Great Atheist Bomb Drops!

[@DiscourseDive]

Wow! Thank you all for showing this video some love. I haven't been on this account in a while, and just noticed the activity. Thank you everyone for checking it out!

[@barbaraannen8126]

Its been great Christian bait

[@seemann2401]

Thank YOU for making and posting it

[@robertsticek8382]

I merely checked it out because my baby twin brothers (twins) have left religion and are now atheists. I will be sharing this with them.

[@robertsticek8382]

@@barbaraannen8126 Christian bait?

[@barbaraannen8126]

@@robertsticek8382 get to have some spirited conversations with Christians who come here to flex their muscles

[@hiimain7932]

Leaving religion is the best I decision I made in my life. I feel more at peace, more human and connected to reality.

[@D-Man_Jam]

Enjoy it in hell *default dance*

[@hiimain7932]

@@D-Man_Jam Hell you say 😹 Grow up! You are not a fool to not be able to distinguish what is real and what is human imagination. Well, in any case, we're gonna party in hell. 😹😹

[@D-Man_Jam]

@@hiimain7932 'twas a joke oh troubled, feline one.

[@hiimain7932]

@@D-Man_Jam 😹😹😹 ooh! Glad to know. *Cheers*

[@AngryBilleh]

Same my friend, same, I had a rough 3 months worrying if I would make it to heaven just to realize that I can't accept a heaven if people I loved and care about may burn in hell, so for 2 months I reconstructed my faith to realize that God may actually not exist, that we only have this life, and that we need to enjoy it, because no one knows what the future holds

[@kenmcnutt2]

I remember being in 5th grade at a Catholic school when one of the nuns told me "If there was no heaven, I would murder and steal." Even at nine years old, I knew better than that. It sounds like a bullshit reason to believe anything.

[@timconstable7348]

I'm sorry to reveal to you that Catholicism will teach you nothing about biblical Christianity.

[@Therian13]

@@timconstable7348 Isn't that a No-True-Scotsman fallacy? And out of curiosity, which branch WOULD teach biblical Christianity?

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

@@Therian13 yes only special people know the truth apparently and Tim is one of them

[@kenmcnutt2]

@@timconstable7348 You are correct Tim. I've learned more about biblical Christianity from reading books written by Bart Ehrman than all four years of Catholic school put together.

[@timconstable7348]

@@Therian13 a) Not at all, don't throw the baby out with the bath water. b) Any ,branch' (qv Christian Ministry) that teaches that the STARTING POINT is to make Jesus Christ Lord of your life, that He died the death that you deserve because of your sin, and to believe in your heart that He rose from the dead.

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

I was raised Atheist. My parents gave me a very powerful sense of family, morality and service. I passed my parent's moral code and loyalty to service on to my children. No one need threaten us with hell or promise a reward after death. Our reward is in our hearts and the hearts of the people we touch.

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

@muZlimGigachad "My parents gave me a very powerful sense of family, morality and service. I passed my parent's moral code and loyalty to service on to my children. No one need threaten us with hell or promise a reward after death. Our reward is in our hearts and the hearts of the people we touch. "

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

@muZlimGigachad They didn't get it from medieval heretic hunters, and witch burners that's for damn sure. The bible is no place for ethics or objective morality. An objective morality would be valid for every person regardless of their cultural heritage, political attachment, or faith. Not only is biblical morality unable to offer objectivity, it cannot increase moral responsibility. A religious person must simply submit to whatever rules your God hands down. Believers naturally defend the bible by picking out just the “good” parts. But you could just as well pick out the “good” parts of any large body of literature, from sacred texts to secular novels. Picking through Shakespeare would serve just as well. Atheists can do this selecting from the world’s cultural resources too, and there is no evidence that atheists must be less moral than believers just because they think first. So don't point to the bible and claim morality. Read it instead and weep.

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

@muZlimGigachad There is no objective morality or ethics in the Bible. An objective morality would be valid for every person regardless of their cultural heritage, political attachment, or faith. Not only is Biblical morality unable to offer objectivity, it cannot increase moral responsibility. A religious person must simply submit to whatever rules this God hands down. Believers naturally defend the Bible by picking out just the “good” parts. But you could just as well pick out the “good” parts of any large body of literature, from sacred texts to secular novels. Picking through Shakespeare would serve just as well. Atheists can do this selecting from the world’s cultural resources too, and there is no evidence that atheists must be less moral than believers just because they think first. So don't point to the Bible and claim ethics and morality.

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

@muZlimGigachad The origins of morality lie inside human beings. Morality is a product of our biological and cultural evolution.

[@AiR1DaN]

​@muZlimGigachad dude if you need a book to explain what's right or wrong..

[@renecoetzee8584]

I am a nurse and treat all people kindly and with love as an atheist. A christian said to me: “Sister, you must be a very big christian!” I asked her why she said so to which she answered that I treat all people with love and respect regardless of who they are. I told her that I am anatheis and she was sincerely shocked! As if I can’t have morality and kindness and love towards my fellow humans and all living beings! I hate that about religious people and their sincere belief that they are better than me!

[@Vlad_a450]

And you are faithful to your husband?

[@c.galindo9639]

Uh no if that is your experience with people who believe in God but want to seem above you based on their perceived principles of livelihood. Anyways a true Christian follower wouod be shocked not out of the fact of you being atheist but concerned about your passing from this world to the next. You can nit believe in God and He will still love you and His followers will still love you all the same. It is just simply a matter of your being which is most sacred to save through pure ascension from your physical state of being. Either way you will as you have chosen to live but God is always with you whether you believe in Him or not. Peace be with you through God

[@themanwithnoname1839]

​@@c.galindo9639thats called a stalker....... "He will follow you even if you dont want him to" yep a stalker.....

[@themanwithnoname1839]

​@@Vlad_a450hahahaha assuming she isnt cuz she is "a godless heathen" right? What hubris.... And sheer arrogance

[@c.galindo9639]

@@themanwithnoname1839 yeah you thinking that way shows your perversion. You literally do not understand the concept of a being above you which is why you think immaturely and childish. You need a lot of growing to do

[@owens789]

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? -Epicurus (6yrs later) Died over 2000 years ago and his words can still spark this kind of debate. Simply amazing! To the Theist I will say: Before you bring your modern Judeo Christian argument to the table I'll remind you this paradox is older than the Dead Sea Scrolls. To the Atheist I'll say: Epicurus was not himself an atheist. He believed in the existence of the Gods. He simply thought them to be too pre occupied to involve themselves in human affairs. He taught people to act ethically to better themselves not because the gods punish or reward them for their actions.

[@ADerpyReality]

Classic.

[@riverriver3256]

he got it 2300 years ago.

[@y12bute]

Owen S If God is infinite then all possibilities exist in him/her/it, even the possibility of evil. We all are so ignorant and stupid: does that also mean that there is no God, because God is presumably all knowing? God is omnipotent because ultimately ignorance and evil are overcome. God is omnipotent because ignorance evolves to infinite knowledge, darkness to light. The lower terms end for the higher to be! If God was only capable of creating whitewashed, purely good creatures that would be a limitation right? And also would it not be boring? Where is the adventure then, the play, the contrasts, the victory of Good over evil?

[@terryglenweaver]

To stop evil is to stop Free Will? Are you people that stupid not to know this? The lunacy abounding among the atheists is becoming an annoyance... However, the spreading of the atheists lunacy is intolerable and a problem the 2 Witnesses will address... And I am one of the 2 Witnesses. I would rather...much rather spend my time squelching the Islamic desease, but atheism is just as contagious and deadly.

[@zeusnitch]

+Terry Weaver I am the other Witness and I censure you by the gory of God, or perhaps I'm just a maverick.

[@davidav8orpflanz561]

If someone needs religion to know right from wrong, it's not religion they lack, it's EMPATHY!

[@joemarshall4226]

Do you have any empathy for the 8000 USA babies killed in abortion every day? I have yet to see an atheist who does.....oh no, there was one......Nat Hentoff switched from pro choice to pro life before he died, God bless him.....

[@Omegatonboom]

​​​@@joemarshall4226That's not related to being a Christian you dingbat. And guess what late term abortion is bad but early term abortion is a okay. So if you're going to throw all of the freaking circumstances which is just a bunch of freaking cells barely developing into anything and you're going to call that abortion, then you're the freaking uncaring moron. The person wasn't even talking about abortion you just pulled that out of your ass as if it's important to the subject..

[@Pinicle_of_evolution]

​@@joemarshall42268000 clumps of cells

[@Pinicle_of_evolution]

@@hal-bo2cf China India Persia Egypt all were nations that didn't follow the Christian God and still had laws against killing people and were much more sophisticated and advanced than Europe. Your argument is baseless

[@joemarshall4226]

@@hal-bo2cf Perfect. Ideas of justice, mercy, rules, laws.....all have to be taught.

[@tsukyomi-9844]

“He needs money! He’s all powerful, all perfect, all knowing and all wise. And somehow, he just can’t handle money!” - George Carlin

[@richardjones4662]

It's funny how god is all powerful... yet can't make his own money.

[@UntoTheDepths]

@@richardjones4662 He can, he just likes to pressure people already low on money to cough-up and have an even harder time paying the bills.

[@inigosalvador50]

“Conscience” is immaterial, that comes only from the one you are denying… Who is an immaterial “God”(Spirit) If i tell you 5 leaves just perfectly aligned by themselves… And I told you I did not touched it…you will definitely NOT believe me… How come you believe that all your body systems,(circulatory,skeletal,muscular, respiratory system etc..) Just so happened to perfectly aligned by themselves?without a Designer?seriously? Make a 1000 explosion (Bigbang theory) can you see if there are anything with beauty and great designed comes out of it? How come the stars and planets have perfect distance not too hot and not to cold? And all of it is by product of Luck? SERIOUSLY!!!

[@acceptable1514]

He is a comedian for f**ks sake, dont compare him to a philosopher or something 🙄🙄

[@richardjones4662]

@@acceptable1514 , comedians can be very funny, when they speak the truth.

[@twalrus1]

A few decades ago,a friend asked me if I wasn't afraid to die and be wrong about God and Heaven. I came up with this little story to explain it all to him: - A Christian, A Muslim and an atheist arrive at the Pearly Gates. St Peter tells them, "Good News! The three of you get in!" The atheist thanks St Peter and walks in. The Christian and the Muslim hold back and ask St Peter, "We don't understand how the atheist got in." St. Peter says to them, "The two of you did good deeds throughout your life and you said to yourselves 'God will repay me in Heaven'. And that is very true. God will repay you for every good deed plus much more. But the atheist did the same amount of good deeds never believing anyone would repay him at all. Don't you think God wants people around Him that aren't expecting anything out of Him?" -

[@somerandomdoge12]

In Christianity people get to Heaven entirely by believing in Christs sacrifice so you have the story wrong entirely. It is not Christian to expect to be repaid for what you did. Also wanna let you know a Christian priest(i think he was a priest, not 100% sure) predicted Trumps assassination attempt down to his ear being shot. If i were you i would seriously reconsider while i still have time.

[@BB-rh2ml]

@@somerandomdoge12 No, you are completely missing the point...the Christians and Muslims were both wrong in what they believed God wanted. As for your prediction, a general claim that thousands of people have made over the last 8 years, is not a fulfilled prediction.

[@somerandomdoge12]

@@BB-rh2ml Never personally heard someone say he was gonna be shot in the ear but sure. It was also ~3 months before it happened.

[@BB-rh2ml]

@@somerandomdoge12 And how many other "predictions" has this person made? Please provide the exact prediction, the date, the venue, and the person who said it.

[@somerandomdoge12]

@@BB-rh2ml Its a youtube video and i dont think youll find it easily if you search for the title. You have to search "Steve Cioccolanti & Discover ministries", or just Steve Cioccolanti and its the channel with around 400k subscribers. On his channel you scroll down to about 4 months ago and its gonna be the video with almost 2 million views. His prediction is at the 11 minute mark. Video is called 3 priests explain solar eclipses... or something along the lines of that

[@Soapandwater6]

"When I die, there will be nothingness." What's so horrible about that? It's kind of like what it was before I was born.

[@Azhar_shaikh1]

Are you sure about it? Even if there's a 0.000001% chance that there'll be a hereafter, eternal bliss or eternal damnation, shouldn't you atleast give a percentage of your life to find or research?

[@fexbio]

It only seems horrible because we were set since childhood to believe there was something beyond that. If we knew from start someday things would just be over, we probably wouldn't spend so much time chasing ghosts. Funny thing about afterlife, thou, is that people seem to prefer it even with the possibility of eternal damnation. Of course, in the era of ego, nobody thinks they're going there, while the shitstorm we're in clearly indicate most of us would. Although, now I'm free from this damaging belief and can think more clearly, I must say: in the end, I think any eternal existence would be eternal damnation. Not having the option of stop existing would be the ultimate hell.

[@Soapandwater6]

@@Azhar_shaikh1 Sure enough that I'm not the least bit afraid. I've already given too much of my time to that folly.

[@meucantogames6952]

Oh we did. After reading bhagavad gita, bible, quran etc plus a lot os historian book and analyzing how society works we can clearly see from where all this come from

[@joshualabadie6914]

People don't want to believe that, they want to give themselves hope uk?

[@kennethreeves3146]

I remember when I was kicked out of a church when I asked the priest “Why would you even be allowed to interpret what God has to say in the first place?”

[@subject8332]

Exactly, the simple steps to dress up in your religious clown costume: 1. Proclaim some scribbles on a mud tablet as the infallible perfect word of god. 2. Proclaim that the infallible perfect word of god is not infallible or perfect, therefore needs to be interpreted. 3. Profit.

[@robinharwood5044]

@@subject8332 It helps if you grow a beard and wear a funny hat.

[@TruthHurtsLikeH3ll]

@@subject8332 why are u so mad? Are u desperatly trying to find proof of same thinking to be at ease about ur choice that there is actually no god?

[@inigosalvador50]

Don’t throw the water in the tub with the baby in it… There are dirty things or persons has attached themselves to the TRUTH…(THE WORD OF GOD, THE BIBLE) Yes!,their are hypocrite Christians, priests and pastors, but don’t use them to throw away it all out including the TRUTH….(FIND FOR YOURSELF, INVESTIGATE, don’t believe me, investigate it for yourself if it is really the TRUTH…

[@robinharwood5044]

@@inigosalvador50 I've investigated. It isn't the truth.

[@sweetsweatyfeet]

The first guy was inspiring. So was this comment I heard not so long ago... "If you require reward for doing good and punishment to keep you from doing wrong, congratulations you have the morality of a border collie".

[@martinsoukup562]

But that's not even what Christians believe in.

[@belbras]

Isaac Asinov was great in this answer.👍🏻

[@Shintigercurl]

that first guy was isaac asimov, one of the gods of sci-fi and father of modern robotics.

[@fieldnegro4684]

Atheist is absurd, the moment they talk about god, that is when we know what is wrong with the world today

[@martinsoukup562]

@@belbras the problem is that in Christianity it doesn't work that way. So his answer was just pointless.

[@christopherhill7843]

I’ve never been religious. I was fortunately raised without it. I studied the big religions for years in my late teens and early twenties. That education made being an atheist make perfect sense.

[@profanepersonality]

Same. I had to check to see if I wrote the comment and forgot. 😂😂😂

[@anexiseditor]

what is a human?

[@christopherhill7843]

@@anexiseditor Is that rhetorical? Or do you not know?

[@mikerodgers7620]

You were raised an unfortunate fool like some who infest the channel spreading thoughtless heathen garbage. Two things will happen here; you set things right with God or burn in Hell.

[@MyBallzInYourJaws]

​@@anexiseditor A human is a member of the species Homo sapiens, characterized by bipedal locomotion, complex language abilities, and advanced cognitive skills. Humans are known for their capacity for reasoning, creativity, and social interaction.

[@42k78]

The first interview was so good. "I think nothing will happen when I die yet I don't feel the need to commit crimes. I'm scared of worldly punishment and my own conscience." That right there is a great answer to a very common moral dilemma for theists.

[@rocketeightyseven1823]

How so? How did you arrive at having a conscience? Society? Did society teach you how to lie? Did society tell you to feel guilty when you lied to your mom for the first time? That's a very common moral dilemma for atheists.

[@42k78]

@@rocketeightyseven1823 Well the reason the first speaker said that to begin with was to answer a common argument from theists. The statement was something like, "If god is dead, then all is permitted." It sounds like you abide by this thinking and I think the first speaker responded to it very well. Morality doesn't drop in your brain. It's learned throughout your life. A baby is born selfish and then you learn how to be nice to people so you can include yourself in some fabric of society. It's what we all did growing up with or without God. Some do it better than others.

[@rocketeightyseven1823]

@@42k78 How do we know being selfish is wrong?

[@rocketeightyseven1823]

How do we distinguish what is good and what is bad? How do we know what society deems as "good or bad," is correct?

[@JordanLeishman201]

@@rocketeightyseven1823well you cant know what is good and bad and you also cant know if what society deems good or bad is correct, but why do we need to know? there are absolutely no universal laws of morality.

[@thyeconomy]

I left the church a few years ago and have continued to study and now I spend my life developing virtues from the stoic side of philosophy. Life is better for me now. Less stress.

[@boblikeschickennuggets661]

Yes. feels better. But feelings can lead you straight into an overdose too, can't they? What do you mean by church, by the way?

[@jeffforsythe9514]

You are a precious celestial being and without the Lord's blessing, that precious being can never blossom. A terrible loss.

[@thyeconomy]

@@jeffforsythe9514 speculation señor, geology disproves the flood, Egypt was never drowned nor the grand canyon, also the in breeding from Noah's kids is not enough to populate all the earth and 2 animals of a kind is also not enough, plus many of the animals could never make it to their natural habitats from turkey to other areas of the globe . The historicity of scripture is just mythology . And I have no reason to follow a religion that is responsible for the sacking of the library of Alexandria after Constantinople, and it was the catholics that wiped out the tainos to a mere 3% of the population and had centuries of persecution and witch hunts.. over 80 different Christian denominations, shows its a mess. And people are cresting their own God in their image. I'll just go with shamanism. No dogma please and thanks.

[@geoorge1000]

@@thyeconomy Actually, Christianity has 45,000 denominations globally, according to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity

[@jeffforsythe9514]

The entire world is my church and every day is Sunday...........falun dafa

[@Scylla2112]

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime. Give a man religion and he'll starve to death praying for a fish.

[@paulglover6525]

Dumb skull. The fish analogy came from the Bible.

[@isgamer-8732]

Paul Glover exactly that’s what makes it so perfect it’s so sarcastic to religion

[@paulglover6525]

Sore Kotoba Kirasete Marou Dumb skull is not sarcasm. So you are just playing yourself out with sarcasm? I thought we were serious about this serious discussion. Go back to your Gameboy then get a life to remember after you're dead.

[@paulglover6525]

And have a happy.

[@Flipindabird23]

Paul Glover dude, stop just attacking people for not knowing a fact you know. Just share your information without the dickish attitude. Nobody has ever learned shit from a condescending tone.

[@MarjorainMD]

“Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.”- Christopher Hitchens

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Three thousand gods throughout history. At least. Religious people dismiss all of them in exactly the same way atheists do. Yet they believe wholly in the one remaining god which, by a recurring coincidence, is the most-popular god in their nation of origin.

[@SaleemRaza1]

As-Salamu Alaikum, dear brothers and sisters, children of our father Adam (AS) and our mother Eve (AS). May the blessings of God be upon all of you. I have come to share with you verse 2:255. Please read and ponder over it; it will benefit you. God! There is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. ----- Points to Ponder Oneness of God: --- The verse begins by asserting the oneness of God, affirming that there is no deity except Him. Attributes of God: --- God is described as "Al-Hayyul-Qayyum" (the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence). This highlights His eternal life and self-sustaining nature, independent of any need. God's Omnipotence: --- God does not experience drowsiness or sleep, indicating His continuous and perfect vigilance over His creation. Ownership and Sovereignty: Everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to God. This underscores His absolute ownership and control over all that exists. Intercession: --- No one can intercede with God without His permission. This points to His supreme authority and the dependence of all creatures on His will. Knowledge of God: --- God's knowledge encompasses all things: the past, present, and future. Human beings, on the other hand, can only grasp a portion of His knowledge as He wills. Extent of His Authority: --- His "Kursi" (often translated as Throne or Seat) extends over the heavens and the earth. This signifies His vast dominion and control over the entire universe. Effortless Preservation: --- The preservation of the heavens and the earth does not burden Him, highlighting His infinite power and ease in maintaining creation. Exalted Status: --- God is described as "Al-'Aliyul-Adheem" (the Most High, the Most Great). This emphasizes His exalted status and greatness above all creation.

[@realdragon]

What makes believing in Christian god more "right" than believing in ancient Egyptian gods? Bring back my bird Thoth

[@appelultim8753]

Egyptian and Greek polytheism needs to be brought back

[@cristhianalvarez534]

Religion doesn't give you answers just stops the questions.

[@c.galindo9639]

Religion is a sect rule of following not having to do with Faith. Faith gives you all the answers but is a struggle no matter what because we are only human

[@themanwithnoname1839]

​@@c.galindo9639oh? Did the man who invented penicillin do so through faith? How come cancer isnt cured if faith gives us all the answers? You lie and dont even know it.....

[@fireflies775]

I would say belief (whether it is in religion, atheism or anything else) kills all questions.

[@TheDheerajpandey]

No. Hinduism gives you right to question everything and conclude in realm of reality n logic

[@mrloop1530]

@@TheDheerajpandey You can't give anyone the right to question everything. It is a birthright and as such it can only be taken away from you.

[@tagoldich]

"Faith is believing in what you know ain't so" - Mark Twain

[@boblikeschickennuggets661]

If you were intelligent about this you wouldn't rely on a quote from Mark Twain for your own personal position.

[@davepowell7168]

@@boblikeschickennuggets661 lt is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than open it removing all doubts 🤣

[@tagoldich]

@@boblikeschickennuggets661 Intelligent people quote great thinkers as a matter of course. If you were intelligent, you'd know that.

[@boblikeschickennuggets661]

@@tagoldich Did I say they don't? lol

[@boblikeschickennuggets661]

@@davepowell7168 You have a point there Dave-- Mark Twain would probably have done well to not put out a false definition of what religious faith is. I couldn't agree with you more ;)

[@oscararias3881]

Actions speak louder than prayers

[@skilr4dsbandz782]

Damn right

[@brianmi40]

@@skilr4dsbandz782 Prayer was once scientifically tested for results. If the persons KNEW they were being prayed for, their medical outcomes were WORSE than the group that didn't know. Apparently innocence is more than "bliss", it can be medically beneficial.

[@cathysmith997]

But the loud ones are SO obnoxious! Everything is based on fear.

[@xh3598]

Everyone, to me, misunderstands what the term Hell truly is. Hell is a tormented human soul trapped in the decaying remnants of its own body, unable to escape after death due to the absence of faith. When a body is buried six feet under or consumed by flames during cremation, the soul remains imprisoned, doomed to an eternity of darkness and isolation. Faith must be arduously earned throughout life, regardless of religious beliefs. The Bible can guide obtaining this vital faith, offering a glimmer of hope amidst the encroaching shadows. Summary: HELL is only six feet under.

[@robertbarboza1243]

Very true. People pray to make others responsible for what they are not willing to do...help others. It's a cop out over helping make a situation better. When I was younger my family going through a hard time went to church to ask for help, church prayed for us and left it to God...sent us home to wait for god to answer. The pastor take care of himself not others.

[@stein1385]

"What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for people who asked such questions?" - Stephen Hawking

[@Polyphemus47]

He was probably spending his time just grinning, thinking up ways to feed his sadistic tendencies.

[@Silver_Prussian]

I dont know but I dont think thats a relevant question nor a question anybody would like to know. And please I dont wannabe lectured about morality from somebody like Stephen Hawking. I think he was very angry and lost when he asked this question, searching for answers that were infront of him the whole time

[@felwalkr_94]

If God exists, and he is apparently all-powerful, he wouldn't stoop so low as to punish people that didn't follow his exact instructions. I severely doubt that he would reward those that would call for violence against the people mentioned previously. Why should an all-powerful being be bothered by something as insignificant and imperfect as a human?

[@Nickerarx]

oh u talking about that pedophile?

[@egggames8059]

⁠@@Silver_Prussianit’s a valid question. An infinite being spending infinite time before creating us seems odd.

[@chrisobrien9155]

A few years ago, a student insulted me. Me: "What you said really hurt my feelings." Student: "You have feelings? I though you were an atheist."

[@GalapagosPete]

Pretty clearly that person had no feelings.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

We all fell here from Heaven because we sinned and our one and only aim should be trying to return home, which is Heaven. That was Christ's message. We al have chosen to play in the mud instead of seeking the Divine....................falun dafa

[@chrisobrien9155]

@@jeffforsythe9514 Have you even read the bible?

[@jeffforsythe9514]

A student of what, humourlessness. Why quote a dummy when you can quote such a great man as Abraham Lincoln when he said: "I am amazed at how soon so many Americans give up seeking the Divine, nothing truly worth having comes easily."....................falundafa

[@theboombody]

Well, according to relative morality it's not inherently wrong to lack empathy or insult others. So if you're an atheist, you better be one that believes in objective morality, like Sam Harris. Like I've said before, relative morality has so many pitfalls to dodge it's just as bad or even worse than all the pitfalls present in claims of ridiculous supernatural magic. Might as well be a nihilist than a moral relativist, unless you want to spend all you time patching up bad arguments.

[@jaex9617]

Isaac Asimov’s sideburns are worship-worthy.

[@jayteadesigns]

Yeah, I've always admired IA's unique look!

[@cheemsdrip7478]

Not worshipping anything is like, the whole point of atheism tho I’m gonna get whooshed aren’t I.

[@DavidHarvey-po9le]

No - his books are, and they make more sense than any religious book - all are fiction but people don't murder because of the foundation series.

[@peepdawg8995]

"Forget Jesus, the stars died so that you could be here today..." so freaking brilliant 😂😂

[@jeffforsythe9514]

A black hole is when a precious human soul is being destroyed and everything that has to do with it is sucked into oblivion with it..................falundafa

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Every star in the sky is a soul, how about that?

[@rico6546]

@@jeffforsythe9514 arguments from emotion will not sway him. An argument using logic will. Unless of course, you believe that every star has a soul, in which case I believe you may be in the minority, even in your religion.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

@@Adogsmate4267 We, so there is more than just one of you?

[@Zazacollector]

@@jeffforsythe9514 Yep

[@JohnDoe-lx3dt]

14:20 he really knew what was coming. He just highlighted exactly why Israel and the US are fighting any attempt at a cease fire just now in Gaza. It’s not about military objectives, it’s about cleansing the non Jews from the holy land and in the modern world it’s just objectively disgusting.

[@MakNCheese88]

"Why don't you just stay home?" Translation: You make it difficult for me to maintain my cognitive dissonance, and I'd rather live in comfortable ignorance than with a harsh truth

[@geoffreygeoffrey4879]

Beautifully stated ! I'll use it, if I may.

[@MakNCheese88]

@@geoffreygeoffrey4879 by all means, language belongs to everyone

[@joqiii3]

Good one!! 👍🏽

[@4zdr456]

To be honest, that was a pretty fair question, and I'm glad, it was answered.

[@Zayyed630]

I disagree. Mr Hitchens, and others like him, seems hellbent on propagating his atheistic views on others, and foisting upon others his limited beliefs. It is possible to conclude that atheists are trying to create their own movement, which can have an effect on the politico-socio landscape. Atheism will soon become a pseudo religion, with Science as its god.

[@gabrielgabes5074]

I love how much religious people absolutely hate Hitch, I love that. It’s making the point that religion poisons everything and, also, proving how much his words hurt. Love it. Most brilliant and insightful man, profoundly inspiring and intelligent.

[@truecatholic8692]

Religious people don't hate, and you statement actually proves the opposite of your stated beliefs.

[@gabrielgabes5074]

@@truecatholic8692 haha, good joke, do you want to hear one about a priest and the altar boy ? There are many …… oh wait, it’s not a joke!

[@gabrielgabes5074]

@@truecatholic8692 religious people don’t hate? How ignorant are you? I mean, that’s just pure lack of information or the choice to not see what really happens around the world.

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

@@truecatholic8692 oh thats why you killed million of humans.....sure 😂😂😂😂

[@rharvey9808]

@@truecatholic8692 No-one on earth has the capacity to hate like the religious. Blasphemer, Heathen, Pagan, Apostate...all the labels they hang on those they wish to publicly identify as "OTHER" and therfore, most-foul. Athiests identify the religious(Generally) by the religious' preferred label (Christian, Muslim, for example). The Religious identify "OTHERS" by the convenient labels their Belief-System has constructed to identify threats. And yes...I was raised a Catholic up until the time I was able to think for myself...then I became free.

[@JRandaII]

As an atheist I never argue my atheism with a theist. I argue theism with them. I ask them why they aren’t in a different religion. That throws them off and doesn’t allow them to control the narrative with their memorized, circular aurguments.

[@a_simple_atheist]

Theists throwing stupid logic thinking that they control the argument is really irritating. It prevents us from making our point and we spend most of our time correcting their logic and misconception.

[@joemarshall4226]

I am not in a different religious because I believe that the religions I am in is the best of the ones I"ve investigated. It also is accepting of whatever is good in those other religions, so I can adopt practices from those religions as well. All religions are different, but most popular ones agree on many things, not surprisingly. Truth is truth, and a deeper truth is a deeper truth. My own experience is that everyone has a religion, especially atheists. Did you know that in the famed Madelyn Murray O'Hair case, that eliminated faculty-led prayer from the public schools, the atheists bringing the suit insisted that atheism was a religion. Ironically Madelyn was murdered by other atheists, and her son, the subject of the suit, became a Christian in adulthood! So we can ask the same question of you, if you have chosen atheism as your religion, why aren't you in a different religion?

[@jimd6641]

@@joemarshall4226 The whole premise of your argument is false. Atheism has no pope, no tenets, dogmas, or rituals - it is simply non-belief in a deity. Atheism has nothing to do with any social or political beliefs - you can find an atheist on any side of any issue. Religion involves some type of communal practice, or organized worship services, where certain ideas must be accepted (except your religion, where apparently anything goes), and your monetary contributions are expected. Atheism is simply not believing in a God or gods because no god claim has ever met it's burden of proof, at least in the mind of the atheist. To call that a religion is pure sophistry.

[@joemarshall4226]

@@jimd6641 Well, atheism IS a religion, because atheists insisted it was, and the Supreme Court ruled that it was. And you are doing the same hedging that modern atheists do all the time. You are saying that atheism is just non-belief in a deity. Non-belief due to lack of evidence is agnosticism. Atheism is defined as the BELIEF that there is no God. The way you describe it, your belief could change with better evidence. But many world religions have no god. Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto among them. Your definition of my religious belief is wrong. Communal practices and organized worship practices are not a must for something to be a religion, Neither is the giving of contributions. And many non-religious groups require contributions....dues, for clubs, etc. I never said anything goes. I said most religions agree on many things, so I can identify with whatever is good about another religion. For instance, the Abrahamic religions all agree that Charity to the less fortunate is good. Buddhism agrees with Christianity about care for the environment. Atheism has not Pope. Well all but one religions has no Pope, so that is not a requirement for a religion, either. As an atheist, the more important question is, "What do YOU, personally, believe in, other than non-belief?"

[@creamtoned]

@@jimd6641 bro was out there thinking we praying to big monkey or something. i was typing out basically the same thing then scrolled down a bit more

[@MoonLightOnWater1]

At the age of 12 I realized my moral compass was internally controlled and had nothing to do with the weekly religion that I was taught. The stories I learned were interesting, but were so mystical and magical that they made no sense to my youthful mind, so I suspended embracing religion and sought out why every culture chose these failed types of stories to rule and control the masses.

[@TheSorcerer1]

I had a similar, yet different experience. Up until around age 9-10 I was so devoted to religion I wanted to become a priest. Then, I sat down with my father one day, and he told me: "Why don't I believe? Because it takes about as much logic to say you have invisible Smurfs in your basement as it does to say there is an invisible God somewhere up there." From there on, religion just fell apart for me. Everything stopped making sense. I started seeing how unfair the world was, how much others suffered. Long story short: I renounced my faith around age 11-12, and swore I'd never allow myself to be so deluded again.

[@corbelius6]

Empathy for your fellow human beings keeps me living a moral life.

[@m.zahiruddinmohhar6492]

Good, still, the killings didn't stop

[@John_Lyle]

_"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."_ *Marcus Aurelius*

[@lmapls9690]

@@John_Lyle yh but in almost all religion say God is ever forgiving even to his enemies. Yh that quote proves what we know.

[@John_Lyle]

@@lmapls9690 That quote proves that the bible contradicts itself in every way imaginable. Didn't the god of the bible supposedly drown every living creature on the planet in a fit of pique? Did your god "harden the heart" of the Pharaoh, preventing him from letting the Israelites from leaving, just so that he could increase the "punishment" of every living thing in Egypt.

[@cianbarry9207]

@@John_Lyle and sending a bear to kill 40 kids because they made fun of a bald guy

[@mit1346]

The guy that asks Hitchens , 'Why he bothers to discredit God beliefs and why not just stay home, got his answer. LOL

[@DiscourseDive]

Agreed.

[@ALSmith-zz4yy]

I noticed that he wasn't applauding at the end.

[@sandysutherland2182]

mit kooc . Check out the body language of the theists. It’s a hoot!

[@aidandonnelly746]

If you look very carefully just after he's put the question to Hitchens you'll notice him grimacing ever so slightly. I can't help but think that having summonsed the courage to challenge Hitchens he kinda knew he was about to get an intellectual battering in return. Which he did. Turning to Hitchens' reply, imagine what it must be like to be able to speak so fluently, so elegantly and so knowledgeably, off the top of your head. He was a one-off.

[@roder51]

@b1itsjustme I noticed that too and have never seen anyone so sorry for having asked a question.

[@johnnycastellanetta7183]

"The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light." Stanley Kubrick

[@janisthompson9801]

Bingo!❤️🇨🇦❤️

[@johnnycastellanetta7183]

@@kimbo99 I think your claim that atheists have religious tendencies is, quite frankly, very silly. Most atheists (I'll go out on a limb here...) are people who have considered the claims of religion, and have decided they are without merit. Exploration of ideas does not suggest belief in those ideas. Art sometimes reflects this, but gets claimed as "religious". You are, of course, entitled to your interpretation. I think the quote from Kubrick speaks for itself, and certainly does not suggest belief in religion - quite the opposite in fact. One can readily look up the interview containing this quote for further context... There is also a lot of debate (understatement!) about the meaning of 2001 (as well as most Kubrick works).

[@kimbo99]

@@johnnycastellanetta7183 Most people didnt understand 2001. It was very cryptic. if you read the book it helps. The story beginning with apes around a pool shows an outside intervention by an obelisk that changes monkey brains. Thousands of years later they land on the moon and discover the same obelisk waiting for them. Its pointing at Jupiter. Years later they are going to Jupiter and they meet the obelisk yet again. They are being led. The one surviving astronaut Bowman ends up ageing rapidly in a palace and dying and then being reborn as a foetus. At the end. In the book HAL is asked to relay a message from the creator residing on moon Europa. That man, can explore the solar system, but not Europa. its deeply religiously themed. Its about man meeting his creator. Some people call it awakening. It was in the Roddenberry's first Star Trek movie also. Meeting the creator of VEGA. ( Voyage spaceraft that left the solar system and was repaired and augmented by a machine peopled planet ) and then it was returned to earth. On a pilgrimage.

[@johnnycastellanetta7183]

@@kimbo99 While I certainly agree with parts of what you said, maybe even most, I think a theistic conclusion is wrong. Why could the "creator" for lack of better terminology, not just be another civilization? Perhaps one that doesn't want to be polluted with our primate selves? Isn't it a bit arrogant to think that any higher power even wants to communicate with us? Besides all the movie/book interpretation, so what? The quote says we must make our own light; not follow religion to be led to the light - for me that's the key. Totally supportive of an indifferent universe with no God to me.

[@kimbo99]

@@johnnycastellanetta7183 Linda Moulton Howe is good at describing the rankings of various ET groups. It turns out we are the lowest. The only ones who cant do telepathy. Its caused by a brain tissue restraining bolt. That is sometimes dissolved by an NDE which enables telepathy healing clairvoyance etc and radical changes in their lives. Interesting also is the fact surprising fact that we cant feel anyone else Remote Viewing us. But all the Aliens ranked above us know when they are being remote viewed by us.

[@stephenholmgren405]

Fantastic compilation! When I linked this to my 75 year old mother, she replied she won't watch it because it's the devil trying to trick her. She even listens to Sean Carrols podcast lol

[@divemylollol6152]

Listen to ur mom little boy

[@TheXIIWizard]

@@divemylollol6152Why would you ever listen to someone who cannot listen to the world?

[@dragonxyz100]

​​@@TheXIIWizarddon't listen to world, listen to God's word.

[@nathantonnetot3662]

@@dragonxyz100 Why listen to someone who has allowed us to suffer and takes the trouble to make us believe that we have control over our lives when he already knows the sentence he will pass? Wasn't it he who created Adam and Eve? Didn't he see what was going to happen? If so, why did he do it, and why make us suffer for what our ancestors did? Can't he judge us even before we are born? Is he sadistic or is he simply not a deity? If he really is, wouldn't he be Satan? I don't feel the need to believe in that kind of god/thing, and I simply don't want to. Whether I suffer for eternity, or not, won't change a thing because God wanted it that way...

[@inreallife530]

@@dragonxyz100Bro you are explicitly stating what the cultists want you to believe: “don’t listen to reality and common sense; listen to ME”

[@pokernomadrealnielszzz5998]

Nice start with Isaac Asimov. Always good to see him.

[@pokernomadrealnielszzz5998]

@@revan552 He died in 1992.

[@thorstambaugh1520]

@@pokernomadrealnielszzz5998 After 300 plus books!

[@iamatrader666]

The Foundation Series....truly amazing reads!

[@Crossword131]

I hate the fact that history has treated the Jews so horrifically. We need more mensches like this wonder. ¡Viva el Asimov!

[@boblikeschickennuggets661]

Why? His arguments are perfectly simplistic and fallacious

[@njhoepner]

"Just because you cannot explain it, does not mean that it is being driven by mystical magical forces." That alone wipes out the Fine Tuning argument, and the Kalam, and the Complexity argument...pretty much every attempt by apologists to "prove" their religion "scientifically." Thanks, Neil!

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Just because one does not have the wisdom to understand God's wisdom does not mean that it is not there. Wisdom is acquired through suffering.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

@Michael-ub8xb WE fell here from Heaven and suffering will clean our souls so that we may return, suffering is a blessing..................Falun Dafa

[@heysiri3327]

​@@jeffforsythe9514The only wisdom necessary is faith in God, yes?

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Not exactly, you should try to be truthful-compassionate-tolerant.@@heysiri3327

[@richardcaves3601]

​@@jeffforsythe9514wisdom is acquired through study and applied learning. Anything else is BS.

[@johno6637]

18 minutes of the most common sense I have heard , in my 54 years of life... Thank you.

[@bartvaes4126]

@@searchfortruth6889 Watch the clip again, you'll get it eventually.

[@Paul-ts5qw]

@@searchfortruth6889 That's because you've been brainwashed since birth.

[@muridtahmatgnas2184]

@@searchfortruth6889 I guessed so

[@searchfortruth6889]

@@bartvaes4126 i dnt listen to som1 wen i know that he is a medicore

[@Paul-ts5qw]

@Kitalia the kitsune It's child abuse. People live a life terrified because a book says if they don't worship the imaginary sky wizard he'll torture them for eternity LOL.

[@RoGueNavy]

I still love it, when a theist tells me that my lack of belief is just a passing phase I'll outgrow. The look of shock they get, when I tell them I've been this way for four consecutive decades, uninterrupted...it's beautiful.

[@jmoneydadrivah908]

The title should read "intelligent, self and free-thinking people speaking common sense"

[@miikaIS]

Yes, I agree. Also there are clips of people here who are not atheist, but definitely are people that you describe.

[@boblikeschickennuggets661]

How do you know it's not a parody of what reasonable people believe who also believe that there is a transcendent Being?

[@jeffforsythe9514]

@ACharmedEarthling You are a precious celestial being and without the Lord's blessing, that precious being can never blossom. A terrible loss.

[@mrnobody9015]

True.🤣

[@boblikeschickennuggets661]

perhaps your title should read: "only really well acquainted with the side of your bias." There are as many intelligent and free-thinking theists who speak common sense as you are willing to see.

[@mexlplx9882]

Nice thing about atheist like me as individuals who are not into politics or communism so don’t go around killing each other because we believe in different gods or no god!

[@bigears5809]

Au contraire. Those that kill do so in the name of religion but it us not prescripted in its true name. Charlatans take the name to justify their belief but they do so in the name of vanity arrogance and greed. Some religions are better than others in the sense. There is no need to force a religion onto another. Let that person decide even if they believe in no God.

[@grantandrew9308]

Atheists do not have different gods, unless you are making a joke of theists being atheists of "other peoples" gods.

[@jiangciyang3860]

@@bigears5809 Kinda true but don't you wanna destroy the excuse that these people are using to persecute i mean no one would really lose anything

[@bigears5809]

Some are killed in the name of religion but only but they are using that name as an excuse.(You might argue that excludes modern Islam).But think of the biggest murderers are not in the name of religion...Stalin, Mao, Bokassa, Hitler.. to give but a handful of recent ones. Their genocide was in furtherance of a political dogma.

[@John_Lyle]

@@bigears5809 Stalin killed to maintain power, but the mechanism he used, and the training he received in how to wield the levers of power so brutally were provided by the church. Stalin trained to be a priest, and what power-crazed dictator wouldn't eagerly seize on the control over the peasants offered by a thousand years of subservience to the priesthood. Hitler was a Catholic who followed the road map provided by renegade Catholic priest Martin Luther when carrying out persecution and extermination of millions of Jews for the "crime" of being Jews. Most of those who died under Mao's rule died because Mao was a city boy who understood nothing of agriculture, or of basic economics. The war on sparrows led to insect eating birds being killed and a massive increase in the insect population causing failure of the wind pollenated grain harvest which was eaten by insects, leading to famine. That famine was exacerbated by attempting to build a massive steel industry from nothing in too short a time, pulling farm workers from the fields to work in foundries. So your best examples of "Atheist genocides" are a failed priest using the obedience instilled by the church, a Christian carrying out the plan set out by another Christian, and an idiot with good intentions.

[@emjem99]

Asimov was completely correct, and this fact scares the evangelicals because, as more people come to realise this truth, their grip loosens.

[@beetlejuice4357]

God is real. I have played an uija board and know those spirits are real. If there are bad spirits you can't see in the supernatural then I would think God is real.

[@Spacemuffin147]

Not really. The more there is evidence thanks to science the more is see God's eccentricity.

[@emjem99]

@@Spacemuffin147 meh, not interested in confirmation bias.

[@Spacemuffin147]

@@emjem99 stay atheist my friend. Following God through Jesus is much harder than you think.

[@emjem99]

@@Spacemuffin147 been there, done that. Wasted many years of my life on imaginary friends.

[@bretta3]

Morality predates religion.

[@burnthepostmodernist6244]

People are so afraid of nothingness. They think it's going to be like being locked in a dark box and have to undergo that for eternity. It's just like before you were born. Nothing isn't bad nore good, nothing is just nothing. Seeing it all end is next best to seeing it begin.

[@ADerpyReality]

I hope so... I don't want to learn ancient Greek to talk to a cruel diety.

[@TRU_Lunchy]

I find death comforting, like being able to finally sleep after a long day.

[@spitz5183]

Exactly.

[@Wildcat8111]

Adam Kunst I don't...

[@MyNotBirthday]

Nothing scary about that... Don't project.

[@grantandrew9308]

at 8 years old I had been sent to Sunday school every sunday. I asked my mother (her mother was a devout Presbyterian) "do I have to go to Sunday school?", her answer was "if I was old enough to ask, I was old enough to make up my own mind". Not sure if Nana was happy, don't think she knew. At 8 I could see the hypocrisy and lies of religion, and how the brainwashing was a part of it, this is the evil part, and thank you Mum for not inflicting me with this disease

[@grantandrew9308]

@@KAT-dg6el It is strange to me how people will accept these horrific actions from a supposedly "loving god" and somehow fail to realize "their god" is for "their judgement too". If their god does wrongs or isn't "up to" your expectations, You don't have to recognize him as yours. Decide for yourself what "your god" is and what he stands for. This christian god and that muslim god certainly fail in all ways that humans value. Or as we have done, face the truth of the world, and that it does not need a god and is actually MORE BEAUTIFUL WORLD WITHOUT GOD THAN WITH!!! have a nice day

[@martinsoukup562]

@@grantandrew9308 what lies of religion?

[@martinsoukup562]

@@grantandrew9308 "If their god does wrongs or isn't "up to" your expectations, " According to what did God do wrong?

[@nrm0051]

@@grantandrew9308if you actually had a good understanding of the Bible (research religious scholars) you’d understand that the relationship between you and God is like that of a parent. You have free will to make decisions you want. You can choose to follow the word of God or reject it. Same way that you can listen to your parents advice or ignore it.

[@rikuleinonen]

@@nrm0051 I do not have a relationship with an entity I've never seen, heard, felt or in any other way sensed the presence of. God is like a father that left before you were even born and left a strangely sterile book of advice with none of his DNA on it. If your parents want to give you advice, they should say it to your face. Or at least sign the note they left you.

[@Spiritof_76]

Isaac Asimov dropping some knowledge on Bill Moyers made my day.

[@steverogers2603]

Bill Moyers was no dunce himself. He asks good questions as part of his craft.

[@JGLy22086]

I couldn’t agree more. What a brilliant man. One of my two favorite authors!

[@MilitantAntiAtheism]

_"I want more dead!",_ _yelled lenin_ _red in his face,_ _"I want rivers of blood_ _all through the streets!_ _Cause we're atheists with pride_ _we got nothing to hide_ _and there's nothing wrong_ _about genocide!"_

[@JGLy22086]

@Frenorbulax Asimov was a brilliant man regardless of his heritage, a lot smarter than any detractors!

[@Spiritof_76]

​@Frenorbulax Alright, you anti-semitic POS. His ancestry may have been, but he is obviously atheist. Crawl back under your rock..

[@docskate4312]

I often come back to this one to realize again and again that there are indeed stupid questions to ask in this world. One is definitely to ask Mr. Hitchens "why not just stay at home when you don't believe in it at all".😂😂😂 The reduction of the inquirer to sheer amoeba status via Hitchen's answer is and always will be a wonderful thing.

[@openyoureyes909jones6]

Sadly, I doubt he convinced that man of anything he was saying

[@joecoolioness6399]

"The universe is knowable". What an awesome ,profound, simple statement that just says so much. NDT is the best!!

[@jeffforsythe9514]

The universes are knowable, they are countless.

[@probationemquaeritisquaeri6052]

If it’s possible that there are countless universes, then in one of those universes wouldn’t it be possible there is one Eternal God that created everything and sent his Son as The Savior. If, of course, the claim is possibilities are endless.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

@@probationemquaeritisquaeri6052 Yes, that same God blessed me and forgave me 16 years ago. The wonderful practice of Falun Gong is a vision of heavenly secrets that can make sense of earthly realities.(Master Li Hongzhi)

[@bigbabatunde1218]

Here's a foot in mouth, public record comment from Richard Dawkins....... *"You often find people who say, well, evolution is a theory of chance, in the absence of a designer. If it really were a theory of chance, of course they would be right to dismiss it as nonsense. No chance process could give rise to the prodigy of organized complexity that is the living world. But it’s not random chance. Natural selection is the exact opposite of a chance process."* Richard Dawkins. Yes! THAT Richard Dawkins. The militant atheist, evolutionary biologist twit caught on the public record as accidentally admitting the Existence of God. LOL!

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Yes but you have to ask answerable questions and to ask the person who has the answers. The wonderful new practice Falun Gong has all the answers.............falundafa

[@mr.meowbartholomewherberttheth]

Turned to an atheist at 15 , best thing happening in my life

[@Leebo13]

​@@charmed0009Because most of the countries with the lowest prevalence of religion rank among the world's happiest, right?

[@makelikeatree1696]

Me too. In the ensuing 50 years, I have changed in many ways, but have never for a moment questioned my atheism.

[@aiden7523]

​@@Leebo13 A drunken man is happier than a sober one...

[@LadyOfTheEdits]

Lucky! I only became an atheist at age 23. Now 28

[@bloo-d4421]

​@@aiden7523then go drink

[@michaelreay6992]

In this day in age it amazes me how much of a grip religion still has on the world. We've got a long way to go as a species

[@meatdaddy1399]

Don't worry, one day your great leader will come and whipe out religion. Then you and all the athiest friend's will follow him as your god.

[@calgaryfred]

@@meatdaddy1399 hahahahahhahahahhahahhahahahahahahahahaahahahahaahaha fuck right off with that bullshit

[@meatdaddy1399]

@@calgaryfred well see who's laughing in the end when your getting fucked systematically.

[@TheHomicidalTendency]

@@meatdaddy1399 What on earth are you smoking?

[@meatdaddy1399]

May God be with you all. May peace be with you. With your children, and your children's children.

[@satya_kartik8795]

My thinking changed in a better and efficient and progressive after become an Atheist. Proud being an Atheist.

[@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363]

In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.

[@TheLirJEt86]

@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363blah blah blah. You need to get dirty cause your brain is too washed

[@nathantonnetot3662]

@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 I don't feel the need to apologise for what I haven't done. If God is omniscient and omnipotent, he saw what I was going to do before I was born. He could have judged me before I was born but made me be born anyway. Following this logic, hadn't he already seen Eve's ‘betrayal’? So why did he create Adam and Eve? Isn't he completely sadistic? Why believe in this kind of god? I don't want to

[@daksh5078]

​​@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 Even if you were right, what makes you think that Jesus is the only and true God. What if there is a God but he turns out to be a God of a completely different religion as the one you believe in and has completely different standards of morality? 😂

[@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363]

​@@nathantonnetot3662 GOD KNOWS THE FGUTURE YET SENDS PEOPLE TO HELL If I have a recording of a football game and I know the outcome that doesn’t mean I created that outcome I simply have foreknowledge, same with God He knows some people will choose death over life and he allows them to do that because we are free to choose actions but only God chooses the consequence. 2 Peter 3:9- The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance

[@LuisFlores-kz1tg]

The day I chose to not believe in an imaginary being in the sky… I felt so much better. Like a weight was lifted off my shoulders.

[@daylenkyles626]

Praying for you brother ! God still loved you !

[@daylenkyles626]

Loves *

[@lindadbse1919]

Did you look into the sky? It is infinite and eternal which is sacred if you feel when you look. The word god is not the reality. Words ARE not what they describe, we have been trained to live through words that stimulate emotions and behavior based on the most confusing system of communication ever created, language.

[@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG]

Also known as an illusion.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Well why not believe in the real Lord in Heaven, faith is it's own reward.

[@jakeapplegate6642]

I love how the second guy low key talks about how most felons are theists.

[@isaacdunford6394]

Isaac Asimov is a G! One of the most prolific science fiction writers ever.

[@dragonmartijn]

@jake in difficulty, like jail, when society got rid of you, people search for God.

[@ameunier41]

@@dragonmartijn A lot are believer before going to jail.

[@earlwarner4404]

@@isaacdunford6394 He also was not the second guy... he was first in the video.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

True, it was a great burn But if I had to guess, the people most likely to commit crimes (mental health issues, poor life circumstances, looking to retroactively lighten the blow of what they did, etc), are also likely the ones most likely to believe in God

[@canyegane2406]

I love Hitchens' response to "why don't you stay at home?"

[@MilitantAntiAtheism]

According to atheist religion, Why is torture not evil? Should we ask lenin? Maybe consult the CHEKA files?

[@wtf1185]

@@MilitantAntiAtheism The first thing you get wrong is Atheist is not a religion, and as far as why is torture not evil, why not ask George W. Bush who wanted to change the Geneva convention to allow torture. Why don't you ask theologians about the church sanctioned Roman and Spanish inquisitions when people were mercilessly tortured in the name of Christ. Only Christians believe torture to not be evil and they constantly threaten non believers with endless, unspeakable torture unless they believe, but it has to be the right religion or you will suffer the same fate, after you die.

[@ViburaBlanca]

@@MilitantAntiAtheismit is evil ask the catholic church seems if you do it for god it isn’t evil.

[@tie7626]

@@MilitantAntiAtheism sad troll

[@ProfessorBrandt]

@@MilitantAntiAtheismatheism is not a religion, and bringing up evil Christians would be just as easy if not easier than evil atheists. Next.

[@user-cv8ud8qo9f]

If you need religion to make you a moral person then you're not a moral person, you're a scared person.

[@phorn100]

What makes you a 'moral' person?

[@user-cv8ud8qo9f]

@@phorn100 I don't need anything to make me a moral person ... that's the point. I'm a moral person without being made to be. If you need to be made to be moral, then actually, you're not.

[@Jmh6504]

​@@user-cv8ud8qo9fwhere do your morals come from? How do you know you're moral? Religion is the basis of morals. Without it, there is nothing innate in humans that keeps everyone from killing everyone else.

[@driftlock98]

​@@user-cv8ud8qo9fyou were made a moral person tho by someone or something regardless you didn't just come up with it yourself

[@Ex-Mohammed_Anwar]

​@@driftlock98Indeed every one is a moral person since birth but life change people to be bad if they experience abuse in their childhood, This how Criminals and Serial killers are forge through abuse..

[@lynnemartin2291]

Oh I miss the wisdom and eloquence of Christopher Hitchens.

[@jasonantigua6825]

Me too

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Why, you have none of your own? Wisdom is found only through suffering.

[@grahamt5924]

He is nothing now

[@wstavis3135]

Sad to have such low standards.

[@boblikeschickennuggets661]

Are you saying you comprehend reality enough to say that he had 'divine' intelligence?

[@challengingoldhollywoodmyt2934]

"If god is dead then everything is permitted" Funny how they refuse to grant humans any credit for thinking for themselves. Religion takes away the dignity of others.

[@boblikeschickennuggets661]

That quote has nothing to do with refusing to grant humans any credit for thinking for themselves. If that's what you get from the quote you're infinitely missing the quote. It is pointing out that there is no basis for human ethics or morality if there is no ethical and moral reality above humanity. If there is no moral order in the universe morality is as pointless as it is meaningless.

[@pricus2951]

@@boblikeschickennuggets661 i agree ..... in other words morality would be subjective and that my friend is very dangerous

[@Proganaut1989]

What would be the template for morality? Probably mob rule and whoever had the biggest stick.

[@boblikeschickennuggets661]

@@Proganaut1989 The Author of reality determines the nature and dimensions of morality

[@Zdravstvujte]

Just because People in general are not immature and ready to except and unerstand what is the essence of God(Creator) doesn't mean that this higher power doesn't exist. God can exist a said of our existence, believes and our hypocrisy.

[@tod1way]

Being third generation non-believer, and the fact that no one in my family has ever gone to prison, is a good example. I'm talking grandparents, aunts, uncles. No one in my family has ever practised religion. Even three of my father's four ex-wives did/do not practise religion. So, my family is proof that religion does not make people moral.

[@StopMAGA]

My family,too. I quit hunting because I hated killing things. I would make a terrible Jesus Freak.

[@rogerregard6505]

Maybe you being agnostic help keep your end day you beliving in something lol.

[@tod1way]

@@rogerregard6505 well, I say I'm Agnostic because I don't know of a term for "I don't really care if there's a god or not." I'm not trying to hedge my bets. Just don't know of another term, aside from Atheist.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

People all fell here from Heaven because we sinned and our one and only aim should be trying to return home, which is Heaven. That was Christ's message. We al have chosen to play in the mud instead of seeking the Divine....................falun dafa

[@probationemquaeritisquaeri6052]

@Tod Jannsen If you live in the US, you were taught to live by the laws of the Bible. If you believe the laws of the US are good rules to follow, then agnostic may be a good term. If you do not only “want to offend any one”, but help someone, perhaps you should look further into the Bible.

[@howtoobeygod4384]

I was sick for about 18 years with epilepsy. I prayed and read the Bible daily, and I was healed.

[@Rationalbandit]

Lol

[@Sonau_fan]

Lol

[@Gleadless]

There’s no god no supernatural entity you survived because you’re body wasn’t ready to give up , if you believe in gods(around 1,000 ) you need a comfort blanket Sorry

[@howtoobeygod4384]

@Gleadless People are not healed by medication they survive because their bodies are not ready to give up.

[@anonymous891]

​@@howtoobeygod4384u disproved urself in the comment. Controlling ur emotions and mind is science and pshychology hence God is a concept humans have made up bcs it soothes them but at the end of the day its just a theory and not a fact!!

[@brendanmccabe8373]

Came for Asimov wasn’t disappointed

[@DakotaCoughlin]

Cristopher hitchens was a gift from the universe glad he is immortalized for future humans

[@MilitantAntiAtheism]

Atheist religion has religious rituals, prayers and prophets, exactly like islame. For example, when an atheist man wants to become woman, all he does is he prays to prophet richard dorkins, and then, _instantly_ he becomes biological woman. It's a miracle alHAMdulil Lah!

[@jeffforsythe9514]

A gift from the universe, wow.

[@MilitantAntiAtheism]

@@jeffforsythe9514 yes, pdf file atheist richard dorkins is a true prophet of atheist religion. He also calls for islameic jihaad, militant atheism, LOOK *surah 2:116* "Fighting has been made obligatory upon atheists, though you dislike it. Perhaps you dislike something which is good for you and like something which is bad for you. And richard dorkins knows and you do not know."

[@jeffforsythe9514]

@@MilitantAntiAtheism Does he have proof that God does not exist? Please show me some proof.

[@MilitantAntiAtheism]

@@jeffforsythe9514 No, prophet richard dorkins does not have proof that god does not exist. However, that isn't necessary either. Because as soon as dorkins has convinced pdf file atheists that men can give birth, then they will believe anything and comit any atrocity, never ask any questions. You see, this is not about faith as much as it is about indoctrination from the pdf file atheist leaders on very yong kids. As pdf file atheists say, give them to me young, and I will deliver the perfect commie, ready to turn in even his own family to authorites (CHEKAs). Like richard dorkins, commie harris, mat pedolahunty aso.

[@HarbingerOfBattle]

I would like to give every one of these people a hug. EDIT: Why? Because they embrace reason and critical thought over the assumed conclusion of an invisible man living in the sky.

[@miyuden4118]

I'll take the hug. ❤

[@HarbingerOfBattle]

@Ela Lamblin Are trying to argue that popular music is proof of god? Because if that's the case I think you need your head examined.

[@michaelm4464]

@Ela Lamblinso you're saying that the fact that people have different skill sets and there are varying levels of skill, those who have never even attempted said skill or those who could be equally as talented but are not famous, is proof of a divine being? It's like you you started off your argument in a car that was missing a wheel, and then all of the other wheels fell off as well but you tried to keep going anyway.

[@MikaelLewisify]

@Ela Lamblin one could argue that Hitchens has done exactly what Zeppelin and Dylan have done. It’s just a different medium. Why did Hitchens have the insights and intelligence he had? Because he sought it and nurtured it as did Zep and Dylan with their talents.

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

@Ela Lamblin I have no idea what your point is, but "Hitchens is MUSICALLY INCOMPETENT" almost made me spit my beer out.

[@Nubyrc]

How can a test of freewill be of freewill if it is rigged by false promises and false threats of punishments. That is not freewill, it is manipulation of the human condition

[@terryglenweaver]

Nubyrc - because your reality is a myth encompassed by an mirage and just an illusion. God has to "seem" hidden for the sake of FreeWill... And the people on this video are in for a rude awakening. I am not religious... Their idea of religion is as incorrect as their other thoughts. Christianity is NOT a religion... It is a fact. And I am a prophet... Called a Witness as told in Revelation CH11. So... Here in lies their problem... I am here... I am a prophet of the one true living God. I have met and spoke with Jesus face to face. I can prove who I am. And soon... People like these guys will feel the effects of teaching such insane lies. See...everyone who follows these people end in the same place...Hell. I have many times challenged people like these in comments sections in KZbin... Normally I first destroy their idea of truth. I challenge all of them at the same time... Because they are simply that easy to defeat. Yet, no takers...of course. Gosh he brought out Lucy from the closet...made from a hog's tooth... Then he attempts to force on there that Time is more powerful than God. That God does not have dominion over time...which God Created. I feel so sad for these people and so very angry as well. They profess that which they have no understanding about... And the people cheer them. Answer this what is the dumbest and why... A box of rocks... A bag of hammers or a sack of stones?

[@Nubyrc]

Terry Weaver lmao, well then in that case he, she or it (does god really need a gender?). Anyway if this god is supposed to remain hidden then why are people like you pushing so hard to get people to give you money to buy their way into heaven? Face it dude the best way to insure the good or the bad in a person is to not interfere in anyway. That means no false promises of reward for ass kissing/paying money and no threat of punishment for NOT ass kissing or giving money. BTW what does a supreme being need for money anyway?

[@Nubyrc]

Terry Weaver Wow I wasted 3 minutes of my life reading your insanity. And as long as you keep your insanity to your self I don't care. But you really need to open your eyes to explore the very real possibility you have been conned into thinking the way you do do. But with you making an uprovable claim you spoke to god, well so has a lot of other people both on drugs and just off their rockers. But like I said your mind has been stolen from you. And you have no ideal the mental prison you have been tricked into placing yourself in.

[@gowdsake7103]

Precisely its the theist excuse for being unable to accept their own actions

[@otprReviews]

How's that any different from real life and also how do you know it's false

[@danieljakubik3428]

The opening perspective from Isaac Asimov is excellent!

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Fiction, just like his novels................falundafa

[@Spiritof_76]

@@jeffforsythe9514 Asimov wrote constantly, including lots of historical texts and an annotation of the bible. You can believe what he said in this interview or YOU are the believer of fiction.

[@sinnohperson8813]

​@@jeffforsythe9514 and Bible and Quran and dozen of others

[@zehtroid]

I like to think he looked straight at that guy when he said "...ultimate stupidity". 😂

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

😂😂😂

[@andrewrubidoux8547]

I came to this video because I grew up in a Christian home . But I’m depressed and feel lost , yet because of this channel or video , I stand tall in my belief that there is God, and that we will be judged for our sins . Thank you for this video . U just helped reinvigorate my belief in Jesus Christ

[@skam5533]

Not joking we’re happy that you’re happy. Atheists don’t wanna see Christians have their realities ruined and cause suffering, we just disagree. You’re obviously saying this to cause some sort of “got you” annoyance but if Christianity fits you, then go for it. The disagreement is usually just when Christians make laws based on doctrine. That’s the big issue

[@Gubbz667]

Beautifully said brother. At 1:30 he states that he has a “worldly conscience” which implies he’s a moral being. It’s crazy how only us humans develop this moral compass where we feel guilt and other such emotions

[@Glodec]

​@@Gubbz667 Im pretty sure animals can feel feelings too

[@JonDrake1]

I think you’ve missed the point 😂

[@lifeisalearningprocess8992]

Rational thinking, evidence based Atheists, make religion out to be such abusurd, divisive, deluded nonsense. Thankfully I've been a staunch,outspoken Atheist my entire life .

[@ronnied1172]

life is a learning process And where exactly did "rational thinking" come from? Primodial soup?

[@ronnied1172]

life is a learning process You believe DNA just happens over time. You are very foolish. DNA is a code of information. That information doesn't arise out of chance and time. You have more faith than I do.

[@mattdavid716]

Ronnie D yawn, same tired thing apologists have said for decades in defense of their obvious mythical beliefs. Thousands of gods and religions, but you picked the right one and the billions that have lived and died before you and never heard the word of sweet jesus can go straight to hell. As if humans are the only intelligent life in earth, you realize pigs and whales have the exact same DNA as we do, and they exhibit behavior that shows an awareness of family and even ethical “moral” behavior. But right we’re the ones made in God’s perfect image animals are all going to hell too, and so are microorganisms. You know those creatures your almighty god didn’t give us domain over, as has been evidenced in epidemics and pathogens like the Black Plague that was not delivered by a vengeful god to condemn their wickedness, as the clergy doubtlessly preached at the time, but because of sewage getting into the drinking water. Did rationality come from nature? Yes! We came from nature and we invented rationality, it’s all man made, like the language you and I are speaking in is man made, like the Koran and Book of Mormon and the Bible were all man made, It actually makes a lot of sense if you stop buying the same fairytale magical horseshit you’ve been spoon-fed since infancy.

[@lifeisalearningprocess8992]

Religion is an intelectual "brain virus" sucking the intellgience, evidence based rational thought processes out of individuals.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hniynWx_eaZmsM0

[@lifeisalearningprocess8992]

Ronnie D: Do me a favour; take a few University courses in Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Genetics, and Evolutionary Biology ... get your heard of "Humpty-Dumpty in the clouds made the universe by magic." We've graduated from 1st century ignorance decades ago. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK6360/ Have a listen my friend: you remind me of this caller. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4eki2awaLedmJI

[@iiDeviL-BlacK]

The Mom of my ex was so religious, it wasn't healthy anymore. I got judged for being a nonbeliever. Had to take it every day. But funniest thing was, she was pure evil, manipulative etc. Oh and an ex stripper lol

[@matrix26uk]

Was her pimp a Mexican man called Jesus?

[@iiDeviL-BlacK]

@@matrix26uk Sounds reasonable

[@davepowell7168]

Your life may now have the added thrill knowing that you have tormented her eternal soul for......

[@jeffforsythe9514]

What's your point?

[@davepowell7168]

@@jeffforsythe9514 l suspect an overindoctrination by hypocritical religious 'zealots ' have caused harm.

[@paul2019.]

We can see in history that “hell” was developed to persuade people into religion that they didn’t grow up with. In medieval times to today, exaggerating it is common because it helps the church

[@1esimiphaeus875]

I have a question for you or a story. Can I find a scientific, logical explanation for it?

[@1esimiphaeus875]

Knowing that I am currently an atheist or Agnostic from a Sunni Muslim background and my pre-Islamic ancestors were Christians and Jews

[@Nissan370_z]

Well watch near death experiences videos of people that did goto hell or heaven. Heaven and hell are 100% real.

[@josejayant3127]

Can you prove god doesn't exist? Can you tell what happened before big bang?

[@Nissan370_z]

@Troll Slayer I can't say God is for real or no. But I'd take someone word that's had a near death experience over someone that has not. Their hundreds of near death stories that people say that their really is a God he has no form but he's pure light and energy and he spoke and said its not your time.

[@Russell-w5h]

Morality comes from having common sense the ability to think and know that "you don't do something to someone else that would make you angry if they did it to YOU" that is just logical common sense.

[@drsatan9617]

​@Kiogleo46just because someone chooses to do something bad does not mean it's not common sense People can ignore common sense

[@drsatan9617]

​@Kiogleo46subjective does not mean that... Morality is subjective. Relative to the individual, species and society That which is good for the lion is bad for the gazelle That which is good for one human may be bad for another That which is good for the individual may be bad for the society That which is good for the society may be bad for the species

[@Ydkm376]

"You want to be virtuous just because it's your ticket to heaven?" Best question ever

[@Cynidecia]

Its funny because the Bible teaches not to do that. It teaches to believe, to just trust Jesus Christ and you'll be saved.

[@aliensoup2420]

Which begs the question : if so, how is one going to behave once they get through the door? I guess that is why Jesus or Paul emphasized faith over good works. None of it works because most of us grew up from childhood. It ended for most of us when we stopped believing in Santa Claus - or at least it should have.

[@Cynidecia]

@@aliensoup2420 you are not saved so unless you get saved you will not experience it. but simply, there is NO sin. no want, no desire for sin, it's completely gone.

[@troybonner91]

@@Cynidecia I've been "saved". Spent most of my life until age 21 in the church. Was devout. Read my Bible. Prayed everyday. Firmly believed everything about it. Desires with all my heart to follow God, to love him, keep his commandments, etc. But none of it was an experience that was rooted outside of myself - it was an experience I had deluded myself into thinking I was having. I left religion - not because "religion hurt me", or "the church hurt me" or whatever stereotype - but because I began to read and learn about science, world history, philosophy, etc. And no, I didn't just blindly accept the contrary argument, I investigated them and compared their reasoning. Very little about religion makes sense - and there is every reason to believe it is a tool by bronze age leaders to keep society under control. There was (and maybe still is) a utility in that. But don't delude yourself into thinking that utility equates an intrinsic reality. I have strong convictions about ethics - I have developed that with reason, not with belief. Unless someone's neurology is significantly impaired, there is a human aspect to us that senses ethical codes of conduct towards each other and ourselves. You can call it conscience if you want, but I call it empathy and respect of persons. I feel like I am a happier, more forgiving, more empathetic, more sincere person than I was back then.

[@Cynidecia]

@@troybonner91 so in short you never fully believed. Because once you get saved you are always saved. And you don't have to do anything once you're saved, because Salvation is a free gift. If you believe properly once, you're saved forever.

[@jamesstorey2476]

My own personal "bullshit-meter" went TILT....when my grandmother told me my pet dog won't go to heaven. Then and there, I pitched religion over the side. I was probably 9 or 10 when the seeds of doubt were planted in me. By the time I was 18, I was done with religion.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Religion is one thing and God is another. Without doubt, faith cannot exist. You are here to prove yourself to God, not the other way around, are you failing?................falundafa

[@rico6546]

@@jeffforsythe9514 if doubt exists, and faith exists, and both are necessary, then God has given us two incompatible concepts. Either he doesn’t know what he was doing, or he’s an eternal puppet master that is messing with us.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

@@rico6546 Just the opposite is true. Life is dualistic in most all matters and God gave us free will and the ability to choose so therefore we most are not robots. Good, bad, truth, lies, hot, cold, despair, faith, up, down, sweet, sour, endless. All these choices show God who we are and make us unique. Not incompatible, coexistent.. The trouble in the world today is that too many of us have lost our moral compass.................falundafa

[@joyschlomer6866]

@@rico6546 🤣🤣🤣

[@suspicioussand]

​@@jeffforsythe9514 just because you can't explain the universe without a divine creator doesn't mean that you are right

[@DurhamGooner]

Christopher Hitchens.....thank you.

[@Appledog01]

Its kind of fascinating to me, that people will turn to science and evidences but, in the context of religion, they somehow turn their backs on it

[@danielpaulson8838]

One is visible and you can interact with it. One is supernatural and is obviously made to control the human animal as it evolves. Those who are furthest ahead turn away from the fantasy of the past. What's fascinating to me is the pure irony that science seeks and knocks for righteousness and Christians refuse to. Spiritual is viable but it is based in science of the brain operating in a collective with others. Psychology. Anything magical where one must wait till they die is kid stuff. Follow Buddha or Lao Tzu. Perhaps that's what you meant but they need to be differentiated. Religion is living through local programming one did not find on their own. Spiritual is creating your own programming by knowing yourself. Look inward. Not outward.

[@daminam]

I don't remember doing experiments to prove something in RE class

[@kevinlegall8655]

​@@danielpaulson8838 Religion has never turned their back on science it is a myth. Why all the firsts universities have been created in Christian countries? Why not in other parts of the world? You said that regarding religion only sciences of the human brain like psychology should be studied, but science has so often been unable to explain some miraculous events. I can give you a couple of examples : eucharistic miracles (a recent one in Buenos Aires 1996), Our Lady of Guadalupe 1531 which led to the greatest mass conversion in history, incorruptibles bodies of saints after their death... all the unexplicables healings that have occured in Lourdes. You may think that because those events are unexplain does not mean that they are proven as miraculous and of divine intervention. It is not a coincidence to me it's too perfect. Same blood type everytime for eucharistic miracles... If it is not real for you at least it is disturbing i think, because here we are talking about facts not morality, spirituality, psychology or anything. Respectfully Ps : sorry if my english isn't very good

[@SuperChicken666]

If we had KZbin when I was a kid it wouldn't have taken me 43 years to figure all this out.😊❤❤

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Why do you imagine that your conclusions are correct. It is easy to be a quitter when it comes to seeking the Divine.

[@Can_non69]

Gain solice in knowing that fewer people than ever believe in religion today.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Interesting that you feel that people need comforting for denying the existence of God. America quit believing in God decades ago so atheism is no longer anything unique. Gluttony is the practice of the day. The American Weigh.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

@@Can_non69 It makes you more content to know that more people have lost their faith in God, why?

[@brianmi40]

@@jeffforsythe9514 Is THIS why we should KEEP our "faith": Leviticus 25:44-46 King James Version 44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. 46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

[@kenhoover1639]

Christopher Hitchens was the best! I wish he was still with us. We need people like him more than ever now.

[@steelonius]

He really is fantastic to listen to. His elocution is like fresh air. It's so satisfying.

[@justphil.4698]

He's in heaven. God bless him 🙌🏿

[@jasonyeldell8928]

Its a shame his brother is a tool

[@jasonyeldell8928]

@@justphil.4698 lololol

[@jeffforsythe9514]

You mean the distilleries need more people like him. Gee, I forget, why do people become alcoholics? Religion and God are two different things but we all need a good teacher. Like in grade school, if someone had not pointed out that those marks on those blocks were numbers and letters we might just still be biting them and throwing them at fellow classmates.....................falundafa

[@lifelongbachelor3651]

it's nice hearing properly intelligent people speak... hitchens nails it perfectly.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

We all fell here from Heaven because we sinned and our one and only aim should be trying to return home, which is Heaven. That was Christ's message. We al have chosen to play in the mud instead of seeking the Divine....................falun dafa

[@lifelongbachelor3651]

@@jeffforsythe9514 did you suffer concussion just before posting...

[@spacewanderer9]

@@jeffforsythe9514 nonsense bullshit

[@henrylemoine5951]

@Lifelong Bachelor Hitchens spoke proper English, had an absolutely amazing vocabulary, and always made great arguments against religion, I wonder what his iq was? It had to have been at least 130

[@jeffforsythe9514]

That is because he was always hammered, wow, your hero is a dead, cynical, alcoholic, I really hope that you are childless, no offence.

[@undertyped1]

3:10 I never knew that. I think there needs to be a study on why atheists commit far less crime than the religious. Perhaps it's to do with religious people being more prone to violence?

[@twalrus1]

When a Christian tells you that the fear of God is what keeps people from committing crimes, that Christian is confessing to you that they have a very dark soul that is only kept in check by a fear of God. Imagine the anarchy that would be released if Christians lost their religion at the same time.

[@davidvarley1812]

You don't need to imagine. Just look at what Christians have done in the name of Christianity and their god.

[@openyoureyes909jones6]

Holy crap, THIS. I have actually had christians ask me how I dont constantly do bad things if I dont believe in gawd. It woke me up to the possibility that some people have some seriously twisted crap going on in their cranium

[@stevepayne5965]

It would be like 'The Purge'.

[@pokerby6081]

If being greedy,selfish ,arrogant,racist,sexist,is crime?

[@nnelgyor8990]

I know he is not with us anymore and that's a most terrible thing, There is another thing I know, I'm glad I wasn't the guy who asked Christopher why don't you just stay home. Best answer ever.

[@TheBelrick]

Atheism was a useful "idiot" in that it helped bring down Christianity. One of the opening salvoes in the war to conquer all nations. Hey, are you enjoying your right to leave your home being controlled by unelected bureaucrats?

[@Andreseme23]

​@@TheBelrick Theres hardly any human group in history that caused more slaughter for conquering pourposes than christianity, vanquishing nearly all other cultures in Europe, the American continents and part of Africa and Asia, so the joke's on you.... and it's even more on you for the second part of your argument: "controlled by unelected bureaucrats", while you're brainwashed by an "elite" group of people that choses everything within the church hierarchy. Or did you voted to select the pope and the other priests? lol.

[@vincentvangogh8092]

Isaac Asimov i read his books as a child what an awesome human being he was

[@blitzmotorscooters1635]

Im reading the foundation series, I kind of got bored in book one though and quit reading. I read his other book though, The Gods Themselves. That was a very titillating read.

[@chriskwakernaat2328]

@@blitzmotorscooters1635 did you watch the foundation tv series?

[@blitzmotorscooters1635]

@@chriskwakernaat2328 no, I did not see the TV foundation series. Wasnt it Apple TV? Anyway, I saw the teaser trailer for that and wasnt impressed. If anything, Ill just read the books... lol. Did you see the first season of Altered Carbon, or The Expanse? those were pretty good, likely better than anything Apple can put out.

[@JGLy22086]

True that!

[@jordanbrant6648]

Well he’s burning in hell now😂

[@donburnett8594]

Praying is like a rocking chair … it will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere …

[@bvdswqawe11]

Brilliant!

[@xh3598]

Everyone, to me, misunderstands what the term Hell truly is. Hell is a tormented human soul trapped in the decaying remnants of its own body, unable to escape after death due to the absence of faith. When a body is buried six feet under or consumed by flames during cremation, the soul remains imprisoned, doomed to an eternity of darkness and isolation. Faith must be arduously earned throughout life, regardless of religious beliefs. The Bible can guide obtaining this vital faith, offering a glimmer of hope amidst the encroaching shadows. Summary: HELL is only six feet under.

[@bvdswqawe11]

@@xh3598 oh yeah ,you must be crazy to claim you know what the bible horror stories mean.

[@darrenthomas1000]

I could listen to Christopher all day!! A well of true knowledge. Rest in Power

[@meatdaddy1399]

Colossians 2:8 Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. 2. 1 Corinthians 3:19-20 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness; and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings of the wise are meaningless.

[@josephnelson5463]

I bet he believes in Jesus now there is no atheist in hell they all believe just to late

[@meatdaddy1399]

@@josephnelson5463 yeah bro, Jesus Christ is Lord and God.

[@darrenthomas1000]

Silly talk above me.

[@abhishek.5594]

@@darrenthomas1000 I was wondering why Noone replied to em

[@kevinsiu4956]

It's funny to see Hitchens' offering up a very thorough answer to what was an obvious trolling question of a simple minded evangelical. Hopefully that guy got more out of it than Hitchens' being critical of end times psychos that think the world ending is a good thing.

[@greigcockburn5760]

If you watch the whole thing that guy is falling over himself to applaud the religious nutter and refuses to even acknowledge Hitchens brilliant answer.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

The entire cosmos is not being ended, rectified.

[@nonexistenceisbliss9528]

The world ending IS a good thing.

[@kevinsiu4956]

@@nonexistenceisbliss9528 Rapturegasmic circle jerk ---> thataway.

[@nonexistenceisbliss9528]

@@kevinsiu4956 Are you certain where you will go when you die? Will you be there at the white thrown judgment? Or will you be cast into the lake of fire. Who are you...

[@gwarlow]

I wish we could do away with the term “atheist”. The implied assumption somehow is that “theism” is some kind of universally normal state. I prefer the term “realist”.

[@barbaraannen8126]

Using the word atheist will normalize it

[@ummmno3871]

I agree. So sick of labels I’m just over here not being delusional lol

[@CourageToB]

so as a realist you rely on science. many scientific ideas are based on maths. are numbers real? if so and everything between 0 and one is real would it be unrealistic to assume there is an deistic entity (not necessarily a bearded old man in the clouds)?

[@barbaraannen8126]

@@CourageToB yes it would be unrealistic

[@AR-yg1tn]

There should be no name at all. There is no name for not beleiving in santa claus, tooth fairy or leprechauns

[@Destinychanged]

I’m really glad that the whole “without god there is no morality” argument has been very eloquently put down multiple times.

[@fidomusic]

I didn't always agree with Christopher, but I miss him. The world is more boring without him.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Are you kidding, he probably is not even in the top billion most interesting people in the world.

[@roems6396]

@@jeffforsythe9514 That’s your opinion. No matter what you think of his opinions, he was a gifted orator.

[@borbafatt]

@@jeffforsythe9514anyone who claims this, lacks the intelligence to understand him.

[@auturgicflosculator2183]

@@borbafatt I suspect that people with 60 IQ would understand most of what he talks about, given understanding of the context and a willingness to learn. High intelligence doesn't confer that willingness.

[@kenlyneham4105]

@@jeffforsythe9514 To you, almost alone.

[@dr.fjoer_the_crazy_scienti5841]

When i left religion. Greatest relief. And i became a better person, generous, honest, moral, etc But under religious household, i was taught by to hate, being racist etc and i had enough of that. So now im an Atheist for 10 years and i feel great. No regrets Be a better person no matter which religion you have, just respect others and they will respect you back

[@boblikeschickennuggets661]

The problem with that argument is that anyone can make it: When I left Capitalism, I became better. When I left Communism, Satanism, Islam, Chirstianity, Buddhism, Atheism, I became a better person. Anyone can make that argument... not at all impressive, bruh

[@dr.fjoer_the_crazy_scienti5841]

@@boblikeschickennuggets661 Atheism isn't a religion....

[@LoganRogue1]

​@boblikeschickennuggets661 Dude atheism is not a religion. Get your facts straight before you spew.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Your life is far from over and just wait until your judgement day, you on your knees, begging for forgiveness, sad.

[@dr.fjoer_the_crazy_scienti5841]

@@jeffforsythe9514 Fuck off ,i don't give a fuck ..... If there is god we'll literal 1st response is "Well well well, if it ain't the invisible cunt." Preach your Filth elsewhere

[@Bunie1984]

Every supernatural phenomena becomes natural when people come to know how it occurs

[@AussieZeKieL]

It’s a phenomenon that today an atheist can believe it’s wrong, immoral and punishable under law to abort a baby and tomorrow it’s right, moral and has no consequence.

[@Lukeannulis]

Like there being something instead of nothing when the law of conversion of mass makes that impossible. If there was nothing like 13.4 billion years ago then theism wouldn’t make sense and atheism would

[@957543]

"SUPER" natural its the not NON natural

[@malwar21]

Atheist: Matter is all that exist Theist: I matter. Atheist: Yes Theist: Matter is all there is Atheist: Yes Theist: "I" and "You" are different words Atheist: Yes Theist: Therefore, I and You are different Atheist: Yes Theist: Therefore, I matter and you are nothing Atheist: Yes Theist: Stupid fu***** idiot 🤣🤣🤣

[@alamunez]

@@malwar21 What the hell are you on about? That’s just a steaming pile of non-sequiturs. Also, I don’t think you know the correct meaning of ‘therefore’.

[@jelleludolf]

Wow, my brain likes to have Hitchens take it for a ride. So many layers of coordination, such skill at instant organisation of thoughts

[@kwj171068]

Classic Hitchens sadly missed.

[@DiscourseDive]

Indeed. You may like this... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIrMn3d9jZKFpLc

[@rahul27668]

The problem with modern times is there was only one Christopher Hitchens..

[@IowaDiver]

@@rahul27668 Now there's Matt Dillihunty!!!!!!

[@roder51]

12:17 If this guy had a gun he'd shoot. That is one angry Christian.

[@bradleypease2492]

How did I know it would be a Hitchens video lol

[@MrSaemichlaus]

I don't fully understand why regular Christians have not started to engage in Djihad already. They just seem to be excusing themselves from actual thinking through religious scripture, but their intentions are jammed because of the inconsistencies in scriptures. That being said, I do believe with the right radicalization, the dude you're commenting on would actually go around and do harm.

[@simplyuge7014]

he has religion he wont do such things only those who dosent have religion can do henious crimes

[@iterminator309]

@@simplyuge7014 sadly it is "they" who do the most heinous crimes, they just act like they repent and pray and all is forgiven...

[@Alancalibur]

@@simplyuge7014 his religion tells hims to kill them who oppose their religion so technically

[@frazzyblue1384]

I love it when I don’t know where their conversations are going but then they finish their point and everything they’ve said previously comes and slams you in the face cause you realise what all of it was for.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

We all fell here from Heaven because we sinned and our one and only aim should be trying to return home, which is Heaven. That was Christ's message. We al have chosen to play in the mud instead of seeking the Divine....................falun dafa

[@jeffforsythe9514]

To keep you uninformed. The greatest trick that the Devil preformed was that he made us believe that he isn't here......................falundafa

[@jeffforsythe9514]

I do not like getting slammed in the face by anything, terrible analogy, sorry. God is alive, magic is afoot.................falundafa

[@Johnboy33545]

@@jeffforsythe9514: Nonsense, at best it's wishful thinking.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

So you enjoy getting slammed in the face, not me.

[@lenwood-coster6898]

I grew up in the church, once I started questioning certain things... and at every turn I was told I was sinning for question? Being native American, why was I being told to worship a colonizers "god". I have since left and now living my best life. Knowing that I can be an exceptional human being for being moral and have empathy without being told I'm a sin.

[@jon1rene]

Did you notice that the guy that got Hitch-slapped didn’t clap when Hitchens was done… Brutal…LOL

[@AndreasDelleske]

Thats why the Bible says: never clap for Hitchens. Leviticus 30.35

[@PittsburghSonido]

LMAOOO

[@normanwolfe7639]

There was a lady to the left with her hands over her mouth. I think she was having an existential crisis. Or horrified at the least. What happens when your world view is smashed to bits in a few minutes of reason.

[@Fluffysweep]

@@AndreasDelleske fantastic answer

[@CamaroAmx]

He probably just caulked it up to blasphemy and continued on in his church, probably spending a lot of time in the confession booth that Sunday and gave a lot of tithings in a offering plate (which is the churches main source of income and says that you have to give 10% of your income). And attended lots of pray service to reaffirm his faith. A vast majority of religious people are not open to outside criticism of their religion. A vast majority of ultra religious people either grew up in a strict religious household or are trying to atone for something they did in the past (even if it was not wrong at the time) or use it as a crutch to either keep themselves from doing something they used to do that was destructive to themselves or others or show to others that they are better people now (drugs or crime). Most people become religious at the very worst times of their lives (no atheists in a foxhole theory). Few convert when life is going great, though when the bad times end, they will claim it was a reward from their religion and they stay religious on the fear that if they leave their religion the bad times will return.

[@MattOwen5777]

God is how cavemen explained thunder... Epic! Best comment ever!

[@shadowcobra69]

Bro gods arnt real

[@meatdaddy1399]

@@shadowcobra69 but death is real.

[@shadowcobra69]

@@meatdaddy1399 yes

[@meatdaddy1399]

@@shadowcobra69 death is like pregnancy for the body to push the soul into the internal. There's no going back. Atheism is like an abortion that stops the soul from being born.

[@shadowcobra69]

@@meatdaddy1399 sure bro soul is a made up thing morales are real not souls just like ghosts

[@Shawn17WiFi]

"Is the use of drones moral?" Is the use of guns, knives, swords, tanks, missles moral? How stupid of a question is that.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

No kidding, the whole point of warfare is to stop the threat to your country, who gives a fuck if it's moral or not!

[@oyblech8671]

@@devilsoffspring5519 if by 'the whole point' you mean 'the only one' I have bad news for you. oh and there is such a thing as war crimes, so there are clearly some people who try to keep war at least on some level of morality. mustard gas and other little tidbits like that are, for instance, prohibited in warfare because their use is considered inhumane, or immoral, if you will.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

@@oyblech8671 Let me put it this way: If I ever *had* to fight in a war, as in, if I had no choice, I'd want the most horrifyingly immoral, ridiculously overpowered and hellishly destructive weapons I could possibly get my fucking hands on!! I happen to think nuclear weapons are one of the most absolutely disgusting things the human race has ever devised. People like to whine and bitch about Hitler and his gas chambers, but at least the Nazis didn't build any nuclear weapons. But, if I lived in a country that was being invaded, fucked if I'd want any other kind of weapons at my disposal. Tanks, rifles, fighter jets, missiles, smart bombs... all that stuff is small-time. Detest them as I may, nuclear weapons do serve a much-needed purpose. If nothing else, they send a clear message to the world about what a fucking insane animal human beings are--and what kind of sick fucks another country will be dealing with if they decide to invade! :)

[@oyblech8671]

@@devilsoffspring5519 let's get one thing out of the way. I agree: humans *are* fucking insane beings. and I also kind of feel the sentiment of 'if I had to... I'd want the most overpowered stuff' because of course you would - everyone who ever went to war just wanted to be done with it asap and go back home - that's no reason to bring in unnecessarily cruel and inhumane ways to slaughter people though. it would actually be a reason to stop being the most fucking retarded species on this rock and stop arguing and murdering each other over insignificant idiocies, but wtf am I even saying, humanity is far too long gone for anything like that. on to nuclear weapons... while admitted, they ended ww2, they're *not* a good thing in the long run. thing is the world isn't 'good vs bad', one side is almost never the objectively right one and having the power to fuck ourselves and most life on this planet in just about half an hour, potentially over some petty squabble, just chilling around with very subjective and selfrighteous governmemts can't be a good long term plan. I mean seriously, what childish bullshit is 'stay in line or I'll nuke you! I mean, won't ever do it because you can feel its impact all over the world for decades, but don't you dare, I'll nuke you!'?well, tbh it's actually more dangerous than just childish - 'stay in line' becomes 'do as I say' damn quick. and on top of that, there are no winners in a nuclear explosion. there's just people who are completely and instantly fucked and others that have to deal with various extents of the quite literal fallout. nuke japan, even europe will notice. then there's of course the problem of what do you do if some of the very few actually purely malicious maniacs get their hands on them? really, nukes bring loads more problems than they solve. oh, and you're taking the piss with the bit you said about nazis, right?

[@anandsuralkar2947]

@@oyblech8671 if u r gonna die for some reason and u can avoid it by doing something that wont bother u much then it doesn't matter if its moral or not thats the only way yo survive.

[@sirannikus]

I became an atheist when I was 10. I just started thinking about it and came to the realisation that there's no god just like there're no ghosts or monsters.

[@RealEngineerGaming]

God isnt like Santa. He isnt some myth. And your conclusion was based on what? 10 year old you thought to himslef: "huh, i dont wanna believe in God." What was it based on?

[@quentinortiz4837]

As a theist, I actually enjoy listening to good atheist arguments to think about

[@TheBaconWizard]

I wish thesitic apologists would do-so before engaging in public debate. I feel embarrassed for them when they KEEP wheeling-out the same tired old debunked (hundreds of years ago sometimes) arguments, I don't understand why they don't start with some idea of where we are at in the conversation and show-up with a new argument that an atheist isn't prepared-for merely by the history of such debate.

[@Software.Engineer]

@@TheBaconWizard why yes, of course, all apologists are just liars. They haven't heard a single good athiest argument b4. they are just silly willy goon heads, that has brains the size of little peanuts. If only they ever did a little research, they would finally understand that rationality is supreme and they are big dummy dumb dumbs

[@mennims]

Have you realized it's fake yet?

[@jeffforsythe9514]

You have no idea how wrong that is.

[@needfoolthings]

A year after posting, has your thinking about these arguments yielded anything for you?

[@VilliageSquidiot]

Was Catholic for 20+ years. Realized it did not answer questions i had, was not satisfactory, hated the way bodily autonomy was held, and had an existential crisis that only science classes helped me come to terms with.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

We all fell here from Heaven because we sinned and our one and only aim should be trying to return home, which is Heaven. That was Christ's message. We al have chosen to play in the mud instead of seeking the Divine....................falun dafa

[@jeffforsythe9514]

The RC Church does not exist to answer your puny questions, it is there for cash and power and evil but the Lord is another thing altogether............falundafa

[@VilliageSquidiot]

@@jeffforsythe9514 the lord better not exist because if he did, I have an intense hatred for them for making my brother autistic and myself blind.

[@VilliageSquidiot]

@@jeffforsythe9514 actual literal blindness, I have to lead a significantly painful life because I have several severe disabilities :) I didn't ask to be born, I do not deserve this. The little kid born blind didn't deserve this or the abuse they were put through. God doesn't exist in my world and that is fine by me. God can exist in yours. Keep it to yourself.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Religion and God are two different things but we all need a good teacher. Like in grade school, if someone had not pointed out that those marks on those blocks were numbers and letters we might just still be biting them and throwing them at fellow classmates.....................falundafa

[@xbrabusx7017]

Logic and common sense. Arch enemy of any theist.

[@gloin10]

@Dino Sauro Learn to READ... There is probably a local institution which offers a basic course in 'Reading for Comprehension'...

[@rocketeightyseven1823]

Seriously? How can something come from nothing? Nothing comes from nothing. Something had to exist before our universe came into existence! Where did the matter came from...which the universe sparked into existence? It just happened? Would you ever walk up to a building and think for a second..it built itself? That would be crazy..right? Then how can something as mathematically precise and complex as the universe build itself? To assume...life just happened...is not much common sense and logic to me.

[@gloin10]

@Dino Sauro Even if any of this verbiage is true, it has NO relevance to the fact that atheism has NOTHING to say about the origins of this our universe. Atheism is a basic statement that I, for example, can find no evidence that a 'god', or 'gods', exists, so I will not waste any more time on this subject. That is ALL atheism is. You can be atheist and not accept vaccination. You can be atheist and believe that the universe originated in a cloud of pink candy floss. You can be an atheist and believe what you want about EVERY OTHER subject in the universe. And by the way? Your claim that "...you still don't understand how basic logic works" should be addressed to the clown looking back at you from your own mirror...

[@gloin10]

@@rocketeightyseven1823 Try reading a bit more. Maybe time to put the colouring books away?

[@gloin10]

@Dino Sauro A) My post was not cut. B) You have no idea, any more than I do, as to whether an atheist would accept the 'pink cloud' or not. C) Neither I, not any other atheist OR agnostic, has to accept being put in your set of boxes, respectable or not.... D) I am at the atheist(ic) end of the agnostic spectrum myself. E) Your last sentence can only be described as a pile of hot, steaming, horse shit.

[@BrandonHicks-d5y]

This video is absolutely amazing. This is what I have been needing for so long. Thank you