The Future of Atheism

Atheism exploded in popularity in recent decades. We've now reached a point where we can test some of the predictions of the "new atheists." David Wood discusses the rise and fall of the new atheism, and what the future of atheism will look like.
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[@apologeticsroadshow]

Which is stronger: atheism or Islam? 🤔

[@a_person737]

None of the above

[@johnwilliams5596]

I would think Islam is stronger force in the world than atheism. My evidence would be that Islam advances in the west as Christians become atheist. There is a desire within the human heart to believe in something bigger than ourselves. Atheist do not offer a compelling case for this.

[@zhivkok.8336]

Islam is even dumber.

[@heatherxmars46]

@@apologeticsroadshow Islam. Only because the vast majority of atheists don't bash Islam nearly as much as christianity. We all know why. Atheist are afraid of muslims, change my mind lol.

[@Bogudarz]

Me

[@RickyVis]

I was a hardcore atheist especially in the my early 20's. Now i'm 30 and recently I started visiting church every now and then. Last Sunday during the sermon some kind of power or force came over me and I broke down crying. I decided and declared to give my life to Jesus and professed my faith to the whole church.

[@jeffg4570]

Congratulations! I encourage you to keep reading the Bible, and never stop asking questions… that’s how we grow in the truth.

[@markshark1613]

That power is God The Holy Spirit

[@joel1110]

@@jeffg4570and in Spirit!

[@patrickthomas2119]

I was a young earth creationist when I was in my early teens and when I realized how utterly full of crap that entire ideology is I became a pretty decided atheist that thought any thoughts of a God were utter nonsense. I spent almost all my 20's like this but I did not have some amazing power come over me. For me, it was investigation into science, specifically my field of physics, that made me have a harder and harder time not seeing clear direction and too much logic and convenience in the laws of nature to not be the product of will. It just is too incredible to be random. I have no emotional investment in this, I think though the moral, cultural and element of truth is too important not be dedicated to it. I go to church, I bring my kids to church, I try to teach them how to pray (even though I feel like nothing is listening inside), I try to be involved in my church and not just giving superficial lip service. I can't help thought hat I have real doubts, and that I feel like even if there is a creator it simply is not interested in us. When I pray I feel like nothing is there. But I KNOW that feelings can be deceiving and despite what I feel I also know what I know; and the evidence I cannot deny. I call myself a reluctant agnostic theist but practice Christianity because I want that sincere devotion for my children and I also figure I can fake it until it is real (or die trying).

[@BBQPorkSandwich3]

@@patrickthomas2119It seems as the Holy Spirit is knocking at the door of your heart. Let Him in

[@DamnItCarl-]

Was an atheist all my life. Spoke badly about Christianity. Came to Christ this year at 42. Apologised to my friend at work for everything I’ve ever said, whether he heard it or not. Took me a while to get into praying but I have apologised profusely and asked for forgiveness. But when my friend hugged me and said he knew it wasn’t from a place of hate. Didn’t matter when or how but was extremely pleased and supportive I’m now a follower. Actually brought a tears to my eyes discussing how it came about. To everyone here reading this, please accept my apologies also. 🙏🏼❤️🇬🇧

[@M1389-v2o]

It takes a courage to accept you were wrong and change your lifes entire philopsohy Good job, brother

[@elsantoschalbi4459]

I like how much you apologize. Leading people away from God is a huge burden the more you realize how desirable God is. If you never did content that reached thousands of people, and only spoke badly about God from time to time, then I'd say you got out of town with a scratch. Imagine being Dawkins or RR, having lead over 100k people away from God with a single video. Now each time you realize a new level of God's glory, you will also have to apologize for a new level of harm caused by leading others away from God. This will make the initial path to God very bothersome, while everyone else is free to finally be happy once they start their walk with God. It must feel very cursed to be in this condition. That's why I say atheists be smart, don't talk, don't make videos.

[@DamnItCarl-]

@@M1389-v2o thank you so much, brother.

[@Eric19877]

God bless you, from Ireland.

[@DamnItCarl-]

@@elsantoschalbi4459 yeah it has caused me a lot of guilt etc. I found it hard to start praying because of this. I wasn’t going to just go with the flow and say sorry. I wanted it t be real, heartfelt, genuine without any doubt from me. I pray a lot now and most of it is thanks now I see how things in my life have gone. I know I’ve never been and will never be good enough for heaven. That doesn’t mean I won’t try, but I also know of the huge sacrifice given for us from the LORD for our sins. May sound silly to those experienced but I know this is all new and a huge learning curve but better late than never.

[@terrfomp92]

“If the world hates you, understand that it hated me before it hated you” John 15:18

[@josephinelamkins7661]

I swear just reading this touches all the way down to my 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙😻💗

[@gabrielteo3636]

No one hates you (except maybe people in other religions). You are just human and probably wrong...just like the people in those other religions.

[@scienceguy5266]

I have a question about Christianity, rly I seek your opinions. Don't ignore this

[@rcgmediavision]

​@@scienceguy5266Frank Turek, John Lennox or Sam Shamoun might have the answers for you. Check them out.

[@harold2]

​@@scienceguy5266why

[@bills1669]

"Heaven is a fairy tale for those afraid of the dark" -Dr. Stephen Hawking "Atheism is a fairy tale for those afraid of the light" -Dr. John Lennox

[@gabrielteo3636]

We love the light of reason. It's called the scientific method.

[@E45F678]

I love that quote from Prof. Lennox. An amazing man. God bless him always. And you too 😉

[@aquariusrising144]

@@gabrielteo3636 Even the scientific method has it's flaws. Look up the Raven Paradox.

[@vharboe]

Hawking's philosophy was as good as his speech. Brilliant in some narrow aspects, a complete vegetable in others. But he had wit and humor that EVERYBODY should take lessons from! His appearance in the Big Bang Theory is and will always be legendary!

[@aquariusrising144]

@@gabrielteo3636 The scientific method can't tell you anything about the things that are most important to humanity, such as love, intent, compassion, etc. It cannot answer the "why". It also has an inherent flaw called the Raven Paradox. It's nothing more than a method of examining the physical world. Useful tool & nothing more.

[@BeninoisAxel]

I used to attack religion and spam “sky daddy”. Best thing that ever happened to me was accepting Jesus as the Truth, the way the light and my lord.

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

Hallelujah! All the angels are rejoicing because you have chosen to put your total trust in Jesus as your Savior and your God!! Please do continue to keep your heart and mind focused on Jesus Christ who is the Author and the Finisher of your faith, who reveals the heavenly Father to you by the Holy Spirit, for one day you will see Him face to face!!!

[@alasarcher400]

Do you call him "sky daddy" tho?

[@RobertsonGerson]

God bless you brother ❤️✝️🙏

[@tacoenjoyer8623]

@@alasarcher400 Kinky OwO

[@kymdickman8910]

Welcome back home, and praise You, Saviour!

[@kennethandrews6295]

My atheist friend did the same thing. I told her I got saved, this was 2017, and we were both hopeless junkies and could never stop. I told her about all the miraculous changes true belief in Christ made in my life. Despite her swearing she would do anything to quit drugs. She was so incapable of believing she never even considered taking what I said seriously. She ended up committing suicide in 2022. Don't be like my friend Heather. Despite thinking no one really will miss me, the consequences are much much greater and true change is possible through Christ

[@brightbite]

Sincerely sorry for your loss.

[@myles3856]

Sorry for your loss

[@logicmeister1821]

Damn... sorry about your friend You did everything you could

[@bobblacka918]

Sad. I can't believe some people actually think suicide is a solution to their misery.

[@AlphaOmega-is3ge]

That's sad to hear. I am sorry for your loss.

[@shivadarling18]

2010s Atheists: People will become more scientific and rational! 2020s: "Her testicals"

[@aquariusrising144]

"men have periods." 🤣

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

Men can get pregnant!!😂😂😂😂

[@wizardsongs5409]

Virgin birth 🤣

[@aquariusrising144]

@@wizardsongs5409 An intelligent atheist. 🤣🤣🤣

[@DankillerGTAhero4]

That one's true though. 😁

[@orboakin8074]

In my teens, i emigrated to Canada from Nigeria and i began to gravitate towards atheism because I wanted to seem more enlightened and also more progressive. Then, i saw what they were like. They would lie about Christianity and history like ignoring how Christianity help d develop modern science a d also abolished slavery. They constantly attacked my Christian upbringing and were also completely toxic and irrational. They also started pushing toxic identity politics, especially racial victimhood, and that was it for me. I went back fully to ny Catholic faith and am glad i did.

[@johnharris7353]

Amen brother !

[@NajYlib-o3d]

How to get to heaven according to the Bible, is very simple. You don't get to heaven by doing good or being good, not by following the laws. Because we all fall short of God's glory, which is perfection, because of our sins, which we commit unintentionally or intentionally, so it is impossible to get to heaven by our own doing, therefore we need a Savior from sin. Even by baptism, you don't have to be baptized, it won't get you to heaven, but if you want, you can be baptized, it's more of a physical symbol. Salvation is only by faith alone, by grace through faith in Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior. There is no other way to get to heaven than through our Lord Jesus Christ, neither by yourself nor by other people. Only by believing in the gospel of Jesus Christ, our Lord, you will be saved. If someone denies Jesus as Son of God, the Messiah, then that person does not have God the Father. Believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. This is how you get saved and receive the free gift, the promise that God has given to those who believe in the gospel, the inheritance of eternal life. It's very simple. Believe that our Lord Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross, for you, then he was buried and in three days later God the Father raised our Lord Jesus from the dead. This is the gospel, death, burial and resurrection, believe it and trust completely only in Him, our Lord Jesus Christ, and not in yourself or anyone else, and you will be saved and receive eternal life. Once saved, your spirit within you, which was dead, before you were saved, is born again, comes to life. Because when someone is not saved, their spirit is dead, but once you are saved by believing in the gospel, your spirit in your body will come to life, is born again. The new you, which is the inner born-again spirit, is fully cleansed by the blood of Jesus our Lord, and sealed by the Holy Spirit, hence your born again spirit is eternally secured, holy, sinless, which simply cannot sin and it will enter in heaven. While your old you, your physical body, which is and always will be corrupted, a sinner, and will always sin even after you got saved. You become two natures, they both, the old and new you, are still joined but at the same time fully separated and are always in conflict with each other, because your physical body is still alive on earth. The new you (born again, that's the spirit) and the old you (the first born, that's your physical body), the two natures. But your old you, your physical body, will die and decay on earth, while your new you, born again of the inner spirit, born of God, by believing in the Gospel, will enter heaven. Once you got saved, received eternal life. The eternal life is a free gift, a promise, given by God to those who believe in Gospel. No one can snatch you out of Son and Father's hand. There is literally nothing you can do on earth to lose your eternal life, once you believe in Gospel and get saved, nothing. Whatever sins you commit, unintentionally or intentionally, nothing, even if you unlive someone, nothing, once saved, always saved. For if that were to happen, then God would break His own promise to us, who believe in the Gospel, but God would never break His promise to us, first of all, God cannot lie, because He is holy, sinless, the truth, it's impossible for God to lie. The bigger the sins you commit, the bigger the punishment you will receive, while you are still alive on earth, even to point of cruel death, but at the end of the day, you will go in heaven, you simply cannot lose your eternal life. Doing good deeds only gets you gifts in heaven and blessings on earth, the less you do, the less you receive gifts in heaven and blessings on earth. Repentance/repent means a change of mind, it does not directly mean asking for forgiveness of sins or turn away from sins, but in literally meaning, it means "change of mind". When it comes to getting saved, repentance only happens once, because once a person understands the truth (the Gospel) and accepts it in their heart, at that very moment the person has committed a change of mind, a repentance, and believed in the Gospel, by faith alone. There are two justifications in the Bible. The first is, justified in the sight of God, the mankind cannot be justified in the sight of God by the works of the law, it is impossible, for we all fall short of the glory of God, because of sin, Hence the salvation comes only by being justified by faith alone, in the sight of God, by believing in the Gospel, and not by works of the law, not by good deeds. The second is, justified in the sight of mankind, men and women, not by God. Most people see good deeds as proof of a person's faith, but those who hardly do good deeds and commit only minor or mostly major sins, then the faith is dead, useless, unprofitable, in the sight of mankind, men and women, a bad image. When a saved person committs evil deeds, at first, the people, will doubt the person's faith or think that they are not saved at all, and therefore the faith is dead in their sight. But the person is literally saved, just weak. But what matters the most is that we are justified in sight of God, by faith alone.

[@luzclara3855]

😊🙏💕

[@frusia123]

Atheism and insanity. That's precisely why I didn't become an atheist when I left the Catholic church over 20 years ago. I tried the "no-God" approach and my mental health worsened very quickly. So I never really rejected the idea of God, and have always had a great deal of admiration for Jesus, but I became a spiritual nomad, looking for truth. Later I noticed that in a Western society it was almost impossible to live without some sort of treatment for mental health, whether pharmacological or behavioural. I thought that was peculiar. After trying several different religious traditions, I came back to Christianity. At first simply because it seemed to have the most beneficial effect on my mental health, and I thought that Christianity is a beautiful religion, certainly not worse than Buddhism or Taoism, so I thought why not. Later, I experienced the grace of the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Good Shepherd, and here I am: healed of my turmoil.

[@future-ui2be]

instant sub. Love your channel desc. you know how in atheism you are bullied into saying "I am replacable, just another collection of atoms, I wasn't chosen to be part of existence bc it was random, etc??" and this is supposed to be humility. But from a mental health perspective, it disorientates and alienates oneself from existence. Thanks for your testimony.

[@apubakeralpuffdaddy392]

You never knew what you really had in Catholicism. Give it a second look. Except try the real Catholicism of pre Vatican II. Read / look up Scott Hahn, Steve Ray, Jimmy Akin, Trent Horn John Bergsma, Brant Petrie, Tim Staples.

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

Hallelujah! All the angels are rejoicing because you have chosen to put your total trust in Jesus as your Savior and your God!! Please do continue to keep your heart and mind focused on Jesus Christ who is the Author and the Finisher of your faith, who reveals the heavenly Father to you by the Holy Spirit, for one day you will see Him face to face!!!

[@kymdickman8910]

Welcome home! God is SO Good, isn’t He?

[@aliciabell6688]

This is where my friend Zack is right now, he's a spiritual nomad losing his mind without God.

[@ThomasAlanWayne]

1980’s Atheist will throw their DND die at the modern day Atheist’s face and tell them to get a life is golden.

[@prestonyannotti7661]

Cool atheists played Warhammer 40k

[@joeluigi2008]

​@@prestonyannotti7661Name one cool atheist, I'll wait... Mike Winger doesn't count

[@filpok8445]

@@joeluigi2008 thats impossible 💀

[@sadscientisthououinkyouma1867]

@@prestonyannotti7661 And those who are religious played BattleTech (and then watched as endless lawsuits prevented it from growing).

[@andrewkelley9405]

@@prestonyannotti7661 isn't Big E violently atheist? that explains why people went crazy LOL.

[@MTx485]

The new Atheists have been a major reason why society started replacing God with wokeness

[@user-md7uc5tx6b]

Matt Dillahunty is a good example. Dude says he believes in science - but says the "woman" he's dating is a woman - when in reality it's a biological man. “When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.” - G.K. Chesterton

[@theastronomer5800]

I'm an atheist as are most of my friends. We live very normal lives and don't stand out, get along with others, want what is best for our families and our countries and certainly don't care for ANY of this wokeness bs. There is a minority who have gone off the deep end and have some crazy views (and are vocal about them), however, we should not all be judged by this small subset (this also happens with many other groups of people, Christians, Muslims, etc have some crazy views as well that they want to push onto others).

[@maxalaintwo3578]

A lot of atheists thought that was a good thing anyway. Most of Reddit is left leaning

[@sorguvasfen2426]

This. I used to be an extremist new-age atheist until I realized how silly and hypocritical it all was. I’m not religious but have started going to church mainly for social connection and community. I’m half-Russian so I decided to go to a Russian Orthodox Church

[@jaspernatchez]

It's so amusing to watch folks like you condemn being woke to truth. You prefer blissful slumber to protect you.

[@ahmedjaky2118]

I was an atheist. Now I'm a Christian. Praise the Lord. ❤

[@E45F678]

I'm truly happy for you. One more soul saved.

[@GodSci]

Wonderful! I was an atheist as well. However, over time, I grew disillusioned with atheism and its claims. The mocking and insulting behavior of atheists (like Dawkins and his internet followers), the intellectual vacuity of atheism (there is NO logical or rational argument for atheism), the psychological emptiness of atheism (psychological nihilism), the moral dysfunction of atheism (there are no rational grounds for normative morality in atheism), and the intellectual dishonesty of atheism (e.g., claiming to be a mere absence of belief, but substituting positive belief in materialism or naturalism or atheism itself, while being unable to defend those beliefs) turned me off to atheism over time. I am an ex-atheist, a philosophical theist, and a mere-Christian (cf. CS Lewis).

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

As an atheist, I genuinely sympathize with you. Theism is, by its very nature, an irrational position to hold.

[@BloodDracolich]

Let me guess, you're either emotionally weak or suddenly found yourself in an emotionally weak position for reason or another and became so dumb and desperate that you believe anything at that point if you thought it would make you feel better. That's usually the common thread all these kinds of stories have.

[@MrTsuvi]

Have fun with your new sky daddy

[@collegepennsylvania837]

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you." - CS Lewis

[@franciscolaureano7703]

I’m old. 100% can confirm what Dr. Wood says about 80s atheists

[@chrisbrooks4032]

Dr.!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@franciscolaureano7703]

@@chrisbrooks4032 what do you call people with PhDs?

[@BeRitCrunk]

Can confirm, but the seeds toward nu-atheism were sprouting sometime between then and 9/11, such that I feel that September was more a catalyst than fulcrum. I distinctly remember prior to 2000, friends, in casual discussions among 'agnostics' (myself included at the time) barking the "proof proof proof" routine in smug self righteous superiority. In the sense I still consider those persons friends, and that it is by no fault of my own to have been dragged out of the dark, please pray even a little prayer for them that we can welome them home also as family.

[@GodSci]

Good point!

[@chrisbrooks4032]

@@franciscolaureano7703 if your phd came from a paper mill Christian school, it doesn’t count. Furthermore, one can be educated to to no end and still be a goddamn retard. Once you accept magical thinking, you are an idiot. No exceptions

[@riftshredder5438]

The saying never gets old, "You never know what you have until it's gone"

[@georgewagner7787]

I saw a thought provoking video about pray for your pastor bc what if all the godly men are gone

[@GodSci]

true!

[@wolves201]

Richard Dawkins, seeing first hand the fruits of his work where Islam has filled the void, now calls himself a cultural Christian.

[@FEiSTYFEVER]

​@@wolves201So he wants to benefit from the bountiful fruits that grow from having Christians tend the orchard but he mocks and laughs at the gardeners that tend the place. What an ungrateful man, for all of his intelligence he possesses, he has not a single iota of wisdom. I wiah someone had told him the story of 'Chesterton's Fence' in his earlier years.

[@Kriel_Drache]

@@wolves201 And yet in spite of that, he still considers it a good thing that Christianity is on the decline. Sadly, he still doesn't seem to understand that a society can't be culturally Christian without Christianity. Something will replace those Christian morals, a new set of morals, and a simple look around the world will show anyone with eyes to see that human morality can be distressingly flexible if left to its own devices.

[@The_Way_Ministries]

I was an atheist from an early age, until June of this year. A total of 28 years. June 28th to be exact, I had a super natural experience with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. I'll never turn back, Jesus saved me from myself and I don't even want to look back to my old life. Amen ✝️ 🙏

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

Hallelujah! All the angels are rejoicing because you have chosen to put your total trust in Jesus as your Savior and your God!! Please do continue to keep your heart and mind focused on Jesus Christ who is the Author and the Finisher of your faith, who reveals the heavenly Father to you by the Holy Spirit, for one day you will see Him face to face!!!

[@The_Way_Ministries]

@@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid amen 🙏

[@gabrielteo3636]

Did you know people from Islam, Mormonism, Judaism, Hinduism and about 4000 other religions have supernatural religious experiences, too? Isn't that interesting? It's almost as if they are all human and fallible?

[@RadicalAngel]

That's my birthday!!! Praise Jesus!!!! 🎉❤

[@johnwipf9499]

Praise the Lord

[@raphaelfeneje486]

Christianity has been surviving for thousands of years and will still prevail. The truth always prevail. ✝️🙏❤️

[@chrisbrooks4032]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 goddamn retard

[@springyoutube2856]

We will see.

[@GustavoAndresHerrera]

​@@springyoutube2856 yes we will, and that's what Pascal was thinking when he did his wager.

[@springyoutube2856]

@@GustavoAndresHerrera You are talking about Pasclas wager like some person can choose to believe, but no

[@GustavoAndresHerrera]

@@springyoutube2856 I know, you can't force yourself to believe but you can't give up looking for the Truth either. The best advice I've seen for that (I didn't come up with it) is "try living like you believe for a time... try it, see what happens". The comparison is a Gothic Catedral: it looks old, dark and weird FROM THE OUTSIDE but when you get in, you fall in your knees in AWE. We all have our path in life. Good luck in yours!

[@wrestling46nerd]

In my younger years, I was a firm atheist. Though religion was stupid, pointless and caused all of the world's problems. It wasn't until I started really studying the bible and started attending mass services that I truly was awakened. Then I put all my love and faith in Jesus....now I'm a Christian who truly found peace in life. I truly owe everything to God. He helped me see how wrong I truly was. I was blind, Then I learned to see. My Lord, My saviour Jesus Christ, with all my love and gratitude I say thank you and please grant peace to everyone who in need of your guidance.🙏

[@Mo7amad281]

Thank you, David. I left islam, and now I'm considering Christianity because of you !

[@arafatmarius331]

Off so sad...You really didn't like to research what this guy is aberating Either you are a Christian that tell people you left Islam in hope that you do "God work"

[@blakops316]

🙏

[@markshark1613]

Good on you brother

[@theopneustos3712]

come on in. the water is fine.

[@user-ws1pp2hg2j]

Praise the Lord Jesus Christ! Congratulations for leaving the Satan allah. Start reading the Bible everyday and obey the gospel and you will see the change If you truly repent.

[@bills1669]

Tenets of Atheism - 1. "There is no God!" 2. "I hate him!"

[@gabrielteo3636]

I don't hate God any more than Voldermort or Thanos or Spiderman

[@deimos7577]

Ah yes, the boring comic book comparison from the super smart atheists

[@gabrielteo3636]

@@deimos7577 It brings home the point of hating a probably fictional character.

[@haitaelpastor976]

I believe in God, and hate him to my very core.

[@gabrielteo3636]

@@haitaelpastor976 Don't hate God. It's just a fiction people made up. Whatever bad thing happened...it's just because the universe doesn't care about us. We're just evolved apes and bad things will happen.

[@KMM61873]

This video made me cry. I was an atheist up until July 2023 because of these new atheists. And what made me cry was when that woman told Dawkins she wanted to commit suicide and now she doesn’t. And his attitude towards her was disgusting. But when she said that the tears started flowing because she’s right. Me too.

[@Sumwhere-N-Between]

Welcome to the Kingdom of God, my brother or sister in the Lord Jesus Christ! You made the right decision and you definitely won’t regret it! God bless ✝️🙏❤️‍🔥

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

Hallelujah! All the angels are rejoicing because you have chosen to put your total trust in Jesus as your Savior and your God!! Please do continue to keep your heart and mind focused on Jesus Christ who is the Author and the Finisher of your faith, who reveals the heavenly Father to you by the Holy Spirit, for one day you will see Him face to face!!!

[@wayneandrews1022]

Dawkins’ comment may have been insensitive but it was not inaccurate. Perhaps as her friend he knew he could speak to her rationally and not emotionally and she would be okay with it.

[@judah9906]

​@@wayneandrews1022His reponse was not only wrong but also perfectly encapsulates what you new atheist are. A bunch of soulless beasts.

[@tiboute3827]

@@wayneandrews1022 It was innacurate. Jesus is the truth. Live with it.

[@adambueno978]

"The great" Richard Dawkins is pretty much begging Christianity to come back and save his county from Islam.

[@mangaranwow2543]

I am a cultural Christian ~ Richard Dawkins

[@maxalaintwo3578]

Englistan has got him tweaking

[@sorguvasfen2426]

His fatal error was that he didn’t realize if you get rid of religion, then you have to replace it with something that fulfills all the societal functions that religion served. Otherwise, people will find all kinds of false idols such as wokeness, feminism, redpill, Bugattis, etc. in a desperate search for meaning and purpose.

[@Rocky-if6mo]

Hey I live in UK and we don't need saving thanks. Focus on your own backwards democracy.

[@den8863]

Even Nietzsche was worried about what would replace the hole left after Christianity was gone

[@danensosnore9011]

Imagine spending your life angry at something/someone you swear doesn't exist.

[@bmxfreakxyo]

@@markh1011Allah is the God of Abraham as well. He doesn’t believe in Islam.

[@itsJPhere]

Imagine not being able to understand that ideology or religion can exist even if it's made up garbage. People exist, and people make stuff up.

[@danensosnore9011]

@@markh1011 Christians believe that the god of islam is an anti-christ demon designed specifically to go against christianity. ah yes, the millions of 'sky daddy' comments and all the 'intellectual' discussions that happen on reddit definitely don't betray the hatred that the super smart, super rational atheists like your esteemed self have for something you swear doesn't exist. question, you're probably a super rational, super smart person, why do other super smart fellows like your honoured self feel the need to belittle the beliefs of others especially if their beliefs don't have any bearing on you whatsoever??

[@danensosnore9011]

@@bmxfreakxyo al-lah stands for 'the god' and is a term used to represent 'the great god' of a belief system. however islam says that their god's proper name is al-lah, which is different from the God of Abraham whose proper name is I Am. like how in the past every nation had kings and queens but the kings and queens had proper names like james or isabella.

[@bmxfreakxyo]

@@danensosnore9011 Exodus 3 13-14 13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” This is the God, The Father, that all Abrahamic religions worship.

[@sshpeppermint]

as a Russian I want remind everyone that there was an atheist country once, called the USSR. it only existed for 74 years😅

[@YannikSylvain-mi3nj]

And it went horrible in here with mass genocides and purges

[@sshpeppermint]

@@YannikSylvain-mi3nj and famines ("you'll know them by their fruits"). in the 30s they invented "antieaster" and "antichristmas" (brings up some thoughts doesn't it?) to piss off Christians 🤦‍♀️. and of course the ussr lost 23 mil people in the ww2, more than any other country

[@rarescevei8268]

Actually, Albania was officially atheist. (It failed faster)

[@miguelatkinson]

@sshpeppermint are you trying to seriously insinuate atheism as being the cause of the collapse of the Ussr wow you people are seriouly delusional

[@lightsinthedarkness]

It's still sad how those 74 years have affected all of the republics so negatively, with many still having large groups of atheists, as well as many more issues.

[@Snudgwick]

Here's my prediction for atheism in the future: Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is LORD!

[@derekk2666]

based 😭🙏

[@KasperKatje]

"Every knee shall stiffen" Rigor Mortis 3:16

[@CynHicks]

​​@@KasperKatjeSee, now this is the kind of athiest response we need. 😅 borderline mocking God but still humorous

[@johnboehmer6683]

​@@CynHicks No, mocking God never ends well.

[@stejuakleil7206]

I appreciate your analysis. I prefict that atheist will go quiter

[@BuddyLee23]

Here before the defensive atheists…

[@halfwaydead3087]

Here before the angry atheists

[@axiom6000]

Here before the dumb atheist

[@sorguvasfen2426]

I used to be a new atheist until I realized how silly and hypocritical it all was

[@daMillenialTrucker]

I ain't gonna lie they really are some angry people 😂 HOW DARE YOU BE CHRISTIAN!

[@mangaranwow2543]

They should ask Alex o'Connor to make a response to this video also in the light of the new Islamophobia bill Harris Sultan talked about on his channel.

[@thomaswerle4134]

Nabeel Qureshi's love for God led me out of the cruel, arogant cynicism that I had fallen into by uncritically listening to men like Richard Dawkins. Men who claimed to know the contents of the bible and spoke with authority that there were only backward superstitions and nonsense that kept me from reading it myself. Now, having read through the Bible many times, I know what and who the truth is, I know what and why love is, I know what and where to put my faith in. I found Jesus while he was looking for me, and I love him.

[@johanweakley2658]

Nabeel was fantastic, God rest his soul. Blessings to you my friend

[@josiahhockenberry9846]

About 15 years ago, I was struggling spiritually. One day I [essentially] asked my uncle, who just so happens to be a priest: "Why should people be nice to each other? Why should I choose Christianity?" His only response was: "Because it works."

[@angelotoledo3985]

Romans 1:22 "claiming to be wise they, became fools."

[@gabrielteo3636]

That cuts both ways...

[@stewystewymc3929]

yeah that perfectly describes people who believe in that book

[@NetBusters-ss2ix]

@@gabrielteo3636 A bit of context might help ` The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator-who is forever praised. Amen. 26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. 28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. ```

[@kasho55]

Except Paul claims to have seen and heard from the resurrected Jesus Himself. If anything you can’t call him a fool, just a liar or an insane person. I used to think they were crazy too. If it is true, it’s the best news ever, why would you not want to believe it? If Christianity were true, would you be a Christian? If the answer is yes then you should seek out the answer from God Himself and see if He’s real. I used to think I was so wise, but I realized I was and am a fool.

[@gabrielteo3636]

@@kasho55 Paul was a mass murderer. On the scale of cray-cray, he was up there. We have people who hear from Jesus today. We put them in hospitals or give them medication. They didn't have that back then.

[@donotreadthis26]

Christianity is not an obstacle to progress and science but to progressivism and The Science™.

[@chrisballen7851]

Christianity is an obstacle to immorality.

[@reydelmuerte]

the miracle of reinterpretation, amirite?

[@donotreadthis26]

@@reydelmuerte no, statement of fact

[@MS-od7je]

When they took the fewest genes to sustain life in a single cell ( archea) it could not replicate/reproduce. If it can’t reproduce it can’t pass on its “code” to any generation. They had to add in 20 genes to the cell in order for it to reproduce. 20 genes? All by random or pseudorandom processes? 1. You had to have 450 genes randomly created in order to sustain life 2.Then you had to randomly produce another 20 genes ( none of which could have come from a parent cell) just to be capable of passing on the code to the next generation. 3. This had to be accidentally not on purpose and for no purpose. The non living material doesn’t make decisions and to suggest chemicals of the fragile nature of RnA/Dna could code and that presumption is ignoring the carbon ( sugar ) back bone of DNA/RNA( which is way worse to make by chance than even codes for proteins)

[@MS-od7je]

When they took the fewest genes to sustain life in a single cell ( archea) it could not replicate/reproduce. If it can’t reproduce it can’t pass on its “code” to any generation. They had to add in 20 genes to the cell in order for it to reproduce. 20 genes? All by random or pseudorandom processes? 1. You had to have 450 genes randomly created in order to sustain life 2.Then you had to randomly produce another 20 genes ( none of which could have come from a parent cell) just to be capable of passing on the code to the next generation. 3. This had to be accidentally not on purpose and for no purpose. The non living material doesn’t make decisions and to suggest chemicals of the fragile nature of RnA/Dna could code and that presumption is ignoring the carbon ( sugar ) back bone of DNA/RNA( which is way worse to make by chance than even codes for proteins)

[@ben0298]

I was taken in by the new atheist grift wagon early on, but now i am a practising christian ✝️ 😅

[@Makaneek5060]

The result isn't just strength and wisdom, but growing more merciful, since we have obtained mercy 🙏

[@sorguvasfen2426]

I’m not religious but I recognize that one major strength of religion is the sense of community. There is no atheist community and never will be.

[@codeblood2000]

Praise the Lord Welcome To The Kingdom God bless you🙏🏽✝️♥️💪🏽

[@ben0298]

@@sorguvasfen2426 Atheism has done a lot of damage to the family unit and the wider community. We are more individualistic and materialistic now than ever.

[@sorguvasfen2426]

@@ben0298 I would say more precisely that the lack of societal functions that religion once served is the source of the harm. The critical error of the New Atheist movement was that they didn’t realize if you get rid of religion, then you have to replace it with something that fulfills all the societal functions that religion once served. Otherwise, people will find all kinds of false idols such as wokeness, feminism, redpill, Bugattis, etc. in a desperate search for meaning and purpose.

[@astrovarius543]

I was raised atheist, then was spiritual/agnostic, now Catholic. Life since opening my heart to Christ has been the best. It just works! Alleluia amen! 🙏

[@E45F678]

Of course your life has changed for the better. Jesus is the way, the truth and the LIFE, after all. ✝️ God bless you.

[@rockzalt]

One of the first things the new Atheism motivated people to do was create radicals who would call for the political elimination of saying "merry Christmas" in public to "happy holidays". At that time even numerous Atheists thought that went too far.

[@laststarfighter5335]

Madeline O Hare started the atheist religion, and started by removing the pledge from schools.

[@MrSeedi76]

Funny considering the meaning of "holy days" 😂. In which religion is Christmas "holy days"? Hm.... 😊

[@laststarfighter5335]

@rockzalt Madeline O Hare startedvthe atheist religion and started by taking the pledge out of school.

[@GodSci]

good point

[@deltazen6162]

also easter, it went from the resurrection of Jesus to some bunny that hides chocolate eggs

[@frankielov]

Only one God, Our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen 🙏🏽.

[@Bob-un4tf]

It's Allah

[@skilz8098]

I agree. Yet I can raise the stakes. It's not that there is or isn't a God. That debate is irrelevant or moot at best. More aptly put; There Is Only God.

[@ironymatt]

Uhhh, no. There is God and then there is his creation, not hard to see the distinction

[@filpok8445]

@@Bob-un4tf who?

[@idi3284]

@@Bob-un4tfThe Arabic Bible calls Jesus Allah.

[@sanchopanza6535]

Yet another apologetic home run! Thank you, David! Jesus is the greatest!

[@andidyouknow8208]

Echo chamber

[@QuestionThingsUseLogic]

Jesus is the greatest who never was!! 😂😂

[@KimJongSpoon_]

​@@QuestionThingsUseLogicUsing the Jesus never existed argument in 2024 is just dishonest, everyone even the most staunch athiest scholars agree he was a real person, the only question is was he God. Im praying for you. God bless 🙏

[@QuestionThingsUseLogic]

@@KimJongSpoon_ except that you're being dishonest, as the confirmation bias is strong with christian scholars who make money out of the concept. I can see you're a Bart fan! Lol. And no, _"staunch atheist scholars"_ *do not believe the jesus of the NT existed.* ""Further evidence of the inauthenticity of Mark is the fact that in chapter 7, where Jesus is arguing with the Pharisees, Jesus is made to quote the Greek Septuagint version of Isaiah in order to score his debate point. Unfortunately, the Hebrew version says something different from the Greek. Isaiah 29:13, in the Hebrew reads “their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote,” whereas the Greek version - and the gospel of Mark - reads “in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men”. Wells observes dryly, “That a Palestinian Jesus should floor Orthodox Jews with an argument based on a mistranslation of their scriptures is very unlikely.” Indeed!"" Quoted from American Atheist..

[@QuestionThingsUseLogic]

@@KimJongSpoon_ except that you're being dishonest, as the confirmation bias is strong with christian scholars who make money out of the concept. I can see you're a Bart fan! Lol. And no, _"staunch atheist scholars"_ *do not believe the jesus of the NT existed.* ""Further evidence of the inauthenticity of Mark is the fact that in chapter 7, where Jesus is arguing with the Pharisees, Jesus is made to quote the Greek Septuagint version of Isaiah in order to score his debate point. Unfortunately, the Hebrew version says something different from the Greek. Isaiah 29:13, in the Hebrew reads “their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote,” whereas the Greek version - and the gospel of Mark - reads “in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men”. Wells observes dryly, “That a Palestinian Jesus should floor Orthodox Jews with an argument based on a mistranslation of their scriptures is very unlikely.” Indeed!"" Quoted from American Atheist..

[@MirandaSinistra]

I remember joining the atheism subreddit when I had given up on my faith due to bad experiences. At first it was just a bunch of people commiserating over each other's bad experiences and helping each other deal with religious extremism. Then the mockery started, it got bad quick, to the point where they were only mocking Christianity relentlessly. I left pretty soon after because it didn't sit right with me. I've since become Christian and I pray for all those still under the delusion.

[@miguelatkinson]

Of course because nothing like that ever happens in Christianity ever right ....... and can you provide any valid reason for conversion to Christianity because all I see is a bunch of emotionalism

[@MirandaSinistra]

@@miguelatkinson I've not said that nothing like this happens in Christianity, I do my best not to mock others because I don't think it's what Jesus would want me to do. As for my conversion, I don't know what you would consider a valid reason. I think the reasons I became Christian wouldn't be the same for others. People find their ways to Jesus in a very personal way, it may not make sense to you. But if you like I could tell you what made me follow Jesus. If it would help.

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

"Dr. von Braun, do you believe in God?" His response: "Yes, absolutely." Von Braun went on: "It seems to me your question is irrelevant. It is so obvious that we live in a world in which a fantastic amount of logic, of rational lawfulness, is at work. We are aware of a large number of laws of physics and chemistry and biology which, by their mutual interdependence, make nature work as if it were following a grandiose plan from its earliest beginnings to the farthest reaches of its future destiny. To me, it would be incomprehensible that there should be such a gigantic master plan without a master planner behind it. This master planner is He whom we call the Creator of One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be a divine intent behind it all... For me, there is no real contradiction between the world of science and the world of religion. While, through science, man tries to harness the forces of nature around him, through religion he tries to harness the forces of nature within him. "

[@3ddesigns220]

As an inventor, I couldn't have said it better myself. To imagine that such a beautiful, functional, and logical universe sprange into existence from nothing is the Pinnacle of absurdity.

[@orboakin8074]

Beautiful

[@haitaelpastor976]

That still doesn't mean God is good.

[@jensswales]

​@@haitaelpastor976 by what standard?

[@haitaelpastor976]

@@jensswales God's own.

[@HaroonKhokhar-b8f]

I'm Pakistani Christian.GOD bless your family

[@GodSci]

Wonderful. May God bless you and your family!

[@carlbrown9082]

They claim to rely on science and reason, and instantly fail at both by forgetting the basic idea of "Nature abhors a vacuum."

[@aquavitae3824]

They don't ask the meta-questions, like what philosophically accounts for the regularity in nature, etc.

[@logosfocus]

morals just blow in the wind

[@ben0298]

@aquavitae3824 Yep. Science can not answer everything, and we should stop holding it to that standard. Allowing science to rule of beliefs and morality could actually be very harmful to a society.

[@wraves693]

​@@logosfocus How sad it will be when my Atheist friends realize that by getting rid of God society decays, I don't need to be a genius to see that the fruits of atheism have been increasingly worse.

[@GodSci]

very true!

[@hitomi8797]

I didn't believe in religion or Christianity before. I was told that it was un-scientific and it was all fairy tales until my sophomore year of high school during the pandemic I looked at my life and how there are so many coincidences and things that science just cannot explain. So I decided to look into Christianity and the values it taught. Religion is good and it is those values that brought us forward. I'm glad I turned things around, changed how I thought, and found Christianity.

[@Brymoe]

So new atheism is a religion.

[@laststarfighter5335]

Always has been. Madeline O Hare The founder of the Atheist religion didn't like Christianity.

[@sorguvasfen2426]

If you’re talking about modern atheism, then yes, pretty much

[@mewletter]

In a twisted sense, yes.

[@philiphumphrey1548]

Indeed. One of its sacred tenets is "atheism is not a religion". But anyone looking in from outside can see that it is. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck.

[@IndonesianProtestant]

Exactly

[@Scott-W]

The future of atheism is the same as the past of atheism- nothingness

[@codeblood2000]

The Atheist 😮😢

[@janelle9998]

Exactly. Science had Judeo-Christian origins anyway and was all about discovering the deeper part of the world God created.

[@reydelmuerte]

@@janelle9998 science started with the ancient greeks my guy. ancient greeks calculated the earths circumference while the bibles authors were flat earthers.

[@glennjoshuamangabat2750]

⁠​⁠@@reydelmuerte funny how that so called “flat Earth” was actually mostly believed by the people that used that one scientist that had to go to house arrest because he tried to use the pope for political reasons. Can you please show me the gospels authors saying they are flat earthers including the early church writers/fathers?

[@sadscientisthououinkyouma1867]

@@reydelmuerte That is philosophy, science began with Christianity. Yes we do owe much to the Greeks as philosophy is what validates science, but science is a uniquely Christian invention and its axiomic presuppositions explicitly depend on God.

[@t0neg0d]

My prediction is: EVERY knee shall bow.

[@GodSci]

I agree

[@gabrielteo3636]

Maybe, maybe not. Maybe there is nothing...

[@aquariusrising144]

@@gabrielteo3636 Proclus' Elements of Theology answers this question.

[@gabrielteo3636]

@@aquariusrising144 How does Proclus go from dead-dead to not dead-dead?

[@aquariusrising144]

@@gabrielteo3636 Why don’t you quit being lazy & read Proclus. I’ll give you a head start: Look for ‘the fountain’.

[@michaelnapper4565]

One unilaterally common thing Ex-atheists say after conversion to Christ is that looking back from this new position of truth in their lives, is that they actually knew God all along, or at least that He was real all along. They knew they were going against the grain, and being rebellious against truth....myself included. Man, the weight that falls off when we drop the rebellion is precious. The world becomes a new place. It is truly a special experience, oh and a gift.

[@miguelatkinson]

Yes not because of there conditioning or that these people could be bullshitting it to get more Profound sounding story and it's not like your speaking absolute nonesense by "unilaterally all ex-atheists conversion" is just hyperbole let's not ignore ex-christian deconversion story

[@williamcody6529]

Don’t let their atheism stop you from praying for them! Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy. Amen

[@nickfoster848]

I think it’s hard for a lot of people to give up the belief that they are the highest intelligence. I think a lot of the Atheists believe in a sort of positivism, where every change, no matter the consequences is move toward progress.

[@Theo_Skeptomai]

I am an atheist and hold no such conviction.

[@fathom6424]

I'm an atheist. Never been an "evangelical" atheist. I agree with everything David is saying here. I've always wanted Christianity to flourish and succeed but I am indeed an atheist.

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

Have you actually taken a few weeks off from your life to ask yourself honest questions like why?

[@fathom6424]

@@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid Why what? Why I want Christianity to flourish or why I am an atheist?

[@cheerfulturtlegirl]

I respect that. I was an agnostic before becoming a Christian. If you're ever curious, dig into the Messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. Isaiah 53 is a clear example. I believe there are good reasons to believe on Jesus. Knowing Him now personally, He has given me real peace in my soul unlike anything the world offers.

[@E45F678]

​@@cheerfulturtlegirl I love reading stories like yours. God bless you

[@StraightEdgeJunkie]

I'm a fairly standard old school atheist and I completely agree with your critique of the so-called "new atheists." They've always struck me as a peculiar and rather obnoxious group. Personally, I simply don't believe in any higher power, but I wouldn't consider myself an antitheist. In fact, I tend to think that religion might actually be beneficial for society, even if I personally don't resonate with religious faith. While I believe the nihilistic, naturalistic perspective is probably true, I'm not convinced that this truth is something we, as a society, are better off fully embracing.

[@E45F678]

Thank you for your honesty.

[@mosheyriver7249]

Imagine fighting an enemy who fights with ideas and then you "win". Then you try the same with a new enemy who fights with the sword and now you lose. This is high level reasoning. Good luck screaming sky daddy at the edge of a sword.

[@luiscrakson]

Scream sky daddy to islam. These people don't know what they did

[@BeRitCrunk]

And should that man rise again despite being pierced? The enemies of Christ can kill us, but still they can do us little harm.

[@Greyz174]

I mean calling Allah "sky daddy", or "sky Father" would be a pretty good form of theological trolling

[@pigzcanfly444]

It would just get muslims to kill you pretty fast if you're living in a muslim majority country that enforced sharia. But i get the joke. ​@Greyz174

[@christyler6920]

Imagine thinking you are "fighting" when you are trying to have rational discorse and discuss ideas. That's high level reasoning right there.

[@mapinoita279]

Let’s pray for all atheists. Every day. ❤🙏

[@GodSci]

Amen

[@oatcake9996]

and yet you guys think that us burning for eternity is morally correct

[@oiltoast3723]

Ty

[@mapinoita279]

@@oatcake9996 , I pray that you don’t choose to be separated from your Creator. THAT is hell. Our loving creator is so incredibly merciful. Please give your heart to Him. It’s the best thing you can ever do for yourself in this life. God bless you!❤️ I will pray for you right now.

[@mapinoita279]

@@oatcake9996 , after praying for you I watched a video on the channel “Called to More” in which a Catholic priest said: God will not save someone who refuses to be saved. He opens the door. He breaks the chains. But we have to choose to walk out. Again, God bless you!

[@losk3442]

i’ll be honest i’m 21, and i grew up going to a catholic school. religion never interested me and im starting to think that it was because the teachings would get shoved down my throat, which i found extremely boring. Now that im older, i started to get interested again and you were one of the few youtubers that got me into religion again. All of a sudden the bible, the teachings and everything else just makes sense and i don’t understand why but it just does. i’m still on the line about believing or not, but ig hopefully if i do take the decision to believe again, then i know i won’t regret it.

[@apubakeralpuffdaddy392]

You probably received a milk-toast, soggy, bland, cowardly Catholicism. Look into Catholic influencers like Trent Horn, Steve Ray, Scott Hahn, Jimmy Akin, Brant Petrie, John Bergsma. They testify to an on-fire-for-the-Lord Catholicism.

[@Johnny-pi1vk]

Today is the day of salvation says Bible Please don't delay. Find out a good Bible believing church

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

If you really want to know who He is, ask Jesus humbly to reveal Himself to you.

[@edk484]

Jesus said : " Come to me ...and I will give you rest ". That is the way to ' do' it. One day I considered this, ...suppose it is true that Jesus died on the cross and rose again, than He must be alive, right? Now, you can communicate with somebody who is alive, right ? So, one day I took a very deep breath and decided to ask Him to show me that He is alive....long story short...He did ! Now I don't just believe in Jesus, I KNOW that He is alive. Job 19:25 I KNOW that my redeemer lives...

[@Connor-ce4vg]

Read Matthew 7:21-23. Essentially asking the question what is the key to eternal life? Your answer is found in John 6:40. Believe on Jesus Christ our Lord. Do not let anyone or anything get in the way of you and Jesus. He is the way, the truth, and the life. Not the Pope, not Muhammed, not the Democrats, not the archbishop of Canterbury, not anyone or anything that has walked the face of this earth apart from one, Him. May God bless you and may He open up your heart ✝️

[@con_boy]

David. This is one of the greatest lectures over ever heard. I'm not even trolling.

[@GodSci]

I agree!

[@lizzard13666]

Love your work Dr Wood! 20 years ago I was an edgy teen listening to Dickie Dawkins and watching Atheist Experience. It's incredible to watch God work on the world over time. Thanks for blessing us with this kind of encouragement!

[@GodSci]

Amen!

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

By edgy you mean cool, right? Not stupid.

[@lizzard13666]

@@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid I mean, interpret it how you like. I probably thought I was cool, but I was actually very stupid. God gives wisdom to those who ask! James 1:5 (ESV) If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

[@gabrielteo3636]

You do know he's a psychopath who nearly killed his father with a hammer?

[@lizzard13666]

@@gabrielteo3636 Refer to my original comment. God works on people over time. When we follow faithfully, amazing transformations happen!

[@retlawnam9215]

The fool said in his heart there is no God. Religion is all about humbling oneself and submitting to a higher power. That's how atheists get to feel superior to others because they exalt themselves. But the results are clear... God resist the proud but gives grace to the humble.

[@Deridus]

The Bible says there was a global flood and the Koran says sperm comes from somewhere besides the testes. Why would anyone who is scientificly literate trust any book whose metaphysical aeertions can't be verified?

[@miguelatkinson]

This has to be the most strawman full argument I have ever seen and it's example of why progress cannot be made

[@cthulhucrews6602]

Typically, though not always, vegans tend to be atheists (or agnostics too). It's rare to find someone who is Christian or muslim and also vegan. Why? They view themselves as separate and above other animals. The world was made for them. Animals placed here for them. They were made in God's image, other animals weren't. Talk about being humble.

[@bradoxa2504]

U believe u have a relationship with the creator of the universe, how TF is that humble

[@isaacpfeiffer4347]

Unfortunately, not a lot of atheists will see this video.

[@SammichLS]

I wonder why?

[@SuperTommox]

There is a reason why the Reddit atheist is a meme...

[@GodSci]

interesting!

[@chrisxdeboy]

It's funny that we see Christians acting in exactly the same way.

[@Factsmatter2000]

I am from a country that tried two atheistic ideologies, who promised to create paradise on earth. Both attempts did not go well. Somebody wrote on the ruins on the of Berlin Hitler’ statement: “Give me 12 years and I will change the face of Germany.” He really did. The Communists had 75 years. East Germany did look al little better after Communist rule ended then after world war 2, not much. And it had a real good effect. If left a large group of people who were willing to embrace the other atheistic ideology again. In two Eastern Germany provinces a party, which is extreme right wing. Some of its leaders can be called Nazis without committing liable according to court rulings. And who exposed them Christians in all cases. And why? Because Christian try to live by Gods law to love their next one as much as they love themselves. While both of these atheistic ideologies say that it is okay to kill all, that stand in the way of creating their idea of paradise on earth. I don't know why any atheist considering this track record say that atheistem is a good thing.

[@reydelmuerte]

hitler wasnt an atheist. communists arent necessarily atheists either. stop listening to candace owens, she is retarded

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

Do expand on this history of the former East Germany as it has a detrimental effect on Germany today

[@reydelmuerte]

national socialists were christians for the most part, communism isnt linked to atheism, thats some candace owens-level bullshit.

[@Factsmatter2000]

@@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid I try to explain what happened in Easter Germany. The Nazis when they came to power, tried to reeducate the population, and they started with the school children through changing the education plans. Hitler never got more than 36% of the votes and Germany was at that time a majority Christian country. The Nazis started the campaign to replace the Chistian faith with their atheistic faith that they would create a paradise on earth by creating the Uebermenschen (Super human). This is an idea that Nietzsche came up with. During their time children who were baptized received still education in the Christian faith in school, but they were also required to participate in the meetings and trainings of the Hitlerjugend, where they received indoctrination in Nazi ideology, which include the teachings that they should be willingly sacrifice themselves for the good of the people, as only the people were truly valuable and that humans, who were considered Untermenschen ( Humans of lower value) or humans who had to be purged to create the Uebermensch. - There is a reason why so many of the Hitler Youth were willing to fight until the end, while experienced soldiers tried only to save as much lives as they could. - The Communists continued with this reeducation. And these two ideologies are quite similar in that they say that there is no god, that the community, the greater good, is important, the single person is nothing and that it is a good dead to kill enemies of the enemies of the community. The only difference between these two who they define as enemies. That’s it. That the communists were antisemitic because Isarel was allied with the West did not help. The majority of people who rebelled against the communist regime were either Christians or they had affiliation for the Nazis if they did not believe in God as the Nazis were the atheistic enemies of the communists. We reap what was sown.

[@Factsmatter2000]

@@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid An interesting thing the German police found when they study the profile of extremists in Germany is that Germans any who become followers of radical Islam normally have a migration background and the same profile as people that become Neonazis, but would never accepted by the Neonazis because of their migration back ground.

[@AndrewMartinNZ]

I'm an agnostic atheist, and I'm in total agreement with David Wood. The world needs more Christianity, not more Is lame, etc.

[@t0neg0d]

You are unsure if God exists, but are sure that God doesn't exist? I'm not sure agnostic atheism is an actual thing.

[@thadofalltrades]

that sounds contradictory, just be agnostic lol someone else said agnostic leaning towards atheism, which is ok too agnosticism is the intellectually honest form of skepticism.

[@guillermoelnino]

@@t0neg0d He's attempting to be less cringy than a normal atheist.

[@reydelmuerte]

@@t0neg0d its not unsurprising that theists dont get what atheists think when their champions produce videos full of generalizations and strawmen like this one. there is a distinction between strong atheism and weak atheism. a strong atheist is what you described, someone being sure that god doesnt exist and making the positive claim that god doesnt exist. whereas a weak atheist doesnt make the positive claim that god doesnt exist, but also doesnt actively believe in god(s). this is also perfectly described as "agnostic atheist". most atheists are actually agnostic atheists, even richard dawkins (look up the 1-7 scale he talks about in the god delusion). and technically a deist is also an atheist, since at the root of it its just the negation of theist.

[@reydelmuerte]

christianity being slightly better than islam is no reason to say the world needs more christianity.

[@achristian11]

There’s nothing colder than the cold heart of an atheist! That response from Dawkins to that lady proves it!

[@RJ-fg8kw]

That Hirsi Ali episode with Richard Dawkins was beyond words. I imagined same analogous situation as I watched and listened to them. The poor woman is on the ledge and Dawkins is telling her to jump. And that's her friend. Dawkins was so invested in his atheism that he could not save bear to say some words of comfort to his friend or others who might be in the same situation. Appalling.

[@bangthehankers1985]

Peter Atkins has asserted that there is no proof, experience or vision that would ever sway him to believe. He would sooner conclude a hallucination, a stroke, a seizure, before God. Some people will never know Jesus, and Dawkins must have found it somewhat confronting and conflicting, that someone he considered a true convert, has now switched sides. It would stir up much dissatisfaction in him.

[@CarnisChampion]

much rather Christianity than islam.

[@r4_in_space]

When the psychopath says that atheism is leading us into a "psychotic dystopia", you know it's bad.

[@GodSci]

Good point!

[@gabrielteo3636]

"When the psychopath says that atheism is leading us into a "psychotic dystopia", you know it's bad." Instead... You know not to believe what the psychopath is saying.

[@LawlessNate]

@@gabrielteo3636 Someone being a literal psychopath doesn't mean that everything they say is somehow automatically untrue.

[@gabrielteo3636]

@@LawlessNate Agreed, but you can trust it a little less, since his brain doesn't work as well as non-psychopaths.

[@LowValueMan]

⁠@@gabrielteo3636eh…evaluating this topic from an analytical approach it just boils down to cope, purpose, and community. Humans can only live a fulfilled life with 2 specifically…albeit rare individuals (cope and purpose) or having all 3 despite whatever circumstances they encountered throughout their life. Christianity fulfills all 3 while atheism only fulfills 1 of these cases “cope.” For clarification what I mean by “cope” in other words you can say therapy it just helps individuals rationally overcome all the circumstances tied to reality physically and mentally like happiness, sadness, suffering etc. Atheists put all that on the individual rather than faith which is how the “cope” requirement is fulfilled and the majority of atheists you encounter today only have that 1. What makes them different from prior atheists is purpose and community. I’ll use 1 of the examples he gave in the video “Dungeons and dragons” which has a cult like community…well their passion towards the game where no matter what they will always meet to share their love for the game which gives them that community and purpose requirement. The game consists of all age groups and they live out their life completely content. Would I say Christianity is needed *yes,* it satisfies all conditions that adequately fulfills the human experience (our biological anatomy)…but in a world with rational people eh not really.

[@gurumagoo]

Yeah, that's the million dollar question, isn't it? If athiests are so SURE that God doesn't exist, then who is it exactly that they hate and despise so much? I mean, I don't waste any time raging against Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny or ridiculing kids for believing in them. The sheer magnitude of their hostility begs the question: who is it directed against?

[@jwc713]

YHWH.

[@Theo_Skeptomai]

​​​@jwc713 Which atheist has stated that they hate and despise any particular god?

[@aquariusrising144]

@@Theo_Skeptomai You obviously haven't been paying attention.

[@Deridus]

​@@aquariusrising144I have been going around an atheist circles for almost two decades now... I have never met an atheist who claims to hate any god. The religions that worship them, sure, but that's about it. It's like claiming people hate the dragon queen in game of thrones; It's how it's written and depicted. We know it's all fiction, anyway. Arguing against emotional attachment also isn't very particularly wise either, because emotions can't really be helped, anyway.

[@aquariusrising144]

@@Deridus [Deridus]: I have been going around an atheist circles for almost two decades now. I have never met an atheist who claims to hate any god. [AR]: It only takes two-minutes to find a god-hating atheist in a comment section, chat board, etc. Two-years? I’m calling BS. [Deridus]: The religions that worship them, sure, but that's about it. It's like claiming people hate the dragon queen in game of thrones; It's how it's written and depicted. [AR]: Your logic is correct, but it’s simply not true (read above). [Deridus]: We know it's all fiction, anyway. [AR]: Do you? Do you really “know”? That’s an unprovable assumption. [Deridus]: Arguing against emotional attachment also isn't very particularly wise either, because emotions can't really be helped, anyway. [AR]: Arguing against emotional attachment (both theist & atheist) is wise, because it sharpens your argumentative skills.

[@I_Stole_A_BTR-80]

My mom's old friends were very New Atheist and hated it when she started going to church and talking to her new Christian friends. My mom began to understand that her old friends were just around so that they could make use of our car to do their chores. They've moved away from talking to us now, but my mom still has her christian friends and they seem to be as firm as they were when they first became friends.

[@guillermoelnino]

They are more religious than us Christians could ever hope to be.

[@aquariusrising144]

You're confusing "religious" with "zealotry".

[@namasi7070]

​@@aquariusrising144who are you speaking for? I suspect you have western Christianity in mind when you say 'us christians'.

[@stewystewymc3929]

no we're not. Stop projecting

[@seanpierce9386]

I actually agree: The New Atheist movement turned atheism into a religion, with the four horseman at its head. How hypocritical. I understand that they were trying to send a message, but they were using religion’s own tricks. The message is now shifting to simply: Learn how to think for yourself. It’s a pretty critical step whose omission left a terrible impression.

[@koalaplays8855]

How do you do that? How do you play these mind games with yourself and don’t realize your lying?

[@frankyg8240]

They type sky daddy because they are angry people who most often have no daddy.

[@yndsu]

You are sadly correct. That is one of the routes Satan takes to distancing people from God. As how can someone who never experienced the love of a truly loving father understand the depth of love of our heavenly father. Just see Muhammad. The Dizzle has pointed it out multiple times, that Muhammad is someone who had really messed up relationships with maternal figures, and father who died before he was born. And he gave us a "god" who is NOT the father, but a slave owner.

[@laststarfighter5335]

No daddy, or a daddy that lied while swearing on a "stack of bibles"

[@retrictumrectus1010]

DWood made a video about people becoming atheists tend to have a faulty father or father figure.

[@GodSci]

Good point. I came across an article a while ago that discussed this -- broken homes, no fathers -- are correlated with hostility against God and with atheism.

[@stewystewymc3929]

nah i have a perfect family and i still hate your ludicrous bronze age hogwash with a burning passion. Try again

[@oxfordbambooshootify]

The internet has made everyone more narcissistic, not just atheists.

[@E45F678]

Absolutely 💯

[@MaxkHz]

Finding orthodoxy saved my life no less than a month ago.

[@LawlessNate]

No collection of men can save you. No religious organization can save you. Only Jesus Himself can save you.

[@venus_envy]

@@LawlessNate Difference between "saved my life" and "saved my soul", though.

[@LawlessNate]

@@venus_envy 1: No. The length of your biological life is irrelevant if you don't end up trusting in Jesus as the sole source of forgiveness for your transgressions. It's someone's eternal fate that matters, not their life on this Earth. Continuing to biologically live is not any form of being saved, in any sense, if it he doesn't end up being saved in the ternal sense. 2: The point I made that you're missing is he's giving credit to a collection of humans that rightfully belongs to God. Even if you want to hyperfocus on biological life, that credit still belongs to God.

[@rarescevei8268]

​@@LawlessNate"Finding Orthodoxy" means, in this context, finding the true church, thus finding Jesus. Many people say it like this, then elaborate. This comment does not say enough to explain if it refers to Jesus or a collection of men.

[@LawlessNate]

@@rarescevei8268 Most of the time when I see someone mention "orthodoxy" without context they're referring specifically to the Orthodox Church. For that matter, most of the time when I see someone mention "the true church" without context, theyr'e referring specifically to the Catholic Church.

[@dennissprague2572]

I was a fool until I met Christ.

[@gabrielteo3636]

That's what the Muslim says about Allah.

[@deimos7577]

No they don't.

[@gabrielteo3636]

@@deimos7577 They do, just using other words. If claim you actually met Christ, they'd put you in a hospital, give you medicine or the rapture has already happened.

[@jamesford2192]

where did you meet Christ? You saw Christ? you never actually met Christ, did you?

[@goodenstuff]

The South Park episode with Richard Dawkins captures everything David says here perfectly

[@3miL_2012]

Do you have a link for this episode sir? I'd love to see what you are talking about

[@goodenstuff]

@@3miL_2012 season 10, episode 12. It’s South Park though so there are some pretty raunchy moments. It very cleverly satirizes neo-atheism though. You’ll have to stream it on Max

[@logicmeister1821]

@@3miL_2012 It a two parter special called "Go God Go", episodes 12 & 13 of Season 10

[@3miL_2012]

@@logicmeister1821 Thanks!

[@chrisbrooks4032]

South Park is rather tough on Christianity. They mock it in many, many episodes. I mean, if you actually think about it, all religions are really fucking stupid

[@AdamPruett]

I don't know how to tell you how atheist I used to be, but now I'm Christian.

[@infamousmarkou4928]

“Sound as sad as a 50 year old, who can’t stop talking about what a great quarterback he was when he peaked in high-school” 😂😂 reminds me of Al Bundy from Married .. with children

[@thadofalltrades]

Some people grow up in religiously abusive homes. My best friend was raised Christian, but in a very strict, legalistic version. He's now militantly atheist and much happier, but it's a response to trauma. You tend to see that when people switch ideologies, there's often some significant trauma associated with the previous ideology.

[@GodSci]

good point

[@oatcake9996]

Christianity really helped set up his abusive home

[@1faithchick7]

I bring this up a lot to people. Most athiests were abused in religious homes and think that is what Christianity is. The problem is, many people are also abused in Athiest homes. It isn't the ideology there causing it. In Christianity it is forbidden to abuse people. But people have to logic through that, and that is hard to do when you have PTSD.

[@thadofalltrades]

@@1faithchick7 my final statement was referring to all ideologies. You see this with Muslims and Buddhists too, but yes I agree, Christianity forbids it. Sadly a lot of abuse happens in Christianity.

[@GodSci]

@@1faithchick7 I agree. There is a book that discusses this -- "Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism."

[@airkami]

The funniest thing. This morning, the reading was two chapters in Ezekiel, including the edgy internet atheist’s favorite verse, which despite being quite graphic in language, is about idolatry and horsemen. Glad to see this video putting atheists on blast

[@airkami]

As for my prediction for the state of the atheist address a year from today, they will be quoting scripture and when asked what they believe about it, they will say, it’s better than anything else the world seems to be offering all of us.

[@chrisbrooks4032]

@@airkamithe retard is strong in you, brother. You’ve mastered the art of self deception. If your little cunt boy, jesus actually existed, I’m sure he’d be very proud 😂😂😂😂

[@GodSci]

I agree. Atheism is idolatry.

[@lynb.3040]

Imagine if Sharia law eventually comes over and forbids every atheism along with every non Abrahamic type of faith, with penalty of death. I hope not. I pray God to have mercy and make people wake up and come back to Him, or at least repent from their wrong behaviors and ideas, becoming more humble and trying to improve.

[@fortunatoluccresi5243]

Ezekiel is my favourite lunatic of the holy fairytale book. What chapter did you read?

[@MiniLinlin]

Yeah, I'm not sorry to say that Christianity is the literal best thing that happened to me. I don't care if someone thinks it's stupid, all I can say is thank you for nothing atheism.

[@Theo_Skeptomai]

What _exactly_ are you expecting the rational position of atheism to do for you?

[@lachezarsimeonov6437]

Oh, in my 20s I was a fan of the New Atheists...Long ago have seen their folly and found out the Truth and the Life! Now I am pastor of a church and do my best to serve the Lord my God, Jesus Christ with all my heart, soul and mind...May the Lord protects us from the harm atheists have done, though because of them I am quite better Christian!

[@RayrayMondy]

Even atheist archeologists prove the bible statements are true .I'm a bible believer and wont change

[@springyoutube2856]

Every archeology disproves Genesis

[@Johnny-pi1vk]

Yes. We walk by faith and not by sight. Faith comes by hearing the word of God

[@haggismcbaggis9485]

Israel Finkelstein is not an atheist, but he says the exodus, Joshua conquests, and united monarchy under David did not happen.

[@TrivialCoincidence]

​@@springyoutube2856Does it disprove Genesis or a YEC interpretation of Genesis?

[@MarkH-cu9zi]

@@TrivialCoincidence _"Does it disprove Genesis "_ Are you seriously clinging the idea that genesis is accurate?

[@Studio-62]

“Imagine there’s no Heaven”. - John Lennon “Only a fool would say that” - Steely Dan

[@Deridus]

Only a gormless tosser believes something that can't be proven to exist.... like, oh, I dunno... all things religious.

[@miguelatkinson]

Imagine claiming a place exist but when ask to offer empirical evidence to validate the metaphysical plane of existence you don't but respond with a insult

[@AquinasBased]

@@miguelatkinson most mathematicians believe in an afterlife

[@alfred3496]

​@@AquinasBasedum, maybe So what?

[@no3scap3117]

Atheists figuring out spamming “sky daddy” doesn’t actually make them evolve quicker

[@tacoenjoyer8623]

Liar! I spammed sky daddy for 3 whole decades, and I evolved into a crab. They were right, everything is evolving into crabs.

[@Deridus]

​@@tacoenjoyer8623reject modernity, return to horse shoe crab!

[@tacoenjoyer8623]

@@Deridus WWOOOO! 🗣️

[@miguelatkinson]

@no3scap3117 the day you realize what heavenly father would impile is when you would shut up

[@alfred3496]

That is not how evolution works.

[@tirididjdjwieidiw1138]

"we believe in science" but don't ask what a woman is!

[@reydelmuerte]

hi, atheist here, a woman is an adult human female, whereas a female is an individual of a species that generally has the capacity to produce large gametes (i say generally because before puberty and in old age and with health conditions females might not produce gametes)

[@collinweeks6322]

if i drive my car it will destroy the planet, but politicians and celebrities can fly to parties in private jets and that wont destroy the planet??? science lol. I believe science. i just dont believe "The Science". True science proves creation.

[@luiscrakson]

​@@reydelmuerteHi mr. atheist, can you tell me what happend to your atheist promises that without christianity we will prosper and science will be great? I mean people don't know what a woman is and that man can give birth to a child today. Is this what you promised, is this your science world? Are you mad, what have you done? We need God back ASAP

[@tirididjdjwieidiw1138]

@@reydelmuerte that's nice and cool and all, but your atheist utopia has caused this to be a genuine thing people struggle to say. Many of your fellow atheists buy into that gender lgbt nonsense. What a bunch of bright intellectuals.....

[@reydelmuerte]

@@luiscrakson who made such promises again? generalizations based on a small minority with an unhinged political ideology is not the great argument you think it is. especially considering that one of people who is talked about the most in this topic, richard dawkins, is like the archenemy of the stereotype nutjobs you described.

[@roborob347]

People are beginning to realise atheism is more about stroking one's own ego and intellect rather than giving actual answers and solutions to the big questions of existence. Theism, specifically Christianity, simply makes the most sense.

[@springyoutube2856]

To you makes nore sense, not to me and most atheists

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

Bingo. Atheism is the ego booster for insecure teens and deliberately blind adults.

[@Commanderhurtz1]

@@springyoutube2856 How can you speak for most Atheists? I thought the only thing Atheists had in common was no belief in God?

[@semi-mojo]

Christianity doesn't "make the most sense" it simply relies on heavily faith based beliefs. It makes sense only if you have the faith required.

[@roborob347]

@@semi-mojo That's true if you willfully and ignorantly ignore thousands of years' worth of philosophical, scientific, historical, Biblical and theological Christian scholarship. If it was purely based on faith, I would still be an atheist, trust me. Say something new I haven't heard over a thousand times from internet atheists😂

[@jixxytrix1705]

'And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil' -Jesus Christ

[@cal5566]

Video is very timely, late 20s, been agnostic/atheist my entire life, the power vacuum forming is glaring and the decline in society was enough to open my eyes to the reality on what the west has turned it's back on. Anyway, I started reading the Bible, going to church, and now I'm planning on getting baptised. Jesus is king.

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

Hallelujah! All the angels are rejoicing because you have chosen to put your total trust in Jesus as your Savior and your God!! Please do continue to keep your heart and mind focused on Jesus Christ who is the Author and the Finisher of your faith, who reveals the heavenly Father to you by the Holy Spirit, for one day you will see Him face to face!!!

[@donaldkeith139]

Who would have thought that a belief system (atheism) based on the absence of belief in any other belief system would have absolutely no spine, no core, nothing substantial to offer the world....

[@MysticCystim]

"a belief system (atheism) based on the absence of belief in any other belief system" Really? Actually articulate how a belief system can have an absence of belief as its basis. Put another way, if I tell you I'm an atheist, what does that tell you about what I believe?

[@aquariusrising144]

@@MysticCystim Simple. It tells me that you believe in nothing, & belief requires faith.

[@MysticCystim]

​@aquariusrising144 It is unlikely that you could be more incorrect. Belief does not require faith. It requires sufficient warrant to consider something true, likely true or possibly true. As for me believing in nothing thank you for proving my point ... the point being that you can know or tell nothing of what I do believe based on a position of non-belief about one proposition.

[@donaldkeith139]

@@MysticCystim brother, before we continue this discussion, in order to avoid wasting both of our time, are you willing to admit you could be wrong, and that there might be something you do not yet understand? Allow me to go first: Christianity could be completely wrong. My beliefs and belief system could be wrong. There are certainly things that I do not understand. The reason I ask for this is that I have had numerous discussions over the years with atheists who refuse these things, and as a result, we ended up having fruitless discussions. I hope that is not the case here brother ♥

[@MysticCystim]

@@donaldkeith139 Sure ... I could be wrong and sure, there might be something I don't understand. Allow me to continue ... I don't understand how you can be wrong by not being sufficiently convinced that something is true. Before I engage any further, I refer you back to my original request in that you articulate how a belief system can have an absence of a belief as its basis.

[@DanielApologetics]

SkyDaddy!!!

[@duncanharrell5009]

Sky Daddy!!!

[@Christo-ortho]

Yup, my Father is Magnificent indeed.

[@miasma5733]

Its a mock atheist use against god 😅

[@GodSci]

:)

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

@@miasma5733we get it. But our Sky Daddy sent His only Son for us. Thank you Sky Daddy!!!

[@mcfarvo]

Please pray for my friend, Kelly, as she is much like one of these victims of New Atheism

[@tiboute3827]

David Wood rebuking atheism is my personal favorite. I see atheism as worse than even Islam because of my background actually... I went through the same thing as Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Because of that, I have very high respect for her, but unlike her I don't have a friend like Dawkins and I thank God for that. Thank you David. Jesus is everything that is good.

[@miguelatkinson]

You know she just doing it as a political stunt and also i am sorry if people aren't convince by unfasliable claims how about make ones that arent

[@MarcosSilveira-vx6nn]

Atheism = BLIND FAITH

[@reydelmuerte]

atheism = no faith ironically enough theism = blind faith though.

[@MarcosSilveira-vx6nn]

@@reydelmuerte can you prove the abiogenesis? No! Can you prove the macroevolution by random mutations? No! Can you prove the cosmic panspermia? No! Can you prove universe came out from nothing? No! Can you prove eternal universe? No! Can you prove the mind/consciouness came random mutations by natural selection? NO! Therefore, you are BELIEVER!

[@MarcosSilveira-vx6nn]

@@reydelmuerte Can you prove the abiogenesis? No! Can you prove the macroevolution by random mutations? No! Can you prove the cosmic panspermia? No! Can you prove universe came out from nothing? No! Can you prove eternal universe? No! Can you prove the mind/consciouness came random mutations by natural selection? NO! Therefore, you are BELIEVER!

[@MarcosSilveira-vx6nn]

@@reydelmuerte eternal universe = cannot prove scientificly abiogenesis + cosmic panspermia = ZERO proves ZERO evidences human consciouness came out non-life/brutal matter = ZERO prove ZERO evidences Therefore, you are a BELIVER!!!!!!

[@reydelmuerte]

@@MarcosSilveira-vx6nn can you prove gods existence? No! your point about macroevolution suggests evolution denial and scientific illiteracy on flat earth level. if i cant prove any of these over the other, why should i go for one option? some of the options you listed ironically are mutually exclusive. and some others are in vastly different fields of science.

[@thegypsybear]

Nothing exploded and made everything, not a single thing at no place exploded and that's the best they have.

[@reydelmuerte]

cosmology has nothing to do with atheism. not that you accurately described what the current ideas about cosmology are though.

[@kylemacdougall8355]

​@@reydelmuerte Cosmology has quite a lot to do with atheism, because any arguments for or against God's existence that come from cosmology directly affect atheism's viability.

[@oatcake9996]

the big bang was a rapid EXPANSION of space and time, not an explosion. Its immediately obvious that you have no idea what your talking about

[@reydelmuerte]

@@kylemacdougall8355 not really. theism is a system about a specific god claim. cosmological arguments at best get you to a passive form of deism. and since atheism essentially is just the negation of theism, it itself isnt a system of doctrines or beliefs and therefore makes no statement about cosmology. some atheists make statements about cosmology based on science or philosophy though. or they dont care about it at all.

[@reydelmuerte]

@@oatcake9996 this^

[@Vang2009]

I’m a Christian and I miss the days where I actually met smart atheists who didn’t just scream in your face and walk away.

[@James13234]

@@Vang2009 AP is the only one I am currently aware of, plus one former coworker

[@danensosnore9011]

Ayan: I was a su1c1dal atheist Richard: Aw, that's sad Ayan: But becoming a Christian, i'm no longer su1c1dal Richard: Now that's just nonsense what a rational world new atheists want to create

[@Deridus]

Ayan went from emotional imballance to believing a fairytale. Both are lamentable. You basically are accusing the other person of commiting a category error... incorrectly.

[@danensosnore9011]

@@Deridus i ain't never seen people get sooo worked up over a 'fairytale'. Like David asked, what does it matter to atheists what people believe??

[@cthulhucrews6602]

If I give you an example of a priest touching little kids does that mean all priests touch little kids?

[@Deridus]

@@danensosnore9011 Why does it matter? Sharia Law, the Spanish Inquisition, Thirty Years War, the Northern Crusade, and French Wars of Religion are examples of why atheists frequently care. I wonder if you can see why from those examples.

[@DuroDP]

⁠@@DeridusReligion is not at fault, those were political movements fuelled by self proclaimed religious beliefs, but most religions other than Islam have nothing to do with politics. Without religion they would have found other reasons. There are countless atheists that led political movements that have caused even more harm.

[@purpledevilr7463]

I was practically raised atheist. Absent of pretty much all religion. I’ve become immensely more spiritual and religious since.

[@BKNeifert]

There's one path to Salvation. It's in Christ Jesus. A lot of religions all have the same ethics---that's not why Christ came was to teach us that, though the New Testament has the best ethic in all religions--but it's the fact that by knowing good, we hated it, so need to be restored to good conscience in Christ's blood through being Born Again.

[@dreadassembly4087]

I thought the Pearl clutcher's were the 80 year old blue hairs in church. But it's the 20 something blue hairs with poster boards and markers doing it today.

[@sammygoodnight]

I've long thought that SNL should bring back the church lady, except instead of the church lady she'll be the woke lady, and instead of blaming everything on Satan, she can blame everything on "racist" or "sexist" or whatever the catchphrase of the day is.

[@GodSci]

good point

[@BoxingTheologian]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 19:16 Richard Dawkins is such an angry weirdo. May God have mercy on his childish soul.

[@jwc713]

He's a paid actor, not a scientist.

[@ZGOBRU]

I'm a Christian but this video sucks. Labeling all atheists as narcissists and stawmanning their arguments doesn't make us look any better.

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

Who knew tearing something down without replacing it with anything of substance would have long term consequences

[@2ndPigeon]

Trading fiction with reality sure does help

[@rogersheddy6414]

Every athiest i ever knew was angry.

[@E45F678]

I'd be too if I thought death ends everything, objective morality doesn't exist and I have the same inherent value as slime mould 😂

[@rogersheddy6414]

@@E45F678 Try to be the yeast in French bread...

[@E45F678]

@@rogersheddy6414 Mmmm now you made me hungry 😜

[@jimberezow721]

Two questions every person must face: 1) Does God exist? 2) If God exists, which god do I follow? Surprisingly, these questions are easy to answer. The Messiah Christ Jesus is God. He will lead you.

[@reydelmuerte]

why not allah?

[@jimberezow721]

@@reydelmuerte Al-Lah in the Arabic Quran says this: Hail comes from mountains in heaven; Sperm turns into congealed (dead dried) blood then turns into a baby; Everything on earth created then the heavens were created then later in Quran, heavens created first then all things on earth created (Oops); Abraham was the first Muslim, oops, Moses was the first Muslim, oops, Muhammad was the first Muslim; The sun set in a spring of hot murky water; Drinking wine is bad, oops, drinking wine is good; Muhammad can have sex with anyone who offers herself to him (Is this from god or a pimp from Las Vegas?); Mary the mother of Jesus is the sister of Moses and Aaron (So Moses is Jesus’ uncle . . . Hahahahahaha!); If the prophets eyes fall on any woman she has to divorce her husband so the prophet can f*** her (The Arabic literally uses the f-word); Mutah, called ‘temporary marriage is permitted (Paying a woman for sex . . . Normal people call this prostitution); al-lah thinks the Christian Trinity is al-lah, Jesus, and Mary. Do I need to go on? The Quran is filled with contradictions and error which proves it is not from God. Muhammad fits the classic example of a cult leader. Power, money, and sex is what he went after . . . Just like Joseph Smith.

[@jimberezow721]

@@reydelmuerte Because the Quran contains 100s of errors and contradictions.

[@reydelmuerte]

@@jimberezow721 unless you perform the same kind of mental gymnastics/miracle of reinterpretations like they do, the same is true for the bible. and even if i grant it because the bible isnt believed to be the perfect and unalterable word of god, i still have no reason to answer yes on question 1. what about buddhism as well?

[@jimberezow721]

@@reydelmuerte Hmm . . . Why have you jumped to Buddhism? Are you aware of the number of errors you just made in your assumptions? If you have no reason to answer question one, that is your choice. That means you are not intellectually looking for what is truth. So be it.

[@naphtaligarde1646]

They didn't learn from the Soviets, No wonder their nation collapse.

[@Theo_Skeptomai]

What do the Soviets have to do with my rational postion of atheism - to suspend any acknowledgment as to the reality of any particular god until sufficient credible evidence is presented?

[@aquariusrising144]

@@Theo_Skeptomai [Theo]: What do the Soviets have to do with my rational postion of atheism - to suspend any acknowledgment as to the reality of any particular god … [AR]: Because the inference was that C0mmunist USSR was an atheist nation that collapsed. You can’t be this dumb. [Theo]: … until sufficient credible evidence is presented? [AR]: Sufficient credible evidence presents itself all the time. The problem is not with the evidence. The problem is with what you will personally accept as evidence, & that’s not anyone’s problem but your own.

[@burger3856]

@@Theo_Skeptomai the discussion in the video isn’t about the truth of atheism, it’s about social and political impacts of it. The Soviet Union was the first (maybe the second depending on what your opinions of the French Revolution are) nation to institutionalize atheism. This fits both of those criteria, so his statement is entirely relevant to the topic.

[@Theo_Skeptomai]

@burger3856 THAT is exactly why I asked the question. The POSITION of atheism hasn't any social or political impact on ANYTHING save the suspension of acknowledgment as to the reality of any particular god. A position is simply a state of affair. The position of atheism is the state of being _unconvinced_ that any particular god exists in reality. It is the state of suspension - to await any acknowledgment as to the truth of your claim that any god to be a reality UNTIL sufficient credible evidence is presented. This position had nothing to do with the national ideological, governmental, or authoritative approach of the former Soviet Union.

[@burger3856]

@@Theo_Skeptomai well clearly it does, otherwise western society would be acting a lot more Christian than it currently does. The silent claim that atheism has no implications outside of the theological realm is asinine.