God of the Paradox

[@dagnytheartist]

"God of pastries" would explain why he started off with water before anything else.

[@smokeemifyougotem9662]

+dagnytheartist and why he where's a white robe

[@picklesandcheese25]

+Ferid Bathory wears?

[@smokeemifyougotem9662]

picklesandcheese25 shhhh shhhh

[@koreboredom4302]

He is the God of pastries because of the fact that he managed to keep his robe white whilst baking.

[@boglenight1551]

God damn it, you're right.

[@JinTheSlim]

Wow... I just realized how much of a Mary Sue God is.

[@peezyyoutube8318]

+Achuk Martin This vid is not the real GOD. don't be deceived by someones perspective. I assure you heaven is nothing like this. Angles aren't like that dude and God isn't like that I promise you

[@peezyyoutube8318]

***** NO....... you don't understand the bible... that's why you THINK this is the truth

[@pineapplepenumbra]

+Achuk Martin Who is Mary Sue?

[@spencerpetunia8268]

+pineapplepenumbra A Mary Sue is a character that is completely, unnaturally, & unrealistically perfect to the point that it destroys most if not all logical conflict in stories involving them.

[@ferociousfeind8538]

+Spencer Petunia also they suffered severely as a not-Mary Sue in their past

[@deadknight1402]

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe", well he's not wrong

[@davidhatcher7016]

Yup

[@ambermuntz2822]

Its a excerpt from Carl Sagan's book "The Demon-Haunted World" and he goes into detail as to what he means. Definitely worth a read! It's one of my favorite books.

[@skwozies3083]

@@ambermuntz2822 He also said this exact quote in one of his speeches. I have seen the video on KZbin somewhere. Edit: here it is, watch?v=7s664NsLeFM

[@mamamheus7751]

@@skwozies3083 it starts one of the episodes of Cosmos too!

[@jyothishkumar3098]

​@@theali8oras274 true scratch is from the smallest possible division of the universe. But the quote isn't valid under non-creationist philosophies. I guess "make" always requires "from" "what". In a complicated sense, we can even make rice from iron (by fusion and chemical combination).

[@shivanishankar6511]

The best part is "So you are an Evil God and the Devil's gonna be n Anti-Hero or something"

[@marshaltito7369]

honestly sounds like a solid idea for a story

[@foxybohv7732]

What makes it funny is while reading the bible, youre gonna come with that conclusion

[@glitchwolf1384]

Its funny because according to christian theology, their very timeline of events supports this exact thing. Yahweh is the imperfect creator of the universe, able to feel anger, greed, all the bad stuff too. So when he created the angels, he promised they would be equals. Shortly after he made himself a golden throne and forced the angels into submission, where even the slightest mistake sent them careening through the void. Then, god made humans, and offered them *forgiveness*, and when certain angels asked for forgiveness to be offerred to angels as well, they were banished too. So Lucifer (the Devil is the bastardized term for the 'unholy trinity', which... is also a stupid term, considering of them, only Lucifer and beezelbub are unholy, and Satan is a construct created by god to punish the fallen angels and all unforgiven sinners) is essentially the antihero willing to stand up to an unstoppable force of evil, fully knowing they will be crushed and defeated time and time again.

[@canceledartist]

Yeah actually

[@elephystry]

If God truly is omnipotent and omniscient, how does Satan have such a stranglehold on his people? Does he… let him?

[@pineapplepenumbra]

+reggienuva183 You're not supposed to poke holes in the plot, you're supposed to be gullible and swallow the story whole, hook, line and sinker.

[@TrollBreaker]

+pineapplepenumbra If the Bible were a graphic novel, there would be major plot holes.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

+Troll Breaker Does that matter in graphic novels? It certainly doesn't seem to matter in every religious tome that plagues the world.

[@TrollBreaker]

pineapplepenumbra I know.

[@FrozEnbyWolf150]

According to the Book of Job, yeah, God lets him. The Hebrew Satan is actually a divine prosecutor who brings charges against sinners, basically God's attack dog. So they're not opposing forces, they're on the same side. Although technically, Satan murders way fewer people in the Bible than Yahweh does.

[@RealTalk-uk3yw]

I had a huuge fight with one Muslim family member who watched this on my facebook page and called me infidel. He was insulted.

[@Angelmou]

+Arsjaad Poese That sometimes happens, when all feelings of people are revealed as a lie. Basically years of life wasted. ;-) The god believe is a function of the right brain hemisphere (like music, poetry and art enjoyment) That is why split brain patients can be theists and atheists at the very same time: /watch?v=PFJPtVRlI64 (youtube clip in which it is explained) And why some forms of dementia or Alzheimer can kick the god believes off. It is just another hedonistic pleasure you can own when it is your taste or dismiss if it is not. Terms like "supernatural", "omnipotence" etc. are invented to sound amazing. Big Buzzwords Like a magicians show with a lot of spooky sounding "magic spells". Instinct driven peole are of course offended and insulted, when it is revealed that their feelings are just their feelings. In the end Pointless and meaningless to other people, who are not interested in them and to reality anyway and at the same level as any personal enjoyment like playing a sportsgame, watching a favorite tv show or reading a book, which satisfies your personal taste the best. The big evil is actually not that people believe in many things like god's or angels and other nonsense, the big evil is that they believe their personal satisfications are the center of the universe. -> Extremists. And they start to insult other peoples enjoyments as "sins" without realizing their "god-sin" is at the exact same level, sometimes even below, because it can hurt people a lot - especially innocent children. Religion is like a knife, you can use it to cut bread to feed the poor or to murder.

[@Psykoged]

+Arsjaad Poese My sincerest condolences.

[@TheExMuslima]

+Angelmou That is probably one of the smartest things I've read about religion's effect on the human psyche. Itreally explains a lot. Could you recommend any good books or links on the subject? thanks

[@Psykoged]

The ExMuslima What irritates me the most about this is that cultural relativists and romanticizing anthropologists alike will not only respect this low emotional intelligence as you put it, but even praise it as some of the arab worlds defining cultural riches. It sickens me that people can be so cowardly to make them self see through fingers with this weird family-bound tribalism and its moral consequences.

[@veritasabsoluta4285]

+The ExMuslima How is your life, not being a Muslim anymore? Any negative experiences? Because the punishment for leaving Islam is death, so I would imagine you must be getting a lot threats.

[@rabbicartman6723]

"God of Pastries." I'd worship that God 24/7.

[@Perririri]

Pastry U-Akbar !!

[@davidhatcher7016]

Neen XD

[@melissacastellas1405]

Rabbi Cartman 😂😂 yeah me too

[@astraloutlaw6549]

*I WANT ECLAIRS*

[@KyllingThyme]

Free pastries every day till you die. Sounds good to me.

[@Blox117]

Where do I sign up for god school? I wanna go there! MOM!!!

[@KamuiKunitsuna]

Can I be the goddess (or at least patron saint) of awesome female video-game characters?

[@Blox117]

Faridah Malik sure ;) just give me all of your earthly possesions and the souls of your entire family and friends.

[@plmokm33]

Faridah Malik Lol nice profile choice, didn't realize anyone liked Malik that much other than me.

[@noskalborg723]

Blox117 your already taking the final test. 😎

[@zomber4life233]

You would have to NOT exist

[@Pallum13]

That's it, i don't believe in God anymore

[@protagonistis]

+Abbie Lawson i hope you are just kidding....else the discriminations of religions got you....so much of a religion of love

[@Pallum13]

***** I'm agnostic now, not atheist.

[@Pallum13]

John Smith Basically, I don't know and I don't care. That's my religion

[@filippospano8447]

+Pallum13 no i'm dirty dan!

[@Robobotic]

+Pallum13 Agnostic is still atheist basically.

[@jamesmackinnon1754]

I'm an atheist but I don't tell people that in real life because then they either think I'm an asshole or they try to "save" me. I don't care anymore. If they can't accept me for who I am, then forget 'em.

[@tammideel6409]

no one needs saved .. the christian church is so screwed up, it's crazy....be bold in your atheistic worldview ... & those that understand, love and humility will come out of their f^%ked up man made ideals, influenced by god or not.

[@EmbracingMyInsanity]

I am open about being an Atheist, sometimes I get some crap by a super holy roller, like a woman I used to work with said I should be stabbed in the chest, but things like that are few and far between, and I live in a very religious area, but they are also super patriotic, and the worst I usually get is, well that's your right. . .oh one of my best friend is a devout Christian, we went to the same university, and had the same major so we shared a lot of classes, and we both lived off campus so we car pooled a lot, and we would discuss our believes without judging each other, He also has said the most of the Atheist he knows know more about the bible than 90% of the people at his church, even he had to look up a few things in the bible, then he just read it. I also have openly gay friend who is Christian and goes to church and as far as I know the whole congregation accepts him and anyone who wishes to worship in their church, so not all Christians are extremist douche bags.

[@jamesmackinnon1754]

+Null_Shock Thank you for sharing that. It would be nice if everyone was as open-minded as you. And I agree that not all Christians are extremist douche bags. It just seems like I meet a lot of the ones that are. Religion is unimportant; what matters is if you're a good person.

[@EmbracingMyInsanity]

James MacKinnon That is very true. I could care less what a person believes in, as long as they are a decent person. and I will drink to that, Cheers!

[@GINGIVITISSS]

James MacKinnon Just remember the extremist douche bags are always the loudest so they make it seem like everyone that is Christian acts like they do. As a Christian myself I have no problem with anyone who believes differently than I do but it annoys the shit out of me when I see extremely "devout Christians" laying into someone who doesn't believe what they do, same thing for Atheists. I may not believe what you believe it, or disbelieve, but that doesn't mean your any less of a person and i'll still hang out with you, have a drink with you, of fuck you, if you're lucky...and a woman =)

[@fireflocs]

Oh man, can I go to God college? There's a whole host of powers I'd really like to apply for.

[@TeintaKukoro]

It's a Hard College to get into. To be honest i have no idea why or how they let Yahweh get away with so much. But what do i know, I'm merely a Universe Jumping God. Cya.

[@MsHarpsychord]

cause god iz amazing nd don't need no skuul he's to good for skuul.

[@AdonanS]

fireflocs I would go for God of the Wind and Sky (limited by the atmosphere; I don't need space with that). If not that, God of Darkness and/or the Night would be nice.

[@noskalborg723]

fireflocs yes you are already taking the final test.

[@TheCompleteMental]

God of time myself Be able to fast forward, pause, reverse, see into the future, recall any event from the past, peer into and travel between multiple timelines, etc Also regeneration, power absorption, power manipulation(including multiple types of kinesis), and flight

[@TheParanoidAndroid79]

The free will chess game was a stroke of genius. Hilarious.

[@TheParanoidAndroid79]

@@mako9579 I missed that. I wouldn't be surprised if it's meant to be a History of the World pt I reference.

[@mominaali2700]

Mountain Jew

[@ricochet08]

i'd lose soo many friends sharing this on facebook, but i love these videos! keep em coming :D

[@cheesecakecaptain9168]

Don't worry buddy, we're here to support you!

[@JakobRobert00]

Friends who don´t like you because you are an Atheist, are no real friends. But well, I as an Atheist would at least not want to be friends with fundamentlist Christians who say i will go to hell and tell me how bad i am, but luckily we have very few of those in Germany, most Christians in Germany don´t know anything about their religion. When you have so different views of how to live a good life, you simply do not fit together.

[@Likosaurus]

Those friends are dicks, if they really do that.

[@lazyDude77]

I know how you feel, I am muslim, so is most of my friends. Islam don't take opinions lightly....

[@Pasharamus]

JakobRobert00 claiming to be a christian without reading the bible is equivalent to calling yourself a scientist with only elementary school finished. Maybe if they actually read what they think they believe, they would see how immoral and brutal are stories in the bible. If christian God exists, he hates people more than anything while Lucifer seems to be the good guy.

[@chrreecherry9457]

846 Christians are like: "I don't get it so this must be nonsense and god exists. Checkmate Atheists!"

[@mmatt6573]

so um, well do you do anything else other than watch Atheist videos all day lol ?

[@chrreecherry9457]

Illmatti Matthew Playing games xD

[@mmatt6573]

better Idea, why not "STEP" out and do something fun xD

[@chrreecherry9457]

Like spending time with the person I love? o.o

[@mmatt6573]

well, yeah well that too.

[@leonardt5602]

0:38 Lmao did anyone else notice "Mountan *Jew*" on the soda cup?

[@mattb6646]

Leonard T ya and BC cola instead of RC.

[@Emi86293]

😂

[@davidhatcher7016]

Cool

[@aviz6413]

Lmao

[@adilx1489]

Damn I thought it's a Before Christ Cola 😅

[@makeminealargecognac]

when grown up, one should stop believing in fairy tales.

[@mattb6646]

G Allen yeah or when you turn like 13 or so.

[@darkwolf988ify]

@@mattb6646 or as soon as you figure out that there is no santa claus

[@JustCallMe]

God of Pastries > God of Anything Else

[@donkeyhobo34]

I love you

[@tailspike1]

heres why all religions are false: if god can destroy the devil, but chooses not to, isnt he evil himself for not destroying the darkest evil ever? but, if he cant destroy the devil, for some unexplicabale reason or something, then he cant do all things. face facts people, religion and all the gods are made by man, and are fake

[@tailspike1]

***** ur point?

[@emarythomp]

tailspike1 Exactly! And if he is all knowing... Then he'd know that one of his angels HE created would rebel against him! He'd also know when someone is going to hell billions of years before they are born so there would be no point in freewill

[@tailspike1]

emarythomp more good points!

[@emarythomp]

***** Apparently in God's eyes "free will" is an one way choice: Accept God or Endless torture.... Seems free as a human who hates pain naturally....

[@danielalveras9140]

Tailsspike. Your brain is sealed, your of no use go and get out of the system

[@elijahbutter9221]

did anyone else see the bishop and queen getting it on

[@fasfasfsas7805]

lnmnhuyyfdfdftxcfdrdtoooooooooooooooookkkkkoookoooookkoookkkookkooomooooolkk

[@carultch]

+Elijah Harris I thought the bishop is supposed to be celibate.

[@danielrabinovitz478]

+carultch It's "supernatural"

[@EsquerdaCariacica]

+carultch bishop be celibate? better you believe in God!

[@EsquerdaCariacica]

+carultch bishop be celibate? better you believe in God!

[@leakycheese]

Paradox Form 2525, nice touch there ;)

[@davidhatcher7016]

leakycheese ??

[@michaeliv284]

I don't get it

[@sandrosliske]

Damn, I didn't even pick up on that till your comment.

[@zackaryonetwothree477]

He is darkmattet 2525

[@drivinsouth651]

Mythologically speaking; I am The Goddess; lol!

[@BebxOfficial]

Wait, you can't know everything Because, what if there's something that you don't know that you don't know?

[@MrSingaporeproductio]

bro its just supernatural dont question it

[@Leon-le9cn]

That's simply not possible if one is truly omniscient.

[@lukeheuwin9947]

Leon but how does one know that he is

[@Leon-le9cn]

If one doesn't, one's not omniscient. That thing/person may think so, but that wouldn't be the case.

[@abrahakingin901]

t

[@actfree6897]

"Yeah, playing fair isn't really my strong suit." - God 5:29 That's a brilliant quote.

[@horatiotrismegistus616]

Amazing that Christians pick and choose where logic and reason can be applied to support their position. Even using Science to try and support their worldview... But disregarding it whenever it poses a problem. They don't change their view of God, they try to change the parameters of reality. And then, they say other people are "Lost" - How long, O Lord, How Long????

[@fenince]

i will escort you to hell myself horatio

[@warangelcloud]

Christians rarely use Yaweh to name God, that's Hebrew coming from the Jews. Christianity comes from Judaism.

[@horatiotrismegistus616]

fenince Promise to hold my hand? And I'll be screaming. Screaming really loud. Love hurts. God wrote that song.

[@chrissy9153]

I watched this video when I was at home alone in 7th grade during a dark time in my life and parents fighting. Now In under 2 months I’m graduating from college and I can’t help but think of this when I wait backstage.

[@AndDiracisHisProphet]

I hope it helped :D

[@leahtyler2671]

Thumbs up if you love Jeffery

[@samarpanthomas3219]

Leah Tyler i love leah tyler too

[@samorra7123]

@1+ I get you're point but that was a tad OTT

[@jeffreyhomer8865]

I feel loved

[@davidhatcher7016]

I do

[@namr1174]

@@jeffreyhomer8865 holllyyy shhh#ttt llloooollll

[@M3Lucky]

"God of Pastries" lmao!

[@Dill_Pickle1997]

M3Lucky AAHHHHH SPIDER! oh wait...that's part of the pic.

[@theemperor7658]

M3Lucky MMMMMMM Pastries ^_^

[@buttAttack]

M3Lucky Along with the flying spaghetti monster I want to worship this god as well.. At least I would know I would get cake along with a side of spaghetti.

[@Vlainstrike]

M3Lucky God of Pastries is particularly fitting, now that the culture war resides primarily in christian wedding cake shops.

[@anyahSwho701]

+M3Lucky I like your profile picture.

[@Kirrie_Sushicat]

He shall be "God of paradox"

[@R3tr0v1ru5]

... and pastries.

[@Maluhia808]

I am Christian but I am starting to agree what your saying.

[@Maluhia808]

I'm a born again Christian

[@Rem_NL]

***** must have been very painful for your mom

[@glennirish]

Rem NL LOL,,,Nice one,,,

[@Maluhia808]

Rem NL really man -_-

[@Squary94]

***** buuuuurn xdddd

[@NicoleRamsey]

I'm an atheist. But I would never deny someone the right to be ignorant...

[@NellSmith]

I'm educated. Very. But I would never deny anyone the right to be an atheist... ;)

[@NicoleRamsey]

How kind :) ignorance meaning lack of knowledge...soooooo yeah its what you do with the facts.... Ignore them or explore them..

[@MrPeteybelljr]

Nicole Ram-sey What if you were homosexual? Their "ignorance" would lead to their belief that you don't deserve to exist. I cant stand by and let that happen in this day and age.

[@sami.214]

Nicole Ram-sey "They're in God's image" should be changed to "we". The violence present in the Old Testament, and really the only way to explain it, is that if God is real, so is the fact that we ultimately all deserve to go to Hell for making the biggest screw up of all time. Really, there's a lot of evil human behavior in the Bible before before Jesus. So, here's a question: God did command many wicked people to be murdered, but how is that different from our our concept of justice? Example: Man commits a murder in cold blood, man gets caught and put on trial, man gets the death penalty; we ourselves put wicked people to death,yet when people look at God, they think he's ultimately paradoxical. Pure Love and Furious Wrath can't co-exist, right? Yet, my parents love me very much, but I do bring their righteous wrath down on me from time to time.

[@NicoleRamsey]

Ahem Sam I. what the what? I'm lost in translation...

[@Poseidon6363]

Watch out, I'm waving my water noodle.

[@carloscolmena02]

Oh shit.

[@STVENOM]

Not only did it start raining but I think we have another Tsunami warning on the news. Thanks Poseidon. :D

[@Poseidon6363]

STVENOM Never underestimate the Great God Poseidon, Lord of everything that wet, and really big waves. May He bless with his watery trident of fulfilment and protect you with His blanket of sparkly seaweed. .

[@Poseidon6363]

Violetymishii DevyArts May Poseidon bless your wet dreams with His watery goodness.

[@222MrPyro]

Poseidon63 How about a drink? Hold the salt please, it kinda fucks up my kidneys.

[@Haaklong]

Replace ''supernatural'' with ''plot'' and you have the answer to any other work of fiction...

[@JohnL90808]

When Jeffrey said "Jesus, the lens cap is on." I wasn't sure if he was directly speaking to Jesus, or it was just an expression.

[@riparianlife97701]

A relatively new religion is taking hold. It's simply called "spirituality". I keep dating "spiritual" women who believe in everything anyone has ever made up, all at once. God, Buddha, fate, "energy", numerology, astrology, reflexology, the enlightenment of yoga, ghosts, reincarnation... There's no limit to what they're willing to talk about to avoid any kind of work, responsibility or real empathy.

[@silsilver9078]

Is it becoming Global?

[@heyRolleen]

this sounds like a moral contagion. How can one tell these 'spirituality' women from regular women? i would not want to be mistaken for one of them. Perhaps they should wear some sort of symbol that identifies them as 'spiritual' then you could load them all up in rail cars.....

[@cgme7076]

Want to see a big driver for spirituality? Search “Goop”.

[@shipwreck9146]

"in order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." I used this as my senior quote.

[@Gray0101]

did you?

[@mism847]

@@Gray0101 Did you?*

[@persimmon93]

omg. The chess pieces having free will was hysterically funny.

[@persimmon93]

if chess pieces started moving on their own when I play chess, I would flip the chess board every single time.

[@dennerin]

persimmon93 Thou art smited!

[@leojaksic8372]

You see, the moment God was called "allmighty", he in fact became powerless.

[@leojaksic8372]

Nice metaphor, but you missed my point. You see, a perfect almighty, allseeing, allknowing, timeless and benevolent deity is easily disprooved by common logic. Let's say God exists and is omnipotent. People attribute this to the fact that he created the universe in seven days, and that he purged the world with a giant deluge. At first glance, that is something trully divine and can only be seen as omnipotence, put let's consider this: why couldn't God have created the world in only one day? If he is truly omnipotent, and everything happened by His will in an instant, there are not supposed to be any steps in the process, there would only be a result. Also, let us for this argument only assume that the story of Noah's arc is true and accurate, and that there were 40 days and nights of nothing but rain and floods, and that afterwards Earth got repopulated by only 2 of each kind of animal. Let's assume this all happened. The real question is this: If God did all this to purge the world of evil, why did He have to do it by flooding the world? If He wanted to destroy all evil humans, then it could've been done much easier by other means: a plague, rapid thunderstrikes, forced impotence, cancer, you name it. There'd be much less complications, can easily be undone from His perspective, and would give proper results without the need to completely devastate the land and put all other local wildlife in danger. As such, a mere human like me and you came up with a better sollution for the issue than an allknowing God, so if he is omnipotent, he cannot be omniscient. Now let's see an easier example: if God is omniscient, he knows absolutely everything that is, was and ever will be. That means he is aware of evil thoughts as well, and knows what lust, pride and anger feel like, and he has displayed them according to the Bible, which means he is not perfectly benevolent. But more importantly, if he knows all things beforehand, he also knows he is powerless to stop it. Or, if he does stop it, it means he got the future wrong, so he did not know everything. Finally, if he is perfectly benevolent, he knew he had to give mankind free will and the ability to make a choice, but he must also know to respect all that mankind does and love them irregardlessly. That means he loves mankind when they sin, kill, go to war and curse his name. A perfectly benevolent being would turn the other cheek no matter what, but in doing so, he becomes powerless to interveine with mankind, so he's not omnipotent. Point being, one idealistic property cancells out the other. In short, if someone claims his God is perfectly benevolent, omniscient, all-present, allpowerful and just perfect in all aspects, they are lying to themselves as their God cannot fulfill these requirements. He is, as such, powerless. But to answer your question, I do have a thesis about the infinity concept in God's aspects. As I said before, if God trully is omnipotent, he would've created the Earth in the blink of an eye, not seven days. He wouldn't need 40 days to inscribe two tablets with His commandments. He wouldn't need three days to ressurect His son. If he's capable of something like that, then He's awesome, but far from perfect. Everything that has a finite start has a finite end. God is no exception. See, God is not allknowing nor allmighty, he's just really, really powerful, and only knows really, really much. A true believer that claims their God is allmighty, allknowing and so on are actually lying to themselves, and loose all credibility because they want to be the best there is. If you already need to have a supreme being in your religion, it'd be more accurate to say He is "beyond powerful, and beyond wise", because those terms are actually finite in value.

[@Sidneytheweirdo95]

Leo Jakšić I love this comment you are absolutely right in my opinion

[@BattlesuitExcalibur]

***** But I do not understand the point you are trying to make. You cannot be "more" or "less" omnipotent, no matter how generous you are with your power. But giving "a way " for a person to still have free will while he maintains omnipotence is still impossible. He can either give free will and not be omnipotent (because then he cannot control our decisions), or not give free will and maintain absolute control over the universe.

[@Sidneytheweirdo95]

so after looking at how I commented on this comment after the things I have been through I felt like I have been wrong. to those who believe in God he is almighty. if your heart, your mind, or your spirit is not open God will not make sense. maybe life makes sense to you through science and explanation, but there will be questions about life that not even the believers of God will even understand or know. I believe people who follow science, or people who are agnostic or athiest are truth seekers. No one should be telling anyone that they are "wrong" or that they are living wrong or that they are sinful and going to die in a lake full of fire. the truth is that people don't understand. and when people don't understand they try to seek the truth, and whether it be you may be a person who has grown up in church all of your childhood and it doesnt make sense to you anymore, or whether you may be a person who has tried to seek God on your own and it wasn't right thing for you, whether you never believed in a God at all but only in the things proven by evidence and practicallity; you are trying to understand the world, and the meaning of it, and your place in it. finding your place in the world and knowing the truth does not come from listening to someone else interpret in their words a peice of scripture on a sunday, and it does not mean the scientific reaction of some two chemicals to prove how the world works. the truth and the real truth is the one you find while seeking and searching on your own, and inbetween that is God and at the end is God. God is not a person, God is a feeling that is felt with in us, and the Spirit that controls it all that knows all. You might not agree with me, but this is how we seek the truth. and this is what makes God almighty. you may think "God is a biggot" "God doesn't make any sense." my friend, Nothing on this world makes sense. science and equations can prove how the world works, but what about behind that? and if God is there for pain, isn't God also there for Joy? and you say doctors and anybody human is the one responsible for curing patients of illnesses, but what is behind a doctor? Faith. Faith that they have knowledge to help someone who is ill, and medicine that was put on this Earth to cure people, and knowledge again of how to make things work. and what is behind all of these things of good and peace? God. I probably don't make sense to you, but seek the truth. not to see if God is real but to realize something within yourself.... we are all like little ants on this world with our own lives in a blip of existence trying to find out why we are alive and what this place is for. we have all experienced different things to cause what we believe. but hope, faith, and love are all universal things.

[@MasterOfSparks]

This is the best video EVER. I mean in the entire universe! I hearby nominate DarkMatter2525 for the position of GOD. Anyone want to second this?

[@dradimmel]

i do

[@anglo2255]

it would take a lot to be a god. Let's first prove he can make a pencil from scratch, then we'll go from there.

[@IJAbraham]

You are defeating the purpose and object of this art form: to prove that there is NO God.

[@MasterOfSparks]

IJAbraham You can't prove a negative. The best you can do is prove that christianity is a steaming pile of bullshit. And that's been done countless times. Though I still love watching DarkMatter2525 find new ways to do it.

[@text-8364]

Seconded

[@chaptereight3406]

Jeffry is probably the Holy Spirit

[@leronbenari226]

Lucifer

[@sojournners9799]

_The AI Paradox_... An Artificial Intelligent (AI) robot will never understand about its human creator, yet it is *_absolutely by evidence_* that, it was created by a human. Why? because its intelligent is _artificial_. ..._or_ ("assume") The AI robot, eventually become smart enough and is able *to recognise* its creator. Hence, that is worthy to be called an *Intelligent* and it shall be merit ! In either case, be it by *_evidence_* or *_intelligence_*, that shall *proved* the very existence of its _creator or a designer_ ! _All minds in the "Box"_ ... *Allah* is The *Creator* of the *_Universe_* and its *_Laws of Nature_*. _(The Big Bang is just a moment or an event of its creation and existence.)_ Human beings are confine and bound to the *Laws of Nature*, that is why our _logical mind_ always conclude and say; *Everything that existed/created must had its creator*. As for *God*, *He* is also the *Creator* of the _Laws of Nature_, so that _rules_ does not applied to *Him*. ...but for an atheists, they have a problem to grasp the above principle and *_always_* keep asking " Who/what created God ? " !

[@RivenEnjoyer6897]

^ Fuck you've been brainwashed good

[@MegaErnieMAN]

As it is there's variables that influence the idea that there is a God. within these variables are the reasons bad logic which mistakenly assumes that an intelligence that questions its existence or assumes the trail of its creation. has qualities that makes it unique do the concept that no other creature in existence could have the luxury the single most significant attention in the distinct advantages with humans compared to any other creatures in the universe, with group like mentality this mentality is obvious. here lies the problem, the fallacy of the ego, the fact is that we are very close in intelligence and build to other creatures such as primates with over 90% the same DNA. The fact people's ego isn't taken into consideration when making a spectrum of intelligence and free will to non-intelligence with no free will scale. finally dealing with this topic, one of the biggest fallacies is the idea that we are different is that a possible artificial intelligence advancements. the reasons that would make us different from an artificial intelligence do not exist other than the lack of Technology

[@TheDragonshadow1231]

Allah the Pagan moon God wakaka

[@Ethentent]

If this video doesn't convert you to atheism, I don't know what will.

[@spekske1]

+Ethentent how to create a universe should. if not, there's no hope.

[@Secret5964]

+Steven W. Eaze So because we don't believe someone created the universe, and we don't claim to know who or what did, there's no hope that atheism is correct?

[@spekske1]

Secret5964 how to create a universe is a darkmatter video, a really good one too if I may say. I'm an atheist bro, it's all good.

[@TrollBreaker]

+Ethentent I'm more agnostic now. If I find solid evidence of God's existence, I'll gladly go back to Christianity, but I haven't, and I probably never will.

[@TrickyJebus]

Troll Breaker You can be both an atheist and an agnostic. They are independent titles, they're not exclusive in the same realm. Atheism/theism is about the belief whilst agnosticism/gnosticism is about the certainty or how much knowledge behind that belief.

[@GreatHeathenArmyI]

I'm an atheist who goes to the UU church; and they played this video during one of our small group meetings. They enjoyed it, Darkmatter. Of course, we are mostly skeptics in that group.

[@caimacd]

UU sounds pretty cool. I'm thinking of going to the one in my city. I sent them an email to ask if it's alright if atheists go.

[@SatanicSeed]

Cai Macdougall They should be fine with that. UU are pretty accepting of just about anybody (which is the main reason "true Christians" get really pissed at them really quickly).

[@GreatHeathenArmyI]

I've met pagans, Christians, liberal Jews, New Agers, and atheists at my local UU church. Sometimes, their sermons do have too much God talk for my taste, though, to be honest. However, that depends on the minister. Some are theists. Some are more skeptical. One minister openly admitted agnosticism during one sermon. He said he didn't know if there was a heaven or a God and encouraged people to do good during this life on Earth. Another one is a theist who loves to talk about God during all his sermons. I tend to not go to his sermons :P

[@ArizonaTengu]

Put him down as the God of Wrathful Jealousy and all is explained in the Bible.

[@smokeemifyougotem9662]

+Thunder Bird don't forget the god of smiteing

[@Pieisgood9967]

It's ironic that I saw the God's not dead trailer before this.

[@infinityhypercubed9826]

But what thinking person would ever accept that? You would be suprized. Best lines ever.

[@brizzylopez4741]

Am I the only one who paused the video to read the white paper that was in the principles office, pinned on the bulletin board... LMAO 😂😂😂

[@SuspiciouslyDLicious]

+Brizzy Lopez - NO! I would never disrespect the video like that! What the hell is wrong with you?

[@karikrummi4222]

+Brizzy Lopez no i did it to XD

[@NYCWIZARD]

it goes to show that you have no interest in this video.. very disrespectful to the creators this fine piece of logical art .... but also means you're curious and that is the very rare trait..

[@studgunner69]

i totally did too haha i always have to see every detail.. my KZbin addiction is real =(

[@terribletallrus6520]

+sikk bassturd Attention to detail isn't a bad thing, bruh. You're showing the creator more appreciation that way, methinks. And KZbin addiction is common. I have it too. Just have to find what's making you addicted and address that. For me, it's either the knowledge, the possibility that I could miss something better than before, and as an escape from responsibilities. xD

[@onlyonesoundleft]

Out of all the pro-atheist videos that debunk the ideologies of religion, I must say that I love darkmatter the most. The videos stick to the point really well and offer humorous settings that keeps the viewer entertained. It also brings "worthy" debate in the comments, unlike other videos... probably because it isn't a personal experience vlog like some of the other videos out there. Definitely going to watch a shit ton of these today lol

[@charlestownsend9280]

Being all knowing and free will is also a paradox, as knowing the future fixes the future by making it the present.

[@literallykakarot7467]

darn, where do i get a dozen of these paradox 2525 forms... they'd be quite useful when buying a car with invisible spaceless money

[@rahimshaikh3296]

Its nice to see that I'm not the only atheist left

[@Mjlondeck]

+Rahim Shaikh we are everywhere!

[@Toverneger]

Hello! :)

[@RossTheNinja]

Why would a God that knows everything create the devil?

[@stayfreecrew1]

im showing this to people in my mom's church

[@stayfreecrew1]

*update* im grounded

[@dar99gold]

captanretardproductions Respect.

[@stayfreecrew1]

thanks also my mom said i'm not allowed to go back, so that's fun

[@bronxboy47]

The crusade against absurdity continues....

[@joecurran2811]

If you wish to make to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first...invent the universe 😂

[@Dalen22_W]

You can't know everything. You can't know how it is to not know something

[@theali8oras274]

And you cant do everything You cant do something you can't undo

[@reneemerritt6572]

@@theali8oras274 yes You can like when the guy and a women do the thing.... And have baby.... You can't undo that baby.... Sure you can adoration it.... But when you say something hateful to your neighbor. You can say sorry as many time you want but that is not going to make the pain go away.... It like asking for forgiven. I think.... How do forgiven work anyway?

[@martynjones8560]

Sheer brilliance! This should be mandatory in all schools - young minds, not already brainwashed, will grasp the complete logic within this video and hopefully pass that logic on to their children.

[@mikef.530]

You should talk about this video with everyone at your workplace. Tell them what you just told us. Let us know if you still have a job once you're done. :)

[@AlaricHolmes]

Arch Angel What a ridiculous remark. The problem with that is that most people have already _been_ brainwashed into believing this tripe, and so very few people are likely to want their children seeing this. His wish, however, is to ensure that the next generation _isn't_ brainwashed. So, asserting that talking about this in the workplace would get him fired -- which isn't a guarantee, although talking about religion is often frowned upon in workplaces -- is entirely irrelevant to the point he made, while simultaneously demonstrating the necessity for exactly that which he described: showing this video, and videos like it from DM2525, would be very beneficial to most children. If I were the assuming type, I'd assume you were a theist.

[@mikef.530]

Alaric Holmes So, what you are trying to tell me is: that your world view is the only right one and that your world view is the only one which should be taught to children. You sir, are a fascist. And by the way, your assumptions on labor law (yes, you are the assuming type) are not going to help you get your unemployment check from any state employment commission. According to the EEOC: you should be more careful about what you say on the internet. Even if you delete your previous comment, it is still searchable thanks to E-Discovery and can and will be used against you. So, please continue to project away. Half-wit. :)

[@AlaricHolmes]

Arch Angel Ahh, typical theist troll: taking things too literally (common problem with theists), attempting to intimidate (though it makes no sense), and lobbing insults.

[@mikef.530]

Alaric Holmes Yeah I that's what I thought. Keep your hate to yourself. Religion is a protected right. A protected freedom. Don't like it? Then move out of the EEOC's jurisdiction. In the meantime be sure to keep keep adding to your digital footprint. That way if you ever beat up a theist, their lawyer can use it as evidence. "Your honor, this was not just an assault. It was in fact a hate crime."

[@michaeliv284]

Why have omnipresence and omniscience when you already have omnipotence?

[@michaeliv284]

***** That isn't an answer Have a muffin

[@michaeliv284]

***** Say "hyperbolic time chamber"

[@michaeliv284]

***** Muffin button doesn't work

[@michaeliv284]

***** I wrecked it!

They threw in every omni word they could think of

[@mskellyn07]

If God has a plan it’s not really free will.

[@mrbenice]

p1 God is perfect. p2 A perfect being is unchanging because a change implies that either of it's forms was less perfect than the other. p3 Every action is a change. p4 creating the universe is an action. c God cannot create a universe.

[@davidlazure5071]

Your Carl Sagan impression is amazing.

[@LightHawkAlchemist]

God should have mentioned how Jesus was his son and himself at the same time, Paradox form 2525?

[@Kpelz]

It's supernatural

[@zenosama8166]

1.He can't be omnipotent : if he is he can destroy anything but also could create a indestructible object , which can't both be true 2. He can't be omniscient : if there is something unknown unknown you won't know so you can't tell the difference

[@djzikas]

Thanks DarkMatter, these videos are just superb! Ive always been an atheist, but recently discovered the wide world of secular/atheist podcasts, debates, videos, books, etc Your remixes of biblical stories and religious doctrines are uniquely inspired. I continually find myself thinking, "duh! now that you put it THAT way..." lol

[@TheGuitarRocker200]

I'm Christian and I still found this funny.

[@portucito7]

KZbin?

[@TheGuitarRocker200]

Portucito 7 ?

[@portucito7]

I mean... You too lol... I watched a couple of this... Is funny AF

[@TheGuitarRocker200]

portucito7 Yeah, I don't even know why I watched this, I was just bored and browsing lol.

[@portucito7]

TheGuitarGod18 I don't know how i found mine.. I only watch football DBZ and saint seiya lol...

[@doodiebuttbaby]

lol how have these videos been around for 10 years and I’m just now seeing them. so funny and honestly I couldn’t get through the biblical stories without the breakdown

[@Xcel271]

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." XD XD XD words to live by xD XD xD

[@aliveguy1007]

I'm a Catholic, but damn these Paradoxes make me reconsider my faith. Impressive video.

[@monochromicornthetuna4256]

I'm an ex-Catholic. It's been eight years so I'd like to know, are you still Catholic?

[@VoidDweller86]

aliveguy100 What I wonder to The full most is why couldn't The God of The Bible have just given his creation a perfect nature from The start??? So That There wouldn't even have to be a such Thing as Sin or A Judgement Day for That matter??? If tech designers can make and design computerized phones Then The God of The Bible SHOULD have The Power to do infinitely better. I am 36 years old by the way, Black American male.

[@backyardr.c.6280]

@@VoidDweller86 look up the five ages of man. We are the fifth attempt. The first had want for nothing, the second were only slightly worse, the third was much worse, the fourth were the heroes of old folk tales and ancient mythology. Noah would have been at the end of the fourth age.

[@towerofspunk]

Just discovered DarkMatters, have been chain watching. Love it.

[@garybell1291]

Not only is Yahweh the creator of Jew hell but his slack jawed omnipresence resides there as well and even inside Satan's body itself. Why worship a puny, cowardly deity that can't even defeat one little fallen angel?

[@papafrancesco2937]

***** because you know all the things about everything.

[@garybell1291]

GetShrektAnator Runescape No need to know everything Shrek and everything known by our species has naturalistic origins, every problem ever solved by science has had naturalistic explanations, that's all you need to know.

[@papafrancesco2937]

Garish Belliferous alright alright alright

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Carl Sagan as principal? And the quote from Cosmos? Pure gold. I'm sure he'd be chuckling like crazy! I hope his wife sees this, the affection he's drawn with is clear.

[@thewiseservant7832]

You don't need a supernatural form, all you need is a quantuum physics form! "How can a timeless being make a decision when every decision requires at least two temporal states?" This can only be explained with modern science. We know from string theory that there are more than just the 3 dimensions that we can see. There are 10, and another for time. Other theories even say that time is a dimension of space. In any of these, a being who is able to precieve all of the dimensions could in theory control time as if it were a physical object, putting it on and taking it off, doing anything at any time or all times. "How can a spaceless being be distinguishable from other entities without distance to separate them?" Umm.... because he is spaceless.If you do not take up physical space, you do not need to be seperated. You can look at the answer to the first question to help you understandhow a being who lives in many dimensions could live outside of space (the same as living outside of time) "How can a spaceless being retain the countless gigabytes of information that it would require to know everything?" For an eternal being, this is beyond an easy thing to do. If you want a truly tough question, ask this: How would a being who only knows eternal things be able to create finite things? We really are the anomaly, not God.

[@yazushin9793]

"This can only be explained with modern science. We know from string theory that there are more than just the 3 dimensions that we can see. There are 10, and another for time. Other theories even say that time is a dimension of space. In any of these, a being who is able to precieve all of the dimensions could in theory control time as if it were a physical object, putting it on and taking it off, doing anything at any time or all times." Logic Error. The keyword is Timeless. Try analyzing your theories once again. Also since you said it is a theory care to show any experimental evidence. "Umm.... because he is spaceless.If you do not take up physical space, you do not need to be seperated. You can look at the answer to the first question to help you understandhow a being who lives in many dimensions could live outside of space (the same as living outside of time)" Again the keyword is Spaceless. Please don't get confuse from no space and no more space. "For an eternal being, this is beyond an easy thing to do. If you want a truly tough question, ask this: How would a being who only knows eternal things be able to create finite things? We really are the anomaly, not God." I am 100% sure we have never encounter an eternal being so I wonder where you get your claim.

[@thewiseservant7832]

Yazu Shin "The keyword is Timeless." Yeah, that's what DarkMatter2525 saidnot my fault. Also not my fault that nobody knew the complexities of quantum mechanics 4,000 years ago. "Also since you said it is a theory care to show any experimental evidence." So now it's my job to prove string theory? "I am 100% sure we have never encounter an eternal being so I wonder where you get your claim." If you were reading, you would know that I got the claim from string theory.

[@yazushin9793]

The Wise Servant "Also not my fault that nobody knew the complexities of quantum mechanics 4,000 years ago." And now you blame us for being ignorant. "So now it's my job to prove string theory?" You said it to yourself it is a THEORY therefore it was been tested and experimented which means it has an evidence. "If you were reading, you would know that I got the claim from string theory." And again give me sufficient sources to your claim.

[@10mimu]

Shush. No matter how much you argue, this is semantics, not quantum physics. Not saying it is wrong, because you are applying QM ideas, but QM is not this.

[@thewiseservant7832]

i am stating claims that QM requires, then pointing out that God matches that exactly.

[@Bartoc1988]

The last sentence was the best :P

[@TheBurnknight]

u mean:you will be suppriced ?

[@TrueVintageRnBFan]

The two claps when God came out was hilarious 😂

[@gharaeb5tv765]

Lol before this video, I got this commercial of a movie called Risen, it's about Jesus lol.

[@goneutt]

Just ridiculous. A school that finds jobs for graduates. No such thing.

[@JLCL01]

I find this to be a big flaw in the video :V Or I don't know, maybe they're more caring or something.

[@madara657]

I just thought of a good paradox: God of Athiesm

[@GDesir-oo9rt]

Oh you good man. I love it! If i wasnt an Athiest i would of turn to one!! Thanks Man

[@Fluxty]

How? He just pointed out that you can't disprove it because it is supernatural. Therefore it is impossible to be logically atheist (because you can't prove its non-existence) but it is still possible to be theist (because it's supernatural you don't ask for proof).

[@AwesomeDwarves]

ItsFluxty What? The point is that saying that "god is super natural" is not an excuse for every paradox that he creates which are entirely illogical. The point was not that god is super natural and therefore is allowed to defy all universal laws.

[@AwesomeDwarves]

ItsFluxty Also, that's like saying you can't disprove that the moon is actually made out of cheese. Why? Super natural.

[@Fluxty]

AWESOMEDWARVES Fror FireBasher You can send a rover to the moon, or even a man, and collect soil from the moon and analyze what it is made out of. But I get your point. Anything that can't be proven false can be said to be true by using the super natural excuse. And that is correct. You are saying it is not an excuse because it is irrational, but really, you cannot disprove it, so it can be possible due to the small amount of uncertainty. And then faith comes in. Despite the odds, you have faith in that small sliver of chance, that in the end, makes pretty much anything possible.

[@chuckberry8403]

ItsFluxty If you can read through the entire bible, and still be a believer than you are just unintelligent. It's not a bad thing though, around half of american is the same way. Apply the simple scientific method. Look for one conceivable piece of evidence of god. People have been looking for thousands of years. When you say "you can't disprove god therefore he's real" you sound just like a little kid saying "the sky is red because I say so and you can't tell me otherwise." Science has facts, religion has stubborn crackpots

[@mathmachine474]

Anyone else noticed that all the scenarios described in the video (god being bad cop and Lucy being the antihero, god and Lucy both being omnipotent) are WAY more interesting than the stories told in the bible?

[@leonardosojli9623]

My brain is broken...

[@MrKristian252]

Leonardo Sojli soooooooo........... how did you write this? and BTW, you can't break a brain unless you freeze it to -100 degrees.

[@steviepotato3520]

Mr.Kristian252 Mr.Kristian,you know it was a metaphor ,right ? :D

[@Axel-iy4xs]

Can't you use the part that says if god is spaceless (without substance) and timeless (cannot act) then he does not exist?

[@terribletallrus6520]

+Axel Solis The explanation for this, according to Christianity and some other monotheistic religions, is that, besides being transcendental (beyond the universe and thus space & time - to create the universe, God needs to be above it), God is also immanent, that is, existing within the world. It is this immanent aspect of God that is able to interact with the world. :) (Not religious but study a bit about it under Philosophy)

[@varnyaasheno6491]

Time/Space Doom/Life Blood/Breath Light/Void Mind/Heart Rage/Hope

[@thatfatman6978]

The supernatural: Explains nothing, produces nothing, is nothing. Politicians are supernatural beings.

[@Karim-kq1em]

If god is omniscient then why does he have to test our "faith"? If god is omnipotent and omnibelevolent' why is does evil exist? If god is omnipresent then where is he? If god is omniscient then freewill doesn't exist (it didn't anyway' but religion thinks so) life has a point because of what? afterlife? What's the point of afterlife? If god is perfect why did he make so many mistakes?

[@Karim-kq1em]

MAC and ME he also seems to have a tendency to fake evidence against his own book

[@callefolin]

1. He doesn't need to test our faith, we however are not omniscient and testing of faith can transform us. It is for our benefit, not his.. 2. Because we chose to continue evil and have given ourselves a fallen nature due to us having free will. God doesn't want mindless servants. Also let's say you suffer terribly, let's say you suffer from living in a war zone for 10 years without fleeing and constantly being abused and treated horribly. 10 years is nothing compared to eternity neither is 100 or 1000. 3. Why would knowledge of a choice negate the free will of said choice? If I know that you will choose to eat meatballs today that doesn't mean that you suddenly didn't choose to eat meatballs, it just means I had knowledge of it. 4. The afterlife will be humans restored to our original true self rather than the twisted self we have become through sin. 5. God has not made any misstakes, humans have and our limited understanding of the full picture makes us unable to truly know how every little little thing will happen and how it will affect things around it. A lot of things is also up to God valuing our ability to choose for ourselves as well. We're not his puppets, we're living, breathing and sentient children of God and we can make our own choices. If the choices are good or not is a completely different question however.

[@robertathompson8306]

Jesus may have been a real person, but thousands of years of exaggeration and poor translation probably made him the figure he is today. The same speculation has been made of Hercules.

[@callefolin]

The problem is that we have enough bibles written in Koine greek that match up with modern bibles. It wasn't like the New Testament became translated into say, Latin from Greek and then into occitan from Latin and then into French from Occitan and then into Norman french until it finally got translated into english. Now I just prattled off a bunch of languages but my point still stands. When the New and Old testament have been translated the translators have always worked from a handful of texts written in the original Koine Greek, Latin or Hebrew. The translations have not been one long game of telephone.

[@shockwave4742]

Sad thing is, I sometimes find myself thinking along similar lines. Perhaps I ought to be the god of pastries. If I could make pastries. No, Jahweh stays god of pastries, and I can be god of omelettes and microwaveable mac and cheese.

[@Jumpingonpaws]

I love how Lucifers kind of just chill with this XD, like they both planned this

[@thelizard7706]

Actually, when you said gigabytes, you probably should have said terabytes

[@tacosmexicanstyle7846]

More like yottabytes

[@thelizard7706]

what? i'm sorry i'm dumb

[@tacosmexicanstyle7846]

1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte 1024 kilobytes = 1 megabyte 1024 megabyte = 1 gigabyte 1024 gigabyte = 1 terabyte 1024 terabytes = 1 petabyte 1024 petabytes = 1 exabyte 1024 exabytes = 1 zettabyte 1024 zettabyte = 1 yottabyte So far, we have only built computers as big as 500 petabytes (I think), but a God would probably need information storage for far more than that

[@thelizard7706]

oh yeah, i brainfarted when i said that because human brains can only hold 3 terabytes of storage

[@tacosmexicanstyle7846]

well, human memory doesn't really work like a computer - our memories are fragmented: we have active and passive memories

[@GLegend360]

Here's my question. I've read the bible (not front to back, but I understand it) and I've come from a christian background. If God wanted us to serve him wouldn't it have been much easier to just create us in heaven with him and serve him like the angels do? There wouldn't need to be a need for us to be human beings.

[@BowserisOK]

....That's actually a good point. Why doesn't he?

[@EbonizerScourge]

Dude there's no place in the bible that says god wants us to serve him... U read nothing and have understood nothing.

[@GLegend360]

Doing the will of God and following laws is serving the Lord. How do you not understand that? “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15)

[@BowserisOK]

Свилен Бранимиров Hey Mr. Bullshit, ever read Deuteronomy 10 12-13? Allow me to save your time searching it. And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to *serve* the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?

[@callefolin]

I get that this is a 6 year old comment. The answer is actually quite simple. God did not create humans to serve him, if he wanted to do that then he would make puppets. We are instead to be heirs to the kingdom of God, not as servants but as children. We can't possibly know all different outcomes of things but think about it. We humans chose to fall into sin and God has offered us a way to be sanctified but we must accept it. Now the following theology I'm about to go into is Eastern Orthodox theology which differs a lot from Catholic and protestant theology. Heaven and Hell in Orthodox theology are not two separate locations rather it is the same place but percieved differently. If you have rejected God and chosen to live in sin Paradise will be painful as you will truly realize the weight of your sins, you will feel intense shame etc. This isn't something God can just remove without also removing our free will. However through choosing to turn ourselves towards God we can avoid this as we become deified (more and more similar to how a human would've been before the fall) through the process of theosis. It leads to true repentence as our sins are already forgiven and we become "healed" from sin (as we view it more like a disease rather than a crime). Now it should be noted, we are commanded to serve God but that isn't because God needs it, rather it's good for us. It helps humble us, strenghten us, avoid sin etc. God doesn't want mindless servants.

[@tracer740]

His name was not Jesus 'Christ', the 'christ' is a title, not a surname.

[@RivenEnjoyer6897]

Sure?

[@tracer740]

steve vansteenbrugge Am I 'sure'? ??? ... am I sure? Does the bear shit in the woods?

[@tracer740]

steve v- I know, I know, a simple 'yes' would've answered your question but occasionally I'm given to bombastic flair and I succumbed. I apologize.

[@spacedoohicky]

A bear does not simply shit in the woods. He makes berry, and bark pudding with the wonders of his pudding factory. In the woods.

[@kiwithecannabis6922]

Liche Christ his real name is Yahshua

[@trevorhigdon4034]

Just talked to guy who is a Jehova witness here at work, and after a brief clear question from ideas I got from this video, he just looked at me confused and said "huh?" Very funny. Love the videos. Not an atheist myself as I believe in something beyond our knowledge existing shaping our universe (perhaps dark matter) but these videos are great for my mind to soak in. I live to question everything and these videos help me come up with questions I wouldn't otherwise know how to ask.

[@sejembalm]

Picture on the Principal's office: Deuteronomy 25:11-12 If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.

[@TheMarcelinee]

So many people need to see this video

[@camerongarson9963]

i agree

[@cathyvickers9063]

An omniscient, omnipotent & infinite deity has no devil & no need for a son. An all-knowing deity knows everything there is to know about us, including why we think, act, believe & feel as we do; & knowing that he created the power of Choice (free will) & the potential for lifeforms to be in conflict with themselves, their environment & eachother when he thought the universe into existence, doesn't get mad at us, since we're merely expressing the rich complexity of thought that we, as the dominant sapient species to evolve on Earth, have as our evolutionary birthright. Evolution being the process that was invented at the Creation to ensure that there would always be genetic & behavioral & cognitive diversity, because the universe is a dynamic place full of change, & the Earth is a dynamic world with tectonic & environmental cycles; & life will prevail, because of evolution. That is the only God that makes sense in the known universe. Noninterventionist (no miracles), nonjudgemental (lifeforms obeying innate natures conceived by God cannot be punished for obeying their innate natures), nonpreferential (no Chosen People); & nondemanding (no command to be glorified or worshipped.)

[@4saken404]

While I agree with the bulk of this video, I do think that a God "beyond space and time" is possible. In fact, that's a requirement. Think of it like this: In a multiverse all possible outcomes exist. What we actually experience is just one strand along that path of outcomes. Our free will determines which path we will follow ("collapses" the quantum probability waveform), but a godlike being could "control" the otherwise random events (as seen from our perspective). While our perspective is this straight line of time (from A to B), such a superbeing would see it as a zigzag along a sheet of paper (or through a cube, if you prefer). Point A is at the center of the cube and point B lies on the outside edge, along with all possible point B's. Such a being would see this entire multiverse at once. Reading a book like Flatland (which any Sagan fan should know of if not have read personally) would help to comprehend this theory. IMO if you have a multiverse of infinite probabilities then all it takes is for one being to evolve the ability to transcend the bounds of time (the 4th dimension) and "look at things from above". So if such a thing *is* possible it has by definition already happened. The end result of a universe is a god, and such a being could chose which reality we experience. (Though I'm not really sure if that actually "changes" anything, to be honest. I kinda think all realities exist regardless.) But would such a thing be benevolent? Who knows? And is Yahweh benevolent? Well... let's just say I judge people by their ACTIONS not words. Yahweh spends an awful lot of WORDS telling us how good he is but I just don't see it. And, absolutely, the Bible is a convoluted mess. The "God" in it NEVER acts like a perfect omnipotent being. He makes mistakes, changes his mind, and fails at tasks ALL the time. The time he set out to kill Moses is an example of all three. /my 2 cents

[@Elfos64]

Why does Aphrodite have Eris's golden Apple? Anyway, whenever I point out that things don't make sense, I always get 1 of 3 answers: I don't know but that doesn't mean it isn't true, it's not supposed to make sense, or it actually does make sense in a way none of us can understand because we aren't god (which just sounds like a cop-out answer to me).

[@Elfos64]

Are you sure about that? I'm pretty sure the golden apple is the trademark of Eris, the Greek goddess of Discord and Chaos.

[@TriaMaxwell]

Read the Iliad. There's a contest.

[@theOneAndOnlyKgamer]

she won it in the illiad

[@insertchannelnamehere4804]

The golden apple is a recurring symbol in Greek mythology, used in connection with a number of gods. I believe Elfos64 is thinking of the Iliad and the judgement of Paris, while Darkling refers to Hippomenes and Atalanta. The details of each of these myths can be found online, if anyone actually cares.

[@NaziGOPBallmer]

Speaking of which, anyone noticed how her hand passes behind the golden apple instead in the front? :D Also, I liked the BC cup and Mountain Jew XD

[@ssamurai4]

God of Mary Sue

[@SunPotato01]

Gigabytes of knowledge to know everything is a bit on the low side

[@jdnlaw1974]

Man, you are freakin brilliant. Thanks for what you do on here. I sent you $250 last week via PayPal and will try to contribute more when. I can. Shout out from this trial lawyer, country music singer-songwriter (and BJJ blue belt) from Birmingham, Alabama!

[@BAwesomeDesign]

That chess game was brilliant!

[@BernardColdwell]

Difficult omni-presence - what a mess LOL

[@crispybacon9917]

If you didn't know YHWH was god of storms and war in the canaanite countries.

[@chrisuniverse5979]

At first I thought it read "god of parasites!"😆😂