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I'll always turn to Bruce Lee when religious people start attacking atheism who said: "A wise man can learn something from a fools questions but a fool can learn nothing from a wise mans answers."
@@Endeva09 I know right 😁 There's always this "I'm in tune with the on high therefore my words are law, cretins." tone with these religion trolls. That must be the 1st lesson at troll school ;)
“If you can explain it, they don’t want to hear it. If you can’t explain it, they think that’s a “”Gotcha”” Best interpretation of the religious thus far👍🏻
Jip had that exact situation lately. Guy I talked to: "you don't know that science won't discover the Soul 2000 years from now!" When I stopped in amazement of such ignorance he followed op with: "see you don't know what to say now!!!!!" These are the moments you just want to laugh and never stop laughing.
@@alrikscyriel6208 I hope someone told him: "And in ten years, science could discover that there is absolutely no possible way for god/ gods to exist, ever. Does that mean you're going to stop believing in god? Explain to me again why you think I should believe in a soul?" I mean, I understand that the implication was always there, but religious people are wilfully blind and deaf. If you don't explicitly say these things to them in an overt manner, they'll continue in their blissful ignorance and pretend that such things don't exist in their delusions.
I could never put my finger on it but this is right on the money! If you can't explain something sufficiently the faithful will scrutinize your whole argument while endorsing belief In a god that they can't even BEGIN to explain.... It's a really special kind of manipulation that religious people seem to learn very early on.
years ago, I had a similar confrontation with my boss of 8 yrs. We were discussing creation vs evolution. I was trying to explain how we evolved from apelike animals. Eventually, she lost her shit and started babbling and yelling about why Apes weren't "still giving birth to human babies". "I was made in the Lord's image and he breathed life into my nostrils!!!" The stupidity and ignorance was quite a shock to me. Here was this Nurse Practitioner, a normally smart woman, saying one of the stupidest comment I had ever heard.
And technically she was also wrong, since humans are apes, apes in fact give birth to human babies. On the other hand, if god made us in his image she has to explain why would god be an ape?
After 4:00 pm I began to watch a video on my LG cellphone that AronRa published to RU-vid when I was 24 on Sunday, February 18, 2018. Somebody in that video said said "When you appeal to gods to try to solve these questions they may pacify but that's separate from whether or not it's actually true." That is 38 seconds into the video. I think that is a white man from The Atheist Experience and I was 8932 (or eight thousand nine hundred thirty-two) days or 24 years, 5 months, and 13 days when AronRa published this video to RU-vid. Or 293 months and 13 days. I really like Aron Ra. He is a Libra from a Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac because he was born on Monday, October 15, 1952. He was 11,283 (or eleven thousand two hundred eighty-three) days or 30 years, 10 months, and 21 days when I was born. I'm a Virgo from a Year of the Rooster because I was born on Sunday, September 5, 1993. I got that information because I used a date-to-date calculator on Time and Date AS or timeanddate.com. I was 771,724,800 (or seven hundred seventy-one million seven hundred twenty-four thousand eight hundred) seconds or 12,862,080 (or twelve million eight hundred sixty-two thousand eighty) minutes when AronRa published this video to RU-vid.
@@bobhindenburg2546 Do you have autism? I’m asking because I know autistic people tend to have very specific interests and they proceed to information dump when they talk about whatever their interest is. Your comment comes across like this to me. I’m not trolling, it’s a sincere question.
I actually got questioned about my lack of belief by my boss too. He wasn’t as hostile about it, but I was able to answer his questions. When he realized he wasn’t going to dissuade me from my identity he tried one last gambit and asked me “What’s the one thing nobody can live without?” I knew he wanted to stump me or at least create doubt. He was probably going to say the answer was love or faith, but I decided to hose him a bit and said “Food!” This began a series of him saying “besides that.” And me listing more obvious crap like water, shelter, oxygen, DNA, etc. until he finally gives up.
Rick Reason The worst part is that he didn’t have the courtesy to ask me in a private place. He did it in front of my coworkers. I cut him some slack though because he wasn’t being hostile about it.
I was going to comment on a few things but .. honestly, the thing that stands out -- is that the power of the internet and sites like Patreon which allowed him to stop doing a job he hated and do something truly productive and meaningful like this instead. This whole segment was brilliant.
How is this productive and meaningful? What is brilliant about sitting around and talking about what isn't? I'm sure I could create a RU-vid video on Super Bowls that never happened and I'd get many viewers, but it wouldn't be productive, meaningful or brilliant. I will admit that Mr. Ra has found a niche that allows him to make a good living because he has found a way to make atheists feel good about themselves in a way that uses the very principles (of religion) to attract followers and donations! Well done, Mr. Ra. My advice to atheists would be that, if you feel like something doesn't exist, stop talking about it and let it die out on it's own! ;o)
@@kendrajade6688 I have never once lied to a child! That is an unfair assessment! I am more than willing to give a child the whole picture and let them decide for themselves especially if they are teens. Besides I never teach condemnation of any individuals. I will even discuss the flaws that exist any many religions and the flaws as well in non believing. I will also point out the pros of any belief (or disbelief) in addition to the flaws. No argument is ever flawless! Peace be with you!
@@kendrajade6688 There are certainly religious organizations that are out for nothing more than fleecing the people. There are others who gather together to do good deeds for those who are impoverished. Not being a smartbutt, but in true interest, what do atheist organizations do to help provide for the needs of the under privileged?
"Imagine refusing to learn forbidden knowledge, out of the fear that you might understand it, and thus risk accepting what you dare not believe." - Aron Ra "The only value information can have is in how accurate you can show it to be, and if you can't show that it is accurate at all, then it has no value at all." - Aron Ra
When they say "teach the controversy" No problem, here's the controversy: We will teach them how science denying ppl are trying to disrupt and impede progress.
ray salmon 🤨 Plastic ‘invested’ oceans? How curious that is. What convoluted thinking (?) caused you to associate science with polluting the seas? Are you suggesting that only scientists and non religious people scatter rubbish around? How would you attempt to solve the pollution crisis, other than by applied science? Please clarify your approach to this matter, as so many.highly qualified and knowledgeable people are, at present, taking action in this regard. Will you join them, offering your wisdom and practice expertise in support of their efforts?
@@raysalmon6566 Wait, Ray Salmon is implying atheists and scientists pollute the oceans? Religious people are the ones denying global warming and other environmental problems at best, and at worst deliberately making things worse cause "Jesus will come soon anyway, so we don't need to clean up. Let's just use up all our resources before he gets here".
@@sirmeowthelibrarycat I haven't read about any, or plans to implement, large scale solutions. Is there any new progress I've missed? I seen an interesting idea a kid from a Nordic country win a prize for. Some kind of fluid with ferromagnetic properties to extract plastics
He doesn't see all of the reasons people believe. My issue with Aaron Ra and most of the modern "atheist movement" is that they myopically focus on Christian evangelical fundamentalism more specifically than the rest of Christianity and alot less than religion in general. I somewhat thought what he is saying when I was religious but there are alot of perceptions that I feel he does not seem to understand. He is largely spot on though but its more complex.
Who has made you?! Or have you made yourself?! Or even if you think your great grandfather is not Adam but an ape, who has created the first thing and cell from which evolution begins!? You believe there is no creator to you!? Really!? So, I will ask you one question: do you believe that a far simpler thing than you: your smart phone from which you are spewing your "daring rejecting God's existence, or more accurately, rejecting your creator" Do you believe that it has come from nothing?! You will answer me based on your evolution theory, that it has been the result of the smart phone company's evolution! I will ask you: does the evolution and development of the phone suggest no one has made it!! What a crazy discussion first of all!! This is just either craziness if true, or rejecting the truth! Of course there is the maker, and the evolution further suggests the creativity of the creator! And if you dont know the first product due to long evolution, this does not mean that there is no first product, and with the beings, creation, from which the evolution starts! So, the evolution does not debunk the existence of God! Instead, it further asserts his creativity developing and evolving his creation! According to you if we will suppose it to be true! For a believer in religion, no! Because God, unlike a man's company' product, is almighty, perfect and absolute, so, he does not need evolution to his creation. The great evidence to this, is the greatness and perfection of the natural world and human creation! and the miraculous accuracy and perfection, that a minimum deficiency, lack, mistake or difference in the galaxy from it's being and situation now, would have destroyed the galaxy and made it non being for rude creatures like us to discuss the creator! The least example, the human existence on earth, the great life's possible and available planet formulas and situation! In contrast to other non life possibility planets! And only the crazy, really, who believes that evolution suggests the non existence of the creator, whatever nature it is, not talking about religion now! Let alone the non existence of the creator of the universe! Surely, he who says this is a liar! Because even the crazy man cannot accept this! As the human mind is based on the causality law, let alone logic!
@@amnoumn847 ''Because God, unlike a man's company' product, is almighty, perfect and absolute, so, he does not need evolution to his creation'' - Because your 'god' is _also_ man made! Simple as that. (Oh, and by the way: I _never_ use my 'smartphone' to (''spew'') my comments vis-a-vis the unfathomable ignorance presented all across the internet, I prefer my laptop.)
@@amnoumn847 The atheist follows the path of Lucifer. They know of God's existence but because they freely allow pride to guide their lives and defy the Divine moral obligations that contradict their desires. As this delusional view advances, atheists create mental constructs to justify their continual disobedience. They will use grossly illogical applications of rationality such as attempting to disprove God's existence by using methods of observation that are inherently grounded within the material universe.
A little while ago, I had a conversation with 3 JW's, and every question I answered, they immediately changed the subject. Not once did they stump me. It was fun.
If you read the Bible literally, it's complete gobbledygook. If you don't read it literally, how do you know you're reading it right? If every person has their own interpretation of it, what's the point of reading it in the first place? Sounds like you're using your own brain anyway, so why not cut out the middle man? I can totally understand why somebody would want to believe that when they die, they'll get to see their loved ones again for eternity, and that people who are evil will be punished. Who wouldn't want that? Too bad it's just not true. Miss no opportunity to tell your loved ones you love 'em, and do as many of the things you want to do as you can, while you can, because life has an end.
Any book of reference worth its salt should be read and taken as literal. Math books: 2+2 literally=4 Science books: Oxygen and Hydrogen bond to literally form water History books: Lincoln literally freed the slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation. No hidden meanings; no reading between the lines; no reading a bunch of shit into them. Science makes predictions, not vague prophesies. That was my final AHA! moment one day as I was walking my dog some 4 yrs ago. I've been a full atheist since
@@kinglyzard agree 100%. If the Bible were as important and inerrant as it's claimed to be, we wouldn't need to interpret it. God could have made a tree who's fruit had the text grown into it. Then there would be no doubt.
@@hopelessnerd6677 Any shred of evidence, a piece of pitched wood from Noah's ark found on Ararat, any modern day miracle, Jesus landing in my backyard along with ET and the Chupacabra would turn my head. But, so far, NOTHING. Nada. Zilch.
@@kinglyzard nobody would love that more than I. I've been waiting 45 years for one of those "Noah's ark found!" Headlines to be true. Or "shroud of Turin verified authentic". I'm not holding my breath...
I always love your speeches, Aron. I live in the deep south, so it's rare that I get to hear an intelligent person speak about relevant issues. Maybe one day I will get to see one of your speeches in person.
Without "faith" gambling would be so easy. odds of winnng are lower then there being a God Ihmo beyond like Royal straight(I know that is redundant) Flush. if not as high as the Creationinists say the odds life happening (dont rember there number think it \ like 10^27 or so ),but the chance of Life is 1 because it happenend.
Well, I would have been kicked out as a youth if I didn't lie and pretend to be a mouth breathing Baptist moron like my dad. You can pretend to believe without actuality believing.
Someone gave me a reason. "A belief in god will give you peace of mind and joy! You will do more good deeds in his name which will give you joy. He is the light of the world and by believing in him, you will be granted eternal life in heaven. Where you will see your loved ones who have passed, again" And I am just sitting there listening with my homeless friend with a popsicle after talking about our joyful friendship together and him telling me that he got a job and me telling him that he cannot rely on a god to get you out of your problems helped him get off his ass and do something.
@SS 1964 Did you miss my follow up? They gave me a reason, it just wasn't very convincing because I had most of what they told me as an atheist... litterally right as they were telling me. unless I am missing something.
@David Anewman The ones who are wrong are those who cannot back up their claims with testable, repeatable, and predictable evidence. Anything that does not meat these cannot be considered as truth. I can back up my claims with testable, repeatable, and predictable tests to demonstrate how and why I am right. By definition I cannot be wrong. Can you say the same?
That proves it only takes an atheist an introductory statement and a couple of slanderous remarks toward any opposition of view to thumb up an idol within the religion. Ironically, that is a major criticism that their idol has for those in opposition to the view he promotes.
@@kimrapley3721 No religion required. No belief required. So no idols required. Only religion requires idols, belief in those idols, and absolutely nothing else.
I feel for you when you discussed your last job. Sadly, the more I hear, the more I confirm that your country is a bigoted theocracy. Having worked with your marines and army, I now understand some of their comments about the Middle East, The US invasion of Iraq was viewed by the poor religiously indoctrinated canon fodder as a Holy Crusade. 😢
I love that you pointed out how everybody is so busy trying to prove the _other guy's_ beliefs WRONG that few (if any) actually spend any effort demonstrating how _their_ beliefs might be RIGHT...mostly because they can't!
that ended way too soon, as to there being a "intelligent designer" if there is one its a sh!tty one. taking the human back for instance, it is so easily hurt and will mess your life up.
@@rsh650 Dunno if AronRa has pointed this out before (though I'm fairly certain P. Z. Myers has) that eating, drinking and breathing through the same orifice ensures that a certain percentage of us will die each year due to choking. An intelligent designer would have given us a different tube for eating/ drinking than the one we use for breathing. It's not hard. Dolphins have different tubes for that purpose? Perhaps god is a dolphin? If he's not a dolphin, then he's either not intelligent or he WANTS to see us choke...
My intelligent designer gave me eyes that can't focus light, flat arches, bone defects in my feet and teeth that aren't up to their job. Can I get my money back?
Human female menstruatio, dysmenorrhoea and the birth process. Either the designer was as dumb as dogshit or an evil bastard. Actually, the female reproductive system is _so bad_ that I almost find it to be an argument for the existence of a psychopathic designer - as I do have difficulties understanding how such a bad design made it through evolutionary selection.
We Eat, talk, and breath out of the same hole. We reproduce with holes that also get rid of our waste. Humans are one of the least developed species right after birth. We are so helpless and fragile while baby deer fall out and instantly start walking.
"Context" is where apologists go when they get cornered. What they don't seem to get, is that after you use this excuse a few dozen times, you just have to admit that your god is wicked and/or incompetent.
I usually get the "context" or "mistranslation" excuses from people who haven't bothered to actually look at the surrounding context, OR the original text.
Yes. They never brother saying which context. Historical context, literary context, linguistical context... I have found that i know more about "the context" of the bible that many believers and yet many conversations end with them saying that i don't know anything and i am going to hell.
@@benjaminmadrigalperez9010 It's amazing how the conclusion changes when you abandon the a priori assumption that it's true whether or not you understand it.
"Context" is a cop out. It means they are reading their own shit into a book that means NOTHING when read literally. Real books of reference make perfect sense when read literally.
Intelligence? Bullshit. Aron isnt intelligent. That's why he would never debate any theist who is out of his league. If he debated someone like Ravi Zacharias or John Lennox he would be embarrassed. His career depends on him looking right so he doesn't debate the best.
@@Israel_Vazquez AronRa would destroy Ravi. I heard one of Ravi's arguments, and it was absolutely horrible and nonsensical. He tried to debunk evolution by using philosiphy. He literally tried to disprove it by saying that if you believe it nothing can be true. That's a horrible argument. AronRa always uses actual, factual evidence, tested by him and his peers. I'd like to see you try to prove god to me. Give me your best evidence and let me explain why you're wrong. I'm bored and I need something to do.
Damm I missed it I would have drove the 2 hours to see these guys in person in Tulsa. I still find it hilarious that they would hold the Unholy Trinity in the worse State with the most religious extremest in the country.
@@deadlined1833 Agreed. I would have to put Alabama or Mississippi ahead of Texas, or anywhere else, in this sad little competition. (Source: I'm born and raised in south MS)
@@deadlined1833 I know what you are saying I lived in Tallahassee for 2 years which is just Fu@&ing Lower Alabama. It is a lot worse here in Oklahoma the disease goes all the way up here and they will fire and black ball you here with no recourse. Everyone here is religious extremest. I have lived all across the country and its worse here than anywhere I have lived including Utah.
@@jameskaraganis2569 From living in Oklahoma I know there were no people from Oklahoma there that was not the choir. The hatred these people have for anyone that is not a religious extremest is sickening and dangerous. This is the place where the churches would tell their people to bomb the heathens and they would do it.Yes it is that bad here.
That;s pretty much Ray Comfort's racket. Go up to random people (preferably people without a college education) and ask questions about science and nature, and when that person goes "I don't know" Ray then jumps in and says "See, that's god!" If he really wanted answers he'd go and ask actual scientists.
I was fired once, back in the 80's, for admitting I was an atheist. I went from being an exemplary employee to fired within a week of having the following conversation: Her: So, say, what church do you go to? Me: I don't go to church. Her: You don't go to church?? Why not? Me: I'm not a religious person. Her: Oh, but you're not an atheist are you? Me: ... Her: Are you?? Me: From your face, I don't think you really want to hear the answer. Her: You are! Me: Yes. At which point she waved her hands around as if to ward off my evil and stormed out. At the end of the week I was fired for not completing duties that she not only knew I had done, but had complimented me on earlier in the week. Faced with a manager who was literally lying to my face, I didn't bother arguing and left the office. She seemed disappointed by my lack of reaction. Christian love, am I right? And yes, I know that not all - or even most - Christians would have reacted that way. It's just frustrating to see someone you thought was a good person turn evil because of their personal interpretation of a myth that they claim is the source of all good.
I had a similar thing in the 80s where the ancient 'straight christian' owner of the business found out I sported an earring. Everybody told me he would fire me--my long hair already put me on the short list--but I didn't worry. He came down from the office in short time and sat in the breakroom right across from me just grinning and staring at me and asking me things like where my purse was and if I needed a tampon etc. while everybody snickered in the background. Fired within the break and had to call my unemployed girlfriend to come pick me up. And now? That piece of shit is long dead. Sorry to hear your story, PolyChik, that shit is so wrong and really shows what turds some of these supposedly righteous people are.
@@Redhunteur2 Eh, it was only a matter of time at that job, anyway. It wouldn't have been too long before she suspected I was a lesbian and asked me. I'd have told her. I can't imagine it would have gone much better. I'm closing in on 60 now, and she was about twenty years older than me, so... Yeah, if she's alive, she's doing worse than I am. Also, statistically, she's probably not still with the same partner like I am. :) I am equally sorry to hear your story. Most of the truly judgmental people I've met have been ones whose myth explicitly directs them not to judge.
That's why I just stay under the radar with my atheism for now. As soon as it gets out, I'll no longer say or do things because I'm only human or whatever the situation is, it'll be, 'well of course, he's an atheist!'. In the minds of the religious around me, it will be what governs every single thing I say, do, or feel.
I just wanted to say thank you. When I first started watching RU-vid ten years ago, Aron Ra was one of the few original atheists with a channel. Way too many have shut down, went full right or left or wandered off into crap content. Aron Ra hasn’t lost focus & never sacrificed quality. When history is written about the rise of atheism in online video, Aron Ra will get a section named for him. Thanks. Keep it coming.
tinydave17 well, I was thinking mainly of Steve Shives & PZ Myers. Those are the only two I can think of on the spot. PZ Myers championed Atheism+, which fractured the skeptic community back in the day (a call for everyone in the community to comply didn’t help). Steve, however, is intolerable to the point of insanity. I questioned him once on a viewpoint (very benign question, mind you) and was banned for having a different view. I found out he had lost so many viewers by doing that, the campaign #bannedbyshives was already in full swing.
I don't agree with Steve on a bunch of things and am no longer subscribed to him. I was a subscriber for a good time, but he kind of lost me, plus his content began to shift to things I just wasn't interested in. That said, I would still highly recommend his, "An Atheist reads..." series of videos.
YES! YES! YES! Ra is so spot on! I was raised all my life with my parents telling me that I did not have to read any other books because the bible had ALL the answers and information I needed. Any other text would just confuse me and misdirect what I should believe and follow! MAN...no words to describe the rude awakening I had to endure when I found out otherwise. The journey left me with years of total mind F**K!
@Eliaz Ruis - My elementary school taught this stuff growing up in rural Wisconsin in the 80s. They even had us copying Bible verses as penmanship practice. So glad I was finally able to escape that place... It was like living at least 50 years in the past.
I tend to love such an opportunity to explain the application of Occam's razor in science. Why cringe when you get provided an opportunity to teach if you actually are a teacher? If students were to come in already knowing everything you could possibly teach them, there is nothing left to teach, if you wish for that, I would hardly call you a teacher.
@@BlacksmithTWD - I would rather teach to a clean slate than to kids that have already been brainwashed into "knowing" that the answer to everything they can't understand is "my gawd did it", and then having to try and show them why their indoctrination is wrong.
BlacksmithTWD You assume too much. I’d hardly call you a blacksmith based on your reply. I cringe because it’s sad. Sad to know someone’s been indoctrinated. I do take the time to make it a teachable moment but that’s beside the point.
@@cygnustsp the evidence suggests that I, like other animals, am highly refined by the processes of evolution. I don't "believe in" evolution. Rather, I'm "convinced by the evidence supporting" evolution. Faith is nowhere factored in.
His progression as an orator and presenter really shows in this speach. This one, in particular, is just solid, from start, with punchlines of fact. Very to the point, blunt, and real. You've really honed your skills and delivery, sir. I appreciate you and your fellow "unholies".
@@raysalmon6566 of course I'm being sarcastic. We both know that people don't rise from the dead. Much less the dozens mentioned in the bible. Animals don't talk. The commandments were Israel's version of Hanurabis code. The Bible does not teach morality or science or history. Right here and you are not being honest. And I say it's because you personally wish to believe you have psychic powers. It insincere sir. Anyway all the best.
@@raysalmon6566 - so you believe that every single species alive today was created by your god 6000 years ago and nothing has changed at all since then?
I remember having to correvt my mother on what the firmament was a while back, she seemed to have mistaken it for purgatory because all she could remember about it was that it was "between heaven and earth". She was flabbergasted when i explained that she had it wrong, and didnt believe me up until i finally showed her the verse describing it. Thankfully she didnt act like some of the other people ive seen when you point out some flaw in their thinking, but it somewhat amuses me that someone who supposedly believes in something with all their heart completely screws up a pretty important detail.
Aron Ra - The Greatest Modern Philosopher You may think it an insult, but your effortless tearing apart of the broken state of modern philosophy is exactly why you are a better philosopher than any of them.
@@raysalmon6566 The ignorance surrounding you is so thick you could cut it with a knife. He is better read on biblical matters than all the parishioners in your congregation combined.
A wonderful synopsis. Im a biochemist/biophysicist PhD and this was a delightfully cogent retelling of the facts and extant theories for the evolution of life from its fundamental building blocks, many of which have been experimentally verified (especially with higher temperature and pressures to accelerate reaction rates). Aron Ra is to be commended. 🖖🏼🇦🇺
Thank you so much Aaron Ra, for the countless hours of hard work in research, writing, speaking and filming, so that we could learn from you! You are exceptional!
Evolution of species taking hundreds of millions of years (a blink in time compared to eternity) unbelievable! A magical slumber party that lasts for all eternity? Well yeah that's believable.
I used to read books by Mack Reynolds, an atheistic science fiction writer. One of his books had a criminal saying, 'This'll be the biggest con since someone invented religion and put nine tenths of the human race on the sucker list. It bothered me when I was a Christian... but I can laugh at it now.
11:10 hmm I love you Aaron but science doesn't deal in proving things. Math has proofs. Science deals in showing what is not true. New discoveries refine the ideas we have but never fully validate them. Just a side note I agree with pretty much everything else!
One of my favorite things is when some fat preacher preaches against alcohol but forget gluttony. Gluttony and drunkenness are almost always mentioned together. They just pick and chose.
A good part of the problem is that when they hear polysyllabic words their eyes glaze over and their brains freeze. You have to keep it simple for simple people. Hence, God did it.
Thank you very much! Very much my benefit to hear your message. Sharing birth in late 60's with you guys truly connects on many of your messages with me only 11 years Atheist here, you guys led me out years ago on You tube. Thank you for your efforts!
Science is easy to understand if the truth is put on page 1. Thinking is easy too, but it's tough to think for what can be confirmed as right and wrong. Religion chooses to believe that there is only one way to think, and the one way is known as the narrow path.
Imagine creating a living 2D universe on a piece of paper and giving one certain type of living thing special privilege over all others you created and then give them free will to do whatever they want. Some of them don’t even realize they were created. Some of them deny you exist. Some of them think someone else created them. Now imagine you actually get super angry at those kinds of people and decide not only they can’t be in your presence in the 3D universe after they die but also deserve to go to a different version of the 3D universe where they will be tortured for alllll eternity. Now just for fun, imagine you get angry at 2D stick figure men having consensual gay sex but don’t care about the man who has sex slaves of unconsenting 10 year old girls.
Loving someone of the same sex is an abomination murder and rape of very young kids is okee dokee according to the holy books ie the bible among other horrible things inflicted by order of god
when I was religious I was willing to waste my life in church and praying for things to happen and if they didn't I would comfort myself by saying "at least when I die I'll go to heaven" then I stumbled across some Nietzsche.. then I realized you have one life and I stopped praying for things to happen and decided to force them to happen and whether I live to be 100 or 45 I will enjoy every second of this life because it may be my last. heaven is on the earth! and if I ever do go to "hell" I'll be in great company.. most the greatest minds and best musicians
I certainly would like to see them come to the Midwest, maybe Milwaukee, Chicago and even as far away as Dubuque. They'd certainly be worth the trip and the gas. Road trip!!
I like to think that there are basically three types of people in regards to the seemingly magical world of unanswered questions. If three friends are watching a great magic act, one person says, that was a great trick, I wonder how it was done. The second person is an amateur magician and they joke that they could tell you, but they'd have to kill you. The third is a believer and he looks puzzled, and he asks if you guys are serious, didn't you watch him up there, he reached in the hat and pulled the rabbit out. There are people that ask questions that they want answered, and there are some people that may know the answer, and then there are some people that are satisfied with the illusion and they actually don't want it explained.
I'm an agnostic (I know you hate the word) but every day I'm leaning towards not believing the god of the bible, there is nothing whatsoever evidence or otherwise to convince me. I will be 60 next month and have been believer for the better part of my life, but the internet changed my belief and my life when I began asking serious questions. Thanks Aron-Mat-Seth for helping.
James Randi foundation for education has 1 million sitting on the table for anybody improve their paranormal abilities so if you're going to turn around and take Nostradamus seriously give it a break no one's collected the million.
Religion is only a form of irrationality, sometimes harmful sometimes harmless. The enemy is not religion, not even irrationality, the enemies, the dangers for human well being, are cruel irrationality and rational cruelty
"My job interferes with my work." Might use that next time, my job is constantly trying to control my shifts so I can't play gigs when the opportunities come up! =D
I had a philosophy class at a university and the professor said philosophy was part of the natural sciences until it split off into its own category. I said philosophy did not voluntarily split off from the natural sciences of physics, engineering and medicine, but rather philosophy was thrown out of the natural sciences because of the philosophers' endless bullshitting and meaningless arguments over conceptual issues of what philosophy means, much less what it is. The physical sciences had things to do and did not want to get dragged down with the asinine time-wasters.
Depends on ones definition of science. Though no matter how one chooses to define science, and in some definition philosophy by itself isn't considered science, it still is an essential part of science.
Watch this in .75 play back speed. Packs much more of a punch. Slow down a bit aron. #The pause is powerful. I think this it would strengthen your talk. Peace and love
"That which is asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence." Hitchen's Razor Furthermore, the quality of your evidence determines the quality of your assertion. Faith is belief without evidence, and is required for religion to work because rational people would simply dismiss their assertions for lack of evidence.
As always - Aron Ra is devastating in his use of logic. The power of childhood indoctrination can never be underestimated. Two questions that always bothered me when I was a "believer" - 1) If the Devil knows he's gonna lose - then why does he rebel against God? I mean, what does he get for "stealing" souls from God? I understand having a grudge - but how can a being that exists outside of time and space _actually_ harbor a grudge for millennia?? I have just never understood. I mean if the Devil has a chance of winning, well then I would get it - but according to the Bible - he's a gonner. And I am pretty sure the Devil could read the Bible and if it was truly THE authority on God's plan.... well, wouldn't the devil be further ahead to beg forgiveness now?? (hat tip to Liz Hurley's portrayal as the Devil in Bedeviled) *2)* The whole "something from nothing" question believers like to ask atheists. As a non theist, my response is, I don't know - can you say with 100% certainty when you are all by yourself that _you know?_ But if it is IMPOSSIBLE for something to come from nothing.... *_the where in the hell did God come from??_*
The devil has freedom of choice, but his choices have been taken away. He knows that everlasting fire is "prepared" especially for him. Matthew 25:41. Redemption is not an option. He is forcibly cast out of heaven. Revelation 12:9. He is forcibly bound and sealed. Revelation 20:1-3. He is forcibly cast into the lake of fire and brimstone. Revelation 20:10. He has _no choice_ but to resist and hope that he will win anyway. If God were limited by time, space, and matter, then I might be able to tell you where He came from. If God were limited by time, space, and matter, then He wouldn't be God.
@@phillipevans3026 What does it even _mean_ to not be limited by time, space, or matter? Does the Doctor (of Doctor Who) having the TARDIS (which can go anywhere in the universe and to any point in history) mean he's not limited by time or space?
@Bigsky Pioneer II You have written: '...where in the hell did God come from??' In God, the totality of everything is zero and everybody knows that zero does not have to come from anything. sekharpalongod.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/who-created-god/ sekharpalongod.wordpress.com/2019/05/01/why-zero-was-invented-by-india/
Holding onto religious beliefs is like holding onto a teddy bear as a child. Children have them because they feel safe and comfortable. Theists have religious books because they feel safe and comfortable. They’re afraid of reality. But the difference between a theist and a child with a teddy bear is that eventually that child grows up and doesnt need a stuffed animal anymore.
I had my Binding Blanket, and an imaginary pal named Piggy. I was 6. However, I never totally bought into the stories about Santa, the Sandman, Tooth Fairy or Easter Bunny. I had a lot of trouble with combining the Bible with science. Then I realized I actually had a combination of two puzzles, one marked "ages 3 and up".
@@kinglyzard 👍 I figured out Santa Claus wasn't real at age 4 when I saw through my uncle's disguise. I've been a skeptic ever since. Started realizing that religion was plagiarized when I read Greek mythology, specifically about the sons of Poseidon being able to _walk on water._
Once l was an involuntary witness of two christian mothers speaking about the Noah's ark and how merciful and loving god killed almost all the people. They were thinking what to say to their children ( age 8-10) if they ask their mothers about the flood. On the next day l asked one of them if they find the answer to the question of Noah's ark, the answer was - "We will figure out something". l heard very loud at that very moment the words of late Christopher Hitchens who once asked priests and parents about this nonsense " How is it to lie to children?" This what religion is - one big lie.
God is also just and righteous. He did humanity a big favor by getting rid of something that we should have prevented in the first place. How is it to burn children to Moloch?
Waking up to a presentation by AronRa makes for a great start of my day. Great presentation as well. I love learning new things and this was shock full of things to think about.
I've seen Aron's videos pop up a few times recently but this is the first I've actually watched. He looks like the lead guitarist for a metal band but speaks like a studied scholar. You know what that means? Black magic satan worshipper! Burn the warlock at the stake! Obviously joking, well said sir. Don't think you're going to get any converts speaking so intelligently but I'm glad I stopped by to hear what you had to say. I'll have to check out some more of your work.
That exchange with an old boss sounded familiar, it was a contributing reason to me leaving a job. Boss was using company time, funds, and other resources to take southern Baptist seminary courses
To support Aron's claim, consider that this video has existed for 3 years and creationists still go around asking the same questions today and ignoring the answers.
"Explain how intelligence comes from non intelligence." I have personally seen scientifically minded critical thinking people come from a family of super Christian cult members, so there's that. Are you sure you want me to explain what happened?
I usually go with “Don’t do dumb shit to hurt oneself or others physically, emotionally or mentally. And if one does, attempt to minimize the pain that was caused as much as possible.”
