...but intelligent people believe in God

Why have so many intelligent people believed in God?
Allow me to count the ways.
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As someone who never believed in God, people who had to deconvert really impress me. You overcame so many odds. The deck has always been stacked against you, yet you prevailed. You were honest with yourself. Don't buy into the idea that figuring out God doesn't exist is no big deal. It is a big deal. You found your way out of an intricate maze that was brilliantly designed to contain you for a lifetime. There are geniuses who couldn't do what you did.
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[@tomomato3377]

I wonder if this is about religion

[@donniejefferson9554]

I doubt it. Wouldn't make any sense. Pretty sure it's just some random ridiculous thing

[@vladradu5245]

It s about everything

[@youtub-fj8mu]

maybe, but that title is pretty vague so nvm

[@selfcompassionate]

whaaaaaaat? pffft-----that's crazy.

[@Dino-oh7xh]

Nah, that wouldn’t make any sense.

[@shady8045]

You forgot to mention the forced connection between the ridiculous claim and morality so that you are made out to be a bad person if you don’t believe in it

[@redphoenix1276]

yeah that's a good point

[@berkaydemirci]

The part where he kills the unbeliever wasn't clear enough?

[@hillarycolen1163]

Shaming those who refuse to conform

[@bakublood402]

No that was made glaringly obvious

[@thelionofjudah77u82]

The gospel of the new testament is to believe in Jesus and to love our fellow man. What is hard about this? Going to heaven isn't about who is the most moral, it is about whether or not you believe in Jesus (John 3:14-18)

[@euphoric1183]

This isnt even only about religion. This is a video that explains how any societal view, no matter how ridiculous they might be, can still be believed by the general population. Great video. Hats off.

[@narrativeless404]

True Any set of believes and doctrines falls into this

[@SmartAss4123]

Correct. General population used to believe witches were real and literally drowned and burned women alive because it was accepted as truth by religion

[@realdragon]

I can see this in many many examples. I've seen quite some videos about beauty standards, the ideal body looks like Schwarzenegger or The Rock. And they look amazing, but they did a lot to look like that and that might not even be what you want because body can take on many shapes and both Arnold and Rock shaped their body to look, Swimmers will look differently because they shaped their body for something different, marathon runners are very skinny but they will easily outpace any body builder. Look at Eliud Kipchoge, he looks like you could easily pick him up and throw away, he won multiple medals including gold during Olympic in Tokyo

[@ivanvalentin3898]

COVID

[@dmon728]

@@ivanvalentin3898 Covid conspiracies are flat earth level bullshit, it's the lowest IQ people who believe those. If you lack critical thinking and use facebook or other social media, you have fallen for conspiracy, it's just how it is.

[@DeadlyDanDaMan]

A sane man seems insane in a world ruled by insanity.

[@Ethan-hk8se]

But does an insane man seem sane in a world ruled by sanity? No.

[@onokr705]

@@Ethan-hk8se ok?

[@Ejaz100]

@Anna Meredith north east

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

@@Ethan-hk8se If only we lived in a world ruled by sanity.

[@GAMER123GAMING]

@@PistonAvatarGuy Muh religion is too blame for that. Despite the fact religion has been continously undermined for the past couple hundred years... (just ignore that)

[@claireb1104]

New horror movie: The Ridiculous Claim

[@edvinjansson487]

Too bad we live in this horror movie. lol

[@InsanityVirus]

Bold of you to assume we aren't the main characters of said horror movie hehe

[@antonk1524]

“Based on real life events”.

[@Red1676]

New porn video, but it be about a guy with a small dick but tells everyone how big his dick is.. That one kinda hits a bit close to home....

[@syamantakbharti3463]

😂😂😂😂

[@Soapandwater6]

Question everything, especially that which MUST NOT be questioned.

[@gamecoolguy619]

Let's see what is your view on incestuous relationship without restriction of birth or even beastality? The ridiculouse claim is just culture nothing says only religion is to blame?

[@ezberbozanmapper7154]

Why

[@ezberbozanmapper7154]

@No Body i read the bible and i am against it, the bible is the reason im an Atheist. If you looked from an objective point and questioned everything and didnt use confirmation bias you would be an atheist

[@Soapandwater6]

@@ezberbozanmapper7154 Because you may have been brainwashed from an early age or been misled by those in authority.

[@ezberbozanmapper7154]

@@Soapandwater6 why

[@DaveTexas]

My autistic brain cannot understand why our society expects children to outgrow their belief in Santa Claus yet considers outgrowing a belief in "God" to be insane. To me, they were the same thing. My parents did not feel the same way…

[@bentucker2301]

You don't need to be autistic to think that

[@danielbest9733]

As a man whom has been among others while we all saw both Santa Claus and gods in person (different occasions, and drugs were definitely not involved), I would say that intelligence and wisdom are somewhat different here. Both Santa Claus and gods have both far too much and far too little ascribed to them by those who follow the Ridiculous Claims. Much is attributed to both, and far too little is accepted of both. Far too much belief is prescribed, and far too little proof of existence and characteristics is required. The difference is, the religion of Coke Cola's ad campaign gone viral is in its infancy. And the religion of each and every god from history is well established, with at least a century more of 'maturity' in which the masses of its followers have laid attribution upon attribution at the feet of making their religion more justified. Of course the god of Coke isn't to be believed. That happened middle of last century. Give it time... Intelligence is the capacity to understand the concept and to understand logic, flawed as it may be. Wisdom is understanding which logic is flawed. If you don't demand basic proof of existence and attribution, you're never going to see wisdom. You'll see plenty of intelligence though.

[@billdecompsa4705]

Because some people do stray away from God. By their own choice, or by influence of others. While others stay, by their own choice or by influence of others.

[@DaveTexas]

@@billdecompsa4705 so you haven’t "strayed away" from a childish belief in Santa Claus. Got it. Weird flex, dude.

[@billdecompsa4705]

@@DaveTexas non sequitur. I said nothing about Santa Claus. You're response is unrelated to my argument, which is that you're idea of "outgrowing a belief" is ignorant and childish itself because of how little nuance it has. People outgrowing a belief in Santa Claus because they learn that it's there parents who buy the gifts, there is no such simple explanation for the divine. As such you're making a non-equivialnt comparison.

[@ShadowZZZ]

"To find out what controls you, you must simply find out what you're not supposed to criticise" - Voltaire

[@martinsoukup562]

But you changed that quote.

[@petereisenhower8089]

Look up at what Voltaire said on his death bed

[@MB-mn8do]

I think this was said by the Neo-Nazi, Kevin Strom. www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/27/cory-bernardi-mistakenly-quotes-voltaire-on-twitter-with-supposed-neo-nazis-line

[@nickguh1323]

China

[@hashly8521]

@@MB-mn8do yea this is a fake quote

[@Archangel125]

Shout out to all those who were raised religious and were able to reason themselves out. Now that takes an intelligent person!

[@Kephers7]

lol

[@Kephers7]

Many idiots call themselves intelligent. Doesnt mean they are.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

+klok95330 and you illustrate that comment flawlessly XD

[@Kephers7]

I never called myself intelligent. Reading comprehension sir. Pretty ironic that youd say that hahaha

[@Kephers7]

You certainly arent very intelligent either. Certainly lacking in the reading comprehension area. You illistrate that flawlessly blahaha

[@preposterousposse6550]

"People don't want to hear the truth, because they don't want their illusions destroyed." -Joker

[@emperorsunnyshore9272]

A M Wich Jocker please

[@hadeskingoftheunderworld7010]

@@emperorsunnyshore9272 i think its heath ledger's Sounds like something he would say

[@hadeskingoftheunderworld7010]

@Luka Merkviladze oh please if you consider that a prophecy i could say there will be air and be considered a prophet.

[@SeerOfVeracity]

A M Pretty sure that's a nietzsche quote

[@clowdyglasses]

Wii leave in ay so cie tee

[@tlotlanggaregae6355]

i feel bad for atheists who are born in middle east

[@arandomguy83yearsago46]

Why

[@smigboke9878]

@@arandomguy83yearsago46 they get hunted down by believers

[@percaholic6939]

@@arandomguy83yearsago46 they get killed

[@samp9053]

Video: God don't exists Youube: Here, have a bible ad

[@bloodhound2995]

Very true

[@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals]

GOD EXISTS!!!

[@bloodhound2995]

@@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals Odin

[@LilHoss4k]

@@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals proof?

[@arandomguy83yearsago46]

Same with tik tok, kind of

[@yevrahhipstar3902]

I didn't teach my kids much except to question everything and develop their own opinion.

[@Kephers7]

everyone does that.

[@OmikronPsy]

Did they end up believing in supernatural, like Christianity ? :-D

[@yevrahhipstar3902]

No, they don't. They have learned about all that stuff, but their minds have been inoculated by science. The oldest has a degree in linguistics: super-fit resistance to semantic chicanery.

[@OmikronPsy]

I guess religion will die out in regions with good education at the turn of the century. Christmas etc. will stay for cultural and economic reasons.

[@Kephers7]

OmikronPsy blahahahaha

[@tomduda1343]

Personally, if I were raised without being indoctrinated into Catholicism my life would have been vastly better. I still have all those little superstitious ticks I can't get rid of. It would have been so much better if I've spent my entire life acting on logic then having some ridiculous claim between my thoughts and decision making

[@trafficjon400]

God loves you thats why. he wants you to believe him so they can get you in to a building to tithe and believe you will be reworded later. like after your dead.

[@your_average_cultured_dude]

@@trafficjon400 fuck off. God isn't real. You literally just proved that religion is false by commenting about God on a video that disproves religion.

[@noel_21]

@@trafficjon400 A good unbeliever will go to heaven, a bad believer will not. That simple. God is supposedly good, so he can't be such a piece of shit as to throw people in hell for doubt.

[@darkwolf4434]

For me I was way happier as a Christian than an atheist but that may be because I was Lutherian and not catholic. And I just see no reason to attack religions like Darkmatter does because I can't see a purpouse in that. But I think beliefs will never die and will just change when old beliefs are being proven false.

[@darkwolf4434]

Also Tom I really think you wouldn't have logic in your decisions just by not being religious.

[@ideitbawxproductions1880]

I'm atheist/agnostic, and one of my best friends is Christian. Even then, she surprises me sometimes with things that I'm sure her church would consider blasphemous. Things like, "There's no way Jesus was a white man, he was born in the Middle East; so why is every painting of him depicted as white?" However, I know someone else, a very troubled, vengeful person, who tries to find people's names in bible passages, and use them as *proof* that others are out to get them. This same person once told me that my name was connected to godliness, because they found parts of my name in a bible verse... months later, in a fit of rage, they told me that my name spells 'devil', therefore I should never be trusted. I don't know what inspired their rage; I was going about my day, minding my own business, when they decided to send me a barrage of angry texts. I don't speak to this person anymore, nor do I ever intend to

[@HarutoVA]

What is the name that the person said it meant "devil", was it lucifer? I dont think anyone would name their child that name conaidering how much hate you can get from any religion in existence. What was the name, if i may ask?

[@idklol4708]

@@HarutoVA probably lilith

[@L9Wally]

blasphemy is talking down or insulting god. What she is saying is def not blasphemous and shes actually right. Jesus was very much so middle eastern he was born in Bethelhem, Isreal. and jesus is usually depicted as white because during the time being more pale was a sign of status and of course jesus would have that such high status as well and since during that time romans were so influencial other countries adopted that view of christ. and yeah some christians are weird the best way to know if someone isnt a weird christian is if to see if they mention what type of christian they are of if they just say they follow the word of Jesus Christ

[@chord_0121]

​@L9Wally correct as for the second person, they could just have some mental illness like bpd or schizophrenia that you could be biased towards since this the video is about how religion is whack and there is a possibly mentally ill person with a christian upbringing and a bible that you know

[@SirGreenVine]

Sir, if they are Christsain and sending angry texts at you, coming against you, I don't think they can be called Christians. The bad example of religion, is, religion. The truth is found only in the real Jesus, who we are saved by grace from through faith. I'm sorry these christains took you away from the faith, that is, If you had it. I tell you this, Jesus is real, Just ask Him for a second chance, He can wash you, cleanse you, and save you, I know this because I was an atheist, I used to watch these videos and all sorts, but God showed me His realness and Love. Look, the purpose of life is not of this world. The life of eternity God has set for us us to be, and we must put our faith in Christ to live. We are not saved by church, by religion, by fake Jesus, no, but by grace through faith in Christ, not of works, lest anyone boast. Jesus loves you, God bless.

[@kemiha]

The most terrifying part is wherever entire societies in a country in an entire region believe this crap for thousands of years, if someone wanted just the truth, he may experience many dangers and even might end up getting killed over it. Do I have to keep the truth to myself secretly? yes I do. because I live in a country where people do this get discriminated and may end up in jail or even worse.

[@mskellyn07]

That is horrible and I'm sorry people should be allowed to believe what they want to believe weather or not it's true. It goes both ways for religion and atheism.

[@AD-bb9np]

This is why American protects free speech. It’s a beautiful thing

[@nrgnnvn6109]

Same here. I could get killed or jailed for my beliefs in my country. Fuck religion

[@Ejaz100]

@@nrgnnvn6109 I dunno but Buddhism kinda dope

[@satoru7601]

@@mskellyn07 I think it's a bit more complicated than just "wanting to believe". You either believe in something or you don't, and you can't choose what you're convinced of, or what you believe in just because you want to. Belief is not really a choice, but everyone should br free to believe or not believe.

[@catman1592]

christian: how do you explain jesus walking on water nobody can do that me: i can christian: show me me: i dont need to you just need to believe i can

[@evyd88]

Hillarious and original!!! Hillarious and original!!!

[@nathanwaltrip7220]

I can walk on water, in the winter

[@poutineausyropderable7108]

Just put small boat beneat your feet. Some kid too young to see the trick is gonna say: Wow that guy walking on water. Someone farther away to far to see the boat are gonna be like it's a miracle so they'll start telling it and even write it in their journal or even on a book about the story of some awesome dude book that could walk on water. 5 years later some1 say this guy was god and start a religion out of it.

[@davidinnotts]

You're saying, of course, that tricks are needed or it's all impossible. Thing is, you can't prove - or disprove - that the supernatural (things that don't follow the natural laws of our universe) is impossible. The Scientific Method, by which we prove natural law, doesn't apply here; it's an invalid investigative method. So we have to go by the Historical Method of proof, as used in law courts. And that can never be absolute, just statistically 'likely' or 'unlikely'. And using such investigation, it's a Ridiculous Claim that the supernatural is impossible.

[@halogen5580]

the supernatural it self defy all laws of physics already

[@ARMohamed]

17-year old ex-Muslim here (for 3 years now). Love your work, keep it up! You helped me in my journey to apostasy :D

[@T--xo2uq]

+AR Mohamed your'e doing good!

[@The_One-Eyed_Man4246]

+AR Mohamed It makes me so happy to see a comment like yours. I hope it's genuine.

[@Child_Friendly_Child_I_Swear]

High five me m8! I'm on the same boat as you, being a ex-muslim for about 3 years now too. XD

[@ARMohamed]

Hodan Osman​ Glad to meet another fellow apostate xD

[@ARMohamed]

Ramsay Bolton I thought it was simply when you renounce a religion.. That's what Islam label's you as anyways.

[@denno445]

Being an intelligent believer who deep down knows the faults of religion but shuts them out because they are afraid must be cognitive dissonance hell.

[@Muhluri]

The thing is, you’re taught to dismiss them by saying “god works in mysterious ways”

[@user-zy7li8dq3j]

exactly and unfortunately

[@nts4906]

They are always one mental step away from a complete existential crisis

[@dtlegacy2495]

People need to question their beliefs and shouldn't be afraid to answers.

[@darrenthomas1000]

That's where hell comes in if you can scare the kids young enough they never question it

[@DellSubi]

True you can acknowledge people’s beliefs but that don’t mean you need respect it! - Bill Hicks

[@AD-bb9np]

Are there more than 2 genders?

[@k.grande1316]

@@AD-bb9np there are infinite yes

[@AD-bb9np]

@@k.grande1316, that’s the answer I was afraid of. I failed OP

[@DarkMatter2525]

As someone who never believed in God, people who had to deconvert really impress me. You overcame so many odds. The deck has always been stacked against you, yet you prevailed. You were honest with yourself. Don't buy into the idea that figuring out God doesn't exist is no big deal. It _is_ a big deal. You found your way out of an intricate maze that was brilliantly designed to contain you for a lifetime. There are geniuses who couldn't do what you did. This was my first video after crossing a half million subs. The future of this channel will continue to bring videos both silly and serious. Thank you, those of you who have stuck with me over the years. Welcome, those of you who are new. I hope to continue to be worthy of your interest and support.

[@spambamkeija634]

I made it out alive before I was drowned in the bullshit. Thanks to you of course.

[@Chvseem]

+DarkMatter2525 can i ask.... why is it bad to believe in A god not in the different religions and the Bible but just that a supernatural being exists, i think that it is not IMPOSSIBLE for one to exist, is it really ridiculous to believe in A god (not the fairy tale of the Bible)

[@maximillion813]

tee

[@amandaleake3904]

Thanks for your amazing videos :) I first started watching about 3 years ago, and all it took was just one of your videos for me to question my faith in "God" I've been a proud atheist ever since and I enjoy your intelligence to this day.

[@voss134]

It's because of people like you and Hitchens and Dawkins etc etc that help us Deconvert. your videos helped guide me out the maze.

[@rawhideleather]

Knock knock... Who's there? It's Jesus... let me in! Why? So I can save you! Save me from what? From what I'm going to do to you if you don't let me in!

[@vincebas3988]

Damn smart

[@roshan.roshan55]

Really true That’s what happening by the use of term GOD

[@nthwied1164]

Really ? Actually he isn’t saving u from what he is gonna do to you In fact if you don’t believe in him you won’t live with him and any life without god is actually hell

[@joshglover2370]

@@nthwied1164 How exactly is life without a dictator hell?

[@rawhideleather]

@@nthwied1164 Of course he is saying exactly that but since there are no gods it is a moot point. I'm sorry you are so brainwashed that you believe in an obvious work of fiction.

[@comradeboris167]

When I was a kid I believed in god simply because I was told that way, and sometimes I asked myself what if god is not real? and then I instantly thought "nonono i must not question god i will go to hell". Seems like ridiculous claim has a good defense mechanism, perhaps those ridiculous claims before it that didn't have, simply died out, leaving only the most manipulative ones remaining.

[@ibirbonyou]

What if this video is a ridiculous claim? nonono i must not question it because the guy in the video said he’s right

[@kyle--859]

​@@ibirbonyouThis video doesn't threaten you to eternal punishment for questioning it. You were fully allowed to come here and voice your disagreement without any fear of anything.

[@StudiesOfTheAncientNearEast]

Who told you that? No, questioning things is not a sin. In fact, as a theologically educated Christian I would tell you the exact opposite, question everything.

[@comradeboris167]

@@StudiesOfTheAncientNearEast So if you question everything how comes that you believe in a old explanation from before the science was a thing that states that the universe was created by a bearded guy in the sky? Not exactly universe, just a earth plane and sun that revolves around it (geocentric model that church promoted and burned scientists for stating otherwise). And how comes you believe in exactly one god when there are many religions with many gods and many with a single god, each specifically stating that they are the only true one ? what process of rational and critical thinking let you believe that it was clearly the christian god that created the world how bible states it and that there is no other explanation?

[@explosionlemon1436]

⁠@@kyle--859well my faith doesn’t threaten you it’s just that it’s a warning like I don’t say YOUR GONNA GO TO HELL IF YOU DONT BELIEVE IN JESUS is DONT do that

[@vladimputin2652]

I am a deist, a person who believes in creator but not in religion. I used to be muslim. The community people always claimed ridiculous claims. When i mentioned that i do not believe in religion, my friends left me. They did not talk with me as they used to. Even mire surprising is that, they do behaviours, which are considered sin in islam, more than i do. Additionally, they contemplate that by praying to "God", their sins will be deleted. It makes no sense. It is just ridiculous.

[@hatesans6423]

Fool, you know nothing. Submission is bliss. Humans do not naturally submit. Yet a force drives us to now.

[@AMZ_official]

Yeah you can do any sin if you're rich and go to umrah and be like a new born baby who never committed any sins. It is ridiculous

[@henlobera]

same bro its a mindfuck

[@joemoore8895]

If there is a " creator" all we can know of it is that it's not benevolent. Unless you consider pathogens, disease causing genes, our cells propensity for becoming cancerous, a world prone to natural disasters, the sheer brutality of nature to be indications of benevolence. Fact : The greatest cause of the pain and suffering of all living creatures is the creator - if it exists.

[@godswill2260]

Blaming something that you don’t believe in for what you dislike about the world shows your heart space. I bet you blame other people for your own problems too.

[@unitic6378]

And when Marcus does realize that the ridiculous claim is ridiculous, he'll feel immense guilt for killing that other guy.

[@J4MF]

Which is why he'll never let himself consider anything that could show him how ridiculous it is. It would hurt too much. Applies to smaller things than killing people, too.

[@AD-bb9np]

Lol was that a BLM riot? I thought it was about religion until they got violent, then I realized it was about progressives not Christians, since Christians haven’t gone to war in centuries

[@purplekitten6637]

@@AD-bb9np Did you forget about hate crimes? Mass shootings? The Capitol storming?

[@AD-bb9np]

@@purplekitten6637, none of those things are being widely condoned so I don’t see how they apply here.

[@purplekitten6637]

@@AD-bb9np The storming of the Capitol is not condoned by conservatives? Lol.

[@thegoldensealion9463]

"A lie told often enough becomes the truth" Lenin

[@thecleitom9497]

*LENIN*

[@areaxisthegurkha]

@@thecleitom9497 u capitalist commie.. Wait wut nvm

[@dawiddanielewicz1769]

I see what did you did here. Good job

[@player764]

"If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed." -Hitler

[@Dplusithicus]

like science, aka: Human theory.

[@santanakay5776]

I just can’t wrap my head around it. I mean. The bible is an actual story. Just like shrek, Harry Potter etc. Yet people base their lives on it. It’s so sad and embarrassing honestly.

[@nicoleeppinger3562]

It's true! You might as well believe in the Easter bunny! There's absolutely no difference!

[@aliceslab]

they dont think that far, or more accurately put, cant think that far ahead. the tool you have for understanding your environment is not sufficient enough in them, they are dependant on the group to think for them and therefore never use that part of their brain that reasons or has logic on its own. its crafty and evil techinque to enslave other's, often targeting children to where its all they know. its very sad.

[@marcomejia2335]

@@nicoleeppinger3562or Santa

[@ACharmedEarthling]

If only it were a story, the thing would make a lot more sense. In reality, it's an endless mess of contradictions and nonsense. Stories are at least internally consistent.

[@Lucciii32]

@@nicoleeppinger3562 Santa is the only true god, one day all of you idiots will see and he will punish the by sending them to the toy factory to make toys for young children

[@lionharpmusic]

Brilliant exposition of Voltaire's dictum "Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”

[@yourboiARR11]

guess that makes me and about 84% of the world at risk to commit an atrocity

[@lionharpmusic]

@@yourboiARR11 Yep. " “With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.” ― Steven Weinberg

[@jack1428]

Plus these intelligent people from the past they often cite, grew up in times when there was less understanding of the world, so they are more likely to think deities created it.

[@MJuegaES]

+Jai Fiorentino Newton was an alchemist, which shows how flawed he was in some subjects.

[@DarkMatter2525]

+Jai Fiorentino good point

[@SootShade]

+Jai Fiorentino Indeed. And stretching farther back, this is would be a big part of the origination of religions, while what the video describes the effect that explains its continued prelevance even after superior explanations for the same questions that religions sough to answer have been offered.

[@vanjavk]

+Jai Fiorentino Well and also maybe some even didn't believe but was forced to say so because they would've been rejected by society (or burnt as witches).

[@SpaceCattttt]

+Jai Fiorentino You bleached your armpit hair? For fuck's sake!

[@cortster12]

Being intelligent and believing in god is just a good example of how our brains are not wired for critical thinking. We evolved as hunter gatherer animals, not scientific thinkers. Our brains have no caught up with our situations, and it most likely never will. It's fun to explain to someone just how their mind is in cognitive dissonance with itself, and the rational portion loses to the emotional. It's how geneticists can somehow not believe in evolution.

[@An_Ian]

+cortster12 Logic it the weakest part of our brain that has any real power over our mind

[@Rad_Goblin]

+Cyborg Koala Logic must be extremely strong in my mind then.

[@adrianamundsen6939]

exactly, after another 100 thousand years i hope we evolve to think more critically.

[@cortster12]

Adrian Amundsen In a few centuries when we understand genetics and neurology almost perfectly we could change our genetics to make babies with 'perfect' brains nothing like we are now. No need to wait for nature to do something that might not even happen.

[@shipwreck9146]

Adrian Amundsen After another 100 years we will genetically modify the human race to be better versions of us. Could you imagine if we could genetically modify people so that they could survive better in space. It would be far easier to send astronauts long distances.

[@mcrain1283]

god trying to save you from his own punishment is the dumbest thing I ever heard

[@raigo4887]

people evolving from monkeys is even more dumber tbh

[@saturnianrings3920]

He doesn’t save you from punishment, he stops you from leaving the light. It’s more like a parent stopping you from jumping off a cliff, then them pushing you fro disobeying

[@mcrain1283]

@@raigo4887 shut up donald you racist

[@SpottedZebra]

@@raigo4887 Even though we've observed that exact concept in in real time when humans created 500 kinds of dogs from wolves?

[@kyle--859]

​@@raigo4887It isn't dumb. It actually makes a ton of sense if you have even a basic understanding of how it works.

[@annalieff-saxby568]

I know a lot of highly intelligent people, and *none* of them believe in God.

[@raido3664]

yeah i think that's true. i don't think im not even close to being intelligent but just *can't* convince myself to believe in god, even as a coping mechanism

[@Zainn613]

@@raido3664Nobody is intelligent, we all have the same brain. The only way you can be “intelligent” . Is by being informed of what society thinks is important and should be known.

[@homeycdawg]

I was raised mormon. Baptized and all that. I spent a lot of my teen years trying to reconcile my belief in god with my love of science. Science won out eventually because it had all the empirical evidence.

[@reo.-.9221]

+Kardarius Randle like abstinence is a sex position

[@clintonbaird5465]

I was raised Mormon too! I'm so glad I broke free from the cycle of ignorance!

[@deathpony698]

+Kardarius Randle force will equal mass times acceleration if i pray really hard... yea ok

[@reo.-.9221]

+Kardarius Randle yea because gravity only works if you pray and your car runs on the blood of Christ lol

[@deathpony698]

***** You don't have to believe in science you prove it by doing it yourself. You can do your own experiments and they will align with scientific theories that were developed by doing repeated experiments. Do you think scientists just pull things out of their ass and then its fact? That's not how it works.

[@teediddle5367]

I had a weird childhood. My mom was an atheist but she never told me until I was older. I was put in Christian preschool and church throughout my childhood and I truly did believe untel I was in 9th grade. I was always thinking of reasons to believe but my intelligence often outweighed my faith. It got to the point where I just dropped the belief all together. It was such a huge weight off of my shoulders, and it made me happy because it was my OWN decision to stop believing. I had finally begun thinking for myself, and so I wanted to tell my mom I was an atheist. I was expecting her to be mad or punish me but she was happy. She told me she was an atheist as well, and that she was very proud that I was independent and intelligent enough to think for myself and decide what is right on my own.

[@backstabboi4559]

we are all sheep and will die in a slaughter house called earth

[@master-ui8cs]

@@backstabboi4559 wow cool lines

[@IsJdog911]

Hey man I'm agnostic more power to ya

[@marywhipes4875]

All power to you, Tee Diddle! My parents and me never went to church, but they did believe. (Or so I thought.) I was baptised and had my First Holy Communion. When I came out as an athiest, my mom told me my father was too, he just didn´t talk about it. I was very surprised because he´s friends with some priests but it turned out that they agreed not to bring their believes into consideration. My mom is more of a spiritist and doesn´t trust church just like allof my family. My grandparent (not sure if their atheists or spiritists) told me not to tell anyone like I didn´t know it.

[@IsJdog911]

@@marywhipes4875 for the sake of those of us who don't know can u explain what is spiritesim exactly ?

[@anormalandnon-suspiciousbo5290]

The word “ridiculous” doesn’t sound like a word anymore after I finished the video.

[@azuriiarts2353]

That's the point. You hear it so much that ridiculous doesn't sound like ridiculous anymore.

[@ssohxp]

@@azuriiarts2353wow.

[@sassylittleprophet]

I feel so validated for sometimes slipping back into the "Christian" mindset, after I realised I lived in Christianity for 23 years. I was so heavily brainwashed, no wonder. Edit: Also, my family is probably going to freak out when I finally tell them I no longer believe in God.

[@Anonymous-md2qp]

There are millions of people on this planet who are not religious. The internet is a great resource for finding information and for learning how to step back from the indoctrination. Keep searching and asking questions. Be sceptical when people make claims, especially when there is no evidence. Don’t be too hard on yourself for believing the claims when you were a child.

[@sassylittleprophet]

@@Anonymous-md2qp thank you so much. I will say though, considering it took me only a year and a half to stop believing in God gradually on my own (without any atheist "propaganda" as Christians would say lol), I'm really proud of myself for deconstructing that belief so quickly. 22 years of direct influence vs 1 1/2 years of just my mind

[@DocBree13]

I still haven’t had the nerve 5 years later to tell most of them

[@sassylittleprophet]

@@DocBree13 I cut all contact with my entire family and former cult/community, I don't know if I will *ever* tell any of them

[@marcomejia2335]

@@sassylittlepropheti understand, I’m 17 and since I was born I’ve been raised Christian. Since I was 12 I’ve know all this religion is nonsense but I haven’t had the guts to tell anyone.

[@cheydinal5401]

For those of you regularly arguing with a theist: Don't throw good arguments in their faces but try to make them figure it out for themselves by talking about this very argument only agianst another religion/ideology etc. Because as this video points out, arguments don't really help, but if you bring too many arguments or argue to often, after a time they will be so annoyed that they won't listen at all, literally.

[@imasweetie7907]

Thank you...I argue with my mother sometimes about religion and it might be a good tip.

[@cheydinal5401]

+V endetta "I can't it is too big" Oh sorry, wrong conversation. I wanted to say that this process can go on for month or even years. But on the other hand the alternative would be to annoy the living hell out of them until they put their finger in their ears and start singing "Holy .... Jesus .... Grace .... Who-hoo-hooo-ho-hooo-hooo .... Spirit ..." Ok i admit it I wrote this entire comment just to write the first quote. :D

[@cheydinal5401]

Of course that only makes sense when your "Do there is no try" was a reference to "Do or do not there is no try" from Yoda. Otherwise my comment might have been a little confuaing for you :D

[@SootShade]

+V endetta Yeah, this is how I also think about it. Individual facts aren't as important as the ability to be sceptical, due to the fact that the latter will lead to the former far more reliably than the other way around. I don't even consider particularly a means of argumentation, but rather as the general way I try to encourage other people, and myself as well of course, to think.

[@cheydinal5401]

+V endetta Exactly. Ok, I literally have no idea what time it is where you live but here in Germany it's 1:20 A.M. and I should really go to bed now..

[@yeshayahuseeman1199]

now every 12 year old is going to say there is no god and think he is some kind of genius

[@andysullivan1120]

That would make the world a better place

[@jurijcadez4567]

common knowlidge doesnt make people geniouses. the kids who know there is no santa dont think kids who belive in him are dumb

[@haylongwang3002]

butt hurt?

[@spartanace13]

Correct spelling couldn't hurt.

[@haylongwang3002]

spartanace13 did you say it to me or him?

[@antonyo7531]

THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY: Why does the ridiculous claim need so many DIRTY tricks to be believed?

[@martinsoukup562]

it does not?

[@azuriiarts2353]

@@martinsoukup562 it does

[@martinsoukup562]

@@azuriiarts2353 ok name a few.

[@plmkoo6772]

@@martinsoukup562 im late, but rewatch 5:02

[@martinsoukup562]

@@plmkoo6772 I disagree that it proves that it needs them.

[@callofdutyblackopsaa]

I have recenetly started to open my mind to reality, grew up being taught to believe in the white man that sits up at top in his throne watching over all of the people on EARTH, now im the first person in my family to turn away from christianity. Your videos have given me a lot of reassurance and I truly thank you for giving this great content.

[@mygfishotterthenurs]

Yeah I needed the reassurance cause the Christian’s make u feel like shit and they try to scare/manipulate you in any way shape or form it’s crazy and once u realize what there doing that’s when u break free from it

[@NonStampCollector]

An instant go-to classic.

[@andrewolson248]

Absolutely. I have had this same narrative running in my head for decades. I just suck at animation and are to busy trying to raise a family and keep the "fundies" at bay from my children. This video is awesome, to the point and without profanity so I can share it with children of all ages. I personally love profanity but it sometimes keeps me from sharing these pearls of wisdom from young people.

[@vaevictis_]

You have many yourself

[@nicosmind3]

+NonStampCollector As have been many of yours, such as the contradictions game show.

[@barbosajulio83]

+NonStampCollector cant wait till your next video

[@Hjominbonrun]

+NonStampCollector We await your next instant go-to-classic video with eager anticipation.

[@Honestman400]

Very well stated. I definitely will use this video if i may.

[@rednidedni3875]

+Honestman400 You may share anything on youtube to anyone.

[@Honestman400]

Rednidedni I realise that, but I'm old school. I always think it is polite to ask.

[@rednidedni3875]

Honestman400 Already got that from your profile picture :)

[@kurtisstoddard2744]

Pretty sure he encourages it

[@Honestman400]

Kurt Stoddard Can you expand on that comment?

[@jamesBFC1887]

As a Christian, I am starting to like these videos. And am questioning myself. A lot.

[@Based-Anti-Theist]

Its been 3 months. How you doing?

[@anastasima]

its been 2 years, mate. u good?

[@jamesBFC1887]

@@anastasima well, I'm no longer really a Christian. But I do still believe in God, or at least some form of higher power. I see him in my life a lot, but I still do wonder why such a God would allow such horrible things to happen in the world to innocent people. I suppose I would describe myself as agnostic.

[@maxminota9921]

@@jamesBFC1887 I always thought that if god exist, humanity must be like a child to him. A child grows as a man while facing the hardship of life, that's the end goal. That's why God let even the worst horror happen, humanity must learn to overcome it by itself.

[@CodyKendall1]

@@jamesBFC1887 Are you a Deist? You believe in a clockwork universe now?

[@jotaroandtheworldofdolphin79]

That encourages me further to get out of Chrsitanity and stop the hell fear thank you. This video has so much truth.

[@roddy_ricch9392]

I used to be brainwashed with Religion when I was a child, but I gladly found my way out of this weird nonsense! I am so glad!

[@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals]

Do You Believe In The AfterLife?

[@blackcatpirates8134]

@@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals Do you?

[@myrondean3315]

@@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals Death is sleep, not afterlife. If you die, you see nothing. No light.

[@saavi4739]

@@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals no you feel see and hear things because of your brain and nerve system when you die your bodyfunctions stop you are not caution of anything after that

[@DuckInGameStop]

@@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals it's a nice thing to imagine, but that doesn't make it true.

[@emrahkaraca1982]

In ridiculous claim, we trust.

[@y.z.6517]

Ridiculous claim bless you!

[@peeblekitty5780]

all hail ridiculous claim ರ_ರ

[@mauriceletterman7025]

You‘d get a like if there wasn‘t an inappropriate comma.

[@viz4884]

@@peeblekitty5780 Pffft nah homie All hail Cthulu

[@unknown-udknowme8408]

Yes i agree all praise to the divine flying spaghetti monster :'3 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@potatoman4680]

“What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all. What can we do then? What else is left but to abandon even the hope of truth and content ourselves instead with stories?” -Valery Legasov

[@user-ix6vv8lo5j]

being a christian is like having a father who says "love me or else"

[@saturnianrings3920]

More like: “have some respect for your father, and do right, or else.

[@user-ix6vv8lo5j]

@@saturnianrings3920 not even close

[@saturnianrings3920]

@@user-ix6vv8lo5j says the non Christian who is fundamentally opposed to the concept of a good god.

[@saturnianrings3920]

@@PEYTONTHEPROTAGONIST that’s what you think a closed minded person.

[@kyle--859]

​@@saturnianrings3920So genocide, rape, and slavery are all good? The god of the Bible is okay with them, so if that is all good then so are those things.

[@firepenguin1030]

"religion is the only prison where the locks are on the inside"

[@sketyro]

Apparently you've never heard of selective mutism

[@qaphelanimthembu8514]

And you lock yourself in.

[@firepenguin1030]

@@sketyro your point being?

[@timmy18135]

What is that?

[@matilodonorex8059]

As the time went on people have saw the proof that God exists with their bare eyes, but atheists will never be able to provide an undisprovable proof there is no higher force.

[@nicethings3984]

Thank god i'm an atheist

[@decatessara5029]

I NOTICE UNDERSTANDING PLEES XPLAYN!!!

[@nicethings3984]

@@decatessara5029 joke...

[@decatessara5029]

@@nicethings3984 BUT AM NOT UNDERSTANDYNG WIE NO YOU EXPLAYN TEW MYE??!?!

[@evanpaulmarbaniang4302]

Say that again but slowly

[@muhammadfootball4268]

nicethings brother that doesn’t make sense

[@Crowfeather-lq4nd]

I went into the "newest first" comment section expecting a war zone. What I got was just that 😅

[@secretlifeaintnosecret7054]

Doing the same lol

[@adornedshoe8464]

This will be a hot take in the comments here, but I am someone who was agnostic for most of my life (currently 21 years old, and began adopting religious beliefs about a year ago). Since I have begun learning of Catholic teachings, my life has become more purposeful than ever and I’ve actually begun to enjoy life for once. However, I do understand the concerns people bring up about the unfortunate things people do in the name of religion. I think it’s unfortunate that people do such things to others and use religion to justify themselves, when in actuality, Judeo-Christian practices emphasize that it is not mankind’s job to judge others, but to love people to a degree that we want to guide them closer to God without wishing ill upon them. God loves you as you are, but loves you too much to let you stay that way as well. From this perspective, I believe that religion really holds no disadvantage, as it’s a perspective that avoids condemnation and demeaning of others, while still providing principles that help us to live a meaningful life and a desire to help others live in a way that helps us all grow together. Debating on the existence of a God or on religion is a bit out of my level of understanding, but I do know that proper practice of religion leads to teaching good principles, and even if you don’t believe in religion, it still has valuable insight into living a meaningful life (Studying Buddhism has helped me discover tools to have a clearer and open mind). I wish all of you well ✌️

[@Gryflir]

*_The Ridiculous claim_*

[@runningforver5958]

How tf did u get 76 likes for that comment??? Edit: 1000????

[@Gryflir]

@@runningforver5958 84*

[@runningforver5958]

@@Gryflir 10 Likes in 10 hrs, u some sort of evil mind control genius?

[@weirdsamboy]

Thanks to many youtube atheist, i have realized that the ridiculous claim of god was a lie. im so glad to be free of the cult of christianity.

[@hypeninja4786]

@@Gryflir *138

[@knight-mares]

my whole life has been run by this ridiculous claim, but somehow I managed to escape it. however now I keep a secret from my whole entire ultra religious family and I'm still forced to go to mass and in order to keep that secret. it's not a good life especially since I know the truth.

[@chasaano]

you are like me, i am 15 btw. i hope when i move out from my parent's house i can express myself and do what ever i want to do.

[@knight-mares]

same I'm 19 btw

[@australovenatortomino_1741]

I feel so bad for u all 😢

[@sigra4867]

Jesus doesn't forbid you to express yourself and do whatever you want to do unless what you want to do is detrimental to yourself and other people like murder and rape. Then he doesn't want you to do it because he LOVES YOU but then again do you want to hurt people or yourself ? Probably not. Also it is Jesus that gives you the dreams that you want to accomplish in this life, believe it or not he is good and our desires of a life filled with love, friendship, joy and happiness come from him because he has all those things and he wants good for all men which is him. That is why he died for us all and forgave us all of ALL of our sins and when he says ALL he means ALL of them. That means you are perfect in the eyes of God no matter how much you fail at not sinning, you will always be perfect in the eyes of God. For God has already forgiven you 2000 years ago and totally has FORGOTTEN ALL OF YOUR SINS, your sins have been effectively removed from your existence so that God can be with you and you didn't have to lift a finger to make that happen. Because God did all the work for you so that you can just rest from your efforts of trying to be perfect for God by relying on his perfect work for you that makes you perfect by HIS hands. Jesus will always be there for you and he will always love you, that means he will never let you go no matter how bad your situation is from your end. For God sees you exactly the same way as he sees Jesus, that means God doesn't see our sin at all because Jesus has no sin. The best part is that you receive this awesomeness absolutely for free, you didn't have to work, pray, try to be good for this tremendous gift God has given to all men, you only have to realize that you are in sin and change your mind to see that you need a saviour to get out of it, that's all you need to do to obtain salvation by receiving the gift of salvation. Also to clarify the word repentance for you for many misunderstand the meaning of this word, repentance actually means "to change your mind". It does not mean to wallow in your self pity because you sinned or crying to God for forgiveness for your sin, when he has already forgiven everyone 2000 years ago, that's not repentance. If you have ever seen anyone do that as an action of repentance, then that individual is not getting the picture of what God did for him and that person needs to actually repent by changing their mind and see that Jesus has already reconciled man to God for him. That means man doesn't have to feel bad for his mistakes but be in extreme joy that God has forgiven him of all his trespasses and when he does change his mind and start to act from a position of being completely forgiven. Then all his trouble with sin will begin to subside and he will have no problem denying himself the things that are detrimental to his very being not because he has to but because he wants to, it's a total shift in your consciousness it's quite real and it's so good as it makes everything so easy ! Our God is truly compassionate and loving so it's sad that the church culture has moved you away from him but God is awesome and he never gives up on showing you his love for you because won't ever stop loving you.

[@sigra4867]

Jesus doesn't force you to do anything you don't want to so your parents aren't exactly following his example if you feel you are forced to attend church and are forced to keep your view of reality a secret. That is not in line with the Jesus I know, who has never forced me to do anything, he only invited me to receive his free gift of salvation to which I have received by saying "yes I need a savior" and he invites me every day to follow him in this life. I can choose to follow him or not to meet people and talk to people wherever he wants me, however whatever the choice I make he won't look at me differently at all. For I will still be a child of God and I will still be perfectly loved by God, no matter how much I fail in this life, he will never fail at loving me and his work of salvation will never make me fall into death, no matter how much of an idiot I can be which makes me really happy! For the gospel is GOOD news and our reactions to it are GOOD when we hear the truth of the work God has worked for us. If this is not the image of God in your church a God that has completely forgiven and forgotten your sins and completely loves you as you are, then I understand that you are not attracted to him because they aren't showing you how God really is towards you. He is more loving that any loving mother can be, for he is love and he likes us to see that he is that loving or else you are going to have trouble like self condemnation, self pity because of sin and other things that pull us into fear and condemnation. Condemnation which finally ends in people either giving up on believing or commit suicide, so if your parents are condemning themselves for their sins and you for yours. Have compassion on them for they don't understand the work Jesus did for them, tell them Jesus has already forgiven them 2000 years ago so they can stop feeling bad for their sins for God doesn't see them as sinful he sees them exactly as he sees Jesus, that means God sees them as perfect.

[@Landlin3]

This can just as easily be applied to zodiac signs, I mean how is that still popular?

[@odiljanandith3817]

It is bcs zodiac culture has a kind of scientific basic. It is like a huge database maintained over 100 s of years. It recognizes patterns and gives outputs with a possibility. All the other fairy tales around it are just icing on the cake

[@neonnatella4632]

Damn i thought u only comment on anime vids

[@myoptimumpride5178]

Not just zodiac signs, This goes to every fictions that Humans sadly believe.

[@thomascromwell6840]

This is true for me even though I have been irreligious from a very young age. I still grew up with media that told me religious stories, and peers and family members who repeated them. I never believed them to be true, but I also did not think they were dangerous and abhorrent because these stories were told and repeated by those I considered to be good people. Then one day I idly read a conversation between two atheist thinkers and realised how vile one story truly was and how broken a mind must be to think such a story is good. I wonder how many more such abhorrent beliefs and stories I hold in good regard.

[@preposterousposse6550]

This is one of the best videos ever, that everyone needs to see.

[@mylynes8153]

@@trav9947 Some people don’t care to think about why they believe. It’s whatever they were raised with till the end. I hope in the future more people actually care though because I don’t see the point in living such a mindless lifestyle.

[@taruntac4347]

@@trav9947 thats because she honors your beliefs. How would you like it if she said your beliefs were batshit huh! if she said atheism is crack and it is dumb to believe in the explosion of a dot versus the almighty god creating our universe. Besides she is your parent. she would have higher power over your beliefs than you would on hers. So if you are trying to get revenge on her because she tried to mock your beliefs when you were a child or try to enforce them upon you then I get it. But if you are just trying to change her beliefs instead of respecting them even if they sound batshit to you even if she completely respects your atheistic beliefs, views, and ideas about how the world is and what the truth is. Then who is the wrong one here moname. every indivitual has beliefs and the truth can never be trully confirmed or objective ok. The truth is a subjective and relative matter. respect the beliefs of everyone until the exsistence or unexsistence of god is 100% confirmed.

[@Joe-lf2gy]

Respect the person not their belief

[@thelionofjudah77u82]

Satan agrees with you

[@thelionofjudah77u82]

@@trav9947 You don't have to be religious to go to heaven, you only need to believe in Jesus(John 3:14-18)that he will save you from your sins and the hell on earth that is soon to come

[@honeybee2311]

One I was 9, Iwent to my friends religious camp crying. I told my mom: "I thought mother Teresa and all of the others were only good to be good, not to please God"

[@kittyfox7]

My family wasn't really religious even though my mom grew up in a catholic school. I learned this too growing up and I found it to be very unappealing. Going to church to prove your good and doing good things only to get into heaven. I thought it was so fake.

[@nojatha4637]

Except that is false. Christians do good to do good. They don't do it to impress God or not go to Hell because Hell is a place you go to when you don't believe in Jesus. It's not a place you go to for sinning... unless you were Jewish 2,000 years ago before Jesus. It's just a fact that there are bad and good people in every community no matter if their religious or not or what their motives are.

[@ivagabi7516]

+Freddie Hopkins don't say this man!

[@Cernunn0s90]

If hypothetically god exists, then he is A: Not all powerful, or B: A sinister, evil being, that gives a shit about everyone and everything, and I could never respect someone/something like that.

[@robertosinger5727]

"Knowing what will happen in the future does not cause it to happen" Yes... But knowing what will happen means *it will happen*... Why is the cause relevant? Technically, god knows the causes that led to your ultimate decisions, exemplifying the impossibility of free will! Omnisciences implies that the universe is deterministic; predetermined... Knowing everything would entail knowing the causes that engendered every possible occurrence. "There will be presidential elections this year in America. By your logic, because I know this it must happen..." No... It just means you know it will happen... "Knowing future events means only that, knowing, not causing" But this "knowing" would encapsulate the causes! Regardless of the distinction, free-will is ultimately mitigated by the fact that our decisions are predetermined! "God knows what you'll freely choose" That's contradictory: That's stating there's a 50% chance of absolute certainty, which boils down to a 50% chance... There is no "free decision" as the future is already determined... If I eat eggs tomorrow morning, and god knows this, there's nothing I can to to alter this future, as it would suggest that the variables have only allowed for this occurrence!

[@marcocaliandro9560]

it becomes so much more ridiculous when you read the comments under this video which still try to defend the ridiculous claim by using the same arguments as always xd

[@adelascotland]

I'm so glad I escaped Christianity. So greatful and thankful. I am a proud deist

[@TheLegendOfRandy]

Why are you a deist, my friend? And what is the point in believing in a deity that is indistinguishable from a deity that doesn't exist?

[@xxxod]

@@TheLegendOfRandy Deism is usually a de-escalation from theism. He might be just an atheist soon. I jumped from Christianity to pantheism to Satanism to atheism.

[@TheLegendOfRandy]

@@xxxod That's a fair point, good sir. I never believed in any gods, myself, so I never had anything to "lose," but I think I can understand the proposition of losing theism and appealing to deism as a form of a 'safety-net' or sorts. But still, I think it's important to make that next transition away from deism.

[@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals]

Me Too. I Myself Am A Deist. I Know That GOD Exists, And If I Do Become An Atheist Then It's Probably Out Of Anger Because Deep Down I Will Always Know That GOD Exists.

[@xxxod]

@@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals God does not exist.

[@agent45267]

This really is the sad truth. I have a friend in school who is, with me, one of the most intelligent people in our grade. We understand complex concepts that nobody else gets, and are good friends. But he has been brainwashed his whole life to believe everything in the bible. In logical debates, it always comes down to the importance of faith to him. I don't mind him being religious, but it feels strange to have a friend that never swears or talks of anything that the bible doesn't promote. It really bothers me that such an intelligent person must give so much to a worthless cause because of indoctrination from early childhood.

[@proton8689]

+agent45267 people can break away from it. like me

[@atheistram]

+agent45267 Try to engage him in a rational and friendly debate. And tell him beforehand that it will be rational and friendly. By rational I mean no faith claims allowed and by friendly I mean that you two should remain friends after.

[@BoxOfGod]

+agent45267 and that is why religions have to die fast. It's holding back incredible minds.

[@proton8689]

***** unfortunately it will

[@TraceLight]

+Nkosi Carter-Fisher ah yes, like that poor Student from Harvard studying to become a geologist. All his life, he wanted to be that, but towards the end of his studies, he began having conflict between his faith and what he was learning. He finally came to a decision that he would throw out his education since it went against what his faith taught him. He even quote this, "if at one point all evidence in the universe was against the idea of creationism, then I'd be the first to admit it, but I'd still be a creationist since that is what the bible has told me is correct."

[@daveyjoneslocker4703]

This video makes me reflect on what a miracle it is I rejected faith. I really don't know what did it for me.

[@wesremy]

Probably Satan.

[@Username-nc1kk]

Me

[@Scorpob]

+The 60's where the times lmao he's not real

[@fallingsoot6173]

TRUTH

[@justinfung4351]

+David Jones You're more of an intelligent guy and more rational than other average people.

[@Soloee_]

I first watched this video around two years ago, I showed it to my friend and she was amazed by it just like me. I watch it again today and I wish I could show it to the whole world. I know many would not like it because they are victim of what's described in the video themself, but I hope at least a few people who watch this video will be able to face themself and alow themself to question their beliefs and then decide if they are reasonable to be true or not.

[@edwardlouisbernays2469]

Your Stories are as well crafted as Thomas Ligotti's stories, your Delivery also Immediately made me "Hear Thomas Ligotti" in my 73 Years Old Brain. DarkMatter2525 Bless you! Hanna & Jake Channel sent me!

[@nosoynadaoriginal]

Fuck that, I just had to think and read to realize is all lies. I was an atheist even before I realized it, and the only reason I was crhistian for years is because I was obedient as a child and I loved and respected my parents

[@kodyritt1681]

Do your parents know?

[@nosoynadaoriginal]

yes

[@AW-qz4kk]

same

[@Pickle_Candy]

I spent the majority of my childhood trying to convince myself that I believed in God because I was terrified of disappointing my parents. Eventually I had to admit to myself that it simply was not possible for me to believe in something so ridiculous solely on blind faith; I'm just not that kind of guy, I need solid evidence if I'm gonna believe something is true. My parents still don't know I'm an atheist because I still fear their disappointment, but one day I hope to have the courage to tell them.

[@nosoynadaoriginal]

Hatsune Candy It may sound harsh, but in my case is the inverse. I'm the one who is disappointed that they are theist and adoctrinated me into christian religion.

[@FAProductions]

I'm here just wondering why the Ridiculous Claim is sometimes in caps lock.

[@FAProductions]

Elmi Maxeme both my friend, both

[@scritoph3368]

God made it big lol duh

[@nathanwaltrip7220]

RIDICULOUS CLAIM

[@theturkanabus3610]

Ridiculous Claim™

[@phellychelsea]

What if the ridiculous claim is calling the ridiculous claim a ridiculous claim?

[@darrenmcentire2374]

I show this video to everyone

[@nenmaster5218]

This video's amazing, so im gonna recommend its fans; the theists and atheists gathered here; more amazing Atheist-Channel and problem-adressing Channel, no matter how high the Risk of being called a Bot when i comment too often. Logicked, Prophet of Zod, GMS, Sir Sic, Viced Rhino, Aron Ra, Hbomberguy, Creaky Blinder, Sci Man Dan and Second Thought. Oh, and Some More News!

[@leonardgibney2997]

Lenin said, "religion is the opiate of the poor". This life is such shit people hope the next one will be better.

[@-Faris-]

If a lie is told enough times to the people, it becomes truth. - Napoleon Bonaparte

[@inkella3720]

Faris Zurub agreed

[@facitenonvictimarum174]

Agreed. Just look at the comments to see how many people now believe the lie of Religious Atheism is truth.

[@inkella3720]

Also look at all the anti-thiests and how many people believe christianity is false because of the horrible and cruel ways DarkMatter depicts Christianity. . .

[@simmerke1111]

Atheism means you don't believe in a god. There's no truth about it. As there is no truth to Christianity, Judaism, Islam,... There's no evidence for any of them to be truthful. So why should everyone be forced by some dogmatic group that takes control over a region?

[@inkella3720]

then what is true Simon?

[@quintopia]

You neglected to mention the part where those who support the ridiculous claim insist that the claim be given the utmost respect, and consider any disrespect of the claim to be disrespect of them personally.

[@shipwreck9146]

+quintopia That was very well said, but I think that the world is changing. I graduated from high school last year, and I would estimate that 60% of my graduating class was Atheist. Making a joke about religion was a great way to make a group laugh. That was in upstate NY. Now I've moved further south, and there are far more religious people my age. Hopefully Atheism will spread through the country, but I think in 3 more generations, Atheism could be the largest belief.

[@AsassinF]

Its more of a lack of belief, but the point holds.

[@shipwreck9146]

Lightningy Ah yeah, I was trying to figure out how to word that. Thanks.

[@Valosken]

+quintopia This happens with everyone on every belief. It's not particular to theism, nor religion, nor even ridiculous claims. It is the way of humans.

[@quintopia]

+Valosken I actually think the idea that a certain belief is above criticism by anyone regardless of their membership in the group that has this belief is particular to religion

[@lauren9441]

I was raised as a Christian ever since I was a baby, and all my life I knew deep down it was all bullshit, but I had been shamed by my parents and the church members for thinking differently to the point that I started feeling guilty for wanting to learn about/experience things that go against the Bible and that I was ruining peoples’ lives with my “backwards and sinful” mindset

[@rimrejects]

What are the reasons you claim the Bible is bullshit?

[@ZeYoX-mw7sh]

@@rimrejects The several contradictions, maybe. Or the several parts that are proven wrong. Or maybe even the several interpretations for it, while every one of them claims to be the true one.

[@rimrejects]

@@ZeYoX-mw7sh can you be a little more specific with one example? The Bible is the Bible. Yes there are many interpretations because it was originally in different languages. So? The overall messages and information is the same?

[@rimrejects]

@@ZeYoX-mw7sh what contradictions and what has been proven wrong?

[@ZeYoX-mw7sh]

@@rimrejects Contradictions, you can search for them, theres many videos on youtube about them, but i will list one. “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.” - James 1:13 “And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham…” - Genesis 22:1 Proven wrong, Genesis 2:1-3 "Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done." We know already that the earth did not get created in 7 days. Theres many more examples, but i recommend you search for a video.

[@alexli7092]

Admitting you don't believe some claims won't be worth having all the people you gre up with cut ties with you that is quite obvious and is also why people sometimes just stick too it despite being skeptical.

[@CM-uq8ro]

Yup. The cognitive dissonance still amazes me at times though. My dad is a Christian....and an aerospace engineer like a literal rocket scientist.

[@bagofshitythoughts9501]

That's just as bad

[@CM-uq8ro]

@@bagofshitythoughts9501 what do you mean? What's just as bad?

[@bagofshitythoughts9501]

@@CM-uq8ro your father is probably intelligent enough for such a specialization. Yet he is negligible enough to believe something without using his own intellectual capacity to question it with logic and reason. That is all I had to say.

[@CM-uq8ro]

@@bagofshitythoughts9501 gotcha. Agreed

[@bagofshitythoughts9501]

@@CM-uq8ro well thanks for understanding I guess.

[@56jasa]

There is no proof that god does, nor doesn't exist. I believe that if he does, he is nothing like we all describe him.

[@superstd]

+Jasaf3 he ?

[@56jasa]

+superstd stfu feminist ^^

[@56jasa]

***** +superstd To satisfy you all, I think that god is unisexual since no sexual "tools" are needed for him to reproduce.

[@superstd]

Jasaf3 how do you know that it cannot reproduce ? have you taped it ?

[@56jasa]

superstd Have you?

[@maryna.angelpa]

This video is insightful, I grew up to a devout family, it took me years to deconstruct all the beliefs I acquired.

[@april2702]

JUST FOUND WHAT I BEEN LOOKING FOR. GONNA GO CRY NOW. THEN GET READY FOR MY THERAPY SESSION NEXT WEEK. 😢❤

[@afjelidfjssaf]

what are you even talking about

[@HunterNicholsKingOfOmnitron]

I grew up being taught the that the "ridiculous claim" was "true". As I got older I began to question things. Around the age of 12. I started to constantly ask things like who created god or why does he send people he loves to hell. My knowledge of the world and how awful it is grew and came into play. I began asking bigger questions like "If man didn't know the difference between right and wrong until they ate from "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil" then why did god punish them for eating from it? They didn't know what they were doing was wrong. Eventually I managed to deconvert by the time I was 14. I realized just how evil this god I grew up believing in and worshiping was and that he was the creation of man.

[@johnclewes8698]

Bravo.

[@mithworld_ro1192]

Hunter Nichols This is very similar to the reasons of why I became atheist

[@PunLover869]

This is extremely similar to how it went for me. I'm still 14 and I can safely say that I'm pretty much deconverted. The only problem is that I must keep it a secret from everybody.

[@franzjosephliszt1555]

This is how it happened for me. Except I went more into the science side of it like it's physically impossible for people to have souls, or go to heaven etc.

[@PunLover869]

Pizznad I feel so sorry for you! I HATE when this thing happens! And these people even say "God is love" and then they do this kind of things! I just can't understand what's going on in their tiny indoctrinated minds!

[@00yinyin]

ridiculous claim: That girl loves you Truth: She loves what you got and not you

[@zeskae2783]

Wtf man 😂😂😂

[@00yinyin]

@@mohroa for real its so underrated

[@ajt01]

ridiculous claim: That guy loves you Truth: he loves what you got and not you

[@justintrinh3699]

james but what if you “got” an amazing personality?

[@elisays258]

Here's the thing though, men love you for the body part that is naturally a part of you. You'll probably never lose it. Wealth and fame, however are artificial ideas that men often have to work hard for. It doesn't just exist with us.

[@sl9wdive]

As an atheist, religion can have a positive impact actually. People will usually be afraid of doing bad things because of the doctrine "God is always watching" and their fear of death and hell.

[@smith123p]

This is the good side of religion. The problem is the extremists who want to impose religious fundamentalism and want to control other people's lives based on these precepts. "Ah, you can't cut your hair" "Ah, you can't wear that outfit" etc . But then it's a question of character, what's worrying is knowing that the only thing that stops religious people from killing people is their belief in God. 💀

[@Jurglenuts]

Muslims are the biggest issue but sadly its hard to challenge em ​@@smith123p

[@xGalaxyx]

damn i kinda just watched a goofy KZbin video on Noah’s Ark by an atheist for an r.e project in 7th grade bc I needed scientific evidence to support it and then went “oh maybe Christianity wasn’t real after all this is stuff seems silly no matter what other people say” and now here I am 💀there wasn’t much to my initial transition out of faith even though I used to dedicate a lot of time and energy to my connection with God. Seeing all the people in the comments talking about their journey and the adversities that lead them to being the people they are today and how they reasoned themselves out of their faith makes my transition feel so much simpler in comparison, it’s interesting to see. I know a significant portion of you may suffer religious trauma or have experienced significant hardship and to those people I hope you are doing a lot better now

[@kyle--859]

Was it Nonstampcollector's video?

[@cloudthief8918]

I was raised as a Catholic in an all-catholic community and yet I questioned it all when I was 8.

[@diogocardoso8813]

r/iamverysmart

[@germansalkov8432]

There's hope for humanity yet fellow free-thinker

[@trashaimgamer7822]

Same. Although it took me until I was about 14. But after my parents divorce as well as years of intense psychological abuse from my classmates and my stepdad I finally started to doubt if there was something like a good god. Ironically it was my very awesome and chill religion teacher who put the final nail in the coffin, as we worked through different other religions in our classes. I asked how there can be only one truth when there are so many believes that all have valid points? He then said "There is no right or wrong way, just follow your heart" when I asked if I rather shouldn't believe in all of this he said: "God is kind and loves you regardless. He only judges you by your deeds, not your believes". And so I decided to just not believe and simply be a decent human being.

[@chair3736]

Cloud Thief because Catholicism is a sham

[@justanothermind9449]

same

[@wsphh2692]

i believe in the one true god, steve from minecraft

[@youtub-fj8mu]

well, I believe in alex you'll regret believing in the wrong god once you go to the Nether

[@wsphh2692]

TherMiX i have sans undertale by my side

[@youtub-fj8mu]

i have dead meme shaggy

[@jonablob117]

My god is Super Mario. You'll be kidnapped by Bowser and be tortured in his castle forever if you don't believe in Super Mario!

[@youtub-fj8mu]

@@jonablob117 Bowser is daddy so fine by me

[@davidfitnesstech]

Some people *prefer comfort over truth :-/*

[@BeanDar]

Thank you I saw this when I was a Christian 5 years ago, now I realize it was one small part of my eventual deconversion from Christianity.

[@tylerminevich7008]

*sends to all my friends who hate me for not believing* lol

[@bingo2433]

@GreyhoundDan Proof?

[@rikey8225]

Tyler Minevich life can’t be created from lifeless matter

[@ediblecrayon4989]

@@rikey8225....... It legit was/is......

[@that-one-guyfrom-that-one-1239]

Proof?

[@mrk6580]

@@ediblecrayon4989 proof?

[@minecraftslayer360]

I have never believed in god. Why? Because I was raised in a nonreligious home and was told that god did not exist. Although I do truly know that god does not exist. I wonder what created anything. The earth was created by millions of stars, dust, and rock colliding into each other and forming a giant rock, but what created the rock. Where did the first ever stone come from? No one knows, and I daresay that no one will know for a very long time.

[@minecraftslayer360]

And my Skyrim profile picture has nothing to do with intellect.

[@clowncollegeftw]

yes it does, it shows you have great taste

[@77goanywhere]

I bet you didn't believe everything your parents told you. Have you ever thought about why we humans could care less about the universe. After all we can't eat it or mate with it.

[@nightwolf117610]

You should never assume there is anything. Infinite x infinite of space and time and matter means an infinite probability that everything exist.

[@rzeczpospolita5948]

Rocks where made from atoms, atoms where created from the protons, neutrons and electrons and as we know E=MC2 (Energy = Mass x a speed of light squared) the p+,n0 and e- where created from energy and energy always existed

[@moodyrick8503]

*Faith in the bible;* = _Faith in the words & writings of men, that claim to speak for God._

[@natshrivera2097]

This video is extremely well done. Thanks for sharing, We live in a world where most of the people refuse to search for knowledge, one day the true will be so common that generation will laugh about this society.

[@Raven3one]

I was raised to be catholic. can't believe i was so stupid

[@EstariaValens]

+Raven3one Me too. I remember the first time I ever stood up to my parents about their beliefs. I didn't attend mass one day and I got the whole "God gave you all the time in your life and you can't give him one hour a week?" baloney. I just retorted, "God gave you all the time in your life and you ONLY give him one hour a week?" LOL. I think that was the beginning of the end of my belief in deities. That was 1997, so what . . . 19 years ago now.

[@Raven3one]

+EstariaValens This year was the first time I didn't attend ash wednesday. my entire family is made up of staunch catholics. they aren't very happy about it. My aunt says that im lost because now i have nothing. nothing holding me back anymore. Its really such a relief to leave religion behind. Its only after you leave it do you realise just how badly it punished you for doing things that arent really bad. the stress and guilt of committing sins like missing church and not partaking in the biscuit god i used to call the eucharist. I spent 7 years in catechism, 5 years in the life teen program. 3 years in the band. 2 years on the young adults core committee. i was a leader on the alpha course, and i had done the course twice. (and also been 'slain by the holy spirit') and also gone on pilgrimage multiple times. and then suddenly the lens shattered. i understood exactly how everything worked. and apologetics couldnt hold me anymore. i was sitting at a committee meeting and somebody said something about the existence of god. I replied with yeah, but we can't give definite proof that god exists, which is where the need for faith comes in. the person replied with 'of course we can prove god exists' and then he presented the statement 'i exist because god exists' as a logical argument. From that point onward, i began to see the bullshit in every statement. every one oozing with stupidity. Illogicality flying through the room. suddenly i lost the ability to give input at the meetings because i found myself disagreeing with everything. I had to quit immediately. I actually didnt know what was happening to me. i just couldnt support them any more. i mean, sure i love them. i love everyone in my church community. but its all a lie.

[@MountainD18]

+EstariaValens I never thought of it that way. When I used to attend church every Sunday, I thought that one hour per week was enough, but now it really makes sense that one hour isn't much at all considering how the relationship is set up. Like if I had a child, I would expect myself to spend as much time as possible with my child, and not just one hour per week, so your comment really opened up my eyes even more.

[@Amungoon]

+Raven3one Omg we're in a similar boat with this. Ex-Catholics unite! This ash Wednesday was the first time as long as I could remember that I didn't get ashes when my family did. Luckily they're not dicks about it though. I get your last point too that you love your Church community, and given that like all my friends up till 12th grade are Catholics and went to local churches I see what you mean. My neighborhood didn't have many people my age and I went to parochial school k-12. I still like my friends and family, they're otherwise cool people lol

[@michaeljaquish9708]

+Raven3one ... well, perhaps you were, but I would be more inclined to say that those who brainwashed you were the real stupid ones.

[@MissElisabelle]

People don't realise how much of an impact their beliefs have on a child. Ever since I was a kid, I kinda felt... wrong. And I didn't know why. I just remember thinking that I didn't like going to Church, that I felt *forced* and that God never spoke to me, the way the Bible claimed so many times He did to other people. Worse, I felt like, if God ever existed, he hated me because I was a hypocrite child pretending to believe in him. This thoughts ran wild in my mind, and I was 6 years old. I truly tried to believe in Him, because the bliss of knowing that, no matter what happens, you'll find yourself and your loved ones in Heaven, gives you hope and courage. But no, even as a child, my mind kept on refusing that idea. There is no after life. I've always known that, I just accepted it when I was 10. Gosh, how much I hated my teenage years, my parents called me "a demon", "Satan's pawn". They used to blame me for every disgrace, because I didn't believe in God so it was my fault. Even if their accusations were beyond logical reasons, they still bugged me for years, and I eventually believed that I was a disgrace to our family, that my existence was a pain in the ass. We fought at least once a day, and I am 21 now, and once in a while my parents still ask me why I don't believe in God. You Christians have no idea of how much it hurts.m

[@xxx_legit_kush_blazing_qui1923]

EXCUSE ME FOR TYPING IN CAPS, BUT I CAN STRONGLY RELATE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, HOWEVER I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR YOU ADMITTING TO YOUR PARENTS THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, AND THE FACT THAT YOU WERE OSTRACIZED FOR THAT DECISION MAKES ME APPRECIATE YOU EVEN MORE, I MYSELF QUESTIONED MY PARENTS BELIEFS AND OTHER SUPERSTITIOUS VALUES BUT I WAS ALWAYS A COWARD TO CONFRONT THEM UNTIL I REALIZED THAT REASONING WAS NOT THEIR STRONG-POINT WHEN IT CAME TO DEFENDING THEIR IRRATIONAL BELIEFS, SO CONFRONTING THEM WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME. OVERALL I SUPPORT YOUR CHOICE, AND THE COURAGE THAT CAME WITH IT.

[@soyconnor5169]

fuck em

[@phanieachiaabonsu6413]

@@xxx_legit_kush_blazing_qui1923 Exactly

[@your_average_cultured_dude]

You are very intelligent and smart, my friend.

[@mandarinablue8438]

And that's why I'm a firm supporter of the idea that religion should not have anything to do with children. History of religions is a different matter. But no. Not religion.

[@Otterstone]

It's crazy there was a point in my life I actually believed atheists were these really smart people that would be tough to engage in discourse with because how well rounded they were in knowledge. I'm sure some are, but most really aren't

[@Dock284]

That's funny. I used to be the same way. Then I learned that there are indeed many stupid atheists. And smart atheists. And stupid theists. And smart theists. Funny. Humans can be both smart and dumb. There are many smart and knowledgeable atheists out there. If you can't find any you're probably not looking hard enough.

[@Otterstone]

@@lil29253 Have you never heard of the Islamic golden age? Look up some of the achievements

[@BurnttBurrito]

Was raised Christian, went to church, read the Bible dozens of times over. Felt like every single thing taught to me was bull crap. I have first hand experience to my family’s beliefs and why they believe and let me just say it is the most dumbfounding thing I’ve ever heard. But hey that’s then and I don’t care we still a family. Honestly though I wish i believed in a god so I can have excuses to the bad things that happened to me. Because my moms back gave out and lost her job, she had to move in with my dad and she came up with an excuse that god made her move into my dads house to help him because he might fall over and get hurt. Like what….

[@leroydsa930]

That bible is true

[@scofield1154]

believing doesnt have to do much with intelligence because you can have an iq of 200 but if your brain is vulnerable to other's thoughts you will still believe in god i was raised to believe in god but i really dont

[@johnclewes8698]

But you pretend to believe , just in case, or to avoid personal confrontation.???? Nothing like having the courage of your own convictions.

[@scofield1154]

john clewes no just my friends know not my family i know how some people just cant face that nobody is there protecting them or rewarding them for their good deeds i'm very solid on my belief and i'm not superstitious at all

[@ericksonchindele]

Its not so much about believing rather than what u believe in

[@Kyo-uz1zi]

Michael Scofield same

[@eliaswrwf5826]

Same here. After denying religious indoctrination I was able to expand my set of thought. That which seemed devilish became natural, and all that mattered know was my judgement and ethical values. It was here where I would tell my dearest friend about it, he clearly did not like it, and now, he looks down upon me and sees evil in everything I do, as the idiotic human he is. What was a good friend now became a protester and a hater, now he seems to always be in disgust when talking to me, actually, almost all the religious people I know act the same way... fools, if only they knew what I know, they would probably find peace for once.

[@freshsauce9208]

I was exaggerating a bit. I was born into a Christian family in a Christian community, my mum was atheist however she hid that fact and got annoyed when I lost my faith because I didn't believe that the bible made sense.

[@AKSpartanhunter]

I am serious when I say; good for you man.

[@freshsauce9208]

+ThePieguy321's channel *clap* *clap*

[@Scorpob]

+ThePieguy321's channel you're totally trolling dude.

[@MJuegaES]

+Mr Fresh Sauce I used to be a cultural catholic (like half of the population of this country, I think).

[@AKSpartanhunter]

+ThePieguy321's channel Mistakes are made.

[@mustacheofgold6846]

Good video that puts theists in a sympathetic light. As someone who was raised in an atheistic environment, I always thought "how can people believe this crazy stuff? Are people insane?". No, most people aren't. Be it theist or atheist. Theists merely have been raised with wildly different information in a wildly different environments, but it says nothing about their intelligence.

[@LiebeLeuchten]

I agree

[@afjelidfjssaf]

You are simply wrong, and the statistical data proves me right. The vast majority of studies show that a low IQ is correlated with religion, with a correlation factor higher than 0.6. Before you say that IQ does not indicate intelligence, it does indicate average income, success on tests and brain volume

[@cht2162]

In the beginning man created god.

[@starchythepotato2877]

This channel needs twice as many subscribers as The Amazing Atheist.

[@AvatarZ]

+Peihan Liu I unsubbed from that awful channel a while ago. Some of his videos still haunt my recommended list though -_-

[@vladimirlenin3068]

+AvatarZ funny thing is darkmatter is subbed to him lol

[@pwnismaximus]

+AvatarZ A couple years back, he had a number of really great videos that were actually funny, but I can't say TJ has any new good ones

[@Creationsofmyown]

+pwnismaximus idk, TJ is still pretty golden, TAA channel tends to get gems from the podcast. if you haven't lately go give him a try again.

[@Tethloach1]

+Peihan Liu He was the first atheist comedian i have heard of that is why i subbed to him for so long, his comedy and philosophical rants were the reason why TAA is entertaining. each person has their own talents, he is comedy and ranting with charisma.

[@okay4403]

Nailed it like Jesus to the cross.

[@tyren818]

+Saile Ronoh lmao good one

[@johncity3216]

No guys let's be good okay? Repent and be baptized Acts 2:38 Jesus loves you guys okay?

[@fancycorey663]

+Detona Tesoni and you were alive when atheism started? (Sarcasm)

[@sweetauntbuddy]

+Fancy Corey Actually, we're all born atheists. Some have the misfortune to be born to parents who eventually turn them religious.

[@Benlakieman5]

+John City321 nah fuck em

[@opax]

I was someone who was born into a Muslim family, I at some point grew out of it because no matter how hard I tried I couldn't make logic out of it, although I had not said anything about it towards anyone in my mind it had become my belief and fact. Eventually at a later time I had found myself engrossed in self improvement and it is where this story takes a turn you don't expect (and don't want hear). I realized a life regretted is not a life I want to live (from a purely logical standpoint, not spiritual at all) so I tried my best to cut out all the bad habits in my life. Some of these shifts were widely accepted and some that are a bit more controversial but something any open minded person could be convinced of with enough facts and reason. And all this from a pure desire that when I am on my deathbed I wish not to think "had I not done this" or "if only I did this". But these things began to slowly compound in my mind and I began having subconscious thoughts about religion again from noticing the small connections to what I was cutting out and Islamic beliefs. All this despite prior having no interest in neither the atheist or theist conversation and religion being something I had completely moved past from and an afterthought. It all compounded to when I had a moment where it just made sense and never stopped since. Miraculously focusing solely on maximizing my life in this temporary world it lead me back to Islam and the afterlife. What created the sudden shift was when I made one simple connection. The biggest belief I found through self improvement and something I will say to my death bed is to always prioritize delayed gratification and ignore instant gratification. I realized that above all and what I missed this whole time was that what Islam preaches the most is to sacrifice your temporary pleasures now for a greater reward later. At that realization it just clicked and I haven't had a moment of doubt since. It goes way beyond this one realization but it just compounded to this moment and one primary belief. I will not go into details because if I do it will just be semantics and anecdotes being arguemented which is never productive and I find it better for everyone to speak about theism on a grander scale. I may regret putting this at the end and not the start since I may face some diverse replies but I simply posted this comment because in the very same argument used against religion I found deverting being the only perspective in this community and I wanted to share a new perspective of someone who went down that exact route and rabbit hole but left and found the destination to be where they started. I will repeatedly preface this but I am not here to change your belief but to add a new perspective (before anyone says it, not the perspective of religion but the perspective of being born into it, completely not believing it but eventually finding truth in it). *Again, just a new perspective please don't murder me*. Interesting how in the same way there are fears in sharing your beliefs against religion , theists can feel the same in the opposite way... Makes you wonder, maybe the whole "theme" of the video may less be of religion, spirituality and god and maybe more human behavior but oh well.

[@lowellde77]

As always great content. Thanks for your work