Atheist Debates - The Good Book and the Worth of Women

[@OCDTraci]

Well, at least we girls know that if God doesn't love us, at least Matt does :)

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

As a Zoroastrian, I must tell you that God does, indeed, love you. They made you equal partners with men in the struggle against evil.

[@TheMouse254]

​@@TheMilitantMazdakitewomen are not equal to men. That is the Bible. They are not to preach to men...they can be used as sex slaves with no repercussions to the man(maybe the man can pay a ram and we call it a deal) On and on... Which God are you talking about loves women? Worse of all the Islamic God...

[@mangomentats9805]

Thank you for doing this series Matt. When I was a Christian I could never reconcile with Lot offering up his daughters to be raped. Now I'm an atheist and recently I was in a discussion with a theist who told me the only reason I would be upset by that story was if I had experienced some trauma. I really didn't know what to say. But this video has already given me some ammunition and I look forward to the rest of the series.

[@Longtack55]

Your trauma was knowing that you were once a Christian. One of those "What was I thinking?" moments. I hadn't spoken with my cousin for 30 years and when I saw him in a park recently I couldn't bring myself to speak with him, knowing that he was a "Christian nut" who made constant references to the bible.

[@mangomentats9805]

Nikki Crosby What the actual fuck?

[@lunasong7512]

If you see anything with polygamy or rape in the Bible, it never ends well. This is not approving but showing how screwed up people’s actions were and how they eventually came back to haunt them or their children and generations after. Look at King David, he took another man’s wife and murdered her husband. His kingdom went to absolute crap because of what he’d done. The Bible shows mankinds sins not their virtues. Poor treatment of women and others was because of the sin of ego and desire for power amongst others. The laws from God were 10 - people made all the crazy laws and used them to build power over others. By Jesus’ time, you see how angry he was and how the priests abused their power and his own religious people killed him. The religious people didn’t recognize their own God.

[@paintbrush3554]

@@thetruthexistsanditsnotyou2448 here's the thing. If God though treatment of women n polygamy was bad, then how come he nvr goes into explicit details about it in order to prevent it? He very well could have if he could go into detail about wat ppl could eat. He nvr says "all rights applied to men should be applied to women" he nvr teaches his cultures about consent. He nvr states " it's wicked for a man to have more than one wife". Even jesus nvr talks of men and women being equal? What did gods lack of emphasis on the topic lead to? Centuries of sexist culture. No matter how you slice it, the average person today could express equality better than the bible. Also god commands moses to tell the israelites to capture young girls as sex slaves both endorsing child rape. In leviticus or one of the early books god tells the laws on how a man can sell his daughter into sex slavery n how men can have concubines. At best god did a terrible job at telling ppl how to treat women if he actually cared about women n is a failure. At worse he's an endorser of sexism. If u believe he exist

[@EgalitarianWoman]

@@thetruthexistsanditsnotyou2448 You are still free to debate about trans issues, but shouldn't be an asshole about it, try to use unscientific arguments, speak about denying trans men and trans women their civil rights, or to claim transgender people "aren't real".

[@KendallHopkins]

Thanks for not thinking I’m less than you. I wish more women would hear your words and acknowledge that all we want to do as secular humanists is lift them up.

[@jmtnvalley]

Si Mom I have never understood why women can be devoted to any of the Abrahamic religions.

[@KendallHopkins]

jmtnvalley Same!!!

[@sasha1suz]

Couldn't agree more. I became disgusted with the bible after reading how horribly women were thought of and treated when I was a teenager - 50 years ago!

[@riplememe4460]

Why specify women in your confusion about being devoted to the Abrahamic religions? How they treat women is bad, but there is plenty more in there, and plenty worse as a reason to stop one devoting themselves to the religion. I'm just saying it's strange when one says I won't support this because it affects me badly, rather than judging it objectively.

[@KendallHopkins]

Can I just get a picture? You’re misunderstanding. It’s confusing that as a woman, one would follow a religion that specifically degrades them. The rest of the Bible is garbage as well, but we are talking about women in this context. Not all men actually care enough about women to say “Wow, this is messed up, we should not follow this.” They take it and run with it because it doesn’t affect them personally. It is even more mind boggling when something affects somebody personally and still say “Meh. Guess that’s just the way things are.”

[@jmtnvalley]

I was told that anything that doesn't make sense in the Bible, such as what laws are symbolic, absolute or only valid during Biblic times, and since there aren't any footnotes from God, you must depend on prayer and holy inspiration from God to determine what is what. How bloody convenient.

[@Grim_Beard]

Jehovah: I love blood! Woman: I'm bleeding from my chuff. Jehovah: Not *_that_* sort of blood, that's icky!

[@Longtack55]

Grimbeard. Menstrual shagging is fun and sooooo icky.

[@cerberaodollam]

to be fair it's not just blood but endometrium and other stuff... it even smells different (i'm a cutter so regular blood is ok but when i'm on the bleeds is nooooottt the same lol)

[@sharanstanwood3731]

I never wanted menstruation and was really pissed off when I learned about it! And over the years, with extreme cramps, nausea and all the related etc... No. But our bodies make the magic of beautiful, incredible new human beings, male and female. We create that which is magical and precious. Our wombs and our blood are Holy. Period.

[@Grim_Beard]

It's not "magical", it's natural. They're not "holy", they're biology. Good use of the "period" pun, though.

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

Matt: Thanks so much for posting this video. It is very important to get this word out there! This line of thinking explains how women are viewed negatively in many societies and how some men feel that they are superior to women. This series should be major part of a curriculum explaining the dangers of religion. Keep up the great work!

[@Imrightyourewrong1]

"the good book" is probably the least accurate description of the Bible I've ever heard. The mental gymnastics one have to engage in to justify that piece of shit as good is astounding.

[@johnnypetersen94]

Paulie Three Balls It's not obsession. Christian theists claim the bible is their god's word. They further claim that their god is omnibenevolent and the the source of morality. But, if you examine the bible, god's actions reveal him to be the antithesis of benevolent and moral. Any person who could believe in and worship the god of the bible has no claim to the moral high ground. Yet, most Christians have the audacity to claim that atheists can have no foundation for morality without god.

[@harveywabbit9541]

The God of the Bible was into the boy-toy thing. Exodus 9:14. Remember Ganymede and the Eagle?

[@yigaldiker5937]

Paulie Three Balls Asking why atheists are "obsessed" with the bible is the dumbest shit I've heard. The bible and the people who are pushing it are a danger, depending where you live, either physical danger or a dangerous idea that ruins our society. it's like asking why are doctors so obsessed with cancer?

[@yigaldiker5937]

offering up nothing of value besides mass murder and nonsense............................WOW.... First off, christians and most theists are responsible for the biggest mass-murders in history. second, you do realize every thing humanity has done that's worth a damn since the Neolithic Revolution has been thanks to the move away from religion and towards science and reason right...? religion has literally gave us nothing. I'm pretty sure you're trolling though so whatever

[@yigaldiker5937]

mmmmmmmm nop. christianity is the religion responsible for the west and science? wtf are you even talking about? christianity and science have no connection. there is no science method of "faith", I don't see how your getting there. and it's definitely not responsible of the west lol, it may be the most popular religion, so? it's irrelevant. governments are responsible for the west I'm not going to waste a lot of time cuz I honestly don't have it, but yeah the crusades are a big one for christianity. saying it was a response is total bullshit, sorry. and even if it was, it's still caused by religion. I don't give a damn about if you blame it on islam or christianity, same shit. paganism is still a religion, so... wars in lebanon, Iraq, syria, turkey,Israel, the great chinese conquest, honestly there are way too many wars that religion caused to count. but tell you what, I did over-react when I said it caused most mass-murders. what I meant to say, is it caused way more murders than atheism ever did. you said, atheism has nothing to give of value other then mass murders which prompted the overreaction. to be clear, many, millions of people died and still die because of religious wars, terrorism, name it whatever you want. I can't think of many people that died in the name of atheism. I mean, I can, but they are killed by religious people so....yeah. galileo was ultimately killed by catholic church, any advancements he made are despite his religion, not thanks to it. back then, there is no way of not being a believer. if you don't believe, you won't live for too long. I can say the same for each of the people you listed. great man. they contributed thanks to their mind and not being bound down by their religion. which, they didn't actually had a real choice in the matter. none believing great people: Elon musk, einstein(despite what some people say, he was a non-believer),Richard Dawkins,Steve Wozniak,Steve Jobs,Mark Zuckerberg,Democritus,Ivan Pavlov,Sigmund Freud,Alan Turing(probably my favorite)....I won't continue since it won't help with you anyways. the point still stands, christianity or belief isn't what made those advancements. what made those people spiceal is the ability to question what they know and not follow their religios beliefs

[@529ski]

My parents brought me up in the comparitively benign Anglican religion. When l got to around 11 years old I realised the significance of how women were portrayed. Knowing that it was a load of bull.......... I gave up the faith and never looked back.

[@kathyheitchue6069]

Susan G Gave up the Catholic Church for the same reason men are still first in the church!,said one day at Mass😠

[@529ski]

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[@529ski]

Was never a catholic. Plus it wasn't just the lack of significant female characters or their portrayal. That was just a preliminary fault. A couple of years later when my critical thinking had matured somewhat I realised that there was no evidence for any of it.

[@MBarberfan4life]

When I was younger, I was in a church that was both misogynistic and misandrist. It was a pretty depressing place.

[@johnnypetersen94]

Paulie Three Balls Nice projection. Narrow-minded, hateful, and arrogant are marvelous descriptors of many theists. I kind of see where you're coming from, though... It's hard to forget when those atheists flew those planes into the twin towers. And, I remember that group of loathsome atheists who continually picketed soldiers funerals carrying bigoted, hateful signage. History has also chronicled the atheistic inquisitions and crusades as well. And, I find it appalling the way atheists force their views into the public sphere, declaring their beliefs on money, and in The Pledge of Allegiance, and conducting head bowed recognitions of their beliefs prior to governmental functions. The irony of your statement is profound. You displayed the very behavior you attribute to atheists with your post.

[@grandmamosays3310]

Matt is absolutely right about the damage the Bible's anti-woman teachings have done. I was taught that a good wife stays with an abusive husband, because my suffering in silence would bring him to Christ. My husband was to be respected as the head of the home, second only to Christ. I was to be obedient, submissive and to take full responsibility for the care of our home and our children even though I worked full-time. I was taught that, should the abuse be so bad that I left my husband, I wasn't allowed to remarry unless he had committed adultery. If he was repentant I was supposed to forgive him and return to him. I can't tell you what 24 years of abuse does to a woman. You are left feeling worthless and powerless, which often leads to severe depression and anxiety. Religious texts are the foundation for misogyny and the abuse of women all over the world. This has to stop.

[@Bill_Garthright]

+Grandma _I can't tell you what 24 years of abuse does to a woman._ And I can't even imagine it. I mean, I sympathize, but there's no way I can know what that's like. Still, all my life, I've _witnessed_ the benefit of being male. Even as a kid (and I'm 67 now), I was surprised at that. We boys were treated as if we mattered. Girls _didn't_ matter, or not nearly as much as boys. (Mostly, they only mattered as a future wife to some man.) Sometimes, it was subtle and sometimes it was blatant, but it was always there. I could see it all around me, from relatives, from teachers, from school administrators. When I was a kid, it was just _astonishingly_ blatant. And I suppose it has to be pretty blatant if a kid can recognize it. Certainly, it's better now, though clearly not perfect, huh? And I'm just talking about more-or-less secular society. I was raised Christian, but it wasn't in a really crazy denomination. And I attended a public school. Anti-woman teachings in the Bible influenced our whole society, of course (I didn't know a single other person - besides me, I mean - who _wasn't_ a Christian all through high school, at least) but that wasn't even the worst of it (as your comment clearly indicates).

[@Bill_Garthright]

+Paulie _Becoming a spiritual person -- which simply means "Hey, I'm gonna go out and live a happy life, believing in the harmony of the universe as I drink tequila!"_ I'm glad you defined what you meant, because "spiritual" is vague enough to mean almost anything at all. But what does "harmony of the universe" mean? Seriously, I don't have a clue what you're talking about. _I would suggest that you don't become the label of "atheist."_ Sorry, but I don't know what that means, either. "Atheist" just means that you don't believe in a god or gods. Period. It doesn't imply _anything_ else.

[@johnnypetersen94]

Bill Garthright Well...Paulie is not implying anything. He is pointedly claiming that he finds atheists to be hateful and arrogant. Ironic, since that claim is so hateful and arrogant.

[@ThePharphis]

"Still, all my life, I've witnessed the benefit of being male. Even as a kid (and I'm 67 now), I was surprised at that. We boys were treated as if we mattered. Girls didn't matter, or not nearly as much as boys. (Mostly, they only mattered as a future wife to some man.) Sometimes, it was subtle and sometimes it was blatant, but it was always there." What a joke. Boys are routinely told they are unimportant. They are told that they aren't victims of abuse or that their education was less important than that of girls. This is a major problem in the western world. Male rape victims or domestic abuse victims are almost erased in entirety by government, legal and activist circles. Fathers are painted as worthless. edit: in case it isn't clear. Both men and women have privileges and issues to deal with. I'm not denying that

[@Longtack55]

Paulie. Atheists dislike Theists who try to define us by negative traits.) Some of us live happy lives without dulling our senses with tequila and you seem to believe that we're reckless and immoral. You are confused or vague and I hope you can overcome your childhood-induced psychosis.

[@GrahamWilliams889]

Fitting I'm viewing this on International Women's Day.

[@wolf1066]

These points and others I've noted in the bible have lead me to wonder - for many years now - how any self-respecting woman can profess to be a Christian. I have voiced that sentiment to a number of people over the years. Chris Rock's comment about black Christians having a really short memory is just as true for women who are Christians. The only explanation I can give is that they are not truly aware of what the book they claim to believe is the "word of god" actually _says_ on the matter. Because any self-respecting woman I know would not accept that she is worth 1/2 to 2/3 of the value of a man, nor would she accept that she has to submit to a man or that she's equivalent to a domestic animal or that she must remain silent.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

You do realize that the only unassailable authority in Christianity- Jesus- never said anything explicitly misogynistic, right?

[@wolf1066]

@@TheMilitantMazdakite OK, so am I to take it that 1) you are Non-Trinitarian - you *don't* believe that your god, Jesus and the holy spirit are the same entity - and 2) you don't believe your god to be an unassailable authority?? Because if you believe in the Trinity and/or that your bible is the "Word of God", then what you just said is pure crap.

[@NISSANZ33]

Keep up the great work, Matt! Hope these videos are watched and shared for many years to come

[@theresnomor]

Such an amazing video. I love how you talk so calmly. I'm want to watch all your videos :)

[@Eyeseeyouclown]

I'm a huge fan! Matt thank you for the work you do to make the world a better place.

[@dkMansell96]

My entire extended family is very religious, and it truly seems like most of the women in the family believe that they should be subservient(or at least believe that their husbands are the “head” of their respective households). Blows my mind. How do people follow religions that treat them with the same respect as an inanimate toy?

[@aaronh.8230]

Thank you Matt - great video about an important subject.

[@jhonsamuel9904]

GOT TO LOVE THIS MAN.

[@fullup91]

Yep, he's certainly worth 50 Sheckles!

[@tarstarkusz]

He's a moron who spouses talking points. There is absolutely nothing special about Matt Dilahaunty. The guy is a walking slogan. He is the most common, the most mundane progressive I have ever seen. He is as useful as Steve Shives and just as cringy.

[@miguel_leugim]

But this video is from Matt Dillahunty. Not Matt Dilahaunty.

[@johnnypetersen94]

Paulie Three Balls You are a hypocritical POS, aren't you? You talk of atheists calling names, yet that is all you seem to do. And, you accuse Dillahunty of stating the same 10 things over and over but, apparently, you can only come up with 3 or 4 separate thoughts to post over and over again in this comment section. Using the sharpest tool in the box analogy, you are a hammer and Matt is a razor blade.

[@bookwermofthefandoms]

jhon samuel he looks tired

[@fullup91]

Well, clearly these women will be barren at 900 years of age! No wonder Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt 😂

[@SapienSafari]

Thank you for doing these videos, Matt...

[@mischr13]

Thank you for doing a series on this!

[@SuperNemx]

I always thought it was strange how much story and tradition there is surrounding Jephthah's daughter, women even made days long pilgrimages to honor her and even wept for her... yet she was never even named.

[@The_Other_Ghost]

I just debated about her, the other guy said it wasn't a burnt offering then got mad... Either Mandela effect or lying.

[@burntmango4823]

For those curious about the exact reference of the redemption prices, it's in Leviticus 27:3-8. Matt, what do you tell apologists when they just try to dismiss the redemption price by saying it had nothing to do with the inherent worth of men and women, and that instead they just say it had everything to do with the practicality of production in an agrarian society? Basically they try to explain it all away by saying that back then, males were worth more because they're better workers than females (apparently, even the little 1 month old males are better workers than the 1 month old females lol).

[@vickicaravella6087]

Burnt Mango I know it has been a year, but for me, the price just says,"women's work is not valued"....even though back then they worked just as hard in the home as men in the fields and died in childbirth. Still....it happens today. Once a job becomes "female dominated" it loses wotth. For example GP's....more females....down goes the worth etc etc

[@sharanstanwood3731]

Hmm...My daughter works longer and harder than any man I've ever met, while her three brothers do virtually nil. In my experience, women are far better workers as far as productivity and abiding by the rules (according to the economic professors who taught at my college, both male). More proof? Watch your own family members during Thanksgiving. I've never met a man who can match the production of wearable goods from my own hands. Perhaps it is only in agrarian societies where brute strength is needed. But even then, the women will be working dawn to midnight while the men sit around. I've seen this in America, Europe, and Asia. It's pretty well established everywhere.

[@SherlockAholic]

Thanks for another great video. Looking forward to the next ones in this series!

[@randycarlsen4578]

Thanx Matt! Grew up an Adventist. Messed me up pretty good. You really help with the clarification.

[@kitkattflee1564]

The soul crushing thought of "teaching their daughters, teaching their daughters, teaching their daughters"... - As always, Thank you for the deeper dive Matt..

[@joshuarubbo2067]

It seems so surreal but I've witness this and it's destructive effect.

[@kitkattflee1564]

Paulie Three Balls Yes, actually I do.. And you can keep your swamp, but thank you for the offer..

[@johnnypetersen94]

Paulie Three Balls I would say that, generally speaking, theists cannot claim to be deep thinkers. How could they be, when all their thinking is done for them by their unfalsifiable, imaginary sky daddy? How deep can one's thinking be when one believes books of mythology to be divinely inspired words from said sky daddy? Yes, it is so not "deep" of atheists to be skeptical of claims made without evidence, and to examine the source(s) of those fallacious claims. I REALLY see your point. Theists are the "deepest" of "deep" thinkers. Truth seekers one and all. (eyes roll)

[@alansimmons9621]

Paulie rather than post negative comments why don't you offer a counter argument in support of your beliefs? You aren't going to convince anyone that you are genuine through ad hominem attacks.

[@kitkattflee1564]

John Petersen DO YOU HAVE A COUNTER OTHER THAN A SWAMP??

[@jeffreyp1855]

Listened to this video with my two daughters. Thanks, Matt!

[@scienceexplains302]

“Male and his female” may not be possessive in the original, but Jewish and Christian translators have apparently found that possessive phrase very useful and conforming to their patriarchal view in practice.

[@godlessheathen8150]

Another great video matt..keep up the good work..

[@godlessheathen8150]

Paulie Three Balls they talk sense and the truth..instead of spreading fear and falsehoods.....

[@johnnypetersen94]

Paulie Three Balls You seem proficient at posting negative commentary on this video. Is that what you do? You are in every thread posting hateful bigotry and arrogance.

[@Hy-jg8ow]

Thanks Matt, great video!

[@tedferkin]

Interesting that the word of "God" can be mistranslated, and there are discussion from apologetics to blame mistranslation. Surely such perfect text would be perfectly translated every time as well as perfectly understood when read.

[@o0Avalon0o]

Thank you for all the work that you do. After listening to you speak, it's obvious you care about making sure something is true before you believe it.

[@nuoiptertermer4484]

You never make sure something is true before you believe it. Belief is not a choice. Also, if you're sure something is true, it's not a belief, it's knowledge. You simply believe something or are sure of something because you think evidence justifies belief in it or it's a logical certainty, or you don't believe it because you don't think evidence justifies belief in it and you don't feel certain of it.

[@mattkski3396]

Thanks, Matt. well done.

[@susanwatson8691]

Thank you Matt.

[@fiftyfat]

"two lions with manes, so that's not a male and its female." You migth want to google maned lioness ! ^^ Great video as always ! Keep'em coming ! :)

[@paintbrush3554]

N funny enough, maned lionesses are usually infertile as they have a hormone imbalance causing the mane. Good luck repopulating the lions after the flood!

[@Domzdream]

See Matt I wish you mentioned his sort of stuff more often in your debates against other opponents. Things that put the opposition in a tight spot where they know that these acts are immoral and obviously wrong ( and sinful from a Christian perspective). And they would be put in that spot of having to choose between what is right from wrong, and defending their apparently perfect bible. And I've seen you do this a few times where you grill them about the one thing occasionally but not enough. And these guys always get away with murder, and not answer the question given by you. I'm not comparing you to David Silverman, I think you're a far better debater, but he really grills his opponents and just doesn't let go until he makes them look like immoral people, which they are. I notice that his opponents often try to evade the question in fear of exposure by answering a question with a question, but boom! he gets back to the original question. It might be aggressive but it's effective. Anyway, I relish your debates, as always, and absolutely love watching these videos you upload. Looking forward to many more Matt!

[@itsrorosiwa793]

i agree

[@trishayamada807]

So when my brothers were born my grandparents took out $10,000 life insurance policies. When I was born they took out $3,000 for me because I would have a husband who would provide for me. I was raised to be less, to think I was less and that behaving and being quiet was best. Thankfully I broke all the rules and suffered for it, but now I’m raising my own three little kids to be humanists not Christians.

[@marie-rosedaly4234]

terrific! Brought the point, thx Matt :)

[@moodyrick8503]

The only true thing about apologists, is that they offer an apology for the "confusion" that religion causes! PATHETIC

[@MrRetseem]

Great video Matt - what I would add is that in many cases women are blamed for the actions or misfortunes of men... Eve made Adam eat the apple, Lot's daughters effectively date raped their father, Delilah was the cause of Samson's demise etc etc...

[@lissam8988]

Thank you for your understanding.

[@joegillian314]

I agree that following the words of the Bible has lead to a legacy of inequality and mistreatment.

[@logicmonkey1034]

GET YOUR TURTLES!

[@canoenut]

Love your video! BTW it was turtledoves, not turtles!

[@ginkner]

OK, I HAVE MY TURTLE. WHAT DO I DO NOW?

[@logicmonkey1034]

RALLY AS MANY TURTLES AS YOU CAN! PREPARE FOR ARMAGEDDON! FOR THIS WEEK! IS THE WEEK OF BLOOD AND CHAOS!

[@ginkner]

OH GOD I'M SO GLAD I INVESTED IN THIS TURTLE FARM. I THOUGHT ARMAGEDDON WAS NEXT WEEK THOUGH! DO YOU HAVE ME ON THE EMAIL LIST?

[@logicmonkey1034]

NO ITS THIS WEEK! THIS WEEK EVERY MONTH! I'VE GOT YOUR BACK BROTHER! HOLD STRONG!!.......oh god........no..........GOD NOOO..... THE STRING HAS BEEN PULLED!! THE BLOOD!! GRAB YOUR TURTLES!!! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLDDD!!

[@KrikitKaos]

17:03 "Setting aside that power...how absolutely...(don't say asinine, don't say asinine, don't say asinine)...ridiculous, is it..."

[@sharanstanwood3731]

The extremely poor treatment of females in my birth family was the deciding factor which made me reject religion, the bible, god, and the whole 9 yards. I instinctively knew my own worth from a very young child and protested any preferment of my sister's and my brother. It helped to have a sister who was not only beautiful but a genius! While the women in my family were all incredibly strong and moral, loving people, it was in comparison to many of the men who were often drunk and violent. They were just patently inferior to a young child's eyes. These same violent men were the ones spouting "male is better" dogma. Luckily I've learned that both sexes are capable of great honor, kindness and essential worth. I've always resented the importation of ancient misogynic Jewish/Semitic customs into the Scottish/English culture of my own heritage and Western Civilization itself, thanks to the Evil Book, and get a gut reaction of horror when it is wrongly called "good". Nothing could be further from the truth. Male and female were made to complement one another, care for each other and neither is better. Nowhere in the mammal kingdom do you see the males of a species (maybe excepting Gorillas?) lording it over and mistreating the females. It's completely unnatural.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

As a Zoroastrian, I actually agree. The Good Religion teaches the total opposite on women.

[@sharanstanwood3731]

@@TheMilitantMazdakite According the Atlantic, Zoroastrianism is just as prohibitive and repressive with women as are other religions.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

@@sharanstanwood3731 That developed under the influence of Islam. Zoroastrianism, for most of its history, was VERY feminist. Read the Yasnas. (The writings of Zoroaster and his contemporaries) There are countless verses about gender equality, and this was reflected in ancient Persia- the inspiration for Wonder Woman was a general in the Persian army, commander of the immortals. Men and women had equal pay, the same jobs, and so on.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

@@sharanstanwood3731 A great example of a feminist verse in the Avesta would be Yansa 41.2 "May a good ruler, man or woman, rule over us"

[@deimossoulcrush13]

Hey Matt just wondering when you're doing part 2 of this topic?

[@star3catcherSEQUEL]

Usually whenever people claim the Bible says something positive about women they're using out of context compliments aimed at one specific female character, I've noticed.

[@thechosenmwuaha]

Why is the comment section such a shitshow on the newest videos? Or was it always like that and i'm noticing it just now.

[@Andres64B]

Hey Matt, love the videos. I have a slightly off topic question. It's regarding arguments for the existence of God. Have we ever universally agreed that something exists based solely upon argumentation? I can't think of anything. We always demand evidence.

[@biostemm]

With regard to the male/female animal sacrifice, it actually makes sense - a commoner is likely to have a very small number of male animals, and uses it to breed/stud the females, so its loss will basically cripple that commoner's ability to maintain a herd. A king is more likely to have sesveral herds or more males, so while still valuable, it's not a crippling loss.

[@bdf2718]

I got the impression that women are meant to use pigeons as sanitary towels. I hope I misunderstood, but given the other shit that's in the babble, maybe that's exactly what it means.

[@wolf1066]

Sounds a lot better than using _turtles_ as sanitary towels...

[@thejohn6614]

@@wolf1066 i once rescued a snapping turtle out of the road. It was nasty and mean. Had shit growing on it.

[@wolf1066]

@@thejohn6614 Yikes! We don't get snapping turtles here. Sounds bad enough rescuing it from the road, let alone using it as a sanitary towel. I rescued a pigeon from my neighbour's house - well, more like rescued my neighbour from the pigeon that had "invaded" her house - clearly she didn't appreciate how useful it could have been...

[@thejohn6614]

@@wolf1066 i travel a lot. I was just about to the bridge going over the Mississippi in Arkansas. it was in the middle of the road and i didn't want it to get hit. I picked it up and i dropped it. Then it started snapping at me..... If you're actually interested i have the video of it on here. I think you have to skip to about 4:00 And i don't like pidgeons either. They shit on everything and make a mess on my roof. City pidgeons are the worst. You can spit on them or kick them if you wanted to. They're so fat and lazy.

[@nc_JP]

I'm really bummed that I'm going to be in Dallas the weekend he's in my city on the magic and skepticism tour.

[@tobymartin2137]

The money value given to men and women is from Leviticus 27, for reference, in case nobody's said so yet.

[@MegaGmoney84]

Love the video. Is there a way I could mail you a small book I recently got from a 2nd hand store (I remember you talking about perusing 2nd hand stores around you and sometimes coming across something interesting)? The book is specifically named "The Women of the Bible", and is actually a children's book. I laughed when I saw the title of this video bc I had just recently finished reading that book and then seeing a video on the same thing made me laugh a little at the serendipity. Almost as if it were meant to be haha. The book I have goes through all the women specifically named in the bible in alphabetical order. And each story/parable/whatever (no more than 2 pages each) shows either how they were amazing and godly or a terrible jezibelle deserving of whatever punishment they suffered. It's a very interesting book. Especially when quite a few of the stories are blatant misrepresentations from what is plainly said in the bible, bc I guess explaining to kids exactly what the bible says and means at face value is unacceptable? I think you'd get a kick out of it or might give you a few more talking points on how theists will change or "interpret" things in the bible to comfort themselves or mislead others into believing. Thanks for all the awesome videos. You've really helped me through my struggle in recent years in becoming a nonbeliever after being a nondenom Christian most of my life and then having my worldview shaterred after a few tragic events (things in Iraq I saw and me being in a crash where I was brought back from death) that made me realize just how sadistic, evil, immoral, and heartless the god of the bible would have to be if he were real. For a while I didn't know what to think or believe bc I had become fully unconvinced of all the things I had been raised to believe about god, the bible, faith, etc. and it freaked me out. It wasn't until I saw your videos, debates, and small lectures that helped me begin to genuinely question and come to terms with what I had been indoctrinated with from childhood. Keep up the good work.

[@johnnypetersen94]

Anthony Garland You may find this Dillahunty video interesting if you haven't yet seen it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5y0hXyObLOFe5Y

[@MegaGmoney84]

John Petersen Yes that's the video I remembering seeing with him talking about the children's book. Thank you. I couldn't remember what video it was for the life of me. I wonder if he'd get a kick out of reading the book I described.

[@ElroyMF1]

I missed part of this, not sure if you mentioned it but the bible also only speaks to men. The "you" in "you shall not covet" etc. is always addressed to men. The bible almost never addresses women directly.

[@wolf1066]

Good point. There's not a coda saying "Oh, and you women: don't covet your neighbour's husband or handmaiden."

[@puirYorick]

In 2024 this is frighteningly more relevant.

[@michaelvigil3436]

From what I understand, Leviticus 27 does allow for inflation by saying that a shekel is valued "according to the sanctuary shekel". It's also interesting that the price Judas sold Jesus for was the same price a woman was worth according to Leviticus.

[@ginkner]

Just curious....but what the flying blue shit is a sanctuary shekel?

[@ThePsychoticnut]

Haha I just made a similar comment before reading yours. I guess you beat me to it.

[@swarner1138]

Now I Really want to see the amount of the Bible and it scores in the Bechdel test...

[@HeartcoreMitRA]

"You shouldn't masturbate or have homosexual relations!!1 Oh, the slavery - that was a common thing back then, so the god decided not to push hard on this one."

[@stevenduvall2549]

The amazing Joan Osborne has an early live song called "4 Camels" about the worth of women... ""Somewhere in Egypt I'm worth 4 camels/a strong healthy girl like me..." Couldn't be more applicable to the subject at hand. Women in many parts of the world are no better off than they were in Biblical times. One could argue that it's gotten worse.

[@QueenBoadicea]

24:00 Frankly, I see it as a plus that women are considered unclean during menstruation and unclean for 14 days after a girl child is born. What "uncleanliness" entailed in such cases was that the men weren't allowed to have sex with them during these particular days. If the women hated their menfolk (and how can you avoid feelings of loathing if you are constantly treated as a second-class citizen with uncertain rights, have the option of being kicked out of your home penniless or no possibility of inheriting money, property, land or goods if there are male kinfolk about), periods of time when the men weren't allowed to touch them must have been seen as blessed relief.

[@jamiehamel3183]

QueenBoadicea then why the difference in time between a male or female child?

[@ThePharphis]

Interesting video as usual! Does the bible anywhere promote FGM? I'm wondering if the bible is strictly biased against males in that sense, even though it seems worse overall for the treatment of women.

[@5driedgrams]

I want to see you on Joe Rogan Podcast!

[@rasverixxyleighraq1509]

I've heard, but am not fully researched into the fact of, that the Qur'an is actually more beneficial in giving rights to women than the Bible is. But the comparison is interesting when the video comes out

[@Mockturtlesoup1]

I remember when I first read the bible (mid to late teens I think, I was never religious or believed in god, but felt it important to know the story/stories of the bible since everyone else seemed to, and it's such an influential book), wondering if the people back in the biblical days actually did follow all those laws and rules.for example with menstruating women being "unclean", along with anything the sit on or anyone that touches them. like, was there a way of knowing when someone was "unclean"? if you touched a woman, would she say to you, "I'm sorry sir, but I am unclean. you are now unclean for a week"? is it like cooties or something?and if every woman who recently gave birth or is menstruating is unclean, along with anyone or anything she touches, how long would it be before the entire world was, "unclean"? I just picture some doomsday, "outbreak" like scenario taking place as soon as the first Jewish woman had her period.which brings me to another thought I had while watching the video. did Eve menstruate(i.e. before the fall?) and if so, was she "unclean" while doing so? why or why not?

[@brandistewart4316]

what are your thoughts on men asking fathers to marry their daughters? I have grown up in a religious family and my parents see this as a must. however, its not something I care about at all, especially since my boyfriend would be asking my step-father, who is very distant and hasn't played much of a role in raising me other than providing financially. I just find it kind of offensive because it seems like this act would be acknowledging me as property of my stepdad who I don't even have much of a relationship with.

[@christianpulido8360]

Exodus 21:26- 27 "When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye. If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free because of his tooth Deuteronomy 15:12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

[@zeon_zaku]

That is something that I do not like about English language teaching. It is not possessive. It is Genitive, which means that it relates something to something else. When we say that so and so is my mother or my teacher, then this meaning is clearly not demonstrating ownership.

[@yadabub]

You're saying I can't sell my teachers? Dang it. Soon they'll only be worth a couple of shekels.

[@Mr-nw7il]

SPEAKING THE TRUTH!!!!! MATT I WISH YOU WERE GOD!!!!!!!!!!

[@voyagersquaremuzika]

Dowry is still popular in the Balkans, especially in Serbia and Croatia. In Croatia, it is the law that a woman, after the death of her husband, inherits most of his pension!

[@ThePsychoticnut]

The verse that sets the price of people Leviticus 27 I wonder if this valuation had anything to do with the 30 pieces of silver Judas allegedly received.

[@Thormp1]

Current political events have brought me to the conclusion that religion based on supernatural ideas makes everything in human existence worse. Whatever religion does there is a secular version that we could create that would do that thing better. Religion increases suffering and religion in politics just magnifies its negative effects. That is all for my rant.

[@jaysmith-sq4dy]

Are you willing to flat earth debate against Beyond The Imaginary Curve or NathanOakley1980 ?

[@caseylee3345]

How long did people live back then? Over 60 years!?

[@halestorm123]

Thankyou

[@Burori1]

So this is a headscratcher for me. If it's sinful for a woman to bear a daughter and should instead have a son, what happens when all that's left in the world are men? Men could not multiply with other men back in ancient times, science just hadn't figured out cloning. So what happens then? Is the end goal that all of humanity just dies out?

[@hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat]

This is a wonderful video. All your points are great. ............ If you did this to the Hindu scriptures, those only talk about women as sex objects for making babies.

[@jonnawyatt]

Hmmm, the fountain thing is something I haven't heard of. And things haven't really changed in regard to women have they.🙄

[@robertw2930]

How long does it take for the egg to make viable again. Isn;t menstral blood pretty healty full of rich stemcells? God always telling us what is wrong and ends up being the opposite and what is god is actually bad (like slavery )

[@sovietbot6708]

May Lord FSM bless you. R'amen!

[@TheCrawdaddy029]

Matt, hope you're ok, you don't look well. Maybe just me...

[@richardreddick5681]

how much do they cost if you shop at Walmart?

[@manfredconnor3194]

So that is where our idea of "cooties" came from in the 1st grade.

[@sharanstanwood3731]

Where? That's what all the boys had!

[@1cotton245]

Matt Dillahunty you’re MY God!! Love it, keep it up 😘

[@phxbillcee]

how about turtle-doves?

[@SpyderQueen1988]

Surely it's turtle doves, rather than turtles? Or did I misread it?

[@jpeacem]

When it was written wouldn't only men have been allowed to read it? Not surprising it doesn't cater to a female audience.

[@fred2k112]

can someone give me the bible verse of the shekels worth.

[@phxbillcee]

Forty acres & a mule??? Probably could have used different language there!!!

[@cerberaodollam]

Maned lionesses sometimes happen, btw. :)

[@bugsby4663]

How is a "bride price" in any way positive? Putting a price on any human being is repugnant.

[@Broan13]

He was pretty clear in the video that it isn't really a positive, but better than a dowry, so if you have to pick one system, the bride price at least encourages the family to view the daughter as not a burden on the family.

[@fingerboxes]

23:20 -- OK I just want to throw a clarification out there: when it says "unclean", it means "ritually impure", not necessarily "sinful". Something can be ritually impure without being a sin, like for example in Leviticus 14:33-57, there are rules about houses and clothes with a mold problem that describe the object as "unclean". The house or tunic hasn't committed a sin but they're still unclean. The point of labeling something as unclean was often about preventing sickness; living in a house with mold can make you sick, and I'm sure wearing moldy clothes isn't great for you either. With regards to sexuality, a woman being unclean means you can't have sex with her; when she's on her period she's also unclean. With childbirth the goal of not having sex for the first week or two after childbirth was probably about letting her body heal. Does it take a woman's body twice as long to recover from childbirth if the baby is a girl? No, if anything it's probably the other way around because of the testosterone that has to be flushed from her body after having a boy. But that doesn't mean that the woman is sinful for having a baby. Within Judaism the woman must go to the mikvah (ritual bath; there are tons of rules regarding the size, where the water can come from, what percent of the mikvah must be filled with water compared to other possible liquids, etc.) before she's allowed to have sex again. The mikvah removes the status of ritual impurity. Wudu and ghusl in Islam share the same purpose, although since Islam started in an area with significantly less water, unsurprisingly the amount of water required for Islamic ritual purification is much less. Ghusl you can get it done with a liter or two whereas a mikvah can't be smaller than 575 liters. I'm not saying this as an apologist, I'm saying this because if you're going to have a discussion with a religious person about their religion where you're going to be telling them what they believe, you should be as informed as possible.

[@fingerboxes]

Also it's turtleDOVES, not turtles. The turtledove is clean, a turtle is unclean.

[@juseschrustfush]

I wonder how god feels about men earning their red wings

[@joeturner1597]

I'm on the lookout for a good woman. But I'd settle for a bad one round about now.

[@williamskinner]

God created himself a talking snake a poison apple an innocent man and woman and blamed the messy creation on the latter .. humm I think I'll read the book of Matt or Eric

[@SkyeID]

Matt is getting thinner

[@AtheistEve]

Skye ID Maybe he’s secretly gone whole food plant-based.

[@stephaniecuellar3192]

In that bit about property ownership. l think part of this is because the tribes of Israel didn't want other tribes getting ownwership of that which was aloted to them. Ex: A daughter of Judah marries a son of Benjaman and gives birth to a boy who could possibly be the only male in the bloodline of the maternal grandfather when he dies. So, the land goes from one tribe to the other. Typical Buybull bullshite.

[@Mariomario-gt4oy]

Not to mention the forced marriages and sex slaves in Christianity. Abhorrent

[@lisaratley4858]

Females not counted in census….. like how the USA treated native Americans and black people.

[@Kyeudo]

How ignorant are you? Not counting Native Americans in the census and counting slaves as 3/5s of a person was a good thing! At the time, Native American tribes were recognized as foreign powers. Native Americans inside the USA's borders were foreign citizens, just like someone from France or Spain. Of course they shouldn't be counted in a census of United States citizens. It is only through a long process that we reached where we are, with Native Americans now considered citizens of the United States, which is why there are additional considerations when dealing with tribal lands due to treaty agreements made when they were still foreign powers. Meanwhile, slaves counting as 3/5s of a person reduced the voting power in the House of Representatives of those states that had the most slaves. If slaves had counted as full persons, the southern states would have had even more power in Congress than they did.

[@justachick9793]

I hope this series will lead up to a condemnation of the sexual misconduct coming out about your friend, Mr. Krauss. The silence of people like you reminds me far too much of the silence of congregations when their leaders get busted for similar activities.

[@Raz.C]

I think this notion of females as second class citizens is something that christianity took (body and soul) from Judaism and truly made its own. Having been fortunate enough to have dated a number of Jewish girls, I can attest that each one of them was treated as a princess by her family (especially the one who was daughter to a plastic surgeon).