10 Other Questions for Atheists

The nice thing about "10 Questions for Atheists" lists is that they pretty succinctly compile a lot of tired, mundane things we regularly hear from theists into a neat list - so deconstructing what's wrong with them can provide atheists a quick reference list for how to respond to various kinds of nonsense. I don't respond to them often (since they're often mostly the same old thing). However, I recently found a video asking questions that, while not by any means new, bring up a few topics I haven't really addressed much, so I thought it would be interesting and hopefully helpful. The guy who does them is annoyingly over-expressive, but if you watch with the right mindset you'll notice that his faces and voices basically serve as exaggerated caricatures of the attitude people have when they come at you with questions like these, so that's kind of neat.
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[@michellegodwin6567]

"You strike me as somebody who has a lot of composure to regain" is honestly the most savage thing I've ever heard Prophet of Zod say

[@taylorlibby7642]

And in such a kind and concerned tone of voice too!!😂🤣

[@ProphetofZod]

I guess if he wants to play staged theatrics, we can play staged theatrics. :D

[@chriscortez2036]

Honestly I despise these types of people. Despite what they (claim to) preach, they’re so obnoxiously smug, childish, prejudiced, narrow-minded, disrespectful and prideful, believing they’re morally and intellectually superior to people who don’t share their religious faith. It’s embarrassing. They were indoctrinated to believe that (their version of) God is “obvious” and “you aren’t a REAL Christian” unless you follow their specific version of the religion. Claiming you follow the “real” version of God is meaningless when literally everyone else claims the exact same thing, have no way to objectively prove they have Gods favor, and are constantly arguing on what the nature of God even is. I genuinely do not understand why it is so difficult for these people to comprehend that morals and cultures evolved differently and change over time. In the US alone, slavery, racism, & sexism were considered acceptable and even moral with religious authorities excusing or justifying it. The Bible itself not only never condemns slavery, IT INSTRUCTS SLAVE OWNERS ON HOW TO TREAT THEIR SLAVES & THAT BEATING THEM IS OK AS LONG AS IT DOESNT KILL THEM. The churches of the US today are not the same as the churches of even a century ago.

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@chriscortez2036 Honestly, I also despise people who post the exact same long comment in several different threads. That's really, really close to the line where we call it "spam".

[@theblackswan2373]

@@ProphetofZod entirely on point. Bravo!

[@Thoron_of_Neto]

I think Logicked said it best, during his "Hello my name is Kent Hovind" series. "You say you like to ask a lot of questions, and I believe you but where on your list of favorite things to do does listening to the answers fall?"

[@stevewebber707]

That really get to the point. It may be theoretically possible for questions in this vein to be posed in order for a Christian to learn and have constructive discourse. If apologists start posing questions that aren't already addressed by numerous atheists already, I'll start giving them credit for some intellectual honesty. This guy at least paid lip service towards wanting to see responses. But considering the questions themselves, I'm not convinced he has a sincere interest in learning about atheists, and what they think.

[@flowingafterglow629]

Apparently this guy had a previous list of 10 questions for atheists. Apparently he wasn't satisfied with the answers*** so he had to ask more. ***They weren't quite the gotchas he was hoping for

[@bladerunner3314]

he never bothered to learn what atheism or agnosticism is, no, he's not interrested

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

Its nowhere near Kunt Hoewind's list!

[@chickenpants]

Dishonesty, arrogance, condescension, gate keeping, and malformed questions. That's a full house in the evangelical poker game. Thanks for another great vid.

[@valivali8104]

You forgot that face he does 🤢 like one which Puss in Boots tried to be cute in Donkey's body in Shrek 2, but actually disgusting 🤮

[@LukeSumIpsePatremTe]

Gate keeping?

[@JanetStarChild]

@@LukeSumIpsePatremTe I assume among other Christians.

[@chickenpants]

@@LukeSumIpsePatremTe he talks about behaviour that he doesn't consider christian. King him has some strong opinions about who is and isn't christian.

[@reptoidrenaissance]

@@LukeSumIpsePatremTe He said Catholics aren't Christians... which is hilarious, since 1) they & Greek Orthodox are actually the very first Christian denominations, and 2) since all Protestant denominations split from Catholicism, then - by his own logic - Protestants aren't Christian either.

[@carlospomares3225]

This guy really grinds my gears more than most other apologists(if he could be called that). I thinks it's the combination of the regular smug arrogance mixed with the theatrics.

[@taylorlibby7642]

These videos aren't actually made to be viewed by atheists. It's an in-group thing for evangelicals. The insulting theatrics against anyone who disagrees with them play really well with that crowd.

[@ProphetofZod]

For better or worse, he really does dial up the theatrics.

[@Skeptical_Numbat]

Do you think that he's doing this from abject ignorance, or as a deliberate attempt to irritate & manipulate his interlocutor into appearing unjustifiably enraged, so that he can claim "victory" by default..?

[@EvilEyeGypsy]

I’d say he also seems dumber than most. Not more intentionally ignorant, not more mislead, just plain dumb.

[@MsArtemis64]

@@Skeptical_Numbat It's pretty obvious that he doesn't want actual answers to his questions. I feel like he just wants to mock people who don't think exactly like he does, and he is pandering to his audience.

[@matthewgagnon9426]

"Is murder against the innocent wrong?" always strikes me as the kind of question along the lines of "Are bachelors single?" *Definitionally* the answer to both of those questions is yes, because they're both insinuating the answer within the question itself. The real question should be is killing wrong, because then you get some actual nuance into the answer.

[@danielsnyder2288]

The Biblical answer to the question is No, because God had Jepthah sacrifice his daughter, he didn't stop Jepthah like he did Abraham

[@undecidedmiddleground5633]

Let's not forget that circular reasoning is the theist's bread and butter.

[@johnquiett1085]

First, I agree with your point overall it is a dumb question. But to be totally pedantic about it, I disagree it's the same as asking "Is a bachelor single?" Because then we have to define "innocent" and "bachelor" because "innocent" can have a lot of different meanings. "Bachelor" has less meanings, and with "single" it implies married, but it could refer to a holder of a degree in certain context. So I am not intending to start an argument...just engaging with the video. His question was a really bad take. Your's is a fine example of another potentially bad take.

[@jeremypnet]

Murder is defined as killing somebody illegally. Therefore, murder may not necessarily wrong depending on the law.

[@wilberwhateley7569]

It’s more accurate to say “murder is a killing society at large does not approve of” - which makes said killing “wrong” within the context of that society’s value system. Of course, that same killing may be considered justified (and thus not “murder”) in another social context and thus not “wrong” according to that society’s value system.

[@gatorboymike]

Anyone else sick of being asked questions by people who don't want answer to those questions, and are only asking because they think the question itself is a means of "owning" you?

[@kerianhalcon3557]

Very sick, yes! Also tired of bafflingly stupid, and completely irrelevant questions that really have no bearing on anything.

[@stylis666]

Depends. I quite enjoy being rude and walking away mid-sentence while laughing at them.

[@bladerunner3314]

@@stylis666 A few days ago I saw a guy with a buybull verse on his rear window and started laughing, he heard me, looked at me dumbfounded as if that was the first time it happened to him.

[@akureikorineko]

Zod fucking killing me with these edits. Who would of thought static could be so expressive lol. That head tilt staredown was top tier.

[@elikelly4948]

That head tilt edit had me laughing for several minutes....I played it back several times just to laugh for longer. 🤣

[@mickeyrube6623]

“Have you ever tried Jesus?” Tried him? Tried him...what? Tried his patience? How do you “try” a conscious being?

[@timtheskeptic1147]

There's something deeper here, I think this guy uhhh, *really* likes Jesus...

[@mravv]

Maybe he means the bread and wine thing.

[@NovaSaber]

"Does objective evil exist?" and THEN "Define objective evil?" If he was actually seeking answers those would be in the opposite order.

[@forodinssake9570]

Zod, always calm, going "AaaAaAaAA" while the camera zooms in and out is definitely the highlight of the day

[@TheCount991]

I'm glad you brought up the "God wouldn't ask me to murder" response when a christian is asked if they would murder if God told them to. I've heard that one quite a few times. Anyone remember that time when God told Abraham to sacrifice his son? Sure, God stopped it before it happened, but the entire point of that story is about being obedient no matter what. Abraham was willing to murder his own son at God's request, and he is considered a hero for it.

[@danielsnyder2288]

BUT, God did NOT stop Jepthah, so yes, God does ask you for child sacrifice and positively accepts it

[@Ironysandwich]

God ordered many, many acts of murder throughout The Bible. Saying he wouldn't order them to do such is just willful ignorance on their part, since you don't need to read far into The Bible to see that ordering murder is one of God's favorite activities.

[@TheCount991]

@@danielsnyder2288 Also a good example. I went with Abraham/Isaac because some people like to argue that when Jephthah sacrificed his daughter, he just forced her to be their equivalent of a nun rather than killing her. I don't agree with that, but Abraham tying Isaac to an altar and pulling a knife on him is about as unambiguous as it gets.

[@TheCount991]

@@Ironysandwich For sure. I just like my example because Isaac has done literally nothing to anger God. Most of the rest were at least supposedly "bad" people according to whoever wrote the story. And I mean bad in the vaguest possible sense here.

[@jursamaj]

@@TheCount991 The christian can point out the God didn't tell Jepthah to sacrifice is daughter. Indeed, nothing in the Jepthah story says that God said anything. It just has Jepthah offering an unspecified sacrifice, assuming God accepted the offer, and carrying thru. God wasn't even involved. Just like Abraham, it's a story about fanatical commitment to the religion.

[@Phourc]

Good thing christians are so good at _listening_ to the responses to videos like this and definitely incorporate those answers into future "questions for atheists" or these sorts of conversations might get reaaaaaal repetitive. /s (I mean, the video hasn't premiered yet but I have some assumptions that I doubt will be proven incorrect. :P)

[@taylorlibby7642]

Right?!?!🙄

[@ProphetofZod]

What are you talking about? It's not like all these questions have been answered endlessly before any of these videos were ever made. :D

[@Phourc]

@@ProphetofZod Exactly. Your communication style is great and I genuinely hope these videos will help those who watch them, but damn does it feel like screaming into the void sometimes. :P

[@elminster298]

This vaguely human-shaped hipster Christian camp counselor somehow managed to be more condescending than that time traveling Catholic eunuch. I genuinely didn't think the term "passive aggressive" could be weaponized so badly yet so effectively.

[@DonDueed]

"Have you REALLY tried God?" Well, I wanted to, but he got off on a technicality.

[@LethalPillow99]

Lol

[@yacaattwood2421]

I’d like to ask Ashley: “What does God need with a starship?”

[@Oddball5.0]

There are no starships on Nimbus III

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@Oddball5.0 Just fan dances, yes...

[@bradypustridactylus488]

"Number 10: What is your confirmation and foundation for truth?" I do not seek confirmation for truth in any concrete or substantive way. I do not have a solid foundation for truth. I accept that truth is always an imperfect fit between my cognition and reality. I recognize no medium outside my senses for acquiring knowledge about the world and see no advantage in cultivating false certainty.

[@flowingafterglow629]

"Number 10: What is your confirmation and foundation for truth?" You know, since I really have no idea what this even means, I'll just answer, "Sex and booze. Although I don't drink all that much."

[@wilberwhateley7569]

I consider the idea of “truth” a social fiction - there are facts which can be objectively verified, but “truth” is largely an interpretation of fact through the subjective lens of our experiences and beliefs and thus there are as many “truths” out there as there are people forming such ideas in their minds.

[@zacheryeckard3051]

I mean, the scientific method is the beat method we have so far found for rooting out false conceptions of reality, at least.

[@Demopans5990]

And arguably, China is just copying the typical Christian arguments for truth, like how much they copy else kzbin.info/www/bejne/hF7Ye6hqeNxqp9E

[@monsterguyx6322]

As always, PoZ regards these bad-faith questions with humanity, rationality, and irreverent wit. 10/10

[@Old52Guy]

Great vid! His tired, self-smugness as well as self-righteousness does nothing to help his overall cause, whatever his purpose was in making this video. I can only imagine that he could throw his vid together without any preparation, ask his trite questions, throw it up on his channel and piss off a few people in the name of "saving souls." I am a Christian, but if I weren't this guy would make me run for the hills to avoid doing him a mischief. The best thing he does is for theists? An excellent example of how not to believe or act. By the way, your discussion and analysis was outstanding!

[@haroldwood1394]

That was an excellent comment. It's hard to imagine that this man understands much about how the common trials of life - the deaths of those we love, the manifest injustice and suffering around us and throughout history - challenge the beliefs of both theists and non-theists. Perhaps I am wrong, but he needs to take an introductory course on compassion. You are a Christian and I am an atheist, but I suspect that what separates us is less than what separates genuinely concerned and compassionate Christians from that foolish and harmful representative of your faith. Warm wishes to you.

[@reptoidrenaissance]

Yea, this particular apologist just comes off as a bog-standard Pharisee, right down to the smug attitude.

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

These questions are...well let's just say I felt you treated them with the level of seriousness they deserved 👍

[@DavidJohnWellman]

Be aware that when I put my own response to him up I got a copyright hit because of his background music, and had to use the "remove music" tool.

[@ladyselenafelicitywhite1596]

That's an AiG favourite trick too! 🙄😒 They sure do like living in an echo chamber and making sure their rubes don't see or hear conflicting evidence. They also love making up terms that scientists don't use such a polystraight fossils, etc. For people who claim to be on the side of "The Truth ™" they sure do like to lie! All professional apologists in my opinion are disingenuous liars and dishonest interlocutors. From the intellectual types like William Lane Craig to the rabble rousers like Matty Powellette.

[@taylorlibby7642]

It's such a sleazy tactic to copyright hit a response because of the music. Even cops are starting to do this when being filmed in public.

[@DavidJohnWellman]

@@taylorlibby7642 I think it was an automatic content ID tag, not Ashlee or anyone else trying to shut me down.

[@Starhawke_Gaming]

@@DavidJohnWellman - yet the bot had no problem letting the copyright protected music remain in the original video. Don't you just love uneven enforcement of rules?

[@yourwayoryahwehtestedbyfir681]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJS4ZoSeaNF-pbs The Sabbath Challenge: Atheist “prophet” Zod gets possessed by Greta (blah x3) when faced with proof of God. In this video, we will be considering the reactions of these atheists when they are faced with the infallible 7-day cycle proof of Jesus being God, and consequently, sovereign over all creation. Note that I have been spreading the revelation of the 7-day cycle proof, given to me by Jesus, in order to leave the naysayers no room to maneuver away from the reality that Jesus has submitted them to the power of His Word, and this should come to no surprise since Scripture states in: (Hebrews 1:3) “He is the radiance of The glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature, and He upholds all things by the power of His word.” Glory to Jesus that He has given me the insight to unfold the meaning of such a powerful statement, allowing me to demonstrate the validity of this passage by the fulfillment of the universal application of the 7-day cycle as His sign of authority over all things.

[@SlipperyTeeth]

Everything about this guy is obnoxious. It's masterful really

[@SilverMKI]

You think it might be a false cross operation? :D

[@andreaw2053]

As someone who doesn't believe in objective morality, these answers are easy for me

[@stthomasaquarius]

“…murder of the innocent…” raises two obvious questions. 1. Does that mean that murdering the guilty is okay? 2. Don’t Christian doctrines teach that all humans are guilty by definition? And that is only through forgiveness and relationship with Jesus that we escape punishment. Wouldn’t that mean all murder is ok because no one is really innocent? Okay. Three questions.

[@altosack]

I’ll play the apologist here: Christians say we are all _sinners_ not that we are all guilty. However (I’m back to atheist here), both _sin_ and _guilty_ are meaningless without mentioning the actual transgression and its context. And, of course, that only answers #2; your other two still stand. It may seem like I’m being pedantic here, but precise word choice matters in an argument, and I’m trying to make yours better for the next time. Edit: I realize my meaning wasn’t clear; your statement is meaningfully correct, because Christians would be OK if you said “guilty of sin”, but as it is, it isn’t quite what they would say.

[@llongone2]

Interestingly, he actually says "murder against the innocent"...which is even more confusing. Like...commit murder to make some innocent 3rd person sad? I'm starting to think this 10 Questions Atheists can't answer is more like "10 Questions No One Can Understand Or Answer"

[@markhackett2302]

@@altosack "Christians say we are all sinners not that we are all guilty." Nope. Christians say we are guilty (of Sin).

[@toddonhigh]

Nice ending lol. Hopefully he takes the criticism in stride; there's a huge difference between presenting with style and just making a smug ass out of yourself. These lists of ambiguous and loaded questions are always as revealing (about the presenter) as they are insulting but it's great that you tackle them with more courtesy than the presenters give us.

[@thedeebo410]

Someone really did this guy a disservice when they told him he was funny.

[@LaRossaSelvaggia]

I find this Ashley character disorganized, erratic, careless, clumsy, inexplicably smug, and more than slightly creepy. Like that stoner-sophist everyone knew in college.

[@violeth2255]

"Is murder of the innocent wrong?" Yes. As is murder of the guilty. Murder by definition is the unlawful and premeditated killing of another person. Murdering a guilty person would be a form of vigilantism and thus circumstantial at best as to whether the punishment actually fit the crime. Now if we want to talk killing instead of murder... then I still think that it's more preferable to not kill someone (innocent or guilty) unless they pose an immediate threat to the life or lives of other people, this threat can be removed by killing the threatener, that removal can be done without putting the lives of the threatened in greater danger, and de-escalation of the situation has failed.

[@Skeptical_Numbat]

It's clear how deeply ignorant this poor bastard actually is. His smug self-satisfacion notwithstanding, several of his questions are malformed, his definitions sloppy & his entire attitude thinking that any of these questions achieve anything at all for either atheists, or christians is asinine. When it comes to unlawful killing, our legal system even recognises that there's a range of culpability. There are concepts like Manslaughter, where injury or death is a clearly foreseeable consequence of an indirect action / lesser crime / neglect / dereliction of duty / etc. (eg: It's nearly certain that driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated will result in poor judgements behind the wheel. Should this crime result in death it would likely be considered Manslaughter.) It also differentiates between preplanned murder (Murder One) & situational murder (Murder Two). There's also Assisting a Suicide & Killing in Self Defence. Basically, moral quandries on topics like Murder aren't as childishly facile as this individual would have us believe. The character of God in the Christian Bible - which he apparently believes represents some sort of 'Perfect' Morality (note that he doesn't know what Objective means) - has commanded both Human Sacrifice, Genocide & Death by Bear Mauling. By even this guy's own (likely influenced by Secular Humanism) Christian standards, the God of the Bible (both the New & especially the Old Testaments) a Mass Murderer (assuming he believes that the Noachian Flood Myth actually happened).

[@danielsnyder2288]

According to the Bible, murder of innocent children is actually required - see Jepthah

[@jeremypnet]

Is it your contention that the law defines the difference between right and wrong? I would argue that it, at best, only approximates the line between right and wrong. It therefore follows that, for some definitions of murder, it is possible to construct hypothetical situations where it is right to commit murder. For example, in a slave state, you might come across a slave owner in the process of torturing his slaves to death. If the only way to make him stop is to kill him, then you have committed murder but he hasn’t under that state’s law.

[@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer]

"Is murder against the innocent wrong?" Not according to his own God it isnt. You just merely need to say those people were evil because they didn't believe what you believe. Even if they didn't do anything against you. His God commits murder. Therefore he shouldn't think murder is wrong.

[@violeth2255]

@@jeremypnet Murder is premeditated, as stated in my post. Your scenario is, at best, homicide, and falls under my post's second paragraph.

[@BrianMelancon]

@4:45 "...apologists need to stop acting like their ability to quit looking at a problem is a gotcha...". This needs it's own official logical fallacy name. Perhaps the "Ostrich Fallacy".

[@JohnSmith-fz1ih]

Closely related: Apologists need to stop acting like their personal lack of knowledge or incredulity is an argument. Many of them resort to “that sounds silly” and then act like they’ve just provided an airtight case. Usually this is in response to their own flagrant misrepresentation of what atheists believe… so badly misrepresented that it is indeed silly.

[@mechmat12345]

Yes, if you do not agree with his belief in objective morality, he most likely would greet you with indignation rather than a cogent argument to support his beliefs.

[@Thomaas551]

Argument from ignorance

[@ErikPelyukhno]

I really appreciate how you can patiently get through this video and give your responses in a measured and respectful way, despite the overall patronizing tone of the video you’re reacting to. It’s nice that you’re setting an example to others for how it’s possible to handle having your briefs challenged in a patient and respectful way.

[@ji_ji_]

this guy would absolutely get punched IRL not for his arguments , but for the weird faces he makes afterwards

[@Vlad27145]

Damn, I had a hard time imagining what a worst apologist than christrighteous could look like. I tried and tried, but my imagination did not help me. Thank Nietzsche I don't have to imagine anymore. At least that guy (sort of) tried. This tosser is just a functionally braindead muppet... Thanks PoZ, I have a new lowest bar now! Seriously though, I really appreciate you managed to make such a rational and entertaining video out of THIS mess, well done!

[@MGC-XIII]

If a god existed you would think he had brighter people defending his existence huh?

[@merbst]

A-Women!

[@whitetransgirlwithdreads]

Great... you imagined him in to existence... thanks. :\

[@rattled6732]

I only believe in one god! The KZbin algorithm. And that’s why this comment is here!

[@ProphetofZod]

Alorithmmen.

[@c.guydubois8270]

All hail algorithm Peace be upon it!

[@Xbob42]

And like all gods, it definitely works in mysterious ways. KZbinrs try all kinds of weird things to appease it.

[@paulsmart4672]

Question 2: Can you define "objective evil" for me? No, its just something theists say all the time, but can't elaborate on. I can't even say for certain the phrase means anything at all.

[@Kevin_Williamson]

His question #2 is exactly what I would ask of him when he posed question #1. I'd want to know what he means by "objective evil" to understand his question and answer it sufficiently. Question #9 is a tautology. It basically asks if murdering someone is wrong. Yes. Murder is wrong by definition. So it doesn't matter to whom the murder was directed or if someone judged the victim "innocent" by whatever standard. They were murdered. So it was judged to be wrong already by application of the legal term. That aside, I'd ask him what the actual point is in these silly questions. They don't really have anything to do with atheism on the whole. So what useful data will these questions uncover?

[@DenisLoubet]

I want to know what it means too. "Objective evil!" is supposed to be what? A free-floating vaporous apparition?

[@Timmeh_The_tyrant]

Technically everybody who's had communion has tried Jesus Waka Waka Waka

[@terrysmith3808]

Jesus or Jesus' Waka Waka? Lol

[@ladyselenafelicitywhite1596]

Adding a like and a comment to feed the KZbin algorithm 🙆🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️

[@ProphetofZod]

Thanks!

[@flowingafterglow629]

Heck, murder of not-innocent people is also wrong. Murder is, by definition, wrong, no matter who it is against. Whether killing is murder is a different question.

[@danielsnyder2288]

According to the Bible murder of innocent children is OK as long as it a sacrifice to God - see Jepthah where God did NOT stop the sacrific3 like he did for Abraham

[@JosephKano]

I used to agree with the death penalty then we started to realise just how many people have been killed and they were convicted on lies we could now prove. I don't support it anymore for any circumstance. I just can't.

[@bg6b7bft]

I am curious how he determines which flavor of Christianity is the "true" one.

[@bicameralmind6785]

Awww, that's too easy: it's HIS.

[@derreckwalls7508]

Easy. The true version of Christianity is the one he was born into.

[@stevenswitzer5154]

Yeah his own. For sure. He would tell the leader of his congregation was wrong if he had any stones

[@FurTheWorkers]

"Have you ever tried Jesus?" Yes, I followed what he told me to do in the book. Then his followers called me a socialist and said I was trying to destroy the country.

[@FenrisBeast]

Ugh. I couldn't even go through your version without wanting to strangle this stumbling block (Romans 14:13). You've got my respect POZ for putting up with him.

[@sgt.duke.mc_50]

Adding a like and a tidbit for the algorithm. "See you in the next world" 🤞🚀

[@ProphetofZod]

Thank you! :)

[@kenharness7430]

Why, when old dude asked "Have you tried Jesus", did I suddenly picture him at a booth in the Supermarket giving out free samples?

[@pauligrossinoz]

I pictured a _mushroom_ 🍄... the psychedelic kind ... 🤣

[@DutchJoan]

I've got the feeling that in a veiled way Ashley was referring to abortion with question nr 9. You're answer and return question though put the ball straight into his corner again without even lifting the veil. Excellent!!

[@ThisguySL]

18:37 True, but I can at least respect that he wasn't trying to give it the more warm/welcoming tone it wasn't owed. That would just come off as weasely and passive-aggressive.

[@antitheist6698]

They should make a “10 Answers for Atheists” instead of Red Herring “questions”

[@taylorlibby7642]

Not really sure that would end up being any better.

[@antitheist6698]

@@taylorlibby7642 true, but i think it would be a good start, as opposed to bogus questions that only serve to side-step the real issues with theism.

[@yourwayoryahwehtestedbyfir681]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJS4ZoSeaNF-pbs The Sabbath Challenge: Atheist “prophet” Zod gets possessed by Greta (blah x3) when faced with proof of God. In this video, we will be considering the reactions of these atheists when they are faced with the infallible 7-day cycle proof of Jesus being God, and consequently, sovereign over all creation. Note that I have been spreading the revelation of the 7-day cycle proof, given to me by Jesus, in order to leave the naysayers no room to maneuver away from the reality that Jesus has submitted them to the power of His Word, and this should come to no surprise since Scripture states in: (Hebrews 1:3) “He is the radiance of The glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature, and He upholds all things by the power of His word.” Glory to Jesus that He has given me the insight to unfold the meaning of such a powerful statement, allowing me to demonstrate the validity of this passage by the fulfillment of the universal application of the 7-day cycle as His sign of authority over all things.

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

Oh boy, just a few seconds in to the video and I'm excited! It's been a good long while since I've seen a 10 questions for atheists video so I bet they spent all that time really picking the biggest, religiousest, undeniable questions. Surely it's not going to be the same poorly worded misunderstanding of some other more famous apologist's poorly worded misunderstanding of physics, the definition and thoughts of an atheist, philosophy, or their own book. Right? RIGHT!?

[@samwisegamgee6532]

0:55 even if I am an atheist and a skeptic, I must confess one thing : the more I learn about believers’ arguments, the more I believe in the existence of a higher power : the High power of Stupidity and Stubbornness.

[@MechaTrekAD]

You are very kind to have addressed this person's video at all Prophet. They seem to be someone who hasn't organized their own thoughts sufficiently for them to be worth addressing.

[@justinwatson1510]

My favorite pastime is going into Evangelical spaces and saying that Mormons are the most consistent Christians with Catholics a close second.

[@JosephKano]

I tip my fedora to you sir, thou art masterful.

[@kaliban4758]

Whenever a religous person tells me "have you tried jesus" it always sounds like a sex act.

[@pauligrossinoz]

"Have you tried _pegging_ Jesus?" 🤣

[@StarSong936]

@ 8:30 The Big Bang - that was a derogatory term when the theory was first proposed, and most people - in my experience - get it wrong. The theory says that the universe began expanding from a singularity (read the math breaks down and we can't tell) and wasn't an explosion from a point in space. Further, we don't know what, if anything, came before that. I'm no kind of expert, and I can't follow the math involved. I'm a layperson and this is the best understanding I have based on explanations given by Steven Hawking, Leonard Suskind, and Kip Thorn. Maybe this is an argument from authority fallacy? This is the best explanation I've been able to understand so far.

[@TC-ht9gl]

But what I want to know, have you tried Zeus? I mean, really tried him? Not just read mythology, or interacted with cultists, but honestly given Zeus a chance?

[@billmozart7288]

I Hail Odin on his day every week, and sometimes... well I'm not going to get too personal, and there are still no Frost Giants so I'd say it's working out pretty well

[@SilverMKI]

Well, I think many people are a little bit put off by Zeus turning himself into random animals and trying to have sex with them.

[@user-yn5sk5ru5g]

@@billmozart7288 Odin is my brother from another mother, peace out, Zeus

[@derreckwalls7508]

That's my favorite response too, because I'm pretty sure very few of these apologists are even familiar with other religions, much less have they seriously considered testing the truth of other gods by seeking to know them. If this is the case then asking that question "have you truly sought God" is one of the most hypocritical thing they say.

[@xXKisskerXx]

The "what if God asked you to murder someone" hits harder for those that think a god must exist so they don't kill people, and should be left out of discussions if there is no other answer than 'no, I will not murder an innocent person" - because it literally shows that "god" has no bearing on it. However, keep in mind there have been countless individuals in the past who literally murdered others "for god" "in gods name" and "because god told them to" - which sounds to me like the issue is a mental disorder, and not a 'god' being - and if there IS some sort of god being telling others to murder innocent people- WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU WORSHIP IT? People who ask 'would you murder an innocent person" questions need to probably be evaluated by professionals to make sure they are not a danger to themselves or others....

[@flowingafterglow629]

"However, keep in mind there have been countless individuals in the past who literally murdered others "for god" "in gods name" and "because god told them to" - which sounds to me like the issue is a mental disorder," Consider, for example, the Son of Sam. No one accepted for a second that he was hearing the voice of God through his dog. No one. No Christians, either. Everyone considered him to be mentally ill. "Really? He is hearing God speak through his dog? Don't you know? God only speaks through burning bushes. Or through an angel in your dream. Talking dog...that's crazy"

[@LukeSumIpsePatremTe]

@@flowingafterglow629 God should be talking to Sam through his ass. I mean, donkey - or do I?

[@rosifervincent9481]

Does this question really need qualifications such as innocent, or even persons. It seems to me, that is just an unnecessary complication. Couldn’t it just be asked ‘would you do anything that god asked of you? Personally, there are some things that no matter what entity asked me to do, I would tell them to fu.ck off. And there lies the difference.

[@reptoidrenaissance]

@@flowingafterglow629 Don't forget that in the bible itself, God commands Abraham to kill Isaac and Abraham starts to go through with it, only stopped at the last minute because God was "testing" him. *And this is portrayed as a good thing in the Bible.* (Of course, so is genocide, murdering disobedient children, and tearing unborn children from the womb & dashing them on rocks because their mothers were born into the wrong culture, so Biblical morality is already suspect.)

[@bariumselenided5152]

He really doesn’t seem to have the air of somebody who’s spent any time thinking about stuff, to me. He just seems like the product of a “youth group”

[@poughkeepsieblue]

Question 4. The big bang. Cause Im not intimidated by learning science, and maths. And... I actually have the intelligence to understand them Also... I have the humility to know when someone else has a better explanation, and admit when I might be wrong.

[@poughkeepsieblue]

Oh, I forgot to mention that those science and maths are based on testable observations You ever observe God, and test Jesus? I bet God doesn't even show up for the exam... Does he?

[@cplus14]

A CHRISTIAN? WITH A BEANIE?! WOW! He's HIP and WITH IT, just like MEEEEEEEE

[@ProphetofZod]

If his beanie and your beanie fell in love, they could have a beanie baby.

[@cplus14]

@@ProphetofZod unsubscribed lol

[@Phourc]

@@ProphetofZod I'm laughing, but I'm angry too...

[@flowingafterglow629]

6:30 Have you "REALLY" tried God? That is the key word, there. No matter what anyone says, he can just say, "Well you didn't REALLY try it, because if you did, you would believe" I don't know what it means to "really" try God. I grew up believing in God. I don't any more. Did I "really" try to believe? Heck, I didn't even really "try" to believe, I did believe. But I don't know if he'll accept that.

[@Silquetoast]

One of my favorite vids yet! You've gotten so much more well-spoken and articulate than I even thought was possible over the years. Keep it up!

[@stevenlwills]

This apologist, like so many others, seems a bit disingenuous; as if the atheist he's trying to convince or convert is himself. Keep up the good work, Prophet.

[@thesmasher138]

Yeah but to be fair that could just be apologetics being disingenuous in and of itself. Doesn’t win him any points, of course.

[@bagofholding]

Appropriate title for that video would be "10 reasons that we as Christians can feel superior when compared to non believers"

[@CalumCarlyle]

Phew! I have just went to this guy Ashlee’s KZbin and commented on his ten questions for Christians video, one comment for each question. I wish I could have done a response video like you did here but it is a lot more work! I hope he one day exorcises his demons though, I have hope that one day he will successfully outgrow Christianity like many of us did.

[@camwyn256]

#6: Moral good is what helps the group. Moral evil is what harms the group. What one group sees as good, another sees as evil

[@jeffl.9633]

He strikes me as someone aspiring to be a street preacher who has only had dealers to learn from: "Hey man, have you tried Jesus? Have you tried god? First prayer's free."

[@StarSong936]

@ 10:25 "Do all humans understand morality the same way?" By no means. I was raised to believe in One Man, One Wife. On the other hand, one of my co-workers was from Kenya, and he had 4 wives. So, the answer is, it depends on where you are from and what belief system you hold. There are certain common features in many beliefs, but that doesn't hold across the board.

[@DonDueed]

I know what you mean. I was brought up to believe in one man, one vote. On the other hand, one of my co-workers was from Chicago...

[@StarSong936]

@@DonDueed Yes, I was brought up to believe the same thing, until I found out that our representatives and senators seem to believe in one man and however many dollars he can bring to the table, which changes the equation entirely. edit: I was in Federal Service when I found that out.

[@DonDueed]

@@StarSong936 Yeah. I keep wondering how the heck I would up in this crappy branch of the multiverse. My theory is that 99.9999999% of the branches are this bad or worse.

[@StarSong936]

@@DonDueed I would venture to guess, if they were worse, we could not exist there. As for any other branches, I only have experience with this one, so can't say. Still, I get your point. In a universe that was even 0.00000000000001% better than ours, we would not have to deal with being overworked and underpaid. Or have single payer health care, or a number of other things I can think of. I'm being human centric here. It could be that some species of dinosaur would come out on top, or that a decedent of bonobos would rule.

[@anticarrrot]

I get the impression that he didn't expect anyone to answer 'No' to any of his questions. For example: 9) Is murder against the innocent wrong? Not always. An innocent action by an innocent being can lead to terrible consiquences. Force, and sometimes extreme violence and murder, can be justified to prevent an innocent action by an innocent individual that will cause extreme harm to other individuals. I would also require the presence of a mind of certain minimal complexity before I would agree a being counts as 'innocent'. Sans such a situation, I would agree it is wrong. And I would justify the latter via the social instinct humans evolved to aid cooperation and survival. I wouldn't be able to function as well or at all as a productive member of society if I was constantly fearing murder all the time.

[@brianofphobos8862]

#1 Does objective evil exist?: No #2 Can you define objective evil for me? : No. Of course not since it doesn't exist. #3 Have you ever tried Jesus? He's all right. : Yes, and he failed. #4 The big bang or god? What makes the most sense? : The big bang. #5 Is the belief in god an inconsistent view? : Yes. #6 Do all humans understand morality in the same way? : No. #7 How we can we know who is right?: We can't. We can use our best judgment and only do the best we can do. #8 Dose the Bible speak for all the people who calls themselves christens? : No. #9 Is murder against the innocents wrong?: Yes in almost all cases. It could be justified to serve some greater good. #10 What is your confirmation and foundation for truth? : Observation.

[@GredelsRage]

I'm in charge of a small business and I just smoked a bong. I am officially a higher power...technically.

[@Roxylarotule]

I found this extremely interesting (especially n°7) in his comment section: Deconverted Man My 10 questions for you, since I answered: 1: What is god made out of? 2: Where is god located? 3: How does god's power(s) work? 4: What are angles made out of? 5: What is the difference between a spirit & a soul? 6: What is the age of consent according to the bible? 7: Where was each part of the bible found, by who, when and what method? (a combo question since at least one of your questions was more then one question) 8: What would it take to convince you that some other god was the real god? 9: What would it take to convince you there is no god? 10: What is the sum total of reality? Just Ashlee Keyton 1. What is God made out of? Spirit 2. Where is God located? Everywhere 3. How does God’s power(s) work? I don’t know. 4. What are angels made out of? Made out of God’s spirit (Nothing of this world.) 5. What is the difference between a spirit and a soul? To my understanding they are the same, but I could be wrong. 6. What is the age of consent according to the Bible? That’s a good question. I’ll honestly have to look into that. 7. I honestly don’t know where every part was found who found it. I don’t know The Bible to be 100% true. 8. What would it take to convince you that some other God was the real God? I would need that God to show themselves to me like the first one did. 9. What would it take to convince you that there is no God? I would have to get my memory erased from like age 17. 10. What is the sum total of reality? Not quite sure how to answer this question, but I would say Supernatural God and all of his natural creation. I enjoyed these questions. Don’t know if I was the best person to answer all of them though. But thanks anyways.

[@pauligrossinoz]

*_Did you just claim that a god has actually shown itself to you?_*

[@Hellion912]

"Have you ever tried.... God" I am now absolutely certain he is referring to the state of experiencing the perfect bliss of Molly, LSD, and cannabis simultaneously.

[@ladyselenafelicitywhite1596]

Adding more comments to feed the KZbin algorithm 🙆🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️

[@Thomas_Schwarzenbacher]

I tried Jesus, but he didn't work right out of the box (it was empty). Luckily I ordered him from Amazon so I could send him back the same day I got him.

[@julianwilliams9088]

"Have you ever tried Jesus" "Have you ever tried cocaine" probably right before making this video

[@StarSong936]

@ 6:52 - no true Scotsman fallacy I was raised as a Christian, and baptized first when I was 6. Baptized again when I became a Seventh Day Adventist in 1999. Read the Bible cover to cover several times, then left the Christian Faith. Yes I have tried Jesus. If he is real, why did he not ever once contact me to reassure he's real? It's not like I didn't spend decades praying after all. I've been an atheist since 2017.

[@Robert44444444]

"If he is real, why did he not ever once contact me to reassure he's real?"… Well this is it isn't it? The claims of Christianity include the following: God values your prayers… in fact he commands that we pray. God hears our prayers… from every single one of us every time. A more modern claim is that Jesus wants a personal relationship with us. No matter how you define a relationship between living organisms, at a bare minimum they both know each other exists. At any given moment in time, on our planet there are probably several hundred million, up to a billion or more people engaged in praying to their god. Let's say 50% or more of those are praying to the god of the bible. Talk about multi-tasking!… in addition to whatever chores deities have, he/she/it is listening intently to every word each of those persons are saying in prayer… that's some extraordinary bandwidth!… but for some reason, even over the span of a believer's entire lifetime, the god has absolutely nothing to say in response to all these prayers it's hearing. Does that make any sense? How could it be SO IMPORTANT to the god that you not have ANYTHING you can 'hang your hat on' (so to speak) to know it exists… that believing by 'faith' is going to have to be enough? if we were talking about anything else, everyone save for the extremely gullible would view a 'story' like this as an obvious 'con'. Absurd in exactly the same way as being asked to believe Santa Claus in the course of a single evening makes his way into the homes of everyone around the world (via your chimney or some other means) to leave either presents or a lump of coal… and is NEVER seen doing any of this… cuz he's THAT good.

[@leonardkirk3893]

His entire video gives me a Creepy-Youth-Pastor-Trying-Too-Damn-Hard-To-Look-"Cool"-By-Doing-Crap-That-Hasn't-Been-Cool-For-Thirty-Years-(and, frankly)-Wasn't-Even-All-That-Cool-Back-Then vibe. Frankly, I am surprised by the lack of, "WHAZZUP!!", "DUUUUUUDE!!" and "TOTALLY RIGHTEOUS, BRO!!"

[@camwyn256]

The number dings are a horrible ear-splitting surprise, but thanks for turning down the bang. My gosh, it was still very loud

[@randomusername3873]

"What do you think makes more sense, the big bang or God?" The big bang, massivly. And why are those the only alternatives?

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

Yeah, wormholes are weird, we might be mutated shit from aliens that tried to throw away their waste products but the wormhole made us sentient and now were here. That's why weverybody is so shitty, we are the shit lol jk 😂

[@Cat_Woods]

"upstart Jesus-trying whippersnapper" 😂 Thanks for representing my generation, too.

[@tobiashagstrom4168]

That guy has to be one of the most intensely uncomfortable people I've ever seen.

[@jb888888888]

"Have you ever tried Jesus out? I"m not talking about Christianity I'm talking about God." If you're talking about Jesus you're talking about Christianity.

[@marcuspi999]

"Sure. Please, go ahead. You strike me as someone who has a lot of composure to regain." 😂

[@Critical_Capybara]

My basis for truth is the big five Credibility Coherence Compatibility Consensus Evidence

[@christopherbiomass7155]

Excellent thoughtful and appropriate responses to his inane questions, sir.

[@corwin32]

Ashlee performs like the love child of William Shatner and Pauley Shore.

[@tkat6442]

This arrogant, condescending, smug guy has all the charm of an eye rolling adolescent who disrectfully floods the teacher with stupid questions in an effort to disrupt class.

[@valkeakirahvi]

1. No, I don't think objective evil exists. 2. I don't know, maybe you can define it if you believe in it? 3. What does trying God even mean? 4. the big bang 5. The question is incoherent. 6. No. All people have their different understanding, and some have none at all. 7. By comparing how well the ideas match with the observable reality. If we talk about morality, I don't think objective right exists. 8. No, not every Christian I know agrees with the Bible. 8.1 Claiming Catholics aren't Christian is super confusing. Like that's where all Christians came from. 9. Murder is defined by unrightful killing, so yes it's wrong. 10. Observing the reality and checking if the idea matches with it.

[@JuryDutySummons]

#8 - I'd go so far as to say that *most* Christians ignore most of the bible most of the time.

[@flowingafterglow629]

@@JuryDutySummons Then again, I would also say, "Christian is as Christian does" Doesn't the bible say, "By your fruits they will know you"? I don't define Christianity and then decide who is Christian. I find out who are Christians and let that tell me about Christianity.

[@JuryDutySummons]

@@flowingafterglow629 yup, agreed.

[@LittleYuppa]

His comment about 'not actually Christians' tells me, rather than spend his time trying to trap people with semantics (badly), why don't you get all of the Christians including Catholics, Mormons and JW's to agree on what Christianity means and all agree on how to practice your religion. While we are waiting the rest of us will colonize the galaxy or something.

[@flowingafterglow629]

Yep, that's why I respond with, don't know don't care. I'm not in the business of determining who is a true christian or not. So when two people tell me they are Christian and the other is no, I don't care.

[@derreckwalls7508]

That would be a good start, but the fact that the Bible is so vague on some things and self-contradictory on others makes it impossible to come to a logical conclusion on what it means. This becomes even more difficult/impossible when you add in the factor of various styles of interpretation... literalists vs contectualist vs historical relativist vs mystical agnostics, etc., etc., etc.

[@antitheist6698]

Congrats on 40k, PoZ!

[@Roedygr]

Most of the KZbin atheists started out as fundamentalist Christians. Prophet of Zod, Paulogia, Genetically modified skeptic, Thomas Westbrook

[@robertjimenez5984]

The title of his video should of been; ten stupid questions for atheist that will make me look like a idiot. This guy gives the word idiot a new meaning.

[@WolforNuva]

A few years late but here we go with my own answers. 1 - No. 2 - A contradiction on the same level as a married bachelor. 3 - Oh yes I tried. 4 - Scientific inquiry and theories have shown to be reliable time and time again. When they're wrong it'll be science that shows how. So yes I'll keep to the science when explaining anything about the world. 5 - False dichotomy. Christianity could be completely consistent and I could love the concept of it, but the problem is it doesn't seem to match reality. 6 - Obviously no. Take any moral issue and both sides will think themselves as obviously in the right, this wouldn't happen if we all had the same understanding of morality. 7 - Correct answer about what? Assuming we're still talking about morality, there is no correct answer. It's all subjective. That's like asking what is the one correct flavour of ice cream. 8 - "Does the Bible speak for Christians" and "Do Christians represent the Bible" are two different and basically opposite questions. Maybe sort out your thoughts before speaking. 9 - Murder against anyone is wrong in the eyes of the law. Most people, myself included would find murder wrong. Why? Because of this thing called empathy. Why is this even a question when you already asked about objective morals in the first question? 10 - Truth is what conforms with reality. The more a statement is accurate to what reality is, the more true it is. The more it fails to conform to reality, the more false it is.

[@tedferkin]

To the author of "10 Questions for Atheists" 1) No, I do not believe in objective instantiation of anything that is not physical, i.e abstract 2) No, see 1 3) Please define "god" or "Jesus" then I can answer if I've "tried" Jesus. I attended Sunday School at a UK Baptist church until I was 15, for at least 3 of those years I considered myself an atheist. 4) Given the current scientific consensus, how the Universe came to be is a non-sequitur. The universe as we see it started with the "Big Bang" 5) Nothing provided by Christians (as I'm presuming this is where you are coming from) has provided me with any evidence of deific beings, let alone theistic beings. And to extend this beyond your question, to steelman this. I don't believe in any of the religions or gods or views that there is anything in a form of spirit world beyond the physical nature of what we see around us. 6) People have different views of morality. You would need to define "good morality", before I could comment further, but see my answer 1 for further details. 7) That's not a fully formed question. Further details needed. 8) Not a question I can answer, I haven't talked to all Christians, and I've no intention to. Also which version of the Bible? 9) See 1, for a start. As I have pointed out I don't believe in objective morality. If I had to kill one person to save a 100, then perhaps I would. I hope that noone ever has to be killed. There would be so many parameters for if I would consider it wrong or right that it's impossible to ask here. Again see 1 10) Truth is that it is in reality

[@toforgetisagem8145]

Hire power? Ok. I'll ring the generator company. (Sorry)

[@vaevictis3905]

3. question. Thank you for asking. Yes I tried for 20 years and sometimes I liked and but mostly just struggled in it. No thanks. It's was enough for me.

[@hatuletoh]

"Upstart, jesus-tried whippersnapper." Nice.

[@KaiHenningsen]

Ok, so let me try to make a go at the questions. 1. No, objective evil doesn't exist. 2. No. Nor am I interested in "objective evil". 3. However you define "try Jesus", nope. I could never take those ideas seriously. For decades, I had a hard time understanding _that_ some people take them seriously, and even at 62, I still don't really understand _why._ 4. The big bang. Hands down. God is not only a worse explanation, it is not really an explanation at all. It doesn't allow for predictions. 5. Some variants of God-belief are certainly inconsistent, but more important to me is that there is zero evidence for it. 6. Nope, all humans do not understand morality the same way. If you look at different cultures or even just different time periods, that should be glaringly obvious. 7. How can we know who is right ... about what? That question lacks specificity. 8. Does the Bible speak for ... nope. It's a book. It doesn't speak. Even metaphorically, it's written by a lot of different people over a wide range of time, all with different motives, who, frankly, "spoke" for themselves. 9. Murder is wrong _by definition._ It doesn't matter if the victim is innocent. If it weren't wrong, we wouldn't call it murder. Even when it is wrong but not wrong in a particular way, we have other words we use instead of murder. Of course, we sometimes squabble if a particular killing should or should not be regarded as murder. See question 6. 10. Well, there's mathematical/logical truth, that one's pretty much a matter of definition with no connection to the real world. And then there's truth in the real world, which is something science tries to come ever closer to by developing models for how the real world behaves that are useful in predicting same. Here, evidence is king. (What there definitely isn't, as far as I can see, is truth in things like morals, ethics, and so on. Wrong concept.)

[@justaguy6100]

So if they were to say that evil *IS* what "runs contrary to the nature of God" then my counter would be, so slavery and murdering innocent babies in fact anyone of a particular group except of course those young virgin girls that I sincerely want to woo into being in love with me is NOT evil?

[@poughkeepsieblue]

Zods answer to question 3, is the reason I'm here. My brother basically just said "ya, I tried it, harder than you did... BITCH!" "SO WASSUP!?' That was straight up.

[@GapWim]

6:05 Question: have you ever honestly tried - Allah/Mohammed - Vishnu - Papa and Rangi - Shinto - Bahá'í - Jainism - Taoism - Zoroastrianism - Wodan - Odin - Zeus - Waaqeffanna - Iroquois - … etc. ? They're alright!

[@StarSong936]

Hey, Prophet of Zod, I liked your answer to me in the premier. Wish you all the best. I still want to know how you and Logicked would know which of you blinked first in a staring contest given nobody can see your eyes. BTW, never try to out stubborn a cat. You will lose that contest. I tried that once a few months ago, and now that cat insists on getting scratches, and attention from me.

[@DudeTheMighty]

Oooh, another one of these! 1 [2:39]: No. Good and evil are opinions. Even the "common law" types. Being widely agreed upon does not make something objective. 2 [4:53]: Well, if a little indicator showed up in my peripheral vision telling me that something I just did was evil, it would be that. 3 [6:06]: The hell is that supposed to mean? I was raised Christian, if that's what he means. What, was I supposed to go on a date with the guy? 4 [8:10]: Well, the big bang is supported by a substantial amount of evidence along with scientific theories and a shit-ton of math that all fit together very nicely. Essentially, the big bang adds up. God, though? No credible evidence that he's ever done anything. At best, we have anecdotes, at worst, we have hearsay. That's not good enough. 5 [9:19]: Inconsistent? Nah. Do I not like it? Don't really care. If you wanna believe in something that's completely unsubstantiated, that's your business. I just think it's silly. 6 [10:13]: No. Not only do psychopaths exist, but all cultures have different values and all people have different opinions about morality. 7 [12:34]: We can't. All of us are fallible. Objective truth, if it even exists, is inaccessible to us. We perceive the world around us through vibrations in surrounding fluid, electromagnetic radiation (a very narrow band of it, no less), and other phenomena that provide crude (albeit useful) information about our surroundings. Reality, objective reality, would almost certainly be alien to us if not entirely incomprehensible. 8 [14:14]: No. Considering how few of y'all actually study it and how uncomfortable y'all tend to get when pressed on some of its less palatable lessons, I think it's safe to say that most of you put it on a pedestal and leave it there. 9 [16:58]: Objectively? See question 1. In my opinion? Yeah. Life's the only thing we're guaranteed to have, but we don't know how much we've got left. Taking that away (and thus everything else with it since, y'know, death) is about as wrong as you can get. But that's my opinion. A lot of people would agree, but it's my opinion. 10 [18:00]: If an idea works and/or it follows from another idea that works, that's close enough for me. This dood really thinks every word that comes out of his mouth is some kind of gotcha. Absolutely wild.