What do You Mean When You Say the Word God? | Carl Sagan 

Sagan was and still is one of my favourite human beings ever to exist. The world was a better place for him. And his legacy lives on within millions of people. Thank you Carl Sagan.

Carl Sagan is sorely missed.. What a great example of critical thinking at it's best!

This man was amazing. He was so approachable, kind, and thougtful in his dialogue. I grew up revering him and to this day he's still an influence on my approach to critical thinking and desire to live in a truthful world.

As a general rule when I use the word 'god' it is immediately followed with the suffix 'damnit'...

Sagan is an illustration that the smartest people generally speak clearly. He might have been a great scientist, I don't know. But he was a great explainer. I had the privilege of meeting with him, and he was exactly as appears in his public persona.

“Dragon in my garage” is such an amazing analogy of how most religious people justify their faith.

"I'm asking you to define yours, if you have one". If you require others have their interpretation of a construct you need. Don't be upset when their interpretation isn't what you wanted.

A voice of reason called to me. Thank you Carl.

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This videeo has been played before,...just under a different title.

We need Sagan now more than ever. The inmates are running the asylum and it’s maddening.

Charlie Rose just can’t shut up and listen can he?

Nice selection, but unfortunately a few errors in the subtitles: 5:32 "hedge our bets", not "headed our bets" 5:48 "you phrased the question", not "you praised the question" 6:28 "begats", not "baguettes" 6:35 "plus or minus a little". not "plus reliance a little" 7:10 "roi fainéant", not "hua thineonte"

Einstein wrote an article on Religion and Science pointing out the 3 stages of religion: 1) Religion of Fear; 2) Religion of social and moral values; 3) Cosmic Religion. He has also been quoted as saying: "Religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame." My religion was founded on Einstein's Cosmic religion, and in my opinion It is literally the 2nd Coming. It's called waking up to the fact that EVERYTHING in the physical universe sprung from the Non-Physical Intelligent One Mind. Another quote from Einstein: "Great Minds have always been violently opposed by mediocre minds." I believe that people who ONLY believe in what can be "proven" are mediocre at best.

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Bell sound too loud!!

I can't stand when people do that. You say you're an atheist and suddenly they attack you and ask why you want to abolish religion or why you want to remove religion from people's lives. It's nonsense how much idiocy people believe. I don't believe in your bullshit. You're welcome to believe it, but just keep it away from me.

The definition of god is indeed a big problem for believers. Because god is only in the mind of the believer there are countless religions, denominations and sects. If there was only one god this would not be so. And believers just make excuses why their version or concept of god is correct. And all without a shred of tangible evidence. And I do mean 'not a shred'! Because in 30 years I have not seen or heard any tangible evidence for a god or gods. And nor has any believer either. Otherwise they would have presented it by now.

What you dou mean when you use any language? Is is the language that has "meaning" (whatever that is); or is it the use of the language that is meaningful?

He's right. 'God' is a generic term. There are thousands of them. It's a category. Capitalizing it is like saying, Dog or Car, etc. And I think that the idea of a god is the ultimate blame game; nothing else.

The word "God" to most Christians should mean "YHWH" or "Yahweh" a barbaric Hebrew male being with supernatural powers who created all things. Unfortunately the word "God" refers to his son Yeshua/Jesus who became a sacrifice to his heavenly father to forgive the sins of mankind. If you examine the story as an outsider/skeptic/atheist it means no sense whatsoever to a thinking person.

Most people don't understand that all religions are man-made and all men are religious in some way shape of form. Carl Sagan was also religious. He was part of the religious cult of atheism. *The cult of self* where they worship the creature (themselves) instead of the Creator. Carl Sagan was very intelligent. But his cognitive biases did not allow him to see his own lack of evidence in the religious cult he was involved in. There's not a single evidence of life's origin and the origin of man without God. Something he very zealously believed in. And by the way, he was very wrong about the origin of science and history in the bible. The bible gives a chronological and genealogical order of the creation and origin of man so accurately and backed up by mathematical calculations that is not compared to any other text book in the history of humanity. The accurate genealogy of man's origin alone makes the Bible the only divinely inspired book in the universe.

THE WORD of GOD explains GOD 2Peter 1:19-21 Men Spake as they were Moved by THE HOLY GHOST 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2Timothy 3:16, 17 All SCRIPTURE INSPIRED BY GOD 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. Psalm 138:2) David declares GOD MAGNIFIES HIS WORD 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. Isaiah 40:8 GOD'S WORD STANDS FOR EVER! 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Proverbs 30:5, 6 EVERY WORD of GOD is PURE 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Jeremiah 15:16 The Prophet Jeremiah Trusted in God's Word Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. The Word of God is TRUTH - The Lord Jesus says So when He prayed to The Father in John 17 --- John 17:3-21 The Son Prays to The Father - Truth 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. 10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. The Curse on Those That Will Add to or Take From God's Word Revelation 22:18-20 The Curse 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. 20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. This is speaking about this Book (Revelation), but it will most likely apply to any part of The Holy Scriptures if someone tries to tangle with God's Word.

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Sagan asked a important question: What do you men by 'god'. And the functionally illiterate audience laughed. How can you form statements containing 'god' if you do not know whar 'god' means.

Carl Sagan existed, God doesn't and has never existed. If dinosaurs believed in God, they would say they went extinct because God punished them for their sins. All species that went extinct because God punished them for their sins. 😂😂😂

He was far too kind on religion and faith. He should have taken these questions and people to task.

No where in the bible does it say the world is 6,000 years old. No where in the bible does it define the bible or claim the origins of the bible. No where in the bible does it say the bible is infallible. In the bible it says parables were used to teach. I don't understand the point of this video. Mr Sagan has passed so we can't ask him, but the facts are we are here. And we seem happier with a purpose.

There is no evidence that the universe "popped" into existence from nothing, yet, that is what Sagan believed

He wasnt that brilliant, really. He said that religious people should not interfere with science because they have no expertise in it. Then he does the same thing with religion by stating, "Faith is belief in the absence of evidence." This is abjectly and patently false. He has no idea about faith and no experience with it, so he should shut up about it. Further, belief is not acknowledgement compelled by evidence, it is the choice to place ones trust in someone or something. If there is compelling evidence then there is no reason to trust. Religion does not deal with history, literature, or poetry. It only deals with morality. Again he is pronouncing on matters he does not understand. The science in the Bible was acquired from the Jewish religion, which preceded the Babylonians of 600 BC. The great Greek philosophers learned their philosophy from the Jewish philosophers. The Babylonians were in turn inspired by the learning of the Zoroastrian faith. However, he is very correct when he talks about all of the divergent descriptions of God. And that has come about because ignorant followers of religious teachings chose to turn away from the personal relationship with God that religion is intended to establish, and focus instead on dogma, doctrine, and ideology which serves no useful purpose, is ultimately unverifiable, divides people, and destroys that personal relationship. I understand everything Mr. Sagan said, and I sympathize with his reluctance to engage in discussions on it, but I dont respect his doing the same thing toward religion that he said it should not do toward science.

The history of Israel in the light of the prophets are proof to me not just evidence. To say Jesus Christ is not evidence is absurd.

Have you read Spinoza? Do you understand Spinoza's God?. Spinoza understood God exists, I understand God exists and you can understand. To understand God exists you have to understand the atheist logical fallacy. Atheism is a logical fallacy that assumes God is the religious idea of the creator of the creation to conclude wrongly no creator exists because a particular idea of God doesn’t exist. Atheism is a logical fallacy that assumes God is "sky daddy" to conclude wrongly no creator exists because a particular idea of God doesn’t exist. Atheists misreason "sky daddy doesn't exist therefore god doesn’t exist, and all the arguments that point to the existence of god have to be wrong". To understand God exists you have to understand the kalam cosmological argument: what has a beginning of existence has a cause because from nothing can not be created something. Logically it is impossible the existence of an infinite number of causes, therefore an eternal first uncaused cause that created what has a beginning of existence exists. Did you understand why God exists? God exists because logically it is impossible the existence of the creation or finitude without the creator or infinitude!. If you pay attention you will realize atheists and religious people defend an idea without any arguments. The horrible reality that atheists and religious people sell doesn't exist!. To end the war the discovery that atheism is a logical fallacy has to be news. I am trying to overcome an unjust censorship. Thank you.