virtually every nation has tried.

    • @AdamantMindset
      @AdamantMindset Před 3 lety +10

      cuz that's the most easy way to control people and rule with whatever bullshit you want.

    • @KN-ul5xe
      @KN-ul5xe Před 2 lety +1

      Every government IS a belief system.

    • @KN-ul5xe
      @KN-ul5xe Před 2 lety

      @@AdamantMindset The Russians did a pretty good job of controlling their people without God feon 1918-1960s. Maybe we should try that.

    • @epicfail5473
      @epicfail5473 Před 2 lety +4

      Afghanistan will become a good case study of how well a theocracy can work.
      Spoiler: It works very poorly.

    • @JoolsTwo
      @JoolsTwo Před 2 lety

      @@epicfail5473 is the USA not fundamentally a theocracy?

  • @HDitzzDH
    @HDitzzDH Před 6 lety +777

    That's one good mic, holding it like a foot away and still sounds great.

    • @jack902902
      @jack902902 Před 4 lety +63

      Or perhaps it was the voice which was great.

    • @TheAgim1
      @TheAgim1 Před 3 lety +4

      I was thinking the same thing 😂

    • @chirag299
      @chirag299 Před 3 lety +3

      De voice does de magic chief

    • @josegaleano2576
      @josegaleano2576 Před 3 lety +5

      Religios is a lucrative lyies they tell you to belive regardles no cuestions ask and no evedens of any they are getting fat frome fools supporting this. Escrupulos lies. We have the write to awer believeswe can ask cuestion to any thing withot going to hell they are the jokes they are the liers learn science be free

    • @HDitzzDH
      @HDitzzDH Před 3 lety +11

      @@josegaleano2576 Who are you talking to lmao

  • @johndoh4064
    @johndoh4064 Před 6 lety +1544

    He answered the question in exactly the fashion I would expect a scientist of his class and caliber to. Respectfully and thoroughly.

    • @cottoncandy9858
      @cottoncandy9858 Před 4 lety +13

      I am scared now because if there is no god that would mean my parents lied to me about the after life and no after life/god mean i only get one chance to mess it up

    • @docb8324
      @docb8324 Před 4 lety +3

      @@santanalz I feel like you watch Exurb1a

    • @santanalz
      @santanalz Před 4 lety +25

      @@docb8324 no idea who / what that is. I'm an anti theist who hates religion and has done tons of research on the topic. It's all lies. Also I'm an engineer. Facts run my life.

    • @docb8324
      @docb8324 Před 4 lety +9

      @@santanalz Are you an Anti-Theist becaues you believe that resources being spent on religion is better being diverted somewhere productive or is it for some other reason? I personally don't like religion but still support the freedom of thought and expression.

    • @santanalz
      @santanalz Před 4 lety +17

      @@docb8324 "but still support the freedom of thought and expression." These aren't mutually exclusive. I require freedom of religion in my government. Google freedom of religion vs freedom from religion. You will find a wealth of information. Also, religion steals from people, segregates them, and there's no evidence of it being true. That's why I'm an anti theist.

  • @leaodaestrela5250
    @leaodaestrela5250 Před 2 lety +34

    I'm portuguese and I'm amazed how he knows more about portuguese history than most portuguese... and yes... it happened in 1755

    • @mutalix
      @mutalix Před rokem +2

      If only more people took the time to read about history in their spare time maybe things would change for the better.

  • @Pepsolman
    @Pepsolman Před 2 lety +58

    Everybody can’t be right about “god”. But everyone can be wrong.

    • @JoeBoomerMusic
      @JoeBoomerMusic Před 2 lety +2

      You said it buddy

    • @charliehorse8686
      @charliehorse8686 Před 2 lety +1

      You're wrong. :-)

    • @eliwalker6245
      @eliwalker6245 Před 2 lety +2

      John 1
      King James Version
      1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
      God loves you so much that He sent His only begotten Son to die on the cross to pay for your sins.
      If you believe and put your trust in Jesus Christ, that He died on the cross to pay your sin debt and that He rose again on the third day, you will be saved. once you are saved, you will not die in your sins and be damned to hell for eternity.
      God will remove your sins and your soul will be washed clean with the blood that Jesus Christ shed for us on the cross.
      your own good works will not get you into heaven. Jesus Christ did all of the work for you, all you have to do is believe and put your trust in Him and He will save you.
      Ephesians 1:13
      King James Version
      13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,.
      Jesus Christ is coming back very soon and we all have to be ready.
      I pray in Jesus Christ's mighty name that you be saved.

    • @masterv1be815
      @masterv1be815 Před 2 lety +8

      @@eliwalker6245 did u not even watch the video lol

    • @charliehorse8686
      @charliehorse8686 Před 2 lety +4

      @@eliwalker6245 You know when you get poked with a few sticks, knowing that you're going to take a nap for 3 days and then wake up and live in heaven, it's not much of a sacrifice.
      Basically he was tortured for a few hours. God didn't "give" his only son. He sent him on a mildly unpleasant vacation for about 34 years, finishing with a very bad day.

  • @messiona
    @messiona Před 7 lety +1931

    "catholic" "yeah that would be christian"

    • @danwic
      @danwic Před 5 lety +254

      It is shocking even today how many Catholics don't consider themselves Christian.

    • @BillyButton63
      @BillyButton63 Před 5 lety +29

      No! That would be CHRIST-TARD!! LOL!!

    • @WillSmithyourdreamlife
      @WillSmithyourdreamlife Před 5 lety +1

      😂😂😂

    • @luisishere987
      @luisishere987 Před 5 lety +64

      danwic Right? Most of the Catholics I know think they’re a separate religion or something.

    • @marksollazzo1336
      @marksollazzo1336 Před 5 lety +1

      808sandBlvke and that would be pagan, so what is you point ?

  • @CMike44
    @CMike44 Před 9 lety +246

    There's no such thing as a ten year old that truly believes in religion. They only believe what they've been told by their parents at that point. I see nothing wrong with NDT saying what he said. Especially since he did it so nicely and eloquently.

    • @RaiceGeriko
      @RaiceGeriko Před 9 lety +2

      CMike44 There's no such thing as a ten year old that truly believes in science. They only believe what they've been told by their teachers, youtube, video games, movies, and popular music at that point. I see nothing wrong with NDT saying what he said. Especially since he did it so nicely and eloquently.

    • @CMike44
      @CMike44 Před 9 lety +58

      Winston S. You don't have to believe in science, idiot. Science exists whether you believe in it or not

    • @RaiceGeriko
      @RaiceGeriko Před 9 lety +2

      CMike44 Funny... I knew you'd say that.
      You also don't have to believe in God. But he exists whether you believe in Him or not.
      But then you'll say, "Where's the proof of God?"
      Then I'll say, "Where's the proof of Science?"
      And then you'll spout off a bunch of facts and stuff.
      And then I'll say, "Yeah, those facts are proof of something. But that something isn't Science."

    • @CMike44
      @CMike44 Před 9 lety +38

      Winston S. You're probably trolling. So I'm wasting my time. But whether or not you attach the name "science" to a set of observable facts, the fact remains that they're still an observable fact. Whether or not you attach the word God to your mystical sky grandpa, there's still nothing you can observe. I can't even believe that someone could use such a ridiculous argument.

    • @RaiceGeriko
      @RaiceGeriko Před 9 lety

      Sure.

  • @JBG-AjaxzeMedia
    @JBG-AjaxzeMedia Před rokem +8

    'since you are our future, there's something i want to tell you and i want you to remember it' neil switching to a serious tone as he knows what he's about to say could make a big impact on this kids life and wants the kid to be inspired and come to his own conclusion when he grows up about what he believes in, and not to just follow blindly cause it could lead down dangerous roads

  • @athiest100
    @athiest100 Před 2 lety +5

    I can listen to Neil all day ...

  • @gutspraygore
    @gutspraygore Před 7 lety +293

    "That's a good answer... are you even watching?"
    "I'm recording"
    Now that's a good answer. :P

  • @kimbraun0823
    @kimbraun0823 Před 9 lety +262

    One thing Neil deGrasse Tyson does not believe in is short answers.

    • @charlesmcdowell9436
      @charlesmcdowell9436 Před 9 lety +10

      lol true but he makes it simple enough to understand and there is always so much to learn from them.

    • @fordycegozali241
      @fordycegozali241 Před 9 lety +2

      "..um, I have to go"

    • @dwivedinick
      @dwivedinick Před 7 lety +11

      Kim Braun grand questions require grand answers.

    • @Stories4us
      @Stories4us Před 4 lety +2

      ...yet, he can also say something brilliant in 7 minutes what would take a seasoned theologian to say in about 45 minutes.

    • @noriyukithenshimazaki4736
      @noriyukithenshimazaki4736 Před 3 lety +1

      True 🤣

  • @roobscoob47
    @roobscoob47 Před 9 měsíci

    Thanks, for recording and sharing this Kristi... Even though dude prolly thought you were playing on your phone~

  • @veemtg
    @veemtg Před 2 lety +2

    what makes this guy amazing is how respectful he is...lets have a converstaion, christian,muslim,aetheist etc and agree to disagree where we can but lets be respectful at all times

  • @sketches_by_jer
    @sketches_by_jer Před 5 lety +1384

    This is the most respectful answering to a question like this, I like Neil’s style

    • @liquidbraino
      @liquidbraino Před 5 lety +30

      Me too. I like the way he doesn't say "your parents are wrong, don't listen to them" - unlike his parents.

    • @smm_m
      @smm_m Před 4 lety +3

      @@liquidbraino But he ought to have also brought the argument that If the believers in God went first, why didn't they take it as a sign or warning that worse things might come to them that were left?
      It was clearly a chance and sign for them that their time was near the end, because we will all die one day and provisions are always made for everyone to believe.
      But we ask the wrong questions in our disbelief. It was a clear sign that their destruction was near. If the Christians in the churches had to go, it was a clear sign nothing and no one would escape the coming destruction.
      How these creatures deny the existence of a creator, should also be a debate in itself 😂😂
      You might find most of them have a guilty conscious and want everyone else aboard the train of destruction.
      It's simple, creature is evidence of the creator as painting is evidence of a painter and building is evidence of a builder, as you reply look at your hands or what you're using to type and, it should be enough evidence there was a cause to your existence. God.
      czcams.com/video/jSUOcQRp34A/video.html

    • @lc1777
      @lc1777 Před 3 lety +26

      @@smm_m stupid ignorant

    • @dixiebiscuit5623
      @dixiebiscuit5623 Před 3 lety +17

      I feel like that is because if Tyson has addressed the severe lack of proof, he would be burned at the stake as an “anti-theist atheist satanist”. The simple answer is that there is no proof, therefore no reason to believe in god.

    • @smm_m
      @smm_m Před 3 lety

      @@lc1777 What do you mean?

  • @noire1706
    @noire1706 Před 7 lety +2255

    I feel like a kid at a candy store when I listen to Neil speak

    • @noire1706
      @noire1706 Před 7 lety +59

      also it gives me hope that so many people applauded to Neil's answer, the human race will get smarter once we get rid of religion

    • @shaolin89
      @shaolin89 Před 7 lety +6

      I know man..

    • @Anthony-ux8bt
      @Anthony-ux8bt Před 7 lety +3

      LOL! People think like this????

    • @kaehall8772
      @kaehall8772 Před 7 lety

      SAME

    • @noire1706
      @noire1706 Před 7 lety +3

      Aidan Fryer i understood, he isn't an Atheist and i know that

  • @frankjackal
    @frankjackal Před 3 lety +1

    That was a beautiful Pivot 🔥🔥

  • @real-act-xation8043
    @real-act-xation8043 Před 3 lety +7

    can I say that He's really a good speaker

  • @Marius-vw9hp
    @Marius-vw9hp Před 7 lety +156

    What astounds me about Tyson is that every time he gets this question he gives a completely new, and always brilliant, answer.

    • @jammin1881
      @jammin1881 Před 4 lety +16

      Because he actually thinks about stuff and his answers.
      I started to like his talks a lot and even his stance on alien life and exploration of space.

    • @sambeckett3813
      @sambeckett3813 Před 4 lety +8

      Uh he’s given the same exact answer every time, don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s always the “if god is all good and all powerful” stuff

    • @grahamgrubb7359
      @grahamgrubb7359 Před 4 lety +1

      No for every big question he has a prepared answer that he says every time. He has one for god, aliens ext.

    • @bonbon4449
      @bonbon4449 Před 4 lety

      Yup. It’s always the same answer to “good and powerful”.
      Well, God is good but not with our definition of good. Which is superficial and silly. But you can tell the goodness from seeing the amazing balance from the huge universe to the micro universe within our own cells. So you’d say that God knows balance and justice, absolutely so.
      But if, by our definition of good, that God is supposed to be “peace” then tell your own white blood cells to stop attacking those poor germs that are trying to kill you.

    • @robcompton6838
      @robcompton6838 Před 4 lety +1

      In order to justify your God you have to play games with the definition of "good". Big red flag.

  • @12pounds17
    @12pounds17 Před 8 lety +1790

    "I have to go" Greatest admission of defeat ever

    • @unwokorie1692
      @unwokorie1692 Před 8 lety +176

      he was 10

    • @12pounds17
      @12pounds17 Před 8 lety +147

      and he heard something that made perfect sense but knows his parents would be unhappy with it so he had to go

    • @unwokorie1692
      @unwokorie1692 Před 8 lety +190

      Or children in general are reletivily honest and mainly they have no control over what situations they are placed in so it is plausible that he truely had to leave

    • @12pounds17
      @12pounds17 Před 8 lety +4

      true

    • @nocturnalrecluse1216
      @nocturnalrecluse1216 Před 8 lety +55

      I felt kinda bad for her. She realizes her beliefs are based on a lie.

  • @ExternusArmy
    @ExternusArmy Před 2 lety +28

    This is singlehandedly the best way to phrase my thoughts on religion. I’ve always thought Neil was spiteful about religion but he has nailed my entire thought process on it. Religion is a tool to preserve my morality and acting righteously through compelling myself through spiritual belief. I absolutely love science as a premed college student but religion plays no part in what I believe about science and forces.

    • @jgage2344
      @jgage2344 Před 2 lety

      You cannot love science and then pretend religion makes no claims about it ….or that it keeps you moral !
      If religious beliefs can be improved then they aren’t good !
      Being good for a place in heaven is immoral…
      Science proves gods fake yet you go on believing….

    • @SpotterVideo
      @SpotterVideo Před rokem +1

      To this day nobody has gone into a laboratory and made a cell from the raw chemicals. To this day nobody can explain what is happening inside the atoms which produces gravity. To this day nobody has been able to explain why the fundamental forces of nature are incredibly fine-tuned to produce our universe. Science still does not have all of the answers.
      (My university degree is in Biology, and I have an interest in Particle Physics.)

    • @altdelctrl4489
      @altdelctrl4489 Před rokem +5

      @@SpotterVideo Correct, it doesn’t have all the answers. That doesn’t mean some questions won’t be answered in the future. So far we know a lot about the universe, and some of it has been proven. For example, the Miller-Urey experiment proves that recreating the conditions the Earth was in when life developed allowed for the spontaneous formation of amino acids. The Cosmic Microwave Background allows us to see the remnants of energy when the universe was just a baby. Do not limit discovery just because it goes against faith. Learn how to separate them.

    • @SpotterVideo
      @SpotterVideo Před rokem

      @@altdelctrl4489 The Miller-Urey experiment was in one of the basic Biology textbooks I used when teaching High School sophomores. Do you understand the difference between an amino acid and a cell which can reproduce itself? It is the difference between a grain of sand and a computer chip. Both the grain of sand and the computer chip contain Silicon.

    • @altdelctrl4489
      @altdelctrl4489 Před rokem +3

      @@SpotterVideo Yes. My point is before the Miller-Urey experiment, people would’ve said creating amino acids from “nothing” is impossible. Before then, people would’ve said evolution was impossible. And before then, stars and planets were still just dots in the sky, thus indistinguishable. All of these things did not agree with Christianity at the time, people just learned to accept them for fact, or deny them because of the dissonance with their faith. Just because we don’t know something “to this day” doesn’t mean we’ll never know it.

  • @rafabdc04
    @rafabdc04 Před 3 lety +3

    Cool that he's talking about Lisbon. I live there

  • @arjendevoz
    @arjendevoz Před 3 lety +424

    1:39
    "That's a good answer"
    "Are you even watching?"
    "I am recording"

    • @softb
      @softb Před 3 lety +5

      Sad

    • @kushmandey6880
      @kushmandey6880 Před 3 lety +44

      @@softb Let's be thankful. You wouldn't have known about this without the recording.

    • @mitchellc4
      @mitchellc4 Před 3 lety +1

      The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
      Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
      Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
      Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
      John 17
      3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
      RSV
      Only-monos
      God-theos
      Monos theos
      Monotheism
      The Father
      Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
      Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
      Jesus has a God!
      Jesus died!
      God can’t die!
      God raised Jesus from the dead!

    • @ja7561
      @ja7561 Před 3 lety +9

      TL;DR.
      Believe what I say without scientific evidence or go to hell.

    • @ja7561
      @ja7561 Před 3 lety +12

      @@mitchellc4 TL;DR.
      Believe what I say without scientific evidence or go to hell.

  • @reuploadboi
    @reuploadboi Před 7 lety +701

    you can only reason with someone who reasons with you.

    • @Lessthanthreeedm
      @Lessthanthreeedm Před 5 lety +22

      And 99% of the time christians rather shove some quote from a bible or one sidedly tell that god is the answer ant that is where the argument ends.

    • @-Vitalis-
      @-Vitalis- Před 5 lety +3

      @Ethan Holman Thank you, I'm weird

    • @liquidbraino
      @liquidbraino Před 5 lety

      All you stupid atheists with your goddamn reasons and logic and math and science and technology!

    • @liquidbraino
      @liquidbraino Před 5 lety +1

      Numbers 22:30 "God's gonna fuck you in the ass".

    • @sums6653
      @sums6653 Před 5 lety

      Anti-Semites like you ruin it for everyone like the black dudes who actually shoot at cops. Get off my website and stop ruining my memes with libtards.

  • @ann266
    @ann266 Před 2 lety +45

    The quality of his mind can be seen by how he can see what everyone sees but notices and analysis what nobody does. The way in which he can construct his thoughts to explain complex topics in a simple way is just amazing.
    He is one of the best educator and spokesperson of science we have got.

    • @RobertMJohnson
      @RobertMJohnson Před rokem +1

      the quality of his mind wasn't good enough to do the maths for his graduate degrees, missy

    • @haywire4686
      @haywire4686 Před rokem

      @@RobertMJohnson Can you elaborate, missy?

    • @RobertJohnson-lh6dg
      @RobertJohnson-lh6dg Před rokem

      @@haywire4686 why don’t you do your homework for once you lazy leftist twat.

  • @TodayIfYouHearHisVoiceHebrews-

    He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless.
    Proverbs 2:7

  • @ashfaqueazad3897
    @ashfaqueazad3897 Před 5 lety +579

    If humanity is wiped out and only two sets of people remain : one who read Harry Potter and the other LOTR, within a century there'd be a holy war between Dumbledorians and Gandalfers.

    • @karlpurvis5242
      @karlpurvis5242 Před 5 lety +8

      Clever

    • @sirien.neiris
      @sirien.neiris Před 5 lety +42

      u-hm... so... I'm probably about to give my Tolkien books into a box and I'll add Sun Tzu's Art of War into it, just to make sure that if this ever happens, the right side is gonna win.

    • @theboivenom4170
      @theboivenom4170 Před 5 lety +1

      Petr Mazak good move

    • @DavidLee-ge3nx
      @DavidLee-ge3nx Před 3 lety +2

      You have a very shallow knowledge of the bible.

    • @thomasgeorge5106
      @thomasgeorge5106 Před 3 lety +1

      just because the books are famous it dosent mean they would have been read by such a huge number of people....
      seriously speaking a community based on assasin creed or call of duty would be much bigger than the ones you mentioned above or lets say a
      Console vs PC

  • @GeraltORivia
    @GeraltORivia Před 7 lety +527

    6:57
    Parents: "Get him out of there, Neil is filling his head with too much logic and knowledge."

    • @hanselluna1913
      @hanselluna1913 Před 5 lety +4

      Geralt of Rivia what is wrong with logic and knowledge??

    • @kylesanderfer856
      @kylesanderfer856 Před 5 lety +48

      It’s a joke.

    • @deepestwounds5859
      @deepestwounds5859 Před 5 lety +43

      @@hanselluna1913 R/woooosh

    • @hanselluna1913
      @hanselluna1913 Před 5 lety +2

      John Doe is that a statement or a question?

    • @hanselluna1913
      @hanselluna1913 Před 5 lety +3

      John Doe work of the devil 🤔? I’d say that we humans are naturally curious since we are little kids therefore that doesn’t explain that someone or something is making us ask for the answers of things. When you say obviously it makes you sound like you’re very sure that there’s a devil? If so, how do you know it ? Cuz that’s another thing that can’t be explained or proven. It’s just sustained by the words of humans through generations. Everyone should ask questions and look for explanations when they’re curious and not just believe in things that don’t make sense at all just for the heck of it.

  • @lanazak773
    @lanazak773 Před 2 lety +33

    THANK GOD for Neil deGrasse Tyson!

  • @Lumumba_00
    @Lumumba_00 Před 2 lety +2

    Neil, thank you for existing

  • @kias3531
    @kias3531 Před 6 lety +1708

    I wouldn't mind voting for this guy as president

    • @Luca-sz5uy
      @Luca-sz5uy Před 5 lety +70

      Then start to convince the other 80% idiots on the country

    • @RafiOmar83
      @RafiOmar83 Před 5 lety +75

      Neither would I, but I'm pretty sure that Dr. Tyson would remind us all that Albert Einstein told us that "Politics is for the moment, but an equation is for an eternity."

    • @senseilowg4957
      @senseilowg4957 Před 5 lety +3

      Luca Michael why you gotta bash on other people’s opinions man? Seriously what is your problem I hate when people do this

    • @Luca-sz5uy
      @Luca-sz5uy Před 5 lety +9

      LogieDaRippa Style I just wanted to remind us, that the problem is in the voter,

    • @belenseoane
      @belenseoane Před 5 lety +4

      I wanted the like this comment for its at 420 right now and I don't wanna change it

  • @xNIKEGOLFx
    @xNIKEGOLFx Před 9 lety +144

    I could listen to this man speak all day lol

    • @atlas8827
      @atlas8827 Před 9 lety

      xNIKEGOLFx Me too.

    • @heleneschenbacher8512
      @heleneschenbacher8512 Před 9 lety +2

      xNIKEGOLFx You can! I hope you are downloading Star Talk Radio--free podcasts and now a TV show. Plus he has a few hundred videos here. This story is from Gawker. Easily the funniest Tweet/Instagram of the year: It shows how a simple comment went viral--people going BALLISTIC because a guy is kidding around saying he didn’t realize who NDGT was (he does) but the comments are hilarious. People get SO upset!! gawker.com/how-i-became-thousands-of-nerds-worst-enemy-by-tweeting-1618323233

    • @heleneschenbacher8512
      @heleneschenbacher8512 Před 9 lety

      xNIKEGOLFx You have also become my hero with your screen name--but I’m more of a Taylor-Made Burner person!

    • @lgande11
      @lgande11 Před rokem

      ​Imagine you live eternally with your Son and want to make more sons and daugthers like yourself. Freewill beings. How do you do that? How do you create freewill beings that can only love you ONLY without taking away their power to freely choose to love you or NOT?
      God is Eternal, All powerful AND All Good and All Knowing. He made a plan for the problem of sin which He foresaw. Sin being the abuse of freewill to do evil (Breaking God's Law). He couldn't take away freewill because then freewill beings like Him couldn't be like Him or love Him or others freely. So then comes His Master plan! The Plan of Redemption! John 3:16
      "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." AND Hebrews 2:14-15
      Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death-that is, the devil- and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

  • @santiagofontenla8139
    @santiagofontenla8139 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic!

  • @kuroryudairyu4567
    @kuroryudairyu4567 Před rokem +3

    He's seriously awesome

  • @artoriasjim9638
    @artoriasjim9638 Před 5 lety +604

    2014: nope
    2015: nah
    2016: oh hell nah
    2017: keep on trying
    2018: a little further
    2019: RECOMMENDED

    • @brianevans9165
      @brianevans9165 Před 4 lety +1

      Relatable

    • @Gabehleg
      @Gabehleg Před 4 lety +1

      Brian Evans r/idiotbait

    • @brianevans9165
      @brianevans9165 Před 4 lety

      @@Gabehleg I dont get it r/idiotbait is for like-baiting posts that threaten you for being insensitive if you dont like it.....????????......????????.....??????explain?????????........?????

    • @Gabehleg
      @Gabehleg Před 4 lety

      Brian Evans they wanted to make a comment about how it’s being recommended several years later (and this is also posted fucking everywhere and it’s super annoying, cause it takes like 0 effort, and gets likes from a bunch of “idiots”) and it’s implied “oh like this if ur watching in 2019?” It’s idiot bait.

    • @bowerystan9474
      @bowerystan9474 Před 4 lety

      @@Gabehleg go outside

  • @tebogo743
    @tebogo743 Před 3 lety +110

    "I have to go"😂😂😂😂😂😂Neil made her question her faith and was not his intention.

    • @taxslave5906
      @taxslave5906 Před 3 lety +11

      That was a ten year old boy according to the description.

    • @nreeldeep1
      @nreeldeep1 Před 3 lety +3

      When did the person say anything about it questioning her faith? Exactly. Plus, it was a young boy who asked the question.

    • @jhmejia
      @jhmejia Před 2 lety

      @@nreeldeep1 well I mean he is not strong in his faith because he is 10 😅 … or at the very least he doesn’t have the factual information to make an informed decision about if Catholicism is really true

    • @tebogo743
      @tebogo743 Před 2 lety

      @Jay keep crying

  • @Soloohara
    @Soloohara Před rokem

    thank you kristi, very cute of you

  • @joedavis1404
    @joedavis1404 Před 2 lety +1

    Brilliant.

  • @Xyos212
    @Xyos212 Před 8 lety +155

    6:58 RIP headphone users....

    • @KdreamzZ
      @KdreamzZ Před 8 lety +9

      thanks for the heads up mate much appreciated

    • @terencetang5369
      @terencetang5369 Před 8 lety +1

      you da real mvp

    • @terencetang5369
      @terencetang5369 Před 8 lety +1

      you da real mvp

    • @GeetarAdam
      @GeetarAdam Před 8 lety +6

      +Xyos212 The warning was appreciated!

    • @polite_as_fuck
      @polite_as_fuck Před 7 lety +1

      Xyos212 Bro, you deserve a medal, a holiday or at the very least a cuddle for the heads up. My eardrums thank you.

  • @TheSunchaserElMalo
    @TheSunchaserElMalo Před 4 lety +1022

    Kid: “Uh, I have to go.”
    Translation: “My extremely religious parents are signaling me from far away with angry faces to go to them so we can leave because they say you’re lying.”

    • @JRose-dz1gf
      @JRose-dz1gf Před 3 lety +123

      I wonder if it was his parents that put him up to asking the question. What 10 year old decides out of the blue, to acquire about religion in front of a theater of people, all of whom are there for a scientific lecture.

    • @tnttagger6559
      @tnttagger6559 Před 3 lety +30

      @@JRose-dz1gf Good point. Probably.

    • @___Mal
      @___Mal Před 3 lety +27

      J. Rose Me, I always asked people about religion when I was younger, I asked teachers, my grandpa, sometimes even just random strangers. Many people gave me different answers on what they believe God is and whether or not it exist. For a while I didn’t believe in him, at 18 God proved itself to me and I was religious from then on out. Don’t care if other people aren’t, when I tell people what happened they chalk it up to coincidence or say I’m lying, no way I can convince them it wasn’t coincidence or that it really did happen, but I’ll always know the truth.

    • @MN-dd2mx
      @MN-dd2mx Před 3 lety +26

      @@___Mal Or its just the play or game of your complex mind.👍

    • @sinistersamm6675
      @sinistersamm6675 Před 3 lety +2

      wrong

  • @Cachicochip
    @Cachicochip Před 2 lety +6

    "Do you believe in God?"
    "This brings me back to Lisbon, Portugal in 1755...."

    • @V8AmericanMuscleCar
      @V8AmericanMuscleCar Před 2 lety +1

      🤣👍

    • @V8AmericanMuscleCar
      @V8AmericanMuscleCar Před rokem

      @@-Koyaanisqatsi- a similar thing happened in my country a month ago. 12 people died in a bus accident on their way to some "holy place".

    • @V8AmericanMuscleCar
      @V8AmericanMuscleCar Před rokem

      @@-Koyaanisqatsi- no problem man. I was religious and took it seriously, but due to circumstances I started to think for myself. Now I enjoy freedom, and believe me, religions are suffocating you. Every living being can distinguish good from evil, and you don't need any religion or priest to teach you that. I don't think you should even look for meaning in such things as accidents, etc. Unfortunately, shit can happen to anyone. I've always tried to be a good person and at one point shit happened to me too. Regardless, I'm still trying to be ok and I think that's the only thing that matters.

  • @risav202
    @risav202 Před 3 lety

    This is important

  • @abdulmoizayyaz
    @abdulmoizayyaz Před 5 lety +614

    "God cannot be all powerful if he is all good " Lex Luthor
    -Neil touches on this in this video " the flooding "
    another quote I find interesting that's in this video
    -Galileo " God shows us to go heaven but not how the heavens go"

    • @docsavage8640
      @docsavage8640 Před 5 lety +20

      Meaning what? Some dope wrote a bad comic book?

    • @Slashbox22
      @Slashbox22 Před 5 lety +14

      Red capes are coming... Red capes are coming

    • @raizo-ftw
      @raizo-ftw Před 5 lety +93

      @@docsavage8640 If you inspect it deeper than that, it makes some sense...
      If he is all powerful and people still die and suffer under his control, that implies he is not all good
      If he is all good but people die and suffer under his control, then he doesn't have that degree of control over everything, meaning he is not all powerful

    • @BygoneT
      @BygoneT Před 5 lety +6

      Yeah, whoever wrote that likes Epicurus, I'm sure. Since his argument is better.

    • @Enes-wj5xq
      @Enes-wj5xq Před 4 lety +1

      Stupid comment and stupid essay

  • @TheWearyEagle
    @TheWearyEagle Před 3 lety +68

    I was sure he was going to present the quote from EPICURUS "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able ? The he is NO OMNIPOTENT. Is he able, but not willing ? Then he is MALEVOLENT. Is he both able and willing ? Then whence cometh evil ? Is he neither able or willing ? Then why call him God ?"

    • @mitchellc4
      @mitchellc4 Před 3 lety

      The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
      Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
      Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
      Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
      John 17
      3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
      RSV
      Only-monos
      God-theos
      Monos theos
      Monotheism
      The Father
      Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
      Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
      Jesus has a God!
      Jesus died!
      God can’t die!
      God raised Jesus from the dead!

    • @Anfield_the_place_to_be
      @Anfield_the_place_to_be Před 3 lety +5

      @@mitchellc4 Okidoki,,,, thats some real solid arguments you presented. . . . . . . .

    • @oliverboisvert5215
      @oliverboisvert5215 Před 3 lety +6

      @@mitchellc4 you can't use evidence from a source you're trying to prove... also that formatting is horrendous.

    • @AJD...
      @AJD... Před 3 lety +2

      Was looking for this

    • @frgough
      @frgough Před 3 lety +1

      It's a sophomoric argument that collapses with one single supposition: This life is a test. At that point, God being unwilling to stop evil is no longer Malevolent.

  • @joshdorris3628
    @joshdorris3628 Před rokem +14

    He is an absolute gift to humanity. Great way to tackle this question.

  • @meatwax
    @meatwax Před rokem

    A True educator.

  • @AlexanderRingler
    @AlexanderRingler Před 7 lety +1304

    "I have to go... before I possible become an atheist." :-D

    • @noire1706
      @noire1706 Před 7 lety +2

      Alexander Ringler lol

    • @OkayNiceOne
      @OkayNiceOne Před 7 lety +20

      "possible"

    • @GeminiHiro009
      @GeminiHiro009 Před 7 lety +47

      Alexander Ringler The power of The Flying Spaghetti Monster compels you

    • @hasanal-habbobi4018
      @hasanal-habbobi4018 Před 7 lety +15

      before you learn some grammar

    • @hasanal-habbobi4018
      @hasanal-habbobi4018 Před 7 lety +4

      +Siege Virtual at least I have grammar, spelling can easily be fixed, but if you're grammatically illiterate then that's much worse

  • @ghicu9128
    @ghicu9128 Před 5 lety +520

    06:58 I have to go...EAR RAPE LAUGH

    • @togood8027
      @togood8027 Před 5 lety +20

      i have to go...RAPE LAUGH

    • @hispaniolan9327
      @hispaniolan9327 Před 5 lety +10

      I died lol didn’t think it would actually be like that

    • @guysketchpen3989
      @guysketchpen3989 Před 4 lety +1

      thanks for the honest warning

    • @mitchellc4
      @mitchellc4 Před 3 lety

      The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
      Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
      Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
      Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
      John 17
      3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
      RSV
      Only-monos
      God-theos
      Monos theos
      Monotheism
      The Father
      Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
      Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
      Jesus has a God!
      Jesus died!
      God can’t die!
      God raised Jesus from the dead!

    • @TerryUniGeezerPeterson
      @TerryUniGeezerPeterson Před 3 lety

      @@mitchellc4 😆

  • @mrmcclock
    @mrmcclock Před rokem +2

    "I neither believe nor disbelieve - I recognize."

  • @pcatful
    @pcatful Před rokem

    Seems like a lively exchange. I wish I could hear it.

  • @GeorgiaGirl123000
    @GeorgiaGirl123000 Před 4 lety +38

    What I like about this is, he doesn't tell the 10-year-old what to think. Instead, NdT gives the boy food for thought.

    • @dustynduncan8757
      @dustynduncan8757 Před 3 lety +2

      I feel so dumb! I've been reading these comments trying to figure out what NDT stands for 😂😂😂 I finally figured it out... 🤯🤯🤯

    • @charlescheeseborough298
      @charlescheeseborough298 Před rokem

      He was asked a direct question and was too cowardly and worried about alienating religious folks to provide a direct answer.
      He could have answered the actual question that he was asked without telling the child what to think.

    • @lgande11
      @lgande11 Před rokem

      ​Imagine you live eternally with your Son and want to make more sons and daugthers like yourself. Freewill beings. How do you do that? How do you create freewill beings that can only love you ONLY without taking away their power to freely choose to love you or NOT?
      God is Eternal, All powerful AND All Good and All Knowing. He made a plan for the problem of sin which He foresaw. Sin being the abuse of freewill to do evil (Breaking God's Law). He couldn't take away freewill because then freewill beings like Him couldn't be like Him or love Him or others freely. So then comes His Master plan! The Plan of Redemption! John 3:16
      "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." AND Hebrews 2:14-15
      Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death-that is, the devil- and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

    • @charlescheeseborough298
      @charlescheeseborough298 Před rokem

      @@lgande11 😂🤣😂🤣

    • @singed8853
      @singed8853 Před 9 měsíci

      @@lgande11wow you are absolutely nuts.

  • @vladislavdracula1763
    @vladislavdracula1763 Před 7 lety +257

    I was there when this happened. Right in the fifth row. I was ten at the time as well.

    • @anitapelton7776
      @anitapelton7776 Před 7 lety

      Vladislav Dracula

    • @vladislavdracula1763
      @vladislavdracula1763 Před 7 lety +31

      ***** What the fuck are you talking about?

    • @TR0nyxGaming
      @TR0nyxGaming Před 7 lety +26

      *A paid actor with a PhD degree in astrophysics ...

    • @jordanbuffolino3767
      @jordanbuffolino3767 Před 7 lety +9

      + Vladislav Dracula He's talking about when he explained that the earth wasn't a perfect sphere, some people like nathan are just a lil bit salty about the fact.

    • @Rayquesto
      @Rayquesto Před 7 lety

      Vladislav Dracula Are you the guy from arthur arcturus' channel?

  • @LokeshThakur
    @LokeshThakur Před rokem

    Excellent answer.

  • @zajournals
    @zajournals Před 2 lety

    Brilliant 👍

  • @KyleBBN
    @KyleBBN Před 7 lety +55

    I could listen to NDT read pages from the phone book. Such a fascinating person

    • @Flexy59
      @Flexy59 Před 5 lety +1

      this is not even a joke his voice is amazing

  • @onlyht
    @onlyht Před 9 lety +346

    i like how he destroys people's beliefs in such a calm and warm way.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian Před 9 lety +14

      He didn't. He DID make a desperate argument. He didn't destroy my religious beliefs.

    • @NOOBKILLER052
      @NOOBKILLER052 Před 9 lety +43

      Yeah he didn't destroy anything, he just brought up a valid argument.

    • @onlyht
      @onlyht Před 9 lety +30

      NOOBKILLER052 the argument was so good that he destroyed religion.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian Před 9 lety +14

      onlyht dont flatter yourself.
      You destroy anything if you have some knowledge of its laws, history, etc.

    • @onlyht
      @onlyht Před 9 lety +14

      ***** why would i flatter myself? it's Neil who did it not me.

  • @timodne5741
    @timodne5741 Před rokem

    Yes🌸

  • @rimalettaray6936
    @rimalettaray6936 Před 2 lety +1

    Dr. de Graa Tyson is exceptional in his thinking. I quote him several times in my books. A very san, objective vision of the reality and the Universal Consciousness that we perceive as God. An excellent explanation. I admire you, Mr. Tyson.
    Dr. Rimaletta Ray

    • @lgande11
      @lgande11 Před rokem

      ​Imagine you live eternally with your Son and want to make more sons and daugthers like yourself. Freewill beings. How do you do that? How do you create freewill beings that can only love you ONLY without taking away their power to freely choose to love you or NOT?
      God is Eternal, All powerful AND All Good and All Knowing. He made a plan for the problem of sin which He foresaw. Sin being the abuse of freewill to do evil (Breaking God's Law). He couldn't take away freewill because then freewill beings like Him couldn't be like Him or love Him or others freely. So then comes His Master plan! The Plan of Redemption! John 3:16
      "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." AND Hebrews 2:14-15
      Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death-that is, the devil- and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

  • @christiferharrison7795
    @christiferharrison7795 Před 5 lety +527

    Another excellent analysis by a great mind. Instead of telling us what we should think, he challenges us to look at the evidence and make up our own minds.

    • @musafawundu6718
      @musafawundu6718 Před 4 lety +7

      I agree that according to the logic of human reasoning, because of the existence of natural evil, God cannot be all good and all powerful. I also agree that one cannot rationally prove beyond 'reasonable' doubt even scientifically unexplainable acts of nature as being the work of God or some other unknown 'spiritual' entity. But at the same time it cannot be disproven.
      That said, so what if God or whatever entity of entities that created the universe, possible different universes, and the multiverse are not all powerful and not all good. There is nothing that says that they must absolutely be. And the universe, possible universes, the multiverse, and all things in existence and reality are SO BIG that I can forgive them for not being able to being unable to ensure absolutely good and desireable outcomes and events everywhere all the time.
      I am OK with God being as good and powerful as he is right now, regardless of what happens to me. I am OK with God being good and powerful enough.

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart Před 4 lety +4

      It's a very old argument, God cannot be all good and all powerful. Except that he changed in the Bible.

    • @tinekawilliams2715
      @tinekawilliams2715 Před 3 lety

      Spot on. He stated on tom bileu That this is his actual purpose he feel for his life

    • @kingheredia6905
      @kingheredia6905 Před 3 lety +7

      How can he see no good?? God gave us life, puppies, beaches, laughter even taste buds for us to enjoy taste. I'm a Christian and I'm not excluded of the things of the world. I broke my jaw, I've lost jobs. That doesn't mean God doesn't exist. You don't follow or obey God to be blessed... That's like someone marrying someone for their wealth. The world is fined tuned. The sun is placed in the perfect place where we can grow tomatoes and not close enough where we're burn alive. God is a just God therefore he must judge all. If he wasn't a just God he would be corrupt. Everyone will be judged by him. REPENT now and seek him while he is to be found

    • @Naveen-iu7ej
      @Naveen-iu7ej Před 3 lety +2

      .

  • @themusicalgerbil192
    @themusicalgerbil192 Před 9 lety +44

    That was a damn epic answer to a pretty simple question.

    • @goldboyjr
      @goldboyjr Před 9 lety +2

      Because if he said "no" the religious would bash

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian Před 9 lety +3

      ***** Because no is the wrong answer. But I still disagree with ndgt.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian Před 9 lety +1

      It was a pretty stupid opinion to give up God on. Why does death have to be synonymous with badness or no existence of God. Idiot.

    • @gobbly1337
      @gobbly1337 Před 9 lety

      ***** It might be hard for us to fathom what it would be like to endure that sort of tragedy. There are few examples of that sort of devastation in recent history, and the impact of that on ancient civilizations is probably hard for us to comprehend, let alone relate to. I thought it a little odd of a story to start with though, in light of where he ended it.

    • @heleneschenbacher8512
      @heleneschenbacher8512 Před 9 lety +5

      ***** Saeed. The second you call someone an idiot ONLY because they don't agree with your version of the world immediately turns off people. Try explanations--not tirades. I really would like to know your thought processes. Using "idiot" only tells me that you are close minded and refuse to listen to anyone else. Calling Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson an "idiot" is pretty far fetched. He is an astrophysicist. He explains SCIENCE. So join the conversation and tell us your reasoning in a detailed rational process. I learned to think with scientific theory and three post grad degrees in the fields of science.

  • @cosmic1920
    @cosmic1920 Před rokem +21

    Neil Degrasse Tyson is such an eloquent and compassionate person.

  • @bramcc
    @bramcc Před rokem +4

    "I've figured it out way back, if God is all powerful, He cannot be all good. And if He's all good then He cannot be all powerful." - Lex Luthor, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    • @lgande11
      @lgande11 Před rokem

      God is All powerful AND All Good and All Knowing. He made a plan for the problem of sin which He foresaw. Sin being the abuse of freewill to do evil (Breaking God's Law). He couldn't take away freewill because then freewill beings like Him couldn't be like Him or love Him or others freely. So then comes His Master plan! The Plan of Redemption! John 3:16
      "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." AND Hebrews 2:14-15
      Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death-that is, the devil- and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

    • @macmanuelodumeru3708
      @macmanuelodumeru3708 Před rokem

      @@lgande11 Lol everything you've just said here screams about God not being all powerful. If he was all powerful he wouldn't need to sacrifice anything let alone his son, he'd just easily break the power of death--that is, the devil as God should be stronger. But if he is indeed all powerful and yet chose bloodshed of his son in form of sacrifice, then he's not all good, because he could easily prevent further suffering especially from his son but chose not to.

    • @lgande11
      @lgande11 Před rokem

      @@macmanuelodumeru3708 I beg to differ! He is all powerful Because He created the universe without any help. He just won't force you to love Him. He wont't force you to obey His Law. He trully created freewill beings. That's power. He has the solution for ALL beings who suffer because of their disobedience. He has the solution for death and pain caused by our own wrong choices. Jesus Christ! He will allow you and I to not only choose Him (meaning choosing life) or not choose Him (meaning death). No parent wants forced love! There's no such thing! Love is trully given and trully received! He has refrained from destroying all of us for our wrong choices in NOT choosing life, but gave us life through His Son's sacrifice that took away our sins. There's no greater love! We can be Holy in His sight because of the forgiveness and that comes through Jesus Christ. What love!

    • @oldpossum57
      @oldpossum57 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@lgande11 you live in a fool’s paradise, don’t you. Amazing!

    • @lgande11
      @lgande11 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@oldpossum57 The fool has said in his heart "there is no God" It is declaration one makes out of a choice to ignore the very evident nature of God. It's a personal choice. Though we live and breathe through Him, we exist because He exists! He has and will demonstrate His love toward every one of His Children. You and I included.
      God cannot be "explained" , he cannot be found out, He is eternal, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent and above all He is Love. His ways are higher than our feeble minds can comprehend, but He has chosen to reveal Himself though His Son, "Jesus Christ", though whom He created all things. And by the same way though whom He seeks to save all mankind corporally and personally from their "denial of Him" which is denying Life itself.

  • @bleunt
    @bleunt Před 8 lety +18

    To everyone saying he's agnostic - not atheist: You don't understand those words, and if it's true then he doesn't understand them either. They answer two different questions.
    Atheism answers "do you belive in God?"
    Agnosticism answers "is there a God?"
    You can be an agnostic atheist - meaning you don't believe in God, but you don't claim to know for certain whether he exists or not.
    You can be an agnostic theist - meaning you do believe in God, but you don't claim to know for certain whether he exists or not.
    Saying you're either an atheist or agnostic treats the words like they're mutually exclusive. They're not. Even Richard Dawkins doesn't put himself on a 7 on his scale of certainty, making him an agnostic atheist.

    • @mavmav0YT
      @mavmav0YT Před 7 lety

      bleunt no one can know for certain.

    • @willagerfairzack8130
      @willagerfairzack8130 Před 2 lety

      NDT is most likely a 4 or s 5 on the scale

    • @lgande11
      @lgande11 Před rokem

      ​Imagine you live eternally with your Son and want to make more sons and daugthers like yourself. Freewill beings. How do you do that? How do you create freewill beings that can only love you ONLY without taking away their power to freely choose to love you or NOT?
      God is Eternal, All powerful AND All Good and All Knowing. He made a plan for the problem of sin which He foresaw. Sin being the abuse of freewill to do evil (Breaking God's Law). He couldn't take away freewill because then freewill beings like Him couldn't be like Him or love Him or others freely. So then comes His Master plan! The Plan of Redemption! John 3:16
      "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." AND Hebrews 2:14-15
      Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death-that is, the devil- and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

  • @this_mfr
    @this_mfr Před 6 lety +128

    "I have to go" = "My parents just whispered in my ear, 'We're leaving now!' and if I don't go I'll be punished."

  • @JMC77
    @JMC77 Před rokem +1

    "I have to go" 🤣🤣🤣 hilarious

  • @thunderbirdbrown3002
    @thunderbirdbrown3002 Před 2 lety +1

    🤘🏿🤓 Thank you this was brilliant!

  • @1ns0MNla
    @1ns0MNla Před 4 lety +69

    you dont ask a question in that category 7 minutes before you have to go

    • @arthousefilms
      @arthousefilms Před 3 lety +4

      He said he had to go because he couldn't handle his belief being questioned.

    • @noriyukithenshimazaki4736
      @noriyukithenshimazaki4736 Před 3 lety +1

      By you, I think you meant I. good for you. But science shows not everyones logic is the same :) embrace diversity. He could have been so interested in asking that didn't take into account his time left. I know I would have asked anyway. It's irresponsible, but possible so.. I think your logic is "different" 😋😋🤣

  • @thebeast5215
    @thebeast5215 Před 3 lety +220

    That’s a very fair answer. Done very respectfully.

    • @mitchellc4
      @mitchellc4 Před 3 lety +1

      The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
      Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
      Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
      Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
      John 17
      3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
      RSV
      Only-monos
      God-theos
      Monos theos
      Monotheism
      The Father
      Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)!
      Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God!
      Jesus has a God!
      Jesus died!
      God can’t die!
      God raised Jesus from the dead!

    • @damikey18
      @damikey18 Před 3 lety

      @youtube watcherHe isn't wrong.

    • @ooghaboogha4362
      @ooghaboogha4362 Před 3 lety +2

      @@damikey18 He is completely wrong

    • @damikey18
      @damikey18 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ooghaboogha4362Whatever y'all believe in brother may god be with you🙏

    • @barryjenkins6137
      @barryjenkins6137 Před 3 lety

      @@damikey18 atheists don't believe, that's part of what being an atheist is, we go with proof and leave believing to the indoctrinated like yourself

  • @garybersin3214
    @garybersin3214 Před 10 měsíci

    I believe there is a spirit within my being that leads me in a direction in life that is good for me and my family.

    • @singed8853
      @singed8853 Před 9 měsíci

      Means nothing. Go believe you have an invisible parasite in your body that is leading you in a good direction. That wouldn’t be any different.

  • @nubbuka
    @nubbuka Před 3 lety +7

    It's funny, I have a good feeling he was thinking of this when he wrote his book "astrophysics for people in a hurry" XD

  • @subhasispal890
    @subhasispal890 Před 3 lety +413

    I like this guy. I think he should become an Astrophysicist or smt......

    • @gamingexpress9249
      @gamingexpress9249 Před 3 lety +6

      @Shapnil Barua r/woosh or am I r/wooshed?

    • @gamingexpress9249
      @gamingexpress9249 Před 3 lety +7

      @Shapnil Barua just in case you are a boomer he was being sarcastic comedic

    • @santoshgupta-pj7he
      @santoshgupta-pj7he Před 3 lety +3

      Something for sure

    • @flossinmauwano4217
      @flossinmauwano4217 Před 3 lety +19

      yeah n he should come up with a nice show about science maybe..something to do with the cosmos or sumthn

    • @Dsrgreyy
      @Dsrgreyy Před 3 lety +12

      What if he started a podcast where he talked with stars and called it star talk or something

  • @Tar-Numendil
    @Tar-Numendil Před 4 lety +119

    Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Omnibenevolence are 3 things that cannot go together.

    • @EinsteinKnowedIt
      @EinsteinKnowedIt Před 4 lety +4

      Just leave out omni. Then force the rest of the letters all together. In American English we can break rules. Ain't no half stepping

    • @alexander1982miller
      @alexander1982miller Před 4 lety +3

      Why not?

    • @brianmi40
      @brianmi40 Před 4 lety +11

      @@EinsteinKnowedIt Just prove he exists. That's all.

    • @brianmi40
      @brianmi40 Před 4 lety +9

      @@alexander1982miller because the QUOTE ends with "if so, WHENCE COMETH EVIL?"

    • @EinsteinKnowedIt
      @EinsteinKnowedIt Před 4 lety +7

      @@brianmi40 Which proof do you want?
      A) A dogmatic anthropomorphic religious definition
      B) A definition which requires miracles that run counter to nature
      C) A definition which denies miracles and denies the exaggerated anthropomorphic dogma
      D) None of the Above
      I only know a few who would pick C above. Most are in A and B camp, while there are those in the D camp.
      Those who are in the C camp will never satisfactorily define God for the believer or the Atheist .
      Basically the endeavor to prove to a fellow human being that God exist is way more difficult than to understand his existence yourself.
      You have to first know the person you are trying to reach. If that person is in Camp D above then only a fool would waste the time with any explanation whatsoever.
      Similarly, it is very difficult ( if not outright impossible) to prove truth exist to a truth denier.
      You get this blowback. "What are truths? Aren't mine the same as yours?"

  • @asorlokirunarsson9864
    @asorlokirunarsson9864 Před 3 lety +9

    I was practising my scales and chords on the guitar with youtube in the background and I stopped playing to listen to this. What an amazing guy

  • @foxesintrees1931
    @foxesintrees1931 Před 2 lety

    Amen!

  • @MrDrinan
    @MrDrinan Před 3 lety +11

    I love the way the crowd goes quiet when he starts explaining 👍🏻

  • @Heldermaior
    @Heldermaior Před 9 lety +13

    Ahhhh. Every time I see Neil deGrass tyson, I like him more and more. Accomplished astrophysicist, wrestler, great sense of humour and overall a great chap. I find it interesting that when he explains his reasoning and logic people accuse him of beating around the bush and not being straightforward... Gits. Keep on rolling Neil

    • @EvaGreenFanPennyDreadful
      @EvaGreenFanPennyDreadful Před 9 lety

      he is such a great intellectual...do you like sam harris?

    • @lgande11
      @lgande11 Před rokem

      ​Imagine you live eternally with your Son and want to make more sons and daugthers like yourself. Freewill beings. How do you do that? How do you create freewill beings that can only love you ONLY without taking away their power to freely choose to love you or NOT?
      God is Eternal, All powerful AND All Good and All Knowing. He made a plan for the problem of sin which He foresaw. Sin being the abuse of freewill to do evil (Breaking God's Law). He couldn't take away freewill because then freewill beings like Him couldn't be like Him or love Him or others freely. So then comes His Master plan! The Plan of Redemption! John 3:16
      "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." AND Hebrews 2:14-15
      Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death-that is, the devil- and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

  • @cleander97
    @cleander97 Před rokem

    Best response.

  • @isasamu6371
    @isasamu6371 Před 2 lety

    "It's a good answer" the camera guy summed it up!

  • @grant575mixmaster
    @grant575mixmaster Před 7 lety +16

    6:57 gold...absolute gold

  • @alexchan6303
    @alexchan6303 Před 7 lety +39

    NdGT and Bill Nye are my science daddies. Never can hear enough of them speaking. They always make me think critically, which I don't get very often. Refreshing. Very intelligent men.

    • @liquidbraino
      @liquidbraino Před 5 lety

      Oh dude... but what about Feynman?
      czcams.com/video/GNhlNSLQAFE/video.html
      czcams.com/video/uY-u1qyRM5w/video.html
      That dude was a character! (who won the Nobel Prize and hated it).

    • @Flexy59
      @Flexy59 Před 5 lety

      @@liquidbraino why did he hate it tho

    • @liquidbraino
      @liquidbraino Před 5 lety

      He explains it here: czcams.com/video/f61KMw5zVhg/video.html

    • @liquidbraino
      @liquidbraino Před 5 lety +1

      Oh, and at Eric Cartman - if Bill Nye is not a real science guy then explain how devices that he designed are currently sitting on the surface of the planet Mars and are still in use? And explain how he worked as a mechanical engineer for Boeing Corporation. Explain how he designed the hydraulic resonance suppressor tube used on Boeing 747 airplanes; explain how he designed business jet navigation systems; laser gyroscope systems and has three US Patents if he's not a real scientist. Just because he happens to also be on TV and is popular with non-scientific people doesn't make him any less of a scientist.

    • @tanner6163
      @tanner6163 Před 5 lety

      @@liquidbraino hes the same guy who said that there are in infinite amount of genders. Bill nye is a senile old man. Not a scientist :)

  • @cabrahamrv11
    @cabrahamrv11 Před rokem

    Our perspective is that we deserve, and that God owes us something, what makes us so deserving ?

  • @chafikrabai646
    @chafikrabai646 Před 2 lety

    Very simplistic approach from a renowned “scientist”

    • @ArKritz84
      @ArKritz84 Před 2 lety +1

      Who is talking to a 10-year old.

  • @josegaleano2576
    @josegaleano2576 Před 3 lety +4

    This is a berry good educatinal program. Neil is a smart person. and we learn without lucrative lies thankyou

  • @handmadenougat4782
    @handmadenougat4782 Před 8 lety +20

    this guy is a class act. such humility and grace in his response. love this video thank you

    • @djallegar
      @djallegar Před 5 lety

      handmade nougat He was asked a simple yes or no question....a binary question. A question with only two discrete answers. He is a scientist. He answered neither and that cannot be disputed.

  • @Copa-
    @Copa- Před rokem +1

    “I- I have to go…” 🤣

  • @ktl9468
    @ktl9468 Před 3 lety +3

    No one:
    “Where is the bathroom?”
    Neil: “Well...... that’s an interesting question (30 mins later) so to answer to you question. It’s downstairs.”

  • @andrianak7540
    @andrianak7540 Před 8 lety +124

    Still trying to figure out why he isn't wearing shoes.

    • @AnantMall
      @AnantMall Před 8 lety +2

      +Andriana Foster - Because so he wishes?!

    • @eugenegrewing2587
      @eugenegrewing2587 Před 8 lety +14

      +Andriana Foster Because it's his place and he wanted to be comfortable. And not wearing shoes is awesome.

    • @chrisrosario4661
      @chrisrosario4661 Před 8 lety +1

      Because he is outta this world duh!!

    • @anthonyrodriguez4785
      @anthonyrodriguez4785 Před 8 lety +12

      +Andriana Foster see i didnt notice that.. i was so into what he was saying cus that what u should pay attention to. who cares if he is not wearing shoes

    • @subashbose4429
      @subashbose4429 Před 8 lety +2

      may be he wants to connects with mother earth

  • @chandlerwarren6281
    @chandlerwarren6281 Před 7 lety +12

    It's amazing to me that NdGT speaks to any and everyone with respect, no matter the intelligence gap. He appreciates their opinion and answers without ever making them feel idiotic or like they're obviously wrong while still using what he knows to educate others... amazing guy, I hope I can meet him one day.

  • @vincenttan3653
    @vincenttan3653 Před 2 lety

    I cracked in hearing the lady said : but……. “I gotta GO”…..😆😂😂

  • @vtc8570
    @vtc8570 Před rokem +3

    Religion and politics don't mix. Why is that so hard to understand???

  • @sagarmehta4574
    @sagarmehta4574 Před 4 lety +303

    I dream of a day when no matter who asks that question, the person being asked is able to say "No" and NOT have to explain it to anyone.
    Because if the answer was "Yes", nobody would ask for one. And that pisses me off.

    • @streakingclothed
      @streakingclothed Před 3 lety +1

      Wow

    • @sagarmehta4574
      @sagarmehta4574 Před 3 lety +15

      @Gavin Libby I used to, until I was 20 I think. Then I figured it is no use arguing because I cannot convince them. Finally I understood they can believe what they like and I can believe what I like, and still be friends lol

    • @joseanvazquez4315
      @joseanvazquez4315 Před 3 lety +1

      I think not, at least now is the other way around.

    • @shannakelly490
      @shannakelly490 Před 3 lety

      Yes.

    • @karabadasski2521
      @karabadasski2521 Před 3 lety

      Ditto!

  • @robertk2007
    @robertk2007 Před 8 lety +1160

    Thank god I'm an atheist

    • @pieterirsanpi
      @pieterirsanpi Před 8 lety +91

      um..

    • @daffidavit
      @daffidavit Před 8 lety

      +robertk2007 ::::"Beauteous art, brought with us from Heaven, will conquer nature; so divine a power belongs to him who strives with every nerve....."
      MICHELANGELO

    • @ryoshinkanjo1093
      @ryoshinkanjo1093 Před 8 lety +7

      +robertk2007 Rofl you made my day

    • @72TheKingkong
      @72TheKingkong Před 8 lety +7

      +robertk2007 lol why your thanking God if your athiest

    • @mikophilo348
      @mikophilo348 Před 8 lety +6

      +Raj Vaidya Because YOU'RE restricted and he's free.

  • @Sander.Osephius
    @Sander.Osephius Před 3 lety +2

    "I have to go". Neil "oh no you don't"

  • @navinraut5920
    @navinraut5920 Před rokem +1

    Neil deGrasse Tyson is a thorough Genius.