Atheists Have No Standard For Morality!? | The Atheist Experience: Throwback

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[@KarlBunker]

"I only want to talk to the guy who has less experience in dealing with fools like me." Chicken much? 🐓

[@christasimon9716]

I kept asking the same questions to Don specifically and exclusively, and eventually got an answer which I can cherry-pick to my satisfaction. Therefore atheism is false.

[@AntitheistHuman]

@@KarlBunker 😂

[@Beacon80]

Apologists continually fail to understand that religion is not the source for morality.

[@Beacon80]

@@JimCastleberry Stop lying about me lying. 😛 And I don't need a god to determine what's moral. I can do that completely on my own.

[@queuecee]

@@Beacon80 JEdith can only claim that some fictional deity is needed for a moral right and wrong. In the meanwhile, he can't explain how his moral rights and wrongs are determined. He can't even explain how slavery is immoral or how they can keep allowing for pedo in their ranks.

[@t800fantasm2]

@@JimCastleberry "and the fact that GOD is necessary for any moral right and wrong" F**k you are LYING IT IS NOT A FACT! Again for the moron in the room IT IS NOT A FACT! You have to prove the God then that it's the source of morality... other wise I can as easily say: " and the fact that Odin is necessary for any moral right and wrong " And no the only one pathologically lying here as usual is YOU... Your pathological lying is not moral. Therefore you are an immoral person and your God had no f**king effect on it... Also anal wipe, you are a proven immoral person so you are in no position to judge anyone's morality...

[@tonyclements1147]

Get new boring copy paste *Edjth.*

[@Lazy_Sundae]

@@JimCastleberry On the other thread you accused me of lying when I said I'm not a rapist and I asked you to back up the allegation with proof. You've failed to do so. Are you now prepared to admit you were lying out of your arse?

[@jjkj1526]

“Wait my viewpoint is being challenged a bit too much, let me talk to don again”

[@lassebongo126]

Ten years later: Seth, are you embarrassed by this call?

[@AvaEFF]

These people terrify me. They are openly admitting to having no empathy.

[@RM-ti8nf]

If they had empathy, they'd find it too hard to align themselves with a genocidal god, let alone worship something that's going to send unbelievers into a burning hell forever.

[@mistylover7398]

I heard Dat religious faith iz a type of virus lol.

[@mistylover7398]

​@@RM-ti8nf religious decepticons lol

[@ARoll925]

This dude really thought he had a gotcha, and made himself look idiotic

[@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761]

As usual...😮

[@quotedotes]

In other news, water is wet!

[@thedave1771]

Oh it was a gotcha, he just forgot to check which way it was facing. Rookie mistake.

[@haydenwalton2766]

he was arguing against his own position, half the time. 'if a lion kills a gazelle, nobody gets upset' that's because morality isn't objective

[@ARoll925]

@@haydenwalton2766 I bet the gazelle gets upset

[@roseredthorns]

My moral standards are based on compassion and consent and better living for as many humans and non-humans as possible, it's not that hard

[@feedingravens]

The Golden Rule (of Empathy), treat others like you want to be treated. But the empathy is necessary, you must train that you can think what other people think so that you can decide whether you want that they think that about you,

[@itsJPhere]

@@feedingravens Or maybe just ask how other people want to be treated.

[@quotedotes]

You can still learn and understand how to treat others as they wish to be treated, even if you are a psychopath, that does not experience empathy in any emotional sense. But religious psychopaths, certainly do find ways to justify acting like they themselves are god made flesh...

[@christiangeiselmann]

I start to find people who argue that they need God to behave ethically (meaning e.g.: not kill or enslave others) pretty dangerous.

[@chrisgraham2904]

The Bible not only depicts God to be tolerant of slavery, but also promotes slavery, provides instruction to both the slaves and the masters and he never rejects slavery. "No human being shall own another human being", might have made a good eleventh commandment from a loving God.

[@EdwardGatey]

Seth must be a Republikkkan. Only a 70's guy would recognize a dumbass.

[@koolmexi]

Agreed

[@funshinebear4822]

💯 They keep telling on themselves. Thank goodness they don't still abide by old testament law and don't really read their bibles.

[@Childfree334]

Since Seth has no problem with slavery, let him volunteer to become a slave under those same conditions. But somehow, I don't think he will. 🤔

[@christiangeiselmann]

He imagines himself as a slave owner. Not surprisingly. White guy.

[@jamesparson]

Worse yet. He might. If he was convinced being a slave is what God wanted, he might just do it.

[@Childfree334]

@jamesparson No, he wouldn't. He would never settle for being a slave. He has no empathy. Guys like that would never take what they love to dish out to others that they perceive as inferior.

[@chrisgraham2904]

Holding a belief that slavery is objectively immoral and having no wish to be a slave myself is one of the major reasons that I am not a Christian.

[@reefhog]

He said that he agreed that slavery is wrong. The problem is that he only thinks it’s wrong because scripture says so, except it doesn’t say slavery is wrong.

[@ketorising81]

This is a great illustration of why I don’t get into discussions with theists. The dishonesty is numbing.

[@joshsheridan9511]

My dog is not a pet, she's a valued member of my family.

[@Anton-V]

Pets are family

[@n0w3lly90]

Same here

[@D-Pocalypse]

👍🍻

[@truckerweeks8489]

Ya but your dog is still a pet it wouldn’t be as hard when the dog dies as if your child did

[@joshsheridan9511]

@@truckerweeks8489 it would be the same for me.

[@sfprivateer]

Lady teacher: Seth, how much is 3 x 4? Seth : Umm... I wanna talk to Don!

[@Lazy_Sundae]

He dozen want to answer that.

[@BlarglemanTheSkeptic2]

​@@Lazy_Sundae it dozen matter what he wants! Jebus says _"math is pointless, because I'm going to destroy the world soon.. ish... maybe. Daddy doesn't tell me anything! WHY? WHY? WHY?"_ 🥹😢😖😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@BlarglemanTheSkeptic2]

​@@Lazy_Sundae☝️sorry 'bout that. The spirit of the Lord came all over me... I'll go clean up now.

[@Lazy_Sundae]

@@BlarglemanTheSkeptic2 That's ok. I just assumed you were quoting from Numbers 🤭

[@perks6292]

The biggest question of all is why do these idiot callers feel the need to try and defend slavery?

[@jamesparson]

They are defending their "perfect" book

[@VictorNieves-o3o]

Because they’re sick and come from a lineage of evil.

[@aaronlietz]

They are desperate to hold on to their belief which keeps them in their comfortable tribe.

[@tekbarrier]

Kind of weird that he talks about how he can't just outlaw brussels sprouts because he finds them disgusting, yet in the Bible, God prohibits people from eating certain animals because they are supposedly disgusting

[@brucebaker810]

Eat thou not of the unclean, bitter plants. No Brussel sprouts, rapini, parsnips... Eat of the potato. But baked or boiled. Friest them not.

[@wwlib5390]

@tekbarrier The wisdom from God to forbid certain foods may have prevented a lot of sickness that may or may not have been known at the time to be associated with those particular foods; for instance - shellfish, which is forbidden, are known now to be filter-feeders and may accumulate all kinds of bacteria, viruses and toxins which would then carry over to the humans who ate them. Don't you think God gave His people wise advice? I haven't researched every single forbidden food item, but I would not be surprised to see God's wisdom in warning throughout His laws - perhaps proving to doubters that God knows what's good for us and what is harmful - not just in the foods we choose but in the way we choose to live.

[@EricDellinger-t2h]

And they want to ban OTHER people's behavior based on their morality as well: Being gay, not being xtian, not being THEIR type of xtian, sexual behavior of ANY kind concerning marriage and age, the list goes on and on and on.

[@DefendUrPolicyDontScapegoatLie]

@@EricDellinger-t2hWell age of constant should definitely exist due to the harm it causes to underage people. But the Bible doesn’t agree with that. A guy could “promise” (sell) his child aged daughter to an adult at like 12.

[@jamestonweki8071]

@@brucebaker810 No fried potatoes? Surely, this has to be some sort of mistake? In traslation? Just misspoke?

[@heidihaw8119]

Omg he went back to wanting to talk to Don at the end. That’s so funny 😂 😂

[@Ghalaghor_McAllistor]

Every theist who tries to defend slavery always sees themself as the slave owner which is a very moral thing to do, just like genocide is okay when a god tells you to genocide according to the bible.

[@MrCanis4]

And then they don't realize that they themselves are slaves to their god. Ironic, isn't it??

[@Leith_Crowther]

@@MrCanis4It’s worse. Lots of them do recognize it.

[@quotedotes]

Some of them do recognize that they themselves are slaves. They just justify it, by telling themselves that they get to rule this planet, in their master's stead.

[@BlarglemanTheSkeptic2]

Just like every clown who tries to say that socialist policies (like universal health care and social security) always imagines themself as the rich guy paying the taxes and getting no benefit, not the down-on-their-luck guy who is currently making use of such policies, that they actually are. 🤦

[@Leith_Crowther]

@@BlarglemanTheSkeptic2That’s an interesting observation. Possibly a contributing factor to why policies that benefit the least fortunate are so hard to pass: people who are not currently poor or underserved act like they never will be. This is a new perspective for me.

[@starfishsystems]

Secular morality is somehow a Bad Thing? But that's where we developed concepts like democracy, gender equality, racial equality... We didn't get those from religion. Religion teaches uncritical obedience. How is that moral in any way?

[@EricDellinger-t2h]

Yep. But you hit some of the best religious zealot hot button topics: Gender equality, racial equality. These ignorant people have been using their "perfect book", (that is wrong about almost everything), to justify keeping women and people of different characteristics subservient for centuries. You can't argue logic with a theist, as they have to completely suspend it to believe the batshittery.

[@AndrewWilsonStooshie]

What a shifty character. He only wanted to speak to Don because he assumed Don was less experienced at argument.

[@williamk70]

And he was right. Don is actually an easier target. Which is an indictment on the caller's entire argument: He was not confident enough in his arguments to try to go against the stronger interlocutor. He is indeed a coward!

[@quotedotes]

Coward, dishonest, manipulator. The *truth* has nothing to fear from inquiry.

[@geraldammons5520]

Wow. I hope this caller does not ever hold me responsible for anything. He cannot distinguish good from bad.

[@herbieshine1312]

Technically I own my two cats. I bought them, I buy their food, I pay pet bills, I had them micro chipped, etc. The deal I have put into place is that I do all that paying for them stuff and they give me companionship, and they follow me around and sit on me and have cuddles and we play with their toys etc. They are their own animal within the home I give them. That is not how slaves are treated. Seth's idea of morality is weak and lazy.

[@TheUltrahypnotoad]

In Britain, you can't legally own a cat. You can have one (or many), but it can leave your household for another at any time, and you don't have any legal recourse to get it back.

[@garcia-buckner7702]

Correct me if I am wrong, I think that what this call boils down to is secular morality is bad because it’s just people legislating their feelings and divine morality is good because it’s a supernatural being legislating it’s feelings. I’ll personally take the former because it’s ever evolving as opposed to the latter which is more stagnant.

[@suffist]

The supernatural being had to impregnate a virgin with himself, to appease himself for original sin. Which commenced, when a rib woman convinced a dirt man, to eat a magic fruit, from a forbidden tree. All under the counsel of a talking snake. Thanks to the latter, I've never killed anyone, robbed them or raped them for that matter.

[@DefendUrPolicyDontScapegoatLie]

When really it’s still just people making the rules but claiming there’s a supernatural entity that backs them up. Everything this guy “knows” about god is from a book written by people. People who claim to be/speak for god. People who know they can’t demonstrate a god so they make punishments for questioning it. Who also endorse atrocities but say it’s fine on this “gods” authority.

[@garcia-buckner7702]

@@DefendUrPolicyDontScapegoatLie I agree. They claim to be supported by ultimate power. With that ultimate power comes ultimate corruption, as cliche as it sounds.

[@tinetannies4637]

I think what this caller is getting at isn't that secular morality is bad, but that it is no more objectively universal than faux religious morality. Secular morality is subjective consensus morality, which is why slavery was once considered fine and now it is not. This isn't a value judgment on whether secular morality is good or bad, it's simply pointing out the hypocrisy of simultaneously saying there is no universal religious morality yet there somehow IS a universal secular morality. If there are 100 people and all 100 people agree on the same idea, that universal agreement doesn't make the idea objectively true, it only makes it a subjective consensus without exception.

[@suffist]

I wonder what I said since YT has deleted my comment. It's a daily occurrence being brought back to comment threads, where I have obviously commented, to find that my comment is no longer there. What a great way the left has of communicating. Just delete anything you don't agree with. Not just that, that an AI doesn't agree with. A simple solution for simple-minded people.

[@samcero]

Dan sounds like a guy I would love to hang with, but he's not made to discuss morals with sociopaths like Seth. In all due fairness, I don't think I am either.

[@queuecee]

God's morality: Those who do wrong will not inherit the kingdom of God. Also God's morality: All have done wrong. And no one will inherit the kingdom of God. Also God's morality: Everyone will be forgiven of all wrongs if you accept Jesus, so you will inherit the kingdom of God even if you did all the wrongs.

[@Tuna_Man2323]

And don't forget, the buybull gh0d specifically created some humans for the sole purpose of infinite torture after they die, making morality totally arbitrary.

[@mistylover7398]

Lol yup

[@Steve-sg3uz]

Did you delete a reply to me on your channel? I was not allowed to reply.

[@KayleePrince-we5pb]

Empathy and Desire to prevent harm

[@Hunt8rJob]

Seth says he gets his world view from scripture, but agrees that slavery is bad for society??

[@amtlpaul]

I adopted one of our cats; the other adopted us. Neither wishes to be free of us.

[@Beacon80]

I foster failed my first cat. I then adopted the next foster because he was a rescue, and he got along so well with my first cat, I couldn't bear to separate them.

[@cryptidcloud]

guy who doesnt understand sympathy and empathy 😭

[@queuecee]

That describes most of the Christians here in the comments. They think that the only reason they don't hurt others is because their god tells them not to. They can't imagine having the sympathy and empathy that would give then a sense of wrong in hurting others. What monsters.

[@quotedotes]

Hard to relate to and treat others how you want to be treated, when you're a psychopath

[@jsmall10671]

No, he does understand them, this is an abstract philosophical discussion where empathy isn't sufficient for him to have a moral law.

[@queuecee]

@@jsmall10671 Why isn't empathy sufficient for an abstract philosophical discussion? There are many meta-ethics that is connected to human empathy.

[@TheMoggiemum]

I do not own my cats... They own me! 😺 Our first cat actually adopted us, then when we accepted him he brought a friend... We were chosen by them and with all our cats we have tried to honour that privilege

[@TheMoggiemum]

Even when they drive us crazy.... 😺

[@JFrazer4303]

@@TheMoggiemum We "put up with them" because we know that someday we won't be able to, because we outlive them.

[@TheMoggiemum]

@@JFrazer4303 that's one way to look at it...

[@theotakux5959]

I never actually 'facepalm' in reality, but I genuinely did when the guy said 'more evolved'.

[@johns1625]

Classic Christian compassion. Slavery is only wrong because dad says so. Except for when dad says its totally fine. 😂

[@Steve-sg3uz]

I guess you dont know that it was the Christian Abolitionists and Christian navies that ended slavery? Do you know the Christian Abolitionist argument against slavery?

[@willthewhale8021]

@@Steve-sg3uz Is that a joke? Please tell me you can see the problems with what you said.

[@chrisb9740]

My cat & dog are not slaves, they can leave at any time.

[@Leith_Crowther]

I’ve never personally met a dog owner who lets their dog outside freely unsupervised with no fence or barrier, and I’m not sure that’s actually a good idea.

[@ookekklibarianbornagain6708]

@@Leith_Crowther That would depend on how bloody big your property is.

[@reefhog]

@@Leith_CrowtherAsk a dog catcher if they agree with you. Many people let their dogs roam around, and don’t give a shit about what damage they cause, until they get fined for it.

[@Leith_Crowther]

@@reefhogI don’t know any dog catchers, but it sounds like they will indeed agree with me.

[@reefhog]

@@Leith_Crowther Local councils employ people to catch stray dogs. They would agree with me, that many people let their dogs roam freely, and have no idea where their dogs are most of the time.

[@RobertCampsall]

Amusing how he says that some atheists think incest is fine while ignoring the fact that - according to the bible - god seems to be absolutely enamored of it, as at least two great biblical righteous heroes (Lot and Noah and his family) engage in the practice w/o any qualms whatsoever.

[@queuecee]

Also Adam and Eve and their offspring would have had to have had incest

[@Beacon80]

​@@queueceeNot to mention Noah's grandchildren

[@RPGgrenade]

Ah yes one of my first exposures to presuppositionalism. I could never and still don't comprehend how you are able to take God as an axiomatic certainty as your primary condition, and expect anyone who doesn't believe you to take you seriously. It's the closest thing to literally creating your own mind prison as you possibly could, as there's absolutely no means of changing or growth from that position.

[@DefendUrPolicyDontScapegoatLie]

They want to be given the authority of a god but know they can’t demonstrate it. Apologetics are just excuses and deflections to get around that they can’t demonstrate that their god exists, how it came to exist, what it is, why theirs is the real one, how it “created” anything, or how they’re sure the things in their text are accurate.

[@brandonhaygood5286]

Asks to speak to Don and then cuts him off and interrupts him before Don finishes any point.

[@perks6292]

I miss Don, he seems like a really good dude

[@hansrockhard]

Me too.

[@quotedotes]

Same.

[@SteelSquishy]

Nah dude is too passive. Even though the caller was an idiot, he was given the opportunity to feel like he got one over on atheism as a whole.

[@alamunez]

I’m sure he’s a lovely guy, but he was not very good as a host.

[@jaycol21]

@@SteelSquishyYeah, this wasn’t his best showing. But Don actually got quite a bit sharper in later videos.

[@gregeoryl]

No threat of permanent torture and punishment, just love and empathy for guidance.

[@Skullgoroth666]

Theism arguments about morality are always circular because they don't want to say that their definition of morality involves God in the first place.

[@richardp7116]

I know for certain because...circular reasoning 😂

[@medalion1390]

I love the fact that at the end he started to realize he was stuck in an endless loop (God real because Bible, Bible true because God, etc etc) so rather than acknowledge it he just said "I want to speak with Don again" 😂

[@dalecs47]

What is worse, having no "Basis for morality" VS morality from the bible where one can do what ever they want, hurt who ever they want, lie and cheat and at the end of the day all they need to do is put their hands together and say "I love you Jesus" and all their immorality is instantly forgiven?

[@jonray5899]

This caller thinks he's smart yet he believes in magic.

[@williamjohn2910]

It's so simple yet Seth is killing my brain.

[@DulceN]

My pets are family members, not slaves or things to own.

[@frankrea6351]

My dog owns me -- and I love it.

[@coonerfart3976]

This issue goes back to treating people the you would want be treated.

[@smochygrice465]

I'm an atheist and I have objective moral standards that stem from promoting the well being of others. Simple 😎 And a good Thursday Morning 🌞 AXP Fans and Theists ❤❤❤ Peace Love Empathy From Australia 💪🤠☝️

[@smochygrice465]

@@JimCastleberry*Blasphemy!* You are a *fool* (man) to not understand promoting well being leads to objective truths. Thank Gods will for atheism 🙏✝️

[@smochygrice465]

​@@JimCastleberryMans opinions of me concerns me never, as God warned us not to trust in men. As such, your comment is dismissed. Thank God for AXP 🙏✝️❤

[@eddsroom69edds]

It's why we get a bunch of people, voted for by the population because we believe they are intelligent, to discuss and decide which laws are beneficial to society. If a person can't understand this then they obviously aren't particularly intelligent. Group behaviour to benefit the group.

[@huttis2002]

This caller was so aggressive and so certain but so patently wrong.

[@ColinHarris-g6g]

Morality pre-dates religion it stems from alturism which can be found in all higher order species.

[@allendesomer]

The caller is arguing for absolutes, and he's rejecting relativism. That's his whole thing.

[@bsaneil]

I'm surprised this guy wasn't dropped as soon as he started trying to pick which presenter to talk to.

[@quotedotes]

They later on made it a rule that you have to talk to both hosts, specifically to keep dishonest interlocutors from trying scummy tactics like this.

[@jackwhitbread4583]

Yes this was so gross, he tried to pick on Don because he saw him as the easy target. Theists like this are the absolute worst

[@animtres]

​@@jackwhitbread4583 😂😂 nature takes the path of least resistance

[@Mxxx-ii9bu]

Seth please never lose your theism. Should that happen I fear what awful things you would do.

[@Lazy_Sundae]

Does have an AR-15 vibe about him, doesn't he.

[@topgunaudio7983]

Divine morality = no responsibility

[@sam7bam]

This is one of my favorite clips. This dishonest person comes in looking to score a win on a guy he deemed too unintelligent to have this conversation. Don was the best (and my favorite) prior host because he was charitable, not pedantic, and attempted to speak in easy to understand language to those of us that don't bury ourselves in philosophy and associated terminology. What a silly theist.

[@Devious_Dave]

Caller's absolutely certain that he should follow the morality of his genocidal, slavery-endorsing god? - no wonder he doesn't recognise empathy & compassion as valid reasons for making moral assessments.

[@wynlewis5357]

Gotta be the most weirdest and immature questioning ever from a caller. What a siily man.

[@TheSnoeedog]

let's not be too generous...this imbecile is no man; at best it is human-adjacent

[@robertwood2005]

Human beings are social animals that live in large groups. We, over millennia, have developed rules which make living in large groups easier, and more successful. Those agreed upon rules are what we ultimately call morality. 😜😜🍸😜

[@blackmailz]

"Survival of the fittest" has NOTHING to do with killing one another and the survivor is the "stronger one" People who argue this is either a psychopath or doesn't understand what this quote meant. 😅

[@Steve-sg3uz]

You are wrong since animals do kill each other for survival of the fittest outcomes. And atheists are always telling me that they are nothing more than animals. In fact some atheists often argue that abortion of their own young is a good selection tool to create the fittest and most desirable 'animals'.

[@nealjroberts4050]

​@@Steve-sg3uz Alas for you just because some animals kill members of their own species it doesn't make that the entire meaning of "survival of the fittest" a phrase often misunderstood.

[@queuecee]

@@nealjroberts4050 Are you implying that Steve is not just ignorant of moral philosophy but of evolution as well??? 😱 Please look closely at my shocked Pickachu face.

[@tonyclements1147]

@@Steve-sg3uz Who are these “atheists” that you claim tell you things that aren’t true?

[@nealjroberts4050]

@@queuecee Hey, last time I looked closely at someone's shocked Pikachu face we had to visit the clinic!

[@j.whisper2379]

Morality is all subjective and changes as society progresses. Our morality and law are what the majority have agreed to.

[@queuecee]

Morality and law are not necessarily what the majority have agreed to. The majority may come to an agreement, but that's different. Also, morality and law are not the same. There are obviously a lot of things that may be considered immoral, depending on your moral system, but are not illegal.

[@j.whisper2379]

@@queuecee Yes, morality and law are not the same, which is why I separated them. The laws promulgated by Hitler during his reign would not be what we might consider morally acceptable. And morality is not always positive, however it is always subjective. . The morality in the bible, for instance, is not the same as the morality of modern secular societies. The morality of many religious communities today are not positive according to modern secular morality. Which is why secular law and morality based on reason and scientific reality is typically superior to any unbending religious dogma.

[@queuecee]

@j.whisper2379 I'm not sure what point you are trying to make by bringing up law when we are talking about morality. As you agreed, they are different things. And I don't agree that morality is always subjective. There are of course moral anti-realisms, but there are plenty of moral realist theories. I think what a lot of people get caught up on is that the application of morality is going to be context based and won't always result in the same outcome. However, moral principles can be objective, in the sense that it's stance independent, independent of human opinions and beliefs. You even mentioned such when you talk about morality based on reason and science.

[@j.whisper2379]

@@queuecee ! Show me a moral concept held by anyone that is not subjectivee. Laws are typically reflective of a societies accepted moral beliefs. Women are required to wear hijabs by law in many Muslim countries because that is a religiously morally accepted concept in those societies.

[@j.whisper2379]

@@queuecee ! Morality is a human created concept, like sin and does not naturally occur in nature.

[@goldenknight578]

What stood out for me from the caller was him trying to find out why Don (or atheists in general) thinks it's wrong for one animal to own another animal. He also made the comparison of owning a slave with owning a pet. Is he implying that slaves (or potential slaves) are a different kind of animal than human?

[@truthbetold8233]

Don should have simply pointed out that other animals do not have the capacity to consider moral arguments or to reflect on the consequences of their behaviour, and to then use that to change how they behave. So obviously other animals harming other animals is entirely irrelevant

[@Jackster4505]

Religion hasn't given anybody morals. We all basically work on the principle, I don't want it done to me so I won't do it to others, but I will defend myself.

[@thethoughtfield]

1:58 owning a cat or a dog is different from owning slaves, we don´t force our cats to do work for us nor beat them, many are treated as another member of the family.

[@medalion1390]

Dogs are pack animals by nature and often view their owners as such.

[@jbill190]

2:00 Every living thing on Earth is exactly the same amount of evolved; there is no more or less evolved, only subjected to different selection pressures over the same period of time. The main important difference between a cat or dog and ourselves is our ability to understand and take responsibility for our actions. As for keeping pets: if we were able to communicate with them well enough to offer a choice between being kept and living wild (or some other arrangement) then we would be obligated to give it to them. But they aren't able to understand that they would have a better life in our care than otherwise (if the situation is such that this isn't true, then that person has no moral standing to have a pet).

[@jbill190]

17:52 By continually coming back to the fact that we're "a group of animals" what he's trying to say in other words is "who cares if they suffer?" Again, the answer is: We care. You don't necessarily have to care, but you had better not harm any of us because we don't like it and we will take steps to prevent you from doing it again, and at that point we might not care how you feel about the matter.

[@jbill190]

20:02 He's correct for some definition of "exist". But for the relevant definition, there is a whole category of things that also does not exist. "Pride And Prejudice" also does not exist in the exact same respect. In a "materialistic universe" it's just an emergent pattern of ink shapes on a stack of paper, or pits on an optical disk, or electric charges on a memory chip, or patterns of light intensity on a grid of LEDs, or an arrangement of neurons and neurotransmitters in the brain of someone who knows the story. The same thing is true of Ten Commandments. Ink on paper or divots in stone, its just an arrangment of matter. But it represents real ideas that we can give meaning. It's really no different from looking at the clouds and seeing a bunny. Is there a bunny "existing" in the sky? In a sense. If you agree that it does.

[@nicciswainhi]

When I learned this it was an ah ha moment

[@Leith_Crowther]

It’s not evidently true that everything is exactly the same amount of evolved. In order for that to be true, all things would’ve had to have gone through the same amount of change. How would you even define and determine “how much” change something has gone through? You don’t have to make a claim you can’t back up just to refute their claim they can’t back up.

[@queuecee]

​@@Leith_CrowtherAll species go back to the LUCA (last universal common ancestor). So starting from there, all species have gone through the same amount of evolution.

[@Wilhelm-100TheTechnoAdmiral]

Not to brag, but the caller is really good at strawmanning 😂

[@queuecee]

I think when they have no evidence for their beliefs and believe in things that could not possibly happen in reality, they have to be good at strawmanning. In their mind, as long as they dispute atheism or science, their god all of a sudden will start to exist.

[@queuecee]

Seth, like many of the Christian creationists who can't grasp the idea of taxonomy, can't understand what it means that humans are animals. They think all animals must behave the same way. It is beyond their understanding that different animals have different properties. For example, fish are also animals, but we can't breathe underwater. Does that mean we are not animals? This is how illogical these guys are.

[@Steve-sg3uz]

You are for abortion, killing your young, just like animals do? You are for homosexuality like animals do?

[@queuecee]

@@Steve-sg3uz Why do you lie? How do you know that I'm "for" all of these? I solemnly promise that I will not get an abortion or kill my young. And I will not practice homosexuality. So you are patently wrong, just like you are wrong to believe in a fictional book with no evidence. But I am not going to force you or push for legislation to take away your right to worship a fictional god. Likewise, I'm not going to take away the rights of others for the choice to terminate their pregnancy or to love who they want. And if you don't realize that it's wrong to murder, regardless of their age, then there's no hope for you. The only ones here where I've heard of treating the young like property has been a Christian, DamonKenny. BTW, stop being disingenuous and saying dumb things like, "animals kill young therefore atheists are for it." It's as stupid as, "animals can breathe underwater, so atheists breathe underwater." Do you see how illogical that makes you look? But I'll bet you can't see that.

[@Steve-sg3uz]

@@queuecee Is objective morality real, yes or no?

[@amtlpaul]

​@@Steve-sg3uzdo you even have an idea of what 'objective' means, yes or no?

[@Steve-sg3uz]

@@amtlpaul Google: Objective Morality: Objective morality holds that correct moral principles and values are universal and independent of individual opinions, cultural differences, or subjective interpretations. This perspective asserts that certain actions are inherently right or wrong, regardless of personal beliefs or societal norms.

[@Lazy_Sundae]

*_Morality evolved first, long before Religion_* _Which came first, religion or morality? Listening to religious people, you’d hear how people need religion’s instructions, or else we’d be morally clueless. God comes first, then God’s Law comes to humanity, and only then can people be good._ _But there’s no good evidence for any part of this fable. Such a religious fable itself is a relatively recent creation, reduplicated in many forms all over the world. Different religions talk about all manner of strange supernatural agents perpetually obsessed with correct human conduct. (You’d think any actual self-respecting deity would have more interesting things to do.) Yet basic morality itself is remarkably consistent across human societies. Long before humans had language complex enough to spin stories of heaven, our distant ancestors had to deal with their own problems on Earth._ _We are a highly social species, using social structures like monogamy, family, clan, and tribe. Our ancestors were using these structures at least 500,000 years ago. If you were suddenly plucked from your life and sent back in time to live with people in Indonesia about 15,000 years ago (or even Ethiopia 150,000 years ago), you would be able to figure out what is going on. The basic social roles, responsibilities, and civil rules would seem somewhat familiar to you, and you’d fit in pretty fast…_ ~ John Shook, Centre for Inquiry, 10.02.10

[@amtlpaul]

All ye trollish online Christian preachers, take heed. Verily, unless and until you demonstrate that your God exists, that you know what God's moral judgements are and that said judgements are objectively correct, your version of Christian morality counts as subjective, that is, based on your feelings and preferences rather than on known objective facts.

[@RidePuppets4Justice]

Theists and morality. Absolutely mind blowing

[@thetherapist53]

Presups are such cowards.

[@holgerlubotzki3469]

Nobody can reasonably claim that a g0d that slaughtered infants to punish the parents can be a source of absolute or objective morality. Any person making such a claim who then accuses atheists of lacking a moral compass is merely adding hypocrisy to the list of things they believe to be morally acceptable.

[@countsd1]

just ask Seth what he thinks a theory is and let's get this over with.

[@chadhardy35]

Seth was the first Karen. Instead of the manager...he wanted to talk to Don.

[@smochygrice465]

Congratulations on 415k subscribers AXP ❤❤❤ Keep up the great work 💪 And a good Thursday Morning 🌞 Peace Love Empathy From Australia 🤠

[@asciiguy1]

Empathy feels good to the person giving empathy as well as the one receiving it.

[@nightwalkerj]

Only weak people need to submit to a higher, imaginary, immoral power for their morals.

[@Steve-sg3uz]

Do you defy your local laws or are you a good boy?

[@eklektikTubb]

That speech about certainty and uncertainty raises some philosophical questions, such as: Is there some middle ground between knowing for certain and having faith? And if so, then where are the borderlines, where exactly does that middle ground start and where does it end?

[@ApatheticFish3667]

I just want to know why Dingleberry is so obsessed with atheism. Is he a supporter of Darth Dawkins? I've never met anybody so set on treating atheists as subhumans and proving them wrong despite not being convincing. I wonder if he acts this way in real life...

[@tonyclements1147]

Whatever Christians like Edith and BJ boy come across something they don’t agree with or understand it gets shoved into atheism to help them hold on to their delusion that their imaginary friend exists and truly loves them.

[@t800fantasm2]

I think Dingleberry knows he f**ked up his life, has no friends,m family or lover... So he's desperately clinging to the idea that even if he lies to atheists his God will rewards him with an afterlife and make up for the miserable existence he has now... And mental illness.... No normal person would post like he does so it's clear he's not all there in the head... He is a sociopath and delusional... He belongs in a mental hospital...

[@DefendUrPolicyDontScapegoatLie]

An excuse to hate someone. God allows them to be terrible.

[@diannalynnYT]

So glad I don't need a god to tell me that harming others is a horrible thing.

[@amtlpaul]

JNTO keeps stating that only a like thing can only produce a like thing. For example, only a mortal animal can produce mortal animals. Okay, bad example. Only a plant coulld create plants, only a planet could create planets.... uh, okay, back to the drawing board.

[@queuecee]

He claims that non-intelligence can't result in intelligence. And yet, ge came from a non-intelligent zygote. Well, that's a bad example. And a non-moral zygote resulted in him. Ok, another bad example. But you know what I mean.

[@Beacon80]

Especially since there's no meaningful definition of of "living" that applies to Yahweh

[@ChrisM-zm4li]

He's so typically horrible. Telling us that we believe horrible things he wants us to believe. Just so nasty.

[@ARoll925]

Seth, why did you bother to call when you weren't going to listen to a damn word they said

[@Leith_Crowther]

Call’s ten years old, Seth could be dead by now.

[@ARoll925]

@@Leith_Crowther and?, the call could be 10 minutes old and Seth could be dead, I'm not sure what your point is

[@KGP221]

Everyone has a moral standard, even if it's a minus 10 on a scale of 100. Morality is an individually determined value. We can't expect everyone to know the difference. After all, most people stopped learning after they were told "But of the tree of knowledge...thou shalt not eat".

[@SelfRelativity]

Do unto others as you do unto your Self.

[@nealjroberts4050]

A simple study of history and society shows that morals are subjective and relative. We can try to justify some of that by referencing objective consequences but our evaluations of those will tend to be subjective.

[@TheTom5150]

I always find it funny how a believer will tell you that you can’t have objective morals without a god, then when you point out a horrific command from the OT, will then tell you that that particular command doesn’t apply anymore because Jesus nullified it…well, if it has changed, then how does having a god give you access to objective morals? A moral that is objective wouldn’t change, that would make it subjective

[@somersetcace1]

Of course I have a standard for my morals. They're based on my values. This is really a topic about `objective` morality, and I contend no one has an objective standard, despite the claims. Though I have quite a bit more respect for ideologies like `ethical intuitionism` than I do arbitrary claims of divine revelation, via inexplicable god concepts without a shred of evidence.

[@wtfjesus8251]

Your standards, God's standards .... How do you know what is "right" and ... did you make mistakes sometimes???

[@somersetcace1]

@@wtfjesus8251 You `don't` know what is right in an objective sense. It's subjective. However humans tend to share a lot of the same values, so the morals pulled from those values tend to match more than they don't. Not that it ultimately matters. I really like certain foods that other do not. That reality doesn't change how the food tastes. This gets made into such a huge issue, but it's really not. Usually because if our values are subjective then we have no way to reasonably `impose` those morals on others, but we don't have that right anyway. That's not how the world works.

[@Godless_Doc]

He doesn’t allow Don to answer

[@AionMan45]

I mean "He" is the host.

[@guytheincognito4186]

His Job as a Host is to ask questions and keep callers on topic. When the callers replies are Not answers that directly follow from the questions and the actual subject at hand, the host is to stop the callers jaunt to Left field and keep the conversation on track and on topic. The callers failure or unwillingness to stay on track and answer directly, is in no way a fault or criticism towards the hosts. The rules and purpose of the show is known and clear from the start and any deviance from that is a failure of the callers wether international or mistakenly. Atleast the mistakenly do attempt to correct these when and where they are stopped and prompted to return to subject.

[@Godless_Doc]

@@AionMan45 no. The caller.

[@xenotbbbeats7209]

When an atheist does the right thing, it's even when no one is looking. We don't have to believe there's someone greater than us watching and judging. We act out of human compassion. This caller might not have a concept of compassion. If he does the right things because he believes in a god, I'm all for it, but not everyone is motivated by outside forces. As for pets, I have a cat who is on par with being my child. I've built furniture for him, an enclosure that several humans can hang out in with climbing structures, furniture, a cat hammock, etc. We're both carnivores, too, so we even bond in our agreement of what is good and tasty. That's the one thing that Christians don't fault me for because the god of their book loved Able's gift of burning fat more than Cane's plants. Since when does chaos and cruelty enter into not having an imaginary friend watching you? I came out of the church. This caller's lack of peace sounds so much like when I actually was questioning everything I was raised to believe. He sounds convicted. When someone with a belief has to voraciously prove they are right and you are wrong, they are actually trying to convince themselves that they are right. I still remember how insulted I was when I told my family that I didn’t want to live as an imposter pretending to believe in a god, and they assumed that I wanted an excuse to party. The caller sounds very much in bondage to dogma. He doesn’t sound free. He sounds like he's less than a year away from declaring his atheism.

[@CharlesDriver-hj4xp]

Religious people trying to fit there god into the world with using the ambiguity of words like laws and faith, is showing me they are running out of ideas. Keep trying guys 😂

[@guytheincognito4186]

They ran out of ideas ages ago. 😂

[@michaelanderson18]

You know it's illegal to beat an animal... or, are current laws not notable for you

[@idunno3302]

But there is only one denomination since the Bible is so clear on its morailty....wait that's not right.

[@jshadnot]

He’s intertwined his belief in god so deep if he stumped his toe he’d have to ask god if it hurts or not.

[@TonyCox1351]

The only difference between biblical morality, and my morality, is that one is written down and one is in my head. If I write my morals down and point to that piece of paper for reference, then my morals now have just as much of a basis of the Bible. Of course in practice I coil stray from my writings, just as Christians stray from the Bible.

[@tonydarcy1606]

Caller: "My morality is based upon an all powerful God who flooded the world because he was pissed off with his creation". !

[@ChristopherGranning-tj3pf]

If someone acts like an ass they should be treated like an ass...... accountability.. period..

[@simeonemascarpone]

10:07 Buddy you are dodging an entire person.

[@Calx9]

I'd wager Don got way better answering this question over the years. Because wow did he stumble hard. These were super super easy questions to answer.

[@conors4430]

Exhibit 1 billion of somebody who thinks that poking holes in somebody else’s argument is the same as providing evidence for theirs

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

Presup destroyed

[@iitywybmad29]

The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100-2050 BCE. Wikipedia The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755-1750 BCE. It is the longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon. Wikipedia So, where are the ten commandments and the ark of the covenant? The best that you can do is to say that they were written about in a mid 5th century BCE book.

[@jufulu7066]

I'm moral because God says I am! So there.

[@jamesparson]

No. Good says no one is good. So that's that.

[@jufulu7066]

@@jamesparson But I told him that believed in him.😒

[@cy-one]

​@@jufulu7066which means he'll reward you for believing in him, despite you not being good. And he made you not good in the first place. But it's your fault for not being good. Because he says so.