Dennis Prager Sketches the Future of Western Civilization

[@rgkaping]

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” ~ John Adams

[@Humannondancer]

What does Dennis think is decent?

[@Humannondancer]

@jfsfrnd those PragerU cartoon vids are meant for deep thinkers tbf

[@bepisboy291]

That's why it began with a violent revolution, right? What was that Bible verse about submitting to governing authorities again....?

[@rgkaping]

@@bepisboy291 The King of England broke the laws of God, and they determined he was not fit to be King or the head of state of a religious people. www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/rough.html

[@bepisboy291]

@@rgkaping Absolutely every nation in the world breaks the laws of God, even America today. Do you suggest worldwide revolutions? The Roman Empire broke the law of God in Jesus' day and he still told his followers to submit to them. Stop confusing American Jesus with the real one.

[@ianipoo]

The fact that people felt unhappy by the title of his book "Happiness is a serious problem" proves how accurate the title is.

[@TiempoNuevo-ew7ty]

I tell people it is more important to be content than to be happy. People have a real problem about any discussion which is not about them and theirs. Happiness as I see it is a drug. And all of the diversions like Disney, are what I call ""Happy Fixes for "Happy "Addicts". I could never understand why a person had to go to college for a piece of paper. Nearly all the classes (except math and sciences) just reinforced what I basically already knew. I never felt that any of the classes got into the real depth of thoughts or knowledge. I learn more on youtube.

[@oxideman1]

He's right. Without our values, we have nothing do defend.

[@mnhsty]

Defend how? You can defend your life, your property, your rights, your dignity, your family, your friends. What else do you need for a meaningful life? Do you also need to defend yourself against nudity in San Francisco or incest in Buenos Aires?

[@Aristocles22]

Yes. One can have property, rights, friends, and family, and still stand for nothing, still hope for nothing, still work towards nothing beyond material possessions.

[@downeybill]

yes you do.

[@rick4electric]

oxideman1 Everyone has values! This means NOTHING! Prager is a Trojan Horse!

[@jackkern]

rick4eletric How is Prager a Threat in the way of a Trojan Horse? I doubt you have and sort of intelligent answer for that question! The question is 'what values does a person have?' that that dictates how they raise their kids, how they function and what they contribute to society. Facts are Facts, you can Only speak your ideas in this country because of the Christian Values that founded this country, and that just sucks for leftists, doesn't it. By the way, Everyone has assh0les too, so what's Your point, or do you even have one?

[@de0den]

I have been listening to and reading Mr. Prager for about 30 years. I was drawn to him because I was already becoming tuned in to this kind of thinking. Once he got serious he explained himself better here than I have heard before.

[@martaacosta4415]

I only wish he wouldn’t spend so much time on autobiographical anecdotes; it gets old after a while. He’s a good man and I am not saying he’s self-absorbed because he is truly unselfish. But I almost change the channel except that I know something very good is coming if I hang on for a bit longer. He is brilliant and very acute in his observations.

[@leonharrison800]

It is the West and Capitalism that is destroying the environment and causing global warming. Dennis Prager sell delusion, not reality. He should be jailed for his misinformation and lies. Dennis Prager is a criminal and people are blind to reality!

[@fuckoff4705]

He's a racist right wing grifter who at the moment is running on a platform of "we must exterminate trans ideology" his viewpoints are hateful and you should not pride yourself in listening to him for 30 years without realizing he gets millions from oil companies everytime he criticizes global warming

[@PeterQuentercrimsonbamboo]

Yes, Jordan Peterson comments, too, that it is a miracle that we humans are able to live in pretty much peaceful civil societies, considering the nature and realities of our existence on this planet

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

Miracles are natural. When they do not occur, something has gone wrong. ACIM

[@JULYXXIV]

Machiavelli said it best: “Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, chaos and disorder become rampant.”

[@silvanabaralha8665]

That is not a correct statement because it is only be serving others, to a certain extent, that we succeed as individuals. Therefore men ALWAYS move towards natural order and cooperation, unless disrupted by power-seeking individuals that spread chaos in order to emerge victorious as rulers. So it is not when people are free that chaos emerges- the very essence of chaos is what stops people from falling so easily, serving as breaks- but when certain individuals spread chaos leading others to believe they need to be ruled -and want to be ruled- in order to prevent the chaos they spread in the first place. So Machiavelli was wrong if he ever stated that.

[@silvanabaralha8665]

@@s0me0n32 no we are not, nor should we be. The main purpose of all life forms is to survive above all other life forms if necessary be. the thing is taht in order to better survive we cooperate.

[@silvanabaralha8665]

@Mike Jones That is not true! Parentes do things to benefit their children for instance, they place their well being above their own. Just bare in mind that ONLY by serving others will one benefit! I can only benefit at selling something IF I provide my clientes with someting they aprove and choose! COOPERATION is key to human beings...This is WHY we are successful...

[@-covid-20]

@@silvanabaralha8665 u over simplify a reality...that is made for you the debate is society not singular...you are basing your point of view from a singular pov...now go ask a dozen if your neighbours u will be surprised they wont mesh with your personal point of view....

[@silvanabaralha8665]

@@s0me0n32 of course not! No animal is, men is not different in that respect. Why should we be altruistic. Life is not about giving or sharing, is about trading.

[@brettmcclain9289]

I am so glad Dennis explained that after religion died in Europe there was rampant fighting over the state. I am glad he was able to tie the two events together. I feel bombarded with knowledge normally and I find true wisdom from Dennis Pregure.

[@christinemoscovitz693]

Thank u Mr. Prager for a wonderful talk....I really enjoy your knowledge, wisdom & great insight. God bless u & yours...

[@tomchen513]

If you believe he is right, you probably do not have an international perspective, or you do not have a multidisciplinary background.

[@holisticsome]

Guys, watch sir Roger Scruton interview about why intellectuals tilt left. He explained the basics in such amazing simplicity

[@katherineshaw1]

As Dennis so succinctly put...."Gratitude is the mother of goodness and happiness. Ingratitude is the mother of evil and unhappiness."

[@kingdombanner2312]

He is right without God mankind are doomed. ....mankind cannot live without God

[@horsepowerenthusiast6933]

Kingdom Banner We've done fine without your fictional character.

[@mchristr]

No one who truly understands the issue casually dismisses the idea of God. One of Prager's foundational beliefs (shared by centuries of serious thinkers) is that we are intrinsically "wired" to live for something far greater than ourselves.

[@ganedenproductions]

Any proof of that? hahahaha

[@hotrodray9884]

Horsepower Enthusiast ... Why do athiests spend so much effort arguing against something they say does not exist?? Because they are trying to convince themselves that they have no consequences for their actions of life.

[@Joshua-dc4un]

Horsepower Enthusiast that depends on your definition of "doing fine".

[@djangor4969]

Dennis Prager what an inspiration you are!! Yes you're right things may look pretty dark at times, but that doesn't mean we have to give up. You spoke to my head and my heart in this address. I'm not giving up.

[@marcomusictv3854]

38:38 I'm from Guatemala and I swear I don't know not even one lesbian poet!!!! Would that be this way because I'm a Christian, Conservative and Nationalist?

[@cariadcaroline]

Fabulous talk. Very inspiring. Thank you and bless you Dennis.

[@shipwright6122]

“When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.” G.K. Chesterton

[@marclayne9261]

I love Dennis Prager's , sense of humor....

[@barbaramiller9660]

One of my favorite what I call truth soldiers

[@MelvinIsMerlin]

7:17 imagine if you found purpose in a silly number and it made you more inquisitive about the conversation at hand. Thats some dope placebo

[@winomaster]

The problem with sending too many people to college:. Our society does not have the ability to utilize unlimited numbers of college grads in just any field. Consequently, every year we have people who think themselves the best and the brightest, who graduate and then plunge to the bottom rung of the social ladder, living in their parents basement. And this harsh reality fosters a belief that there is something corrupt about about America. The experience radicalizes them. No one wants to believe there is something seriously wrong with themselves. It is the world about them that has taken a wrong turn. And they become revolutionaries set on overthrowing the existing order. They become leftists. Had they grown up in Saudi Arabia, they might become Arab Radicals, and they might fly airliners into buildings. Revolutionaries don't come from the dregs of society. They come from the ranks of the best and the brightest, those who believed they had the brightest futures. When their expectations are dashed, they want to bring down the whole world order. We send too many people to college and these places are breeding grounds of leftist reactionism.

[@lowersaxon]

There is deep truth in what you said but it’s not the whole thing.

[@timgreen2426]

The world needs ditch diggers, too.

[@alanabush555]

@winomaster >> You've stated half the problem. Most of the disgruntled graduates are from the liberal arts for which there are limited jobs in the marketplace. Likewise India, Indonesia, mid East, etc., Then they want to work for the gov't, in bureaucracy. These courses are much easier, indeed have been diluted, to make it easier to get into them. The science, technology and engineering courses are more difficult, more reality-based, and drive the economy. When there is a decrease in these fields, the economy suffers and so do available jobs.

[@shemirama1408]

Your partially right. There are plenty of engineering, programming, science, tech jobs. There are two problems: 1) The education system does not cater to the sciences, by design! 2) *the problem they claim that necessitate H1B visa* hires (hiring mostly Indian nationals vs U.S. college graduate) is that there is a shortage of U.S. graduates in the science fields. This, off course, is a LIE. It is so that companies can hire H1B visa recipients for half what they would pay a U.S. graduates. Instead of investing in promoting sciences n changing policies to hold text companies n others more accountable - we have SJW's being promoted by these tech giants! Cappice??

[@Fortheemperor382]

This is brilliant, thank you!

[@SabbathSOG]

Get the book "The People vs Mohammend".

[@troymcclure5612]

6 years ago I would have thought he had some points but was mostly overstating his case. Today I think his message is depressingly accurate and too late.

[@friendlyone2706]

When Jim Collins asked a long-term survivor of a Viet Nam POW camp who survived best, he learned "The pessimists." When the worst happened, the pessimists were less discouraged than the optimists. Pessimists expected to suffer & struggle. The pessimists ultimately won. Stay pessimistic, keep sharing the message and help us win.

[@9940r024]

As usual very incite full, thank you Dennis.

[@friendlyone2706]

When Jim Collins asked a long-term survivor of a Viet Nam POW camp who survived best, he learned "The pessimists." When the worst happened, the pessimists were less discouraged than the optimists. Pessimists expected to suffer & struggle. The pessimists ultimately won. I'm thankful a man of Dennis Prager's intellect & skills is a pessimist.

[@grannygear1001]

Granny is throughly convinced that there can be no true peace anywhere without following our Creator and his Word. I am saved by His amazing grace and He helps me. They say Islam is a religion of peace, but peace by force, merit, and violence is very different from faith in a Redeemer. “Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.” Job 5:7.

[@misterfeola9268]

I would absolutely love for Dennis Praeger to Wright a book on all the lessons he learned

[@ellydenis6821]

Me too. Probably not a good idea though since he may not even be able finish it...

[@friendlyone2706]

Then read his series on the Torah.

[@yazzyremedy36]

I'm not a Christian, however I believe that if religion inspires you to be your best self, then we have to embrace that freedom and those ideas.

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

You had me at "Educating", and "Liberty"

[@MrArthurGiles]

Dennis Prager, you.ve probably heard it before but here's something that came up on a radio interview many years ago: A priest was asked to describe the character of young children and he answered "All children are born in the image of Jesus but learn to be bad from older people". The other person asked the same question was a policemen and he said "All young children are born savages and have to be civilized" I'm sure that you and I would agree that the policeman´s answer was the better one.

[@michaelpowell-ngatchou6274]

Really need to get an editor, people. It says "Dennis Pragur."

[@johnadan3509]

👍the founders weren’t idiots,!they were brilliant 👏👏👏👏👏 in god we trust 🙏

[@loremipsum7471]

The founders in 1790 limited immigration to "white men of good character." No conservative today agrees with the founders except those Prager calls Nazis.

[@mnhsty]

lorem ipsum Not immigration, only citizenship. The Constitution does not empower the federal government to control immigration, only the rules for naturalization.

[@donkeyshow8543]

You are a brain dead moron, hys

[@murpyeddie1139]

By this stance, America isn't and was never a Nation. But that contradicts it's Christian foundation doesn't it. Christianity very much supports Nations. But here is the thing, you have to go back to the original meaning of the word Nation when we talk about founding on Christian principles. A Nation is a people bond by blood(race), religion and culture. If you don't have that, you don't have a Nation. Americanism is weak at best and basically only existed since WW1 really. Only thing it did was getting us into banker wars starting with ww1 because the Germans declined to have a privately owned central bank, same with ww2 and so forth. The founding fathers also knew that classic philosophy from the likes of Aristotle needs to be teached, otherwise the Republic is lost. What does Aristotle say about democracy? It only works in homogenous societies, only tyrants change demographics for their political goals. Proven true for way over 2 millenia.

[@GodofAbraham]

In God we trust was not the motto of the forefathers. Google it idiot.

[@bingeltube]

Recommendable! Prager is absolutely right that we ought to investigate/research more the goodness of people instead of evilness

[@Shirley-lock]

For the most part well said.

[@CharlemagnetheGreat]

My moral inspiration is the Battle of the Alamo. A group of patriots who chose to lay down their lives in the cause of freedom. Could have chosen to leave the fort instead, but chose to do that.

[@RavenclawFtW3295]

Frankly, I blame Rousseau and the Romantics for the decline of the West.

[@martaacosta4415]

I think you would have to unpack that idea a bit for most people to understand. I believe I know what you mean because I have a PhD in literature and I would agree to some extent because of the Romantics’ emphasis on feelings, their view of Christianity as colorful background for their feelings. But it’s hard to argue that this is more influential than Freud, Darwin, and Nietzsche and their influence. There is surely a grain of truth in what they taught, or more than a grain, but universal, blind acceptance of their beliefs has done much to bring down the west.

[@carinamoses2704]

@@martaacosta4415 I agree. I admire the Romantics and while their ideas can go in a negative direction, they had some valid insights, and any ideas can be misused and abused by those looking to do harm.

[@lexzoolia1]

Very excellent talk

[@mareksicinski3726]

1:39 well a prediction that didn't work out is one thing, the point is the reasoning

[@DennisRamm]

This is a great man.

[@davidcook5731]

My Chinese friend said the only part he enjoyed of Beethoven's Fifth was the first bit This was when the orchestra was tuning up

[@jamesstuartbrice420]

I have learned so much from Dennis Prager! His show is really enlightening. Sometimes I switch back and forth to Rush Limbaugh's show. I first heard of William F. Buckley when I was in high school. Roger Magnuson was the smartest student in the school, at least in social studies. Later he became an important lawyer and also founded a church a few blocks from where I am writing this. Roger brought several of us to see Buckley speak at a local college. He even got his autograph. I only learned many years later how important he was, unfortunately. Otherwise I would have brought his book and asked for an autograph too. I was, unfortunately, not interested in politics at the time, and I think I owe my current interest in part to Dennis Prager's show and also his books. And of course talk radio and youtube videos, among other things.

[@jennyfischbacher484]

We need so many more Dennis Pragers

[@friendlyone2706]

Supporting the Dennis Pragers of the world is almost as good as being one. They are warriors, but all warriors need their support teams.

[@fengkanoh1568]

Empty amoral people will be enraged by this great talk. Darkness cannot abide the light.

[@hoosierarcher]

Great speech, wonderful closing line.

[@abideintruth6221]

Wow TV and wide attendance in colleges. I heard about this things, but was surprised to hear it again.

[@unixrebel]

how do we fight!? ideas?

[@timgreen2426]

First and foremost: defend 2nd Amendment in its entirety, unadulterated and unifringed.

[@MDJ-wb1pn]

People are traditionally not good. The majority I mean. We live in a me society. I need, I want, I'm entitled etc. society today isn't a loving caring or giving society.

[@AgeofCraccadilliaassent]

It's what Pragers Tribe wanted

[@georgerivera9035]

jfsfrnd Mike is a realist. People are fundamentally evil, which explains why one person can turn a nation on itself. It is happening right now in South Africa where one man may be responsible for releasing the, "Good," people of the nation to go and slaughter the white minority. I hope you know the historical butchers of humanity; Napoleon, Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, the leader of the slaughter of over 400,000 Tutsis, and I hope you know the rest. One person cannot cause, "Good," people to swarm like locusts to do evil. They must be fundamentally evil.

[@marjorieiverson6707]

mike de julia U

[@donkeyshow8543]

Those are neo-con boomers you are talking about, the rest of humanity is pretty decent.

[@sethrauldatta7456]

@@AgeofCraccadilliaassent agreed

[@bearowen5480]

I'm glad Dennis praised William F. Buckley as a thoroughly decent man, and by association most of his rock ribbed conservative brethren down through the years. In that Pantheon I should like to include Buckley's colleague, James Jackson Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick had been a long time columnist and editor of the Richmond News Leader. He concurrently became a columnist at National Review which Buckley as a young man had founded after publishing his conservative blockbuster, "God and Man At Yale". Kilpatrick also wrote a well read weekly conservative column which was widely syndicated in many American newspapers. In 1965 I was a closeted conservative undergrad at the University of Washington and an avid subscriber to National Review where, along with the Seattle Times, I had discovered Kilpatrick's thought-provoking opinions. I had heard one of my of my liberal broadcast journalism professors, Jack Kinkel, describe Kilpatrick as "an old mossback Southern Bourban", which only served to stoke my interest in Kilpatrick as an antidote to Kinkel's doctrinaire liberal news bias! A few years later, Kilpatrick became better known nationally for his weekly "Point-Counterpoint" debate appearances with liberal commentator, Shana Alexander, which aired at the conclusion of CBS News's popular TV investigative journalism show, "60 Minutes". These debates were later hilariously satirized on "Saturday Night Live". One day one of my student conservative buddies told me that the UW Political Union, a nonpartisan speakers bureau on-campus, had scheduled Kilpatrick to give a talk. My buddy suggested that we call Kilpatrick and see if while he was in Seattle, a few of us might host him for a meal and political conversation. Great idea, but how could we contact him? There wasn't enough time before his scheduled appearance to communicate with him by mail through National Review. But we knew somehow that he lived in Alexandria, so we called "information" and to our surprise, he had a publicly listed phone number! I dialed the number and reached him! Nervously I explained who I and my handful of conservative friends were, and proffered our invitation. To our amazement he accepted, for breakfast the day of his talk! He said that he would be arriving by plane the day prior, and would we mind picking him up at SeaTac and driving him to the home of friends on Mercer Island where he would be spending the night? He apologized for asking for a ride, but explained that his married couple friends both worked and wouldn't be able to make the pick up. I of course said that we would be delighted to give him a lift. The day of his arrival, my friend, Don Wagner, and I met Mr. Kilpatrick at the gate (back then before 9/11 you could still do that). We packed him and his luggage into Don's VW Beetle and launched into a friendly, get-acquainted conversation on the way to his friends' spacious home on Mercer Island. The next morning we met him for breakfast at an off-campus diner for brunch and a fascinatingly relaxed and open conversation with this amazingly down to earth, yet profoundly humble and gracious journalistic icon of conservative thought. Surprisingly to us he seemed to be just as interested in us, our college lives, and life's aspirations as we were in his political ideas and journalistic career. We spent several hours showing him around the beautiful UW campus and delivered him to the Husky student union (HUB) in plenty of time for his talk. To say that we were starstruck by such a famous yet so uncommonly kind man would be a gross understatement! Through the remainder of my undergraduate years I occasionally corresponded with Mr. ("Call me Jack") Kilpatrick. He was always interested in my family (I was married), my academic progress, my job as an announcer at KIRO AM and FM, and my forthcoming commissioning in the Marine Corps (with all that portended in 1967-'68!). I think our last exchange of letters had been in the fall of 1967 after I had completed Officer Candidate School. In the Autumn of 1968, I was a second lieutenant and student at the Infantry Officers Basic Course at Quantico. Mr. Kilpatrick with great difficulty, and enlisting the aid of a two star general who was his next door neighbor in Alexandria, managed to track me down at the Basic School. I was flabbergasted when he invited me and my wife to Thanksgiving dinner with his family at their home, and I gratefully accepted. It was a wonderful occasion that I shall never forget. That was the last time I saw Jack Kilpatrick. The Marines whisked me away and out of touch overseas and ultimately to war. Jack died in 2010 before I had an opportunity to visit with him again in person. God rest that wise, kind, and truly good man, above all else, an American patriot.

[@danielwood6930]

On January 27, 1838, Abraham Lincoln speaking before a Lyceum (a hall for public lectures) in Springfield, Illinois; addressed, "The subject of Lincoln's speech was citizenship in a constitutional republic and threats to U.S. institutions. In the speech, Lincoln discussed in glowing terms the political system established by the founding fathers, but warned of a destructive force from within. He asked his listeners: "Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer. If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."

[@dianemandel1699]

Loved programs w/Buckley and M. Adler....

[@garyhiggins6933]

Dennis has some very good insight that we all can learn from.

[@rahstarfighter]

20:00 that was quite the idea, i'm gonna have to mull over that one

[@ciscodealmeida8541]

I have identical Theology as You Mr Prager, i preach it for 45 years

[@MyMaitetxu]

I would like to see a debate of Mr.Prager and Hitchens....

[@stephenmurray2851]

MyMaitetxu There is one on KZbin

[@9940r024]

Very interesting and yes sad. I blame the churches i.e. the church leaders. They gave up on us years ago, they seem to think their job is preaching to the choir rather than to non believers ! I also believe there are many like me who believe and love JESUS, GOD & THE HOLY GHOST but for some reason do not attend a church. We consequently have done poorly in raising our children I.e. Christian faith ! May GOD help us all.

[@jameseverett9037]

From what you're saying it sounds like the problem is that you've lost any willingness to take responsibility for anything. "I blame the churches...." There's your 1st clue on what's wrong. You're saying someone else done it to you, while acknowledging that you understand what you should do. So it sounds like they taught you well, but you still refuse to be as accountable for yourself as you think someone else should be for you. Do you see the double standard here? The most dangerous disease of today is the "something else made me this way" idea, where you make a decision to not use your own will power because it's "hard", then kid yourself that it means something is wrong with you, therefore someone/something must have "happened" TO you that prevents you from doing what you CAN do even when you don't feel like it. Not feeling like it is not something wrong with you, just the normal human struggle with temptation. But this generation got it in their heads that if they don't want to do something they should do, then it's a problem they must figure out, and thus go off looking for what caused them to be this way. This is a trail of disappointment that goes nowhere and is never resolved, because the assumption is that being good should be easy. And if it's not, then "something is wrong with me" and it must be the fault of older people. If you can blame your elders for the way you are, then surely they can blame THEIR elders for not measuring up either and letting you down. They failed you because their parents failed them. And their parents failed them because their grandparents failed them. And their grandparents failed.......on & on. How is it that you are the only generation that cannot be blamed for your own failures? Was everyone before you raised in a way that they could take all responsibility, not only for themselves, but for you? If so, they must be a far superior generation than you, yes? They would have to be, to be able to take that much responsibility - - and yet they failed you? So if a generation that has their s h itt together to such a degree that they can be perfect themselves AND make you into a great person, and be the ones responsible for how you turn out, how the hell then could they have failed you? They would have had to do it on purpose. Why would they, being so able, decide to make you into a looser? It doesn't make much sense. It's like saying your Dad was a poor bastard who never gave you a dime, but somehow he should have left you a million $.

[@appujosephjose6129]

Thumbs up from India

[@jayg1438]

क्या हाल है?

[@MarieGlen444]

This is interesting for any Bible prophecy students.. note the secular humanism as having Greek roots.. Remember Nebuchadnezzar's dream? Which Daniel interpreted; the bronze (or brass) of the world empire's statue (standing on the sands of time) was Greece. (Later on the statue, the iron was Rome.) Turn the pages in the book of Daniel and we have the "fourth" and final "more terrible beast" (governing) which has iron teeth (columns?) and bronze claws. The iron breaks and devours and the bronze tramples. This of course is Daniel 7:7 and 19, which cross references perfectly with Revelation 13:1(-10) the beast who was, then wasn't, but after the event of 13:13, was again..

[@lowersaxon]

What is Prager University? His?

[@RoryFrenn]

Western music, art and architecture are the greatest? that's obviously subjective

[@timgreen2426]

It is true because of the value the west placed on these things.

[@EIN91]

Keep talking Dennis, you make the rest of us feel smarter when you do.

[@twoslices]

He's smart thats for sure.

[@goodmorning6827]

Dissociate faith from virtue, now and for good, and expose it for what it is: a servile weakness, a refuge in cowardice, and a willingness to follow with credulity people who are in the highest degree unscrupulous. (And remember, atheism is not a religion, atheism is the absence of religion. Atheism is a religion in the same way that abstinence is a sex position.)

[@BlackLabelSlushie]

How exactly did "a universal god" "come from the west"? Last I looked the universal god concept came from the Middle East.

[@gonzalopde6916]

The heart of Christianity was and still is Rome

[@themsuicjunkies]

Gonzalo PDE Thus spoke Zaratustra.

[@jamesstuartbrice420]

well, I would guess that Dennis Prager was not being precise if he said that. He seems to be improvising, at least it seems like an anecdotal speech including phrases he often uses on the radio and in his books. Perhaps he did not have time to work out a new highly organized argument. It is good anyway. I would guess that the God of the Jews was at least the God of the Jews and not of all mankind. The old testament says you should have no God before me, or something like that. It was and is harder to become Jewish than Christian or Muslim. And I think that Christianity was developed by Paul, who was a Roman citizen and apparently was martyred in Rome. So, I guess that it might be the same with other religions from the Middle East, that they were not entirely universal. They usually were the gods of particular ethnic groups or peoples. Perhaps this is what Dennis Prager meant. And anyway, if he misspoke, he could correct the impression elsewhere.

[@missjennemeg1]

Gonzalo PDE Wow! Not many people know this! How did you come to this understanding?

[@stockinettestitch]

BlackLabelSlushie The West is not only a direction, it’s a set of values. That’s to what he referred.

[@LazlosPlane]

Suzuki's stuff is very good but HARDLY the greatest interpretation of Bach.

[@catsaresocute650]

Japanase and Chinese Music is highly beautifull too.

[@catsaresocute650]

I don't like ranking art. There is art and culture that is high and that is not high, but I don't belive in ranking it.

[@m.cproductions3671]

Monotheism is apparently western, so is the Arabian Peninsula and Israel/Palestine in the West or not, as Islam and Judaism are the two oldest monotheistic relgions, and they both originated in the Middle-East. In fact, Christianity also originated in the Middle-East, because Jesus Christ grew up in Jerusalem.

[@billyjoeallen]

Thomas Pain and Ethan Allen were Deist founders

[@livefree6228]

Guatemalan Lesbian Poets are known at Harvard , but no one has heard of Cain and Abel .....that is hilarious

[@ItsMEE-bz9fp]

"brains are wildly overrated in their significance" and "goodness interest me more than brains" two fascinatingly beautiful quotes. Thank you Dennis Prager 👍🏻

[@georger6624]

The main thing college should teach is "how to learn".thay dont

[@Inspector-Chisholm]

The case against public nudity in San Francisco. 1. It rains all the time. 2. You'll be constantly stepping on discarded syringes and human feaces.

[@billbally4419]

It doesn't rain that much in sf.

[@nonmagicmike723]

Of course it's a matter of opinion. But that opinion comes from a sense of morality that's engrained in us all. People sometimes disagree because there are competing moral goods. And it's not always as clear-cut, even with God, as people on opposing sides can believe God is with both of them.

[@SumanPatel-rz4jm]

What about the HINDU CIVILIZATION?

[@speckledhen409]

Right on!

[@cutazabutton]

"Open up- it pays off".

[@jessetheridge-xc7sk]

Wow, it is wisdom. You are wonderful, Thank You.

[@craiganderson3170]

I'm 4 minutes in and I already laughed out loud. I don't think of Dennis as a comedian.

[@rexbentley8332]

A pessimist is and optimist with experience.

[@friendlyone2706]

When Jim Collins asked a long-term survivor of a Viet Nam POW camp who survived best, he learned "The pessimists." When the worst happened, the pessimists were less discouraged than the optimists. Pessimists expected to suffer & struggle. The pessimists ultimately won.

[@georgevanvalkenburg2560]

spot on

[@michaelgalganski2425]

Brilliant speech! Thanks for posting

[@originalblob]

Well, why are the mostly non-religious countries in western and northern europe less violent and wealthier than the USA?

[@thomasmcewen5493]

Sebastian Schumacher I am in Europe, did you add in Nazis, and communists? They were violent and part of European civilization. Czechia, Prada. We got a list of names of killed. Europe has Never been peaceful.

[@originalblob]

Jake Swartz, aren't those people opposed to the secular countries I was refering to? I don't see your point. If anything you strengthen my argument.

[@originalblob]

Thomas McEwen, no I didn't and why would I? I'm talking about the present. In the present, the importance of religion for culture and everyday-life has vanished in northern europe. However, that has had no observable impact on things like crime rate, prosperity or quality of life. If you think otherwise, please show me sociological data to back it up.

[@donnaeturner]

And why are they now being destroyed by leftist asses?

[@thomasmcewen5493]

Sebastian Schumacher Robert Frost wrote Fences make good neighbors. Well, religion is a fence and it is gone in Western Europe and the barbarians are coming across the fallen wall to cut our Western throat. Religion freed us from Atheist-communists, that religion is Catholic. Protestant Western will be Islam, the EU is a Utopian dream which is not enriching Europe but killing it. I am in the Visegrad group Poland Czechia Slovakia and Hungary all Catholic, we will survive, because communists were our enemies, teacher who hung us, shot us, put us in the black Brigades, the urainum mines. We don't believe in Utopia, but we believe in God, that is why we will survive. Western Europe is 85% agnostics and Atheists. The foundation of Western Civilization is the Catholic Church, the West is tired and wishes to surrender. Not us. Studies so you can grind your Atheist axe. Panocreator and the Theotokos is over the Kremlin doors, 93% of Poles are Catholic, czechs are private Catholic, we are not atheists, Slovakia is Catholic and Hungary is Catholic. Robert Frost also the road not taken made all the difference, we are not taking the EU road to French intellectual suicide.

[@roberta4254]

I’m one of the few you mention that has read the Bible read it through many times I read KJV it has been tested by time and is the best translation. Am I pessimistic no I know who wins I am a realist and we are outnumbered by evil people which is by Gods design read the Bible and you’ll know why. We need to continue to fight for America because the alternatives are horrible for us and our children. I have been fighting this war since I was saved as a child I’m 71 now some battles I’ve won some I’ve lost but the war has already been won for me. People should be fighting the war to stay out of hell I’ve tasted a little of hell on earth I guarantee you no one will like it. The battle manual is Gods word I’ve managed to make it because of Gods salvation and by the power of his word. Optimistic yes even though I have experienced much of the horrors of this life I know my Savior lives. I encourage the reading of the Bible KJV start with the book of John the truth and salvation is there and victory. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:16-17

[@benlujan288]

Prager ROCKS!

[@evasionbycartwheel12345]

God doesn't have clothes. Rather,you will be clothed in righteousness. And that not your own. Adam didn't realize he was "naked' till after he sinned. And he was "ashamed',Therefore, disobeying and clothes are linked. Adam was created in God's image before and after the fall. Adam was not ashamed before he disobeyed and was after. Therefore it cannot be having to do with being created in God's image.

[@eddemian]

This comment is more of a question: Why do Jews of the Bible and Armenians call each other by the same name? In the bible, old testament, the Hebrew sources cal the Armenians Khourites. That means Hurrians which most historians agree that they were the ancestors of the Urarteans and therefore todays Armenians. The Armenians have only one name for the Jews: Hurriah. Which linguists agree derived from Hurrian. What is the implication? And then, I took a DNA test and I turned out to be JM 267. That's the Cohanim gene. And then it turns out 12% of Armenians are J1 and another 12% are J2.

[@craiganderson3170]

Laughed again at 30+ minutes.

[@Carterofmars]

Curious... what was it that made you laugh?

[@guyvanburen]

In God We Trust E Pluribus Unum Liberty

[@catsaresocute650]

He's right that there's a specific objective moral system in faith. The belive means thst a belive system is inherenty already justified (by the existance of the higher-then-human) and applies definitiv. On the other hand that dosn't help because it's the faith that justified this. There's however in human nature somethings that you can make generalisations of appoximating a sure morality

[@catsaresocute650]

(it dosn't help because while that value-systhem might be improtant due to being: tradtion, poofen to be good for people, good for societiy broadly, culturally important (...) -the case for those still has to be individualy named.

[@henryjanicky4978]

In line of your statment that religion is more prone apply the most to ..Muslim religion and that you did not mention. No Christian but Muslim produce most kids. I think they multiple in such numbers is to be more populus thus more protected.

[@mnhsty]

Actually there is nothing objective about traditional or theistic morality, since it is based as much on opinion as secular morality. The only difference is that the Dennis Pragers of the world don't admit it. "Objective" means that something is readily observable or demonstrable to any other reasonable human being. Just being able to point to it in some ancient text is just not convincing to most educated people nowadays. Deal with it.

[@donnaeturner]

You are saying that we have to deal with stupid people. The more things change the more they stay the same.

[@walt1999walt]

It is not based on opinion. It's based on the 10 commandments- or on God. Secular societies don't have morality.

[@maureenbarnes7496]

I don’t think it’s quite all true that man is essentially evil. We mostly do evil but we all have the potential to be good and we have a divine compass, our conscience. Having said that, we need religion and awareness of God and openness to God to make it work. These things also are a gift of God.

[@ericadler9680]

It's impossible to build values on something that doesn't exist. We need a secular conservatism, and we can keep our core values, like the family, freedom, and the nation. I also doubt Prager is a conservative. Conservatism means defending the family, not gay rights, and it includes environmentalism, to conserve our resources for the sake of future generations.

[@anonygent]

LOL. But were the penguins convinced?

[@starfishw7138]

Penguins are so cute. They all crowded around, listening

[@patcurry966]

A PH D does not give a person Wisdom.

[@smc1942]

Nope! It merely means they had the patience to sit through eight years of leftist propaganda, & parrot it back to those who had done the same. I never was that patient. Two years of that crap was too much!

[@nonmagicmike723]

The secular case against public nudity is that offends the sensibilities of many people.

[@zonk362]

Calling William Buckley, who championed the doubly murderous war against Vietnam, for the purposes of enslaving the Vietnamese people in a neocolonialist economic system a good person is laughable at best.

[@johnchapot5451]

If we do not dispense this Yahweh we will not make it as a species it is based in war and greed exactly. What we suffer from . All major problems lead back to it

[@bevwatson6082]

Excellent ! One of the dinosaurs...

[@CoolExcite]

This is so circular; he used examples to portray why an absolute morality exists, yet the examples used are only valid if you are already an absolutist. His assertion that public nudity is not immoral under a secular government requires the listener to believe that it is objectively immoral in the first place in order for them to then believe that a nonsecular government is optimal.

[@mnhsty]

That's why he only preaches to the choir. Who else would listen to such nonsense? It's guys like this that make people afraid of mixing religion with government.

[@loremipsum7471]

All politics are basically identity politics and tribalism for the ethno-state who have a shared identity, folklore, history and ancestry. America was created for a Christian people. If you don't like that then no one can help you fit in. You are deluded into thinking all politics are based upon universal secular values - because no such thing exists. Nations are based on these 5 essential principals: 1. Borders 2. Language 3. Culture 4. Race 5. Religion

[@donnaeturner]

What? Are you proselytizing nudity?

[@AgeofCraccadilliaassent]

US was created to be the military arm of the three citi state empire and nwo un gobal governance of the long time proper elite

[@seattlesix]

CoolExcite so you're saying that the point is invalid because it's circular? Better for people to think you're a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

[@ruvstof]

But you can be spiritalist like Spinoza, without a personal God.

[@donnaeturner]

What is the point of that?

[@LexHarrison]

Claudio Costa-------------Spiritualism devoid of peace that passes all understanding in Jesus Christ, is ultimately an aimless and unfulfilling destiny for any soul!

[@AgeofCraccadilliaassent]

The God in Genesis is Elohim or Gods if translated correctly from Phonetician Canaanite. Let US make Man in OUR image. To Replenish the earth that had Become a waste and desolate land

[@smc1942]

May I suggest a book... "Cataclysm!" by Allen & Delair. The Earth was (indeed!) a barren wasteland after that event. The truth of which has yet to be told. Anyone who tries is destroyed by those in Academia.

[@whiteyboy6454]

Interesting verses from Jeremiah Jer 30:11 For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you; I will make an end of all the nations among which I scattered you, but of you I will not make an end. I will chastise you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished. NRSV Jer 46:28 As for you, have no fear, my servant Jacob, says the LORD, for I am with you. I will make an end of all the nations among which I have banished you, but I will not make an end of you! I will chastise you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished. NRSV