Ok then here's one for the theists ... God knows everything right ?! , therefore he knew before I was born I would be an atheist (with NO possible change to be religious) yet he (God) still had me born only to then punish me eternally in hell .... how fkin twisted is that.

Ive subbed bro just to hear your story that lead you away from Jesus, for now, it seems its humans that put you off so this video will be interesting to listen to

Bro im sorry about hearing this. I think your still a brother even though you feel let down :) you only need to drink the water Jesus gives you once. Your saved my bro :) give it time or when your body fades, you'll see jesus. I have confidence in Jesus Promise. 17:00 i agree bro

For many years I have been bothered by some of the studies that have been done on friendship and happiness. So the claim is that "having lots of friends makes people happier." They also claim that getting married makes people happier.🙄 I maybe disagree. Maybe it's that very happy, friendly people naturally make more friends? And that naturally happy people are more likely to attract a mate? I have anxiety and depression. I'm not a "happy" person. But I try to make the best of it. And I LOVE being home by myself. 🥰 For decades my parents told me that if I could only find the right church and make some friends, then I would be happy.... good grief. 😖😂 the last thing I want is more people in my life! I already have to deal with co-workers and neighbors. I get so much joy and validation from the online communities like this channel ❣ I love your take on so many aspects of life! It's not like traditional friendships, but in many ways it's an even deeper connection when we find people who think like how we do and care about the same things. Love your content!

Good video, and well said. I prefer to call "God" whenever discussing religion to Christians "Yahweh" because it makes zero sense to have just another mythology hijack the entire concept and noun of God. We don't give other man-made deities the privilege of stealing the noun "God" as it's own, so why does this religion get the exception?

Why does this video have 1,140 comments and 69 likes? Btw I love the username

Just subscribed to you!!

25:00 unfortunately i too was blind enough to think gid was on my side, while ignoring all the suffering around me. Then reality came around I saw that I was one of these unfortunate people that I so arrogantly pitied. Now looking at movies like Schindlers list, and watching the news has given me a much needed wake up call. My own Disabilitating neuropathy, and my mothers tragic death, set me straight. I can't believe that there are people in my family that still believe in this invisible man. But that number is few.

Jesus does love u and does want a relationship with u!!

Thank you.i agree with you.

Excellent. Africa, like the rest of the world, can only advance when we give up faith.

i think we need to stop using that roman word "Atheist" my brother its using their word i myself refer to myself as a non beLIEver a "Theist" is a beLIEver so why use beLIEver in your description the first people to be called "Atheist" were the first christians the letter "j" wasn't even in existence at the supposed time of jesus all these words derserve no praise whatsoever so i do not use them the word "God"is roman devil roman word lucifer actually translates to "The Bearer of LIght" all roman words of oppression

You are raising important questions about life’s deeper issues. Unfortunately, faith is often embedded in a person’s core identity, and questioning it can feel like an attack on their very existence. Most people are taught to believe without questioning. I was part of a cult called The Message, and no matter how much evidence I presented to my fellow believers, it only seemed to strengthen their loyalty. A society unwilling to engage in critical thinking and open discussion remains stagnant, becoming a tool in the hands of those who exploit progress for their own purposes faithwithperspective.blogspot.com

Sending love from Rwanda! I'm Atheist too. been a Christian from young age until 18. now 24! six years already. We are simply not convinced, not out to get anyone! still respectful of everyone and ready to change my mind anytime I'm faced with convincing evidences! meanwhile life is still precious and no, we are not likely to do horrible things to others because we don't believe in God's punishment, doing good is still part of our nature just as doing bad! I personally sleep well knowing that I could help out someone that day. one good example is mostly Atheist countries like Sweden, Finland,... their population is not out there committing crimes and behaving in heartless way because it's all about culture and humanity in the end

Sending love from Rwanda! I'm Atheist too. been a Christian from young age until 18. now 24! six years already. We are simply not convinced, not out to get anyone! still respectful of everyone and ready to change my mind anytime I'm faced with convincing evidences! meanwhile life is still precious and no, we are not likely to do horrible things to others because we don't believe in God's punishment, doing good is still part of our nature just as doing bad! I personally sleep well knowing that I could help out someone that day. one good example is mostly Atheist countries like Sweden, Finland,... their population is not out there committing crimes and behaving in heartless way because it's all about culture and humanity in the end.

He's literally not hidden or hiding from any of us the problem is you must be born again (you going to church and following all of these man-made traditions does nothing for you whatsoever) Keep Jesus Christ commandments, be separated from the world and be filled with his rivers of Living Waters

Why do you think we should care?

If poeple REALLY belived in Heaven and Hell (which nobody does), the most obvious thing a mother should do is to abort her children. No parent would risk the possibility of their children going to Hell, which lasts for ETERNITY. Eternity is something beyond our imagination. 2 years and 2 quadrillion years are virtually the same time compared to eternity.

Understanding the prolific absorption of other beliefs and traditions from other cultures, I suspect there is a high likelihood that the Universal Church borrowed the “hiddenness” attributes from the Egyptian deity, Ammon; a convenient way to explain away the absence of their divine phantasm and “useful fiction”.

Another one of many reasons I left religion was the contradictory claim of Jesus’ parentage. According to the Biblical, it provides two different genealogies to prove Jesus’ relationship to the line of David through Joseph. But the Bible makes all the genealogies mute by claiming a virgin birth. How can that be? The Bible cannot have it both ways. Any attempt to do so is insulting to the intelligence of the believers. To this day Apologetics offends millions defending this biblical contradiction. This leads right into another reason to leave; the being the failed claim of biblical inerrancy. Again apologists play in of faces when they tell you that god is actually saving little girls and giving them to “pdf. Files” for good purposes, beyond being booty, spoils of war and s£x slaves. This calls into question the morality of this “good” god. Whenever, you compare a body count of the number of lives god ended, god wins. And mostly god rampages to show off, like he did with pharaoh. God even messed with his “free will” by hardening his heart ♥️. God has a tendency to treat people like NPCs. There is so much more I could say, but I will stop here.

The problem of evil is a potent issue that condemns god belief. I left religion when I realized that god condones slavery in the Bible . Then in 1493 Pope Alexander VI issued the Doctrine of Discovery” asserting the right to colonize, convert and enslave people of the Americas, including Africans. It broke my heart to realize that we pray to the very deity that allowed the church to enslave us. But eventually I came to realize that religion is a tool of nation building, war and conquest.

Most people especially in Africa do not like to ask these hard questions. They block them with responses like Gods mind is too great to understand or God works in mysterious ways and close the debate. They prefer the comfort of ignorance than the pain of knowledge. They would rather bury their heads in the sand and leave it to the philosophers and religious leaders to deal with such problems for fear of being judged. Good job opening up the conversation space and keep it up.

Well, unfortunately, and Generally Speaking, this's a meaninglessly worthless and fruitlessly merritless video in and of itself overall, and also, altogether as well.

Well done on this video brother. Edit: that last comment made me sad. Sort of indicative of what Christianity, which claims to provide a basis of objective morality and basic decency, fails to do.

I know for a fact that theists don’t believe themselves when they try to claim that the good of free will (which we can’t even have if a tri-omni timeless God who created literally everything actually exists) makes up for the full totality of all the human suffering that has happened, is happening and will continue to happen, because it’s just as often answered with “Why hasn’t God defeated evil and suffering? Well, he will. Eventually.” Wait, I thought suffering was a necessary evil that accompanied the good of the free will that we don’t have?

There is only one Cast- The Caste of HUMANITY. There is only one Religion- The Religion of LOVE. There is only one Commandment- The Commandment of TRUTHFULNESS. There is only one Law- The Law of CAUSE and EFFECT. There is only one God - The Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omniscient Lord. There is only one Language- The Language of HEART or the Language of SILENCE. ~ Swami Sivananda

All Men who have found God state that his nature is immaterial. All true religions state that as well. God is beyond all scientific experiments. You will not find him in any peer reviewed paper. To expect that shows ignorance on the nature of God. The materialist stance is the wrong approach to proving God's existence.

In answer to your question: If this world is permanent, yes I expect God's intervention and protection; if not, then I do not expect God's intervention and protection as there is a higher purpose in play despite how difficult that may be to understand for some.

Nigerian here , I love your Ghanaian accent 🎉❤

Millions of people are on the verge of starvation,and thousands being massacred by people who are praying to him five timer a day,where is god?who has the power to stop it,it is not god it is man,man is in control.God has for a long time been powerless to help the Sudanese people,god is missing so many golden opportunities to justify all those praises given to him by his followers,it don’t make sense

8:27 so God using our evil for good, should excuse when bad people use evil to achieve what they deem to be good?

I agree. In fact, the problem of evil and suffering must surely be the main reason for not believing in a loving, caring Creator.

EXCELLENT video and Wisely proposed argument. Keep up these honest, sincere, thought provoking, and enlightening videos.

When i visit uGanda next year, i would love to have lunch with you ❤its your Authentic calmness and Truth that i love so much about you keep it up

Wow. I had to explain basic english and use of synomous phrases and it turns out this dude is a professional english instructor. 😂

Wow, an African who's an Aethist never😂 just kidding well brother you are not the only one who's removed the shackles of Dogma and indoctrination from religion! Watching from South Africa 🇿🇦

By what standard are you people judging what is good and evil? Everything is subjective without a god

Not proving a negative is word play. You can not say something doesn't exist with no proof. That's the most intellectually dishonest stance one can take. This is the chameleon tactics of atheism which is based on a lie. It's like asking a criminal to fess up to a crime. They will lie and misdirect you to hide the truth as best they can. Welcome to atheism.

I have this convo with some friends of mine. As someone who is a believer my question for those who have the problems with evil is this; what is the common denominator? To me it’s Humans committing these acts against humans for their own self interest. We talk about world hunger but we spend what it takes to end world hunger for a year, in a day on Black Friday or for the holidays. Why doesn’t the fault and self interest of humans contribute to the conversation of evil. Its always “where is God when these happen” but Jesus being an example of love towards all is so damning that if everyone followed it in the world it would be a worse place? I find it hard to believe. I think the problem of evil comes from the selfishness and pursuit of self interest and when that’s done on the grandest of spectrums we get what we see now; people committing unspeakable acts to other humans. I could be very wrong though.

To an atheist evil is just an adjective, a word we use for people and actions we don't like. To a certain type of Christian it's a noun, a malevolent force out to cause harm. To an atheist it's not a problem, shit happens, and we try to deal with it as best we can. The excusagist has to explain why babies die of brain cancer and other incurable diseases, why innocent people die in wars, and why their supposedly omnipotent god does nothing.

Hmmm … the theist always makes the positive claim god exists by default, the atheist says there is insufficient proof and would be in a position that they have to defend their position against thousands of gods and denominations which is impossible. On that basis burden of proof must always lie with the theist to prove their good out of the thousands is actually there! I have no more proof for a god than I do for fairies, monsters, etc etc so to claim I have any burden means I also have to defend this position as well and I have far better things to do with my life.

"You don't prove the negative" is not an absolute rule. Meaning it's not always true that you do not have to prove the negative. Atheists try to have their cake and eat it too. Atheists claim the position of agnosticism but label it "atheism" because it sounds fancy and "most intellectuals are atheists" so they claim to be atheists because it's what the cool guys believe. Yes, atheists have to prove there's no GOD. Why? Because atheism by definition is a position that *CLAIMS* that *GOD DOES NOT EXIST* . I know atheism had been disguised to now become the new agnosticism by defining it as "lack of belief in the existence of GOD", but this definition still doesn't absolve the atheist from the question of "why". Why don't you believe there's a GOD? It's still a question you'll have to provide an answer. There are only 3 real options: There's a GOD (theistic claim) There's no GOD (atheists claim) I don't know (agnostic position) If atheism is "I lack belief in the existence of GOD" does that also mean agnostics are atheists or vice versa since agnostics also don't believe GOD exist? Nope. If it's just atheists redefining their position because it's now obvious there's no good argument against the existence of GOD (at least a deistic God) . The historical position of atheism is "There's no GOD". If your position is "I lack belief in GOD", you're an agnostic and not an atheist.

Atheist's, the original flat earthers

There is no burden of proof of anyone. Believer or non-believer. There are so many times Jesus who embodied truth, did not persuade certain individuals, not that he didnt like them, but because of the dispostion of their heart. If the necessary doseage that is suppose to get you hooked won't do anything, dont expect a granduer or fascinating or more profound truth to convince you because you hade made up in your mind already God does not exist. Live with it.

Haha Calvin Harris, guess you are an EDM fan!

Define a "true" Christian...

Well presented argument well done

First off, "atheism" is nothing more than a redundant term. Agnosticism is the uncertainty of the existence of God based on ones experience. Since it is impossible to prove non-existence, then agnosticism is the only option for someone who does not accept His existence. Anyone who tries to "go beyond" agnosticism is making a claim that God does not exist, and is now under the burden of proof that they demand of those who claim He does. Now I know I will probably receive lots of responses arguing against this, but all that will prove is that every "atheist" has his own homemade definition of the term. And do you expect your parents to come to your rescue each time you err, and then take care of it for you? So why should God when He gave us both free will and a mind to help us make choices and learn from them? "Evil" (which has no existence of its own, it is merely a lack of good) was a concept created to simplify reality for the people who lived in Biblical times. It was not possible to have philosophical conversations with such people, and so the use of threat was somewhat justified. Do we always sit our children down and go into a long, deep discussion about cosmology when we are teaching them the importance of following rules that are there for their safety? No, it is often a case of do what you are told and one day you will understand why. This whole argument is the result of extreme anthropocentric thinking. To use it to justify the denial of God is quite poorly thought out. We have become inured to expecting instant and guaranteed results, and somehow make the fatal error of expecting the same from a Creator Who knows infinitely more than we do about our reality. The highest learning any man can achieve is to admit to the limits of his understanding. "Atheism" does quite the opposite.

I'm a confident Christian: what went into your becoming a Christian? How does one become a Christian?

i think, most people conflict "accountances" with "friends", maybe because i grew up with the sitcom "FRIENDS", or because i'm from a bedouin family, i've developed a strong sence of Friendship!. I chose people and i make sacrifice and i require sacrifice from them, i build a "chosen" family bond with certain people, and as in all "family" dynamics, we bond and share common responsabilities and accountabilities of each other. The most important thing in "bonding" i think is "time spent" the more you sped time with someone, the more you groom each other, and so, the more you becaome intimatly linked, this is why, i frequently organise dinners, activities, or other gathering things with friends (mainly those who are in the city), because that is what strenghen the relation. Yes, at the begining, we meet due to a common ground, i.e activity, place etc, but then, in that, we exchange and challange our self, we got to invest into what we wanna build, if someone doesn't participate, then i abandon the "friend" dynamic with him, and yes, i dont have many friends, but i have strong and geniun friendships. The problem with the world of today, is that the digital have replaced most if not all of our social interactions. You see, in the past, if you wanted to know is someone was alright, you would directly go and meet up with him, and if you wanted to meet up with him, you had to know his routine and daily actifs, else, you could go to his place and miss him, thus time and energy wasted (not really wasted since, it is sacrifiece that give value to things). But today, most of the time, you do not contact your friends simply because you are tricked by the social feeds on social networks where you too often see the post of friends, that you think to know what is happening in their life (and vice versa, this is what i call speudo-comunication) and again more, you never really contact them, simply because you think you can do it when ever and where ever you want. But this is simply an illusion, because the reality is that, the person post how he wanna be "percieved" and you to do the same, and you react with a like,heart or a two-three words ready made phrase comment, and years pass, no one knows nothing about the life of the other, and soon you realise that, that person is just a contact in your phonelog or agenda for those who celebrate anniversaries. Then i think there is another issue, you brought it up here "people that will love me for who i am" that is also something that i think is really problematic with the modern mentality. Me, growing up, especialy in bedouin lifestyle, it is made clear to you that people dont like or love you for who you are, hell, even you, you don't really know who you are, so how can anyone love you for "who you are". People love you for what they percieve in you, and for what it rappresent to them!. And you too do the same!. A mother loves her child, because it is hers and because it rapresent a prolongement/extention of their selfs, a man love his wife, because she is beautiful or kind or intelligen or diligen or accomplished etc, and for what those atributes rapresent to him. That is the reality, so, if you know that, then when you meet someone, you got to observe the things that strikes you in the person, the things you appreciate in the person, and then think of how, why and what it rappresents to you!,and importantly, you got to share it with the person!. I am a man, and now i live in europe, but i come from the sahel region, and back there, us males hold hands even when walking on the streets, we kiss each other on the cheeks when we meet, we tell each other how we apreciate each other, we even write poems and send gifts to each other (of course all this only with friends and intimate people, we basicaly careless about others). But when i came here, i soon realised that here, all this were frown upon in males relations, but was verymuch the norm among female relations. This i think, is also a cause of the solitary lifes of males and the solidarity relations of females here in the west, but this is simply my opinion, and i am not a sociologist so i may aswell be very wrong.