Debate: Does The Soul Exist? Matt Dillahunty and Eric Hernandez 

This is probably the best summation of this debate that I’ve seen. 👏🏼

Dillahunty correctly left the burden of proof where it belonged: on the side making supernatural claims. He was very restrained and kept the higher ground by being much more relaxed and polite. Hernandez was rude and obnoxious, frequently interrupting with fallacies and unfounded assertions. Don't mistake bad manners and desperate aggression for "winning".

What evidence?

So would Matt have a better argument if he just pretended to know like eric?

@@craiggoldberg1539 It's funny how frustrated and confused they are that Matt took a sensible position.

When Socrates/Plato says something similar people think it's smart someone else says it and it invokes a laugh 🤔

@@mdg4 lol fair enough

@@mdg4 Socrates and Plato lived literally thousands of years ago. We can't hold them to the same standard as we do modern people with access to the internet.

@@mdg4 lol true ppl love to suck off socrates and Plato. Most of their ideas about science were dumb as shit just because they didn’t have many empirical methods to study it.

@@ricasiogaming7873 That is ridiculous. We had people back then calculating the circumference of the Earth to near precision, developing atomic models and theory, theorizing the eternality of the universe, etc. These men were often great geniuses. Just because they lived long ago does NOT discredit their thoughts on whole.

I just love how useless all of his arguments are

You are begging the question!!!!

lol a masterclass on wilful misunderstanding

@J w Why? Is that going to evidence a 'soul'? Get a grip.

@J w Give me evidence Julius Caesar was descended from a God. Hope you see my point.

Time stamp please.’

@@EricHernandez You said at least twice that you can know something without evidence or reason (or maybe it was prior to evidence or reason, I forget the exact words). You began with the existence of a soul as a presupposition, and because it is presupposed to exist, that’s how you know it exists. There is a soul because there is a soul. Correct me if I’m wrong here because I really wanted you to have at least some compelling arguments for me to sit with. I still have 25 minutes left so maybe they are coming, and if they do I’ll happily amend this comment.

@@JesseDriftwood he never said that😂.

The foundation of belief is belief itself. It is a circular argument, with the ontological argument for the existence of God.

@@EricHernandez all the goddamn video

That is so funny. Ingenious comment. Truly.

​@@EricHernandez even funnier is how these get more likes than your own comments on this video.

@@padraigmaclochlainn8866 Yep, dishonest atheists are like a swarm of locusts.

​@@padraigmaclochlainn8866GOT EM!

That's so funny! I kept thinking of that meme, "You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means" 😂

What exactly is this "begging the question" thing? I'm still a bit fuzzy about that and the only time I hear that come back is when a creationist is out of ammo.

Check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question - basically it's assuming the conclusion of an argument and using it (often implicitly or in a hidden way) to support the argument, which Matt didn't do. It's a type of circular reasoning. One example would be: "the Bible is true, because it says so in the Bible". I think the name of this fallacy is quite confusing, because many people use the same words to mean raising or inviting a question (also see "modern usage" on the wikipedia page).

aditsu thx for the summary - it helped break down the long debate for lazy asses like me 😆

aditsu I would love to see Eric's response to your comment.

@@faceitgmHe still has not, after 1 year.. but a comment from 4 months ago praising him? he sure as hell responded to that

You're just begging the question.

You tell him Daniel!

@@danielw.1339 Is that the only thing you know what to say

@@EricHernandez As horribly as you lost the debate, your comments are fucking hilarious

Condor Man thank you...? I think 💁🏻‍♂️

But I think that was the point. Matt believes in compatiblism which is another form of determinism. Matt then used an example of a computer that was programmed (which would be determinism) to prove no free will. That was Eric’s point. Either we have freedom of will and choice, or we don’t.

@@rangersNHL No he didn't say that as if that proves there is no free will, because it doesn't. It just demonstrates that something could respond as if it had free will, even if it didn't.

​@@MarxistKnight​@MarxistKnight All it proves is that material things have no free will because we know programs are deterministically created to respond some presets or pick from a series of responses for each preset digital event that occurs. It in no way simulates the actual way free will would function. Which is thousands of choices intent can drive depending on context interacting with the unified personhood and complex desire, compassion, reason, imagination, will, language, animative of a body, memory e.t.c.

If you go off the bible god judges people for many things that we have no control over, like thoughts, beliefs, disability, illness, injury to certain body parts, sexuality, etc. It's something that made me question how such a god can be defined as all loving and good and also question why such a being should be worshipped or even given any attention. Who are you when you leave your brain behind? Nothing, your brain contains all of your memories and personality, your brain is you, just like the information on a computers hard drive is the contents of the computer.

your comments are too logical for the 'brain-washed'... and no one has yet demonstrated 'we leave our brain behind'... the end is the end....

i guess all of us that notice Eric doesn't understand begging the question, are having a mass hallucination of ignorance lol.. it can't be that HE is actually incorrect lol

You are just begging the question

@@dillondecal you're strawmaning what Maxx said

@@JJBitter you're both begging the strawman for an answer

I’m glad I Caught the end of that that guy’s bat shit crazy he performed an exorcism please

I agree. Matt should totally stop using that fallacy.

@@EricHernandez You may want to look up the principle of charity while l educating yourself on begging the question.

@@EricHernandez Eric you use as an argument that we can't find the color red when you open up the brain so it has to be metaphysical. If that is the case how do you explain this research: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AgbeGFYluEA.html (Video by Vsauce in his mind field series) They seem to be close to being able to extract an image that someone has in his head using machine learning and neuroimaging of the brain.

Chris Clark Name calling doesn’t help any stance, it does make you look like a bully. If you wish to explain to Eric why he refused to acknowledge the fallacies he was employing, that would be great, but attacking the man is certainly not going to sway their/ other’s opinions, and will in fact make them combative in response toward yours/ people who share certain opinions you hold, therefore you hurt your own position by slinging mud at others.

@@EricHernandez I wonder if you know how dishonest you truly are.

Lol well, thank you.

I accept your apology :)

no problem and thanks for posting the video

What Matt (and all rational people do if they see a blood trail that leads to a body) search for evidence of what happened because its obvious it could have been an accident , suicide, murder,etc.. so he follows the evidence to its most logical conclusion (NON circular reasoning) regardless of the outcome... What Eric (and all delusional people do in the same scenario) conclude what happened depending on the most comfortable outcome for themselves, then try to reverse engineer the evidence to fit their conclusion (circular reasoning) because they are fixated on one possible outcome

The moderator said, two heavyweights. No, moderator, who ever you are sitting in the middle there. There is only 1 heavyweight, Matt, and 1 intellectually handicapped theist , throwing unsupported claims around. Including his love for the missuse of the begging the question fallacy.

Charango123quena Man....tons of debaters look away. Including Hitchens and Harris. So what. That's like saying when two fighters met one is looking down/away. Thus is he is scared. Wrong. But...you're correct in the rest of your comment at least.

ian philip I noticed that too.

ian philip I swear you see what you want......LOL.

S Littles I notice you noticed that too.

@@EricHernandez Wow, your replies to comments are childish, ignorant, and antagonizing. Not very righteous in my opinion, you seem to lose your composure and stoop down to the level of those that berate you.

Jordan Scarbrough, his “arguments”!were childish, and ignorant.

I think other parts were more memorable, but thats a fair one.

This is why we cant have nice things, people believe in monsters rather then acknowledge they are the monster.

Richard Barrow 😂😂😂😂😂😂

That's also a stupid tu quoque fallacy, smh

That sounds more like an Atheist

😂😂😂that is because Eric is an idiot

No, Alex Pinkney. When one walks in a long road at a fine evening and one "sees" the moon following one, does that mean the moon is following you? No. The slogan "see it to believe it" is largely false. The slogan one would be wise to take, instead of this one, was enunciated by Feynman which is the first principle of science: you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. In deriving conclusion from our actual circumstances, one needs more and better data. One needs methods of verifications and measurements, tools or rather technologies, that are proven to be plausible and worth trusting-however actively being updated and upgraded. To your remarks which seem to imply that an atheist is a nonbeliever because "they can't see [enter whatever theological] god". This is not necessarily the case. A guy can't see the happenings in another country, but does that mean the happpenings in another country weren't real or that nothing's happening there or that country isn't real? No. But if guy believes that's the case, is by no means a precursor of what an atheist would say about the matter. Because the reasoning of "if you can't see it, therefore, it isn't real" is a complete non-sequitur to atheism. Here we must define what atheism is: "Atheism is not believing in the existence of god of any religion". The reason for that is because they can't see god (i.e., Zeus, Poseidon, Thor, Yahweh, Allah) but instead they aren't convince of the existence of any gods or goddesses of any religion either because of the lack of evidence, or the absence of evidence, or that the evidences of reality points the other way. Sam Harris puts it rather well: "atheism is not being convince by “theism” (i.e. there's no good reason or rather there's no reason at all to believe in the existence of Poseidon). Atheism is simply an admission of the obvious." But if one is assert the existence of god - the Biblical god, for instance, who is an illiterate, psychopathic, genocidal wargod - then one had by default assert quality claims (god is male because it's god not goddess [Father not Mother] and whatever the things he wants you to do and not to, what're his plans and intentions, etc) and a quantity claim (that there's only one god - god not gods). Demonstrate for us your method of measurement or observation for (1) the existence of your god, (2) the number of gods and goddesses [how are you able conclude that there is "one" god, i.e., your god, and not count the hundred gods and goddesses of other religions-keep in mind that there may be hidden gods that you weren't able to count or count them as non-existent?], (3) what makes your god any less made up than all other gods and goddesses humans had invented in their religion and theological fiction, and (4) the Creation moment done by your god. Please, if you're mature enough, don't respond with more word spaghetti; I actually want to see a demonstration of creation of a universe by your god, such as: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ve0Bpmx8Fk0.html

@@Tarnished_Denji theists forget that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

imnotdavid 😂😂😂😂

imnotdavid is the first time EVERYONE claps for Matt, religious people included, and then later the religious people clap for me too after clapping for Matt? Wow.

Joseph Sekavec 😂😂😂😂

@@EricHernandezI know you like making unsubstantiated assertions but lets not pretend you know the religious persuasion of everyone in the audiance.

+Ishkur23 Well most of the time I did explain why. He simply repeated what he said as if that somehow solved the problem. I don't think you understand what begging the question is. When he is assuming his position and then asserting an analogy, that is question begging to assume the analogy or illustration (that begs the question in the first place) makes his position right. That is the very definition of question begging. So when my argument, for example, was that you can't know what color someone is thinking of because it's quite possible to associate one color word with an entirely different color than me, then it becomes question begging to simply say that you can flash a color card and then associate their brain state with that color card, when colors are the very thing in question. It's called inverted qualia. That is clearly question begging. He killed the discussion by either changing the subject, repeating himself, or at some times, the time simply ran out for that round. Also, he didn't have any arguments. There wasn't much to address but rather address his fallacies. He was very unprepared for this debate.

No, you didn't explain why. You just kept interrupting him with "question begging" which was wrong because he wasn't even asserting an argument in the first place. It made you sound very foolish, like you didn't understand what he was saying so you relied on fallacies as an escape hatch. "When he is assuming his position and then asserting an analogy, that is question begging" That is actually NOT what question begging is. I implore you to look up the concept again and understand it more fully. Begging the question refers to a very specific type of argument where the conclusion is proven in the very premise. It's a type of circular argument. Really simplified examples: "The Bible is true because it says so in the Bible." or "Homosexuality is unnatural because it is against nature to be attracted to the same sex." Matt Dillahunty never did this in any of his arguments. Both of you went back and forth many times over the validity of the various analogies used so if anything you should have interjected with faulty analogy claims (that's where most of the mistakes occurred). But not question begging -- that never happened. Matt Dillahunty did have arguments, he was just arguing from a position of uniformitarianism and methodological naturalism, a worldview that you reject which is fine, however it's easily the most practical and cogent one. You actually have the harder argument -- without a requisite demonstration of your worldview in practice, all you're left with is abstract rhetoric. And you can't exactly speak things into existence. You said it yourself -- you aren't God.

+Ishkur23 I would assert he was question begging and also hoped he would follow up or clarify but much like most, he was incredibly convinced that he was right (only physical things can cause anything) that he couldn't see how it was possibly begging the question. I get that. But that is to assume once again that he is right to begin with. That is question begging. The example you gave is called circular reasoning. Where you point to the very thing you are trying to prove as proof. Where as begging the question is pointing to something else as proof, but the very thing you are pointing to (arguing for) is presupposed as true by your position. So how about rather than get into a game of "I know you are but what am I", please give me a specific example of where I erroneously used the "begging the question" claim and I'd be more than happy to elaborate. So yea, you are correct, his analogies were both begging the question AND faulty analogies. I gave you a clear example of that. I have yet to hear one from you where I mistakenly used it. Here is an article I wrote on seeing color. A point of contention for us that he evidently didn't understand, which was odd for someone who claimed that this was such a dead topic. He obviously meant "I haven't studied it" by "dead topic". www.erichernandezministries.com/questions/do-we-all-see-the-same-color-questions-on-does-the-soul-exist-debate-24/ Also, no. He was not arguing from that. He was arguing from ignorance (also a logical fallacy). He blatantly and shamelessly admitted it when I asked if his ultimate answer to the entire debate was "I don't know" and he said, "EXACTLY". See, there it goes again. By you claiming I need to "demonstrate" something already assumes that a demonstration is a sufficient or necessary condition for epistemology warrant. But I don't hold to that form of methodism. As I pointed out in the debate, its a false view of knowledge. THAT is where a lot of question begging came from as well. You can't come to a debate and simply assume that your view of epistemology, metaphysics, science, ontology and so forth is simply true and accepted by everyone and then argue from that assumption. That is what he did a lot and of course, every other atheist who believes as he does will simply swallow it hook line and sinker. That is a main issue I see with internet atheist. They come from a position of presupposing what they believe is true and then simply assert it. Here is a highlight video I made (with added humor) to express exactly what I am getting at with false views of knowledge. Also, you can download on itunes for free my post debate review "In depth review Eric Hernandez" and I elaborate on the mistakes that Matt made and explain some instances of question begging. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZhW4SYbR6vc.html

+Eric Hernandez (Eric Hernandez Ministires) Eric -- because Matt made an assertion and didn't back it up DOES NOT make it question begging. That is an entirely different type of argument. You could have accused him of slippery slope or hasty generalization or even a category fallacy if that was the case, but nothing he was doing was begging the question. In fact, at one point Matt even helped you out by identifying the fallacy he was using (reductio ad absurdum), if only to get you to stop saying "question begging". At either rate, it's usually bad form to interrupt and shut down your opponent with fallacy claims. It doesn't help your argument for one, and it just makes you seem like you're dodging his points. It's generally bad debate etiquette and even a little vindictive, and you appeared nervous and insecure whenever you did that. Instead, you could have executed a very quick internal critique of his assertion to show where his reasoning was faulty. But just bleating "question begging" over and over again does not strengthen your side of the debate. The color analogy is almost irrelevant and I don't care what point you're trying to make by bringing it up because it's not the topic of the debate. Analogies are not arguments. They can be used to clarify arguments, but they are not arguments themselves nor should they be used as the main thrust of arguments. It is a common tactic among charlatans and hustlers to argue in parables and analogies instead of facts. Proving analogies does not automatically mean you prove your argument, no matter how well justified. Matt responding "I don't know" is not an argument from ignorance. An argument from ignorance is when you replace "I don't know" with an answer that is not demonstrable or justifiable. "I don't know" is a very useful answer because it is the goal of rational inquiry to investigate until a reasonable answer can be ascertained. But using a placeholder answer just because you don't want to use the phrase "I don't know" is dishonest and at times even silly. Admitting you don't know something in a debate does not concede the debate. The topic was: Does the soul exist? You, arguing from a position of theism, said it does and you provided theological arguments for it. Matt, arguing from a position of methodological naturalism, gave the only honest answer methodological naturalism can give: I Don't Know, since science has yet to find evidence of a soul. That doesn't rule out the possibility that it could exist, just that there is no confirmation thus far. But just because Matt doesn't have an answer doesn't mean your argument is automatically correct. That, in and of itself, would be an argument from ignorance. Can you give me an example of a methodology that is more robust and accurate than practical demonstration? I would like to try it out and see if it produces any useful results. And no, once again it's NOT begging the question. You seriously need to read up on your logical fallacies. The only way it would be begging the question is if I said "Practical demonstration is the only way to acquire knowledge because knowledge needs to be practically demonstrated." But that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying practical demonstration is a very robust path to knowledge and it's the one I prefer because it has a very good track record of producing reliable results. In no way did I claim that it is the only one. All knowledge is provisional -- subject to change as new knowledge is discovered. If you prefer another methodology that is even better, by all means show me and let's compare. And by the way: I'm not an atheist. Since Munchausen's Trilemma is not solvable, ultimately we all must start from sets of presuppositions. There's no escaping that problem.

+Ishkur23 Sigh, now these are getting too long and I must get back to a project that I am working on. I encourage you to listen to the podcast debate review, you can download it for free and I explain the very example you are using. His tactic would be reductio ad absurdum IF it were true. Which it wasn't. It was presupposing he was right to begin with. I disagree. I interrupted, as he is familiar with and has said before, in order to stop someone before they proceed in an argument to point out that the point they just made is a point of disagreement which should be addressed before moving on. Seeing how his entire foundation, such as epistemology, metaphysics, scientisim and so forth are ALL positions that I claim are false, I wanted to address those before we moved on. It has nothing to do with debate etiquette or being nervous (its actually the quite opposite). It had to do with utilizing the time we had to address one thing at a time. It's not my fault that he chose to doge or that he himself could not even understand his fallacy. As I said, he often changed the subject or simply it went over his head. Wow. "It is a common tactic among charlatans and hustlers to argue in parables and analogies instead of facts. Proving analogies does not automatically mean you prove your argument, no matter how well justified." The irony in that is that i was addressing the analogy MATT used in the debate, not me. So, funny you should say that....yea.... Nope. Coming to a debate to say "I don't know" is a waste of time. That is fine for personal reflection, but not for public debate. If there were a voting poll, "Yes or No", it would make no sense for someone to go up to the poll, put "I dont know" on the ballot and then ask where the "I don't know" box is at. This is very childish and evasive for public debate. If that is his position then he could have just emailed that in and we could have had someone else do the debate. And nope. My arguments weren't theological, but philosophical dealing with metaphysics. Hence, science is irrelevant and to object with science is an argument from ignorance and a category fallacy. I addressed this many times. See this highlight video of it and Matts blatant inconsistency. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zrqHf6oWnTI.html AND yes, you are right that him not having an answer to my arguments do not mean I am correct. However, if Matt cannnot adequately respond to my arguments, then it means he is unjustified in believing or lack of believing in the soul. That is the epitome of blind faith and cognitive dissonance. Yes. Can you demonstrate that demonstrations are always needed? That alone would prove that your very criteria for epistemology is necessarily false. So to keep using it would be irrational. So once again, to say, "we have no other way" is an argument from ignorance, NOT an argument to justify your view. Yet if a christian were to do this, (as matt claimed that i did), all atheist would cry out that this was irrational and shifting the burden. The inconsistency is incredible. And even an implicit claim can be question begging even if not explicitly stated. And in one breathe you claim or implicitly seem to claim that there is no way other than your methodology, and then in the next paragraph you say that you are not claiming that there is no other way. Then why ask for an example of another way if you yourself implicitly claim that you are aware of other ways? That is incredibly disingenuous and inconsistent. All knowledge is provisional? Then tell me, is the claim to know that "All knowledge is provisional", provisional? Or objectively true? That is incredibly self defeating. Equally, by your very own standard you must demonstrate this, yet this cannot be done in one life time and would require you to know everything, which by your own definition is provisional. Thus, you are by your own standard unjustified in your very foundation and the claim itself. It is false and self defeating. If you choose to respond that is fine but I doubt I will be able to read it. I must get back to my projects. I have addressed all your claims and objections and still you seem to simply disagree with out even living up to your own criteria by demonstrating why I'm at fault in my claims. Anything else we say from here on out would just be going back in a circle with different examples. Have a good day.

I was thinking the same thing about the people who can’t follow an argument. Regardless, I appreciate the respect 🙏🏼

Did you not watch the debate...?

@@EricHernandez of course he did, which is why he asked the question. Did YOU watch the debate?

Reuben Cohn then tell me what I said LITERALLY about the very thing you’re asking

Eric Carter see my comment above

Loss of parts of the soul didn't affect Lord Voldemort, he was just as evil as he ever was. All it did was make it very difficult to kill him. Putting parts of his soul in objects and creating Horcruxes to keep himself from being killed. Me, I like to think the soul will ascend to a higher level of existence and live forever there - not in heaven but as pure energy like the Ancients did in Stargate SG1, no religion, just what I would like to have happen to me.

@Ian M shush, damnit, you're going to ruin it! LOL!

I watch a LOT of debates, and Matt is probably the best at it. He's not only just intelligent, he's very articulate.

@@brandonakey6616 It also helps when you only adopt the correct/ reasonably justifiable position.

@@Raz.C Not really. As I see it Matt usually wins but his positions are rarely ever correct, reasonable or justified.

@@CCCBeaumont I mean no offence by saying this, but I have to question if you really do know what "correct/ reasonably/ justified" actually mean, if that's your earnest position. Perhaps we can clarify this. If you're able to provide an example of a position that Matt holds (explicitly stated, NOT inferred), that you believe is incorrect/ unreasonable/ unjustifiable, then please present it here, so that we can examine your claim.

Matt’s arguments?? What arguments?

​@@EricHernandez I came into this netral but he gave so much more substance to the debate. Sorry bro but you are the definition of verbal diarrhea, please consider toning that back.

@@EricHernandez Offended much?

@@EricHernandez Matt’s arguments are in the form of reasoning. A proposition was made and Matt argued this was false via reasoning. The fact that you don’t understand that is not surprising.

haha you continue to prove to the world, but not yourself, how ignorant you are! lolololol Please continue all these years later! @@EricHernandez

I like that.

you,re begging the question

@@adamsmith4180 your mocking of him is a straw man that's begging the question. Did you freely mock him?

@@notahandle965 You,re just begging the question

@@adamsmith4180 freely begging it!

Lots of question begging in here😂😂

Just a little

a little of a lot

He's hard to listen to.

it's painful

Truth can be painful to some.

na ah.

@@EricHernandez You mad.

Matt is up to a point. But he's very articulate and intelligent in his words of rebuttal. He appeals to your logic and reasoning with sensibility.

@@EricHernandez Bro you used the same level of argument throughout this ...'discussion'. U put words in people's mouth, run to different points without addressing any. I just can't take you seriously man. Be better, be less stupid! U can do it!

Yes, to endure the massacre that Erick gave him and not lose his temper like he always does.

Alex Crick this comments is amazing. Amazing

@@EricHernandez comment*

@@BrettCradle *comment

*continent* =)

Isn't it adorable that since Eric has no argument he has to be a child? Hahaha

You're just begging the question.

Lol you really have no idea what the argument is do you?

You tell him Dan!

Eric, I wouldn't point to Dan because either A) He is being facetious and youre too dumb to get it... or B) He is too dumb to understand satire and sarcasm because Chad wasn't in anyway begging the question. Also, your syllogisms were flawed. *Mike Drop*

@@EricHernandez I think Dan making fun of you

Applying the charity principle to this guy. If we define belief as "being convinced of something" (Matt likes this definition) and kowledge as "a belief with sufficient evidence backing it up to justify rational believing" (this is still subjective, but I think we can work with this), and we grant that the scientific method, in its last phase (sufficient repetition and experimentation turning hypothesis into a theory) produces knowledge, then I think scientific method technically begins with a belief (hypothesis) which you don't have to verify while formulating it, even though you have to verify it afterwards in order for it to become knowledge... I am totally aware that is not what this guy is saying, but I like playing devil's advocate.

There is also another way to justify him. We rest all of our knowledge inthe laws of though: "law of non-contradiction", "law of excluded middle", "law of identity". These principles are axioms, we set them as true whatever situation there is because we have no choice, without them we cannot build knowledge. Therefore "knowledge can start with belief that you don't have to verify"... ok, this laws are verifiable by repetition and experimentation, but even Matt has stated that we do have to make the presuposition they are true and will continue to be true in order to build knowledge, which I agree with.

But does it weigh less than blue?

K B my brain weighs less after reading this comment

Japhy Riddle ooooooo! You tell Riddler!

@@EricHernandez you don't have a brain

@@hermanlemmer1968 that was a hilarious comment. Did you come up with that one all by yourself?

you,re begging the question

You tell him Adam!

What did he say that you think was intellectually dishonest and silly?

@@EricHernandez Now you're begging the question, what should Adam tell him?

I think you are all begging the question

The discovery of the big bang raised more questions,, questions are problems,, not a refutation... 1. "How do you know the attributes conferred to the soul are given by only one substance and not several substances" ...you'd have to understand the arguments for God to come to this conclusion. 2. "the interactions with the physical realm should be detectable."...they are detectable, not in a lab, but certainly, ontologically, psychologically, theologically, the conscience, anthropologically..etc...just because you presuppose materialistic, or scientism (which is not a science at all), doesn't invalidate all other branches of science/knowledge. 3. "Shouldn't be better for the soul to interact with different organs" "without dependence almost exclusively in a single organ, that seems to me like a bad design."....really? It seems to work just fine. And if this is your position truly you should make the same conclusion about all our organs and feelings' "dependence almost exclusively in a single organ", the brain.

Telsonater wow, I hope this isn’t Telson’s official comment. I would do everything in my power to hide this comment.

@@EricHernandez wow I hope this isn't Eric's official reply. Now you're just being ignorant.

@@rigo_24 Just now....?

@@dj_menyo839 WHY CAN'T I BE IN PEACE!!!??? 😭😭😭

@@rigo_24 I hope this isn't Ryden's official plea for peace in his life.

Stan Stevens 😂😂😂

He's not an idiot. He's an amateur with a philosophy hobby who got into apologetics. Christian apologetics like to baby the intellect of its students so that they'll have a massive ego and make tons of errors when they do debates. It thrives on making tons of errors so that their opponent will have a hard time identifying all of them.

J w I like that title.

Lu G. BMEN

@J w Accurate

Best comment lol

Lol wow we must have watched two different debates.

@@EricHernandez Or you're a moron. It's one of those lol

@@49perfectss do you know how big a loser you are

You love Matt so much ...that's good cause you both will be burning in hell....then it's to late ....JESUS IS REAL AND HIS FATHER AND I PITY THE SOUL WHO DOESNT BELIEVE THIS

@@lorindabowling3263 🤣🤣🤣

Me!

@@EricHernandez shut the fuck up

Herman Lemmer Because that’s the response of a rational “adult”. 😒 Those four likes must have been from the 10 year olds watching.

@@theconservativechristian7308 no those 4 likes was from the tooth fairy

Herman Lemmer ....why the anger here towards Eric?

Obviously you aren't familiar with properly basic beliefs or epistemology.

Eric Hernandez is that begging the question?

Eric Hernandez you dont know shit about those subjects either. You just make constant assertions and pretend anyone who calls you out on your assertion must magically be more ignorant than you. You are a little worm. You cant assert knowledge and not have anything to defend it, and expect other to believe you have knowledge.

Eric Hernandez Craig’s properly basic bs argument has been crushed numerous times

_Obviously you aren't familiar with properly basic beliefs or epistemology._ Properly basic beliefs are our *starting assumptions* . They are literally assumed to be true. They cannot be justified without engaging in circular reasoning. _If_ they are true, then my subsequent beliefs can be justified and be called knowledge. For example, we all assume that our memory is reliable. To make any attempt to justify this belief requires you to _use_ your memory in order to justify its reliability. Eric, it is you who is not familiar with properly basic beliefs or epistemology. Please understand that I am under the impression that you think that properly basic beliefs are in fact knowledge claims. If I have erred, then I apologize.

I'm sorry for that. Can I please help cover your medical bills?

i agree, Eric has no clue what he is doing

Jaime Fernandez That's begging the question.

David Maxwell The fact that you think his comment about begging the question is begging the question is begging the question.

No, no, not at all!

LifeLikeWeeds Did you just beg the question?

You're just begging the question.

Ouch

You misspelled Matt Dillahunty

@@EricHernandez I can see now why the consensus agrees that Matt won the debate...

Oliver Watts me too. Cause the consensus are Dillahunty fanboys.

Jokes on you. I've never even read the first chapter!

@@EricHernandez Evidently

Oliver Watts so you agree with me. Ferryman is wrong? 😎

@@EricHernandez Nope - you're just another presuppositionalist idiot!

Nope.

@@EricHernandez Eloquent *rolls eyes

Absolutely pointless, yes. Everything Eric described was something the brain "does". He just wanted to be something that "is". Nothing more than childish wishful thinking in response to the human fear of the end of the self.

Yes, I’m sure you will.

@@EricHernandez lol, you can't even recognize your own argument.

Honestly the most petty theist out there

What about Spike? He doesn't have soul yet he sleeps?

Nope.

@@EricHernandez your a idiot

This Eric guy still believes in a soul and God, grow up my guy, it's 2019, we don't fuckin live in the dark ages no more

@@hermanlemmer1968 His replies to these comments make me want to slap the shit out of him. Typical theist has no clue about reality because he's been sheltered from the real world and forced to read the same fictional stories from the same fictional book every day. What a loser.

Nope.

Doubting Thomas I don’t think this commenter understands Matt’s position

Isn't it nice of Eric to prove to you that he isn't smart enough to understand Matt in your own comment? I thought that was sweet lol

If you don't understand the significance, you might be a child.

@@EricHernandez You are begging the question :P Also the vision does not work that way. But you don't care for how the things work, obviously. 21st century and people still believe in fairy tales.

Nope

@@EricHernandez dumbass

Especially when he's quoting atheist philosophers , right?

You're just begging the question.

lol

Volmire1 misquoting maybe

Daniel W. You tell em Daniel!

Oh stop, you're making me blush!

But he still can NOT prove the existence of a soul or any god!

you,re begging the question

Adam Smith you tell em Adam!

You can do better by telling us where you think he fell short. Cos, to me you're just following the masses

Tomas Beha yeah...

Undefeated Matt. :D

Krauss's universe from "Nothing" Is total speculation! So is multiverses! And from truly NOTHING... NOTHING COMES!!! A Quantum vacuum is SOMETHING you Delusional moron! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A7I3uM-kMPI.html

Tomas Beha big time bro

Tomas Beha you are just begging the question

No. But the volume would have done just fine.

this comment sounds like you are reading it off cue cards someone else wrote in a different language...

Eric Hernandez Really? It was short and concise and no way faltering and atonal.

I think Eric meant the comment that HE used to answer you.

He's a smug prick who has way higher of an opinion of himself than he ever should imagine deserving

Eric Hernandez congratulations on the clever retort. Your debating skills are on point within and without formal debates. Your misuse of logical fallacies is astounding.

This was a debate on the soul...not God...so....yea...

@Eric and you failed miserably at that as well. Thanks for the laughs Chuckles.

Eric, are you implying that a soul exists independently of a god or "higher power"? Because you clearly think that the Christian god exists so your comment makes no sense to me. It reminds me of the christian apologetics who use the ontological argument et al. for a "maximally great being" or some such when they are absolutely arguing for THEIR brand of god and not some nebulous concept. Your comment sounds dishonest to me when you are clearly arguing for a Yahweh brand soul.

Twit Chic Ah, that was 8. God is 8. Yep yep yep that's what it is. Does Eric teach math?

ur begging ze question

Matt? Yea I know :/

@@EricHernandez JUST SUCH A SAD JOKE!

I propose you go back and listen to my opening statement. Do you guys even watch the video??

Purple Leviathan this comment in a nut shell: Eric is wrong because I say so!

J w dude you’ve got horrible arguments for the soul. How embarrassing 🙊

@@EricHernandez you are a embarrassment, look at the dislikes on this video😂

@@hermanlemmer1968 So you mean your judgment of a matter is base on popular view? Oh gosh, poor you....

@@DavidAddoteye poor me?😂oh gosh poor you, believing in fairy tales and your imaginary friend.

Marty Thompson what in God’s green earth are you talking about?

@@EricHernandez Where is this god you refer to? There isn't any evidence of one.

@@modelsteamers671 Lol I guess you didn't even bother reading the title of the debate.

@@EricHernandez I'm asking about the God you refer to in your reply to Marty.

That actually would have been a good one.

Ouch bro. That was very low... :(

It's really just my honest assessment.... Mostly because, the debate was about, "Does The Soul Exist?" The argument you presented is really just you running around in a big game of words and labels, and it never really even attempts to answer the question in any other way, other than playing with words and labels. Where's the demonstration? Where's the methodology? Where's the evidence? A big convoluted word and label game does nothing to support your argument. In addition, I agree with others here that your accusation that Matt is, "begging the question," as a response to what he was presenting, is incorrect. I gotta hand it to you though, you have a lot of guts putting yourself out there like this. I'm sure you learned a lot from it, and I wouldn't mind seeing you and Matt back at it for another go at demonic possession.... Just don't go any further down the Sye Ten road of responding incessantly, "That's begging the question!" as if though that is a valid response to something just because there is no current way of accounting for the laws of logic. Have a good one....

@@2tonetony319 What? Sye is awesome. He exposes the absurdity of atheistic world views. And he is good at it.

There's no amount of aloe that will soothe that burn

@@ChessArmyCommander You are kidding, right?

Too long to read so I’m gonna say. Nope

@@EricHernandez fuckin idiot

@@EricHernandez You really shouldn't have even bothered to give a comment. Do you work to be perceived as an asshole?

Lol I'll take the compliment, thank you!

Thats just simply begging the question

These comments though!!!!!!!!!!!!😭❤️😭

It's sort of like they're properties made up of a collection of physical components.

Jawohl!!!!!!!!!! *SLAMS THE TABLE*

KingKongsBigDingDong I’ll save everyone a lot of time. Skip to my comment and Mr Ding Dong is wrong.

Thanks for that honest inquiry. I can very much appreciate that! I am pleased with the debate, and even if I were not pleased with it, I would still leave the comment section open. I give a full breakdown and my thoughts on the debate here if you're interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z5r7EdiYzt4.html

Yes please!

he's good everywhere

You're just begging the question.

Casparus Kruger where?

Trooper meh

Daniel W. You tell em dan!

Erin Barr so.... inventions don’t exist? Damn.

@@EricHernandez not if they are never acted upon and built

Eric Hernandez he said . “probably not” and statistically speaking most thoughts do not manifest into objective reality. so it’s probable that something thought up doesn’t exist.

@John Reynolds Not sure what you mean here

@John Reynolds that’s a fallacious argument. complexity doesn’t require consciousness to come to be.

Hey, I can definitely appreciate that kind of respect! Thank you.

@@EricHernandez nah not a coward. Just ignorant

That's just begging the question with circular logic.