Matt Dillahunty and AronRa - Lecture and Q&A - Perth WA 

Yes! Same

Yes but his dumb arse comments about vaccines (Covid mRNA) and the atheist experience use of pro nouns is laughable.

Tragic that today BOTH these guys have ABANDONED caring about truth, and have both accepted beliefs, justified by 100% identical standard of evidence, AND by SPECIFIC evidence (or absence there-of) 100% identical, to that of Christianity, Islam, Scientology etc. They (justifiably... back before they became blatnant hypocrites, at least) criticize Christians and other religions, for accepting beliefs, despite total absence of empirical evidence, and for defining "truth", justified ONLY by a (totally subjective, unfalsifiable, non-empirical) standard of evidence that "but it FEEELS true, to me..." Yet TODAY, both Dillahunty and Ra hold a 100% faith-based belief that "trans-women ARE women"... despite a total absence of empirical of empirical evidence (in fact, EVERY SHRED of empirical evidence says the exact opposite; That defintionally, EVERY SINGLE """trans-woman""" is objectively an evidence-based MAN...) And that belief is justified ONLY by a totally subjective, unfalsifiable, non-empirical standard of evidence of "but... but it FEEELS true, to me!!!" And like every other religion, they don't even TRY to rationally defend these beliefs, based on VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE (like they demand for every religion... EXCEPT their own...) They just accuse non-believers of being evil, hateful sinners (or "hateful transphobes", in their own religious jargon. But the MEANING is exactly the same- "Sinner"/"transphobe" BOTH mean "anyone who rejects my 100% evidence-free, faith-based beliefs")

It’s called: Deep State Employees P e r I o d |||•••|||•••||| DUH

@@baconsarny-geddon8298a woman is somebody with certain physical characteristics. Such as breasts. It also includes a lot of socially typical characteristics such as long hair, certain clothes, etc. A trans woman fills most of these characteristics. This is because they have the hormonal makeup of a woman due to pills, which changes their body’s biology. The reason they do this is because they experience gender dysphoria. Cisgender people also experience gender dysphoria, in cases such as if a medication has a side effect altering their hormones. Thus, both cisgender and trans people take these pills in order to relieve gender dysphoria and fulfill the biological and social role of who they want to be. All of this seems logical to me, I don’t see how it is subjective to want people to live their best life, or to recognize that they have the hormonal makeup of a woman, or that they want to fulfill the social role of a woman. People like Aron and Matt tend to repeat nonstop that even if their sexuality is still male/female, their gender, which is the social role, they will regard how the other person wishes, which makes sense as that specific part is definitionally subjective. All of this is to say, again, I don’t see the problem with considering trans women to be women. It is literally harmful to marginalize or treat people differently for being trans, both to them and society as a whole. Opinions like this are why some are convinced other people are biased against them, and would remove them from society if those people could.

UTU49 thank you!

Aron Ra, all day.

I had no idea these two got together. I wish I was as interested in this age old debate in 2015 as I am now. I would have loved to have been in the audience. Thank the Gods for RU-vid haha

I suspect that's Mrs Ra ?

Noo I'm not Mrs Ra. I'm married to Luke, we organised the trip for Matt, Aron and Lilandra ❤

And thankyou so much, it was so nerve wracking lol

@@lilleeshy666 The organising or the being mistaken for being Mrs Ra ?

@@PirateCommander Two years late, but I think she meant the mic-holding. 😂

"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya? ... Monk?"

Yep ..... Green Eggs and Ham makes more sense!

ATH-3157 the place

whynottalklikeapirat I

Yeah, this life is just for preachers. Big houses, big cars and big lies!

Woltato , I see what you did there. ;)

I am modestly more modest than you are!

I think Brexit and the rise of the far right in Europe have disabused anyone of the notion that Europeans are more sophisticated thinkers.

sham421 Not sure what Brexit has to do with anything.

Really? You don’t see Brexit as a result of the rise of nationalist ideology? Because Russia sure did.

First I would argue the most ridiculous thing in the bible I never read fully is where Jesus curse a fig tree cause he had no fruits to death as an analogy for ruin the old temple system by yelling at them and destroy there booths so they suprisingly got angry. The funny part: It was not even time to harvests figs what made him look like an angry kid witches around. So if the bible was gods word why does he think that kind of story was more valuable and more necessary to transmit than a few pages about math, electricity or genes?

I agree with you but theists will think atheists are loud and obnoxious when they see your comment, calm tf down

@J Oak what about me?

Rational thought they have become wise in their own mind they are fools

darin romano Woah, look who's talking.

@@sylicone6952 Yes but I'm not the one who was suffering from God Derangement syndrome

Why are all the giants of rational thought glutinous man bears...

whynottalklikeapirat and sober

Yeah he seems to have cleaned up his act some

@@whynottalklikeapirat Sober ? Have you ever seen his live streams . Beer is ubiquitous (sp) .

@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 Yeah. He seems to have cleaned up his act some =.O

@@whynottalklikeapirat Well , nothing wrong with some suds on a Saturday evening ...

James Powers How did they get the Australian Kangaroo and the platypus and the other native animals and native insects like the Sydney funnel web spider to the middle east?

So you want me to believe that the platypus and spiders walked that great distance? That is just as impossible as the connected land masses.

It is a "fact" that the "super continents" were millions of years before your creation myths. How does wood drift over the land? And ice in the middle east? HAHAHA Give me the peer reviewed papers to back up those claims of yours, after all you did mention the word "fact".

"Creation is a fact" Extraordinary claims requires extraordinary proof. What is your proof? "Peer review has tons of documented failures" far less failures than the bible has. Even theologians state there is NO evidence that moses existed and that he did NOT exist. "land mass and water was far different 100's of years ago" You are so WRONG! "I prefer my reasoned logical facts" is by no means fact unless it can be proved. "Corrupt, like everything else" That blanket statement INCLUDES your bible too! Thank you for admitting that. "controlled by the radical left atheist zealot ideologues that control the big banks and most of the world" WOW now you're in to the conspiracies HAHAHA get a grip man

you're baseless ramblings have proved nothing! You claim single cells cant have existed is so false since single cell exist even today. You love to throw the word "atheist" around a lot yet most scientists are god believers.

Now, show us an epic fail from the Qu aran too.

Sure. 2:258 "Bethink thee of him who had an argument with Abraham about his Lord, because Allah had given him the kingdom; how, when Abraham said: My Lord is He Who giveth life and causeth death, he answered: I give life and cause death. Abraham said: Lo! Allah causeth the sun to rise in the East, so do thou cause it to come up from the West. Thus was the disbeliever abashed. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk." Nope. The Sun only appears to rise in the East and set in the West due to the rotation of Earth. No god is required for that to happen. Even if a god created it all, the REASON the Sun seems to rise in the East and set in the West is NOT because a god is causing that to happen, as this verse asserts. It is an apparent motion created by the rotation of the Earth. Fail. 2:222 "They question thee (O Muhammad) concerning menstruation. Say: It is an illness, so let women alone at such times and go not in unto them till they are cleansed. And when they have purified themselves, then go in unto them as Allah hath enjoined upon you. Truly Allah loveth those who turn unto Him, and loveth those who have a care for cleanness." Nope. Menstruation is not an illness. It just isn't. But this is what we expect of primitive savages - a lack of understanding of the medical necessity of this natural bodily function. Fail. And how about this logical contradiction and negation of free will: 2:10 "In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increaseth their disease. A painful doom is theirs because they lie." So... Allah INCREASES this disease? And then holds people accountable with eternal torment? This is absurdly immoral to the extent of an epic fail for a god also asserted to be relenting, merciful and benevolent.

Lol!

And now, the 9 - 11 Commission Report and the Dawkins Delusion. Gotta keep them coming!! Thanks for the quotes man!!!!

Yatukih001 Not going to comment on 9-11. Something fishy may or may not have happened. Given the incredible stupidity and negligence of our government, I doubt a mass-conspiracy. I don't think there is enough brain-power in our collective government to pull that off. The evidence for a conspiracy is tenuous and circumstantial at best, though I still have this gut feeling that something fishy went down. I don't get the reference to the "Dawkins Delusion." What specific delusion are you asserting there? The man speaks of evolution mostly, which to me hasn't anything to do with the subject of religion. Even if evolution wasn't a demonstrable fact of reality, it wouldn't change the absence of evidence for theist/religious assertions. Even if we had no explanation for the diversity of life, we would then only have no explanation. It wouldn't make supernatural magical 'explanations' any more credible. We would still need evidence for any supernatural magical mechanism. But given the scientific method is based on methodological naturalism, I doubt any verifiable supernatural mechanism could ever be demonstrated even IF it exists. At best, we would only be able to see and confirm natural effects without any indication of the supernatural cause.

I think he sounds like Johnny cash. He said that he uses horse shampoo for his lustrous hair.

If you want to learn with true bible scholars, check out Christine Hayes at Yale or Professor of new testament studies Dr A J Levine or Bishop John Shelby Spong. None of them are biblical literalists , but they are great teachers.

It's hilarious how God haters spend their lives opining over the Bible.

TrustInJesus111 check out my youtube

TrustInJesus111 The Bible is sharper than a double edged sword

More like a dull butter knife.

BLASHPHEMY!

In atheists, America distrusts.

asubjectiveopinion Perhaps do some research into who the framers were and how they identified themselves. Atheism was represented in America from the start.

Sorry, we were busy with other stuff.

HA WOW WHAT A SAD JOKE THAT PEOPLE CAN BELIEVE ALL LIFE CAME FROM NOTHING. YOU DEFINITELY STILL WILL NOT FIND AN ATHEIST IN A FOXHOLE.

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@@tornadofreaks5744 lol oh dear

What makes you think humanist societies don't promote critical thinking and the scientific method? That's specifically what it _glorifies_ because those two things have done absolute wonders for humanity as a species. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism - _"Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition."_ I think you might be confusing it for something else. What you said is nonsensical; it's like saying "Why do I not want to join an atheist society? Because I am interested in critically analyzing claims that gods exist."

Yeah. Me too. That was the first time I came across Ra. From Todd Rundgren's Utopia. It's amazing looking back just how many concepts, points, words/terms and things one first comes to know from a song or an album cover from years back. Cygnus X one, off Rush's twenty one twelve album was the first time I came across a black hole, for example.

Cygnus X-1 totally agree. First mention of a black hole in music history!

That reminds me of the old Egyptian cheer: "There's only one god, he is the sun god, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra!"

Why do you have to discover anyone. Do you not have a mind of your own. Is he your new high priest.

@@Vedioviswritingservice it's funny how the religious project their behavior on to others. Just because he is someone this person listens to and agrees with does not make him their "high priest". I love how believers lash out at those who challenge their faith.

Go to a archeology museum.

@@WilbertLek woah thank you sir

@@santicruz4012 You're welcome. The main thing to understand is that this "religion" trick has been going on for literally tens of thousands of years. Everybody just copying and borrowing from each other.

Sigh....the 5 yr olds are awake

LMFAO! BOO! Did the boogeyman scare you? 😂

@@ljramirez they’re both awesome. I am a huge fan of both

@@Drunk3nMonk3y72 the warlock and the sorcerer casting spells! 🧙‍♂️🦹‍♂️lol!

+AussieVR4 I think you are describing a very common situation. I left the Christian faith recently (after 50 years) and I do feel there is something spiritual "out there" but I don't know what that is. I am comfortable with the idea that I may never know. I wish you well.

+Wendy McClelland So you guys are Deists? Or something even more abstract than that like some form of Spinoza type thing?

NigelStrawberry77 I can't speak for anyone other than myself. I am an atheist when it comes to all the major religions, but an agnostic when it comes to the idea that there may be "something" there.

Wendy McClelland Depends what you mean by "Agnostic". Do you: - Actually believe that there is something spiritual out there, which may have created the universe, or is spiritual in some way, but are unsure what it is. or are you: - Open to the idea that there COULD be something out there, but have no belief on the topic because you don't know if there really is something out there or not.

NigelStrawberry77 I am keeping an open mind that there could be some type of "God" but not one that I've been able to discover through the major religions - Christianity, Islam, Judaism

We should Love our neighbor... this would cause the church to only have social gatherings with no need of a monetary system to be involved. We could than grow in the Intellectual thinking towards our relationships with God and other people. The apathy in our world however prevents the church from being what it should.

+EdMcStinko The Paddle-Pop stick Beard!?

+EdMcStinko Hardly. The beard style Matt is sporting in this video is called a "Van Dyke" and has been around for centuries. Disregarding variation in length, facial hair styles fall in to a relatively small number of basic classifications.

I call it the Gandarf.

It's "GandaLf". Do not take me for some conjuror of cheap tricks! I am not trying to rob you. I'm trying to help you ...

whynottalklikeapirat Shut up, Gandarf!

SickMetalAddict WOOOOO. \m/ !!!!!

Also, remind them that jesus said to pray in closets and not out in public like the hypocrites.

+William Gilliam My argument is that plants, by turning shit into food, are nobler than animals, who do the contrary :) And despite being an animal, I'm programmed for survival, so I just won't let myself die. I try to minimise my harmful impact, though, but my teeth clearly tell me I'm no plant eater. I'll be first in line for bacterial steaks, which make sense from an animal suffering standpoint as well as an ecological one.

CyberChrist Your teeth are "designed" to eat fruit. The same goes for your entire digestive system.

William Gilliam How adorable. Must be why I get so ill whenever I eat meat... oh, wait, I don't.

+CyberChrist I actually eat meat, but honestly I have no moral justification for this. I just like it, and that's all I can say. But we don't get sick because we cook it. What meat eater cooks their meat? And meat eaters don't pick out the most tender luscious part of an animal. They eat the entire thing, including fur, skin, intestines, and sometimes even bones. We don't do that. We WOULD get sick. We do not chase our prey down with incredible speed and use our badass claws and teeth to kill. We have NONE of that. And many of us recoil at the sight of guts and blood. This is not remotely close to carnivore behavior and psychology. But like I said, I too eat meat. Mostly because it's convenient and so readily available. But I have no moral argument to support my doing so, and should probably change.

+William Gilliam Plants feel dude, they have a nervous system, and can definitely feel pain (do a search for experiments that prove this). What are you going to give up eating altogether? But consider the cow that went into that steak. Had we not domesticated them, and they were left to mother nature and natural selection they would spend their lives in misery and constant suffering, never sure if they will live from one day to the next, staving because they cannot find food, being attacked by wild dogs, left to die a horrible death. Nature isn't pretty. But instead of this, the cow gets to have an awesome life, it gets 3 square a day, lives in safety and protection, is cared for if it is sick, is given medical attention if it is hurt, is basically treated with dignity and respect, and when the time comes (which is likely a much longer life than many that would exist in the wild), it is euthanized with an absolute minimum of suffering. Do you think that just because we as primates have developed an ability for self-awareness that we are NOT still animals? ALL animals eat to survive, ALL animals eat a diet their environments designed them for, and humans (just like chimpanzees) eat meat. That is a FACT. Either you be like the lion where you tear the buffalo to shreds and all gather around to eat the guts out of it while it is still kicking and screaming in sheer agony... or knowing you HAVE to do it, you choose instead to do it with humanity and decency. But your point about "different culture" or "different skin color" is completely and utterly different to animals on the food chain who are following their pecking order. There is a reason why we call the processing of animals "humanely", because we afford to animals the qualities we value in humans. Different culture? Still human. Different skin color? Still human. Different religion? Still human. The "us vs them" mentality is tribalism, and if it isn't religion then it would be blue shirts vs red shirts... it is the ONE thing that humanity hasn't domesticated and civilized.

They can't, nobody would go after they see what awful things are actually depicted in their holy book. This is why I think many, if not all, preachers are dishonest. They must have read the horrible parts of the bible, yet they never bring them up in church.

It's like being a fan of the losing football team.

The "age of consent" is right there next to "thou shalt not kill", then he, Moses, orders the mass killing of those that worshipped the golden calf.

MrRedthief solid logic

Ok Tom.

A bit extreme...I agree

+Liz R yeah we're weird like that lol

Why would they disagree? They are all atheists going to see 2 of their favourite public atheists.

Troll.

TheSingularity definitely!

There is only one way yet to know if souls exist .

I do not think much about that at all. I live one day at a time and thats that. Being animist I am fine with it.

+Yatukih001 Yes , of course , what is the point ?

The point is - being wary of negative influences.

I evolved to eat meat and vegetation. It was not up to me. I am doing what is natural for humans. I will not apologize nor feel guilty for eating meat. The pig that provided my bacon, if not raised on a farm for food, would probably have died horribly through disease or being eaten alive by another animal that evolved to eat meat.

No such thing as atheists......especially in a foxhole. Such a joke to believe all of life came from nothing.

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Ha! Living Waters is a joke dude!

Where are the facts to prove that is so dude?

Because that buffoon Ray Comfort runs Living Waters. lol