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Komentáře • 492

  • @Mr_Porter
    @Mr_Porter Před měsícem +65

    Watching these throwback clips is always interesting because it's like comparing vintage callers to the modern ones-it's the same old arguments but now with fancier vocabulary thrown into the mix. It's like they upgraded from flip phones to smartphones but kept dialing the same old numbers.

    • @Columbiastargazer
      @Columbiastargazer Před měsícem +3

      vintage callers only had the "Yellow Pages" book to connect

    • @petermeichan3160
      @petermeichan3160 Před měsícem +1

      i prefer these to the current ones, callers and hosts

    • @Mr_Porter
      @Mr_Porter Před měsícem +3

      ​@@petermeichan3160Really? Hmm. I have a shorter amount of patience listening to the vintage callers than I do with the modern-day callers even though I have gripes with how they deal with those callers as well. I find the old clips super cringe-worthy because the arguments presented are so simplistic that it's frustrating. They would blow through callers because the majority of them had zero debating skills and only called to assert a bunch of shit without wanting to or knowing how to back it up. So, they got dropped much quicker than the callers now. Modern-day callers understand that relying on "because the Bible said so" won't suffice, so they claim to have evidence to engage with the hosts. However, when no evidence materializes (as expected), they either complain about being cut off or find ways to rephrase the same argument to prolong their time on the show. Vintage callers used to present some weak ass arguments or long monologues about "look at the trees," prompting hosts to end the calls swiftly to avoid dealing with close-minded or argumentative individuals. In contrast, modern-day callers and hosts engage in repetitive arguments with the same individuals week after week, enduring lengthy rambles or preachings for 10, 15, and sometimes even 20 minutes. The old show and hosts would have allocated a five-minute window for repeat callers like Yetmas or Jon to present substantive points before moving on to the next caller. I prefer the old approach but with the modern-day callers.

    • @highroller-jq3ix
      @highroller-jq3ix Před měsícem

      @@petermeichan3160 And . . . ?

  • @deenyc1049
    @deenyc1049 Před měsícem +16

    It’s always amusing when they ask why DON’T you believe in a god.
    Why should anyone believe in magical beings?

  • @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr
    @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr Před měsícem +52

    Michael, think about why you know there's no Santa Claus and boom, there's your answer.

    • @Sweetie-zf3ss
      @Sweetie-zf3ss Před měsícem +2

      What Noooooooooooooo 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😕🙁☹️😣😫😩🥺😢😭😭😭😭 when did he die me sooooooooo sad 🤭🤭❤️

    • @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr
      @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr Před měsícem +2

      @@Sweetie-zf3ss Oh no, hey I was only pretending! I, er, meant to say no Easter Bunny. Slip of the tongue 😇🤗

    • @quecee
      @quecee Před měsícem +2

      @@Sweetie-zf3ss Santa didn't die. He still exists... he's just retired to that upstate farm.

    • @user-ln1ec9qr5y
      @user-ln1ec9qr5y Před měsícem +2

      That was sad to learn. I'm glad the tooth fairy is real. I still have the dollar she left me as evidence. 😜

    • @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr
      @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr Před měsícem

      @@user-ln1ec9qr5y OK but I'm reporting you for incisor trading.

  • @wilberwhateley7569
    @wilberwhateley7569 Před měsícem +12

    It’s like asking “what makes you think that there’s no giant cotton candy monster stomping your town into oblivion?”

  • @jerrycallender-qm7zr
    @jerrycallender-qm7zr Před měsícem +80

    Don't ask me that question, rather ask why believers think there IS a god.

    • @user-ln1ec9qr5y
      @user-ln1ec9qr5y Před měsícem

      That's an easy question. It's the same answer as to why did people believe in the tooth fairy or Santa Claus? Because that were fooled as children. Some people grow up and learn the truth while others do not

    • @minitzonthesun
      @minitzonthesun Před měsícem +3

      We don’t think there is a God, we know there IS a God and he’s awesome.

    • @stephenolan5539
      @stephenolan5539 Před měsícem +28

      ​@@minitzonthesun
      How do you know?

    • @1Alex117
      @1Alex117 Před měsícem

      ​@@minitzonthesun​if I would have slave from other countries around me, torture my children ethenrly for doing something bad or for not having faith in me, drawn every animal comes near me for the action of my children, knocking to my neighbour door to remain every male how they are superior to their wives and those women are nothing more than propriety and going in gay bars to throw rocks at them until they stop existing, would you think that I'm am an awesome guy too?

    • @MeTooAshleyBiden.
      @MeTooAshleyBiden. Před měsícem

      I don't think you're going to be able to find too many Hindus to answer that question but who knows.
      As far as believing in God evidence shows us that believing in God is an instinctive thought and or a logical conclusion.
      My problem with atheism well one of my many problems with atheism is the unwillingness to accept God .
      For example I don't believe the origins of Life came into existence without God but I'm willing to accept it as true. I just haven't heard anybody who claims this is true be able to provide any evidence that can convince me and as I stated before the belief in God is an instinctive thought and or a logical conclusion so when I reflect in my own thoughts God is logical and the idea of the origins of Life coming into existence without God is Not.
      My question to you is do you believe the origins of Life came into existence without God and if so why do you believe that.
      And if you can explain why you believe that if you do believe that I will then provide evidence to why I believe in God and we will see which one is more logical..
      If you don't believe the origins of Life came into existence without God well at least we found some commonality and that would be the fact neither one of us believes the origins of Life came into existence without God.

  • @dfadden62
    @dfadden62 Před měsícem +37

    Why do theists think there’s no fairies?

    • @mobilegamersunite
      @mobilegamersunite Před měsícem +4

      Besides themselves 😂

    • @tma2001
      @tma2001 Před měsícem +3

      well they make do with angels ...

    • @sirbarryvee-eight6485
      @sirbarryvee-eight6485 Před měsícem

      The Bible doesn't mention fairies. Therefore they don't exist. The Bible is the infallible word of God remember. It is very comprehensive, it even includes rules on keeping slaves.
      It also doesn't mention kangaroos, even though they remarkably made it from Australia to the Holy Lands to board the ark, I assume, carrying koalas in their pouches.

    • @brucebaker810
      @brucebaker810 Před 29 dny

      Do they?

  • @joshsheridan9511
    @joshsheridan9511 Před měsícem +60

    Atheism is a single answer to a single question
    The fact that I don't believe in any supernatural clap trap is separate
    to not believing in gods.

    • @MeTooAshleyBiden.
      @MeTooAshleyBiden. Před měsícem

      That's not true atheism is a disbelief which means it's an unwillingness or inability to accept God as true. It doesn't answer a question it's not willing to undertake God .
      And atheists believe in the supernatural it depends on the atheist there's some atheists that believe the origins of Life popped into existence because of a non intelligent occurrence rather than God that would be a belief in the supernatural
      Some atheists believe that babies can be born with a brain of a different of a different gender in their body. Matter of fact they believe this in faith so much that they will mutilate crossdress and give their children unsafe drugs.
      Some atheists also believe their ancestors were sea creatures. I actually remember an atheist laughing because we believe in faith as Christians that Jesus walked on water but then he convinced himself that he believes because of scientific evidence that his ancestors were lizards that walked on water. That atheist doesn't understand he believes this in faith and that it's a belief in the supernatural. Of course if this was proven true it would no longer be considered supernatural
      The belief in God and the belief the origins of Life came into existence because of a non intelligent occurrence rather than God are both considered beliefs in the supernatural but only one is actually supernatural it just hasn't been proven by the scientific method which one is supernatural and which one isn't.

    • @joshsheridan9511
      @joshsheridan9511 Před měsícem +4

      ​@@MeTooAshleyBiden.Rubbish

    • @MeTooAshleyBiden.
      @MeTooAshleyBiden. Před měsícem

      @@joshsheridan9511 thank you for expressing your feewings but do you think you could be a little more specific. Tell me precisely what you believe is rubbish in my argument

    • @joshsheridan9511
      @joshsheridan9511 Před měsícem +6

      @@MeTooAshleyBiden. nope.

    • @tonyclements1147
      @tonyclements1147 Před měsícem +1

      @@MeTooAshleyBiden.
      Please continue to equate atheism with every bigoted thought you have for everyone’s amusement.

  • @willdwyer6782
    @willdwyer6782 Před měsícem +20

    The only book I've read that claims there is a god also claims that talking snakes and beasts with seven heads are real. 🤣

    • @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr
      @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr Před měsícem +11

      And don't forget the boat that managed to fit two of every species of animal on Earth onto it! 😂

    • @MikeTMike
      @MikeTMike Před měsícem +5

      It also says God is a very stupid monster

  • @Canalcoholic
    @Canalcoholic Před měsícem +75

    15 years ago, and still no fresh arguments? All religions and gods are man made, in our own image, specifically by men.

    • @jamesparson
      @jamesparson Před měsícem +1

      During COVID they declared they had an immune system created by God.

    • @qwadratix
      @qwadratix Před měsícem +1

      15 years? These foolish arguments have existed since the first priest tried to drum up some suckers for his congregation. Some of the oldest books in literature are debunking and lampooning religion.

    • @dogwalker666
      @dogwalker666 Před měsícem +10

      Exactly.

    • @user-ln1ec9qr5y
      @user-ln1ec9qr5y Před měsícem +1

      It's kinda like ghosts or Bigfoot. When you have no new evidence in decades or centuries then the concept is unlikely to have any validation.

    • @user-ln1ec9qr5y
      @user-ln1ec9qr5y Před měsícem

      It's kinda like ghosts or Bigfoot. When you have no new evidence in decades or centuries then the concept is unlikely to have any validation.

  • @muadhib001
    @muadhib001 Před měsícem +23

    As Ricky Gervais said:"the word Atheist wouldn't need to exist if people would go around inventing crazy deities " (sorry if i misquote slightly)

  • @willievanstraaten1960
    @willievanstraaten1960 Před měsícem +11

    I use Atheist, everybody understands that I don't believe in the supernatural and transcendental.

  • @artemisnite
    @artemisnite Před měsícem +14

    Because I'm not a caveman.

  • @sirbarryvee-eight6485
    @sirbarryvee-eight6485 Před měsícem +5

    "Why do you think there is no God?"
    - I don't. I have no evidence that there is no god, and I have no evidence for any god. I don't think there is "no god" I don't believe there is a god.
    "Why don't you believe in God?"
    - Which god?
    "God. The God of the Bible. Why don't you believe in the God of the Bible?"
    - Same reason you don't believe in any of the Aztec gods?"
    "....errrr...."

    • @paulgemme6056
      @paulgemme6056 Před 19 dny

      Without faith it is impossible to please God/Jesus Christ. One must be born again, born of the Spirit (Holy Spirit), born from above. read the gospel of John chapter three if honestly want to know the truth. One cannot know the truth if he or she rejects the truth. Jesus Christ is the truth, the way and the life no one will escape hell accept by grace through faith in the blood Christ shed and the finished work that Christ completed on the cross. The Pharisees were the most religious men on the planet in Christ's day and Christ Jesus told them their father was the devil because they didn't accept the truth even though the truth was standing right in front of them.
      Hebrews 11:6
      But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

  • @calvinmarkpayne
    @calvinmarkpayne Před měsícem +10

    The same reason he doesn't believe in every god ever claimed apart from one.

  • @allendesomer
    @allendesomer Před měsícem +9

    Indeed, it's entirely possible to be an atheist without using rationality to get there. I'm personally rational, but that trait isn't required.

  • @jonclark8252
    @jonclark8252 Před měsícem +13

    Dear Theists
    I'm thinking of a number. If you correctly tell me the exact number, I'll convert on the spot. I'd wish you luck, but since your deity is helping you you don't need it... right.....

    • @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr
      @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr Před měsícem +5

      42. Final answer 🤞

    • @jonclark8252
      @jonclark8252 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@Hampton_Doubleday_Jr😂😂

    • @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr
      @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr Před měsícem +1

      @@jonclark8252 69?

    • @jonclark8252
      @jonclark8252 Před měsícem +3

      ​@Hampton_Doubleday_Jr well that is one of my top.... and bottom.... favorite numbers....hehehe...

    • @quentind1924
      @quentind1924 Před měsícem

      Theists are still normal humans with no superpowers. You can ask this question to any prophet/cult leaders, but it doesn’t make sense to ask the average theists to do that

  • @CMBR
    @CMBR Před měsícem +13

    Buddhism and Jainism are known as atheistic religions. Just like an atheist does not believe in god but could very well believe in astrology, so too can a Buddhist not believe in god but believe in reincarnation and other stuff.

    • @mindyourownbusinessfatty
      @mindyourownbusinessfatty Před měsícem

      Buddhists don't believe in reincarnation. That is a fallacy perpetuated by people who don't understand what the Buddha taught.

  • @user-ez3yv9wy6o
    @user-ez3yv9wy6o Před měsícem +4

    Proof would be nice

  • @petergaskin1811
    @petergaskin1811 Před měsícem +14

    Why do you think that you need a God? What purpose do you think he serves in your life? Are you that incapable of rational thought? Do you need to be ruled over by someone you can never see, never hear and never feel?
    Pathetic.

    • @sirbarryvee-eight6485
      @sirbarryvee-eight6485 Před měsícem +1

      Those apologists who think that individuals cannot have a moral code without God - I'm happy for them to have God. I mean, I don't go raping, killing and stealing because I know it's wrong - not because I fear some cosmic watchdog. But for those people out there for who the only reason they don't go raping, killing and stealing is because of their faith in God - then please, for the good of humanity - stick with it.

    • @Mkeusquealbby
      @Mkeusquealbby Před měsícem

      The idea that a transcendental, all-powerful being beyond human comprehension requires absolute obedience and worship is so silly to me. What could a being like that possibly obtain from worship? Why am I, a mere mortal, expected to cater to and supply a god's ego?

  • @Jcs57
    @Jcs57 Před měsícem +7

    _Why do you think there’s no god_ ?
    1) It’s a presumption based on an assumption
    2) It’s based on the unsubstantiated premise that there was at some point nothing which in order achieve something the god hypothesis somehow was needed to solve it. If there was indeed nothing then there was no god if there was something and it is presumed to be a god that negates the nothing claim and replaces with a something claim that is then _presumed_ to be god.
    3) God isn’t demonstrated it is simply asserted
    4) The asserted god is fundamentally claimed through a litany of fallacies including special pleading, incredulity, circular reasoning, and arguments from ignorance being some of the more common flaws in the presentation.
    5) God is a human construct who’s attributes and characteristics are dependent not only on the latitude and longitude of those making the assertion it also dependent on the culture at that location and each individual making the claim. Ex. God is all loving-god is vengeful-god is omnipotent-god is limited by logically possible, god is apparently inconsistent and incoherent.
    I have less poignant reasons based around the Bible’s construction and the claims within but those pertain more to a specific god.

  • @arthurwieczorek4894
    @arthurwieczorek4894 Před měsícem +3

    I think there is no God because I think there are no miracles.

  • @robertvirnig638
    @robertvirnig638 Před měsícem +3

    When asked, I first refer to myself as a humanist. That is what is important to me. I don't care if people have any superstitions or not if they have humanist values. There is indeed a lot about Christianity that makes it incompatible with humanism. This is unfortunate since there are so many of them.

  • @RustyWalker
    @RustyWalker Před měsícem +10

    I don't think there's "no gods, " although I don't have justification to believe in any gods so I don't believe in gods.
    However, I believe we do have sufficient justification to believe the Abrahamic God does not exist, from archaeology and textual criticism that shows the concept evolved and is actually a conflation of more than one God going back to at least the Canaanite pantheon.

    • @qwadratix
      @qwadratix Před měsícem +2

      The Abrahamic God is actually a logical impossibility, quite apart from being a conceptual absurdity.

    • @Leith_Crowther
      @Leith_Crowther Před měsícem

      @@qwadratixIf that’s a reference to the omnipotence contradiction, most believers these days would say “omnipotence” does stop at logical impossibilities. Or if you don’t mean that, what did you mean?

    • @amtlpaul
      @amtlpaul Před měsícem +2

      ​@@Leith_CrowtherIt isn't just that the most extreme notion of omnipotence is incoherent. Even if we limit it to all that is logically possible (which would mean that God is limited by the rules of logic), the omnipotence is not consistent with the alleged omnibenevolence , for example.

    • @qwadratix
      @qwadratix Před měsícem

      @@Leith_Crowther They may make that claim, but declaring your argument immune to logic isn't much of a 'gotcha' IMO.

  • @user-ky5dy5hl4d
    @user-ky5dy5hl4d Před měsícem +8

    I am a biological machine and I will return to bilological substance.

    • @geoffcrumblin9850
      @geoffcrumblin9850 Před měsícem

      Maybe an evolved heat engine 😂

    • @user-ky5dy5hl4d
      @user-ky5dy5hl4d Před měsícem

      @@geoffcrumblin9850 When I am dead I will not give off any heat. And when you you are dead you will not give off any heat in your evolved machine.

  • @gauge6513
    @gauge6513 Před měsícem +2

    The term atheist is from 1674. Ask the caller why do we call the color red red? He has no point.

  • @pizzagogo6151
    @pizzagogo6151 Před měsícem +4

    Go to any of those weird local market or festivals, always a fair amount of people ( although often very dominated by middle age women😏) selling crystals, dream catchers, fairy things, fake healing stuff....they believe all sorts of irrational crap & magical beings...but nothing that could be defined as a “god”

  • @michaelhawk6847
    @michaelhawk6847 Před měsícem

    Jeff is being very transparent in this episode lol

  • @tedgrant2
    @tedgrant2 Před měsícem +2

    For the same reason that I think Superman doesn't exist.

    • @sirbarryvee-eight6485
      @sirbarryvee-eight6485 Před měsícem +1

      But, but... Superman exists. I read a book about Superman.

    • @hansj5846
      @hansj5846 Před měsícem

      There might be more evidence to support the superman claim...

  • @walterdaems57
    @walterdaems57 Před měsícem +9

    If god existed there would be no need to prove his existence

    • @IRGeamer
      @IRGeamer Před měsícem

      As a life long atheist, this is a complete load of baseless assertion pulled right out of your arse...
      "You are entitled to your own opinion, not your own facts."
      - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
      "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”
      - Bertrand Russell

    • @walterdaems57
      @walterdaems57 Před měsícem

      A ‘complete load’???
      It’s one quote in the name of the one nobody should believe in!
      Are you in that special time of the month or did your wife turned you down yesterday? :)

  • @walterfristoe4643
    @walterfristoe4643 Před měsícem

    I use the word "nullifidian" to describe my stance on religion. It means "one who has no religious creed."

  • @smochygrice465
    @smochygrice465 Před měsícem +4

    Simple, because I've never seen any Gods 😎

  • @ronaldmacpherson3345
    @ronaldmacpherson3345 Před měsícem

    Bright” does not seem very bright!

  • @Desertphile
    @Desertphile Před měsícem

    He means, "Why do you think there are no gods." The answer is: "No."

  • @xaenon
    @xaenon Před měsícem +2

    This is such a bullsh*t call. Essentially, the implication is, "I don't like that you call yourself an atheist, therefore your position is invalid.'
    What difference does it make what word we use to describe our position? If I identify myself as an atheist, it should be immediately clear to everyone within earshot that I don't believe in gods. If you're going to quibble about vocabulary, then you're clearly not interested in a productive discussion.

  • @BitchspotBlog
    @BitchspotBlog Před měsícem +27

    Atheism isn't a philosophy. Atheism means one thing only. Trying to add in all kinds of other things is no longer atheism. How can people not understand that?

    • @vertigo4236
      @vertigo4236 Před měsícem +9

      Because their theism tells them what to think, and they simply can't understand that atheism, doesn't do this also.

    • @BitchspotBlog
      @BitchspotBlog Před měsícem +6

      @@vertigo4236 Except this guy wasn't a theist. He was just tone policing.

    • @l-_-lShadowCat
      @l-_-lShadowCat Před měsícem +2

      He just wanted to have a semantic discussion. It’s a relevant subject because not all people use “atheism” in the same sense. For many it means holding the position that there is no god, whilst for others it means not accepting the proposition. Etymologically, both usages of the word can be accepted, but because they are two different meanings, yes, it’s a discussion worth having. One possible and accepted resolution for the ambiguity is qualifying the word “atheism” with “hard” or “soft”. It’s a patch but it works.

  • @chriscosby2459
    @chriscosby2459 Před měsícem +1

    Buddhism doesn't seem to care if there is a God or not.

  • @catkeys6911
    @catkeys6911 Před měsícem

    What is *a* "bright"? Not familiar with that term, and a definition lookup just returns the usual definition of "bright" - dealing either with luminance, or intelligence. (?)

    • @isaacbruner65
      @isaacbruner65 Před měsícem +1

      Philosophical movement found by Chicago-born atheist activist Paul Geisert in 2003. They advocate for naturalism, materialism, and empiricism and most are atheists. Some may be other types of nontheists or deists or pantheists. I think the label didn't really take off because it came across as condescending and seemed to imply that "brights" were brighter than everyone else.

  • @colski3333
    @colski3333 Před měsícem

    Changed deeply felt love to word God and now many pple talking,… feeling no love

  • @AndyCampbellMusic
    @AndyCampbellMusic Před měsícem +3

    Why it is completely obvious that ALL gods are imaginary... Irrefutable.
    One two part question for people with superstitious religious beliefs.
    (A) If someone told you (or you read in a book) that the sun used matches and candles to spread light and heat at night.
    Would it be obvious to you, how self evidently illogical, irrational, unreasonable and nonsensical this idea was? (Would you understand why)?
    (B) If someone told you (or you read in a book) that something capable of creating a universe and everything in it, used puny humans and books to spread accurate information.
    Would it be obvious to you, how self evidently illogical, irrational, unreasonable and nonsensical this idea was? (Would you understand why)?
    All gods are imaginary. No people = No imagined gods.

  • @markmurphy558
    @markmurphy558 Před měsícem

    Why don't you believe in unicorns?

  • @jayjasespud
    @jayjasespud Před měsícem

    Isn't this one more about what atheists should be called? I don't even think the caller asked why

    • @index3876
      @index3876 Před 23 dny

      You're the only person using your brain in this comment section

  • @ModelTrainOutsider
    @ModelTrainOutsider Před měsícem +1

    Buddhism is a rather broad gamut, as it accepts theism and atheism. One can be a Buddhist and Christian, Buddhist and Muslim, or Buddhist and Hindu, for example. So, they are a gray-area. Buddhism is really more a philosophy than religion, but has religious overtones, as well. Buddhism believes in a divinity of Buddha, not just his supreme enlightenment. So, while they may not believe in a god, they believe in a divine spirit. SO, perhaps if we interpret atheism strictly as not believing in any gods, I guess Buddhism is atheistic, but as they still believe in all the other trappings of religions- spirit, afterlife, a system of post life reward and punishment, etc., then I do not see them as truly atheistic in a broader sense. I call myself atheist as I do not believe in any gods, nor the trappings of religion, whether a god or not.

  • @davidspencer343
    @davidspencer343 Před měsícem

    Ill believe in god when given good reason. Ive never heard anything but arguements from ignorance or personal experience. We dont know how something works, therefore god.

  • @dancedecker
    @dancedecker Před měsícem +1

    It always amuses me that the word 'atheist' shouldn't really need to exist anyway.
    I know it's perhaps useful to determine terminology, to make it all neat with a 'label' and to categorize, etc, but if I dont believe in leprechauns, am I an aleprechaunist?
    No.
    So why is there a need to label us as that?
    I have no issue with it per se and I'm proud to be one, but it just seems unnecessary when put in that context.
    But, hey ho.

    • @joshsheridan9511
      @joshsheridan9511 Před měsícem +3

      Outside the threads I never refer to myself as an atheist

    • @quecee
      @quecee Před měsícem +1

      @@joshsheridan9511 Don't you have to refer yourself as an atheist when you attend the weekly hedonistic bacchanal of sex, drugs, and rock and roll? They give you a discount on the membership fee when you declare that you are an atheist.

    • @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr
      @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr Před měsícem +2

      @@quecee Yes, I look forward to that hedonistic bacchanal of sex, drugs, and rock and roll every week. My local PTA sure knows how to hold a meeting.

  • @lh1673
    @lh1673 Před měsícem +1

    I rather ask, How was God watching the most horrific terrific happenings like in Rome Coliseum, Dark Ages, Slavery days, Holocaust and Hiroshima during WW2? How can someone that claims I am Almighty and Love just was watching those😢and why couldn’t any of his angels if have heart tell their God “let me go down and rescue people in danger!” BUT allowed them to go down and marry beautiful women according to Genesis😅

  • @michaelharrison7072
    @michaelharrison7072 Před 15 dny

    Today people are waking up to falsehood of religion.

  • @shrews12001
    @shrews12001 Před měsícem +2

    I see no reason for their to be one. there's no real evidence for there to be one. there doesnt need to be one. i dont see anything that suggests to me that god is any different than any other fictional being

    • @jimmythebold589
      @jimmythebold589 Před měsícem

      uh, what? haha. lol. i'm a firm believer that chatGPT needs to be ported to all keyboards and comment sections to avoid grammar nonsense. i hate my phone's auto correct and auto suggestion features. i have automatic autocorrect disabled, i still see the suggestions, but they're infuriatingly stupid. chatgpt told me some AI alternatives for my phone,but they're not in the Google Play store, so you have to nerd out to install them...

    • @shrews12001
      @shrews12001 Před měsícem

      @@jimmythebold589 that is one weird spambot

  • @svenericsson7286
    @svenericsson7286 Před měsícem

    A better question for theists to ask atheists would be: do you dare to play "atheism"-roulette? What it is? It's simple: It's basically spin the bottle, but you stand in a ring with ten theists, in a church during service, and who ever the bottle-neck points at must scream "I denounce god!" (if theist) or "Ok, god is real!" (if atheist) three times and group message ALL their family, friends and acquaintances on their phone as they do.

    • @BenjaminHartleyReturns
      @BenjaminHartleyReturns Před měsícem +5

      Cute peer pressure power fantasy.
      Dont quit your day job.

    • @Beacon80
      @Beacon80 Před měsícem +3

      Do I get anything for playing this game?

    • @joshsheridan9511
      @joshsheridan9511 Před měsícem +4

      Saying god exists doesn't magically make it exist
      So your post is bizarre

    • @KasperKatje
      @KasperKatje Před měsícem +4

      I think it's better theists would ask that themselves or other theists.
      Who do you think will run into more problems playing this peer pressure game?
      I am sure the theist will run into problems the most by far.

    • @ianchisholm5756
      @ianchisholm5756 Před měsícem +4

      What would be the point of this, other than to make the participants feel uncomfortable? Pressurising people into saying things they don't believe proves nothing.

  • @ernesthastie-gg7kn
    @ernesthastie-gg7kn Před měsícem

    Who gave people the right to call certain religions miths

  • @seraeirian2
    @seraeirian2 Před měsícem

    Umm, lack of evidence.

  • @paulr.3220
    @paulr.3220 Před měsícem

    As I understand it Hindu's believe in several Gods and therefore are not atheist. Oops, he did say Buhddist's, not Muslim. My bad.

    • @qwadratix
      @qwadratix Před měsícem +1

      Yes they are. Everyone is an atheist of some stripe or another. In fact, it would be impossible to believe in every god that's ever been proposed. Believing in one god doesn't make you a theist with regard to another.

    • @jimmythebold589
      @jimmythebold589 Před měsícem

      although there are fundamentalist hindus, i think it's a cool religion, i've read both the upanishads and the bhagavad gita. they are much better reads than the bible, and definitely more enlightened, and not so much evil shit. i just found a copy of the quran and have been reading it, and am surprised by the quality of writing compared to the bible, it seems very authoritative and a wee bit more enlightened than the bible. of course that's relatively, since there's no enlightenment in believing in gods, i'm just being comparative. some buddhists mention 'deities' but they're projections of the human psyche, and i think that's cooler than thinking god is a man behind a curtain running things. i like zen buddhism, which has zero concern for gods, the supernatural and even ponderous philosophy. it's simplicity and 'be here now' at its core, although i disagree with any forced discipline like sitting in those painful postures...

    • @qwadratix
      @qwadratix Před měsícem

      @@jimmythebold589 I think much of Zen 'teaching' is an attempt to break the disciple's acceptance of external authority. The very opposite of Christian teachings of course.

  • @brucebaker810
    @brucebaker810 Před 29 dny

    Starts out (Pan)tone trolling.
    Then figures "atheist" doesnt fit, since show is "anti-religion".
    Then suggests branding suicide.

  • @23rdjune
    @23rdjune Před měsícem

    When the Atheist Experience was good, before they went woke.

  • @mobilegamersunite
    @mobilegamersunite Před měsícem +2

    Railians!? 😂 i had no idea that's what i am.. 🎉

    • @poiujnbvcxdswq
      @poiujnbvcxdswq Před měsícem +4

      Raelians..you might want to research them a little before claiming that title.

    • @mobilegamersunite
      @mobilegamersunite Před měsícem

      @poiujnbvcxdswq aliens are more likely than any stupid "book god" we have, they also make more sense.
      Maybe people should do more research about relijjy before claiming to be Christian ✝️...know your book supports slavery b4 going to church

    • @joshsheridan9511
      @joshsheridan9511 Před měsícem

      ​@@mobilegamersunitealiens did it makes no more sense than god did it
      Both rely on unproven assumptions

  • @zxys001
    @zxys001 Před měsícem

    God is an atheist.. yeah? c'mon, let's be real, it's a word or words which best define our rational reality .

  • @paulgemme6056
    @paulgemme6056 Před 19 dny

    Jesus Christ is God and what a beautiful God he is.
    Isaiah 9:6
    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

  • @lincthomas7178
    @lincthomas7178 Před měsícem

    No I don't think there is any gods I know there's no gods

    • @GoodBrotherGrimm
      @GoodBrotherGrimm Před měsícem

      You can prove a negative? That's amazing. I don't believe in a god, but I can't prove it.

    • @lincthomas7178
      @lincthomas7178 Před měsícem

      @@GoodBrotherGrimm thats the thing, you dont neeed to prove theres no god!!

    • @GoodBrotherGrimm
      @GoodBrotherGrimm Před měsícem

      @@lincthomas7178 When you make a claim, you have the burden of proof. "I don't believe in a god" is not a claim. "There is no god" is. So yes, you do.

    • @lincthomas7178
      @lincthomas7178 Před měsícem

      @@GoodBrotherGrimm I DIDNT MAKE THAT CLAIM THO, I SAID THERES NO GOD, I DIDNT SAY I DIDNT BELIEVE IN A GOD, THATS THE DIFFERENCE, I MADE A TOTALISTIC STATEMENT!!

    • @GoodBrotherGrimm
      @GoodBrotherGrimm Před měsícem

      @@lincthomas7178 Reread my comment. You've misunderstood.

  • @marjorieanderson8626
    @marjorieanderson8626 Před měsícem

    It is interesting that Jeffro thinks that "seeding life on earth " is nonsense. Yet the dude who first identified DNA (Crick) believed that directed panspermia was how it happened. I guess Crick was not rational?

    • @Leith_Crowther
      @Leith_Crowther Před měsícem +4

      To be clear, did Crick believe that, or did he just hypothesize it? If he didn’t believe it, that makes sense because you don’t believe hypotheses until you try to prove them wrong and fail. Or if he did believe it, then he was not being rational in that respect.

    • @MikeTMike
      @MikeTMike Před měsícem +1

      To believe something doesn't mean that something is true. That's repeated every show.

    • @BigRalphSmith
      @BigRalphSmith Před měsícem +5

      He didn't say the concept is nonsense, he said the claims as made by the Raëlians is nonsense. Those are two very different things.
      Raëlians claim "this is what happened" and that IS nonsense. Jeff wasn't making any comment on whether or not it's possible or actually happened, he's pointing out that believing it happened based on the claim is unjustified, is "nonsense."
      Do you see the difference? Perhaps his language wasn't as precise as you would prefer.
      The claim of directed panspermia is currently unfalsifiable just as panspermia itself is but that has nothing to do with Crick's opinion or it's "rationality."

    • @quecee
      @quecee Před měsícem +3

      Crick didn't "identify" DNA. DNA was known at the time of Watson and Crick's work as the substance that allowed inheritance of genetic information. Watson and Crick, using Rosalind Frank's X-ray crystallography (for which she didn't get recognized during her lifetime), proposed a double helix STRUCTURE of the DNA.

    • @quecee
      @quecee Před měsícem +1

      @@Leith_Crowther Crick hypothesized for directed panspermia. But I'm pretty sure that he believed in it. He believed in it enough to publicly offer the hypothesis. It's a hypothesis because there wasn't data that directly supported it, but that doesn't mean that Crick didn't believe in it or that he was irrational in believing it.

  • @BenjaminHartleyReturns
    @BenjaminHartleyReturns Před měsícem +1

    So is this like the end of the organization since you’re not putting out new content anymore?

    • @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr
      @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr Před měsícem +10

      What a bizarre thing to say. They've put up seven new videos in the last week.

    • @joshsheridan9511
      @joshsheridan9511 Před měsícem +7

      They put out clips from the live show nearly everyday
      I take it you're not a subsciber?

    • @joshsheridan9511
      @joshsheridan9511 Před měsícem +5

      ​@@Hampton_Doubleday_Jrit's probably wishful thinking on OP's part

    • @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr
      @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr Před měsícem +3

      @@joshsheridan9511 Well, he'll be devastated to know that another new one's just gone up 😆

    • @quentind1924
      @quentind1924 Před měsícem +2

      They pretty much alternate between old calls and recent ones

  • @deniss2623
    @deniss2623 Před měsícem

    Because they hate the thought of being accountable to their Creator.
    But answer they will, whether they like it or not.

    • @UnderTheKoscheii
      @UnderTheKoscheii Před 20 dny

      Nope, there is no creator. We don't share your delusion

    • @deniss2623
      @deniss2623 Před 20 dny

      @@UnderTheKoscheii
      Whether you like it or not.

    • @UnderTheKoscheii
      @UnderTheKoscheii Před 20 dny

      @@deniss2623 yes, whether I like it or not there is no creator

    • @deniss2623
      @deniss2623 Před 20 dny

      @@UnderTheKoscheii
      No escape.

    • @UnderTheKoscheii
      @UnderTheKoscheii Před 20 dny

      @@deniss2623 I know. We're all going to die and that will be the end

  • @JesusisGod-yk4th
    @JesusisGod-yk4th Před měsícem

    Repent and believe in Jesus Christ for salvation. Become a new person in this life........ John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
    Matthew 4:17 KJV From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
    2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

    • @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr
      @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr Před měsícem +4

      "Repent and believe in Jesus Christ for salvation"
      No

    • @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr
      @Hampton_Doubleday_Jr Před měsícem +8

      For God so "loved" the World that...
      1 Thessalonians 5: 1-4
      Deuteronomy 23: 1-2
      Ephesians 6: 5
      Exodus 12: 29
      Exodus 21: 7
      Genesis 6: 17
      Luke 14: 26
      Matthew 10: 34-36
      Numbers 4: 27
      Numbers 31: 1-54
      Psalms 137: 9
      Titus 2: 9
      ⚠🚨👎

    • @vertigo4236
      @vertigo4236 Před měsícem +6

      You can't even format your text, what makes you "think", I take life advice from a random nutter?
      Reported for spam.

    • @johnfleet1854
      @johnfleet1854 Před měsícem +1

      quoting from a book written by humans over eons (who probably had agendas and less knowledge than most of people in today's world) ... means a b s o l u t e l y ... n o t h i n g. Nothing at all because it has been suggested many times to have lies and contradictions intermingled with really nasty situations ... slavery etc.

    • @quecee
      @quecee Před měsícem +4

      You want to just make a claim that Jesus is "salvation" without providing any evidence. And what is the salvation that your Jesus is promising? That there's a god that will, by default simply for being born a human, send all of us to an eternal torment. But whether you've committed no other sin (than that of being born) or a horrendous genocide, you can go to heaven, just as long as you "repent and believe".
      What if I said that you should repent and believe in Baal, the storm god from the Babylonian pantheon which was used as a template for one of the various personas of god in the old testament? It is older than the YHWH of the old testament. Will you accept Baal?

  • @solitaryangel722
    @solitaryangel722 Před měsícem +2

    If theism is a belief in a God/Goddess/Pantheon of Gods/Goddesses then anything that does not believe in any of those is by definition atheism, it's a pretty simple concept and though the caller was being calm and rational about his question, I don't believe he understood either his own question, or the answers the boys were giving him.
    It's a pretty basic if/then concept

    • @noracola5285
      @noracola5285 Před měsícem

      The caller seems to have trouble with categories.

  • @MiltonMoJunction
    @MiltonMoJunction Před měsícem +1

    There should not be a word Atheist, you don't have a special word for people that don't believe in fairies do you, same thing.

  • @mindyourownbusinessfatty
    @mindyourownbusinessfatty Před měsícem

    Buddhists don't believe in an afterlife, it was never part of the Buddha's teachings.
    There is a teaching of anatta or no self. No self to live on in an afterlife. However, nothing ever really dies, it merely changes into it raw elements and away it all goes again.

  • @stevekane8358
    @stevekane8358 Před měsícem +8

    WE Atheists do NOT believe in any gods because we are smarter than any mindless believers. We use Logic, Common sense, and critical thinking. 3 things Believers have that dumb believers do not.------Question Answered. Going through life STUPID is tougher.