God's Moral Reality | John | The Atheist Experience 578

The Atheist Experience 578 for November 9, 2008 with Matt Dillahunty and Don Baker.
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[@LazyIRanch]

This guy loves his bible so much he doesn't want to smudge the pages by reading it. Typical christian.

[@palestinianhummus9251]

They just worship a book, not a god. I've seen so many Xtians curse god without any problems, but as soon as someone says something bad about the Bible, they go nuts.

[@shroomer8294]

Fuck me that’s funny.

[@boydog00]

😂😂😂

[@jewbanqora5159]

Christianity and Islam stupidity beyond the talking donkeys' Imagination!!! 😂😂😂☪✝✡

[@FourDeuce01]

If you read the fine print, christians don’t need to read or know the bible. They just need to believe it.🤤

[@MovieMakingMan]

This was one of Matt’s masterpieces! I’m going to keep watching this until I memorize it.

[@Beerglass1980]

Same here👍

[@spocksvulcanbrain]

Think of owning a dog. Dogs are a great example because they can learn commands, are empathetic, and display that they know right from wrong behavior. If a dog chewed up your couch and displayed behavior showing he knew he was guilty, would you put him in the basement, beat him constantly, starve him, and do this daily forever? I don't think so. Most people think of their pets as part of the family and would do almost anything to keep them safe, happy and healthy. Yet a God who supposedly made us and loves us would do this as a matter of everyday events for things that are inconsequential to him, you or the world at large.

[@robertt9342]

It gets way worse once you consider the flood.

[@TyTimp]

"If you can't think for yourself no wonder you believe in a god" That's gold right there!

[@lukewojtanowicz1991]

We do not measure up to Gods moral standards? Well that's okay. God doesn't measure up to mine.

[@sideboob4276]

Ramen brother.

[@cramerlong2276]

Luke Wojtanowicz God's morals can be easily be proved to be for your own health and preservations

[@freddan6fly]

@@cramerlong2276 God's moral is promoting child rape and mass murder, treating women as property and promote slavery.

[@everything1023]

@@cramerlong2276 bro beating your slave until the die after 4 days is the new health craze. Everyone has been doing it ever god said to.

[@DiamondSan7]

@@cramerlong2276 How is not mixing fabrics and avoiding seafood something that benefits me? I love shrimp and sushi.

[@jameshicks7125]

Nothing twists a person's mind up like religion.

[@bradmonson265]

Good people do good things; bad people do bad things; religion makes good people do bad things.

[@jameshicks7125]

@@bradmonson265 It certainly does. Sometimes it leads us to abuse ourselves. Aside from the global and political horrors of religion, the one thing that infuriates me as much as pedophile priests is indoctrinating children with religious faith. It is child abuse. I can explain the neuroscience behind that statement if necessary.

[@bradmonson265]

@@jameshicks7125 I absolutely agree. I see it happening all around me.

[@tracer740]

For thousands of years, religion has persisted to be the main form of insanity which necessitates wars, disparity and even crimes against humanity.

[@TrickOrRetreat]

My existence can't wrap around a God. Makes no sense

[@petermeichan3160]

love how Matt puts john in his Logic blender

[@nathanmckenzie904]

I do to, but let's face it. It wasn't that hard

[@MovieMakingMan]

And I LOVE watching a Christian getting puréed. Nothing is more satisfying that a liquified Christian.

[@alvarogoenaga3965]

Matt " Osterizer" Dilahunty

[@hankkingsley9183]

As a young man of 13 years I watched my grandfather who was a catholic who attended church regularly throughout his life lie on his deathbed in absolute fear, convinced that he was going to hell. He was a good man who did not deserve to go through that suffering in his last days. We must, as Matt says here, let go of these religious constructs.

[@johnmcclure40]

@Doctor Powers So, you admit you could get it wrong. So, what precautions have you taken due to this? Do you worship Osiris, Hades, Odin, Huitzilopoctli, and all the other gods humanity has worshipped over the millennia?

[@rickyd.989]

@Doctor Powers . The sum total of comments people have made about you would fill a book. They have described in great detail all the lies you’ve told about your origin, so-called qualifications etc. in comment threads everywhere, you are the absolute laughing stock to all of us. You are regarded as the most pathetic of all multinamed trolls, who has never made it even one sensible argument. Don’t keep embarrassing yourself, give it a miss

[@zacheryeckard3051]

@Doctor Powers Please define religion.

[@Danny451]

@Doctor Powers Hosea 13:16, "The people of Samaria must bear their guilt because they have rebelled against their god. Their LITTLE ONES WILL BE DASHED TO THE GROUND and their PREGNANT WOMEN WILL BE RIPPED OPEN!"

[@rickyd.989]

@Doctor Powers . You’re right, I can’t answer the questions you ask about evolution etc. however why don’t you give me in fine detail, an explanation of how to build a nuclear submarine? Why do you assume that we are all trained biologists? We simply do not believe in a god. End of story. People have spent all their working lives studying the questions you asked. No doubt you will say you’ve read their findings. However that’s bullshit. You are so engrossed in in your fantasy tale that you wouldn’t let anything get in its way. At best you will have given a quick glance to evolutionary explanations. Even if you did study their findings in detail, you still wouldn’t believe them because you’re mind has been poisoned. So give up on your moist rock garbage because you’re asking the wrong people. If you ever asked me about it in the future, I will say the same thing I’ve said here. Tell me how to build a nuclear submarine. Even if you could that would mean you are trained in such a field, which still doesn’t mean that we necessarily have expertise in science. So for you to say that you have destroyed atheists over and over is so wrong and so absolutely childish given what I’ve been talking about above. That’s the same as asking us for every little detail about the construction of a fridge. Most of us are not refrigeration mechanics, so why ask us? Let’s see if you’ve got the guts to ask you a question to the real people. I’m sure you’ll tell us you have, but as usual you will be lying. You haven’t destroyed any atheists, and you never will.

[@satoru7601]

This is a perfect example of a christian stuck between defending the indefensible (hell) and questioning the unquestionable (god).

[@zoznammic]

You can almost hear his brain short circuit the moment Matt asks something that would reveal immorality in the Bible for him and he immediately backpedals to different topic.

[@mikekennedy5470]

Dam matt is 100% on target here..

[@subnegro4946]

He generally is!

[@Stopyhecap]

As always. The guy never gets tripped up or flustered. It’s crazy to try and debate him.

[@joseoliveira3691]

Matt is a fucking genius

[@ishmaelkelly951]

Matt my guy too but he does get frustrated sometimes even more now than he did in the past.

[@jameskelly3745]

@@ishmaelkelly951 can't blame him, I would be worse.

[@davidwright834]

Religion ... because thinking is hard

[@c.guydubois8270]

Life is scary and sucks more when one clings to an unknowable deity. Courage is a required to face the truth.

[@stocktonjoans]

"Just ignore your TV" has to be one of the best pieces of advice i've ever heard

[@katyungodly]

Imagine still paying for cable in 2021 lol

[@bellezavudd]

Yeah that was great !

[@davidpower7874]

My goldfish has more morals than the biblical god.

[@georgem2334]

So does mine, and it died when I was ten.

[@davidpower7874]

@@georgem2334 It didn't die, it went to that great fishbowl in the sky where it's now swimming with the angel fishes.

[@rickyd.989]

What’s wrong with all you people here? Don’t you know that goldfish are extinct? They did not survive on Noah‘s Ark because fish tanks weren’t invented till 1805. Ditto, sharks whales and other sea creatures are a figment of your imagination.

[@davidpower7874]

@@rickyd.989 Thank Cod for that, I was starting to feel a real eel.

[@chrisccc22]

@@rickyd.989 Holy shit. I never even came close to considering that argument for the Ark. Brilliant!!!!!!

[@tonyk1866]

Matt’s breakdown of gods hilarious failures made me cream.

[@brucebaker810]

Matt milked the opportunity to address all the bull. But the caller wasn't cowed.

[@AbleAnderson]

One of the best calls ever; Matt hit a zone during this call that was special; almost a perfect delivery, super quick, clear, and amazingly effective.

[@sarcastaball]

How did you measure the effect of his comments?

[@AbleAnderson]

@@sarcastaball It's a subjective judgement; made super clear sense to me, therefore I labeled it effective. We all talk like this and most of us don't require a peer review paper to make subjective statements all day during our lives. "Mm that ice cream was good." " how did you determine it was good?" "I did a double blind taste test in a lab." Come on bud, I'm allowed to give my opinion and say Matt hit an awesome zone there that was effective, as judged by the effect it had on me.

[@petermeichan3160]

probably one of the best clips ever, the gymnastics the guy is will to go through to avoid admitting that his religion and his god are IMMORAL !

[@walnutoil100]

According to what objective standard?

[@mattg6390]

@@walnutoil100 Prove that there is an "objective standard". You don't have to appeal to an "objective standard" to have an opinion on morality. From the humanist perspective, you can demonstrate the immorality of the Bible (especially when it advocates for throwing stones at a child's head until he bleeds out and dies for being "unruly", whatever that means.) If you don't care about humans, then that is a different story!

[@mattg6390]

@Doctor Powers A. You haven't read the OT then. B. Muslims would disagree with your "the Bible is the objective standard" BS and say the Koran is. You have no way to prove they are wrong just as you haven't proven that you are right. You are too dense to realize that you are just giving your opinion in the same way that you claim that I am just giving mine

[@walnutoil100]

@@mattg6390 shifting the burden- if there is no objective standard how can anything be wrong or immoral?

[@walnutoil100]

@@mattg6390 Straw man I never said anyone can't have an opinion

[@spocksvulcanbrain]

If I could just remember all the points of this one video when discussing religion, morals and god, I'd be happy. It's almost all there in one short response.

[@dannyspitzer1267]

I felt the same

[@starlaminde3113]

I’ve been known to send this to them.

[@starlaminde3113]

How far they get or listen idk 🤷‍♀️

[@speakerz74]

basically the bible teaches that you can crucify your children to purify the family

[@MovieMakingMan]

I wish I could get a printout of this transcript, not the one with this video tho. I can’t copy and paste it.

[@paulcontursi5982]

One of the things I admire about religious folks is that they have the balls to defend a whole bunch of unsupported assertions with yet another bunch of unsupported assertions and somehow believe that this makes for a strong case.

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

My dog loves unconditionally, has comforted, has laughed, smiled, and lived and lives her life loving the fact her family is around her and cares for her - there’s nothing more she would want I wouldn’t condemn her for not knowing whatever god there could never be And right there, I have the morality greater than god

[@emdes54]

Maybe your dog is god. Good enough for me

[@Dutch3k5]

This video should be shown in every classroom

[@gimgem_music]

As soon as you hear "loves so much and free will" it all starts to crumble... 😂❤️

[@iveseen1]

This episode is a gem,Matt demolishes this dude. Fantasy in full flight. How this hilarious stupidity gets into people's minds is beyond belief.

[@Octoberfurst]

This video was so spot on! I loved how you use logic to tear his argument to pieces! I also get sick and tired of Christians saying that they are just worthless sinners and that they don't deserve God's love but Jesus made them worthy. Like you said it's the old "I'm nothing without Christ" BS.

[@thepowerbill1]

This is Matt at his best. Such brilliance off the cuff like that. Much love!!

[@Mia-ep4zu]

I love this rant so much ... I agree with everything Matt says but the best thing is "I rather worship Don!" 😄😆

[@darrenscazafavo27]

The More I learn About Religion The More It Scares The shit Out Of Me !!!!

[@CorrectionUnknown]

Why are you using random capital letters...?

[@campfireaddict6417]

Let it go.

[@johnlinden7398]

Why should patent ignorant bronze / iron age superstitious dogmas and beliefs frighten you ! It's ALL NONSENSE !

[@Left-is-right-8192]

One of the best videos I’ve seen from him.

[@tedgrant2]

Well done Matt, you exposed the madness of Christianity perfectly. How anyone can still call themselves a Christian after listening to this is dishonest. Good work.

[@mrhdbnger]

I love how John is absolutely certain that God has a moral code and John knows what that is and how to live up to it or not and precisely what happens if you do or don't. He called to assert all of this and expected it to be taken seriously but when the rubber hit the road it's "Well I know fuck all because only God knows". Comedy gold!

[@nickwardmusic]

Awesome episode! Everyone should watch Matt’s rant here

[@donaldcook2484]

This is Matt in beast mode at his best!!!!

[@PuntoCoralARG]

The best rant ever!

[@JJ_SDWR]

Great work by Matt in this video, not letting Christians squirm out of the fact that the god they worship will banish people (even good people as this caller said) to hell to be eternally punished.

[@JJ_SDWR]

@@walnutoil100 "wrong" is subjective, but it certainly shoots holes in the argument that God is just and loving when he thinks eating shellfish is wrong but owning other humans as property is totally fine, and I deserve to be tortured for an eternity for the heinous crime of... not being in ideological lockstep. Believe whatever you want but don't be surprised when people laugh in your face when you try to claim the moral high ground.

[@JJ_SDWR]

@@walnutoil100 I said its subjective, I didn't say nobody can possibly have an informed opinion on particular topics. Yes, the god of the bible is an immoral thug based on the fact that he condones many things that I genuinely believe to be wrong (you know, like slavery, genocide, child sacrifice...). As a society we can work together to have objective measures of subjective things. There are people who may have no problem with murdering your neighbor to take his property, but as a society we've formed a consensus that that is wrong and someone who does that should face consequences. I'm gonna leave it at that since your first comment was a dog whistle and your second comment proved beyond any doubt that you're not trying to argue in good faith.

[@haudace]

@@walnutoil100 that is such a dumb / dishonest argument and your gotcha comments are worthless. Aztecs sacrificed humans, they didn't think it was wrong at the time. Slavery is acceptable in the bible as a fact of life. However, most human societies would consider all of that wrong in 2021. Yes, zeitgeist can change over time - that doesn't mean all societal sense of morality is invalidated or cannot improve.

[@haudace]

​@@JJ_SDWR I couldn't have said it better.... Also I like the fact that you brought up the point that we as a society have to work to form a consensus on morality. This implies that we need to continue improving our sense of morality as a society. We have to stay vigilant considering the many past examples of moral failures.

[@haudace]

@@walnutoil100 sounds like you are saying slavery is moral to you and your immoral god. Got it.

[@jackbrigoli7452]

This is the really sad thing about the impact of religion. I know it doesn't apply to everyone but it gets people so enamored with this idea of unquestionable obedience that they become completely devoid of critical thinking and independence. It's so fucking sad.

[@SuperTreemendus]

Matt constantly throwing logic bombs. 💥

[@interman7715]

I have been watching these videos for years and not once have I seen the atheists ever beaten in a debate.

[@campfireaddict6417]

Or at any time, proof of god. It always involves a snotty, defensive remark.

[@hereticapostate4302]

That’s because no god exists. Lol

[@BrickBuilder50]

Because they tell the truth, and have logic and reason I believe in science

[@brootal4234]

When Matt’s on a roll, he even shuts up his fellow co-host

[@njsanders]

I wish there was a written script for this episode. I love it.

[@brucebaker810]

There are plenty of ways to get a transcript. Easily. For free. Google is your friend. (I agree. I may, too.)

[@khmershakur9197]

We don't need a Concept of a God or religion to live in this world. When I die I'm ok not knowing what will happen.

[@campfireaddict6417]

Same as before you were born.

[@khmershakur9197]

@@sabbe_satta_bhavantu_sukhi7226 God is man made and created for fear and control. All living things will die it doesn't make it any more special because of your beliefs.

[@rageofheaven]

@@sabbe_satta_bhavantu_sukhi7226 "You do realize that humanity formed complex civilizations and practices because of religion. " You do realize that civilization began before religion? Complexity and practices are not inherent to religion. "Science is also an extension of religion." Science relies on empiricism and descriptivism. Religion relies on prescriptivism and doctrine. These things are diametrically opposed, what you're thinking of is metaphysics, something more akin to Aristotelian as opposed to Cartesian. ' "Religion/spirituality is intrinsic to our nature because humans are religious/spiritual abstract beings. " We are not. "“God” exists because we perceive ourselves to exist. " Aristotelian method indeed.

[@rageofheaven]

​@@sabbe_satta_bhavantu_sukhi7226 "Name one civilization that began and formed without religious practices. " You said formed because of religious practices, not "with". "Religion and science are both human tools that we use. " I would argue that religion uses people like a tool, not the other way around. We don't "learn" anything through it. "It takes a brave man to admit that humans aren’t abstract beings. Our consciousness is literally abstract. " I'm pretty sure no one actually understands what an abstract being is, our thoughts are abstract however. ""“God” doesn’t need to be real to work." The fear of one is sufficient. " Bad religion can be good religion, just like good science can be bad science. " Now you fucked up. We can evaluate science through demonstration and empiricism to determine truth value. In science, either it's true, or it isn't. Explain to me how we determine if religion is good or bad.

[@cy-one]

@@rageofheaven Guy sadly deleted his comments. Anyway, I'd love to see someone define "bad science." Because to me, there's just science and not science.

[@donnagodfrey1924]

14 years ago!!! But what an awesome clip. Thanks, crew and crew cat. xxx

[@jeanettecook1088]

The unsupported assertions this caller uses are breathtaking! Glad Matt came back at him with some sense. The caller's obviously not read his holy book!!! 😮

[@opalacios666]

One of the best interactions/call. Thanks.

[@alandunlap4106]

Oh, my god!(?) One of Matt's best!

[@matszz]

God is the ultimate scapegoat. Don't to religions, kids, not even once.

[@EllasPOSEiDON]

Now, this is my favorite from Matt.

[@alabastergreen7444]

They should give each caller that says "the atheist experience...I wasn't ready"

[@Mikebruno1187]

Absolutely brilliant response from Matt

[@firmbutton6485]

I absolutely love this rant! I need to have the transcript and translate it to French!

[@AlexanderNash]

"Moral reality" Just a fuzzy term that gives enough wiggle room to tap-dance around.

[@joseelizondo8028]

The is the most appropriate video to start opening up the eyes of the believers. It's just perfect IF they actually have read the Bible

[@VerdeBoy13]

One of the great Matt Rants

[@khordresebernard8533]

The all loving god set everyone in the Bible up😭

[@chazhint9572]

This was the best episode yet, sums it all up!

[@nathanielthomson6600]

If i loved someone and knew they would do terrible things i wouldn't allow them to ruin their lives by doing terrible things.

[@csjrogerson2377]

John must be Irish coz he tap dances around so much he must have a place in the cast of Riverdance.

[@LaserSharkPhotoablations]

Matts 6 atheist sins needs to be used more and promoted. 1:Credulity, gulibility. 2:Voluntery wilful ignorance. 3:Letting fear prevent you from understanding reality. 4:Limiting the rights and freedoms of others in order to make them abide by your standards. 5:Sacrificing the mental emotional and physical wellbeing of a child in deference to your religion. 6:Wasting the one and only life your know your going to have worrying and working for an afterlife someone told you might be there.

[@Mercybeat74]

Bam!!! Matt is on fire!

[@derreckwalls7508]

Ask a Christian to give you three examples of how their belief in God has made them more moral than your average non-believer and they usually can't. What's worse is that no matter what example they try to give of their God given morality, it is breached by God himself somewhere in the Bible.

[@palestinianhummus9251]

I love how theists call me immoral for being atheist, but I'm living my life the exact way as most of them, just living my life and minding my own business and not hurting anyone. How does that make me immoral? Just because I don't believe in the same thing as them. That's like saying you're immoral because you like jazz and I like pop so I'm moral and you're not.

[@williest1]

9:05 - WHY DO BELIEVERS bother using analogies when the bible CLEARLY spells out god's morality??? They really struggle with that truth.

[@the-trustees]

I hope I'm never so vile, evil and disgusting that I WOULD conform to their pretend god character's moral standards.

[@rickyd.989]

Hard as this is to separate, can we pretend just for one moment that there is no bible and no god? So to the believers I say this. If you read a self help book by an author who genuinely believed he had a good explanation on how you should live your life, and he stated that you should follow all the same kind of things that the bible says, what would you say? If you have even an ounce of honesty, you would reject all of those shocking teachings if they came from anyone outside of the bible. Yet you have been so hypnotised as to accept that a god exists who would tell you to do all those highly immoral things.

[@rickyd.989]

@Fay Spahmer . Very true Fay. That’s probably the bulk of them although I think there would be a substantial number who believe it for the sake of believing it, even without the eternal threat. Was horrified to hear Richard Dawkins relating a conversation he had with a scientist who also happened to be a believer. He told Richard that even if religion was proven wrong beyond any argument, he would still be a believer. Dawkins said something like, “How can we deal with that sort of lack of intelligence?”

[@gwenstone9685]

How is it free will when their god will torment you for eternity

[@filipecardozo]

it's not in god's character to kill satan but he's ok with killing kids and almost every human on earth, and to slave people. Makes sense

[@strongfilm]

I consider this the birth of Matt Dillahunty as we know him. This clip contains everything you need - you can basically skip every other AXP video.

[@makaibrown1653]

instead of dragging others down in an attempt to get from earth to heaven we should raise others up to bring heaven to earth a random agnostic atheist

[@theblackkaiser5748]

Matt is dropping bombs spontaneously.

[@lorawilliams8727]

This is spot on!!

[@afvro75]

Is that what getting you ass handed back to you in a silver platter looks like? Lol. That’s was so gratifying to see. 🤣🤣

[@getbennt]

Even if there was a god,I still wouldn’t bow to him, he couldn’t face me because of his shame!

[@kenbob1071]

What's amazing is that Matt, a highly intelligent person, bought into this insanity at one time and contemplated going into the ministry to teach it.

[@Lord.1337-7]

The power of childhood indoctrination on display :/

[@MsHarpsychord]

If you want me to believe in something, you have to make a convincing argument within 30 seconds. Johns first 30 seconds involved me being whisked away to a magic land, getting judged by an eternal being and that there is no-immoral act in murdering somebody. This is what he said within the first 30 seconds. How in the name of christ am i supposed to Believe that? Imagine pitching this concept to an alien who has never heard of god before. That's how you should approach all things in life. He sounds bonkers.

[@douglascutler1037]

Rant beginning about 12:36 could go on Matt's 'best of' reel.

[@duncanbryson1167]

I was about to give up on this guy when Matt cut the connection. Not answering questions is a form of dishonesty but they are having to be dishonest with themselves as they can't truly answer questions and hold on to their "arguments".

[@CronoXpono]

@Christa Simon this is why he’s kinda less patient as time has gone by. When you ask for someone for their opinion/argument and you POINT OUT something fallacious but they still choose to cross their arms and not answer, it’s hard to sit still for it.

[@whatsupinspace854]

I love my children so much that I give them the free will to decide to play in traffic

[@FourDeuce01]

John: “What I think doesn’t matter.” Then why are you calling the show.🤡

[@defenestratefalsehoods]

The problem is that the bible say that we today are paying for the sins of adam and eve thousands of years ago. No matter how good of a person you are, you will go to hell unless you accept jesus as your savior based on what Adam and Eve did. That's why it is unbelievable.

[@ajclements4627]

Sin is bullshite, hell is bullshite, original sin even more bullshite..it’s all a bunch of religious concepts intended to answer religious questions and only believers worry about that nonsense.

[@ryonalionthunder]

@Doctor Powers Are you claiming that IF you somehow do none of those sins, you go to heaven even without Jesus? That the inherented sin does not matter? Because if not, you just proved his point.

[@ryonalionthunder]

@Doctor Powers Then you failed to address his point. That his problem was that it did not matter what sins you did or didn't do, you'd go to hell for the original sin anyway. He was right.

[@ryonalionthunder]

​@Doctor Powers You say 'wrong' but then go on to completely agree. Are you doing okay?

[@ryonalionthunder]

​@Doctor Powers The explanation you offered did not dispute the point. You just agreed that it was correct and elaborated a little. Q: If you somehow live a sinless life, will you still go to hell? A: Original Sin says yes. Whatever explanation you think you have for this does not change the truth of the above, does it?

[@godofllies]

My left ear loves this clip.

[@Brammy007a]

I always find it astounding that an adult can actually believe this childish tripe.

[@bellezavudd]

Don Baker so young and cute ! Matt is sharp as ever. 💓 🎯 👍

[@paulrichards6894]

loved it when don used to start laughing

[@miskatonicalumni5612]

I just realised that the Christian god being schizophrenic would explain a lot of the inconsistencies in the bible like the sacrificing of himself to himself through a loophole in the laws he created to forgive us for being the way he made us. Being jesus and god while communicating with one another is something that doesn't seem like something a being with one personality could do in a sane fashion, neither is the holy trinity. After all no sane person would ever claim to be perfect.

[@Linda-pg3so]

This was great👏👍

[@vinfishin2582]

If god was a human he'd be Josef Fritzl

[@palestinianhummus9251]

He'd be Hitler.

[@vascoa]

Hadn't seen this episode before.... What a can of whoop ass...

[@jackschubert1045]

Great video

[@BeefT-Sq]

"Every step and performance of cognition must proceed in accordance with facts". -Leonard Peikoff-Objectivist

[@johnd.shultz7423]

God loves us so much he allows us to go to hell......

[@1aundulxaldin]

Matt can go ahead and claim he's more moral than something he doesn't believe in, but the most morally good person in existence doesn't go through this life without feeling like they want to live a little dangerously and do things that don't follow a strict rule of moral behavior.

[@diegoarmando5489]

This video was on 666 views when I had started watching it.

[@drewdrake9130]

I wonder if John could be happy in heaven while his fellow humans suffered for eternity in hell?

[@FourDeuce01]

Happy? Many of the christians I’ve talked to are looking forward to sitting in heaven and enjoying all the “wailing and gnashing of teeth” coming from those people being eternally tortured in hell. If that doesn’t tell you what kind of people they are, nothing will.😏

[@drewdrake9130]

@@FourDeuce01 Many of the Christians I talked to feel that way as well. I can't help but notice their lack of empathy for their fellow human

[@drewdrake9130]

@Doctor Powers I didn't ask about sadness or grief, I asked about happiness Is happiness one of the exceteras?

[@willoweable]

Essentially the Christian mindset is that if you don't like the color blue and God likes the color blue then you are either forced to like the color blue because you have to measure up to God's standards or else you're just wrong and you can't like the color red because God doesn't like it. In the Christian longview. Whatever color God picks that he likes is the ultimate color and any other color is just wrong. Same thing with morality. It doesn't matter how immoral God is or how more moral you are. If a Christian says murder is okay because God says so, then murder is the moral standard and all humans who don't kill are just evil apparently. It's complete and utter nonsense that serves only to make the individual person suffer for existence

[@ryan89554]

44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

[@aliyahholloway422]

HELL YEA MATT!!!

[@badatheist9948]

i think in church bible classes they teach the christian two step dance,, when trapped into a position they do not want to admit, and john is not a moral agent.

[@robbyerics2792]

John got destroyed!! Painful to listening to this dude

[@JAMESLEVEE]

Why do so many of these kinds of callers sound like Lenny from "Of Mice and Men"?

[@WTF3602]

So wait, there are multiple"moral concepts"?! So murder is only morally wrong in certain moral constructions?...YA FOOL! 🤦🏾‍♂️🤣

[@jrileycain6220]

A classic!

[@FourDeuce01]

Trying to call god "moral" involves a lot of tap-dancing.

[@walnutoil100]

How is god immoral?

[@FourDeuce01]

@@walnutoil100 If you want to discuss philosophy(or anything else) with adults, you should learn some basic logic first.

[@PhoenixtheII]

@@walnutoil100 Go read your bible.

[@walnutoil100]

@@FourDeuce01 - So why do you illogically avoid the question?

[@walnutoil100]

@@PhoenixtheII - so you cant answer or wont answer?

[@2ahdcat]

I remember this call