Tom Holland on the Great Awokening

SdĂ­let
VloĆŸit
  • čas pƙidĂĄn 26. 09. 2020
  • đŸ’„Join us on our Journey to 1 Million SubscribersđŸ’„ Award-winning author, historian and broadcaster Tom Holland joins us in the studio. Check out his latest bestselling title Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind.
    Support TRIGGERnometry:
    Paypal: bit.ly/2Tnz8yq
    www.subscribestar.com/trigger...
    / triggerpod
    Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:
    / triggerpod
    / triggerpod
    / triggerpod
    About TRIGGERnometry:
    Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Support TRIGGERnometry:
    Paypal: bit.ly/2Tnz8yq
    www.subscribestar.com/trigger...
    / triggerpod
    Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:
    / triggerpod
    / triggerpod
    / triggerpod
    About TRIGGERnometry:
    Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.

Komentáƙe • 1K

  • @triggerpod
    @triggerpod  Pƙed 3 lety +23

    Support TRIGGERnometry :)
    Paypal: bit.ly/2Tnz8yq
    www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry
    www.patreon.com/triggerpod

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 Pƙed 3 lety

      so basically thanx to the Vatican and Christianity its taken 2500yrs for us to work out why hygiene and bathing with soap and water(over oil and scraping) helps us live longer
      so we became enlightened as we extended the length of time we have to r n d ie learn
      taking an awfully long time to learn god is a fiction
      4000yrs of fear tactics to control the plebes
      some things will never change as we refuse to learn
      our tech moves forward but most minds r still stuck in mud!!!!!!!

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 Pƙed 3 lety

      hes a shite historian , the man christ the woman the church!!!!!???????
      but sure just ignore that the early Christian cults all had different views on Christ
      fyi for most Christ was not Jesus!!! and Jesus was against the treasury sry mean temple\church!!!

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 Pƙed 3 lety

      Christians just love laying claim to human rites
      ummmm no mate defo not
      murder blood cults r the opposite of human rites
      baby boys have rite to their foreskin
      women the rite to autonomy
      humans the rite to not be murdered for thoughts or thinking
      hes a moron

    • @barcodebattler2587
      @barcodebattler2587 Pƙed 3 lety

      You have to see the story about Wes from Staffordshire who has been banned from Starbucks for a joke

    • @junedewar3551
      @junedewar3551 Pƙed 3 lety

      Would Triggemometry be interested in the history of a woman who descended from the Bruce linage by Robert the first Stewart down to James Stewart 7th Earl of Atholl as well as 7th Earl Innermeath, who was banished to England for refusing to enter marriage by incest. That linage was the maternal descent her paternal descent was by the Israelite High Priest linage of Judah down to the Maccabees. That woman has an important message that would end world tyranny.

  • @Aetrion
    @Aetrion Pƙed 3 lety +80

    I think the main reason why wokeness is not progress is because they firmly believe that the antidote to discrimination is more discrimination, which just locks us into an eternal cycle of grievance mongering and using victimhood as an excuse to victimize others. Their ideology is also collectivist, and collectivism is extremely regressive.

    • @mark4asp
      @mark4asp Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +1

      "Progress" was pwned by US Democrats. So I think we can say that "progress" is woke, rather than woke is progressive. It's such a compromised word; an entire catalogue of, literally, reactionary ideas were branded progressive by the Dems. Instead, realists should talk of advancement, or improvement.

    • @Three-Chord-Trick
      @Three-Chord-Trick Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      We SHOULD discriminate in favour of the good and against the bad. We should discriminate against SCUM. Everything else is suicide. 😼

    • @lenwilkinson672
      @lenwilkinson672 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      @Aetri. The woke people are unrealistic. Thinking for oneself isn’t part of their narrative.They are happy for others to think for them.

    • @AnonymousMonkeyMan-pu1gu
      @AnonymousMonkeyMan-pu1gu Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

      It lacks compassion. While moral grandstanding and saying they represent the victims. It creats a discourse where people aren't listening to each other. Where people who could be allies, can't get it right and get attacked for everything. It's an unhealthy way to approach love

  • @DaniboyBR2
    @DaniboyBR2 Pƙed 3 lety +136

    It started as an interview, it ended up turning into a masterclass on theology.

    • @manuelmontiel8085
      @manuelmontiel8085 Pƙed 3 lety +17

      If you like Tom Holland and theology, I'd recommend the conversation he had with NT Wright a few years ago. Amazing conversation

    • @Coheirs2Heaven
      @Coheirs2Heaven Pƙed 2 lety

      @@manuelmontiel8085 May be interested in this video: czcams.com/video/-AbYIj5TCuw/video.html

    • @tensevo
      @tensevo Pƙed 2 lety +11

      We have been badly misled about Christianity,
      or have we misled ourselves?

  • @suewali767
    @suewali767 Pƙed 3 lety +151

    Listening to Tom Holland last year was a part of our Awakening again to our Christian heritage as the roots of Western Civilization and the waters we swim in. In deepest gratitude to Tom Holland. (And to you both and Triggernometry).

    • @afifahhamilton8843
      @afifahhamilton8843 Pƙed 3 lety +10

      I feel the same. Holland has been part of my Christian awakening. Between Holland and Peterson I am closer now to my true inner religion than ever in my life.

    • @AndyJarman
      @AndyJarman Pƙed 3 lety +5

      As I grew up in the 1970s I found Carl Jung's ideas liberated me from materialism.
      I thoroughly enjoy reading the scriptures as a consequence of Dr Jung's ideas.
      Don Cupitt's attempt to get people to view the effect of modernism on the human creature in his book and TV series The Sea of Faith in the 1980s was a similar attempt to those of Peterson and Johnathan Pageau, but it failed to gain traction with the public's imagination.
      I spent several years in the Middle East where I learned that Islam is a distinctively different to Christianity. It appears dead and authoritarian to me.
      Disappointed Tom Holland thinks destroying statues can be approved of in the same interview he discusses ISIS.
      He seems dismissive of the lessons that statues bear witness to, and agrees with Critical Race Theory that evidence of past values being swept away is just as important as acknowledging and tolerating ugly ideas - which is the foundation of the liberal idea.

    • @peterholden2016
      @peterholden2016 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      Have you seen Tom Holland's interview with the evangelist Glen Scrivener? Well worth a listen, as was his recent interview with Douglas Murray.

    • @afifahhamilton8843
      @afifahhamilton8843 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      @@AndyJarman Thanks for flagging up Don Cupitt's series. I have just found it on youtube and will give it my attention. Not having a tv for the vast majority of my life, child and adult, has protected me from a lot of drivel, but one has also missed some of the gems. Thank Goodness for youtube (!)
      I too gained vast insight from my reading of Jung, but I wasn't quite up to reading the whole canon. There is a lot to wade through!
      I thought it odd that Holland approved of pulling down the Coulston statue. Not cool!
      Still, some good things are happening, in that there are two new political parties afoot - Heritage Party and Laurence Fox's new idea.
      There is hope yet!
      Best wishes.

    • @RightTurnClyde
      @RightTurnClyde Pƙed 2 lety

      The Left keep repeating their oldest errors czcams.com/video/0RALUFice3c/video.html

  • @paulhandley3246
    @paulhandley3246 Pƙed 3 lety +30

    What a wonderful interview with an extraordinary, thoughtful and decent man. My only regret is that such people are so rare, still less influential, in the modern world.

  • @bigalski10
    @bigalski10 Pƙed 2 lety +13

    Tom Holland is a great historian. Christianity is still a powerful force, for all of us in the west

  • @deusvult9837
    @deusvult9837 Pƙed 3 lety +121

    The great Chesterton said it all and more neatly many years ago:
    The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and wasted virtues. When a religious scheme is shattered (as Christianity was shattered at the Reformation), it is not merely the vices that are let loose. The vices are, indeed, let loose, and they wander and do damage. But the virtues are let loose also; and the virtues wander more wildly, and the virtues do more terrible damage. The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone. Thus some scientists care for truth; and their truth is pitiless. Thus some humanitarians only care for pity; and their pity (I am sorry to say) is often untruthful.
    I would have appreciated it more had Holland stressed more the madness of modern virtues.

    • @jimluebke3869
      @jimluebke3869 Pƙed 3 lety +12

      "The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone. Thus some scientists care for truth; and their truth is pitiless. Thus some humanitarians only care for pity; and their pity (I am sorry to say) is often untruthful."
      Awesome quote!

    • @cantonold7014
      @cantonold7014 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Yup. Evolutionary biology doesn't give a #$^% whether you agree with it not; no more than gravity. You either understand it, or are at its whim.

    • @sheilakirwan9462
      @sheilakirwan9462 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Jim Luebke pity helps no one..it keeps them in a victim mode...ie powerless and helpless. People can only be empowered when they find a way not to believe their disempowering thoughts ...one such way is Byron Katie’s ‘ the work’

    • @jimluebke3869
      @jimluebke3869 Pƙed 3 lety +6

      @@sheilakirwan9462 I think there's a valid point to be made against "being pitiless", that doesn't involve dependency. Taking some care to slow down in school zones just in case a kid runs into the street, isn't the same as teaching a kid it's OK to run into the street.

    • @samanthamccarthy325
      @samanthamccarthy325 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Jim Luebke agree - really felt like I learnt something from this :)

  • @rupertoldham1031
    @rupertoldham1031 Pƙed 3 lety +30

    Tom Holland is fantastic. He separates himself as objectively from the brutalities of history as he does today's. It gives me the sense that his eye sees a greater truth.

  • @heather725
    @heather725 Pƙed 3 lety +35

    Tom is articulating things which I have been mulling over for a long time, however, he has thought it through far more clearly and he contextualises current social attitudes brilliantly because of his understanding of history.

  • @YouarethinkinglikeAlbertFish
    @YouarethinkinglikeAlbertFish Pƙed 3 lety +110

    That's not Spiderman!

  • @tarekcompuworld
    @tarekcompuworld Pƙed 3 lety +43

    Absolutely love Tom Holland. Best hour yet.

    • @Coheirs2Heaven
      @Coheirs2Heaven Pƙed 2 lety

      May be interested in this video: czcams.com/video/-AbYIj5TCuw/video.html

  • @karlnulty2455
    @karlnulty2455 Pƙed 3 lety +100

    Brilliant interview. Fascinating. These historians could really help society understand itself and develop in the right way if more people would just listen to them,

    • @robertapascal6962
      @robertapascal6962 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      No! They wanna be angry and break stuff because reasons. Arugggggghhhhh!

    • @Andre_Servetus
      @Andre_Servetus Pƙed 3 lety +2

      His take is a rarity. It's progressive historians rebelling against tradition who have led us to where we are.

    • @Andre_Servetus
      @Andre_Servetus Pƙed 2 lety

      Not "they" but the few realists and honest historians.

    • @Coheirs2Heaven
      @Coheirs2Heaven Pƙed 2 lety

      May be interested in this video: czcams.com/video/-AbYIj5TCuw/video.html

    • @The.world.has.gone.crazy...
      @The.world.has.gone.crazy... Pƙed rokem

      To know the future one must study history.

  • @benjaminlquinlan8702
    @benjaminlquinlan8702 Pƙed 3 lety +24

    I've read everything by Tom Holland. Me and my best friend have been fans for the better part of a decade. I'm over the moon and not surprised that he's anti woke. Any historian worth their salt couldn't help but rebuke this filth.

  • @valipunctro
    @valipunctro Pƙed 3 lety +12

    Tom Holland great as always,this man even when he stutters is more eloquent than 90% of us.

  • @keithhotten05
    @keithhotten05 Pƙed 3 lety +52

    Would love to see Tom Holland in conversation with Jordan Peterson.

    • @Gpacharlie
      @Gpacharlie Pƙed 3 lety

      Two intellectuals, both on the road to becoming Catholic and neither knows it yet.

    • @Coheirs2Heaven
      @Coheirs2Heaven Pƙed 2 lety

      May be interested in this video: czcams.com/video/-AbYIj5TCuw/video.html

    • @johnlee5423
      @johnlee5423 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@Gpacharlie đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł no way would Tom Holland become a Catholic he's not an idiot.

    • @terryperusse8328
      @terryperusse8328 Pƙed rokem +4

      Peterson is so ignorant of actual history that Holland would be bored. You need to actually read and discuss ideas to have any of your own.

    • @aniccadance13
      @aniccadance13 Pƙed rokem

      @@johnlee5423Tom Holland is not an idiot but idiocity is close to you than you think..

  • @childe13weston54
    @childe13weston54 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Original Sin: the most democratic of doctrines. Man, do we all need a sense of our fallibility, now more than ever. Especially me.

  • @johnstarr5865
    @johnstarr5865 Pƙed 3 lety +19

    An interesting and informative interview. Tom Holland shows his historical and intellectual class and refuses to be drawn into anti-woke tropes. In fact he, despite the leading questions, skilfully schools the interviewers in the benefits of progressive thinking without as much as a peep in response. I for one enjoyed this and learned a lot.

  • @Papa1Smurf1
    @Papa1Smurf1 Pƙed 3 lety +33

    I was hooked in the first 3 minutes. What an excellent, excellent conversation. Tom Holland and Triggernometry are class acts.

  • @georgesdelatour
    @georgesdelatour Pƙed rokem +3

    Gregory of Nyssa declared slavery contrary to Christian teaching in the 4th Century.

  • @frankn89
    @frankn89 Pƙed rokem +2

    The hosts keep trying to drag him into cheap right-wing culture war nonsense but he doesn't take the bait and continues to provide informed, thoughtful answers. Bravo Tom

  • @matdakin2599
    @matdakin2599 Pƙed 3 lety +30

    Really interesting perspective from Tom. Love his books and found this historical contextualisation of the current politics somehow reassuring. Happy to be a subscriber supporting these long-form interviews and guests. Keep up the good work.

    • @Coheirs2Heaven
      @Coheirs2Heaven Pƙed 2 lety

      May be interested in this video: czcams.com/video/-AbYIj5TCuw/video.html

  • @zwatwashdc
    @zwatwashdc Pƙed 3 lety +62

    Woke already has complete control of the universities. So we are pretty far down that road.

    • @wb5036
      @wb5036 Pƙed 3 lety +27

      As someone with multiple university degrees studying recently at university again, our universities are heavily hijacked.
      It’s NOT arts, it’s everywhere. I’ll say it again!
      It’s NOT arts.
      Free speech? Dead. Critical thinking? Dead!
      The MOST important attribute is identity politics. I don’t think there’s a lecture where identity politics isn’t slipped in. Then there’s overt aggression in lectures and seminars (mostly seminars due to lack of camera recordings).
      The bullying is intense ... by staff!

    • @lariatjb
      @lariatjb Pƙed 3 lety +3

      Evergreen College is a great example.

    • @Oda__Nobunaga
      @Oda__Nobunaga Pƙed 3 lety +8

      @@wb5036 get a hidden camera and post it all

    • @wiseonwords
      @wiseonwords Pƙed 3 lety

      It's taking over the corporate world now.

    • @jimluebke3869
      @jimluebke3869 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@lariatjb Evergreen College enrollment went into free-fall after the Weinstein incident.
      You can learn the skills for most gainful employment online, now.
      Woke universities can be safely abandoned, and nothing of value will be lost. Traditionalists should prepare, over the next decade, to buy out bankrupt Woke universities and return the to their former glory.

  • @ComicGladiator
    @ComicGladiator Pƙed 3 lety +27

    "Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good..." - Portland

    • @JakeBowenTV
      @JakeBowenTV Pƙed 3 lety +3

      This comment killed me.

    • @RightTurnClyde
      @RightTurnClyde Pƙed 2 lety

      The Left keep repeating their oldest errors czcams.com/video/0RALUFice3c/video.html

  • @anneoconnor5907
    @anneoconnor5907 Pƙed 3 lety +24

    What a kind and erudite man. I’m entirely with him on the dearth of hedgehogs.

    • @thafrodgod3434
      @thafrodgod3434 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

      He seems pretty woke in situations regarding the mistreatment of hedgehogs.

  • @NoghaStar
    @NoghaStar Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +2

    I really love Tom, I could listen to him for hours!

  • @Warstub
    @Warstub Pƙed 3 lety +15

    This was without doubt the most interesting and educational episode of Triggernometry I have seen! Thank you to Konstantin and Francis for the platform, and thank you to Tom for doing the interview.

  • @alana4988
    @alana4988 Pƙed 3 lety +193

    Never knew Tom Holland was anti-woke!! Makes me want to read even more of his works.

    • @lokiwun
      @lokiwun Pƙed 3 lety +22

      Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind is well your time. He has a very straight forward writing syle.

    • @kaheglar
      @kaheglar Pƙed 3 lety +13

      Republic and Persian Fire are also excellent.

    • @Uppernorwood976
      @Uppernorwood976 Pƙed 3 lety +48

      I don’t think he’s ‘anti-woke’ as such, at least he doesn’t define himself that way. He’s just aware of the historical context more than most. I recommend his books if you like history. He’s one of the best writers out there.

    • @deniseg-hill1730
      @deniseg-hill1730 Pƙed 3 lety +3

      His book are brilliant

    • @edmundoftheangles7977
      @edmundoftheangles7977 Pƙed 3 lety +23

      Seemed pretty woke to me

  • @moseshamlett3887
    @moseshamlett3887 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +2

    AHHH OMG You guys got Tom Holland! God I hope this is a trend and he ends up on a bunch of other popular podcasts too.

  • @robertjohnson1109
    @robertjohnson1109 Pƙed 3 lety +12

    I don't know what you guys did but this was at last a really quality interview. This level is what brought me to watching you in the first place. I hope you keep up the good work.

  • @DeeJay2715
    @DeeJay2715 Pƙed 3 lety +13

    Fascinating stuff, providing several examples of why history should never ignored or erased from the public consciousness.

    • @AndyJarman
      @AndyJarman Pƙed 3 lety

      And yet he has no problem with removing statues of people he disagrees with - Coulston's in Bristol.

    • @Coheirs2Heaven
      @Coheirs2Heaven Pƙed 2 lety

      May be interested in this video: czcams.com/video/-AbYIj5TCuw/video.html

  • @malgorzatajakubowska-chaab3613

    Brilliant! I've enjoyed it very much, especially as someone who loves ancient world and as a Catholic.

  • @careljohnventer8740
    @careljohnventer8740 Pƙed rokem +2

    This interview is the highlight of my CZcams experience this year. Tom Holland is next level hero

  • @BelieveInImagination
    @BelieveInImagination Pƙed 3 lety +14

    Pleasantly surprised at the last question :D Britain's wildlife is dying. Everytime I see the 'rolling hills of the country' I just get chills, there's nothing there...

  • @1991shadowheart
    @1991shadowheart Pƙed 3 lety +45

    Triggernometry, I absolutely love the work you both do! May I make a request for a guest? Avi Yemini. Aussie journalist who's got quite the story to tell. Jewish Aussie, and he's had his legal battles with the police in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Victoria, Australia.
    Much love guys. Round Two, Sargon Boogaloo when?

    • @Papa1Smurf1
      @Papa1Smurf1 Pƙed 3 lety +7

      Isn’t Avi the guy who filmed his interview with Jim Jerffery’s on his phone and exposed the guy as a total piece of shit? He’s a hero.

    • @1991shadowheart
      @1991shadowheart Pƙed 3 lety +2

      @@Papa1Smurf1 YES! THAT GUY!

    • @Papa1Smurf1
      @Papa1Smurf1 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      1991shadowheart then, made lad, I couldn’t agree with you more. Get Avi on.

    • @Voigt465
      @Voigt465 Pƙed 3 lety +3

      Avi Yemeni is a fool and a public nuisance.

    • @cytuber
      @cytuber Pƙed 3 lety +3

      Yemini is a pro-Zionist Jew and ex Israeli soldier who assisted in the oppression of Palestinians and believes what Israel does to them is justified then shouts 'victim' when the Australian police arrest him for breaking the law. If you don't have principles that apply to all people, then you don't have principles; you just have an agenda.

  • @rkb4571
    @rkb4571 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    An extremely important discussion to be having at this time concerning the West’s religious DNA and how it explains the moral crisis our societies are going through. It’s great how you guys really get into the nitty gritty of these topics and do justice to them in your interviews, please keep them coming.

  • @Rhimeson
    @Rhimeson Pƙed 3 lety +9

    Tom Holland is great, I love his books and appearances on BBC In our time, one of the only programs left thats not been spoiled by Wokeness B-locks. Good work!

  • @rumination2399
    @rumination2399 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Tom Holland. Wow. Thank you. The most beautiful man I've seen for a very long time.

  • @tamaraspink4201
    @tamaraspink4201 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    Absolutely brilliant! I could listen to Tom all day. Great interview đŸ‘đŸŒđŸ‘đŸŒđŸ‘đŸŒ

  • @bluevriffable4945
    @bluevriffable4945 Pƙed rokem +3

    Loved listening to Tom Holland. He makes such thoughtful and though invoking points. The hosts seemed to be sadly blinkered however. They seemed incredibly egar to make it entirely about scoring political points, asking subtbly emotive questions rather objective. Not really listening to what he was saying and exploring the depth of what he was offering.

  • @WorthlessWinner
    @WorthlessWinner Pƙed 3 lety +6

    I just finished reading 3 books by Tom Holland. Shocked to see him on the show.

  • @nanchesca3950
    @nanchesca3950 Pƙed 3 lety +11

    This was a fantastic discussion!

    • @Coheirs2Heaven
      @Coheirs2Heaven Pƙed 2 lety

      May be interested in this video: czcams.com/video/-AbYIj5TCuw/video.html

  • @dewiowen3010
    @dewiowen3010 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    A perceptive and wise analysis. We never hear discussions like this on mainstream media,

  • @MariaM-ox3wp
    @MariaM-ox3wp Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Thanks guys, this was def one of the most enjoyable episodes so far! (And a pink shirt styled so well, you can all be inspired for the rest of the holiday after the red sock incident.)

    • @Coheirs2Heaven
      @Coheirs2Heaven Pƙed 2 lety

      May be interested in this video: czcams.com/video/-AbYIj5TCuw/video.html

  • @Liisa3139
    @Liisa3139 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    Brilliant guest; great truths in his views of Western history!

  • @ianelliott8224
    @ianelliott8224 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Exellent insightful parallels across the ages more historians please

  • @Uppernorwood976
    @Uppernorwood976 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    One of the best history writers around today. In the Shadow of the Sword is superb, a really neglected aspect of history, but very relevant to today.

  • @robsawalker
    @robsawalker Pƙed 3 lety +15

    This is one of my favourite interviews; Tom Holland is a man I would love to go and drink a beer with. I am an atheist, and I doubt Jesus himself could be persuade me otherwise, but that doesn't mean I don't see much in Christianity that I both respect and love; it has brought us some fantastic architecture, art, literature and music and follows tenets (which I would argue aren't Christian but adopted by them) which are fundamentally good. I believe the death of christianity has in may way made society in the UK worse. I think Tom's observation on Wokeism being another flare up of rebellion against the Catholic church an interesting point, but equally I reject the concept of original sin and the idea of a human being 'perfect' as nonsense and an irrelevance. How any intelligent human can consider these sensible and justifiable (and while we're on the subject, eternal Hell and the 'unforgivable curse' too), utter twaddle. I think we can be no more 'perfect' than can a Fox or Magpie, and our arrogance in thinking we are unique in the world (let alone the universe) laughable and delusional in the extreme. We are just another animal on the planet, whose evolutionary route has invested deeply in brain size. It's now starting to look like this could be a dead-end. Grand thoughts and gestures as we destroy the planet and wipe out all other mammals is so typical of humanity. God proved himself to be a dick very quickly when he said we were free to use all other living things. Take note - nature has a way of dealing with population explosion.
    ETA: Since when did Christians always think slavery was wrong? I absolutely disagree with this. The bible gives clear instruction on what you can do with your slaves (both Jews and non-jews), and even the New Testament says 'slaves obey your masters'. Modern Christians make up ridiculous expositions about 'indentured servitude' but it cuts no ice. It would be very easy for both God and Jesus to say 'dude, slavery is really bad, don't do it. It's actually worse than eating shellfish or saying God sucks, okay?'. But neither(both, all three) of them did. So I absolutely disagree with him here. I think Tom would be far better to admit Christianity was a form of social control that suited the time and place it was created, but wasn't written by some weird, jealous, hateful yet loving eternal divine being who creates you in his form and knows everything about you before you are born, but still weirdly gets angry every time you sin, even though he knew you were going to do it, and actually made it so you would.

    • @jocassell4623
      @jocassell4623 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      Yes, well put.. Agree with you wholeheartedly.

    • @recreate21
      @recreate21 Pƙed 3 lety

      Great comment

    • @stephenglasse9756
      @stephenglasse9756 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Where did God say you're free to use all things? Certainly saying, "God s#@ks' is worse than slavery! Slavery in the OT was indentured servitude and kidnap was punishable by death! However it's good that you appreciate Holland; maybe you should read Dominion?

    • @piushalg8175
      @piushalg8175 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      Early christians like Paul believed that doomsday would happen very soon and probably in their lifetime. Therefore it was not their goal to change society but individuals. Social justice for coming generations was not in their focus. They were not "progressives".

    • @stephenglasse9756
      @stephenglasse9756 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@piushalg8175 that's true in part. Paul in the Acts period did believe that Christ's return was imminent as did the other apostles but nevertheless it was contingent on Israel's response "therefore repent and return so that...he may send Jesus the Christ appointed for you" Acts 3:19. However it's clear that in his post Acts letters Ephesians and Colossians the situation has changed. Read Ephesians 3:1-10 as a new revelation in response to the events of Acts 28:17-28

  • @MrFirefox
    @MrFirefox Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Historians are the best people. Learning the past broadens your mind

  • @sambucca1817
    @sambucca1817 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    What a fantastic interview. I was glued.

  • @threestepssideways1202
    @threestepssideways1202 Pƙed 3 lety +9

    Great, I really enjoy Tom Hollands work. Super guest.

  • @johnglenn2539
    @johnglenn2539 Pƙed 3 lety +7

    0:19:00 Christians being somehow blamed for not ending slavery earlier is like social workers being blamed for not eradicating child abuse by now.

    • @ariellekaplan707
      @ariellekaplan707 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      why did they fucking start slavery in the first place?
      That's like congratulating a nonce who stops being a nonce.

    • @johnlee5423
      @johnlee5423 Pƙed rokem

      đŸ€”đŸ€”đŸ€”đŸ€”đŸ€”

  • @tedsess3106
    @tedsess3106 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    This is one of the best episodes you guys have done. Thanks very much.

  • @mirelladearman7377
    @mirelladearman7377 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Tom Holland is our national treasure! So much to learn from his historical outlook and the present analogy! Had to subscribe; keep up the great work!👍

  • @shayryan9654
    @shayryan9654 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    Damn eye-opening interview, thanks! This bloke knows his stuff and so bang on...'there are no fascists, as there were no witches'. Adding all your guests on Twitter.

  • @robertbrandywine
    @robertbrandywine Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Great interview. This guy really has a clearer inside into what is going on now, and what *has* been going on for the last couple of thousand years.

  • @CamsCampbell
    @CamsCampbell Pƙed rokem +1

    Absolute banger guys. Loved this. I’m getting such a broad education through TRIGGERnometry.

  • @astraea9644
    @astraea9644 Pƙed 3 lety +10

    Fantastic and interesting interview, and love his last point about hedgehogs

    • @Coheirs2Heaven
      @Coheirs2Heaven Pƙed 2 lety

      May be interested in this video: czcams.com/video/-AbYIj5TCuw/video.html

  • @CurtHowland
    @CurtHowland Pƙed 3 lety +3

    At 32:30, it's said, "If you wanted to get anything done you needed slaves."
    Today that same argument is made for taxation.

  • @classicalclinician
    @classicalclinician Pƙed 3 lety +1

    What a bloody brilliant episode! This guy is well worth listening to and probably worth reading. So much of what he explained makes sense.

  • @Wellspring.speaking
    @Wellspring.speaking Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Fascinating perspective! I love the true study of history. Thanks for this interview

  • @DoReMi123acb
    @DoReMi123acb Pƙed 3 lety +11

    I have never heard of him before but I like his style. He discusses like an actual academic and historian i.e not a bloody ideologue, and he uses factual and verifiable points to emphasis his stance and is level headed, in other words, he is not a progressive. I will have to check out his work.

    • @minifalda6611
      @minifalda6611 Pƙed 3 lety

      If I close my eyes I can see Graham garden and Graham Hancock.
      Did they all go to the same school?

  • @brianfinnegan664
    @brianfinnegan664 Pƙed 3 lety +14

    I'm not a Christian but found this very interesting

    • @JohnBowring3D
      @JohnBowring3D Pƙed 3 lety +3

      I don't think you have to be christian to recognise it's part in history.

    • @Captain_MonsterFart
      @Captain_MonsterFart Pƙed 3 lety +1

      You don't have to be a Christian to find it interesting. The part I find interesting is that he's saying that we are all Christians even if we think we aren't.

    • @brianfinnegan664
      @brianfinnegan664 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@Captain_MonsterFart how is that? I was brought up in Japan with no Christians or Christian traditions.

    • @brianfinnegan664
      @brianfinnegan664 Pƙed 3 lety

      @James Donnelly I know, I'm sitting here in Co. Monaghan in the Irish countryside but I have to be honest with myself on the question of God. Plus it's fun to argue with my father over a bottle of whisky at Christmas 😂

    • @rick11960
      @rick11960 Pƙed 3 lety

      @@brianfinnegan664 Of course there are christians in Japan.[Jesuit martyrs]. In Tokyo : the Jesuit St.Sophia University,St Mary's Cathedral.Were you just trying to be funny ?

  • @crystalkirlia4553
    @crystalkirlia4553 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Me: sees tom Holland and thinks marvel
    * clicks the video *
    A surprise, but a welcome one at that

  • @thealternativeview2692
    @thealternativeview2692 Pƙed 2 lety

    Loved his books and respect him even more now. What a fantastic interview.

  • @markclans3284
    @markclans3284 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    Really enjoyed. Need to watch again. I may need to rebalance my views.

  • @tozmom615
    @tozmom615 Pƙed 3 lety +6

    He’s changed a lot since that Spider-Man movie.

  • @padraigadhastair4783
    @padraigadhastair4783 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Amazing guest guys and his 'last question' answer was spot on.

  • @minavanderleest9493
    @minavanderleest9493 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Great guest. Great interview. Great talk. This is what makes western civilization great. Talking freely. Exchanging ideas. Learning new things.

    • @just_another32
      @just_another32 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      I totally agree! Even though this time I'm finding myself disagreeing with a lot of what the guest has to say. Still good to hear the different viewpoints!

  • @gavinmcgrath2303
    @gavinmcgrath2303 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    One of the best Triggernometry episodes. What an interesting character.

  • @AG-tj8ew
    @AG-tj8ew Pƙed 3 lety +4

    Wide ranging & really interesting.
    I’m right with him on hedgehogs. Having not seen any for years, we have a good number (some massive) in our neighbourhood at the moment! đŸ‘đŸ»đŸ™‚

  • @elusivemayfly7534
    @elusivemayfly7534 Pƙed rokem +1

    Tom’s story about the Yazidis is absolutely heart-rending. God help us. It is hard to stand in the stream of suffering, but doing so is in the substance of love.

  • @colinwyatt-goodall4632
    @colinwyatt-goodall4632 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Absolutely brilliant interview guys. And couldn't agree with Tom more, we don't talk about the specifics of conservation nearly enough!

  • @Brad-RB
    @Brad-RB Pƙed 3 lety +3

    The industrial revolution afforded western culture enough comfort and time to stop and contemplate the morality of slavery. Technology and invention has played a far larger role in moral progress than it is given credit for.

  • @gerardmmelody1
    @gerardmmelody1 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    It was heartbreaking hearing how we have ignored the yazidis

    • @clearskiesthailand
      @clearskiesthailand Pƙed 3 lety

      Yes that story is so sad and horrific. And it seems the man was right...people don't care.

  • @11antun
    @11antun Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    thank you!

  • @greg7120
    @greg7120 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    What would be cool is to have a 5-6 person roundtable of historians that would critique this new religion of wokeness. Dissect it and break it down into its’ parts of propaganda, cultish dogma, and the demands it makes on a person.

  • @mobiuspaw494
    @mobiuspaw494 Pƙed 3 lety +7

    Praise the Lord for common sense.

  • @terryhopper5286
    @terryhopper5286 Pƙed 3 lety +19

    His last point about our diminishing wildlife failed to address the elephant in the room, that being an ever-burgeoning population.

    • @cbkitys
      @cbkitys Pƙed 3 lety +1

      So we kill more babies in the wonb and grannys on the other end? Who's going to line up to be executed to save the planet? What you are implying sounds like a return to genocide! Not good!

    • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
      @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Pƙed 3 lety +3

      Most projections have population leveling out around 10 billion. Ironically the faster we can get everyone into middle class living standards, the less they reproduce.

    • @zxyatiywariii8
      @zxyatiywariii8 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@cbkitys The key is to prevent unwanted conception in a population that's "divorced" sex from procreation (no pun intended). Population growth can be ameliorated without killing anyone on either end of the age spectrum. People need to prevent pregnancy where it's not the goal of sex (which is a LOT of times).

    • @stoferb876
      @stoferb876 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      @@cbkitys Nobody said we should resort to genocide, but the fact that a limited territory simply cannot support an unlimited population should be obvious and uncontroversial. That's just basic facts of life. The more of the total biomass that is used to sustain human life the less is there to sustain wild animals. And unfortunately if you fail to adress the issue of overpopulation in a civil manner it will still sooner or later resolve itself in some uncivilized and brutal fashion, not necessarily genocide but certainly in very unpleasant ways that could be prevented had we actually kept the issue in check. So it's really the pretending that the issue isn't there that is way more harmful than actually being mindful of the issue and trying to solve it before it grows out of control.

    • @stoferb876
      @stoferb876 Pƙed 3 lety

      ​@TheShadowblade We only have enough food to feed everybody because of massive use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture which are reliant on deposits of phosphor and other quite rare elements that are rapidly depleted, just like the transportation of the food is reliant on oil which is also rapidly depleted. So unless we get some major technological change in how we could maintain high crop yields and transport and distribute food in the future we have very good reasons to worry about it.

  • @sheilakirwan9462
    @sheilakirwan9462 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Very interesting and like his manner...not angry or emotional...very calm and easy to listen to ...thumbs up

  • @childe13weston54
    @childe13weston54 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Great interview, guys. Love you, LOVE Tom Holland. :-)

  • @ygymraegywrarf2028
    @ygymraegywrarf2028 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Fascinating interview. Fully agree with Tom Holland's emphasis on the richness of our Christian heritage, and its persisting influence even today, in our secular times. The religious elements involved in today's wokeness cannot be denied. It has appropriated much of foundational Christian theology for itself. But, at the very same time, it has neglected its most important tenets, a sense of humility and forgiveness towards others. It's developed inro a parasitic form of Christianity which needs to be resisted forcefully for all our sakes.

    • @bendigeidfran1282
      @bendigeidfran1282 Pƙed 3 lety

      Yes, as he said, that springs from the concept of 'original' sin. We are all flawed. Cytuno'n llwyr

    • @AndyJarman
      @AndyJarman Pƙed 3 lety

      It's like Star Trek's 'the borg'. Ignorant and dismissive of that which enables it to succeed. Liberalism's tolerance for dissent.

    • @RightTurnClyde
      @RightTurnClyde Pƙed 2 lety

      The Left keep repeating their oldest errors czcams.com/video/0RALUFice3c/video.html

  • @AndrewMckay
    @AndrewMckay Pƙed 3 lety +8

    This was a great discussion , thanks guys and Tom
    I loved the expressions on your faces when you asked the last question. I was also expecting something different and it turns out you must save the Hedgehogs. I will be buying a Tom book soon cheers

  • @patrickselden5747
    @patrickselden5747 Pƙed 3 lety

    What a fascinating and thought-provoking conversation, gentlemen!
    Ta very muchly. â˜ïžđŸ˜Ž

  • @jacko250
    @jacko250 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    I listened to this on the bus and I literally clapped really loudly after the amazing point Tom made between 36-39 minutes into this discussion, such a brilliant point well made, I only wish I could be as articulate (yes everyone looked at me like I was a nutter!)

  • @WorthlessWinner
    @WorthlessWinner Pƙed 3 lety +8

    I don't think the "original sin" mindset comes from religion, religion is just one expression of something in the human mindset

  • @Lori-xt2lf
    @Lori-xt2lf Pƙed 3 lety +4

    The most fascinating and helpful podcast I’ve heard in ages. Thanks, guys!

  • @james_150_
    @james_150_ Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Really fascinating interview. Many thanks for this

    • @RightTurnClyde
      @RightTurnClyde Pƙed 2 lety

      The Left keep repeating their oldest errors czcams.com/video/0RALUFice3c/video.html

  • @janenoble7470
    @janenoble7470 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Very interesting and enlightening conversation. Quite enjoy these academic types you have on the show, Nigel Biggar was another good one.

  • @leedeehan
    @leedeehan Pƙed 3 lety +22

    I will be curious to know how he landed the role of Spider-Man while running a pie manufacturer and a small European country

  • @just_another32
    @just_another32 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    #Me too... I don't think it is what he says it is, otherwise I'd be a supporter!

    • @11antun
      @11antun Pƙed měsĂ­cem

      me to😂! i mean i would separate it if it was real! it is a perversen of that what he described! at the end with the red capes he alluded it i think!

  • @robertrobert5583
    @robertrobert5583 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Well that was just fantastic. So many light bulbs going on in my head. I hardly know where to start - but I will start by ordering the book.

  • @BlackAdder665
    @BlackAdder665 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +1

    I'm heterosexual but I have a MASSIVE brain crush on this man! :-D So structured, articulate and crystal clear.
    And, as it happens, I totally agree with his views and analysis. In fact, I've been saying what he's saying for quite some time now, only that I lack the theological/historical detailled knowledge and can't express myself as eloquently.

  • @JM-co6rf
    @JM-co6rf Pƙed 3 lety +47

    notice that the right has a CONVERSATION, they don't yell, burn and accuse.

    • @pennylinder8983
      @pennylinder8983 Pƙed 3 lety +3

      Well said - It’s called intelligence and knowledge, which the WOKE don’t have they are basically ignorant.

    • @worldnotworld
      @worldnotworld Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Conversations are tools of white supremacy. Intelligence is fascist.

    • @JM-co6rf
      @JM-co6rf Pƙed 3 lety +3

      @@SmoothInvestigator Ones where they don't accuse the president of being a racist/homophobic bigot? Which ones?

    • @will9444555
      @will9444555 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      I don't know if I'd call Holland right wing

    • @Rikky999
      @Rikky999 Pƙed 3 lety +7

      They’re all left wing by their own admission. The left is fully capable of having a conversation with the right and do so routinely. The problem is extreme voices on both sides are amplified to the point of being mainstreamed. The far-right and far-left are two sides of the same coin.

  • @TitiniusAndronicus
    @TitiniusAndronicus Pƙed 2 lety +1

    The obsession with ‘cleansing society’ has only been around since religion got mixed up with empire.
    When a human is nurtured, his basic needs are met, and he feels a state of happiness, fulfilment and contentment, he does not attempt to cleanse the world.

  • @multitopic1908
    @multitopic1908 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    An utterly brilliant interview, I think the best on this site which is saying something. (I've read Holland's book 'Dominion' and can strongly recommend it.) I can vouch for the accuracy of his comments on Augustine and Pelagius. I've annotated Augustine's 'Against Pelagius' which contained many original quotes.

  • @markparkinson6947
    @markparkinson6947 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    Man, am I in the distant future or what? Why is Spider-Man so old?! 😂

  • @marklambert2777
    @marklambert2777 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    Missing: When Tom said he had no problem with Colston's statue coming down, I'd have asked if he's happy with all the demands to follow that up with this, that and the other, and if he agrees with Sadiq Khan and his "Commission" looking at statues, monuments, street names, plaques, murals and works of art, in London to see if they are "worthy". Does he support that and crucially, where would he stop? Tom saw ISIS and the Taliban tear statues etc down (whatever they were it does not matter on principle), so I'm surprised at his outlook here.

    • @roodborstkalf9664
      @roodborstkalf9664 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Correct he is obviously on the left, not minding at all if the "wokist" movement turns out to be successful in obliteratering that part of our heritage that he describes as conservative, right and even racist.

  • @user-xe5jz8om7x
    @user-xe5jz8om7x Pƙed 3 lety +1

    mind boggling! this is v helpful as I'm writing my thesis! keep up the good work guys x

  • @CarpetGerbil
    @CarpetGerbil Pƙed 3 lety

    Brilliant. This episode was superb.

  • @leeeeee286
    @leeeeee286 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    It always amuses me how much conservatives care about indigenous animal populations, eg the British Hedgehog or Red Squirrel. Yet, they don't seem to worry half as much about the population of the indigenous British. Although I do agree decline hedgehog numbers are worrying.

    • @Daisy-ml3og
      @Daisy-ml3og Pƙed 3 lety

      Can I ask you to dwell? Do you mean about the high level of immigration? Is that problematic?

    • @leeeeee286
      @leeeeee286 Pƙed 3 lety

      ​@@Daisy-ml3og Indigenous Brits have been made minorities in many British cities and will soon be a minority in Britain. I don't have an opinion of whether that's problematic or not - it's just reality.
      Some believe Brits becoming a minority is a good thing because it means more diversity, while other have suggested Brits shouldn't want to made a minority in their own countries.
      Like I said, I don't care either way, but it's just funny how people care so much about preserving indigenous animal populations, but not human populations. If other hedgehog populations survive why should we mourn the decline of the British Hedgehog population? Similar why should we care if Brits disappear, if other human populations remain?

    • @bendigeidfran1282
      @bendigeidfran1282 Pƙed 3 lety

      When you say 'indigenous British', do you mean we Welsh? As opposed to the 'Johny-come-lately' Anglo-Saxons (aka English)?

    • @leeeeee286
      @leeeeee286 Pƙed 3 lety

      @@bendigeidfran1282 I'm referring broadly to the indigenous populations of Britain which would include the Welsh.

    • @Daisy-ml3og
      @Daisy-ml3og Pƙed 3 lety

      Lee I see, that’s a really interesting that is very important. I feel like it people bring it up they get attacked by derogatory terms to shut people having truthful conversations. I don’t have an opinion on it to but I worry about the lack of integration of different groups in the country which can pose problems. I wouldn’t like brits becoming a minority in their own country just because maybe the culture and history will be diluted and thus almost like a decline in the understanding of western civilisation.Or maybe it could be the opposite and the native populations will still be higher.