Ep. 345 - The Best Advertisement for Atheism | Fireside Chat 

so the best advertisement for atheism is to make us go somewhere else to see the answer to the title of the video? got it

Bad religious people certainly don't help, and it's easy to see how being able to convince others that you are a "person of God" would really appeal to people who are in reality, whether overtly or covertly, very selfish, or even evil in nature. And being able to dismiss anything they do by saying they're "forgiven", or that "Only God can judge me!" But I've just never seen the appeal in being religious, and the stories are absurd. I don't believe a genuinely good person would be fundamentally less good without a religious motive to be that good person. And I've never had any "creator of the universe" tell me how I should behave or worship them, it's only ever been other, often unremarkable people saying it.

The best way to become an atheist is to read the Bible all through

The pro abortion christians have always baffled me.

Again, the best advertisement for atheism is logic, reason, and science. Not bad religious people. To say that bad religious people are the cause is to not understand atheists.

4:30 can’t be bothered to check the quote? Fine, I’ll do it. Here it is: “There is no God, but don't tell that to my servant, lest he murder me at night”. And it’s a fake quote. Voltaire never said that. Dennis, you have totally messed up. Next time when you’re trying to quote someone don’t be so lazy, please.

All the evidence points to people using religion as moral cover to commit evil they wouldn't get away with otherwise. The world would be a much much better place without religion. "Good people will do good things. Bad people will do bad things. But for good people to do bad that, that takes religion." - Steven Weinberg

Voltaire also apparently said, "if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him." Atheism doesn't work in the real world. The Soviet Union had atheism. Soviet citizens eventually just started worshipping Marx and Lenin instead of Christ, usually with little real understanding. This they called scientific atheism.

If you want to quote the bible…….”Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good-except God alone.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭10‬:‭18‬ ‭

Voltaire was not a rabid atheist......... He was a deist who believed God created the world but did not intervene in it. And Voltaire wrote Candide to ridicule the idea that God is somehow a source of consolation and hope in the face of terrible suffering.

I can't speak for jews, but I believe you are conflating religious people with true christians. There is a very real difference, which is apparent in their actions.

Just wondering when is homelander is coming out in this vids

Religion is nothing more than mans interpretation of Scripture.... Religion doesn't make men better,,,, faith makes men better. There is a difference. You can be the most religious person , give tithe, volunteer to help people, preach the word ... however, it won't make you not corrupt if enmity is found in you. Judaism is an ideology, not a religion. The Jews were already fully embracing the Ammonite god when Jesus was alive. One of the best quotes I heard was this..... A man with a thousand demons recognized Jesus, but men with thousands of scriptures couldn't. If you did a proper chronological study, you would realize that the Jewish Talmud was nothing more than Philo Of Alexandria's attempt to twist the Hebrew Tanakh to fit Greek philosophy. The Christians were deceived by the Holy Roman Empire. While the "Jews" were perverting the scriptures with Greek agnostic philosophy, the Pagans were perverting scriptures with their paganism. So I hope this is a fair enough answer. You can be religious all you want and perform all the works but works without faith is ☠️.

PRAGERU!!!!!

But Denis, what does the Talmud teach jews about non-jews?

Santa was a good story but we all grow up

So basically this is a clickbait or bait-and-switch video intended as an advertisement for your own site. I guess PragerU cannot even be honest about the content of their own videos... But let's address what was shared in this video. "Data shows that religious people tend to be better" I am genuinely curious what data Dennis is referring to and by what standard he is measuring this. Because many studies I've seen came to the conclusion religiosity of people doesn't make them "better people". For instance studies have shown that religious people generally lie just as much if not more than atheists do. And if you look at religiosity in prisons, atheism is (or at least used to be, it's been a while since I've checked) significantly less represented, while the percentage of religious people even increased. Also if you compare crime rates of mostly secular or atheistic countries with countries that are mostly religious, most of the times the secular countries have significantly less crime. Personally I don't think being an atheist makes you a better person, I rather think there are third factors that effect both (like wealth and education), but the same goes for being a theist. Dennis states that religious people donate more to charity and volunteer more. But that isn't really surprising considering that many religions and churches expect or even demand that their members pay tithe to the church, which often is at least 10% of your income. So yes, in that sense religious people easily donate the most. The same goes for the volunteering. Much of which is done either for or through the church. This doesn't mean it isn't great that they do this, but very often the goal of a lot of charity of the church is to benefit, advocate and promote their religion or church. Dennis mentioned Voltaire was an atheist, but he really wasn't. Don't get me wrong, Voltaire was anti-religion and didn't believe in a God as most religions portrayed him, but he himself was more of a deist. I think the quote Dennis refers to is "I want my lawyer, my tailor, my servants, even my wife to believe in God, because it means that I shall be cheated and robbed and cuckolded less often. … If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him". That or "There is no God, but don’t tell that to my servant, lest he murder me at night." But I am genuinely curious whether behaving better out of fear of consequences makes somebody a "better person". If people are convinced they are being surveilled by the police, they generally behave better. So are people that are convinced of this "better people"? In my opinion, if the only reason you behave in a certain way or refrain yourself from doing horrible things is the thought of being either punished or missing out on a reward, in my opinion you are not a better person.

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Need a fartside shat YTP out of this

Why are people bad... well why did Cain kill Abel?

Thank you sir, nice that Snoopy is getting more camera time ❤ Salute from Holland 😊

Choosing one religion is stating that all others are wrong. Why not add yours religion to that list, it's just one more? Anyone who thinks they know god's one and only true word has narrow thinking.

Prager United? Have you been forced to remove the title University?

No thank you

3rd, 13 June 2024

As an atheist, you realize that if there is no god, you are free to do what you want. Therefore, you should also understand that it doesn't matter if someone believes in god or not, since everyone is free to believe what they want.

3:49 so where is that data, Dennis? Are you pulling it out of thin air again?

Lots of Bots here today. God Bless!

You stop being an atheist the moment you start believe in your self .

Religion may clean the outside of the glass, but the inside remains dirty. Eve ate the fruit and Adam joined. We choose sin. Isaiah 53:6 says we have all gone astray and go our own way. David had a personal relationship with the Lord. He sinned pretty bad but he had true repentance and expressed true contrition in Psalm 51 after Nathan confronted him about Bathsheba. After David's repentance David and Bathsheba had Solomon, whom God made the wisest man. I try and focus on God's redemption and love for us rather than man's sin. God will deal with evil in His time. Thank you for all you do Mr. Prager.

Religious people tend to be better? If you need the promise of reward for being humane or the threat of eternal torture then your "goodness" is insincere

Everyone would rather have a Christian as a neighbor than a Satanist or whatever... Voltaire had a point. Cheers from 🇧🇷

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God is money, it's the first thing you mentioned in this video. Money is what you all worship.

Time to grow up, sky daddy isn't real