Afterlife

[@dedale2610]

“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.” Epicurus :)

[@maryanngarcia3080]

I'm with Epicurus

[@SucksTobeme289]

Over quoted

[@gusgrizzel8397]

Atheism is so much more practical. No groveling, no wondering is this alleged god will answer your prayer, no twisting in the wind, no constant disappointments. Just being the best person you can be and being ethical and sane.

[@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals]

Atheism Makes No Sense And It's Worthless. And Nihilism Is Meaningless.

[@NienNienNien]

@@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals its not meaningless when it puts more value and importance on your own life and you want to start living not for a god for eternity but for others and for yourself. Atheism comes in many spectrums just like the christian and islamic religions. Why beset somone by telling them "oh your life must be terrible because you dont believe the same thing as me or believe in a fairytale god. All we can really do is make it meaningful but religion doesnt allow our species to thrive and better ourselves. Look at what religion is doing we are living in fear of hell, crime is increasing in the name of gods or god. People are being persecuted on sex, gender, and sexuality our leaders are science deniers and wont listen to its people. Wake up and maybe one day our species will eventually defeat death and live untill the world actually dies

[@TheSkullConference]

@@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals "Atheism makes no sense" I'm sure you know what atheism means. It means no belief in any gods. There's nothing there to make sense of because it's a lack of belief. It's perfectly reasonable to suspend belief when there is no evidence to support a claim. There is no evidence to support the existence of any gods. What actually doesn't make sense is theism because that's belief in something without any reason or evidence. "And it's worthless" I don't even understand what you mean by that because it's a lack of belief. Of course it's worthless on its own. In contrast to a positive belief in a deity, it is far more beneficial to only believe in things that can be confirmed. So while atheism by itself is "worthless", theism is actually worth less than that. "And nihilism is meaningless" I'm a nihilist. Do you think that means I don't find life to be "meaningful"? I have goals, loved ones, dreams, ethical standards, and a massive wonder for the universe and how it works. Well if you consider that "meaningless" then I don't know what would be meaningful. Nihilism is only the idea that there is no inherent purpose or meaning to existence which I agree with. I have a brain and am conscious. I am a product of 4 billion years of evolution that produced life-forms that can feel, think, empathize, and cooperate. With life comes a drive to survive. Everything a living thing does is to ensure the continuance of its species. The by-product of this are creatures that have subjective experiences filled with pleasure and pain to serve its purpose. Living things have a purpose and no gods are necessary for them to have it. The universe itself may have no "purpose" but living things do. Are you going to tell me that without a god you would no longer have goals and aspirations? Would you just commit suicide because it's pointless? To me that is very sad. Think of how lucky you are to be alive (and as a human being instead of a creature still within the food chain). Is that not enough for you? If not, then you have a bottomless pit of greed that will never be fulfilled.

[@tambert3897]

@@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals you're right, nihilism pertains to "meaningless', but not in the terms of ones personal life or self determined purpose. But not every atheist is a nihilist, but i suppose some are. Don't confuse nihilism for fatalism. They're not the same thing. Atheism is worthless? I dont think atheism is anything else but the non belief in deities, and it serves no other purpose or definition other than such. Atheism is a position of non belief in deities. Its not a philosophy. To call atheism worthless is pointless.

[@8265]

Who says that it is GOD that sends people to Hell? I say GOD created Karma to allow to deeds to judge a persons sins

[@funeralgroom]

Years ago, this video actually helped me out of my plan to kill myself. I come back 6 years later and it still instills this powerful, motivating, encouraging and positive appreciation of life from a standpoint that not many people in our day to day lives talk about. I was suicidal for many years and the PTSD and major depression I had shoved me into the gravel consistently and made me believe there was no reason to life. I didnt even care what would happen afterwards, whether God or who ever it is up there would punish me for eternity or I would be saved, or I would just not exist. But this video wasnt so much of the debate about what happens after death, rather, what goes on in life that we so habitually disregard. This video helps me so unbelievably much. Thank you for uploading this, from a young teenager in 2012 to me now in 2018, and everyone else that this video has changed for the better. :)

[@jackpadz6079]

I hope you're doing alright now!

[@afifkhaja]

Hang in there, buddy! Life gets better :)

[@Jilley322]

Peace and hugs

[@haroldchimable]

Hang in there!! ❤

[@MovieMakingMan]

RELIGION CAUSED MY FRIEND TO SLASH HER WRISTS Religious indoctrination is the worst form of child abuse. My friend was a victim. She slashed her wrists and tried to commit suicide. She was taught any good thought she had was ‘god’ and any bad thought was ‘satan’. She had a constant war going on in her head between ‘god’ and ‘satan’ to the point she couldn’t take it any longer. Marsha was sent to a state hospital in Galveston. When I visited Marsha her arms and legs were tied to a wheelchair so she couldn’t hurt herself. I broke down crying when I saw her and seeing the effects religion had on her. She was later transferred to a state hospital in Austin. Even though I barely had any money for gas I drove my van the 400 miles to see her every weekend for over a year and a half. I’d take her out on day passes and when I brought her back to the hospital I slept in my van outside in the hospital parking lot. I couldn’t see Marsha during the week because she was only allowed to get day passes on weekends. It was always hard when I had to leave her on Sunday evenings and drive back home. In almost a year and a half of visiting her not one member of her biological family visited. They were all devout Christians. Not one member of the 2000 person Baptist church she belonged to ever visited her. While I did everything I could to show her I cared about her the only thing those religious hypocrites could do was thump their goddamned Bibles. Every one of them were hypocrites. After months in the hospital and after extensive therapy Marsha told me I saved her life. I was the only one who cared about her. The entire structure of religious people she grew up with all abandoned her. All the things Christians claim to believe were untrue. Before Marsha’s suicide attempt I went to her church on a Wednesday night at her baptist church. The preacher kept ranting and raving how awful everyone in the congregation was and telling them they were all going to burn in hell. He kept condemning them and it got to the point I couldn’t take the abuse anymore. What’s especially sad is that preacher was quoting directly out of the Bible. He was using quotes of what the god of the Bible said to beat and belittle everyone in the congregation. He was mimicking how god acts and reacts in the Bible. So no one can blame his personality. He was doing exactly what the Bible taught him say. That’s the insidious evil that is in the Bible. The god of the Bible is condemning, petty, judgmental, vindictive, narcissistic and punitive. So the preacher was acting just like god acts in the Bible. The preacher was obviously abused with childhood indoctrination and now that he was an adult he was abusing others with the same tactics used on him by other Christians. I nudged Marsha and whispered that I had to leave. She was too afraid to get up in front of the congregation of people she knew her entire life to leave. Religious indoctrination paralyzed her. But I couldn’t take the abuse any longer. I got up and went to a hallway that led to an exit. As I approached the exit door three women walked in, noticed I was leaving and they said in a hateful tone “Where do you think you’re going!” I told them “I’m going outside where if there’s a god he’d be there and not inside this abusive church.” They blew up and their eyes were full of rage. I continued to leave and walked pass them and out to the 20 degree weather. Once outside I just walked around the parking lot feeling so good I was able to leave that awful, abusive church. The skies were crystal clear and I could see so many stars. At the time I thought if there was a god he’d be outside. I thought what was going on in that church was despicable. I witnessed people being willingly abused. It disgusted me. I realized later how Marsha became so abused by Christianity she tried to kill herself. She was the victim of a lifetime of religious abuse. I’ve always wondered how many people die from suicide caused by religious abuse. I felt sorry for all the victims. After Marsha got out of the state hospital she stayed in a halfway house for another half of a year. I continued to visit her every weekend. We’d sit on the bank of Town Lake in Austin and talk and joke or I’d take her to a restaurant. Later she ended up getting married and had children of her own. But luckily she didn’t indoctrinate them the way her parents indoctrinated her. After a year and a half of non-stop therapy Marsha was able to cut all ties to Christianity. Teaching religion to a child is one of the worst forms of child abuse. It causes all kinds of mental problems like religious trauma syndrome, PTSD and suicide. I’m glad I was able to save one person who otherwise would have died at the hands of Christianity. I saved Marsha’s life by helping her rid her mind of the poisonous Christian god and all the poisonous people who call themselves Christians. Not one christian was there when Marsha needed someone the most. I was. To Christians I am heathen destined for hell while they thump their bibles believing they are all going to their imaginary heaven. Even if a heaven existed I know spending an eternity with Christians would be the worst hell imaginable.

[@only1kingz]

This literally just cured me of my depressive state. I've only been an athiest for a year now, but since I'm only 22, I'm now extremely excited for all the beauty in the world I'm going to experience in my lifetime

[@elderberries4840]

+Peter :D

[@dougzembiec9995]

Atheism is having a close personal relationship with reality.

[@Callzter]

The universe is too beautiful to not be experienced, we should cherish our small time in it so much.

[@84updown]

Your comment also made me happy. I'm only 17, so most people will see my Atheist ideology as me just trying to be edgy or cool, but what many of them don't and probably never will understand is that most of us don't do it out of hatred. Atheism helps people come to terms with reality, and become much more down to earth than your average Christian, or Muslim, or whichever religious group. I can say I'm much more at peace than I would've been had I never decided to explore other ideas and find this one in particular

[@84updown]

@Joseph Yessirrrr time flies

[@kellywilson-lawson1857]

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow, and learn as if you were to live forever"

[@proud2bpagan]

My late dad was a passionate scholar...his motto was Socrates' quote "All I know, is that I know nothing". He was the first person in our family to graduate college, and both my parents instilled in both my brother and myself the idea that "the day you stop learning is the day you die"..keep hungry for new knowledge..let none turn you aside from your path.

[@craqqer]

I'm more afraid of other people dying than I am of my own death. I'm bad at dealing with deaths of people i'm close to, such as family and friends. I don't fear my own death much. It would be a nice surprise to see there is some type of life after death, but it would be really fucking shitty if it's what the Bible describes.

[@theaussiegirl55]

I have to tell you that you are a wonderfully selfless person. I know that dealing with deaths is terrible, even more when you're sensitive. However, I personally am afraid of nonexistence and dying and I think this is just because I'm selfish - I also very often do things that are only good for myself - it's my biggest flaw. I know this comment doesn't make much sense and appreciating somebody for not being afraid of death is something really weird and twisted but I truly want to tell you how awesome person you must be.

[@craqqer]

theaussiegirl55 Thank you. It's human nature to be selfish so it doesn't necessarily mean you are a bad person. When you die, you will go back to the way you were before you were born. I would prefer to live longer than the typical 60-80 years, but I feel like we weren't born in the right time period for that to happen. Maybe in 100 years science will discover a way to stop aging. The only way of a longer life is if after life exists, and I really doubt that.

[@aumi5958]

craqqer Don't mourn over the death of those you love; celebrate the life they lived.

[@DaniMan345]

keinaluASMR You didnt live before you were born so maybe it doesnt matter when you die. Nothingness...

[@naturalisted1714]

The truth is that we cease to exist after death, and so you'll be so gone that the first-person-experience of an organism born (somewhere in the universe) after you've ceased to exist will be the experience that comes after yours. You'll no longer be around anymore to stop that from being the case.

[@markgoodyer9030]

We are all made of stars, we can be part of all things and be in all places, for me that's more than enough.

[@Intenxsify]

mark goodyer literally

[@aneutralopinion1712]

Thank you for helping people

[@kamdinwaddle6356]

So true

[@ETERNALCYCLES]

i'm glad I live in this time and age and not in the dark ages.

[@jackpadz6079]

People like us would be burned in public as heretics.

[@leyrua]

It's like a live role-playing game... except they kill you if you break character.

[@NienNienNien]

This reminds me of minecrafts permanent death mode. You die you lose everything lmao

[@rk9sbpro83]

Although I do not believe in an afterlife, the idea of losing my consciousness forever with death still frightens me. I hope one day I can accept this like the people in these video, because I would live a happier life.

[@nathanmckenzie904]

Don't worry about it, live for the moment and enjoy your life.

[@chadhansen5057]

Just remember your brain will be dead so it will be impossible to know what it's like when you die just like you were before you were born and injoy your life wail you got it because many people haven't had the chance of life

[@metalzonemt-2]

You can think of it like sleep without dreams. That happens every night.

[@chadhansen5057]

***** you can think of it like before you were born you couldn't remember anything so it's the same thing when you die

[@metalzonemt-2]

Chad Hansen That's also true.

[@proud2bpagan]

My dad died of cancer a month ago today. His death has made me appreciate every sunrise,every rain storm, every snow flake...because i might never see the next one. To live on in the hearts of those you love is to never die. In this way,my father is immortal.

[@myollinir]

i am a christian and i think this video is beautiful, eternity scares me as much as thunderfoot and is extremely difficult to grasp in our limited, finite mentalities... and it explains perfectly how an atheist has morality and hope apart from being finite - i think everyone should watch this video before they open their mouths against atheists

[@brghost23]

Thank you. Truly. Thank you for not being one of those who are so hateful and condescending towards us. This really goes a long way for the better of mankind's repsect for one another and long journey to a moment, if only brief, where everyone loves his brother not for a label, nor for an ideal, but for the fact that he is a person. Thank you so much for thinking this way.

[@myollinir]

brghost :) we're all here TOGETHER, whether we like it or not. i choose to like it - it's true our differences can make debates heated, but i want to learn rather than to bicker. either side gets a bad rap from the people who love to proclaim their points the highest, but it's our duty out of the spotlight to listen and support each person

[@VasselofGod2]

brghost and I do hope you treat Christians with the same respect this man has treated you

[@brghost23]

***** Yes, unless they start going all anti-science on me. But usually in that case I just try to explain things as best I can then give up before anything can get hostile.

[@steadyjumper3547]

myollinir i wish all Christians were like you.

[@5150pearl]

No plan and no purpose but there is beauty.

[@gaming4K]

Purpose is to make your life beautiful and experience nature or have as many gaming nights as possible go to the cinema as many times as you can. Have fun with your family etc..

[@SuperNovaJinckUFO]

This is the truth. The question is often the answer. Somethings may seem so complicated to answer, so mindbogglingly incomprehensible, but they turn out to have simple answers. Why live for God? Why live to die? When you can live to live. This is why, despite skepticism from religions, atheists are happy.

[@exoraluna3355]

Great points. Except I always say, "We live to die." The ultimate destiny of any life ends in death. The moment a person is born, he will die someday. Maybe the day he was born. maybe at 9 or 16 or 36 or live a very long life to 90+. What is important is what we do with that life in between life and death. Some will live exemplary lives, some are mundane. everyone deserves to live their life to the extent that they choose.

[@nicepricablespice2090]

This is taking your comment a bit out of context, but honestly I wish religions WOULD have a little more skepticism towards atheists. Then they could actually figure out what a lot of us DO believe, instead of putting those ridiculous stereotypes on us. The dislikes on this video most likely came from religious people out of ignorant hatred, and they didn't even bother to watch.

[@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals]

Atheists And Nihilists Are Always Sad And Miserable While Deists And Altruists Are Always Happy And Excited.

[@IceColdGamingx]

Most athiests I've known have been depressed nihlists that can only be happy whilst on medications. Lol @ hedonists. I hope since 8 years you've repented and accepted Christ

[@TheKairielise]

I want this played at my funeral

[@markuchiha7737]

me too

[@stevetucker5851]

Kairielise Why? It’s depressing.

[@coldenhaulfield5998]

Same!

[@alt8791]

Same

[@sarathvs5346]

Me to

[@dekky3908]

Those who pray for eternity... Do not understand the nature of infinity.

[@yhenry77]

+Dekkren Kain Those who do NOT pray.... do not understand faith. "It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going." - Hebrews 11:16

[@dekky3908]

David Henry That is interesting, but not relevant to my original comment. Those who pray obviously have faith, as praying without it would be rather pointless. Faith is no virtue... It is gullibility, and inability to draw your own conclusion based on the evidence provided.

[@dekky3908]

***** Yes, as a physicist I do, and have studied the concepts of infinity and zero in equal measure.

[@dekky3908]

***** Yes, I did not mean to imply that the concept of infinity is an easily grasped topic. However as you know as a mathematics student infinity is an error much like a singularity. Given that current theoretical models point at the idea of a beginning to the universe means that infinity cannot exist within it. How could a universe expand into infinity in a finite amount of time? I am not suggesting that infinity does not have a purpose in mathematics, but it generally means our understanding of the formula is flawed.

[@dekky3908]

***** As for the first time you asked the question, I apologize. I accidentally flagged it as spam due to a miss-click before I could read it, I wasn't attempting to ignore you.

[@Kevin15047]

I would love to live for a millennium. On earth, not in heaven.

[@royrieder2113]

Me too. I hope that someday technology cures aging.

[@zisker1997]

Unless it works out for everyone that way, it'd be hell and heartbreak over and over again to watch your loved ones die. Even if it did apply to everyone, that's way too long. Overpopulation would be a huge issue.

[@Kevin15047]

Gavin Boutdy I really don't think it would be that bad (on a personal level). I'm not exactly a people person.

[@chadhansen5057]

+Roy Rieder yea but if that happens we will half to stop reproduceing for the simple fact that the earth will become to populated unless we find out a way to live on other planets at the rate were going we will probably figure out a way

[@kellywilson-lawson1857]

Soon science and technology will allow us to live longer then any of the past generations

[@lucillefrancois150]

I clicked on this so I would have something on in the background while I put away groceries. And now I’m questioning existence. This was a damn good choice.

[@nathanmckenzie904]

Dont question existence, question the afterlife

[@bbridge4th]

The fact we were born makes us all the biggest lottery winners as the odds were never in our favor.

[@phoenixfire9176]

This is some deep stuff right here

[@vojtechjanku2534]

+Phoenix Fire so deep I can see Adele rolling in it.

[@phoenixfire9176]

Vojtěch Janků shots fired

[@proof-xx1vv]

+Phoenix Fire So deep i can see someones mom in there.

[@brianmcnellis5512]

Phoenix Fire it's much to say about nuttin'

[@naturalisted1714]

Not really.

[@kingravenink]

I only fear the PAIN before death... after that, it is the greatest sleep of all.

[@sailingsolar]

"Ever atom of my body will be recycled into the universe after I die." While your alive every atom is a part of the universe.

[@3_pancakes767]

Is it depressing to be an atheist? Yes and no, the only reason why I may be depressed is because so many people are not atheist.

[@este4955]

Funny, because I get depressed when people choose to be empty inside, like all atheist do. Do you really think you know anything about reality for "SURE" ?? Hehehe, don't make me laugh. NO ONE KNOWS and that's part of the game. But wait, let's imagine for a moment that we know for "SURE" there is no God, there is no life after death and everything you do in life is absolutely pointless. DO YOU FEEL BETTER NOW ?

[@victor_.]

@@este4955 yes I feel better, thanks for this !

[@serengetilion]

From my own account, yes it is BUT I'd much rather live my life knowing the truth in that no loving god exists instead of believing a lie, living my life as a lie. Knowing we got one life to live. It makes life to me more precious.

[@Mehki227]

What is making me depressed and I'm not jokiing is seeing all the religious people involved in politics and wanting to control everyone else and how awful and hateful they are...I'm not even kidding.

[@dionclark6581]

No, but for the Christians around us it can be for them.

[@123keepitsimple97]

My friend.. Eric Larry Johnson Rest in peace my friend.... April 29, 1979 - Jun 8, 2015 To a beautiful person, may you always be remembered for the Beauty you brought to this world.

[@123keepitsimple97]

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[@ironchefdempsey]

Very sorry for your loss.

[@123keepitsimple97]

ironchefdempsey It's nice to see your comment. Thanks. My friend had a heart attack at ... 36! ... Life truly is like a shooting star... peace

[@hexed.2255]

Brandon S. Sorry for your loss, best wishes to you.

[@DavidBlaineFullerton]

Brandon S. Yes, sorry for your loss. All of us lose people that we really care about, and I know how you feel. I wish you the best in learning how to find happiness, even after your loss.

[@heersrivastava2635]

The mere THOUGHT of praising one dude every single day for all eternity does not appeal to me, so I am not christian

[@adrianh332]

Imagine existing in a concious state for eternity, its utterly horrific. Lets all hope its not true.

[@angiepoo4839]

I believe that this is helping me with the acceptance of my fathers recent death. This has put me more at peace than any pastor shouting words from a Bible. Thank you for this.

[@LilUziVertFan690]

Do you think he is still with you?

[@proud2bpagan]

"I'm going to live.." this is part of what keeps me going after death of my younger brother and our dad. I feel as though they can continue 'living' through myself and our mom, so I'm going to do my damndest to live a life they would be proud of.

[@gaming4K]

Don't forget They and you are gonna be stardust so more than once you really gonna reunite. 😅

[@padrepadre3923]

Thank you I have said for years that man's fear of death was a primary reason of the creation of an everlasting afterlife . Honestly this is the first time I've heard someone else say it . Again thanks

[@kristophertadlock779]

Thank you for this video. I became an atheist when I was about eleven years old. Sense that moment, that realization that nobody knows anymore about the after life or the world than anybody else, I have struggled with the concept of death. I remember it very clearly, my mother told me when I asked about what happens after I die, where I came from before I lived, she had the courage to answer honestly, "I don't know". That same night I lied awake, fearful and uneasy about the inevitable logical conclusion that followed; maybe nothing happens. It made perfect sense to me then. It has been more than ten years and I still lay awake at night, fearful and uneasy, unwilling to except, to comprehend the end of my life, an eternity of nonexistance. Over the last year I have found many great aethist thinkers. Christopher Hitchens poignant analogy, comparing the chistian paradigm to the North Korean state was both amusing and enlightening,. It had never occurred to view the concept of heaven as less desirable than the reality of death. I am a big fan of darkmatter2525, and he has a video on his channel where he makes the point that life would be without meaning if we merely lived forever after it. It gave me some comfort to feel this way, although I still live with the fear. I am very glad that I found this video. It is the ultimate humility, and an incrediable release, to give up ones life. To realize, except, and celebrate that not only humanity, but the individual self, is not the center of all things, and better because of it.I don't know if I will be free of my life long fear of death, but I do know sense finding these thinkers on youtube and on the internet I have found some sense of peace. Thank you for that.

[@RealEnerjak]

There is one thing I've come to realize about life, planets, stars, galaxies and the universe as a whole. Everything dies, and everything has an end. Even the universe will someday die off. People often say they have this feeling of the lord, his love, wisdom, or some shit like that. Personally I feel something different. That there's no light at the end of the tunnel and the rigged game is over.

[@SuperNovaJinckUFO]

But you forget the every story has a sequel, every end has a new beginning, and everything that began was the result of the end of something. You have a life now. Enjoy it. There will be an end. But there will always be a new beginning. And that beginning comes to everything, even when it seems impossible.

[@SilentPlayer1999]

Being dead will be like you went to sleep but never woke up. Now thats more relaxing then anything.

[@nocalsteve]

No dreams, no desires, no regrets, no pain, no stress.

[@greenfungus1]

I died once... A motorcycle wreck when i was 15 yrs old really just heart stopped beating for a few minutes then they Jump started me... I saw and felt NOTHING... Later in Life I had a Seizure while getting a tooth pulled at the dentist.. I saw a warm bright light was in a long green grassy field when i was coming to my mind was telling me I wanted to stay there and not go back ... anyway that was a seizure and I never even stopped breathing... So I think I know where those people get their afterlife stories .. but anyway... I am fairly sure death is where it all ends ... So enjoy it while you got it.

[@naturalisted1714]

The truth is that we cease to exist after death, and so you'll be so gone that the first-person-experience of an organism born (somewhere in the universe) after you've ceased to exist will be the experience that comes after yours. You'll no longer be around anymore to stop that from being the case.

[@naturalisted1714]

@Phillip Hickman Why would I hope for the possibility of the experience of being a cow in a factory farm come after my death? There's nothing inherently good or comforting about my conclusion. Life can be bad, good, hellish, nice, boring, and many things in between.

[@naturalisted1714]

@Phillip Hickman I have Two question for you: 1: Will you cease to exist after death? 2: Will life-forms be born (in the universe) after you no longer exist?

[@ahmedeltoukhy]

Awesome video !! I can say that this is one of the best videos I've ever watched on utube. I was confidently smiling through it all .... Thanks :)

[@jixolros]

This is beautiful, because it's real. I have to remind myself when I stress over petty things that those moments lost in worry are better spent contemplating the wonder that is reality. I feel sad for people who can't appreciate what we truly are; tiny, brief flashes of what we call consciousness in a universe far larger and more wondrous than we can even know.

[@kwitseo]

This life is all I'll ever know. I fear losing it.

[@tiaandeswardt7741]

I have just come to the realization that all of us have been dead before. Before we were born we were dead. I fear death no longer

[@standev1]

We have never died before though. Seems pretty terrible.

[@tiaandeswardt7741]

standev1 Yeah the act of dying remains scary. Largely thanks to us not knowing how, when or why it will happen

[@standev1]

Tiaan De Swardt It's also usually quite painful. If I knew exactly when, why and how I will die painful death, that would still be scary.

[@tiaandeswardt7741]

standev1 Yeah. I am a 'death or glory' type of guy so I don't mind a painful death as long as it doesn't last long

[@dean7337]

*Gets hit by a car*

[@308W82]

I'm an atheist, and sadly right now, dealing with the impending death of a dear friend. I have found this film to be so comforting. Cherish the moment, the memories. All good things must come to an end.

[@CWojcieszak]

I fucking love Thunderf00t's voice and accent, the guy could read some random nicki minaj lyrics and still sound smarter than any of us.

[@timrichardson4018]

This is the only life we're sure to have. It is short lasting, rare, and valuable. This video is beautiful! I used to be a Christian (I believed it with all my heart) and am now an atheist (long story). I am filled with a deeper sense of beauty, wonder, and awe than I ever was a Christian. I find my life incredibly meaningful and valuable. Some ask, if there is no god, why live? I say, because I love living! I want to see what comes next! Yes, one day it will end and I have no idea when or how. But that is all the more reason to live to the fullest today. The scared girl said to the atheist doctor, "If this life is all there is, then nothing matters because there is no ultimate consequence." The atheist doctor replied, "No! If this life is all there is, then it is the only thing that matters."

[@BearJoyner00]

This is honestly one of the most beautiful videos I have taken time to watch. I applaud all of you, and I thank you.

[@DavidBlaineFullerton]

+BearJoyner00 Well, you need to take more time on KZbin, because there are quite a lot of wonderful videos to watch.

[@ralphharrison1903]

I absolutely love this video. I posted this on my Facebook account. I fully believe we should make the most of this life and enjoy life to the fullest. Thank you Seth for putting this video together.

[@alicewright6187]

beautiful video, very well stated people should not worry about dying and get busy living in a more positive way. I am not one for emotions but I was moved by this video. thanks a lot. I was having a bad week but somehow this brought me out of it. just to know that there are others out here in the world like this. I don't feel alone in my mind anymore. cause being an atheist in eastern Kentucky can be sometimes. I love these videos I almost cried with this one. love your channel.

[@hjgsqt32673678]

i respect atheist way of thinking. but i just want people to know that even i , a christian 1. believe that life is very important 2. still thinking rationally and even question my own believe and find the answer myself 3. i'm not obsessed with death or the afterlife, i accept it 4. good deeds are needed to go to heaven

[@rhondah1587]

I am getting old and I am, barring illness or accident, realizing my years are coming close to ending with maybe a decade or two left. I am not afraid or concerned about what comes with death. I know that I may well welcome it in the end. I would love to know that this video would be played at my funeral and shared with those who would gather to celebrate my life, that I had a life and lived it in the best way I could. Learning about the actual nature of life and the universe has been truly awesome and I am thrilled to be here even though I know it is only for a short time.

[@malpascru]

RhondaH like you I have lived more of life than I can reasonably expect to be ahead of me, 114 is possible though! One of my greatest accomplishments was the realisation that there is no supernatural deity. This has left me free of the guilt, the poison and the lies that such a following would entail. Naturally, if any person can prove the existence of their chosen deity to the satisfaction of all other theists, of whatever stripe, I'm prepared to change my view. Meanwhile, life is out there - Carpe Diem!

[@yz125motorider]

I would like you to research a video in youtube when you get a chance, dont worry im not really religious or anything like that i dont really care for it but the video it called " sam harris-it is always now". Sam harris is an athiest that explains everything you need to know about how to enjoy your life regardless of religion or not , your welcome

[@rhondah1587]

yz125motorider Thanks but just because I'm old doesn't mean I haven't seen all of Sam Harris' talks on YT. I've also read all his books and am on his email list. I don't agree with every single thing he says but I do agree with most of his positions.

[@sunmustbedestroyed]

Belief in an afterlife is a product of survival instinct and the mechanical fear of death. We, as humans, are so strongly hard-wired to survive that the idea of living forever is of ultimate comfort.

[@icanusernamebetterthanyou3853]

The reason I fear death is that life is far too beautiful to let go of.

[@naturalisted1714]

The truth is that we cease to exist after death, and so you'll be so gone that the first-person-experience of an organism born (somewhere in the universe) after you've ceased to exist will be the experience that comes after yours. You'll no longer be around anymore to stop that from being the case.

[@socalocman03]

Many of the people I have deep respect toward, thought provoking and uplifting.

[@gastruperstrasse]

I think I would be able to really enjoy a few thousand years. Imagine all the books, you can read..... :) And I could smoke cigarettes all day without being told I will get lung cancer. I could draw funny pictures of Mohammed, too and nobody would blow me up. :)

[@noyes8836]

+Mara Sa worst attempt to missionize ever...

[@gastruperstrasse]

I am not interested in missionising at all! :) If you are referring to my profile-pic then you made the wrong conclusions.

[@noyes8836]

yeah i interpreted it that way. sorry if i got you wrong

[@truvelocity]

+Mara Sa Imagine that for eternity.

[@gastruperstrasse]

+truvelocity you're right. I can't. nobody can imagine "eternity, right? That's why religion is successfull with it's childish concept of "eternal" whatever...

[@aetbhieiils]

I also "fear" death, but I would rather say that I am annoyed by death. Not only because I appreciate many features of my life very much (including the IPhone that I bought few days ago), but also because it is frustrating that my pursuit of knowledge will eventually end. The fact that there are stunning and fascinating possibilities in technology in the future that I can never possibly confront is certainly depressing.

[@84updown]

I was really caught off guard when Laci Green started speaking. I forgot she actually used to be a somewhat respectable human being back then lmao

[@claired2594]

Was anyone else so weirdly touched by this that it brought a tear to their eye?

[@heersrivastava2635]

Where was I before I was born? Intrigues me.

[@metalhead0274]

Not sure how many times I have watched this over the years. It does not get old. I sent this to my best of best friends and love of my life right after her doctor's told her they could no longer treat her cancer..it was just too far advanced and the treatments were actually making it worse. I had just connected her with Dave's dying and and living outloud .. Facing the end of life ..this life..the only one we have here and now...its a different thing..a perspective most ignore because they fear death..it is why they need a pretend afterlife.. to conquer death. No one conquers death Not even the ones we truly love. I know my friend..the love of my life.. i know she did not fear what lie ahead.. that these times we had to share..to share with her children..loved ones..friends..to make it the best ..to love and leave behind that impact of legacy.. that was important to her. She passed a few weeks later..unexpectedly from complications related to her cancer. That last week or so was the most precious to me of all the years we spent together of all we shared of all the love given..those days were the best of all of them.

[@EMOMisconception]

I love how I recognized the voices of the atheists.

[@withfootnotes]

For me, I got over fear of hell fairly quickly after realizing I no longer believed. And although I understand death as being as I once was before conception, and like a dreamless sleep, I have this horrid fear of not existing. As strange as it sounds, even hell offers more hope of my consciousness remaining. I don’t know how to get past this irrational fear. It’s worse than hell to me and that’s just twisted. My brain over complicates everything. Ugh!

[@nabuk3]

I understand. I'm in your age range, and I often feel some of that too.

[@withfootnotes]

@@nabuk3 My age range? I never mentioned my age. I could be 15 or 50 for all you know.

[@brianmitchell927]

I am an atheist. If there is a afterlife and a god then I hope he will judge me based on if I was a good person or not in my life. And not based on if I kissed his ass or not. And if there is no after life(which I do not believe there is) then I at least lived a happy and fulfilling life and made my life what it is with what little time I had.

[@ferznator]

well said

[@cmarb]

standing ovation.

[@usa26point2mileman]

Wow. The video really got me to think. That is, i have heard the tired arguments about living in the moment and relishing the opportunity-but I hadn't really considered "eternity"-I mean even if there was some type of reincarnation-non physical or whatever, I wouldn't want to relive the mistakes and pain in my life. And I definitely don't want the afterlife Hitchens often derided Christens over--where we grovel and worship some being to thank it for creating us eternally.

[@godzillavkk]

If there is anything after death, I'd rather be reincarnated, or become a spirit advisor. With reincarnation, I can restart and continue living. And seek out new challenges. With being a spirit advisor, sure that's also eternity, but at least I can give advice and wisdom to future generations. Sure that's also eternity, but it's an eternity helping others, and continuing to make a difference. And I consider that far more rewarding than kissing gods ass all the time. If course, if neither of those are options, I'll take cessation of existence.

[@KRT61]

This is a great video. It does a wonderful job of explaining how atheists view the life we are privilege to experience. Lucky us. We were alive during the few billion years that stars outside our own Milky Way Galaxy will be viewable. Very cool. We are wise enough to understand our past and present and have a decent realistic view of the future. Amazingly fortunate.

[@CG_Hali]

Watching this during covid. People are losing their fecking minds after a few days, weeks, and months of lockdown at home, on their cushy couch with unlimited Internet. Eternity? LMAO They're even going mad with their own family members, spend eternity with them? Right! lol

[@XGralgrathor]

"We can't assume that 500 people seeing a resurrected Christ simply lied" We can't assume that these people even *existed*, or that this witnessing ever *happened*, Francine.

[@SauceApple51]

Another thing to think about is you will not perceive time when not conscious, so whatever will happen to you until you are conscious will happen immediately. So theoretically, eventually your exact atoms will rearrange again in many Gogol's of years and you will become conscious again, maybe not with your memory though. But there have been people on this Earth who have the memory of their past lives, which then suggests another thing, consciousness floats to a new host when its previous host dies, and only sometimes you get the memory, which is like a glitch in the system.

[@SauceApple51]

Fred Rice Infinity, anything can happen. If given enough time, anything can happen, as there is an infinite amount of time for it to happen. It is simple to understand.

[@SauceApple51]

Fred Rice When it reaches the singularity, the atoms still exist. After an expansion, the atoms could still find their way back, and even if they don't during that expansion, or a million more singularities and expansions, they will, because infinity ensures every possibility will happen.

[@sevven1]

If (and this is a huge *If*) there is an "eternal afterlife," I think that if one 'thinks' about it, logically, and rationally, it becomes abundantly clear that no one has ever had a clue as to what that would even mean or entail. And, it seems to me, it would also be a kind of 'existence' that no one alive could ever even come close to comprehending - even if it were explained to them from some being, or some thing, that actually can comprehend it! I also think that any belief that we humans would retain any semblance of our physical selves long after our bodies have died and decayed is a sadly absurd notion. What sort of 'body' would humans have in an 'afterlife'..? What sort of body would someone who died at the age of 100 have..? And what of the innumerous infants that have perished? What sort of body would they have..? Or (I must ask of theists) would there be no body for anybody (pun intended)..?? Do those who make it to 'Heaven' become as invisible as your 'God'? Now I'm not trying to be pretentious and claim that I 'know' that there is no 'afterlife'.. All I'm trying to say is that it's abundantly clear to me that no one can know and (I must add!) that anyone who does claim to know that there is indeed an afterlife - _and that they know how to get there_ - is either deluded, willfully ignorant and/or straight-out lying.

[@HEARTS-OF-SPACE]

Yes! This! Very well put :)

[@sevven1]

Hearts0fSpace Thank you.

[@sevven1]

***** Thank you.

[@skybornex]

I had to keep pausing this because I have a fear of dying. I think the thought of not existing scares me. I'm agnostic but... I dunno, maybe something is there when we die? We don't know. I mean who knows. It'd be cool. Ahh that's so scary to think about. I'm panicking just watching this. But it's a lot of interesting things to think about too.

[@1expatriate]

+Niconini♫ I realize this is, "easier said than done," but try not to fear or be anxious about death. You may wish to speak with a professional therapist. It has been my experience that people who had knowledge of impending death faced it with courage and peace. Every single one of them. Peace.

[@robosergTV]

+Niconini♫ you were dead billions of years before you were born, was it scary?

[@faizan2987]

*_Life is precious. Live it happily not sadly. Death also scares me but we can't do anything._*

[@Plysdyret1]

I am almost sure that I don't fear death. I mean, it wasn't bad before I was born, in fact, I don't know anything about that time and all the suffering began from the moment I stepped into this world, so why should it be bad after?

[@fairviews5122]

Try not to exercise ur belief the more u think of hell the more ur afraid of dying live ur life to the extent let the earth be ur playground time will pass and we can get over it have a nice and meaningful experience dont worry be happy

[@RishabhSharma-dj7oh]

"We are a way for universe to understand itself" Carl Segan. From star dust to life a journey that took 14 billion years, what is not to cherish ,what is not to protect ,what is not celebrate ,what is not to value why would i look for meaning when the universe has given me the ability to create one for myself.

[@chadhansen5057]

If your felling down or depressed just remember how incredibly lucky you are to be alive and remember those who weren't as luck as you to live like aborted babies and etc

[@Callzter]

Woahhhhhhh

[@PRHILL9696]

Death does not scare me I just do not want a slow painful death like so many have to deal with

[@Philosophilia]

It seems like heaven and hell is more for the living, than for the dead. Loved ones being at a better place, a place where you all will be reunited in turn, all seems to comfort the living. I don't think this powerful idea is ultimately good at the end, because it makes death harder to accept, harder to move on. It is a nurturing thought that keeps the deep wounds wet. Becoming dead is frightening. Being dead is an entirely different matter. Life couldn't possible good if there was not struggle. What is exitement if there's nothing to wait for? What is pride if there was no failures? I could go on forever. Yet this is what the church want you to believe about heaven and it works?!? "An easy life without struggles, joy and happiness and love and and and kissing god's ass (but it taste _really_ nice so don't worry) and and and ice cream and it's like having christmas every-single-day for the next quadrillion years! Fun fun fun every day!" Oh.... give it some time and you would long desperately for an "OFF" button, a black coffin promising nothing but absolute nothingness: An eternal unawareness of selfexistence. Nothing to look forward to. Nothing to be afraid of. i'm content, and fear no death. I just hope for a long life :)

[@BottleKirstenLapore]

Yeah. I've come to feel this way too. Who the hell would ever want to come back to this place again. It has some really beautiful moments but mostly its a struggle that you have to continually deal with. So much misery and pain and we are mostly just robots...work work work. I know I'm so much luckier than soooo many people but that doesn't make the thought of coming back more inviting that's for sure.

[@PhilippeOrlando]

I fully agree with this video, but it offers no comfort to the blind, faithful believer who is only interested in remaining conscient forever, even though he doesn't fully understand what it means. People don't care about the atoms of their body living on forever. They want their consciousness to survive forever and no scientific reasoning will be able to shake the fear of not being conscious anymore. I've reached a point in my life where I know now that it's pointless to try to talk to believers. When you do, you use science and reason. That can't reach them because this is not where they are. Don't waste time trying to have people realize Christianity and other creeds are horsepoop. It's something somebody must realize alone.

[@Derrako]

This just makes me depressed man...

[@noahschuler6388]

Makes me want to run away from all this work I have been forced into from school. If I already know what I'm going to do with my life, why must I learn bullshit I'll never use?

[@Derrako]

Noah Schuler the futility of existence-life is simply a self replicating disease we inherit from our parents.

[@Marty77779]

+Stillo Chillino... Fucking parents. Never occurred to them that maybe we didn't want to be born

[@Marty77779]

I don't believe in suicide. I'm pretty certain it's not the end. (Take a big dose of magic mushrooms if you want a look outside your mind). I'm just making a point that parents create kids for they're own amusement. Seems crazy.

[@Marty77779]

+Noah Schuler I was the same when I was younger. I hated to be forced to do something so I purposely did bad. I ended up trying to learn some of the subjects when I was older. Kind of regretted not learning them while I was in school but yeah we live in a sort of well disguised prison so that's why

[@DonWilsondigginTimeUSA]

I am an Atheist but, why there is this assumption that there is no afterlife doesn't cut it for me. Assuming there is no afterlife is the same as assuming there is no heaven or hell. The only way we can experience life as we know it is to have a body as a tool to touch, smell, see, hear, and taste our way through our environment. But what if our awareness/consciousness resides outside of the body? Could it be possible that we will exist on a different level? There is no proof nor indication as to where the soul is, only theory and again assumption based on medical studies. While medical studies may reveal to a degree how the brain functions as an organ, it is very short on revealing that our consciousness is a physical part of it. I would wager that it is not! So I wouldn't discount totally the idea that there could be a form of afterlife, and at the same time, I wouldn't be afraid of it.

[@Hakasedess]

If our consciousness is not part of, and a result of our brain, why does it get affected in very predictable ways by changes to our brain? There's no reason to think there is a soul, especially now that we know so much about our own bodies. Why do people's personalities change drastically when they suffer certain types of brain damage, if your consciousness is separate from the brain?

[@DonWilsondigginTimeUSA]

Hakasedess I really do appreciate your feedback. I will try to give you MY answer to your question. First you ask... If our consciousness is not part of, and a result of our brain, why does it get affected in very predictable ways by changes to our brain? Answer...The consciousness is not part of the brain, it is a separate entity that sends information and receives information back and forth from the brain. Also, the consciousness/Soul Is not effected by physical trauma to the brain, because it is not a physical attachment to the brain. There's no reason to think there is a soul, especially now that we know so much about our own bodies Answer...When I use the word soul, I mean it in the same context as consciousness or awareness. "This helps those religious people I try to convert understand...lol" Why do people's personalities change drastically when they suffer certain types of brain damage, if your consciousness is separate from the brain? Answer...If the physical brain is damaged or diseased or impaired in some way, naturally, there are going to be problems for the brain to interpret and express in the usual conscious way. Think of it this way, Your pc is a brain that communicates with the www through a server like Comcast for example. The www would represent the soul/ awareness/ consciousness. Every bit of information you share or type passes through your server and is stored someplace out there. Your pc as a brain can only do as told or taught and can only store so much information, so much of it is out there in the www. If your pc gets sick, or just dies you've lost it unless you saved everything on disk and in backup. However, you can buy another pc and get back on line and voila....There is your saved consciousness waiting for you. Thanks again for your comment.............Happy New Year!

[@Dopey-Donald]

Don Wilson The problem with all these ideas is that there is no evidence to back it up. Until you have evidence of your "soul," it is all just wishful thinking.

[@exoraluna3355]

An atheist does not believe in an *afterlife*. If you are sitting on the fence, waiting to see if there is an afterlife, you are probably agnostic.

[@Hakasedess]

exo ra luna Atheism and the belief in an afterlife are not mutually exclusive.

[@serengetilion]

After all, no one EVER came back and told us there's an after life, not one!!

[@Plysdyret1]

I want to live my life now! I want to go to America!

[@mrbirb-rp3lg]

tell that to covid

[@Lexidragon]

This video is so beautiful. I love what that Spanish? girl is saying

[@christopherconley1450]

It's called "faith" for a reason. What is "faith"? Faith is a belief in something without a shred of evidence that can be verified. It's nothing more than wishful thinking!

[@Johnclewes]

Exactly.

[@Paddyllfixit]

+Chris Conley You're entitled to your opinion sir, but it is misinformed. Have you read any material from both sides of the debate? I've been interested in this question ever since I could first read and have a library to match. I'm now in my 40s. It has very little to do with faith. Or any organized religion for that matter. The material body dies, but consciousness lives on. Similar to the other cycles in nature.

[@hen1117]

+Paddy Theosophist Could you define consciousness, and if it "lives on" after material death, what evidence do you have to support that claim?

[@Paddyllfixit]

IXIArmyofOneIXI Not even the most cutting-edge researchers can define what's termed *the hard problem of consciousness* and there's no way I could convey here what I've learned over thirty years. But two of the best works I have and highly recommend are *Irreducible Mind~Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century* and the recently published *Beyond Physicalism~Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality*. In the meantime, here's an interesting link, sites.google.com/site/chs4o8pt/skeptical_fallacies

[@christopherconley1450]

Paddy Theosophist I'm sure your a very intelligent person Paddy. I'm sure your highly educated and very well read. However, Paddy, there is no evidence to support your belief. I, like you, also wish for nothing more than to live on in some form after death. But there is no evidence for this belief Paddy! Zero! So without evidence, I suspend any judgements or conclusions no matter what I'd wish to be true. Actually, the EVIDENCE suggests that when we die, we as an individual cease to exist. And we ALL KNOW what not existing is like! This is because before we were born we didn't exist. Ceasing to exist and not existing are the same thing in my opinon! This is my personal view of the world, but it makes perfect sense and is supported by our current understanding of the brain. So without evidence, all we're left with is the endevor to live each day like it's our last! To savor every moment and squeeze every drop out of this life we possibly can! If we can accomplish this, and also leave this world a better place for the next generation, well then we've done the best we possibly could have. But this is just my opinon, my preponderance of the evidence. I have neither a 'Reverand' before my name or a PH.D. after. So what do I know?

[@spaveevo]

For some reason people understand the definition of death when it comes to other life but when it comes to humans they are unable to understand what death is. they think they will live forever and be immortal and be zoomed off to a special place and live forever with their family. Religion will always be around because people want to live forever and never actually face death. Sure its nicer to imagine we live forever but that doesn't make it true. Instead of people spending so much time thinking about living forever how about spending that time making this life better for those you leave behind who are actually still alive.

[@conansglasses2645]

this was beautiful

[@DiscordC]

To claim, "we know there is nothing after death," is ignorant, to claim " there is heaven and hell" after death, is ignorant. WE DON;T KNOW, what happens after death. WE DON'T KNOW. lack of evidence does NOT mean lack of existence.

[@ምክንያታዊውመናፍቅ]

just replace the phrase 'after death' with 'unicorn' and you will see how amazing your comment is ... lol

[@DiscordC]

John you are amazingly ignorant

[@DiscordC]

again, what happens after we die? WE DON'T KNOW, this is a perfectly logical answer WE DON'T KNOW, why is that so difficult to except? instead of hell, or heaven, or nothing , how about WE DON'T KNOW?

[@ምክንያታዊውመናፍቅ]

Discord​​​ did you watch the video?? Yes they don't know. Duh.. what makes you more worried the issue of after life or the existence of unicorn?? There is no evidence for both. Despite wishful thinking might make one of them more plausable. If your logic is consistent, then why you are not very comfortable to claim lack of evidence for the existence of unicorns doesn't mean unicors don't exist?? 

[@ziquaftynny9285]

Yes. But to suggest anything does happen in death is like suggesting that when no one notices something it does not exist. Or real proof is impossible and truth does not exist.

[@KeeganIdler]

I think you guys are all kidding yourselves; non-existence is terrifying and awful. It's a beautiful thought that we didn't exist before and aren't bothered by it, so we shouldn't be bothered by it in the future. And yea, obviously once I am dead I won't be bothered by that fact. Still, that is not the whole story. Just because I won't know it then doesn't matter. I know it now, that I won't exist in the future, and much prefer life. Just as it is wonderful to exist, it is terrible to stop living. It is terrible to never see those that have died. It is healthy to be afraid of death. Because the fact that we die, sucks. Sure there might be some benefits to thinking life is short, and sure we should be grateful toward this mindbogglingly lucky circumstance that we find ourselves in called consciousness. Still, lets not put rose colored classes on it and say that it is for the best that we die. It's not. It would be better to fly, but I'm still grateful I can walk. Reality is not perfect, but it's pretty damn good. Still, if it were true, their story is better.

[@deltaxcd]

Your are right. If you win billion $ in the lottery it will be great, and if you lose them next day you will be totally emotionally destroyed, death is biggest loss we can experience because we lose absolutely everything

[@KeeganIdler]

I don't think they mean eternal, so much as timeless, but even so, I'd imagine your way of thinking is changed to make it bearable.

[@deltaxcd]

Netrac Freeman Yes try to imagine at least 100 years. I bet you cant do that. we only have memory for 50 years if your brain remains healthy and keeps regenerating you will completely forget your past so your lifespan will be limited to 100 years window you will experience same event over and over without any knowledge that you are doing that over and over.

[@KeeganIdler]

Wow that makes my pipe-dream life goal of living for a few thousand years extremely depressing.

[@SpiriOfJoyV2]

deltaxcd Scientist look into billions of year into the future but you guys accept it because it's logic qq

[@timpind.8237]

My "heaven" would be being able to age at whatever pace I liked, being able to age backwards at will, and getting to choose exactly when I die, and where aside from that, I'm immortal and have wolverine-like healing.

[@AAaxxxxxx84]

Every time you sleep, you switch off your consciousness... imagine, you sleep without dream and you forget to switch on your consciousness forever... welcome to afterlife... Instead of finding the meaning, it’s better to do meaningful things everyday, be kind, don’t do something that we regret... because we never know when the consciousness turn off forever...

[@frankenfaq4706]

Did anyone cry a little watching this .. I did .. Fuck

[@tharealgaben9486]

you not alone *sniff

[@roberthasan512]

But think of all the time to fap XD

[@ilyem999]

My Papa just died. Maybe it's not the most comforting thing but I'm sort of glad he and the rest of my family could believe he lives on. It churns my stomach to think that he can't even remember anything anymore though.

[@kylepirigyi9347]

My mom passed away less than 6 months ago. I think she was/is the most truly alive person I have ever known. It seems so weird and wrong that she is no longer in the land of the living. I am sorry about your papa. Are you a writer, a poet? You seem kind of awesome. I understand, and am sorry if it is none of my business. I am not a creeper. I love people and want them to be the best version of themselves that they can be. You seem curious and interesting and well-spoken. My sympathy to you and your family. P.S. I love your username.

[@ilyem999]

Kyle Pirigyi My username is poetic nonsense, that's basically how I talk in flowery sounding nothings. I'm like a priest but without the imaginary friend or the arbitrary rules that I want to make everyone follow.

[@kylepirigyi9347]

The Soft Glow of Brightly Burning Hope So it's psyco-bable? I still like it.

[@LucasBatistussi]

I started crying from 6:51

[@DlcEnergy]

once this really brought on the meaningful stuff, it's one of those things that just make you sad, and can't change. i didn't cry over any of this. i was already completely aware i believed everything they said, before watching this video. it's just the music, and graphics put together, all those people telling you the solid truth about the universe, in the long run. you wouldn't wanna stick around forever. that would be eternity of inner hell. my eyes did get a tad bit watery, but no tears came out. just knowing that, i'm a conscious being, and if i died, and were still conscious somewhere, (heaven, hell, or wherever...) i would ultimately foresee my eternal doom right there... once that part of the video went on about the numbers of years... but that's the afterlife, represented outside time and space. so even though the universe we're in, will eventually extinct the human race, all of us would still be in some eternal afterlife, and after living as old as just 1000 years old, i would have already gone insane! :( people would be begging god for death...

[@segtendonerd64]

Y'know inspite of what everyone said, if I was offered immortality, I would take it.

[@pokeyerface]

There is an afterlife, but the way in which christianity sees it is wrong!!!

[@catsalive1]

WisdomoftheAges Reincarnation.

[@pokeyerface]

catsalive1 Indeed, that is a better view off what actually happens...

[@kurtcobain6886]

WisdomoftheAges Reincarnation sounds better

[@catsalive1]

John Constantine Reincarnation is the right answer. Cause and effect. You didn't ask me, but I had a past life regression and though the doctor didn't know me, it was a very plausible past life..

[@catsalive1]

***** I respect your right not to believe in reincarnation.

[@MrJFoxProductions]

I like that end-quote by Robert Green Ingersoll... The most enriching aspect of my life has been relationships with others, my talents I used to cater to them, where I've had and will soon have the chance to travel to see more of them, and the 'One' whom I, in this life, here and now, while I'm yet alive, have a relationship with. There is so much to see and do. I can say that as much as I've accomplished there is more to be done... and I'm not alone. I've had to sacrifice nothing, but accept everything that 'One' has offered me... Life is constant; whether one side is better than the other is not half as relevant as the 'One' whom I share this side with now... even into any other side... whether it is, or is not... but 'my' path has not disappointed me yet :) !!! So I encourage all: Find your own path to truth and fulfillment while making others happy along the way ... I know this is the key. As I love 'One' with all my mind, heart, and soul, so I must love my neighbor(s) as myself!

[@kellywilson-lawson1857]

I deeply hate religion but I don't hate the religious, I pity them not for their stupidity but for their desperation and fear and I honestly feel sorry for them

[@SadyhVonSchattig]

I hate this false dichotomy. That either you die forever or you go in one of the dichotomous places namely heaven/hell next to the despotic god or the sadistic devil. Anyone here even contemplated reincarnation? Or even Valhalla XD

[@intermedianguitarsguild4482]

no evidence

[@SadyhVonSchattig]

conservation of energy

[@intermedianguitarsguild4482]

Sadyh Von Schattig still no evidence.

[@SadyhVonSchattig]

having no evidence for something doesn't make it not true. it just justifies your choice of not believing in that thing. you have a point tho.

[@intermedianguitarsguild4482]

Sadyh Von Schattig yeah, i know i want reincarnation to be true and i definitely see how its possible, but im a stickler for evidence. because without evidence the belief of reincarnation is equal to the belief that monsters exist and are about to eat you. both have no evidence so they are equal in my mind. im not trying to insult your beliefs, im just telling you how i see it.

[@oldcomic1]

Terriffic video

[@pauldail7682]

I like it!

[@oldcomic1]

Paul Dail :-)

[@AAaxxxxxx84]

We are isolated as biological beings, our body is aging so traveling the universe is by telescopes, antennas, and other tools to detect anything from distance... a very long distance... and complexity of quantum physics... a super microscopic scale... we don’t fully understand it yet But I believe “we live for a good reason”... that’s my number 1 of what I believe... Thanks for the life given to me and the consciousness...

[@robotsrule5051]

It seems to me that the atheist isn't really interested in ultimate truth, but rather bashing the religious world view. There are many erroneous presumptions in this video. Example: At 00:45 you say the universe would continue in it's ways if Humanity weren't here to witness it. What about the observer effect of quantum mechanics? Also you say there is no evidence for the after life. Study NDEs. 40 years and tens of thousands of people researched is hardly no evidence. I am not religious. But I also know that making assumptions about things you can't possibly understand simply to "one up" religion is nonsense.

[@exoraluna3355]

If you want to talk to an atheist, one on one without preconceived notions on either side, then we could discuss this. Rather, it is you who have the preconceived notions. The Ultimate Truth, my friend is that energy cannot be created or destroyed. That is not religion. It is the universe. The religious world view, IMO, is wrong. If one is brainwashed from the day he is born to his death with religion, that is what he will believe. There isn't any reason to bash atheists because they do not believe in your religion or in any religion or none. Atheists are people, too!

[@amiemallich3255]

That effect, the 'observers', is not as valid as presented, not from my research. And NDEs are not reliable, they are eye-witness accounts, the LEAST reliable of all evidence.

[@robotsrule5051]

exo ra luna My "preconceived notions" come from the countless arguments and vitriolic video's on YT that I see by atheists. I'm sure there are many open minded individuals that claim to be "atheist", however, to me the moniker is restricting and insular. I have no affiliation with any such moniker for this reason. Just like "religion" has gotten a bad name because of many of it's loud mouth torch carriers, so has Atheism. People like Dawkins and his smug arrogant delivery, turns many open minded people off to the conversation.

[@robotsrule5051]

Gorgia Mallich simply put you need more research. The observer effect in Quantum Mechanics is proven science. As for NDE's yes they are eye witness accounts. If eyewitness accounts by the tens of thousands all corroborating the same experience isn't permissible as "evidence" for you, well so be it.

[@MultiGoban]

robotsrule the human mind has a tendency to hallucinate in those situations. It's like believing someone tripping on LSD. Do you believe in multiple dimensions cause thousand of people have been reported to see them after hallucinating? lawl u mek me laugf, nd i cri everi tiem

[@MrJslamer]

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. - Robert Green Ingersoll...... Wow... is that a load of crap. Let's take a murderer rapist for a moment. The ones that find happiness in killing and raping. If happiness is the only good, how are they in the wrong? You'd say "Well it's not right for them to kill someone." Well why isn't it? Who says it's not? If it makes them happy, then they are doing nothing wrong. The way to be happy is to make others so. But what about the people that don't care if other people are happy. In fact, some people find joy in other peoples pain. But as long as they're happy then they are in the good.... What a load of garbage. Where does the laws of morality come in? Without God, everything is permissible. I know that quote is heard a lot but it is totally right. Who among men have the right to tell me what's right and wrong? What makes you right? What standard are you getting your righteousness from? Some will say Evolution created our morality. Others will say societies created it. Both answers seem so far wrong. Evolution basis morality on survival, and we all know morality is more than survival, it's about what's right and wrong. Societies can't be trusted to give us morality. There have been hundreds of societies that have existed with horrible morality standards and yet become successful civilizations and populate. If it wasn't for America joining in the fight, Nazis would have spread like wild fire. What I'm saying is that there must be a standard of Right and Wrong in order to know who is in the right and who is in the wrong. Otherwise there is no right and wrong because it becomes subjective. And subjective morality is a scary thing.

[@Theolddaysaregone]

No what you just wrote is a load of crap. Why are you using the exception of psycho sadistic people on the qoute? The quote just say; lets be happy, and lets be happy right here and now, and the best thing we can do in order to be happy is to make other people happy. Sure there are some people who are mentally sick and sadistic. They dont change anything about the qoute. Investigations or tests (dont know if it is the correct word to use) have shown that one of the best ways to help people who have mental illness is by letting them help other people. This has huge effect on them and may help them to cure. Out of personal experience I believe that when I help other people it makes me a lot happier, so that is great. I help a person who will be happier as result and I my self will be happier too. Lets do that? It is a simple and fine qoute. You speak about morality. Morality comes from one place. Human reason. What do we use to consider if a moral is good or bad? Our minds, our reason. There are good morals to be found in the bible, maybe too in the Qoran and so (I dont really know them that well) but there are so many bad morals as well. We only pick what we think is good morals and we do that with thinking about them with reason and reason and thinking is developed through science. Science too shows something about morality. For example it shows that homosexuality is found all around in the animal kingdom. So it is natural that there a homosexual people. With reason we could say; "Is it fair, that because a person is born with need of the same sex, or by being influenced by society our just a feeling inside becomes homosexual, he isnt as good as the rest of us?" What does religion has to say to this? Religion isnt the way to make good morality. There is no right and wrong. Only what we humans create and so far the western world and other places of course seems to be doing okay in creating a good morality; a morality based on human wealth and values in this way. The places where there is this absolute religios morality is where the suffering is.

[@deltaxcd]

Ancrown1337 What he wrote is correct what you wrote is propaganda lies. let's start with homosexuslity: what diference it makes if it is found in nature or not? or what difference it makes if it is natural or not? Ebola virus is very much natural, so is it good? If you think thats irrelevant why are bringing up totaly irrelevant arguments? next is why do you think that sadistic people are one who are sick? Maybe those psychopaths are exactly one who are healthy while everyone else is sick? if we just use argument of majority it means that morality is nothing more than opinion of majority which will simply destroy everyone who thinks different. lets take cannibalism as example dead human body is perfectly edible and useful source of protein , but not even most liberal societies with most progressive morality allow to consume dead human bodies while old primitive societies do not see anything wrong with that. so it is pretty evident that morality is nothing more than some arbitrary baseless idea.

[@Theolddaysaregone]

deltaxcd What I want to say, is that homosexuality is a natural thing, just like ebola as you say. It isnt irreleveant, because it shows that homosexuals persons dont themselves "choose" to become wrong in the way for example christianity puts it. That was the only thing I wanted to draw out with the natural thing, okay? However homosexuality does not cause suffering as ebola does. That becomes clear with science. So with reason; "Homosexuality is a natural phenonomon and people may not have "decided" to be homosexuals, it does not bring any suffering, shouldnt homosexuality be allowed and sholdnt we consider homosexuals to be just as good as us?" YES says logic and reason, no says christianity causing the suffering. Yeah ofc sadistic people arent sick no they are the healthy ones. No it is us that puts it our own way, but dont you think it is good that we consider physchopathics as the "sick" ones and there fore the ones that should be helped? With your way of discussing, we get no where. When I write I expect people to enter the conversation with human values and logic. We cant really define psysical health, like we cant define mental health, but we can investigate ( with science) the body and the mind and see what causes things. Then we can pull values out of this. For example; murdering causes people to feel bad, we should not allow murdering. That is a good value. "so it is pretty evident that morality is nothing more than some arbitrary baseless idea." The good morality we know, that I for example experience in my country Denmark, I would argue is a morality based on human mental wealth. I think most people would find cannibalism disgusting and frightening. If that was allowed we would have suffering. People would feel very bad knowing that people eat each other. If it was the case, that people wasnt afraid of it and just felt normally and there fore cannibalism didnt caused any suffering, it should be allowed yeah. Morality is what you make it, but the best morality is the morality based human mental wealth investigated with science and reason, it isnt the absolute morality from an old book.

[@deltaxcd]

Ancrown1337 You are replacing one irrelevant thing with another: now for some reason you bring up that it is somehow important if homosexuslity is choice or not. Does it make any difference? if not why you bring that up? Considering suffering there are lots of things that bring happiness but they are also considered bad, like for example drugs: they make those who use them quite happy. Euthanasia/suicide to end useless suffering is also mostly considered bad. Usually something what is good for one human can be bad for another even if you are plain happy for nothing that can cause suffering for me because I hate seeing you happy when I am sad. And that rule is quite strictly obeyed, when some people die other people are not allowed to be happy we are all required to look sad and grieving. "When I write I expect people to enter the conversation with human values and logic." Isn't that same as assumption that everyone must believe in same God? those human values are your personal beliefs, there are no universal values. If we already have common values we do not need any discussion about morality, because those values themselves are morality. If you want to use argument of majority it is completely fine, but in that case just admit that morality is nothing more than majority forcing your beliefs on minority (psychopaths, gays whatever else is in that minority) "I think most people would find cannibalism disgusting and frightening. If that was allowed we would have suffering." here we have chicken and egg problem, because people consider cannibalism disgusting because it is what society already believes mayans had no problems with cannibalism and they thought it is prety good thing to rip out hearts from living people. I doubt if you will declare all their civilization to be mentally ill. If we were taught from early days that it is ok nobody would say otherwise. People saying that cannibalism is wrong would be no different than those stupid vegans who try to convince everyone that eating pork is wrong. "it isnt the absolute morality from an old book." what difference it makes if it comes from book or not? in any case it is just random ideas that happen to become popular and get enforced by society. It is not like you can tell which morality is better. I think at best what we can do is to make some minimal set of principles that could suit most people and in that case, best morality will be amorality.

[@Theolddaysaregone]

deltaxcd I dont understand your first two lines?? I just made it all clear with the "Is it fair... " It is SO relevant. You are pointing out some good things especially the thing with "When I write I expect people to enter the conversation with human values and logic." It made me think. yes morality is what you say it is, but we need morality and what is good morality? How ever you look at it, it should have something to do with human mental health. When you consider ethics you consider the mental health of people and if we with reasoning question these ethics with a stand point from that, that is what makes good morality. Dont you agree? This is what ended the slavery, this is what ended so much suffering.

[@SarcasmIsMySecondName]

I'm not religious, I even hate modern church and priests who want only money. But there is a difference between religion and faith. It's ridiculous that atheists are so narrow-minded and paradoxically, irrational 'cause you think that Big Bang just exploded out of great nothingness and we, humans, are nothing more than sacks of blood, and our emotions are just a matter of chemical and biological reactions of the brain. This world isn't just a set of lucky incidents as some scientists claim. Just look how many atheists converted into Christianity or even other religions. I think all religions lead to the same God, you can say what you want but saying that people believe in the afterlife just to comfort themselves or just because they're afraid of darkness is just silly. If I die and nothing happens, who cares? Just think. I do have respect for atheists, but it's really astonishing how you perceive the world. What about people who had contacts with spirits? Just as every joke is based on true story, similarly with religions. What about exorcisms and miracles which happen after prayers? What about the scientific evidence that people who are spiritually active tend to be healthier? What about testimonies of people who used to drink, abuse drugs, leading to self-destruction and suddenly came out of it after prayers? And finally, what about people who experienced NDE? Do you really think it's all made up and that's just the matter of our brain that struggles to live? Well, then the nature and evolution themselves have to be genius. Really? Congratulations.

[@brett3862]

Yawn. All of those things are either irrelevant or have been debunked many times. 1) Big Bang- We dont know what existed before the big bang exactly, and "atheists" dont claim to know. Nice generalizations about people who just dont believe in a god/gods. It wasnt "great nothingness" as far as we can tell, it was a singularity. Its not "lucky incidents", its just how things happened. There are trillions of planets and stars in the universe, its statistically likely that at least on one planet in one solar system, the right elements would be present and live would form at least as a simple cell. 2) Conversions? That means nothing, people can change their minds all they want, it doesnt justify their beliefs in anyway if they have more or less people suckered into it. 3) There is no evidence that a god/gods exist, so thats still a silly assertion. 4) Spirits? You mean "psychics" and people who "talk with the dead"? Thats just silly, its not direct evidence of anything. Its coincidence that in a room full of tons of people they would get a name and characteristic correct. They are great at observation, trial and error, and reading people's reactions. 5) Exorcisms? Theres no evidence that any supernatural beings exist, and most supposed video evidence just shows people convulsing and speaking in tongues. You can easily do those things without being taken over by a nonexistant spirit. Its a placebo effect or a little show someone does to get attention. Prayers have been shown by studies to do worse than chance. Just because you prayed for someone to get better, doesnt mean that a god cared to fix them. They just got better. How about the millions of unanswered prayers, the billions who have died in history to natural causes who likely prayed to some deity and got no answer? Thats a shitty track record for a supposedly all loving god. 6) More healthy? Not sure what study that is, but statistics are often misleading and dont mean much in certain contexts. Look at Norway, its a secular nation with the least amount of religious people and it has the LEAST crime and its people are well off and happy. 7) Sure, they were religious and it helped them get better. Thats irrelevant to the issue, you dont need to be religious to have willpower. 8) NDE have been debunked many times, a brain under stress is releasing tons of steroids and chemicals which cause serious hallucination. A brain cant form coherent memories without adequate supply of oxygen, and if it is revived then it will scramble to piece those memories together. Often, the person comes up with the memories later on to attempt to either lie or decieve themselves. IF someone is religious, and they nearly die, they will interpret whatever hallucination they had through the screen of their religious views. 9) Not even going to address your last statement............... Anthony Edwards earlier comment, thanks for making it easy mate: Consider an Alzheimer's patient. As their brain physically degrades, so too do their neural capacities, all of them. First they lose their short term memories and, one by one, all elements of their conscious selves are lost to a persistently vegetative state. A postmortem of Alzheimers patients will show pervasive destruction to their gray matter. We can observe the same loss of faculties with brain injuries. Enough is know in neuroscience these days that a diabolical yet skillful neurosurgeon could render you unable to perceive shapes, colors, language, or your past. We are our brains.... period.

[@Earthad23]

"God" as a singular self-subsistent substance, with both matter and thought being attributes of such.

[@brett3862]

Jules Dash Please, dont spew out word salad like Deepak Chopra. "Self-subsistent substance" makes absolutely no sense.

[@Earthad23]

Actually that's from the philosopher Baruch Spinoza. You may be familiar with the Einstein Quotes where he mentions him.

[@Earthad23]

“I believe in Spinoza’s God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings.”

[@dracolaozzzed7807]

One of the greatest video ever on KZbin

[@dannyduchamp]

Totally disagree with this video. Not that I believe in an afterlife, that's absurd. But the idea that is so often espoused that death is a good thing in the end, and in actuality an eternal life would be worse than non-existence is almost just as absurd. Even if it does suck to live forever, it's better than nothing right? And that's what death actually brings. Nothing. It's not positive, it's not meaningful, it's not even deep really. It just sucks. But it's also true.

[@dannyduchamp]

I didn't quite follow that. Are you agreeing with me or what?

[@roypage7665]

Danny Duchamp When you talk,shit comes out. ha!

[@YoungLiteTV]

Danny Duchamp I actually have to disagree with your comment. I find more meaning in a mortal life then an eternal life. Here's why: a mortal life humbles you to realize, nothing lasts forever. It makes you cherish the things/people closest to you. It's a "call to action" so to speak. It's saying BE GREAT! BE LEGENDARY! LEAVE A LEGACY!

[@dannyduchamp]

***** You say that now, while talking about death down the line sometime. But I doubt the day would ever come where you would say, okay, been awesome, I'm done now.

[@dannyduchamp]

I don't think someone wanting eternity is selfish. Is it selfish to want the last cookie when you've had none? No, it's selfish to take it though. My wanting to live forever impedes on nobody else so it isn't selfish. Anyway, my contention is really with the way people try to make themselves feel better by pretending death is a good thing.

[@justincredible.]

The fear of death is the main reason religion is so popular. I don't fear being dead, I do fear dying.

[@Xanduur]

I watched this a while back, and this video still instills hope in me. If only the people who are so blinded by religion and supernatural beliefs could see the world as it really is.

[@ilovesounds47]

and what's that ?

[@shawnstatzer95]

I am not atheist, however, I am subscribed to no religion. My experiences are not yours, as yours are not mine. But if we can gather to appreciate the things that we can reasonably understand and share, than we have taken the first steps to truly living in unity and in peace. I appreciate my atheist friends, and although I am not an atheist, I think that I can say that they are generally exceptionally reasonable and trustworthy.