a very hard question for religious people

In this short video Vilayanur Ramachandran describes experiments with split brain patients, people who have had their corpus callosum cut. It is very interesting when he describes what happens when the question of belief in God is posed. 

[@arrezz2078]

“Science flies you to the moon and religion flies you into buildings”

[@Faiz9163]

Hitchens

[@ConspiciousAction]

LMFAO

[@totallybusiness5556]

science also blows up in your face

[@lennielefler2081]

@@Faiz9163 Actually that quote was from- Victor Stenger… A brilliant man

[@neilgodfrey6578]

@@totallybusiness5556 yes science blows up in your face by accident with religion you blow your own face up because it was Gods will.

[@yourmans6879]

How does that indian guy have a southern and indian accent at the same time.

[@navaidahmed6427]

He's from South India really

[@THEZAYED58]

@cave johnson, he was referring to southern-US accent. And not south indian accent. He he a South Indian who lives in the Southern states to acquire that accent. A mix of both!

[@manuga2001]

Cause he's a south indian lmao

[@VALLAERION]

He probably was a big fan of cowboy movies. Or he might've played Red Dead Redemption. _You never know...._

[@Kumarrr9]

His left hemisphere is from Tamilnadu and right one is from Texas.

[@mattthedestroyer2804]

I love this dudes voice, the way he rolls his R's

[@navaidahmed6427]

Just like mufti menk

[@PrinceAdom]

Rolls Royce

[@peegeebeedee7563]

He Fits The Bill! And Will Likely Foot The Bill!

[@AgonySoup]

Same, I wonder if he's done any recorded books?

[@fameboys4650]

@@AgonySoup The tell tale brain

[@Evan-rl1rn]

I admire this guys ability to roll his R's

[@Ponera-Sama]

That's just his accent

[@drpz4940]

It’s ez

[@patrickkilduff5272]

It's amazing that we can discover things like this and still be a country of 80% religious people.

[@CharlesDarwinning]

Patrick Kilduff Who needs to stay up to date on the latest scientific advancements when there's all those wonderful carefully selected passages in the bible to read over and over?

[@JaredConnell]

We 'discover' that some people have mental disorders and cant comprehend whether they are male of female and whether or not they believe in God so everyone should be atheist? Not sure I follow that logic.

[@CharlesDarwinning]

The regions of their brain responsible for logic don't believe in god. Your brain literally has to work against itself in order to believe. That is why he doesn't understand why so many people are religious.

[@DeathTheKidKH]

Jared Connell *crickets*

[@bullterry14]

Patrick Kilduff haha true!

[@benvolio1500]

Did you see Richard Dawkins in the audience?

[@CD-123]

Avatar yes

[@MegaSk2000]

Avatar I noticed instantly

[@Pearlagap22]

Yep i love that man!

[@lewis72]

Sam Harris is a neuroscientist and Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist, so little surprise of their interests. I don't know deGrasse's background.

[@RagicalPlays]

Neil is an astrophysicist, physical cosmologist and does a lot for science communication, he's basically the cool guy who explains stuff to us layman :D

[@brad238899]

Imagine falling in love with a woman and then the other part of your brain is like... "so yeah... I'm gay"

[@Ponera-Sama]

I have a riddle for you. If this happened to me, both parts of my brain would be in total agreement. How is this possible?

[@Ponera-Sama]

@elize ross yes

[@st3fan735]

@elize ross vagana

[@geoffduke1763]

This happened to siamese male twins. One head was gay and the other wasn't. There are photos of the one head kissing a guy while the other head looks on. Hard to wrap your head around that one. They also shared one butt.........and yes one male piece of anatomy..you can go ahead and guess what part but all kinds of wrong there.

[@PJmaxx]

Sounds like two people in one body.. intertwined souls maybe?? The Devil can do wicked stuff to somebody. Who knows what will happen? Jesus did say he will come for the sick, poor and needy. Perhaps if the one side believes in god and the other side doesn't, well; god will certainly save that man! The bad man, the evil soul will burn in fire. Forever forgotten no more sin are the remembering of it and all suffering. The good man the one who believes will receive a new mind, body and soul because the one who believes was never the "bad" one. Even in all his sin. He receives a new mind body and soul he will no longer be connected to sin, sickness, or abnormalities. He might not ever feel like he fits into society norms, or he's different, but he will be fully accepted with the father in heaven. Even if you have the tinyest faith god will do alot for you. KJV Matt 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

[@Mypenisissmallbut]

Hard question for religious people is why all these miracles never happen now that cameras are around. Yet we have plenty of fossils (which have been photographed) proving how humans came to be by natural causes.

[@polystrate1]

Darwinism is just as much of a belief system as other religious ideas.

[@20secondsmotivation26]

Only one religion can be true ! . It's mentioned in three religion that Moses is a prophet of god. Adam is first human . Why they have to makeup same stories in three different religion if it hasn't happened ? . Won't you use ur logic ?

[@Mypenisissmallbut]

@@20secondsmotivation26 Lmao so religion is true according to religion 😂 Religions were most likely created from someone experiencing a drug trip before they knew what drugs were so it makes sense some people would interpret it as some supernatural experience and try to share it in similar ways. Either that or the religions derived from the same place and just branched off each other. Until you religious people can disprove physical fossils anyone can go and look at proving we have a common ancestor you got nothing but fairytales.

[@Mypenisissmallbut]

@lSouljax I know. 0 to be exact.

[@arcticboi7446]

@@20secondsmotivation26 you do realize that prophets of religion are real right? that doesn’t mean that the religion itself is real, I believe that Jesus and Moses and all these prophets existed, but do I believe that Jesus was the son of god and that god is real? Hell no

[@owen7185]

This guy is a legend, one of the best things ive ever heard

[@pauldirc..]

If you live in usa , you can go to his seminars

[@Artman1]

@@charmed0009 Is that the same God who created all evil?

[@GeoPePeTto]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@charmed0009Well know hack, if you choose to not believe in the police, you will never get arrested. Wtf kind of logic you have there. Nobody chooses what to believe in. You’re either convinced or not.

[@Randomhero3]

I love this man for his voice. His R's are the cherry on top.

[@pedrosura]

He misspoke at 2:16 "Do you believe in God", the right hemisphere went straight to Yes and then he says the Right Hemisphere is an atheist and the Left Hemisphere a believer. It sounds like he got the Hemispheres confused. Whatever it is, this finding is remarkable and puts into question the concept of faith. The most hard core believer is a seizure away from becoming an atheist. lol

[@pedrosura]

lol I have a split brain. My left half forgot to tell my right half that he got it wrong.

[@pedrosura]

+NorthWest Gaming My point is that he said the Right Hemisphere believes in God and is an Atheist. It has nothing to do with controlling the opposite side of the body. Did you watch the video??

[@shreedhar333]

+pedrosura I also noticed something odd there but let it go and then, I read your comment and immediately realized that what I had found odd there was when he comes to the last question, belief in religion, he continues saying the same hemisphere that he was saying for 'are you in CA or are you a women' questions but raises the other arm to point to the audience than what he was raising before. Maybe, his "thinking brain" was too fast for his "linguistic brain" to catch up to the hemisphere switching and tried to retroactively correct itself by making him use his other arm. :)

[@natesmith8523]

He didn’t misspeak the mixing ideas was the fucking point of the video

[@williamparks867]

there is something in the scriptures that makes this sensible. when Adam and eve ate the fruit that gave the knowledge of good and evil this is what happened this left right brain dichotomy between two types of thinking. one part emotional and one logical and this competing against a part he didn't mention the animal part

[@Nikkoprisikabino]

1:34 the god himself in the audience

[@notcyndi]

It's actually a very EASY question for religious people....... to ignore. Just like always. All they have to say is "I don't understand, but I'm sure god does." And they'll be satisfied with that as a resolution. OR, they'll accuse you of being the devil, who reveals his true identity by trying to cast doubt in a faithful individual. Honestly, if it was so hard for a theist to confront, then why didn't the theist hemisphere in the guy with the condition find a problem with its position?

[@someone-cs3lk]

notcyndi Or maybe they would say 50% is a past.

[@patinho5589]

notcyndi I'll not ignore it. The physical body is a vehicle driven by the soul, which is in turn driven by spirit. Our souls are moving towards conformity with the spirit over countless re-incarnations. (On this planet and beyond, throughout the universe). Slight body malfunction (including brain malfunction) doesn't change this.

[@uhh.7jjbhg]

bookdude explorer so is yours

[@rhysf.505]

I just don't know that much about neuroscience, or the methods of the experiment, or even the mechanics behind why the patient's brain was behaving the way it was, so I'm not going to try and use it to explain anything since I don't understand it in the first place. Unless you are studying neuroscience at a university, then you don't understand it well enough either. It's funny how you try to shame theists for being honest about what they don't know.

[@piloco4232]

Rhys F. The problem is not that they don't understand, but it's the fact that because they don't understand many of them consider that a good reason to justify the existence of god

[@maxmccann5323]

The fact that this isn't just some idea or thought experiment and it's a factual account of real events should be extremely unsettling to all religious people

[@briancox4510]

What a brilliant presentation!

[@sleepywater5236]

I’m Christian and I’m dying laughing right now, personally I don’t know what happens to the person.

[@natashakaye9223]

Luckily I do know the answer to that .. both hemispheres decompose like the rest of the body.. bam lmfao

[@BlacksmithTWD]

Indeed, the hereafter/afterlife starts now, not only until after we are dead.

[@BlacksmithTWD]

The abrahamic god is a living god for the living, not a dead god for the dead.

[@Nowhy]

Plus, split brain or not, many people have no personality no matter how many test/experiments tries to define them.

[@BlacksmithTWD]

@@Nowhy lack of what you might consider to be a personality, in my view also constitutes as a personality. Perhaps not a desirable one, but one nevertheless. A box has a content, even when it's empty.

[@Nowhy]

@@BlacksmithTWD humans are not things! Especially not square things - which as a symbol would represent empirism. A circle would represent a worldview and there is no perfect circle outside of our mind (even PI is made up of infinite brackets). A personality is a whole that can't be changed from outside - a personality can't be manipulated, children can be manipulated (that is why emotionally, most people are as mature as children *cough *cough* Narcissism). Now if you look at the planet then you would see that the best understanding that we can come up to are fractals (algorithms) - fractals in fractals in fractals ad infinitum. Trying to fit the circle into squares is just silly but ideologies try to do exactly that (which allows them to look at people as numbers, statistics etc. - see Mao, see Hitler, see Stalin, see Pol Pot, see Imperialism, see Organisations, see Colonialism, see Barbarism). Makes me think of a song that seems to encompass all of today's youth: Little Eskimo Jesus - Keep On Trying Is it possible that you have no personality? If yes, than being honest to yourself would be a start to choose yourself and not illusions; if no, just keep on doing what you are doing since a child and that would be, imitate your parents, teachers and/or gods and repeat repeat repeat.. Socially, children only know domination and subordination and society trains them to only know negotiating (buying things for money). Only personalities are capable of freedom in the sense of thinking for themselves; originally, with a soul, with feeling...

[@tusheschannel]

I love scientists with a sense of humour, the ending was golden :-)

[@opburst6517]

should your right hand stay out of jail if you kill someone with your left hand checkmate

[@0cards0]

OPBurst are you saying he should go to hell?

[@beepot2764]

Depends on whether or not the left hand was either forced or wanted to make that action separately from the right. Which is what they are demonstrating in the split mind example. In a mind that it's whole and sound, then the idea is that you as a "complete" person made the decision. Cognitive dissonance is something experienced in a normal brain almost daily, and the idea here is that people who have had their brain split, experience that dissonance separately instead of simultaneously to the point where it can be determined what each hemisphere "believes". At least that is my opinion on it, I havent watched the entire video the clip is from. If I'm wrong someone please correct me!

[@billschlafly4107]

Neither. Put the killer's brain in a jar and let the hands go free.

[@anatolipek8549]

I think the Saudis have solved that question.

[@DanielKolbin]

🤦‍♂️ Our bodies don’t go to hell. Our souls do. This question is useless. We won again. Next question.

[@freestylegary]

"For I don’t know what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do... For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good. 19 For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice... But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind."

[@78g476]

Richard Dawkins is in the audience at 1:33

[@hank1972]

I would love to see more of that speaker.

[@noeditbookreviews]

Pervert.

[@keshavmurali98]

His book, "Phantoms in the brain" is a fascinating read. (Ramachandran)

[@0anant0]

thanks! Just downloaded it -- with co-author Sandra Blakeslee

[@badbaxtertv9640]

The right side is emotion and the left side is logic. Emotionally, intuitively, or what our "gut" tells us is, we know that there is some sort of a Creative Source and one of the names we call it is "God." Our logic side says otherwise because it can't be proven with what we know in our collective conscious realm.

[@Pe6ek]

Only because we have been told there is a god. It's not about a gut feeling but rather a residue of brainwashing.

[@Mypenisissmallbut]

Your brain is very powerful it doesn’t control what you see and hear but it interprets it and if you have delusions of a magic man who you believe created you and loves you the placebo effect is a wonderful and misleading thing.

[@Randy1337]

1:40 Richard Dawkins :)

[@philosopherguard]

+Randy1337 i wish it woulda showed him after the joke where everyone was laughing. but it's okay, @2:43 at the top there is an equally funny chick covering her mouth while laughing at the top of screen

[@jarjar4705]

+Randy1337 I thought that was him, but I couldn't see his entire face.

[@jacquesgrove7009]

This was discussed by Julian Jaynes in "The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind." In the 60's or 70's.

[@priteshugrankar6815]

Wow...amazingly entertaining..now let me get back to my prayers....😂😂😂😂

[@Mypenisissmallbut]

When you pray you’re sitting on your knees talking to your closed hands. Nothing more.

[@teachphilosophy]

Interesting, but the left hemisphere may not believe in motion either (e.g. Zeno's Paradox).

[@alittax]

It's a small world... I wonder if one hemisphere believes in coincidences while the other is a fatalist? :)

[@chrislowe74]

If your personality is in your soul and not brain like when people say about people with past lives then why do people forget everything or become different after head injuries? Could be easily explained but always wondered about it

[@TravelBandit]

Looool. As a religious person I felt I really had a challenge when I saw the title of this vid. I hate clickbait..

[@strider_hiryu850]

Cumpilations you haven't even answered the question. What you said should come at the end of your comment, not be the only thing to it. Whatever, we all have free will to do whatever we want.

[@andrewb4470]

Cumpilations According to the bible, one is judged according to one's faith and works, which is performed by the living person, before death. If half the brain (or half the living person's thoughts and actions) does not believe in God or accept Jesus as the Saviour, there is a conflict of interests as the persons beliefs are divided. That is the problem here. Please explain how this is not a challenge to someone such as yourself who believes in biblical scripture.

[@yhwyorthehwy2476]

And yeah but he also forgot to ask a secular person as well this is a double edged sword it can be used on the non thiest aa well it's just clickbait

[@mikah1147]

Very interesting, the left side is the logical one right. I’ve always wondered this with people with multiple personalities, the conclusion for that is to be able to tell what they believe you need to fix them first but till then you can not know, but they still believe in one thing. For example I can think as if I was an atheist and adapt that personality and still believe in God

[@shmuelparzal]

The dilemma would only be a problem for a religion that believed that the question of whether you go to heaven or hell depends on what you believe or what religion you belong to

[@rsmith155]

Dr Ramachandran is the GOAT

[@Dr.vonKrankenhausen]

and you the SHEEP

[@bibinvtoms4804]

You are dog

[@olivercromwell7513]

Greatest what of all time?

[@jonathanchang1574]

It's clear all the religious people in the comments are adept at dodging hard questions. While the question of whether different halves of the brain produce different personalities in general require statistically significant test subjects, the philosophical consequences only require one: Will that one test subject go to both heaven and hell, or will he not? The consequences on this one person does not depend on any other. Nor do the consequences of your intellectual dishonesty at the feet of your God.

[@elsamp]

Saying you believe in God won't make you go to heaven. Even demons believe in God and aren't in heaven

[@jonathanchang1574]

@@elsamp I think you responded to the wrong person.

[@jonathanchang1574]

@john cameron Ethics constitutes a cultural contract for people to coexist. How one is compelled to act is subjective even if there is a God. When an external actor orders a person to do something, such that the person is forced to act, then the person is absolved from the responsibility of that action. That is not morality, that is following orders. Morality requires internal understanding, the feeling of guilt or shame should something be wrong. If you feel shame at the thought of killing, then you should do it even if God did not order you not to kill. You cannot justify morality with God, because following orders not to kill or being coerced by the threat of eternal hell does not mean you internally think it is actually wrong. By defining wrongness through God, you absolve your responsibility, and necessitate your immorality. You create your own sin.

[@jonathanchang1574]

@Conan R Your parents aren't nothing, that's rude.

[@noeditbookreviews]

They excel at that. Screw the pursuit of knowledge, God's responsible.

[@boopsboy]

And question their "Faith"? Are you kidding. Easier to just ignore it and hope it goes away.

[@Skylancer727]

Well if we just ignore it they will continue to push it on their kids. We at least need to teach people reason.

[@Skylancer727]

​@Supreme Leader Well then they could use the strawman "they are just like Hitler!" As if that justifies their beliefs.

[@elmoomle4565]

You are correct: Never question the 'faith' of those that believe in the infallibility of 'science'...

[@noeditbookreviews]

Yeah, well you know, that's just like uhh a fact, man.

[@Skylancer727]

@@elmoomle4565 science isn't "infallible". The method is to take a theory and try to prove it wrong as it is more accurate to prove things wrong than correct. I can not prove that there are no black swans, so I will repeatedly try and break away at that claim in case I do find a black swan, which we eventually did. As such science isn't "infallible", but it is the closest thing we have to truth and the more we have behind one theory the more likely it is true and the less likely it is to be completely wrong.

[@Theelnobody]

Science is progress Religion is stagnation

[@IsJdog911]

@Wally Reyes atheism is not a belief it's a disbelief.

[@PJmaxx]

Sounds like two people in one body.. intertwined souls maybe?? The Devil can do wicked stuff to somebody. Who knows what will happen? Jesus did say he will come for the sick, poor and needy. Perhaps if the one side believes in god and the other side doesn't, well; god will certainly save that man! The bad man, the evil soul will burn in fire. Forever forgotten no more sin are the remembering of it and all suffering. The good man the one who believes will receive a new mind, body and soul because the one who believes was never the "bad" one. Even in all his sin. He receives a new mind body and soul he will no longer be connected to sin, sickness, or abnormalities. He might not ever feel like he fits into society norms, or he's different, but he will be fully accepted with the father in heaven. Even if you have the tinyest faith god will do alot for you. KJV Matt 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

[@jkhall9665]

I finally figured out what's wrong with my brain. On the left side there is nothing right. On the right side there's nothing left!!

[@HeIs580]

That's pretty clever, considering your condition.

[@RobertMOdell]

If two hemispheres disagree, then how is a single answer produced ?

[@Skylancer727]

Because each hemisphere controls one side of the body if you were to close your right eye your right side of the brain will be able to process what is being seen by your left eyeball (the eye that is only opened currently). A normal person’s brain would send the information to left side of the brain from the right side of brain via the Corpus callosum but because a split brain patient has the Corpus callosum separated the 2 hemispheres cannot communicate. Essentially the patient would have one eye covered and that would allow one half of the brain to work while the other has no clue what is going on.

[@RobertMOdell]

@@Skylancer727 which hemisphere controls the mouth , the nose, the penis, etc ?

[@lucasferrada8616]

One of the purposes of the corpus callosum is to connect both hemispheres. Maybe, somewhere in this structure or near it, the information that the hemispheres give gets integrated and, by that way, produce a single response.

[@IsJdog911]

@@RobertMOdell don't u pay attention? They jus told u that the hemisphere of the brain that is currently in control depends on which eye is seeing if u cover your left eye the right hemisphere takes control if u cover your right eye your left hemisphere takes control. It's not that hard to understand

[@misscameroon8062]

have you ever given a thought to how inconsistent people are?Use your fucking imagination!

[@mrduul755]

A world with atheiests would be amazing.

[@ifedayooladapo8966]

The origins of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind is book by Julian Jaynes. In essence the question of a two distinct consciousness in each hemisphere leads to the question how and what does the mute right hemisphere communicate with the left. The hypothesis proposes that literacy enforces a cognitive tradeoff that limits the capabilities of the interface between both hemispheres. Similar to cognitive tradeoffs in the development of language between quadrupedal and bipedal primates. An illiterate brain would represent concepts and words in images rather than images of alphabetical and grammatical syntax. Such a person may be able to access a visually intuitive perception that is difficult for a literate person may achieve. This may apply to multiple stages of the brainwave cycle. Cultures that used entheogens could have honed these capabilities even further. With this in mind the question is how would this have influenced the stories that were told around the fireplace. It could explain the origin of early proto religious philosophy. In essence the mute right hemisphere is the voice of the God/spirit/devil co-processor an extended visual intuition. Perhaps there is a layer of reality that is not readily accessible for modern domesticated and literate homosapiens due to suppressed bicameral facilities. This particular video is fascinating in particular because the right hemisphere believes ( albeit humerously ) itself to be feminine even though the split brain patient is a man. Allowing some creative license in further interpretation maybe the right hemisphere and the left hand side is indeed the feminine side of the body. The right hand is usually the dominant hand. The liver is on the right. The heart straddles the middle but lies mostly on the left. The stomach is squarely on the left. This is particularly interesting not merely because of the symbolism of nurture. But because lying on your right leads to reflux as digestive juices roll down the oesophagus from the elevated stomach. The observant will notice lying on your left is generally more comfortable. So mankind has evolved such that spooning works best if the man lies on the right and the woman on the left.

[@prowler2783]

Jesus ❤️

[@Kyzoren]

Hmm... very interesting... so I'm only half way going to hell... 😆 In all seriousness, I too can attest for right/left hemisphere differences in the brain; I haven't researched this phenomenon at all but I've notice that whenever I try to sleep, when I'm lying on my right side (left side up), I always think more thoughts and hence struggle to fall asleep... While on the opposite side (right side up), my imagination flourishes, allowing me to start and maintain a dream more easily as I drift off...

[@wollie125]

I remember this bloke, he was a clown in Boswell and wilkie circus

[@dextermorgan7764]

you fucking lying fuck.

[@IsJdog911]

Your more full of shit that your lying ass religion no wonder lying assholes like you are attracted to religion

[@chadthundercock2069]

KZbin is now just reccomend this to me

[@Mannybass]

I don't see how this question is difficult to answer. The Bible states that humans intuitively know there is a God but we chose to reject him and our thinking became futile (Romans 1:18-32) So the christian can easily argue that the right hemisphere intuitively knows God is real but deceive ourselves with our foolish thinking using the left hemisphere I suppose.

[@Mysteroo]

And regardless of the decided beliefs of the brain - Christian theology holds to mind-body dualism. The brain within the body might be separated into two halves, but presumably there is still one spirit interacting with both. We know that God sees the heart - and who knows what the heart of a man with two independent halves of a brain might be. Whatever the contrast between them - I think I can trust that God would judge someone like that rightly. Interesting idea though. I'd be much more interested in tests that might determine just how different each half is. Do they have separate identities? Even then - that's not so different from people with split-personality disorder. Only now the source of the disorder becomes physical rather than mental.

[@mr.ekshun2053]

That is presuppositionalist nonsense

[@shaokhan2845]

Mannybass how do you know that the bible is real? How do you know that it contains the real truth? How do you know that “God” is not he god of the Muslims, or the Jews? It is all nonsense. Do more research into science as I have into Christianity

[@apalumbo8585]

Shao Khan how do you know god isn’t true?

[@shaokhan2845]

Alexei Palumbo Because there is no evidence to prove such a claim. How do you know that your god is the right one out of the thousands of gods? (Bible verses do not prove the existence of god, since you first need to prove why and how the bible is the truth in the first place)

[@atheistmedico5668]

He is dressed like a scientist.

[@abeb4707]

Is there any way to watch the full video of this dude talking ?

[@0anant0]

there is a TED talk video here on YT

[@unexpectederror9470]

Is that richard dawkins in the crowd?

[@daniele7989]

Wait, how does one actually ask a hemisphere of the brain a question, rather than asking the entire human? I don't understand the premise of his method.

[@SurenEnfiajyan]

For example, they can show a text to one eye, so only one hemisphere gets the information.

[@CP-fe6jr]

Fascinating. What happens if a split brain person has only one eye and one ear, each on the opposite side? We should be told.

[@samo4003]

No issue for Buddhism where mind and matter are considered to be emergent phenomena.

[@petersparks7363]

Buddhism has its own hang ups. Some believe in reincarnation that is incompatable with the science of today, i guess because it was first thought about over 2000 years ago, when it couldnt be argued against.

[@techcheck5019]

Actually science doesn't say anything about reincarnation, if you think science knows what happens when you die then you are very ignorant. No scientist has ever claimed they know anything beyond what they know of this world. These people on your TV are not real scientists, they are people that got a degree to become a political talking head for atheism and try to use their degree as if it legitimizes what they are saying (When what they are saying is totally different from what their supposed field says). I am sorry to tell you, but science can answer everything of this world. But it can't answer anything beyond your life, and it never will be able to. If you truly believe you suddenly were born and exist from absolutely nothing and this is the first time you have ever existed in any fashion and you will die and go back to non existence forever then fine. But at least understand that is your belief, that isn't a fact.

[@samo4003]

+Peter Sparks And what science can you cite for your argument?

[@nayanmalig]

kzbin.info?search_query=dr.+stevenson+reincarnation+tests

[@JordanBeagle]

Slam dunk for the truth, this should have more views

[@garymanz5919]

They can’t be too broken having the ability to look down their pants and recognize which gender they are.

[@williamwilson6499]

You are so ignorant.

[@williamwilson6499]

@Mike Jack Looks like Gary isn't alone in his ignorance.

[@davidstemmler1836]

I asked myself this question 45 years ago when I met a fellow who seemed simple and I found out he had brain damage from an accident. He used to be exceptionally smart before his accident. I thought he was essentially two different people during his life and on which one would he be judged for heaven or hell. I have never received an answer from anyone religious.

[@amunra4015]

Jesus said you just need faith the size of a mustard seed. Doesn't matter which part of the brain it comes from.

[@davidstemmler1836]

@@amunra4015 Doesn't answer the question. I used to believe and then I studied, and now I don't. Do I go to heaven, or am I judged according to my current status. Say a smart person exercises his free will and does't believe. He gets kicked in the head and suffers a blood clot which destroys his intellect. Then someone named Amun tells him about Santa, or Jesus, and due to his mental defect he now believes. Is he now righteous and worthy of heaven? Some people need/want easy answers. Many of them tend to be simple or religious.

[@amunra4015]

@@davidstemmler1836 It's too deep a subject to have a discussion in the youtube comments about this, but I suggest you check out a channel called Cross examined where a guy answers all the "gotcha" questions that atheists have. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5iok56Qq9NmiZY

[@davidstemmler1836]

@@amunra4015 Not my "first rodeo".Been there, done that. I have no doubts about Christianity. It fails every intellectual test. Don't care about faith. There's always a dodge. An argument about God could be had but it would be pure conjecture. Have a nice day.

[@amunra4015]

David Stemmler sounds like you made up your mind a long time ago. Although ask yourself why you visit these atheist videos if you’re so sure there is no God. Are you trying to continually confirm your bias? Anyway, good luck to you friend.

[@JayMaverick]

Newsflash: religious people don't deal with hard questions, or even easy questions for that matter. They deal with shutting down any inquiry.

[@DanielKolbin]

Jay Maverick, like all atheists do.

[@athul2526]

Daniel Kolbin X ....give an example please

[@DanielKolbin]

Gamerhq 7, there’s too much examples. They’re mostly all ignorant. They make assumptions and all that. But I don’t want to get into it here right now. Too much things happening at once.

[@ateoforever7434]

@@DanielKolbin " too many examples "......no, atheist have only one ..." god does NOT exist "....end.

[@thecustodian1023]

@@athul2526 SImple answer you display here yourself. Religious people dont think in absolutes on all subjects nor do they interpret the world from a narrower spectrum of reality either. Rather, they can believe in and use science in day to day life yet still reconcile the theory of an after life and or the possibility of their being a higher plane of existence/influence beyond the one we directly see as the here and now with our senses. Unlike atheists, they seem to have a far easier time reconciling things that science can't explain. Something that could be indirectly explained by science as having a sort of extra cognitive/sensory perception range that atheists don't have. Similar to being born with normal trichromatic vision Vs bi or monochromatic color blindness, where the color blind person literally can not see a spectrum of light (and thus reality) others can. Religious people likely see a "spectrum of the light of reality" the atheist can't.

[@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment]

I found this video eight years after it was posted. What disturbs me is the current state of "conversation" in the United States. There are an infinite number of questions that the Religious Right has difficulty with, although to them they seem completely unaware of any difficulty with important questions. There are profound challenges that the Religious Right has with reason and logic, though they seem completely unaware of any need for reason and logic. That might be somewhat fine if their Religiosity stayed at Church and in their homes. The truly tragic part is that their Religious Zeal is now carrying over into the political arena and the future of the United States of America.

[@mirlindbacaj4157]

Even with a functioning connection between the right and left part of the brain, people are in doubt even when they identify with a religion. Either they express the doubt or they hold it a secret. If he believes in God or not is a decision he will make for himself.

[@mirlindbacaj4157]

@Carey Herbert Yes.

[@VeronicaGorositoMusic]

lol I love how they assume without a single evidence, hell, and heaven. Those are just CONCEPTS, not real things. They mention ''god'' as an actual thing, not as what really is: an idea.

[@hannguyen8640]

I think you're reading too much into it. He could be saying it in jest. That's what I took it for.

[@VeronicaGorositoMusic]

I noticed here are 95% believers of any religion. When they can use science to make a poor intent to prove their beliefs, It's a classic. Then after, they come back to "science is BS".

[@JoshuaTCoe]

God is an actual thing.

[@VeronicaGorositoMusic]

@@JoshuaTCoe In your imagination. All fine all good, but imagination.

[@JoshuaTCoe]

Gitana Maldita Tell that to the unexplainable fine tuning we see in the universe, probability and mathematics, millions of testimonies, near death experience evidence, objective morals, historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus, and the cosmological findings indicating time started at a set point. You’re wrong and foolish for dismissing such a self evident truth. God is real, get over it.

[@mahammadjafar4450]

Dude was agnostic. Yes+No=I don't know. Quick math. Skrra.

[@BlacksmithTWD]

Could be Yes+No as in, Yes if by your statement x you mean this, and No if by statement x you mean that. Clearly you are not familiar with applying different models under different sets of axioms. What unit is better to measure a distance, meters or inches?

[@bnipmnaa]

In any case, the question related to theism (belief), not gnosticism (knowledge). So even if your logic wasn't flawed the 'dude' would be atheist.

[@MrCHI2cool]

Agnosticism is a lack of knowledge. Atheism is a lack of belief.

[@safesurfing9486]

The bit with the red top looks like an angry spartan

[@Anygodwilldo]

I don't understand - how do you "talk" exclusively to one hemisphere and not the other? How do you know you are talking to say, the left hemisphere, and how do you know it's the left hemisphere which is replying?

[@0cards0]

they can shut down any hemisphere they want

[@MrEkitten]

Put super simply - left hemisphere controls the right side of your body and the right hemisphere controls the left side. So when the left hand points, it is the right hemisphere doing the pointing. In split-brain patients, you can isolate your "conversation" with the left hemisphere, by only accepting answers from the right side of the body. *Again this is a simplification, but it should get you the idea*

[@MrEkitten]

***** "You will see or hear the question with both ears and both eyes anyways, so can you truly rule out that the one side is not influencing the other in anyway?" For people with a functioning intact corpus callosum you are correct. With "split-brain" patients though, each side learns on it's own without the knowledge of what the other side is learning. So "Does the right and left side also have a separate sub conscious?", Excellent question. Some say "Yes." And that is the point of the video. Which sub conscious does a religious person think is the correct one? Or does a second Soul inhabit the person when this happens to someone. "Most people are right-hand dominant which is actually controlled by the left side of the brain." - Yes, this statement is accurate. "So is the study really accurate going just by hand pointing?" - Absolutely. The reason is because we are talking about patients with a corpus callosum that is not intact. In fact, the results of these studies led to Roger Sperry being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1981. This is how much these studies had an impact in this field. It is truly amazing work. Some other key phrases to look up that you might interesting: "lateralization" - This is the term used when describing which side of the brain is better at certain functions "Diagonistic dyspraxia" - This is a version of Alien Hand Syndrome where one hand tries to interfere with what the other hand is trying to do. Example: One hand might be trying to take a drink of water and the other hand will try to swat the drink away. This field of study is still in its infancy. Not all the answers are in, and some current theories are sure to change and be proven wrong. But it sure raises a lot of questions.

[@phantom7crossrose528]

what does the split brain have to say about the scientific consensus that everything came from nothing

[@dukelmg1]

Looks like you get your information about what scientists believe from apologists

[@phantom7crossrose528]

Michael H well numbnuts I'm going to assume you have one of them there google machines so you can fact check me on this, here's what mainstream science says, in the beginning there was nothing and save me the quantum wave pulse or fluctuation, that would be something not nothing, anyway there was nothing, then out of nothing, a perfectly formed miniscule sphere appeared out of nowhere containing all light, matter and energy, which by the way also came from nothing and for no causal factor exploded and bang, here we are, sounds more like magic to me than Christianity does

[@PhrontDoor]

Science doesn't maintain that ANYTHING came from nothing. Since the 1940s, physics has rather indicated that a 'nothing' cannot exist. The emptiest of empty space still has quantum foam and roils with virtue particles all the time.

[@phantom7crossrose528]

PhrontDoor you stupid fuck,regarding the origin of the universe, mainstream science says exactly what I related in my last comment, please don't embarrass yourself any further with your ignorance of celestial mechanics, so don't bother with trying to understand the cosmological significance of 10 to the negative 43rd power or for that matter how we have tweaked the 40th proposition in the first book of euclids elements or the philosophical debate concerning abstract man against the masses(collectivism) or what may or may not be causing pertubances I'm the orbits of the outer planets in this solar system, I'm summation shitforbrains, give it up, I have forgotten more than you will die knowing😎

[@phantom7crossrose528]

you probably missed it but substitute I'm for in, thoughtfully, your intellectual superior

[@markuschelios6891]

Neither hemisphere goes to heaven or hell. Next question.

[@whodhavethoughtit3784]

Markus Chelios it's not about which hemisphere goes to heaven or hell, but it is about the soul, which is separate from the hemispheres of the brain... But because you don't believe that, doesn't mean you are a bad person, it just means you don't believe it... Your choice...

[@whodhavethoughtit3784]

Nern Guan the consequences of your choices, and the consequences of your actions determine these things... Your opinion, your choice, and you're consequences... You have a right to think and feel the way you do...

[@whodhavethoughtit3784]

Nern Guan the hemispheres of the brain are not the soul... The hemispheres of the brain die when the individual dies... Is that an answer is that the answer you will accept... If not, it does not make us to be enemies or anything like that, it just means that we disagree...

[@axelhernandez9800]

Nern Guan actually, in Islam, after judgement day is decided and Allah (God, same Christian and Jewish God) decides who enters heaven and hell, the souls put into hell don’t suffer for eternity, that is a very Christian view, we Muslims believe even the non believers (atheists) will only be in hell for a certain period then they’ll be allowed into heaven

[@axelhernandez9800]

Nern Guan and actually even if the two hemispheres disagreed, the actions that the person takes is what he or she will be based on by God, and God will judge accordingly to one’s actions whether good or bad, for example: you will be rewarded if you feed the poor, it is a major deed in Islam to help people that are less fortunate that you, and a bad deed would be to kill an innocent person, that is a major sin. And to be honest, once a person believes in whatever deity they believe in, it’s hard to straw away from that belief

[@johnmackinnon7321]

Matthew 7:24 and Exodus 24:7 head knowledge is not enough!

[@AdilElhajEljack]

Still we have lots of research to do before we can reach to a solid conclusion!!

[@Skylancer727]

Well the joke was that the right side said God exists (which is the side of the brain associated with imagination) and the left side said no (which is the side that works on logic and reason).

[@abdsnomadicescapades7773]

Ha!

[@siamgangte2826]

CS Lewis says “You are not a BODY (brain) you are a SOUL and and you have a BODY (brain).

[@sethbrown9187]

Exactly, there was no tsunami through our faith because the body is simply a vessel; A very interesting one, but not something I will take into the next life

[@Ryan-xq3kl]

that doesnt mean that the mysteries of the body are irrelevant

[@sethbrown9187]

@Ryan they're relevant in the material world

[@chadingram6390]

What is a soul?

[@noahgraham6283]

seth brown Source?

[@archados]

It just means that his heart wants to believe but his mind knows better.

[@rockysandman5489]

If by "heart" you mean "right hemisphere of brain" then sure.

[@archados]

@@rockysandman5489 Lol yes. Whatever area of the brain that may or may not place the issue within some kind of moral and emotional framework.

[@motomweusi836]

In all things , ALL THINGS the balance must be and in most case maintained . So , the fact that the right said yes and the left no is actually what is suppose to happen . The fact that a duality exists in everything is reality's way of maintaining balance . Just guessing here .

[@rockysandman5489]

There are plenty of things which do not exist in a duality so your assessment is false.

[@donaugustine9748]

I think this is a cool experiment that brings confirmation of the way we use our imagination, logic, reason and such. We all have the split brain but the majority is mingled and intertwined. This is why when the light has come in the darkness can't stand it. This is why when the TRUTH had come to its own it was unrecognized. This is the battle of the sermon on the Mount, the deny yourself, the pride vrs. the humble, the obedient vrs. disobedient, flesh vrs. SPIRIT. Two (flesh) hemispheres becoming one SPIRIT. Good observation. Need more studying. Did the guy think he was transgender with a laugh or was he just joking with the Dr.??? We ALL are definitely sick, depraved individuals trying to get back to the garden. Or trying to stay out!

[@elsamp]

Very true

[@khole15]

Interesting. Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left. Matthew 25:41 "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; Psalm 16:8 I have set the LORD continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Matthew 25:32-34 "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matthew 26:64 Jesus said to him, "You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER, and COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN."

[@markrude9489]

Yes, you have pointed out that ancient desert peoples thought right was good and left was bad. This may have had something to do with the prominence of right-handed people in society, but more likely it is because the left hand was the one you used to wipe your ass. Not sure what this scripture reading has to do with neuroscience. Also, the right hemisphere of the brain controls the left side of the body, and the left hemisphere controls the right side. How does that fit in with your observations?

[@khole15]

@@markrude9489 18For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written, “I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE.” 20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe

[@xImBeaST12321x]

Learn how to have a conversation or read another book for once. Aimlessly quoting the bible without context to paint a narrative is the most dissatisfying thing to read when you dont already belive it.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

@@xImBeaST12321x Don't you just love it when they start throwing random Bible passages at you. :) It's a sign that they can't think for themselves and they're completely brainwashed so they go searching for what they believe are answers in their book of 'vague quotes for all questions.'

[@markrude9489]

@@khole15 Blah, blah, blah. Why don't you try using your own brain for once and ditch the bible passages. They don't mean anything of importance to me, but betray someone who only draws from one source of information and thinks they are wise. I notice you dodged my question though. AN EXCELLENT USE OF CAPS FOR EVASION.

[@DavesTheater]

What is the atheist's favorite verse? Judge not, lest ye be judged.

[@CrittingOut]

@@phadley78tube The fuck??

[@soyboy3833]

Atheists are extremely judgmental people.

[@CrittingOut]

@@soyboy3833 Probably because we're sick of nonsense

[@ooferrell]

I'm not an atheist, nor am I very religious. I just don't give a fuck lol. We live, we die. End of story

[@dannyyoder6034]

Davesreality...finish that quote.."judge not...." It continues, " For as you judge ye shall be judged" Now if I judge by the Bible, I am going to be judged by it in the end anyway...so? Now, a caveat: the ungodly do not want any laws ( especially moral ones) so in the end, they are judged without law. Think of it! How would you like to be brought into a courtroom...LAWLESS, and told by the judge, " there is no law I have to obey in judging you; you lived absent of Law, there is no Las now to protect you!

[@christopherfitzpatrick1946]

Your spirit isn't made up of thoughts. Look at yoga and meditation, it releases the control the conscious mind has on your true being.

[@markgtownsend]

Rolled “r”’s .... but no difficult questions...

[@Kleo3392]

He says without answering 😂

[@Ryan-xq3kl]

probably didnt have the capacity to listen to the full video. better luck next time mark

[@markgtownsend]

Ryan lol. Had to make it to the end. because of the clickbait title. What a disappointment...

[@Kleo3392]

Mark Townsend Oh so you do have the capability of responding to comments and you’re just avoiding mine. It’s literally infuriating to see any creationist acting like his retarded beliefs in fucking fairytales have any soundness whatsoever.

[@louvs9429]

Kleo3392 it’s been a year and no response maybe next year he might answer

[@Cetok01]

DivineBanana wrote: Psalm 14:1 "There is no God." If you're going to attack the Bible with a biblical quote, please at least have the integrity to quote in context. Psalm 14:1 actually says, [quote] The fool has said in his heart, "There is not God." They are corrupt, they ahve done abominable works. There is none who does good. [end quote] But then, maybe that's why you misquoted?

[@copticvillage]

Cetok01 well im not convinced there is one. only when truly infallable evidence comes across will i believe.

[@Cetok01]

David A: I also have issues with various translations, and my own preferences. But unless it is a rogue edition that completely changes the meaning, most translations simply try to make archaic language more understandable. Instead of focusing exclusively on the grammar, focus on the meaning of the passage; the idea it is presenting. And before some critic goes off on a particular verse; here's my take on why studying it is worthwhile. It presents many examples of human behavior, both good and bad, and it explains that there are consequences for each - rewards and penalties - both in the temporal and the eternal. Those models are for our own good, both as individuals and as a society. The Bible emphasizes self-control based on a fear of God and those eternal consequences. If we cannot control ourselves (internally) we will be controlled by others (externally). This was why the biblical model was so important to the early Christians andat least some of this nation's founders. It could be said that the Bible and the Judeo-Christian heritage is why the American model stood out in the world (until fairly recently , as we have abandoned it). That heritage is behind our concepts of representative government, compassion, civility, respect for life, stewardshiip of the Earth, leniency for those we defeated in battle, and other things once considered 'noble'. I known, you don't see those things so much, do you? That's the difference between actually following the Biblical precepts and just going to church (or not). There are plenty of examples of NOT following them, because the further we go away from God, the worse things get. God's plan works for the benefit of all; Man's plans go in the opposite direction. Which would you prefer? Each must decide for themselves, but when most choose to go God's way, things get better.

[@nexraa7180]

nice on cetok01. you just wasted so much time by either learning by hard or looking up a shitty sentence of a book written by some cunts 2000 years ago. Long live Lord VOLDEMORT, OUR SAVIOUR!

[@tysongames2750]

Obviously, the person goes to Hell, because when asked if they believe in God, the right hemisphere was just joking.

[@Whadduphomie]

News flash, your god is not real

[@tysongames2750]

Hassan Hustle Why does it matter to you? I have experienced God in my life in so many ways that you will never in a million years ever convince me he doesn't exist. Not with all the pseudoscience in the world, just like I will never convince you that he does exist, so stop trying. You're beating a dead horse.

[@17thSoulofTheSun]

The right hemisphere was joking about being a woman. Pay attention hell sender.

[@Dr.vonKrankenhausen]

@@tysongames2750 which half of your brain experienced god?

[@sreekargunda3915]

Tyson Games pseudoscience? Well clearly you’re not educated enough to actually start asking questions. I’m not denying the existence of God, I’m simply asking for proof. The problem arises when dumbasses think science is false.

[@MrSonyChaos]

Our understanding of the brain is so scarce right now. I'm not religious btw, but I don't think we should be basing anything on empirical observations like this, especially on such a complex organ.

[@craigdougan8484]

Is it just me, or did he misspeak toward the end when he says the right hemisphere is atheist?

[@Waitukubuli]

I was looking for your comment! I am glad I am not alone. :)

[@nmbrfve]

No he didn’t... the right side of the brain is responsible for the left side of the body and the other way around. Just a heads up... I needed to do research too

[@changemeyah2436]

Yannick Burwieck didn’t Harvard debunk the theory of right and left brain activity? Both sides are responsible for certain actions throughout the body and are equally involved for motor skills and intuitive thinking.

[@changemeyah2436]

www.health.harvard.edu/blog/right-brainleft-brain-right-2017082512222

[@craigdougan8484]

@@nmbrfve At 2:14 the right hemisphere believes and at 2:24 it's an athiest.

[@vishalzparadize]

We've already established the right hemisphere has a sense of humour.

[@PabloRomero1991]

He needs to put his faith in Jesus. John 14:6

[@withfootnotes]

Yeah, after his Corpus Callosum gets split.

[@tamadoucoure792]

Jesus said the lord of Israel is not a man

[@flemingcourt]

Pablo, The problem with all religious people is that they have only a single source of information and all they ever do is quote from it. And that source is just a bunch of people's notebooks that have been transcribed and edited over thousands of years. Add to that your "book" was chosen arbitrarily for you based on where you were born. And all those books do not agree on much. On the other hand we have science which is practiced world wide and has millions of documents that all agree with each other. As for Jesus. Where is he? He died for three days and has been incognito for 2 thousand years. Is your religion the only thing that stops you from committing crime or adultery or worse? I hope not.

[@maxnullifidian]

Did anyone else notice that he seemed confused as to which brain hemisphere believed in God and was a theist, and which hemisphere did not believe in God and so was atheist? He said the right hemisphere pointed to "yes" when asked about belief in God, and the left hemisphere said "no" when asked about belief in God, but then he said the right hemisphere was atheist and the left hemisphere was theist. I know he just mis-spoke, but he should be more careful to be clear on such things.

[@capybara6807]

Change the title to abrahamic religions. There are many non-abrahamic faiths which don't believe in the concept of heaven or hell.

[@hachikoakita5375]

The question posed to the left and right hemispheres of the brain was "Do you believe in God ?", and all religions have this thing in common: "faith in a God". Therefore, I think the title still stands. Only his joke could be addressed only towards abrahamic religions, the joke makes only a small percentage of the video. My conclusion stands.

[@capybara6807]

@@hachikoakita5375 The joke was the question. The question was, whether the right hemisphere would go to heaven and the left hemisphere would go to hell? But I'm saying that the concept of heaven and hell are limited to abrahamic faiths only, so for non-abrahamic faiths, this question is a no-brainer. They would say heaven and hell don't exist. So, it's my conclusion.

[@zigglywiggly9524]

Tanmay Sangtani there are many atheists and secular Christians who don't believe in a literal heaven or hell. the odd thing is Satan and his demons believe. atheists don't believe in Satan, but Satan does.

[@hachikoakita5375]

@@capybara6807 Fair enough, when it comes to the joke question it only works on abrahamic religions, but everything else (the research, the tests, the results) work on all religions, pretty much no exception. So my conclusion still stands.

[@JaefarSABNW]

LIKE ISLAM

[@antwilliams8434]

Curious presentation. Apart from his very human error of getting left and right mixed up at the critical point, he also conspicuously forgot to "ask" the left brain whether it knew if it was on the moon or California. So he has demonstrated nothing. So at best all we have is a question answered NOT by "a person", but conveniently only by 2 conflicted, disconnected halves of his brain. Long and short, I think, "belief" is possibly an activity only possible when the brain halves are connected. Art mixed with & connected to logic. That is whether you believe in a God or not. (because neither stance are based on evidence - both are beliefs). The people he describes with the severing of the halves, quite possible cannot "believe" anything. They are fact based only. Evidence or conflict. That is all they can do. Schizophrenics possibly are on the far side of the continuum - they possible believe MORE than one thing. They believe they are something AND something else at the same time.

[@chudchukahoon]

2:23 Well he mixed it all up. Instead the left one is atheist.

[@Whatsthepoint6667]

Well it just proves the fact that we humans have been given free will..to make choices..right or wrong...good or bad...proves God.

[@Whatsthepoint6667]

he11b1ade and you are dumb struck you dumb fuck😆😆😆😆

[@loke2860]

This has been debunked

[@xImBeaST12321x]

How so?

[@markanthony5208]

And it was written, let not the left know what the right is doing.

[@K000kk]

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@pootdaggy2657]

RRRRRRRRIGHT! RRRRRRRUFFLES have RRRRRRRRRIDGES.

[@CitizenDevi]

acist

[@preddy09]

Indian guy rolling his 'r's worse than a spanish woman

[@zan3556]

omg i couldn't even concentrate on what he was saying because of those fucking RRRRR's, so excessive

[@bakernuru]

I wanna take this class

[@CaneFu]

God works in mysterious ways.

[@mmaphilosophytheologyscien4578]

CaneFu Kalam Cosmological Argument: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHTYnXWrgqh_nZI crossexamined.org/11-objections-kalam-cosmological-argument/ Defending Kalam from Objections kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZfWipuNg7KMqJY Defending Kalam from More Objections kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpyviJuojamojtE Boltzmann Brain Multiverse Problem God is outside of time so there was no "before time." Even atheist like Lawrence Krauss admit that the concept of "before time" is nonsense because time is irrelevant if you're outside of time, which no universe or universe within the multiverse (if it even exists) can be. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYDcgnmhd5Z0fa8 Borde-Guth-Vilenkin Theorem Fine Tuning Argument: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5uqgXt8aqZphtE crossexamined.org/mistaken-objections-seek-trivialize-fine-tuning/ Defending Fine Tuning From Objections uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/debunking-the-debunker-how-sean-carroll-gets-the-fine-tuning-argument-wrong/ Defending Fine Tuning From More Objections uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/is-god-a-good-theory-a-response-to-sean-carroll-part-two/ Defending Fine Tuning From More Objections Moral Law Argument: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hanMcpyhetBlrLc kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGawiHWphctopsk Defending Moral Law Argument From Objections kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3yoonVroJxmo5o Debunking Matt Dillahunty's 'Secular Morality' kzbin.info/www/bejne/ranEnaWthbOehKs A Critique of Sam Harris the Moral Landscape Ontological Argument: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnPQcn55q7yfbZY kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4TdaZ6jg96elaM Defending Ontological Argument from Objections Resurrection of Christ: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGnPnKirnbuehas kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ3ag5Z4bsp-Zsk Defending Resurrection from Objections carm.org/was-resurrection-story-borrowed Specific and not easily predictable prophecies made in the bible that came true: apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?topic=101 www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/the-old-testament-is-filled-with-fulfilled-prophecy-11652232.html These are just a few prophecies among many And many historians/investigators that came to know Christ did so because they determined that many biblical prophecies came true (after they were written) among other things (Lee Strobel, Craig Blomberg, Dr. Bruce Metzger, Dr. Edwin Yamauchi, Dr, John McRay, Dr. Gregory McBoyd, Dr. Ben Witherington, Dr. Gary Collins, Dr. Alexander Metherell, etc.). Many of these men, such as Lee Strobel, were atheists at one point. No, evolution doesn't disprove Christianity, and Old Earth is compatible with the Bible: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYPVk4uZnppqgbc Evidence for an Adam and Eve www.godandscience.org/apologetics/humans_out_of_africa.html Out of Africa? www.godandscience.org/apologetics/longlife.html Long Life Spans kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH6pgaGha62WiZo Where did Cain Get His Wife www.gotquestions.org/tree-knowledge-good-evil.html Tree of Knowledge kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ-sl56BhZecptk Animal Death Before the Fall? crossexamined.org/evolution-true-happen-adam-eve/ What if Evolution is True? kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYezdYmddtempbc Hugh Ross Creation Days creation.com/refuting-noahs-ark-critics Refuting Noah's Ark Critics www.godandscience.org/apologetics/localflood.html Biblical Evidence for Regional Flood kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIClpniDj6hgrZo Understanding the Flood of Genesis No, God is not immoral in the Old Testament or New Testament: Christians Don't Have to Follow Old Testament Civil or Ceremonial Laws Anymore kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3SWomaQp8SFbqc Old Testament (Genocide, etc.) apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=11&article=763 Keeping the women alive Many of the nations the Israelites defeated were incredibly evil Societies (I'd say worse than Nazi's). God also gaves these nations the time and chance to repent, which they did not kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaqvoaydpZmYiac Slavery (The slavery practiced in the bible was more like indentured servanthood where you worked on someones land for a few years, and then had to be let go, usually on the year of jubilee. Indentured servanthood was a way to escape poverty. And below are some links to verses atheists commonly refer to when mentioning slavery.) answeringsceptics.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/answering-leviticus-25-44-46-the-bible-condones-slavery/comment-page-1/ More on Slavery www.gotquestions.org/beating-slaves.html More on Slavery carm.org/leviticus-homosexuality-old-testament-law Mixed fabrics, shellfish, etc. apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?article=913 Bashing Babies Heads? www.gotquestions.org/Bible-rape.html What Does the Bible Say About Rape kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5jGfWRrbLifhqM Why Does God Allow Evil www.gotquestions.org/natural-disasters.html Natural Disasters www.gotquestions.org/God-allow-sickness.html Why Does God Allow Sickness www.gotquestions.org/birth-defects.html Birth Defects www.godandscience.org/apologetics/sexism.html Alleged Sexism kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3WWdKZ8m7GrotE Does God Favor a Gender godswordtowomen.org/amputation.htm Cutting off womens hand? www.gotquestions.org/pain-in-childbirth.html Childbirth www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201012/god-get-rid-of-devil/ kzbin.info/www/bejne/bniUep6ehdZ3epY Infinite Punishment for Finite Crime kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGaaoK2Kbqtqlck More on Hell kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmPHnmqZarR_nLs What if Hell didn't Exist www.gotquestions.org/never-heard.html What About Those That Never Heard the Gospel Prayer: carm.org/prayer-change-gods-mind kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGfFq558rZZ0gtU Cosmic Skeptics Prayer Fail Alleged Biblical Contradictions: apologeticspress.org/AllegedDiscrepancies.aspx www.revelation.co/2008/09/29/didnt-jesus-say-he-would-return-while-disciples-were-still-alive/ www.icr.org/bible/genesis/30/31-43/ Atheist Regimes Have Killed Vastly More Than the Religious: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qne5fYuanayDgKc kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqHVqHiAoK9metU Debunking the "Crusades" Genetic Fallacy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6ebfWhtfKaJh5I You only believe in God because you were born in X God allows us Free Will: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXqle2Sti9Z2m7c If God knows what I'm gonna do, blah blah kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZWcZnuVm5WgfdE Free will and Neuroscience kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJrRpWihn9SsbKs Micho Kaku on Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle www.gotquestions.org/free-will-in-heaven.html Will we have Free Will in heaven www.gotquestions.org/does-God-have-free-will.html Does God have Free Will And I know what you're gonna say to all this, so here's a response: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5C6l4ONf9emhrs Response to God of the Gaps Argument kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3OspH-KhpJ6gbM Why does God seem so hidden

[@tj4667]

Saying God's work is mysterious is just saying you don't know how it works, just showing that your ignorant

[@CaneFu]

@@tj4667 Says the person who doesn't know how to spell common words nor construct a proper sentence. And FYI, I'm an atheist but you need to clean up your own act before you criticize others.

[@tj4667]

@@CaneFu Ok, This isn't English class but you can be that sensitive if you want, and what common words do I not know how to spell? Lol

[@CaneFu]

@@tj4667 I don't give a fuck about a KZbinr using proper English unless they start calling other people "ignorant" like you just did. And since you asked, you used "your" instead of "you're" so learn the difference if you're going to insult other people's intelligence you asshat.

[@bc9629]

Maybe hes talking about his own reality !

[@hayaletneptune416]

Better question is, is your consciousness singular? Yes. We're done

[@loke2860]

Spirituality Is The Truth

[@user-fq4jz6qm8i]

I think this is the definition of cognitive dissonance

[@Skylancer727]

Well the joke was that the right side said God exists (which is the side of the brain associated with imagination) and the left side said no (which is the side that works on logic and reason). The point of the joke is saying that religion is imaginary (as we tend to suggest) and reason wouldn't approve of it. It's kinda hard to use reason to prove something you have no evidence for beyond a feeling.

[@TurtleTimeVoiceOvers]

Neither goes to heaven or hell. They mutually invite the worm family to enjoy them for dinner. Literally.

[@sonofbattles]

most questions are hard for religious people

[@johnhawks9881]

Christians only have one answer, the Truth.

[@tamadoucoure792]

Quran has answered all questions

[@GEOFF0906]

@@tamadoucoure792 Yes, but wrongly I'm afraid.

[@isaactroyer5689]

There's a reason why the two halves are together in such a way. Each side performs different tasks and different ways of thinking. We don't have two separate brains, but two halves working together to perform as one brain. God wouldn't be like "Hey, your right shoulder muscle does not acknowledge my existence, your right shoulder muscle is going to hell" that is just ridiculous

[@johnpurchase2545]

God is a figment of the imagination created by man in man's image.

[@jimcunningham7341]

Imagine something comeing from nothing witch is wat you believe

[@judyives1832]

Jim Cunningham No it is not. No one believes that. It’s just your apologetics excuse so you don’t have to have a good argument for your beliefs. Why don’t you actually learn some science and find out why that’s a stupid question? Dawkins and many others address it. And where do you think your god came from? From nothing? Lol! Theists are the only ones claiming that

[@jimcunningham7341]

@@judyives1832 if God exists he does not come from he has no beginning or end he is spaceles timeless being

[@dantethunderstne9668]

Jim Cunningham then how can I know him? if he’s space less and timeless, he wouldn’t fit in to our reality in any way.

[@jimcunningham7341]

@@dantethunderstne9668 through jesus christ

[@iambirdbrain7295]

The things from the Kingdom of God cannot be understood if you do not have understanding from the Holy Spirit. God is invisible and conceals the things of His so that we may SEEK Him! If you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and believe in your heart that He is God in the flesh and DIED for our sins... then your journey with Him will begin! After that; walk in the Light with Him (meaning walk on the narrow path of righteousness) and you will have understanding! And when it is time to speak from the Light to the people in the darkness; not all will hear! But blessed is he who hears!

[@NhemF]

Sar

[@iambirdbrain7295]

Gershwin Fontenard what is “sar”?

[@zointisarenazi]

rename the video to dumbest questions asked by atheist .

[@Horny_Fruit_Flies]

Rename your profile name to The Dumbest Commenter on You Tube.

[@zointisarenazi]

Horny Fruit Flies 132iq and doctor in Turkey. who the fuck are u

[@Horny_Fruit_Flies]

IQ of 219, I have a triple PhD in theoretical, quantum and nuclear physics, and I work at CERN. Don't mess with me, boi.

[@Hirnlego999]

Do you spit on people to heal them?

[@Horny_Fruit_Flies]

Abhinav Menon RIP, The fact that you actually believed that I'm a scientist is evidence enough that you're too stupid to even bother with.

[@NabeelAhmed-ln3fw]

depends upon which side of your brain is more dominant and influences your actions more....