She seemed like a real sweetheart. Whether or not she is able to move past her faith, I wish her the best.
@belatoth14467 ай бұрын
Her grandson had a tumor (according to God's plan)
@notreallydavid7 ай бұрын
seconded emphatically
@Wilhelm-100TheTechnoAdmiral7 ай бұрын
Even as a filthy liberal, but also a southerner, I say to you ma'am Bless your heart 😂
@akunog51437 ай бұрын
yeah, the real sweethearts are all gobbled up by religion. It just sounds so good, and there's no time to check the fine print.
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
@@akunog5143 I like how you're basically admitting that atheists and agnostics are all assholes.
@WoodenHouseayylmao7 ай бұрын
i didn’t cry until the very end when she said “i’ll pray for you, that was a joke” because it made me realize that her initial question of “how can anyone be atheist?” was answered. she realized that her beliefs while they are real in her mind don’t need to be real for every one else, she separated herself from her beliefs to make that joke. she put herself in the shoes of an atheist and realized how that would sound to us. i loved this lady
@MossyMozart7 ай бұрын
@WoodenHouseayylmao - Yes. She will think about the conversation for quite a while.
@craigyoung80087 ай бұрын
Manda’s last line: “I’ll pray for you - that was a joke.” She listened. She’s respectful, and good humoured. This was a great call, I wish her all the best.
@bmoshareholderappleshareho8557 ай бұрын
When I was a kid if somebody said to me, "I'm going to remember you in prayers tonight." I would have thought that that was very nice." Now, if somebody says that, it sounds comical. It sounds like a joke.
@nunyastinkinbusiness7 ай бұрын
@@bmoshareholderappleshareho855Exactly.
@N_IRL7 ай бұрын
@@AtheismPoisonsEverything Womp womp
@william49967 ай бұрын
@@AtheismPoisonsEverything Yeah, like the pdf file priests who insist they need to remove the foreskin of children to appease a magic man in the sky. Or the ones who actively diddled children which the active voice of God allowed and hushed? Or the books that say its okay to take children as wives.... Crap, I'm getting all confused now... what was your point again?
@MossyMozart7 ай бұрын
@craigyoung8008 - It seems like Manda will at least think about the conversation for some time even it ultimately doesn't budge her needle. I could scream at that unfeeling priest, though!
@a243967 ай бұрын
This woman sounds like such a wonderful person. I'm really glad to have seen the very gentle way you had this conversation with her. This was some of your very best work, thanks for sharing it.
@pdoylemi7 ай бұрын
She sounds like a less intelligent version of my mother. But my mother (surprisingly) quit believing in her 70s. Her reasons were partly logical, but primarily emotional. The logical part of her realized many years earlier that this made no sense, but my older brother Bill died within hours of being born, and she never got to hold him or express her love, and she needed to believe she would see him again. But her three surviving sons are all atheists, and she prayed for decades for god to "show us the light" with no effect. Eventually she was faced with the grim truth that if her beliefs were correct, she might see that baby again, but the three sons she shared her life with would all be in hell. And no amount of religion in the world could make her think that her babies in hell could be a good thing.
@a243967 ай бұрын
@@pdoylemi It's such a terrible thing for good people to be caught up in such a terrible belief system. And teaching a child they are wicked? No, not acceptable. As for the woman in this video? She sounded a lot like someone that never questioned her faith or challenged her own beliefs. I'm glad they kept he on the line to speak to her after the call because she definitely needs some strategies to help her that aren't only about her faith.
@bobs1827 ай бұрын
@@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable Christians making up stuff about Dawkins is what is wrong with Christianity.
@greeneyedlady55807 ай бұрын
Richard Dawkins is in no way an atheist "prophet". Your absurd statement tries to sneak in the idea that atheism is a religion. It isn't. There are roughly four thousand gods and goddesses currently being worshipped on Earth. You know those 3,999 gods and goddesses you don't believe in, and their versions of heaven and hell? Well atheists just don't believe in one more "god" , and one more version of heaven and hell than you. As for Dawkins, his ideas about human biology are stuck in what he learned in school 50 years ago, and he uses that to malign trans people. He absolutely refuses to incorporate into his thinking what various sciences have learned about human biology in the decades since he went to college. Science is constantly discovering new things and advancing human understanding, for those who are willing to learn. That's why I, and many other atheists, don't want to hear one word that comes out of his mouth. People steeped in decades old information which they continue to preach at every opportunity, even when it's been debunked over and over is how we end up with Dawkins (on human biology as it relates to gender) and to most theists In relation to religion..@@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable
@B4LLB497 ай бұрын
@@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppableI suppose you believe semon comes from your back and Muhammad flew to heaven on a winged horse too ? How about apostasy? Kill apostites right ?
@deanlowdon83817 ай бұрын
Imagine telling a grieving child that their sister was in hell because they killed themselves! Just shows how religion can make someone a complete piece of shit…
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
Yeah, feelings are way more important than facts. God shouldn't give people facts, he should lie and make them feel better. God damn you people are dumb.
@jay_3447 ай бұрын
to hear that as a child and still spend your life worshipping the god of hell baffles me. this trend of religious people being okay with revenge and torture is quite strange
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
@@jay_344 So you think we should get rid of jails? I'm with it, let's make it happen. step 1: recognize the draconian systems your life was built on, including your weird need to insult religious people just being different. Step 2: lol you'll never get past step 1
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
@@jay_344 I'd pay good money to see you assholes stop sucking your own dicks.
@Samuel-tq9jx7 ай бұрын
@@erisdiscordia5429what??? 😂
@rickjones33407 ай бұрын
This breaks my heart. This kind lady, just looking for comfort, who'd been misled her whole life.
@pdoylemi7 ай бұрын
Yeah. I would not call it "comfort" but I take solace in the near certainty that my dead loved ones are no more. I do not have to worry about their fate, or fear that they may be suffering or lonely, or whatever. And the same will be true for me.
@paulgemme60567 ай бұрын
@@pdoylemi Atheists are afraid to admit the truth that they have done wrong/sinned. That's why they want God/Jesus Christ out of the picture. The same reason the Pharisees had Christ nailed to the cross. They hate the truth. That's why they mock, they are self-righteous, thinking they have never done wrong/sinned.
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
@@pdoylemi The.. the "Near certainty"? Fuck me, bud, I'd love to check your math on that one.
@gheller22617 ай бұрын
The only sad thing is that this woman is just not very bright and it's impossible to reason with someone who lacks intellectual capacity.
@pdoylemi7 ай бұрын
@@erisdiscordia5429 Feel free. But if you want to bring math into it, you will need to propose some way that there even COULD be any continuation of human consciousness after death. Most attempts to make such things seem even slightly scientifically plausible would violate the known laws of physics, though I did come up with a very far fetched idea listening to Sean Carroll give a lecture on the impossibility of a soul, and speaking to him afterwards he was forced to agree that his disproof of traditional notions of a "soul" would not disprove mine. But the inability to disprove an unfalsifiable proposition doesn't make it reasonable to consider it as something remotely likely to be true. All the evidence we have strongly indicates that everything we are is a function of our brain - period. Once it is dead, the thing that is us ceases to exist.
@AmosTheTalented7 ай бұрын
Still one of the best calls in the history of the show.
@nookymonster17 ай бұрын
One person survives a plane crash, afterwards is interviewed, and says he prayed for God to save him. I guess no one else on the plane said a prayer.
@robertdrake17567 ай бұрын
Had an HR lady put pamphlets in the break room one November stating how hard it was for the pilgrims, but with prayer they made it through. I sat during my lunch and wrote, "God said fuck all them bastards who didn't bow before me." on every one I could find. My next trip to the break room had no more pamphlets to read.
@bobs1827 ай бұрын
I like when there is a sole survivor who thinks God saved them because he has a special plan for them to fulfill. It never occurs to them that God's plan was for them to die but it failed.
@d_camara7 ай бұрын
what a great father, abandons you on an island as a newborn and will only save your life in a plane crash if you guess his name correctly without ever having known him
@chrissonofpear13847 ай бұрын
Eh, I tend to word things, a bit more tactfully... But yeah, I have done similar, oftentime.@@robertdrake1756
@AdmiralBison7 ай бұрын
As infuriating and frustrating sincere theists' arguments are. It's easy to forget that it comes from years/decades of religious indoctrination since childhood. "An invisible man in the sky" is obviously absurd to those out of the Religion, but to them its normal.
@Esteban456967 ай бұрын
Walk down a ward of terminal children and try claim prayer works. No one prays harder and more selflessly than the parent of a dying child.
@TheCrazydude177 ай бұрын
Better that they pray and "fail," because they will be surrounded by other grieving parents who can console them. If they pray and "it works," they will celebrate the life of their child while all the broken families look on.
@paddlefar91757 ай бұрын
@@TheCrazydude17Why wouldn’t it work at a much higher rate? This god have something against little children! It’s much more likely that the god doesn’t exist.
@TheCrazydude177 ай бұрын
@@paddlefar9175 Right?
@paddlefar91757 ай бұрын
@@TheCrazydude17 absolutely! It’s so obvious!
@bmoshareholderappleshareho8557 ай бұрын
When I was a kid, I read this very sad story in a magazine. The headline read, "I Will Never Pray To God Again." It was about a woman whose young daughter was going to have major surgery the next day. She said that she prayed and prayed and prayed to God to save her little girl. What happened? Despite the doctor's best efforts, the little girl passed away on the operating table. Even though her mother prayed all night to God.
@metalnep7 ай бұрын
This is the kind of meaningful conversation that plants a seed. Well said guys.
@treylearns6347 ай бұрын
She’s been through so much. This is why I ❤️ the show. It’s slowly showing us the truth
@party4keeps287 ай бұрын
With the knowledge we've gained over the last century, I don't understand how anyone can believe in a god anymore.
@philarmstrong37657 ай бұрын
Yet lots of folks believe Nazis developed antigravity, aliens are kidnapping people daily, the Earth is flat and remote viewing is a thing. We are the most gullible ape EVEE!
@Connection-Lost7 ай бұрын
There are still gaps to fill with goddidit. The biggest gap is the belief that there "had to be" a prime mover, because they reject infinite regression. But there's no way of disproving infinite regression when you can't even define infinity.
@uncleanunicorn45717 ай бұрын
@Connection-Lost and cause we miss grandpa
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
I'm curious, which "knowledge" is it you think disproves god?
@cy-one7 ай бұрын
@@erisdiscordia5429It's not about disproving, it's about proving. The burden of proof is one the one making the claim. If you believe a god exists and want others to believe it as well, you'll have to prove that it does exist. I'm just over here, not being convinced of that idea *because* so far no one has brought any "knowledge that proves god" to me.
@billmorash33227 ай бұрын
"We can hang out." Jamie is so good in situations like this.
@snowieken7 ай бұрын
I remember seeing this for the first time years ago, and to this date I still revisit this every now and then. I have the utmost respect for this lady here. She does an excellent job of trying to actively listen. I hope she's doing well now. Between all the nutjobs and arrogant "gotcha" theists, she's a real breath of fresh air.
@ArtemisShanks7 ай бұрын
This discussion outlines the insidious nature of how religions rob believers, from childhood, the coping mechanisms for grief and loss.
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
Fuck me, trying falling into the ultra dogmatic youtube "Atheist" echo chamber for a while. oooh wait, you're reading their scripts. You already did. Such a shame, another one lost to blind faith.
@ArtemisShanks7 ай бұрын
@@erisdiscordia5429Maybe try again, but this time form a coherent series of words.
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
@@ArtemisShanks URGH, ATHEIST BAD AT FACTS. Have a good one, coward.
@thomasprislacjr.40637 ай бұрын
@erisdiscordia5429 according to the early christian gnostics, if you pray to Yahweh, you have supplicated yourself to a demiurge that hates you on a fundamental level and desires your suffering for his pleasure. This interpretation of the Christian mystics is the only accurate understanding of why the material world is absolute crap and only the vicious and deceitful find wealth and control over the vulnerable. That or there is no god. Either works to explain the state of the world as the gnostics believe in the unification of all religions who worship a heavenly father rather than a Sun "god" demon who rebelled against his cosmic father and deigned to create an imperfect material existence, then proceeded to blame humanity because Yahweh is the ultimate moronic fail son.
How could anyone not believe in an invisible mass-murderer in the sky when it makes so much sense?
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
How can anyone not believe in Eris, when there is clearly so much strife in the world?
@kollekciorozsdas61107 ай бұрын
@@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppableAtheist Still have morals. Morality does nit come from christianity. If the only thing that keeps you from being s bad man like stalin is religion then you should be locked always
@aimliard22767 ай бұрын
@@erisdiscordia5429Eris samaaaaa❤
@MossyMozart7 ай бұрын
@@erisdiscordia5429 - I would rather believe in Eros.
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
@@MossyMozart You might want to look into Eros. /yawn. He makes Eris look pretty tame. Eris is a better match maker, just ask Paris and Hellen.
@KateInTheCity7 ай бұрын
I watch this channel all the time and I have to say that this was the best episode. I appreciate how patient you were with the caller and it is very apparent that you have really given her some things to think about.
@jens2old2care7 ай бұрын
It’s crazy to me that people can go their whole lives and NEVER question these things. Like, really? Not ever?
@grimm000027 ай бұрын
I was a Baptist in my teens, the only one in my Catholic family. My belief then was that I find it incredible that Catholics call themselves Christians when majority of them don't read the Bible. I was that kind of a fundamentalist, and the shocking part was I was the Science-loving bookworm of the family. I was my own personal opposite. The thing though is that I compartmentalized my own conflicted beliefs. My motto is do what is right, do your best, and God will take care of the rest. (Turns out, I put my faith on the line every time things become a matter of chance but didn't realize it all these years till now.) Then my father died. That event changed my life forever because I was already in emotional pain, now nothing is holy to me. If it didn't make sense, it is wrong. When I was a teenager, the idea in my head is that the ultimate test of your faith is convincing an atheist. And apparently I was correct. A year after my Dad died, I searched for atheist content here in KZbin and found the Atheist Experience, Talk Heathen, Aaron Ra, The Thinking Atheist, etc. But mostly with The Atheist Experience, I've watched every Christian apologist call and none of them ever presented an intellectually honest argument. None of them presented proof of a god. So I now have a dilemma. I no longer believe in anything supernatural, and that includes an afterlife. And that includes all the people I've lost. When I finally acknowledged that I'm an atheist, I mourned a second time and this time it was harder. This is also why I haven't told my family that I'm an atheist. I don't mind my siblings, but I don't want anything to spill to my mother especially now that in her old age she lost my dad (and just recently, her first born son) and I didn't want her to go through the same grief that I went through. Losing my brother hit incredibly hard as I don't have a way to process his loss. I have a ton of regret especially towards him, even if we were in good terms. So yeah. the Afterlife is a touchy subject to a lot of people.
@LifeIsThePrayer7 ай бұрын
We were told to never question. Never doubt. Because to do so was to let the devil in. The first story in the Bible after the creation story was about Eve who doubted the word of her creator and listened to the devil. And how that all worked out for the humans who came after her.
@coreymonsta75057 ай бұрын
They do imo, they just don’t change their mind. Churches address concerns lack of faith or belief in God
@AEstud777 ай бұрын
Fear of hell kept me in church. It starts when you're young. You go and get saved at a young age. Eventually you sin one day. Then you can't even question it because all that goes on in your head is "Jesus could come at any moment, and everyone finds out about your sins, then hell." When your saved you don't question it either because all that goes on in your head is "am I saved?", "can I make it to heaven", trying desperately to not sin. The preacher called it "mind battles" but I know now it's brainwashing. Everyone else in my family still go to the same church. That brainwashing is some serious stuff. Especially when you are distracted by going to the church all the time and not interacting to anyone else with a different view. No TV/Internet either so ZERO outside influence.
@wddilly84887 ай бұрын
By the sounds of her, she hasn’t thought about or questioned much in her life
@austinhernandez27167 ай бұрын
I think I'm one of the main viewers of this show. I've watched regularly since 2012, while exercising, working, etc. I've seen every single one of these reuploads 😂 Anyways, I had brain surgery to save me from epilepsy seizures. My mom was praising god. While in the hospital, we heard a woman down the hall screaming. HER son didn't make it, but I did. That says a lot.
@BlueMarbleApeMan7 ай бұрын
She's a prime example of someone using religion as a crutch. Faith is emotional comfort food for her.
@fredriksundberg46247 ай бұрын
Sadly exactly yes.
@florianopolis62997 ай бұрын
The problem with crutches is, your legs stop working properly and you can't walk on your own without training those legs and using crutches only when you don't have any other choice.
@TJR-ju8dj7 ай бұрын
yup..
@bmoshareholderappleshareho8557 ай бұрын
Some people use religion as a support system.
@florianopolis62997 ай бұрын
@@bmoshareholderappleshareho855 the community, not religion
@ingobordewick64807 ай бұрын
That was a good call.
@killer6607 ай бұрын
it really was, it felt very heartwaming
@Ferst607 ай бұрын
The more logical question is how can anyone still be a theist in 2024 🤣
@omerta55917 ай бұрын
They think it’s a prophecy, that this would happen.
@Ferst607 ай бұрын
@@omerta5591 I was being facetious , to me it’s so illogical to still believe in anything supernatural when , as many have pointed out, there is zero evidence for except anecdotal ‘evidence’
@nathanmckenzie9047 ай бұрын
Years and years if indoctrination and cognitive dissonance
@pointbreak86467 ай бұрын
What goes in someone's head to believe a bloke from 2000 years ago will one say descend from the clouds will always baffle me. I find it absolutely mind blowing to be honest.
@Ferst607 ай бұрын
@@nathanmckenzie904 Yet others like me were able to use critical thinking to let go of the dogma . It’s just sad . And I don’t really care unless it twists into white Christian nationalism that wants to tell us how to govern and what we can and can’t do with our own bodies
@shawnmelton7 ай бұрын
I've watched a LOT of your videos - and I wholeheartedly think this is one of the best interactions ever. The approachability of the perspectives you presented was masterful. So clear and understandable. Thank you for the 10,000 arguments you've entertained - to refine these concise messages.
@philo52277 ай бұрын
"Not thinking critically, I assumed that the 'successful' prayers were proof that God answers prayer while the failures were proof that there was something wrong with me." [Dan Barker, "Losing Faith in Faith"]
@OfficialSeth7 ай бұрын
I came across a Wiccan on facebook years ago that used similar logic. She liked to cast spells and when a spell didn't work she said that she must have done it incorrectly.
@mrsatire94757 ай бұрын
@@OfficialSeth I think sports teams are extremely selfish to be praying for a good game and another touchdown when there's other people suffering and waiting for their prayers to be answered.
@philo52277 ай бұрын
@@AtheismPoisonsEverything "atheist religion" Will we find that in the Kosher Bacon section, or the Not Restoring Hot Wheels As A Hobby section? But hey, whatever helps you sleep at night, friend.
@paulgemme60567 ай бұрын
A born-again believer can never lose their faith because they never worked for it in the first place. True born-again believers are saved by grace through faith it is not of us lest any man should boast. It's a free gift, bought with the blood of Christ Jesus. If a man says he has never done wrong/sinned he is a liar, and the truth (Spirit of truth) is not in him. He is a self-righteous Pharisee. Just like the ones that had Jesus Christ nailed to the cross. They hated the truth, the message the Christ Jesus gave. We are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are sinners.
@philo52277 ай бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 "Sin" has no meaning outside of a theistic context.
@captainhowdy27827 ай бұрын
I remember how my first viewing of the movie, Inherit The Wind, got me questioning my beliefs. Then I read the Bible for myself. Which made an atheist out of me.
@doneestoner99457 ай бұрын
Great movie. Good for you.
@greeneyedlady55807 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, most Christians don't read the Bible for themselves. They are content to let others read and interpret the Bible for them, whether it's in church, on the radio, on TV, or on the internet. There would be lots fewer Christians, and a lot more atheist, if people just read that horrific book for themselves. I mean read ALL of it, not just cherry picked parts like Psalms, or the nativity story.
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
I hear this story so often... Like seriously, it's the most fucking cliché backstory ever. you people are like carbon fucking copies of each other, its god damned pathetic.
@johnsperry94943 ай бұрын
One of my Christian friends told me I should read the Bible. I told him I have read the Bible, cover to cover, twice, and it’s the main reason I’m an Atheist. The Bible is a collection of stupid man-made stories, designed to control the ignorant and gullible. “What about the moral lessons in the Bible?” Frankly, I think Aesop did it better. And why should I learn my morals from an immoral monster? “Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.” ― Mark Twain “The road to atheism is littered with bibles that have been read cover to cover."--Andrew L. Seidel “Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.” ― Isaac Asimov "Atheism is what happens when you read the bible. Christianity is what happens when somebody else reads it for you." -- Robert G. Ingersoll. "I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time." Isaac Asimov
@thomasg6277 ай бұрын
This woman is one prime example for the actual problem. She seems to have had doubts about religion before she called, but she is so extremely afraid of dropping her religion that she rather keeps believeing, because dropping her religion would completely destroy the foundation she has built her life on. Realizing you're wrong about everything you believe and turn your life upside down to match the new reality is such a hard task that many believers rather don't do that, even if they don't really believe in a god anymore.
@florianopolis62997 ай бұрын
This is so very true and it is the same thing for anything people might believe in as this will always be connected to how we treat others and ourselves. Having done terrible things to yourself and/ or others for a long time and then finding out it was not something you didn't have any control over but you yourself that's responsible... is really really hard. Doesn't even have to do anything with religion.
@RubyNeumann7 ай бұрын
I wish I could tell Manda that death doesn't have to be the end of a connection with your loved ones... even as an atheist. I talk to my missing family members. I bring them close in my alone spaces and I share my sadness with them and work out my grief with them. I don't have to wait for an afterlife that doesn't make any sense to me know. I just embrace the emptiness and allow my love for them to start filling some of the holes. Yes... it still requires imagination... but I feel like it's a better coping mechanism for loss and grief and tragedy than a belief in an afterlife. It is. truly not as lonely than imaging them far away in heaven. I get to imagine them close. Big Difference. Thank you for this conversation. Gratitude from someone "well acquainted with grief" Ruby from Alberta Canada.
@TheCrazydude177 ай бұрын
Speaking as an areligious person who leads a very spiritual life, I see a lot of sense in what you've described. The way I see the world, biological life is just one form of living. When we die, our consciousness and our thought life carry on in those we have affected. When you see something and think of your loved and lost, or enjoy something that your loved one introduced you to in life, you are continuing the living experience of two people. Technically, far far more than two. Point is, we live on through those who have changed because of us. Better or worse, every shining influence and every horrible person leaves their mark on who we are and how we live, whether we embrace them or try our best to survive them.
@ronniecortex49367 ай бұрын
Another gentle and good person who is deceived by religion!
@kloug20067 ай бұрын
This is one of my preferred call. There is a lot of respect and compassion from each one here.
@davidbelway60767 ай бұрын
At five years old my Sunday school teacher told me the were no hotdogs in heaven. That's the day I became Atheist.
@chrislucero43077 ай бұрын
Hardy Har Har!
@stephenolan55397 ай бұрын
Google, in Heaven there is no beer.
@patjacksonpodium7 ай бұрын
What kind of absolute monster could ever do that? If I were a theist I'd believe there were hotdogs on tap up there.
@emdivine7 ай бұрын
@@patjacksonpodium If I'm to bet it's they have the belief that in the Garden (and consequently Paradise since they're both god realms) all animals including humans were herbivorous. You wouldn't have hotdogs because those are made of dead animals
@edmundpotrzeba60947 ай бұрын
I miss my grandfather greatly as he taught me what unconditional love is but I struggle to find anything religion has taught that I value.
@curiojeff7 ай бұрын
One of my favorite AE calls of all time.
@Prelude6107 ай бұрын
She was wonderful, and you guys were really good to her.
@timstearsman70847 ай бұрын
This show was really good. You showed compassion and gentleness with the caller.
@someonesomeone257 ай бұрын
Atheism is the default in the UK. Its more common to query how can anyone be religious.
@kwk1112 ай бұрын
Same in Finland these days. When I grew up, we were taught about Christianity in school in a very neutral way, just like any other mythology. I didn't even know there were people who actually believed in God, I thought we were all on the same page that it's just fiction like Santa and the Easter Bunny. Not only do some people still genuinely believe in God and the Bible, but to my surprise some kids did actually believe in Santa Clause.
@bobs1827 ай бұрын
If you look at Sweden that is 15% Christian and the US which is 70% Christian, there would be 5 times as many people praying for health yet the cure rate and health in the 2 countries is comparable. Americans spend twice as much per person for healthcare and pray 5 times as much yet have slightly worse health than Swedes.
@TheRabidPanda7 ай бұрын
That was heartbreaking to hear. But it's great when they make some progress. I hope she's doing well.
@smoczayt4 ай бұрын
I like calls like that, with actually honest people that are willing to learn. It doesn't matter if she became an atheist or if she stayed with her religion at the end of the day she's willing to learn and I wish her the best.
@TheDahaka17 ай бұрын
Honestly one of the best calls in the entire history of the show. Only positivity and understanding 💞
@bubbychamp7 ай бұрын
I felt this call. Thank you guys for doing this
@thorts7 ай бұрын
This was really interesting. You guys handled that call with love and respect. I feel sorry for that woman. I can totally understand why some people believe as a coping mechanism. It doesnt make it true though unfortunately.
@reidoha1066Ай бұрын
This is honestly my favorite call that the AXP ever received. All three of them were open & vulnerable about a difficult topic & no one left mad at the end.
@lyleswanson75577 ай бұрын
My tool for dealing with the loss of a loved one is to cherish the memories of the times we had together.
@stevepierce64677 ай бұрын
I have a gin and tonic on the patio on hot afternoons in memory of my father, pleasant memory at that!
@MossyMozart7 ай бұрын
@@stevepierce6467 - I eat coconut yogurt and think of Alice.
@Paolo87727 ай бұрын
Beautiful, compassionate, even tear jerking, but truthful as always. Thanks for posting and I hope this caller has healed.
@fasillimerick73947 ай бұрын
I've often been asked "why would anyone _choose_ to be an atheist". It's not a choice, so much as it is a result of rational thought. Just as Johnny Cash said he'd love to "wear a rainbow everyday", I'd prefer death not being the end. However, the concept of eternal life sounds frightening. Theoretically, every possible permutation of chess will happen (I think), and what do you do once you solve chess?
@BobbyFriston7 ай бұрын
"Clarity is not born of logic." J.Krishnamurti
@utes55327 ай бұрын
Yeah, you don't choose to be an atheist like you don't choose to think the sun exists. I also find the concept of eternal life frightening, I think immortality is one of the worst curses you could think of. How many years before you've seen and done pretty much everything? Eventually you'll get bored, and you'll have eternity to be bored in. Not to mention some interpretations of biblical heaven where you "get" to just worship god for all eternity like a robot. Wow, no thank you.
@landsgevaer7 ай бұрын
If your "soul's memory" runs out at some point you could be in some kind of groundhog scenario where you don't have to remember yesterday. If you are lucky. But I agree, heaven is the party you are not allowed to leave. Never. Ever. That must be hell.
@itsaboutthattime44257 ай бұрын
@@utes5532 and you don’t have the “free will” to say to god “you know what big man, don’t fancy this gig anymore, can I leave?” 🤭
@fasillimerick73947 ай бұрын
@BobbyFriston "what does that mean?" F. Limerick
@jezebeltryst54447 ай бұрын
You guys handled this in such a wonderful way
@NelsonCruz777 ай бұрын
I don't know how many times I have listened to this call over the years. Still hits deep. The ending still makes me tear up. I kinda got that lecture from my grandfather, when my grandmother died. I was just a child and saw him a few days later, going about his daily shores like nothing happened. I asked if he wasn't sad. "Of course I'm sad", he said, "but Springtime doesn't end just because a barn swallow dies". "No point staying in bed felling sorry for myself. Life goes on."
@nmn34577 ай бұрын
This was an amazing conversation.
@perks62927 ай бұрын
This is an amazing conversation
@vidhead857 ай бұрын
This was one of the more wholesome and good calls I've seen on the channel. It was very impactful and respectful, I wish Caller the best; she sounds very sweet
@stumpy11467 ай бұрын
What a sweet lady, I hope the rest of her life is good.
@janusgeminus217 ай бұрын
This was an absolutely amazing conversation. The analogies offered were spot on!
@jaidee95707 ай бұрын
I can accept that she didn't have the ability to make arguments about her belief, but it's pleasant to hear an American christian talk to atheists and not tell them they're wrong simply because the atheists don't believe what they believe. I was adopted by my grandparents, they've both been dead for over 30 years, when I think about them I sometimes miss being able to talk to them, especially my grandfather. Ignoring the changes in technology, he would be shocked at how different and totally unexpected my life is today compared to how he could ever have expected it to be. I would love to be able to tell him about it, but I don't believe that is possible. I do thank them for the grounding they gave me, they didn't believe in a theistic god, if they believed in a deistic god they never told me about it, so I grew up in an environment where reality, often a harsh reality, and good sense was the way to approach life. This woman sounded close to tears about the death of her sister, which I'm guessing happened at least 40-50 years ago, how awful it must have been for her to carry around the sorrow and hurt of that event for her entire adult life? I stopped feeling that kind of hurt over my grandparents at least 20 years ago, if religion couldn't provide a way to relieve that suffering for her, it has failed her. If religion provides anything it should provide comfort, and for her it has provided nothing. Perhaps instead of trying to influence how their flock vote, or teaching their flock bigotry and intolerance of others, the ministry ought to remember the pastoral needs of the people and bring comfort to those who are suffering.
@deeanna84487 ай бұрын
This is one of my all time favorite calls.
@sparki90857 ай бұрын
Counterpoint to her anecdote about her grandson: i have crohns disease, a debilitating autoimmune disorder. There are many in my family that are praying for me, and yet i still have it. I wonder how the caller would react to that anecdote
@landsgevaer7 ай бұрын
Like they all react? Your family might not be praying sincerely enough. Or it doesn't fit gods plan. Or you have to be grateful for the role you are allowed to play. Or he works in mysterious ways. Or whatever irrefutable shit they come up with to deflect. I just wish you the best life you can have.
@sparki90857 ай бұрын
@@landsgevaer in not so sure. This caller seems to actually care about the truth, and was incredibly honest, especially when compared to other callers And thanks! I've gotten to a point where it's pretty well managed, but it's been a long road to get here
@MossyMozart7 ай бұрын
@sparki9085 - I hope things stay well-controlled for you. Regarding Manda, I wish they would have asked her what the medical team said about the child's condition. Surely they would have shared the medical information and not enabled this woman to go on attributing the recovery to phantasy.
@piramaniak7 ай бұрын
She seems so lovely, I wish her all the best in the future. I'm sure this call was tough for her but it's good to share coping mechanisms and emotional worries regardless of our beliefs ✌️
@belindabullock40607 ай бұрын
I’m reminded of a movie called Arrival in which Amy Adams played a linguist tasked with trying to communicate with aliens that just arrived to Earth. Once she figured out how to communicate with them the alien showed her her future in which her young, yet to be born, daughter would die of leukemia at a young age. She had the choice to change that future by not having a child but she decided that as Tennyson wrote “it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Once her daughter was born, she knew every moment with her would be precious.
@samuelmunaku37547 ай бұрын
This sweet lady called in for grief counceling.
@echojay_et7 ай бұрын
I remember crying at my moms funeral and the priest told me not to cry because she was in paradise. I got so very angry at the priest but at the time I didn’t know why because I was supposed to believe the same thing. But now I know why I was angry because it was a very rude asinine thing to say to someone grieving. I think I knew deep down I wasn’t going to see her again. I am so much happier now that I can admit I’m not convinced of the supernatural
@johnmonk33817 ай бұрын
All things, good or bad, must come to an end. Everything you see and feel is truly fleeting and temporary in nature
@aukemebel42637 ай бұрын
I think Manda was able to word why so many still cling to religion, the absolute fear of death. I have been an atheist my entire life, the idea that there is a place where my conciousness continues would be an ultimate bliss. The idea that this thinking pattern will stop at some point remains scary even 30 years into my experience here. I wished for any religion to be true that I have prayed to every god, read every book that I could read. Never so much as a whisper, fell into a deppression and only through my own strength and help from friends and family I returned to a productive life. It has given in my own personal experience that any god that is claimed to want to be known, doesn't exist or isn't capable of showing. Either way, not my problem anymore and I'll focus on living my best life. MAnda sounds like a person filled with love and I hope that 6 years later, she's in a good place.
@bobbabai7 ай бұрын
Yearly spontaneous cancer remission cases: 12-24 Rate of spontaneous cancer remission: 1-10 out of every 1,000,000 cancer cases Cancers most prone to spontaneous remission: Kidney cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, melanoma and neuroblastoma
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
Oh look, another "The world isn't exactly how I want it, therefore god isn't real" idiots. You realize this is just you throwing a tantrum in the toy store because daddy won't buy you what you want. right? This is not a winning argument. This is just you throwing a tantrum because skydaddy didn't answer your selfish little prayers.
@MarkusUblАй бұрын
This was such a wholesome interaction. Thank you guys!
@Gear-pp1io7 ай бұрын
Made me cry.
@johngriffiths26377 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorite conversations from the Atheist Experience. Thanks for reposting
@DiegoJinkusMusic7 ай бұрын
This conversation proves how humanism IS the best way to deal amongst us
@EGOS427 ай бұрын
She was an awesome caller! Sounded like she was really absorbing what was being said. I hope she's doing well.
@smochygrice4657 ай бұрын
Easy 😊 As an atheist, I don't have to do boring AF God ritual activities like worship and prayer 😎 And a good Sunday Morning 🌞 AXP Fans and Theists ❤❤❤ Peace Love Empathy From Australia 🇦🇺✌️🤠🤘
@TheGreatMoonFrog6 ай бұрын
One of the best calls I've heard on this channel.
@Frances8647 ай бұрын
This is such a kind, well-thought out explanation. I really appreciated your patience with this caller. But, boy oh boy, the brainwashing
@seedydeedee7 ай бұрын
I think this was handled really well, and the guys were considerate of her feelings and level of understanding. Great to listen to. 👏
@martinelzen51277 ай бұрын
As an atheist, thank you for being merciful like that.
@debrathomas3607 ай бұрын
Very enjoyable episode tonight! I really feel for this lady!
@Inigo_The_Son7 ай бұрын
Jamie made me laugh. Our family was always atheist, but the public schools in our area were awful, so I spent 12 years in Catholic schools. I never heard of anybody collecting rosaries, and nobody would have considered it "cool." In fact, I never knew anybody who even owned a rosary, except for the nuns and a handful of little old ladies who were so burdened with guilt that they attended church every day.
@flyguyry1Ай бұрын
She seems like an amazingly kind person.
@IamKlaus0077 ай бұрын
Enjoying my life without any biblical fear just feels right.
@thamickerАй бұрын
I’ve listened to this call a few times and it is still one of my favorite ones. Such a wonderful conversation that many people can relate to and gain some guidance on how to deal with death of loved ones.
@cullenjohnson07 ай бұрын
I've heard that wherever you see 4 Episcopalians gathered together you'll always find a fifth.
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
I hear when you argue with an internet "Atheist", you get the same recycled bullshit talking points they've been using since the mid 90s. /yawn
@cullenjohnson07 ай бұрын
I’ve heard that since a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, the value of the bush depends on the bird.
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
@@cullenjohnson0 You wanna take another swing at that, champ?
@cullenjohnson07 ай бұрын
Do you actually want someone to knock that chip off your shoulder?
@socalliving3237 ай бұрын
Her joke at the end could not have landed any better.😂
@Christionem7 ай бұрын
I resent the miracle claim. Why was her grandson deemed worthy saving by god but not my baby sister? I was extremely religious at the time as well.
@TheCrazydude177 ай бұрын
I stand with you on this. My life is not a miracle, it was the result of two cells combining, which was the result of two animals following instinct and social pressures. If my life ends, that was not divinely appointed. I'm not that special. If my life is spared from ending, that too is not a miracle. And everyone who celebrates a life "spared" while the next family over watches their child die, should read the damn room.
@NoodleKeeper7 ай бұрын
Yeah, it seems like God picks favorites even though he loves everyone. Kind of hypocritical, if you ask me. Someone in another comment chain put it perfectly. "A plane crashes, and only one person survives. When interviewed, they say they prayed, and God saved them. I guess no one else on the plane prayed hard enough."
@stevepierce64677 ай бұрын
@@TheCrazydude17 I am with you on this too!
@jeffreycollins88693 ай бұрын
That was a good call and conversation. I wish more were like this.
@johnfox91697 ай бұрын
It is quite easy to be an atheist. Careful examination of religions reveal an entirely human-manufactured enterprise. Not ONE single deity has EVER been satisfactorily been demonstrated. Religion did and does serve human needs. People like myself rely on science, reason, and critical thinking to meet our "needs" that other people use Religion for.
@stevepierce64677 ай бұрын
Indeed!
@chadhardy356 ай бұрын
Shw was a genuine person and show how we are all just human at the end of the day and miss those we loved and loss. This is why we have to make the most of the time we have with each other now.
@viderethevaccinatorfromhol75367 ай бұрын
It's so simple. Nobody is born religious. I'm 51 years old now and was never a member of any religious cult. Im living in the Netherlands, and i do know only a very few religious people. One polish couple who are Jehova's, and the wife of our friend is Moroccan and practicing Islam a little bit. People should learn that religion is something to practice at home or with your loved one's. Living without a god is very healthy.
@victorhoisington56037 ай бұрын
❤the occasional outbursts of laughter from other people off camera is 'the bee's knees'!
@Pumba4247 ай бұрын
I’m really glad her grandson’s tumor went into remission and disappeared but if god healed him, there needs to be an explanation for why he doesn’t heal every child with cancer. A lot of kids get cancer and he lets them die.
@MrJadeDoel4 ай бұрын
Jamie is a sweetheart, his parents should be proud of him ♥
@stevesmith72687 ай бұрын
I have a close friend who lost a young child. When he approached me, knowing that I was an atheist, he stated that he would experience his child again in the afterlife, but further stated that his child WOULD experience me too. This, to me, clarifies the general position of Christianity, but it requires a desire to believe it. Who wouldn't desire to see someone that they loved who had died when they pass on? This religion, as well as others, play upon those desires, as we see in this woman here.
@ookekklibarianbornagain67087 ай бұрын
@@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable Reported for Hate speech or graphic violence.
@markevens7 ай бұрын
one of the best calls ever
@cursedkennedy76057 ай бұрын
I remember this show, a near perfect example of an arguments from ignorance "I don't know there for God or magic".
@kevinc83053 ай бұрын
My mother told everyone this: don't mourn me, celebrate my life and live your life the way that makes you happy. I miss my mother and father and I will never stop loving them. And I use all the skills that they gave me, and that keeps them alive everyday. And I see them "again" everyday that I think of them and use those skills and love my wife the way I know is right and all of that is showing my love for my parents.
@artemisnite7 ай бұрын
So gawd healed her grandson but he wouldn't heal me of my childhood disease? I begged my little butt off. What a jerk.
@andyhyde62227 ай бұрын
good job. handled with loving care.
@Nick-xe8rx7 ай бұрын
Is this a re-upload? I’ve heard this caller before, she’s seems like a really nice person
@jakubholic87697 ай бұрын
She was one of the most honest callers I have ever seen in this show.
@albertooliveras167 ай бұрын
Yall notice how "i try to live my life to serve god and be a good person" -are two separate things
@shivala6 ай бұрын
When ever I hear the statement "What harm does religion do?" I think about this lady.... The harm is very real
@dimitrioskalfakis7 ай бұрын
manda contradicted herself when she said ' i am trying to live as a good person and serve god' when her god dictates genocide, slavery, misogyny, ... you know all the 'good' biblical stuff ;-)
@erisdiscordia54297 ай бұрын
Feel free to point out the portions of the new testament, which Christians follow, that "dictates genocide and slavery". I'll wait. /yawn. You idiots with your constantly incorrect and constantly recycled talking points.
@christophedecavalla29417 ай бұрын
A perfect example of emotional abuse. Telling someone that they will see a dead loved one again makes it impossible for them to move on. Even possibly seeing their life as a frustrating waiting game. What a total sad waste of existence. Religion is the worst kind of child abuse
@Mr.PeabodyTheSkeptic7 ай бұрын
Unfortunately kids die and fortunately kids survive tumors with or without prayer.
@That_Crazy_MetalHead7 ай бұрын
I genuinely think that this would be a great video to show theist when discussing loss and death of loved ones.