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When I was little, Lord of the Rings taught me the value of loyalty, responsibility, caurage and much more.
The bible taught me to be afraid. To ALWAYS be afraid. And ashamed.
Having grown up without a father figure, I based a lot of my aspiration for how to be masculine on Aragorn :P
I hold that both Tolkien and J.K. Rowling wrote stuff about good and evil that is far clearer and correct than either the Christian Bible or anything I know of the Qur'an.
Ya might wanna rethink that about JK Rowling
@@tylermcneeley3136 It is possible to appreciate her writing, and the world she created, while also acknowledging that Rowling is an extremely bigoted transphobe.
I had a college English prof ca 1990 whom knew Tolkien. I bet the other side can't say that about the people who wrote, compiled, and approved the Bible! 🙂
“Why should I open the Bible?”
“Please don’t curse at me”
That was one of the most confusing responses I have ever heard in any conversation in my life.
"why" is a curse word for Carlos
@@stobe187 😂🤣
Just painful 🥺🥺🥺🥺
I think he was already assuming a "victim" mentality.
Noits very simple it's a shit novel written bye il gets.
Carlos checks nearly ever box you'd expect to find in a textbook dishonest interlocutor: Arrogant, petulant, resistant to staying on topic, disinterest in answering direct questions or even in making sure he understands what's being said to him in the first place. Late in the call he even admits to being 100% sure he's right, which we should all know for what it really is: an admission that he's 100% close-minded.
It's endlessly depressing that minds like this lack the self awareness to realize how terrible acting like this makes them look.
lol he was so excited when they agreed to hear his one verse. 😂
I love how Carlos accuses them of speaking disrespectfully when he can't listen respectfully.
Absolutely! So many times in the call he wasn’t truly listening to what the hosts were saying, and a couple times even had to ask for them to say it again after they called him out. I think he just wanted his fifteen mins to speak to the audience, not have an actual conversation.
It's an equivocation of the term "respect". Many are taught that "respect" simply means not raising your voice or using "foul language" or even disagreeing with what a person is saying. In actuality, real respect includes giving considerate thought and generous interpretation to your interlocutor (and, I'd argue, calling them out when they fail to reciprocate, as it devalues the conversation)
Carlos says that he's treating them respectfully, but then he turns around and gaslights them because he infers that they don't know where they came from.
I think carlos was listening as dutifully as he can. It's not the fault of his ears that he couldn't answer the questions of the host. It was the fault of what's between those ears.
It's terrible hard work when the mindset is so different. The Hosts know none of the stuff Carlos has is real evidence and Carlos thinks it is.
Carlos: "you're just not open to the bible."
Eric: "Are you open to evidence you might be wrong."
Carlos: "Absolutely not."
And theeeeere's the problem right there.
“I might be stupid, but I’m never wrong” says the Bible thumper....
Wait, why the fuck should I think for myself when an archaic book can do all my thinking well before the real universe was found?
I just read the Bible and honestly I was kinda horrified. Just the amount of baby animals cooked so as to pleasure their god who love the smell 😶was awful.They traveled around carrying the bbq from Nation to Nation.The meat always thrown away as it was for god.
@@littlewingmyoho That's nothing ! Jeremiah 19.9 God warns people if they fall from the law, they will have to eat their own children. What a great book to live your life by and what a wonderful loving God he is.
This guy strikes me as someone who has never been exposed to other ideas.
Reading the Bible cover to cover 7 times in 3 different versions is WHY I am a militant Atheist. It it so incredibly disturbing that we as a species are so plagued by a majority shrouded in ignorance.
This is like playing chess with a pigeon; it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory.
A.S.M LMAO I’ve never heard anything like that - that’s funny as shit.
Is that not how to win at chess?
LMAO I love this comment.
This is pretty accurate actually lol
No, this is more like you are done playing chess with the pigeon and now are playing chess with the crap the pigeon left behind.
Watching this again, Carlos didn't call in to argue or debate. He came to preach.
Of course he did... He wanted to do a bible study group on the internet
@@heinshaaine8153 It legit boggles the mind when folks don't see how condescending it is to say that YOU are the only person who has got it right lol. Wowza.
Most of those theists do and then claim "Immma victim.. Immm being persecuted". They want a pulpit.
@@heinshaaine8153 yes,think this is practice for pastors or teachers.
Yup 👍👍👍
3 years ago !
The Bible has saved me. One time I ran out of toilet paper at the holiday inn.
Just don't wipe to hard, or you end up with psalms on your a.s😂😂
@@CyberBeep_kenshi Then you get sackbut
You used the ' holy bible ' to wipe your
' hole '
I am not a highly educated man.
My formal education only reached the 9th grade, but when I listen to people like Carlos, I feel like a GENIUS.
Sometimes being intellectually curious is more valuable than formal education. I've seen plenty of well-educated individuals who held some very unfounded beliefs.
If you can think outside the box you are way ahead of the game. You have eaten of the fruit of the tree of knowledge and now you are free.
I understand
I hope you get a GED and go to college. Best wishes
You sir is as close to being a genius as any other person 🙂
"Can you read a book that we both agree is fiction and find truth in it?"
"I don't believe the bible is fiction."
Epic fail in listening to what is being said.
And not the only example 🤦🏻♂️ the hosts are definitely more patient than I am
Not only that, but he said that after being asked this question twice. On the third time of asking, he still didn't comprehend what the hosts were asking him. It's not just this person, but it seems that there is an abundance of these people that don't hear, or rather, choose not to hear.
Not even a fail because he wasnt trying to listen, the man was there to preach not to truly discuss.
@Brother Sanguinary I used to frown upon Matt's language sometimes, but I don't blame him anymore! Listening to these people is extremely frustrating.
@@Josef-EU I know the feeling. When I first left Christianity, I liked watching the Atheist Experience, but I thought Matt was an asshole. When I got into arguments with Christians for the first time and became frustrated, THEN I understood why Matt reacted the way that he did. I was like, "Okay, now I get it."
Carlos just strengthened being an atheist over and over again for me.
Carlos is my hero 😂
Reading the bible as a kid made me a god - fearing Christian.
Whereas reading the bible as an adult made me a science - loving atheist.
The road to Atheism is littered by those who have read the bible from cover to cover.
Very true. But some people just don't grow up, and retain their childhood response.
Reading the Bible as a kid made me wow!
Reading the Bible as an adult makes me laugh and cringe that some adult can actually take that crap seriously.
You don't even need to stoop to science to be an atheist. I was one long before I understood science of any kind.
Religion and god-belief is for the innocent, the uneducated, the misinformed, and the total idiot.
I think this guy is missing the point-
*WE HAVE OPENED THE BIBLE*
*That is why we are atheists*
I did read the Bible and Koran because I wanted to know what they talking about to challenge them, not because I was interested in a god.
@@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl I read both just as any other tales. Not even to debate. Lil kids believe in Santa claus I read few books about him too
2 corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”
I once was full of doubts, didn't want to believe, These are some of the things that have changed in my life since I accepted Christ as my savior.
I realised the very life I have is given to me by God himself. I knew that God was in control of my life. I knew that I can trust him with my future and that he was guiding me. I didn’t have to tread through life alone; I have the Creator of the universe by my side. when I put my faith "in Christ" I have became something I was not before. My identity changed from being the fallen version of myself, to being associated with the righteousness of Christ. my life was no longer worldly; is now spiritual.
My long-time bad habits that I had tried to give up over a long period of time. I had pretty much accepted that "that's just the way I am", and had just about given up on correcting them, ceased to exist. After I asked Jesus Christ to help me out, my life began changing, unexpectedly, dramatically. All my old dreams and ideas and agendas and purposes were gone and have been replaced by Christ's ideas and agendas and purposes. My old nature-natural pride, love of sin, and my former opinions, habits and passions was replaced with new things, full of life and the glory of God. I became humble and I was being sanctified (made holy) day by day, sinning less and hating it more each time I fail.
This is all my evidence, I received peace come to my heart, a miracle after a miracle occurred in my life: The Bible - God's word, I noticed after I received Christ was that I began to have i was unable to explain the desire to read the Bible. I couldn't stop reading. I knew that God was in control of my life. Each day is filled with finding out something new about God through reading the Bible. I stopped smoking, drinking, gambling and no more crazy parties.. And I also noticed that I had been given a deep love for everyone (including people I've never even met). My uncontrolled anger was gone..... I didn't really think at that time that there was so much wrong with lust, but that was now gone too and much more. But the most dramatic difference of all -- one I was not expecting when I prayed continually is my love for God. I have heard the commandment to "love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind soul and strength" but I'll tell you that I never really followed that before. I kind of believed and hoped in God, but God was not on my first priority list before. Now, He's number One. And it was after that I really now learned to love my neighbors second as myself. I pray to God every day, I read His Word every day, and it's rare that an hour goes by that I don't think of Him. and this is all God's Grace. The only way that you can know for sure, is to have faith in God and let God show you. God needs us to just have a little faith, Just have enough faith to pray to Him for forgiveness of your sins and to trust Jesus for your salvation. Continue praying. Once you do, the Holy Spirit will give you all the "proof" you ever needed!
Mark 5:19
And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”
A heart that is grateful is overflowing and cannot be silent. It yearns to share with others, to carry the gratefulness and thankfulness within. Now I’m learning to give reasoned answers to people for the hope that I have in Jesus and as I do so I’m also learning that there are answers to people’s questions, even if I don’t know the answers myself.
God has all the answers and with God nothing is impossible.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
That's what happened to me, and I got the greatest surprise and the greatest gift of my life.
May God bless you!
@@loveandfaithfulness4479 didnt want to believe? Lmao sounds like apologetic.
I couldnt care less wether I believe or not. It's not how it works. Either its true or not.. it isnt. That simple. Facts and reality by my best understanding indicates it's a mythology nnot the truth.
@@htcmlcrip
God loves you and wants you to experience the peace and life He offers.
2 Corinthians 4:18
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
we are made in "the image of God" so life without God is life entirely lacking God's Spirit, which then is to live in the absence of the fullness of life, since God is "life and life eternal.
We get to enjoy God’s goodness here on the earth, even if we don’t acknowledge Him. If we deny Him, we don’t get to enjoy His goodness after this life. Those who understand hell best, those who grasp it most deeply, are those with the greatest sense that they deserve to be there.
John 14:6
"Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Trying to prove God with the Bible is like me proving aliens with the war of the world book
Lol so true.
It's true because it was written by aliens through HG Wells
i used stargate as a reference sorry xD
@@robvlobWe should start a religion
It's even worse than that. As far as I know, the book The War of Worlds has no internal contradictions. The Bible has many contradictions. How can a book that (it is claimed) is the actual word of God (or at least is heavily influenced by, and is meant to teach and inform us about God and his laws) have even one internal contradiction? If God were real, and the Bible was his Holy text, then surely the Bible would be flawless?
When Carlos went right to "Don't curse me" it was all over for him.
“The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible.”
-Mark Twain
The Bible is a total fucking horror show and should not be read by mentally vulnerable people.
"It is difficult to win an arguments against an intelligent person, but it is impossible to win an argument against an idiot, atheist"
@@dariusga6752
If I understand you correctly, and my apologies if I'm wrong, rather than engage with your comment I will leave you with another quote that perfectly sums up my sentiment from the immortal Mark Twain:
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience".
@@dariusga6752 it's easier to fool a man than convince him he's being fooled. You've been fooled.
@@dariusga6752 The bible is 100% accurate! Especially when thrown from close range. :)
"You're so full of shit" most precise description of all religions.
I was a christian UNTIL I read the bible cover to cover (around 9th grade)... I've been an atheist ever since 40+ years later.
My story is much like yours. I was a Christian until I read the Bible in the 7th grade to understand what this "important" book said. I've been a atheist for 60+ years.
I was eight, and it was a really weird time for me. Where I realize it was all bs, I also realize that I was surrounded by people who did believe it, but never read it.
What a painful experience trying to reason with Carlos. OMG
Arguing with Carlos is like a arguing with a broken recordplayer.
This guy is a worse version of Darth Dawkins.
@@romankvapil9184 - Now that's just plain mean. DD is a disrespecting asshole that tries to run a script over a conversation.
Carlos was much better and respectful. He did have one point he wanted to make, but Eric was not letting him go there.
Sometimes, as frustrating as it can be, you have to give the theist enough rope to hang their own arguments.
@@valkyriefrost5301
Nah. Carlos was a dishonest asshole as well. Kinda hard to let someone get there when they just want to preach, change the subject when he can't answer, whine about being disrespected when he clearly wasnt being disrespected.
@@valkyriefrost5301 I say he's worse than DD because he was just horribly prepared with his presuppositionalism and couldn't make a coherent sentence at all.
@Damian La quay Yes, beacuse the rock is not preaching.
So, Carlos didn't call to argue. Guess he just wants to preach, and not have to justify anything.
Exactly.
cavecookie1 I sincerely don‘t believe he even understands the difference.
@@christianosminroden7878 I think you are right. Sadly, this kind of lack of understanding is all too common among theists.
Considering how he barely even tried to listen or address questions, that seems accurate.
I'm guessing he's used to arguments of the type where he makes claims, then someone makes counters which he ignores, or misunderstands. And because he doesn't even understand the conversation, he may walk away thinking his claims came out on top.
He did at least make one reasonable claim, that he's unable to fully understand the bible.
His lack of willingness to even engage in real conversation was enough to stop me from watching all of it.
@Daniel R dont tell theists that. The bible is both the claim and evidence because well...
Do u know how the universe came to be? No? Therefore god.
God of the Gaps is literally their only argument
I could barely get past the first 1:11 when he asked them to open up a Bible I died laughing,then he asked them not to curse I'm like wtf he's already acting like a victim.🤣🤣
It's scary how people like Carlos have their mind completely closed.
sectarianism
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
- Thomas Paine
I'm screen-grabbing that one. Thanks!
@@PBAmygdala2021 my pleasure
Also, you can't reason someone out of a belief that reason had no part in their embracing in the first place.
"You haven't given us a reason to open the bible"
"Because you haven't opened to bible!"
These people really don't understand how to argue.
Nope. Their idea of arguing is to throw anything they can at the wall and hope something sticks.
Matt!!!!!
@@timlenord1 Dont curse at me
@@heinshaaine8153 lol
@@calvincameron354 Sometimes you see comments of yourself like relics of the past and you have no idea why you have done something... his is one of these times...
i prefer opening 'The handbook of chemistry and physics". It contains a plethora of facts and every few years it gets updated. It is absolutely fascinating to see what we have discovered.
I've been in a situation in which a theist hit me with a question that I couldn't possibly answer.
When I answered it, he carried on pushing the question.
Christians are the greatest reason for atheism.
I've read the bible cover to cover, that's why I'm an atheist.
one can read something and not understand it so whats your point
@@jcf072899 lol people can read a book and believe it too.
Dustin Box thats true but whats your point
@Robertho Barends
I've read the Darwin's book The descent of man cover to cover.
That's why I am a Christian.
I've read The Communist Manifesto cover to cover.
That's why I am a capitalist.
See how that works?
Yup yup! Once I finished reading that book it was over. No being that is good or knew how the world works would have inspired such a stupid book lol
The Simpsons are more prophetic than the bible.
At least The Simpsons doesn't pretend to be anything more than entertainment.
Which just goes to show that anything can be prophetic if you look at it in just the right way.
Ikr ebola, trumptard presidency, farmville, 3eye firsh etcetc.
@@rookmaster7502 the simpsons are entertainment, but they also contain moral lessons and social criticisms. Perhaps the Torah (old testament) was intended as the same thing when it's stories were first handed down. making a narrative out of something makes it more interesting, therefore more memorable. Then the crazy christians come along...
@Starfall 21X No,the Simpsons actually give names and other specific information, Nostradamus, like the bible, gives vague references that are only interpreted after events happen that changes in different times. There are zero predictive events that are described before a specific event happens.
You are more moral than this guy will ever be. I appreciate you and your willingness to speak the truth against such hatred! It takes courage to put yourself out there. I appreciate you and your channel.
Fair hosts
He wanted to preach soooo bad.
"I really care for you guys...Lets open the bible together!"
"Nah... that's cool."
Yeah.. "I really care for you.. so let me Bible verse sh-t all over you while playing victim and gaslighting you. How DARE you not give me a free platform! you're rude, disrespectful!"
Hello, how are you!?
Carlos: Don't curse at me!
Hey mate how you going?
Carlos: The fuck did you just say about my mother?!
@@33melonpaws77 😎😂
Carlos came pretriggered
Adamant Forge *very!!! 🤦🏼♀️
He is not there to listen, just wants to preach!
“Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.” That’s why I read the Bible.
eric’s “not yet.” was so damn funny 😂
When I was a teenager, I used to have a lot of questions about the meaning of life, and about my life specifically. All I found was instructions on how to sacrifice goats and how to become property of my husband.
Well isn't that enough woman ?
And don't get all uppity if I "_marry "_your sisters.
Know your place as you are second to cattle!
😂
Carlos: "The bible is 100% true and a guide to life. Let's read a verse."
Also Carlos: "I don't want to talk about slavery."
I was hoping when he asked them to pick a verse they would pick Leviticus 25:44-46! Tell us again how great god is while reading his instructions for owning people.
God is a joke to humanity and an evil mean vicious god at that, too bad you will never have any morals.
@@LOwens-xf8yo
😂😂
It would be hilarious if they opened it to the chapter where god kills a man for jizzing on the floor and wasting his "seed", or the part where he commands a prophet to cook his meals on fire made out of his own shit XDDDD
Supernatural patience.
"You're not open to it."
...literally doesn't listen to the hosts throughout the entire debate (unless they're calling him an idiot).
Religion blocks critical thinking.
Carlos wants a beautiful debate provided he's the only one speaking.
yes.. "pontifical monologuing" at its "finest" (or in this case pedantic)
He truly is a masterdebater
“The intellect does not comprehend”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Makes dumb claim. Gets answer other than yes. "Look guys I'm not here to argue or say that I'm right." Yes you are, that's exactly what you did.
AnD DoNT CurSe aT mE!
Exactly. At 23 minutes and 25 seconds. I commented on this above just now. He followed that up with I'm just here to share the truth. So if he thinks what he saying is true, how can he say say that he's not trying to do prove he's right and say that hes right?
That's just one of his many ways of being dishonest.
Theists are very dishonest
@Barthelemy Self-deception is human nature, but when theists extend that to dishonestly trying to get me to share their delusional belief in Z- grade fairy tales, then I have a problem.
They are 1000x more patient than I would have been.
I like listening to Eric because he is quite logical. However, in this case, I would have preferred the call was talking to Matt Dillahunty. He would have blown up and told the idiot off.
A few times Eric is too patient, but that's just about finding where the line is, and it's different for every caller.
On the other hand, he's one of the best for getting theists to the point where you can actually hear them thinking about these topics for the first time, and they start to give genuine, honest, considerate answers which contradict their religion.
They actually leave the conversation more thoughtful about their beliefs!
"I don't know what that means". The most honest thing Carlos said.
"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool."
Voltaire
"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived."
[Isaac Asimov]
@LuthAMF Asimov is one of the greatest authors to ever exist. As for his expertise, he was raised as a Catholic, so YES, he is an expert. He wrote NUMEROUS science textbooks in the 50s, 60's, and 70"s.
@LuthAMF What makes a pastor an "expert"? oh right, the only experts on the bible are those who already believe the fairy tales that are written there. Because why would you question the book of fables if you already believe those stories are true.
@LuthAMF Awww how cute... I see your stupidity got easily exposed.
Sure kiddo i can leave you alone.
@LuthAMF Exactly, your stupidity kiddo.
I though you wanted to be alone, oh well.
Which is more qualified to be an expert (not a pastor, any trash can become one, but nice attempt at moving the goalpost) someone who already believe the stories of the fairybook to be true, or someone, who with as little bias as possible, study the fables and compare them with reality (not necesarily asimov, but he is a good example)?
@LuthAMF Wow! it took you a whole day to find out a pathetic distraction and avoid the counter question. And it was just a lame projection, how hillarious.
Your question was pointless (and i answered it anyway, any trash can be a pastor, to be an expert you would need more than trash). The initial point you raised was about expertise, i presented a good measure for figuring out expertise, but instead of confronting the issue you just prefered to hide behind your own ignorance.
Dont worry little shit, one day you will find out how to tapdance more quickly. For now i will leave you alone as you wished, no reason to keep you exposing your own ass when these first answers present very well how clear your stupidity is.
The patience of Eric in this episode is astronomical
Eric is a good man. And I might add, better than a lot of the other males on this show. Traci and a few others are gone and I suspect it was because they couldn't handle the alpha males on this show, such as Matt, who just cannot shut up.
@@julianmarsh1378 No, she and those people left for other reasons. You can find out why.
@@FlavourGames I have read otherwise but like to believe you are right.
Carlos: "Your book of fiction is fiction, my book of fiction is reality!"
The gumball analogy was WAAAAY over his head.
I had been an atheist long before I touched the Christianity's bible the first time. After reading the first page of the first chapter, I laughed. And I laughed even more as I read on. It really scares me that people actually believe in stuff written in that book.
When people read it you daily from infancy, it seems to make more sense. But once you escape and look back... its horrifying.
Maybe thats the strategy. Start em young, because only children could believe such ridiculous fairytales
@@jmccann6735 indoctrination
Actually, it scares the believers that you don't believe it.
@@jmccann6735 this is because the people reading it to you were keeping the nasty and nonsensical verses away from you. Once we are old enough to read it for ourselves we see how unnecessary it is.
Yes I think that if you are not indoctrinated from a young age and surrounded by believers, the stories just seem ridiculous and over the top.
“Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.” - Isaac Asimov
That was true for me.
And the fact that Dr. Asimov is one of the greatest minds to ever exist is even more proof of the statement.
Unless there are religions other than Christianity...
@@mohamedyusuf5141 -- there are tens of thousands of different religions/denominations that all believe that only THEIR "god" is the true one. One of the many things they all have in common -- they are all FAITH Based. That means none of them have any Real Evidence. If any of them did have Real Evidence, they would not need faith, and would therefor not be faith based.
@@MasterSpade Yeah but if those irrelevant many were truthful surely their message would have spread far and wide by now. Yet that is not the case. Why is that?
@@MasterSpade This is a frustratingly common and arrogant misconception, not all religions are 'faith-based' at all. Science and mathematics are also faith-based to a degree, just like religion. In science you have the theory of evolution, which while yes was based on observable evidence remains only a theory. And not without reason. I can explain further.
I love the bit where Carlos suggests that the problem with this conversation is that THEY haven't listened.
This Carlos going "my friend, my friend, I care for you guys" is the most disingenuous, condescending crap I've ever heard
Yep. And yet he can only hear himself talk. He doesn't hear a word or understand anything these guys are trying to tell him.
My freeend, lol
All they do is make baseless assertions. Carlos himself admitted that you need to take the gumballs out of the jar and actually count them to verify.
Jesse O. Carlos is an ignorant turd!
I don't think people are ignorant for believing in god. I think is more an indoctrination problem. People are not born with the knowledge of the bible, but they are taught from their childhood that something is true and nothing else. There are people more responsive to that indoctrination and some that are not.
I talk to my mother (she's 63 years old, in Spain) and when she was in school, evolution was not taught as truth. It's been only 50 years! I can't imagine how hard it must be for her to understand quantum theory or the concept of an infinity universe born from a single point. That's why I stopped trying to explain it to the her xD. I understood what she feels like. Now I just try to focus on pseudoscience, climate change or vaccines, that I think are important.
The point is, our generation is lost, for normal people like most of us. We just have to give a chance to the new generations. Teach them critical thinking with the knowledge of physics, mathematics, etc... Teach them to make their own theories and how to test you models instead of indoctrinate them with books with an easy way out. Make them understand that even if you fail in your theory (nowadays fail is a bad word; I can't imagine how many "failures" Newton had), it's not a problem, because that's how you learn and grow to a better understanding.
Reading the Bible was instrumental in my eventually becoming an atheist.
My ultra religious father putting me in hospital when I told him I didn't believe in God was what put me firmly in the atheist camp.
12 years of mindless ritual in catholic school turned me into an atheist. I don’t know if the the nuns knew how their punitive approach to teaching affected children. It would be interesting to know how many Catholics walked away from the church.
@@andrewwheeler1257 From the number of Catholic churches that had to be closed over the past two decades, I'd say that a substantial number of Catholics have walked away. My nephew's wife is one.
@@Gwaithmir I might add that I went to catholic school in the 1960’s. If someone was caught sending a note in class, the nuns would send all the girls out of the room, and would beat all the boys with a ruler. This was their strategy to turn classmates against each other. The nuns should have been sent to prison.
@@andrewwheeler1257 My 8th grade nun was on a par with pedophile priests, in that her obsession involved violence against the students. Whether there was anything sexual involved, I do not know, but her favorite practice was to seize students by the hair or cheeks and repeatedly pound their heads against a blackboard. She almost always bore a crooked little smile while performing these acts. Indeed, she should have gone to jail.
This was a posterchild for sealeoning and circular argument.
"Is there anything anyone can say or do to change your mind?"
IYKYK
"Could you be wrong?"
"No, I could never be wrong!"
And that is the issue with religion. Thinking that what they strongly believe is perfect and can never ever possibly be wrong!
@Bob Rabbins Sye Ten Bruggencate. One of the most dishonest religious apologists ever.
"y'all know God exists, y'all just don't want to worship him".
"How do you know that?".
Religion is wrong
Christ is the only Truth way and Life
Like it or not
Psalms 14:1-3
[1]Only fools say in their hearts,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;
not one of them does good!
[2]The lord looks down from heaven
on the entire human race;
he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,
if anyone seeks God.
[3]But no, all have turned away;
all have become corrupt.
No one does good,
not a single one!
@@ibandagirlson1224 so scared omg 🙄
@@ibandagirlson1224 anyone can quote literature, quoting literature about supernatural entities means nothing! At all. Good day.
Carlos. Lacks the intelligence to comprehend the spiderman hidden wisdom.
He just wanted to preach uninterrupted. It's hard to go through your script if it gets questioned on the very first sentence lol
"When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It is only painful for others. The same applies when you are stupid." --Ricky Gervais
Spiderman is the posterboy of proper morals, far more so than their Jesus charlatan could ever dream of being.
Guy The Incognito -- and a far more entertaining martyr.
@@richpotter
Indeed. Growing up with his show and comics taught me tons, as did looking up the people beast keeps quoting in the X-men show from the 90s. Two amazing series that teach morals and values and remains absolutely entertaining at the same time.))
One of the tragedies of religion is how much it _damages_ a person's ability to reason. This is a battle of wits against an unarmed man, who genuinely believes that his imaginary sword can cut his opponent.
"Look at your body. You are perfectly made." Says nobody who knows human biology.
Trying to preach over the hosts and ignoring inconvenient questions until they've been repeated over and over isn't polite Carlos. People like you can take your dishonest "politeness" and shove it.
It's how they try to wear you down, he almost got it to work too, but he was nearly making progress with the gumball analogy. Too bad he was able to give the whole "I would hate to see you two burn in hell
I so miss Jeff Dee, he would have been all over Carlos like scum on pond.
They should always ask people like this if liars are allowed into heaven.
@@MrNateSPF You know it's interesting. People (fundamentalist Christian's and Islamophobes in particular) criticize Muslims for the concept of taqiyah while mischaracterizing the hell out of it. There is plenty to criticize in the Islamic faith, its practice, and associated customs but that isn't one of them.
On the other hand, those same Christian fundamentalists are so dishonest in trying to "win souls for Jesus" that popular culture has given it a name. "Lyin' for Jesus." And you bet they'll excuse that shit all day longi
@Never-ending party Carlos let Eric talk sometimes too. But he never did listen.
“With great power comes great responsibility “ 😂 that response was gold.
I hate it when someone calls me "friend," when they're not.
Recently that there was a poll taken at an atheist convention asking "Why are you an atheist?" The #1 answer given was "I read the Bible in its entirety."
as an european it seems weird...
how are you 70% christian without reading the book ?
@@ixion025 Yeah, the idea that your salvation depends on obeying what's in a book and you can't even be bothered to read that book is absolutely nuts to me.
What's the difference between Santa Claus and Jesus?
When I was 6, I realized it was all incorrect. I couldn't even read, but common sense made it an easy choice.
But i imagine the family make the difference, i mean in a society so much religious ;)
@@Trip_Fontaine
These videos are so helpful to me as an atheist because these callers sound like my family and provide me with better confidence and rebuttals.
This show and others has definitely cemented for me why I was an atheist but didn't really know why. I just knew I didn't believe in god and now I know the fallacies of reason that my brain rejected. It has made it much easier for me to tell people who ask, why I don't believe.
Ur good id get shunned n alienated.
This is why I watch these types of shows. It's extremely useful for developing my own critical thinking skills, and rebutting fallacies from those around me.
I hope your interactions with family today are going better than it went with Carlos on this call!
@@johnandersons Bravo!
Oh dear, you guys tried to play chess with a pigeon.
hey, pigeons are more respectable than any religious fundamentalist. apologize to the pigeons.
haKurei kura but birds aren’t real
Do not insult the pigeons
Carlos thought he played chess, but he didn't play chess. He played chess against himself!
The fact you didnt drop him is a testament how you are rly trying its amazing how this guy makes backflips to avoid everything
That caller was so tedious. Kudos to you all for so much patience. Great claims require great evidence, by the evidence provided by the claimant.
"I'm not calling to argue with you guys . . . I'm not here to prove my point." . . so he just called to preach at them with no interruptions. He must think it's his show.
Matt's response probably would've been "then why the fuck did you call!?"
I felt like shouting the same thing...
proof of god exists by scientific
@@MM-xu3wt Yeah, right . . . well, OK. So, how's the weather there?
@@guicaldo7164 Lol I remember that lady. She was sooo annoying.
@@lusayonyondo9111 Yeah, she was the one who got super offended and hung up on him afterwards. Bit of a shame, I felt like he was making progress by proving to her that God would necessarily be the one sending people to hell...
So yeah, that was a pretty memorable call
Bible remains still the top reason for having more and more atheists. I love the bible! Best ally ever!
The road to atheism is littered with bibles.
I wish more Christians would read them. There'd be way more atheists.
@@larrycrabs5995 I agree. I know that was a critical key to my own deconversion.
OWNED
Eric: is it possible you could be wrong
Carlos: No
Me: that ladies and gentlemen is what we call Ego
Also, being "brainwashed".
No, its not ego. Everyone has ego, its unavoidable. What he has, is _conceit._ He is so convinced that he is correct, he is willing to ignore anything to preserve his position. That is narcissism, and it is conceit. "I cannot be wrong" is patently false, it is arrogant, it is dangerous, and you only get there by being so prideful in one's own thoughts and feelings that they cannot be challenged. There is no use for an argument like that.
@@nuclearsimian3281 yes! wow how well put into words!!
@@nuclearsimian3281 That's a different use of the word 'conceit' from mine. There are things about which I'm conceited that I can do. But I try very hard not to be arrogant, although I may seem so to people who are so stubbornly ignorant that I eventually find it a waste of time talking.
I was a christian for over 50 years. Reading the bible for myself is what made me become an atheist.
Christians read select passages with preconceived notions, never objectively for understanding what is says. As a teenage I was always frustrated by religious leaders giving me answers to questions that seemed to always generate 3 more questions about the strange answers. They simply didn't want any questions and wanted me to just believe.
Me too
Reading the story of Jacob, Leah & Rachel did it for me. What an awful story from an awful book!
Pets not in heaven that killed it for me!
Same
I am still bewildered by the fact that some people need a book to guide them morally.
I didn't just open the bible, I read quite a bit of it.
That's why I am an atheist.
Star Trek predicted the cell phone, tablets, and video phones therefore Gene Roddenberry must be god.
Captain Kirk Would be In awe Of the communication devices we have now
@@oldcountryboy Watched the original Star Trek series on an HD TV and the quality is stunning!
Star trek predicted none of those. Other sci-fi writer's and non fiction science writers did. And the the idea of the cell has been around for almost 100 years.
@@thomasmills339 I will take it one step further. They didn't predict anything, they created a framework that others used as their models for design later on.
Comic strip "Dick Tracy" from the 1930's had a 2 way wrist talkie phone.
"I'm not calling to argue with you?"Agreed, you're calling in order to preach and assert that what you *believe* is the "truth," and take no notice of any discussion to the contrary.
Why do these people assume that we haven't read the Bible and heard all of the "arguments" before?
Because you lack the intellect to really understand the bible? (according to Carlos)
Because they assume that if you had heard all the arguments, you would have come to believe the same things they do. Because they were convinced by those arguments, and thus something must be wrong with your understanding of the argument.
Opening the bible is HOW I became an atheist.
Logic-deflector shields up
6:02 Eric can be cold as ice... and savage if someone ignores his questions and attempts to just control the conversation. Love it! And Jim is absolutely brutal... he does not suffer fools gladly but, for the first time... was gonna give the guy a break... Eric swoops in with the "HELL NO". Je dis bravo!!
Carlos is as sharp as a bowling ball.
After all the completely none sharp edges have been super smoothed, and then some. 😊
An Honest, Open & In-depth study of the Bible & its history is one of the fastest ways to become an Atheist.
"Let's open up the Bible to a verse."
"Why should we?"
"Don't curse at me."
Wat?
Profanity is inevitable due to the intense frustration these theists (bastards) callers inevitably provoke. :-)
There IS NO way to have an intellectually honest discussion with a intellectually dishonest person on any topic. It is guaranteed to be very frustrating. It the point of profanity.
Asking a Christian "why" is like cursing at them. They feel offended out the gate when questioned about their beliefs. You're supposed to just nod and agree. That's all they can take without feeling attacked
I think that he meant "don't be rude to me". It was a very blunt question that challenged the assumption that the bible is inherently true and imparts wisdom. To Christians who are taught that you can railroad atheists through basic exercises like "bible is true because bible says so" and win, having a flesh and blood atheist shut down the exercise before it can begin looks like rudeness.
@@rickdees251 Profanity is relative.
Michael Just what I might answer to such a crap comment/list:
… 5.) Hubris is one of the seven deadly sins. *You* defining what Christians are and what are not, *you* deciding to know better than your own God, that is first-class hubris. Possibly even blasphemy.
6.) Have you ever read the bit about “love your neighbour”? And that ‘who is your neighbour’ and the Samaritan? Why does your behaviour here not seem to fit it?
Carlos: _“Makes a statement”_
Host: _”That statement is false”_
Carlos: _“Look guys, I’m not here to argue and I’m not going to convince anyone of anything”_
Also Carlos: "Just give me one verse and I'll prove God to you."
@@Krikenemp18 yeah I love that. That’s literally the same as saying “Just let me read this one sentence from the book, and I’ll prove to you that Harry Potter is real”.
@@DanielLee1the Harry Potter series is more coherent, sensible, and displays better morality than the Bible; and it's author is still a bigoted hack so what's the Bible's name excuse?
@@ZHZhuull wow yeah, good point. Kinda says a lot about the _Bible’s_ author…
Carlos is the worst kind of disrespectful; the kind that insists it's polite.
I left Christianity when I started reading the bible
“If you want to become an Atheist, just read the Bible.”
It's a hard brutal book
jock mactaggart ... of fairy tale beings and of a “God” who physically and psychologically tortures his followers into a blind and complete submission with a promise of “eternal” repetitiveness and nothingness.
Truer words never written.
The 7th Commandment says "Thou shalt not commit adultery."
God then takes a married woman and impregnates her.
If that's not hypocrisy then I don't know what is.
Apparently the Christian god can do anything he feels like, and it's good.
@@a.vulcan6282 Common in a "Might Makes Right" mindset, like barbarian raiding tribes, like the Hebrews of the times. Rules are for the underclasses, which the nobles can ignore, bend, or amend at their leisure.
Pretty much like "Thou Shalt Not Kill". Moses then kills 3000 Golden Calf worshippers.
@@cnault3244 Damnit! I wish you'd told me this before. I just seethed a kid in his mother's milk a couple of hours ago just 'cos I was bored with being in lockdown.
Find Jesus!
Them: "Is there anything we could say that would you persuade you that you're wrong?"
Carlos: "No"
Exactly, the only reason he called in was to preach.
I’m not afraid to open that ancient tome of myths and fables - in fact, I read it cover-to-cover!
"I've been respectful to you."
There's a difference between talking quietly and talking respectfully. He kept trying to goad them and refused to address the points they actually raised. Carlos was incredibly disrespectful.
Yeah. It's annoying when people don't understand the difference between being respectful and merely speaking in a "respectful tone." I've dealt with people who calmly sidestep what I say and fail to address anything I bring up. Like damn, I guess I may as well just say nothing all.
He's only raising his voice to try to stop your very disrespectful constantly interrupting him. When he finally does get his question out. Then you disrespect him by not answering his question. And just spouting off on some weird tangent
“Could you be wrong?”
“No”
That sums it up. "I'm not going to listen or try to understand anything you say because what I say is the only truth"
This was probably the most confusing calls
Carlos = TAP DANCER
2000 years after the jewish zombie and bipeds like carlos make the pillars of logic tremble with awe!.