How Our Brain Creates Delusion Of God

In this documentary, narrated by the author of the book Phantom of the Brain - V Ramachandran [ amzn.to/1Ulg73K ] explains the case of a man suffering from Temporal Lobe Epilepsy(TLE).
This gentleman, due to the damage to his temporal lobes, was suffering from seizures. However, after his seizures calmed down he would feel an extraordinary significance in everything he observed. He felt some sort of a oneness with nature and sometimes claimed of being omnipotent, of being God himself.
This raises a question; could many prophets who have had similar experiences been afflicted by TLE? Here is an discussion whether Prophet Muhammad was also suffering from TLE - / the_prophet_muhammad_a...
Is it possible that Ramakrishna(Guru of Swami Vivekananda) also suffered from TLE?
en.wikipedia.o...
In autobiography of a Yogi, Swami Yogananda also makes similar claims about having visions (or what we can call delusions) and claims seeing his master/guru after his death. How about all the other prophets who made similar claims. Could they be TLE patients also?
Note - The carry forward explanation for the end of the first documentary 12:56 is at 20:02
Some other videos about delusion of God -
The Root of All Evil - The God Delusion (full length)
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Richard Dawkins -- The God Delusion
• Richard Dawkins -- Th...
Lennox Vs. Dawkins Debate - Has Science Buried God?
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[@JoeyCatharine]

I know a friend, who is Christian, who believes that he can literally hear God speak to him, and that he can actually have conversations with God. The good news? I am no longer having anything to do with him or his nutjob family.

[@myrongaines5542]

imagine the millions of people who died because of evil religion smh

[@stt9379]

you are left warrior nations.

[@johannmuller321]

I'm schizoaffective and I know these feelings really good, I enjoy them it's something between lsd and xtc, and it activates whenever I get triggered into my believes and connections I make

[@heavymeddle28]

On the other side of the spectrum, I have severe ADD and ADHD. I can't feel anything but depression, pain and anxiety and when I take amphetamine I know its an illusion but I can see colours again and feel happy. But that's only on high doses. "illegal" doses. If I take valium or something like that I feel nothing. And that is also heaven for me. I appreciate you writing about your illness. Isn't it funny how my/our own brains can be our worst enemy? Take care my friend 😊

[@teethgrinder83]

Wish my seizures made me feel like this afterwards instead of awful headaches and pressure in my brain lol

[@UzairH]

This video should be required viewing at every school in every country.

[@smashexentertainment676]

for starters Cosmos series by Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson would be sufficient.

[@lightbeing8174]

@@smashexentertainment676 watch the devil and father amorth trailer.

[@lightbeing8174]

@@smashexentertainment676 Can I give carl sagan an exorcist priest role and make him even more awesome.

[@lightbeing8174]

@death to the duopoly What do you think about the exorcist priest role that's an interesting choice for a belief. For example if you were to be possessed in an exorcism case that would challenge the atheism like nothing else.

[@lightbeing8174]

@death to the duopoly Look into the case of the rain man donald decker while he was possessed he could make rain up down and side ways his exorcism happen in pennsylvania in the mid 1980's there is you tube videos on the rain man donald decker.

[@ericgraham8975]

Title is misleading. Mainly about a guy who has seizures and thinks he's god. Like the guy said this has nothing to do with whether god exists or not.

[@straizys]

| don't understand why finding a point in a brain which makes us "feel" the god proves it is an illusion of god and not for example a part which would be working in similar way as radio receiver. Stuart Hameroff explains his theory more like we have parts in brain which might be "catching" the waves on non-local consciousness.

[@brianmi40]

Just link in Epicurus from 300 years before christ and you'll see the truth: “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?” The existence of evil in the world is just insurmountable. In 4 sentences Epicurus lays religious beliefs in a god to waste forever. And then when you add the single case of Josef Fritzl, well then it's game over for god. So now today, we're finding out, as in this video, reasons why people fall for these beliefs...

[@shubhankarsingh2605]

@@brianmi40 u still replying?? I have questions

[@brianmi40]

@@shubhankarsingh2605 Fire away.

[@hArtyTruffle]

Completely agree with you 👍🏼

[@Lon3Starr]

@@brianmi40 I understand your disposition, and religious ideas can always be logically analyzed. But that's as far as your comment goes. Calling God a "He" or labeling it with any gender is found in all religious doctrine. You've merely disproven the logic of Dogma within religions, but haven't explored what God means, could mean, or to see if such a higher force of energy even exists, and if so (obviously) how does it work? From what I've learned about "God" in my life, To say God doesn't exist is to say the exact same scientific evidence you use to disprove it doesn't either. God is proven through science, quantum mechanics, chemistry, math, neuroscience, even through philosophy and metaphysics, being, nature. You know, shit we can actually see for ourselves. By studying ourselves, we realize we work with functions of a higher intelligence, way smarter than what you think you are, ok? Than What we think we are. The Ego(Satan) will be man's greatest downfall. Shame. Peace. Honestly, I think we should stop using the word "God" all together. It's been corrupted, and most people using it don't know what they're talking about.

[@hArtyTruffle]

I don’t suffer with seizures though. My own personal belief is that we are all fragments of something wonderful and with every physical death, we go back there, to the source.

[@huemanzu]

Check john whathey's work then youll understand

[@hArtyTruffle]

@@huemanzu do you have a link please… can’t find him.

[@yezz5476]

Please send email, and I'll show what our Father gives as gifts. The rabbit hole gets real deep!!!!

[@arinakundalini8214]

@@yezz5476 may I have the link please?

[@ericgatera7149]

This is quite a nice video. The content of the video doesn't even advance the faulty assumption of delusion as the originator of religion or belief in God as the title insinuate 😅. Here is some broad take away from the video: 1) From Minute 0 to about Minute 15; the video speaks about the story if John, a young man who was not religious but started to have temporal lobe seizures. After the seizure, he started believing that he was himself God. And not that he started believing in God. It is a sad story. I'm glad he got the necessary medical help from his brain seizure. 2) from about min 15 to min 21; the brain psychiatrist made a public presentations of his hypothesis on brain function in the case of people who have temporal lobe (brain) seizure. He gave 3 hypothesis: The first one is that patients with brain seizures really do have a mystical religious experience or get in contact with a divine entity. He concludes that as a scientist, he can't prove or disprove that this was really happening (min 14:30). He also states that 30-40% of patients with brain seizures have some beliefs in God but the majority of those who have brain issues (i.e schizophrenia) don't believe in God (I was wondering if he had in mind atheist patients!? He didn't tell). The second is also similar to first one, where the lobe unaffected by seizures over compensate for the lobe undergoing seizure by attributing teleological meaning from a transcendent realm, which indeed come in contacts with the patient. He unfortunately also said he can't scientifically prove or disprove the correctness of this hypothesis. The last one is really interesting since it was an appeal to naturalistic explanation of a possible space in the brain that makes people more in tune with spiritual realm. He quickly disabuse the audience that there is no such a biological place that he may know of. This didn't seem to please two atheists that I recognized in the audience (Dr. Shermer and Dr. Dawkins). He concluded that his research has, and I quote, _"no bearing on whether God really exist or not"_ (Min 21:30). Since his research has no bearing on God's existence, one can not rationally conclude that belief in God is delusional based on his research. Clearly Dr. Richard Dawkins wasn't either pleased or satisfied since he stood up to ask the question on the microphone. 🤣 His question was about a skin test response that was done on the patient with brain seizures versus 'normal' people. The Psychiatrist clarified to Dawkins that 'normal' people who are both religious and atheist don't react to the psychological stimulus the way the 'brain seizures' patients responded. 😇 This leads me to conclude that who ever put the title to this video didn't even watch the video or he used it as a click-bait title to make people click his video for more views, since the content of the video is unrelated to the false claim that delusion causes belief in God.

[@francoismorin8721]

God is not a delusion, it is a concept that there must be a creator for a creation that surpasses our own human capacities. Because we are slowly discoveries secrets of Nature and developing technologies, we are questioning more and more the need for this concept. Yet we are far from being gods, yet. Early on humans felt we were created in the image of god because of our intelligence and our ability to modify our environment. Still it is narcissist to believe we are smarter then the Nature that gave birth to us. So careful not to laugh of those that still believe in a higher intelligence associated with the concept of God, for you may be the real delusional by your ego. But I do not believe in religion of revelation and I am starting to doubt that there is a God that is able to intervene in our life. That does not disproof the existence of a higher force responsible for our creation. This is why I do not adhere to the atheist movement that ridicules other people beliefs as I do not fall in the trap anymore of those who follow blindly a supposedly revealed book.

[@anonymouse4793]

Thanks for proving the Hindu creator god Brahma. Or maybe it was JuJu, god of the volcano? I think Ra the sun god is more plausible. You can see the sun and it is directly responsible for most life on Earth. What is the difference between a god that doesn't intervene and a god that does not exist?

[@bentouta5]

Expressing that God may be a delusion doesn't prove the person expressing the opinion thinks he or she's immune to a delusion. You can acknowledge that there is a possibility of an all powerful creator and simply choose not to believe anything beyond a possibility. To some that makes a person delusional and that's fine. God is a delusion is an opinion. There's no need to protect those who're called delusional. They can likely take it with a grain of salt. They're not being persecuted at all.

[@BFDT-4]

Now we know what happened to St. Paul on the road to Damascus! I KNEW IT! :P

[@simpatiko86]

He got blind.

[@BFDT-4]

He was no better than Jos. Smith, both frauds...

[@simpatiko86]

***** at the time, it was not about the money. Apostles just wanted spread and share the gospel. Now, religions are there for political reasons and to control people.

[@BFDT-4]

The apostles may or may not have been real. Paul was certainly NOT an apostle. He was a usurper.

[@numaisreginald3671]

I want to hear your opinion about this subject, i'm writting a book about it, don't hesitate to give me an ideea 😀

[@NaturalVTSKilla]

everyone is god.

[@peppi1974]

your so self absorbed your an animal like all other animals that dies and is forgotten

[@Joselinema100]

My theory is the brain mechanism to protect itself. I experienced the nothingness when i mentally gave up and i was deeply thinking about my death. Its exactly what happens when people have near death experience or when having an orgasm. You gave up and just surrender yourself to oneself. It does feel like pure bliss.

[@Joselinema100]

There are people that can have an out of body experience during an orgasm. The brain is the master of creating all kinds of weird things.

[@ChillAssTurtle]

@@Joselinema100 can they relay accurate information about things they couldnt have known prior that they viewed from outside of their body

[@manoftheworld1000]

I'd assume that *Anneliese Michel* suffered from TLE. She is the German student who died in 1976 after some insane clergyman had brought up the idea that she was obsessed by satan and maltreated her with his stupid religious mumbo jumbo. (Anneliese Michel's case was the inspiration for the movie "The Exorcist", feat. Linda Blair.) Unfortunately (at least to my knowledge) her parents refused any contact with medical institutions, so there are no detailed clinical data available

[@martinzinn6108]

I don't view it as a delusion, but as a spiritual gift, because I have it myself, (temporal lobe epilepsy), and experience "visions of light, and all colours", "parallell worlds" which I can visit, "spiritual or fantasy like entities", which I can talk to, etc. I view it as a spiritual experience with excitement and an adventurous mind..!

[@silentnight3970]

An interesting comment. The word "delusion" is used only because billions believe in non-existent gods or a god.

[@shubhankarsingh2605]

Wow

[@Karmasgrace]

maybe it’s just the same story told in a different way over and over again in order to reach a different group of people in a different way over different periods of time. Like Star Wars or Harry Potter, same story, different characters. Just explaining the basic scientific principles of our universe essentially. Light/dark... good/evil... positivity/negativity... so on and so forth.

[@jeehooahn9114]

5:58 sounds like being high on weed. we have an endocanabinoid system. What if some of us have differing level of "natural highness"?

[@teamatfort444]

The god delusion

[@jenniferarcher6877]

Why do you think we’d be naturally wired this way? GODS REAL! Once you’re ready and you take it very serious but only than. go to him! Gods NO ONE to play with!

[@lightbeing8174]

Team at fort watch the devil and father amorth trailer.

[@ChillAssTurtle]

@@jenniferarcher6877 satan literally plays games with god wherein god ends up torturing and murdering human beings.. even his own faithful just to beat satan in that game.. wake up brah

[@yezz5476]

I have visual/physical proof, send email.

[@yezz5476]

God's test is to make sure what's real deal and what isn't, to think that you get off easy just skating through life, do you? He test the strength of man in order to 1:Give man hope, and increasing Faith (maybe not just for your sake, but another one fortunate enough to have such an experience.) 2: to make men know His presence is here, and he's sending us people that have things such as this happening, as signs that it's time for follow through...

[@andybeans5790]

V.S.Ramachandran is amazing

[@tombombadil3185]

LOL, I can understand why the "G" spot could be a survival characteristic but, how does a god syndrome increase the odds? Also, if religious symbols stimulate a part of the brain then are there symbols that would deprogram? Ramachandran is on to something!

[@Rickiizthe1]

this was insightful....I saw Sam Harris 😊 sitting in the crowd, Richard!!!😊😊😊😊

[@brianmi40]

Yeah, but you missed Michael Shermer at 17:55...

[@lightbeing8174]

Ricki Hearns watch the devil and father amorth trailer.

[@devenlee4547]

I don't believe in heaven or hell just the universe

[@silentnight3970]

Me 2.

[@beechass4451]

Same

[@lightbeing8174]

@@silentnight3970 Listen to the 6 voices of annelise michel.

[@lightbeing8174]

@@beechass4451 watch the devil and father amorth trailer.

[@silentnight3970]

@@lightbeing8174 Okay. Thnx.

[@alvaroarrieta5935]

I was really surprised when I realized that Richard Dawkins was at the conference

[@mo7senmo]

i am sorry but i don't see that the title match the content , am i the only one ?

[@andrewstang-green3107]

Agreed

[@falldown7xstandup8x]

+Ahmed Moharam me2

[@CosmologyTodayTM]

+Melody Mitra Sh Nailed It!

[@thekaxmax]

I got that in about 5 min.

[@davidtata4866]

Yes its about a very dumb person, who went crazy from a vodtka martini.

[@TrippyEggosblueberrywaffles]

I have tried and tried to learn how to roll my R's like this dude but I just can't do it. I sound like a fool every time I try.

[@silentnight3970]

His first language is Tamil, which probably helps a bit.

[@DICEMAN60]

I understand the title completely. it is stating that religion is a mental illness. God is purely a creation if our own brains.

[@seivaDsugnA]

That might be the purpose of the title. If so, it's biased. I don't think religion is a mental illness, but a product of the way our minds work and of our socialization. Profound supernatural experiences however could certainly be symptoms of seizures, brain injury, illness, or chemical imbalances. People will naturally try to make sense of these delusions from their understanding of reality.

[@DICEMAN60]

You just said you "don't think religion is a mental illness" but you did say that "supernatural experiences are symptoms..." of an "illness." You just contradicted yourself. So which is it?

[@seivaDsugnA]

Sean Hannold What I meant by "supernatural experiences" are hallucinations or psychosis. Religious ideation occurs in many rational people that have no symptoms of pathology. I think religious belief is a natural development of the mind where imagination provides meaning and is reinforced by socialization. Imagination is not illness. Does that make sense?

[@seivaDsugnA]

Sean Hannold You've got me thinking... I suppose, there might be a threshold at which imagination becomes delusion and pathological, but it may be extrinsically socially induced.

[@DICEMAN60]

I understand what you mean. An illness however, is whatever society wants it to be. If everyone were autistic then it wouldn't even be recognized as a disorder. If society shifts away from believing in religion then it would be seen as an illness. Religion is, to me, a substitute for reason of existence, one that was created so long ago by man to create order. In order to explain things they used their imagination to make up for the lack of scientific evidence. Their imaginations created religious beliefs which were made as gap fillers for what science has not discovered. This is still the same today as imagination is used to replace reason but society seems it acceptable for them to use their imaginations rather than scientific reason to make explanations for reality.

[@JungleJargon]

People think about God, when they get shaken up.

[@jenniferarcher6877]

There’s a reason they do! Because he’s real..... please take him serious! God bless my friend

[@JungleJargon]

@@jenniferarcher6877 Believe it! 😃

[@willyh.r.1216]

In my humble suggestion, all religious/spiritual leaders should watch this video before gathering people.

[@CesarSandoval024]

Well there are spiritual experience ms that only leads to questions and the need to search. Why was this earth made? No one knows.

[@darkslaerdark]

@@CesarSandoval024 there are probably billion Eart like planets in our endless universe.

[@jenmilicia]

who the hell drinks vodka martinis while hiking in the desert (james bond) did the shake them while seizing?

[@robleplant9285]

480p. Come on now.

[@WyattCayer]

Humans are exceedingly arrogant, we think that we are so much better than other animals even though they share so many of the same traits as us and we just have a higher level of self awareness. At least we think. But primates, squids, dolphins, and whales etc. are extremely complex and have social functions, empathy, and mutualism, and there are some very interesting examples for all three of those (look some stuff up on it). Just because we are slightly better than other animals doesn't mean that we are here for any real objective purpose. We make our own purpose in life. Life is whatever you want to see it as, and simultaneously meaningless. That's why we made god. It is much more comforting (for at least some individuals) that we know exactly what we are here for and that what we are working towards has "objective" meaning for the sake our own egos. I honestly get why so many people believe in god and fear death, but personally eternity seems like a hellish concept and I would prefer life to be transient. Because if in the end, you are going to heaven anyways, why would you care about what happens to you here on earth? After all when you compare 70 years to ∞, 70 years becomes completely insignificant and literally infinitely small. Just some food for thought. I respect whatever ideology comforts someone, unless they are straight up discrediting scientific research and empirical data and or harming someone else by doing so.

[@robertweekes5783]

2:20 sounds like an LSD trip

[@jeehooahn9114]

11:00 the religiously-revealed brain pattern. you see cosmic significance everywhere. you believe you had a revelations. you are very emotional and feely. you are emotionally certain of your convictions, and feel you can / need to convince people and get them to accept your beliefs. RELIGIOUS LEADER BRAIN PATTERN!

[@801Hellfire]

good point

[@brianmi40]

Yeah, spot on. We've even electrically stimulated the brain to create this feeling in test subjects! Now if we can just genetically "cut this out" of the brain and load a virus with this genetic manipulation we could one day have more peace on earth, however, have to keep the scientists from not putting in something equally bad! ;0 Oh well, the Singularity will probably get us anyway. I just don't see any way through that for us. Whether purposeful or accidental, the ineventuality of knowledge or an AI far beyond even our ability to understand it just has too much probability to do us in. Bottom line for me is, evolution hasn't moved (and just can't...) as fast as technology. So we're still too inclined to greed and killing each other to rule over the world to be anywhere near to handle what's coming safely...

[@brianmi40]

Singularitywise? Yeah, just don't see how we get through this, and I'm not some nutjob wearing a tin foil hat... But when you read Radical Evolution by Joel Garreau and when he lays out the "GRIN" technologies and their dangers: G-enetics R-obotics I-nformation Technology (AI) N-ano Technology Each one of these is on a path that can essentially put something akin to the atom bomb in a layman's hands, to say nothing of accidents while experimenting ("...we missed a line of code int the Nanobots telling them to reproduce, and they're consuming the entire earth so fast we can't get through to them to tell them to stop...). Just take a single example: the CRISPR Gene Editing tool: www.theverge.com/2016/4/20/11450262/crispr-base-editing-single-nucleotides-dna-gene-liu-harvard And combine that with the PRICE COMING DOWN to where "you'll soon be able to order one on Amazon Prime" (remember, you heard it here first... :) And then realize EVERY SINGLE TRANSHUMANIST wants to buy one of these and start playing with their DNA www.huffingtonpost.com/news/transhumanism/ and then realize that doing so should enable someone to realize (just one quick example, we'll just temporarily skip everything DARPA is already funded or tried to do in the past like enable a soldier to hold their breath for 1/2 hour...): a. the strength of an ants muscles: they can lift 1000 times their weight: www.insidescience.org/content/ants-are-even-stronger-you-imagine/1567 So when Livestrong says: the average untrained man can squat 125 pounds, bench press 135 pounds and deadlift 155 pounds. Imagine just an "average" man being able to lift 155,000 pounds, if the full 1,000 times can be achieved, or even 15,500 pounds if just 1/10th of that can be achieved. Just on that alone, all sports competitions are changed forever. We would have to test DNA like testing for Steroids. And then there'll be all the new sports, like shotputting across the ocean..... ! But I can't stop myself from thinking that somewhere in the Middle East some ISIS nutjob gets a CRISPR and we have something like Zyka/Aids/Avian Flu/Marberg Virus/Ebola ALL ROLLED INTO ONE in easy to dispense tablet form... Hey I live a normal life, but when I walk these mental exercises, and realize how greedy and sick individuals are on this planet towards each other.... I dunno. I tell my daughter, if Sarah Conner pulls up in her driveway and says "come with me if you want to live", that she better get in the damn car one day!

[@moonmissy]

7th day Adventist church was definitely started this way.. with a temporal lobe seizure.

[@SheaSheaOnUrTUBE]

C.S. Lewis in his book Mere Christianity writes the following: “I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him [Jesus Christ]: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept his claim to be God.' That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic-on a level with a man who says he is a poached egg-or else he would be the Devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that option open to us. He did not intend to.” So, who did Jesus claim to be? Who does the Bible say He is? First, let's look at Jesus’ words in John 10:30, “I and the Father are one.” At first glance, this might not seem to be a claim to be God. However, look at the Jews’ reaction to His statement, “‘We are not stoning you for any of these,’ replied the Jews, ‘but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God’” (John 10:33). The Jews understood Jesus’ statement as a claim to be God. In the following verses, Jesus never corrects the Jews by saying, “I did not claim to be God.” That indicates Jesus was truly saying He was God by declaring, “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30). John 8:58 is another example: “‘I tell you the truth,’ Jesus answered, ‘before Abraham was born, I am!’” Again, in response, the Jews took up stones in an attempt to stone Jesus (John 8:59). Jesus’ announcing His identity as “I am” is a direct application of the Old Testament name for God (Exodus 3:14). Why would the Jews again want to stone Jesus if He had not said something they believed to be blasphemous, namely, a claim to be God? John 1:1 says “the Word was God.” John 1:14 says “the Word became flesh.” This clearly indicates that Jesus is God in the flesh. Thomas the disciple declared to Jesus, “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28). Jesus does not correct him. The apostle Paul describes Him as, “…our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13). The apostle Peter says the same, “…our God and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 1:1). God the Father is witness of Jesus’ full identity as well, “But about the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.’” Old Testament prophecies of Christ announce His deity, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6). So, as C.S. Lewis argued, believing Jesus to be only a good teacher is not an option. Jesus clearly and undeniably claimed to be God. If He is not God, then He is a liar, and therefore not a prophet, good teacher, or godly man. In attempts to explain away the words of Jesus, modern “scholars” claim the “true historical Jesus” did not say many of the things the Bible attributes to Him. Who are we to argue with God’s Word concerning what Jesus did or did not say? How can a “scholar” two thousand years removed from Jesus have better insight into what Jesus did or did not say than those who lived with, served with, and were taught by Jesus Himself (John 14:26)? Why is the question over Jesus’ true identity so important? Why does it matter whether or not Jesus is God? The most important reason that Jesus has to be God is that if He is not God, His death would not have been sufficient to pay the penalty for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2). Only God could pay such an infinite penalty (Romans 5:8; 2 Corinthians 5:21). Jesus had to be God so that He could pay our debt. Jesus had to be man so He could die. Salvation is available only through faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus’ deity is why He is the only way of salvation. Jesus’ deity is why He proclaimed, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). Jesus, the Christ LOVES you and is waiting for you to fully repent and call upon His Holy Name as Lord and SAVIOR, this is all it take for ones Salvation!!! God bless us all...

[@majidaden7914]

He got me when he said ''I SAID TO MYSELF: no one gonna call the cop on God'' lmao, gtoh

[@kemchobhenchod]

Calling it temporal lobe epilepsy doesn't mean something bigger isn't going on -- the Laoitians view epilepsy as the hand of god coming down and resting on your head. Still can have religious significance.

[@Tsedek_ben_Shimon]

Numerous people have had encounters with the spiritual realm without having seizures or any other unusual circumstances. For example, one of the encounters I had with Yeshua happened in the very place I am sitting now while I was wide awake and at my computer as I am now. During a seizure the natural barriers to the spiritual realm are often removed which causes people to have such experiences. I have met Yeshua ("Jesus") a number of times over the past 25 years. He is real, He is alive, He has spoken to me, and I have spoken to Him. Each encounter was unexpected and unique. Search KZbin for "Jesus encounter" and you will see He has appeared to atheists, Jews, Muslims, etc...

[@Tsedek_ben_Shimon]

That would be a complete waste of money. But if any of them want to meet Yeshua for themselves I can help them learn how.

[@halcyonzenith4411]

To quote Tommy Lee Jones, "Do you want to change your BS story, sir?"

[@Tsedek_ben_Shimon]

zenith - I really don't care if you believe me or not, it changes nothing. Seeing your comment only makes me concerned for you as the depths of hell are reserved for those that mock and scoff. I have had a number of encounters with Yeshua. Each encounter was unique and unexpected. Yeshua even stated that this would happen: John 14:21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and *I will love him and manifest myself to him.* Search KZbin for "Jesus encounter". I think you will be quite surprised at what you find.

[@Tsedek_ben_Shimon]

zenith - "To quote Tommy Lee Jones" Seems to imply that you are not intelligent enough to come up with anything to say on your own. Care to try again?

[@brianmi40]

Michael Shermer and Sam Harris getting their "continuing education"! LOL 17:55 and 18:56...

[@brucecook502]

theres good reason why a single individual who lives in a religious culture who claims a vision of thier culture, but noone else sees these visions of thier god. its because its nothing more than a hallucenation, none of these visions of gods are real. if there was a real god then he would just appear to multitudes of people in plain sight to give direct instruction/revelation to the people he wants to instruct. so everytime a prophet appears in the bible every so often and claimed to get a vision or hears the voice of thier cultures god(hebrew god), it was never real, it was a auditory/visual hallucenation. this happens with every culture that believes in vision, its always one individual in the culture who claims to see the god of thier cultures religion yet noone besides these individuals who are seeing these things gets to see this god, but because noone in old times knew about these mental health symptoms so they would take these individuals seriously and before you know it thier stories of these visions end up in scripture and now several thousands of years later people are still taking these individuals seriously and still no god ever appears to more than one individual at a time. religions are purely manmade. if a real god existed and wanted to give instruction to us he would appear to everyone at the same time and tell us directly what to believe. it has never happened because there is no such thing as a god who interacts with man kind.

[@AndyWelsh94]

The temporal lobe has only developed in humans. So if the temporal lobe is the cause of believing in higher dimensional beings then it seems that only animals would not be able to. The temporal lobe is an addition through evolution then it seems people who deny higher life forms must be not fully evolved. It makes sense then that the light given on day one is the knowledge of God, which separates man from animal.

[@brianlinville439]

maybe plants and animals don't need belief, they just know, just simply KNow, which is always better than beliefs

[@shanes6382]

All mammals have the temporal lobe section of the brain. It's not just alienated to humans. Maybe people who know before they speak are actually the "evolved" species. You trying to say that we are objectively superior and attempting to use a scientific understanding was amusing. :)

[@AndyWelsh94]

+Shane Siminitus Humans temporal lobe is noticably more developed than that of other mammals. As far as now in quantum physics we are starting to believe the universe is 96% dark matter and dark energy. Invisible matter that has spread the universe at a rapid pace faster than the speed of light. The theory of the 4th dimension and most of the universe being invisible to us has become known to us. Higher dimension theorized to not be bounded by our 3rd dimensional plane. The knowledge of higher dimensional beings would be inconceivable to us. It would be like a two dimensional being describing the 3rd dimensions. Watch Carl Sagan's 4th Dimension/ Flatlands.

[@shanes6382]

+Andrew Welsh Dark matter and dark energy are labels to 2 substances some have postulated could theoretically exist but have no idea what they are or if they would even be capable of observation (its far from a fact). I have no idea what that has to do with any argument relating to God unless your just trying to argue that there are things we don't understand or can percieve (duh). Also, why would a fourth dimension connote some advanced dimensional being? And why would that 4th dimensional being care anymore about us as an artist might care for a drawing. Are there beings in the 1st or 2nd dimension? Can 1 dimension even theoretically exist? And why stop at four dimensions? I'm only arguing that your establishing links between things where there are many holes.

[@brianlinville439]

scientists are discovering dark energy /dark matter is largely made of plasma, welcome to living inside a huge plasma screen television (of sorts)

[@hakrteyean6288]

So universe existed because Our brain made us think it's exist too?

[@dominicfong6341]

Have often wondered the concept of any religion is a lot like algebra. We always start by stating the unknown as x; from there we start the process of finding the answer. Concept of God is a lot like x. Without acknowledging the unknown, we can never find the answer. Please excuse me for babbling my random thoughts here.

[@tayfuntanir7572]

if only one person experiences paranormal activities, it may be explained as an illusıon however if many people experience paranormal activities together ,who also far from each other, it can not be explained as an illusıon

[@officialmylo901]

Trust bro facts. Some of these atheist are actually fucking dumb😂

[@officialmylo901]

+John Smith your moms tuff too bitch

[@officialmylo901]

+John Smith what the fuck you gotta say?

[@sandy4297]

@@officialmylo901 AND U ALSO DUMB CANT ACCEPT TRUTH DUMBASS

[@lightbeing8174]

@@sandy4297 Listen to the 6 voices of annelise michel.

[@jrjohannes1]

What is "brain," "create," "delusion," "God?" Either you say it's JUST the brain OR you say WOW! it's the brain.

[@JohnHlavaty]

Current theological standards label my beliefs as atheist. However, while most believers fail to consider the necessary limitations in the human sensory-perceptual intake as well as the limitations on brain size and, more importantly, the size of the skull relative to the birth canal, we humans lack the sensory input, the perceptual distribution capacity, and the brain processing abilities to sense most of the universe, no less even construct a hypothesis that the still inexplicable mysteries of the universe proves there is a god. However, that cuts both ways. The necessary limitations of the human body, which includes the brain, for survival and eventual dominance over a large segment of the immediate threats in the environment, does not preclude the possible existence of god, what it does is deny us the physical ability to develop a mind capable of collecting all of the necessary data and even if we possessed the sensory ability to collect all of the necessary data, physical reality prevents homosapiens from evolving a brain large enough to project a mind with the intelligence to analyse the data in which we can construct a hypothesis, then build a mathematical theory, and finally, build an experiment that proves it. In other words, we cannot prove the existence of god nor can we prove that there is no god. Either way, it's a fool's errand. Therefore, knowing that we lack the physical and intellectual capacity to prove or disprove the existence of god, hearsay claims of god's existence are false and the same is true of alleged scientific claims that god does not exist. As for institutions build on hearsay, these are constructs of the want for dominance and power. Thus, I am not an atheist. I am a realist.

[@abracadabrascotty]

+Science and Truth 2 Rock "Unless someone can prove to me there is a god, then my default position is there isn't one, just as I would if they proposed there is an invisible monkey in my room." during ur dream at night u can not prove the existence of you...this perceived reality operates precisely like that one...by this observation premise, u do not exist...however, when u awaken u will be laughing at ur previous assertion...or should I say the invisible monkey will be laughing so hard u are going to fall off ur bed... ur friend, abracadabra

[@abracadabrascotty]

+John Hlavaty I like ur logic and ur thought process...but I would remind u that the state of a realist is bound by the state of awareness of what is actually perceived as real...and those perceptions are , severely, limited...there are institutions that I work with that have bypassed those limitations if u are interested, and u seem like the type of person who would be...they are based upon science...not theology...but science and theology will one day be one field as the confusion fades...constructed confusion...like a test for school children...let me know if u are interested and I can provide u some names and links...simple data and information that will interest u I believe... take care... ur friend, abracadabra

[@DorianMattar]

abracadabrascotty. I don't think so. I can have a video recorder and record myself while I sleep. I can have a bunch of witnesses sit around while I dream and record me. Dreams have been studied, they are as real as anything else that we can study. What we can't study are invisible monkeys and gods, because both are one and the same. Abracadabra is a magic trick, hence the word; trick.

[@DorianMattar]

abracadabrascotty. If it's not peer reviewed, it never happened.

[@abracadabrascotty]

Science and Truth 2 Rock "What we can't study are invisible monkeys and gods, because both are one and the same." then obviously u haven't been getting ur information from the correct sources if u actually believe that...this has been studied, in various laboratories and foundations, for many decades now...thru quite a number of approaches...and yet somehow u are not aware of this...many credible scientists as well as medical personnel as well as engineers as well as physicists have been involved in this research since the 1970's at least... as i asked someone quite recently which type of evidence would u like, the mechanical based evidence for this universal matrix, the consciousness based evidence (similar to those dreams u spoke of) , the theoretical based evidence, the physical first hand experience based evidence, or the physicist type evidence...plasma, nuclear, quantum, or acoustical based to name a few... I still think the direct experience is the best place to start...but hey it's ur call...and by the way this sentence is obviously nonsensical: " If it's not peer reviewed, it never happened." as this would negate the fact that u happened, as well as ur mother and ur father...yet they are not peer reviewed...but as we are speaking of peer review we should discuss the entities that decide which material is peer review material and which is not...can u name their credentials, can u name their conflicts of interests, can u name their editing process, can u name their affiliations, can u name their historical accuracy looking back upon their decisions and see how inaccurate their track record is (particularly in regards to cutting edge science and medicine), can u cite the % of perceived peer reviewed validated scientific models that have since been completely discredited (roughly 99% by the way)...so if I were u I would certainly be very cautious speaking of that peer review process, for if one blind man's model is validated by 99 other blind men than 1 man with clear vision would make them all seem quite illogical indeed...this is what clear thinking and deeper information understanding do to models based upon half truths...and the scientific community is built upon the mountain of half truths, as history has clearly shown beyond any shadow of a doubt...as they themselves admit...yes the scientific methodology is good, no the scientific methodology is not valid in 995 of cases, only partially valid and the invalid portion overwhelmingly negates the validated assumptions, my son..and why would u need other men and women to validate what u feel is valid, why...is this insecurity, is it the pressure of society upon u, is it that u feel that u cannot discern more truth from less truth...why do u need another man to tell u what is more true...for that very man is basing his own assumptions upon incomplete and faulty data 99% of the time...as history has already shown u... think...u never understand the nature of the box while u are still inside of it... ur friend, abracadabra

[@noonespecial1178]

sounds like what happen to paul tarsus

[@Meowwolfwarrior]

Lol that bit with the pelvic thrust. Oh my have i experienced these delusions, i once went thru a highly populated city tipping and kicking over bins because i was hunting the devil and boy was i mad. I was yelling about destroying the government and freeing everyone from oppression. Lol no one came near me cuz i am good at being scary 😂whoops

[@spazADHD99]

Richard dawkins as a special guest

[@catsozen]

I'd like to see him and Richard Dawkins dialogue with Sadhguru or Ken Wilber, curious how the back and forth will go.

[@jacobmpruzynski1216]

Micheal Shermer, Sam Harris and Dawkins all in the crowd. That's one impressive audience. The water making channels analogy was cool too. nice vid.

[@sparkyy0007]

By intelligent or unintelligent agency, we came to exist. There is not a single shred of evidence random forces of nature and chemicals caused life, in fact the second law of thermodynamics forbids it. So belief in a creator is hardly a delusion.

[@jeremywright9511]

LOL

[@doutoralexandremansurreal5002]

I saw a video of Ramakrishna that seems like an absence crisis... And the title of the video suggested that it was a kind of mystical extasis... I think it was TLE

[@jeffm6651]

Is that Sam Harris @ 18:57

[@lefyre1266]

Or Ben Stiller

[@PoeLemic]

Yes and Michael Shurmer (17:53) too. And, lot of other useless, unnamed people ...

[@brianmi40]

Yeah, but you missed Michael Shermer at 17:55...

[@alfaromeo19]

Sharp eye

[@jimi02468]

Wasn't that last guy Richard Dawkings

[@dan-iu2rd]

you think you'll live forever?

[@PetarStamenkovic]

It takes a resolute atheist to call this video _”delusion of God”_ after seeing it. The kind that believes that free will is an illusion. The fact that there is no free, independent thought is not a problem for self-named “free thinkers” and they see no irony in that. Such unwavering devotion to (un)belief. Unscathed by logic or contradicting evidence, their faith is envy of the world.

[@xnoreq]

Well they demonstrably are delusions. Also since humans' brains can be quite unreliable, it would be insane to even consider an intelligent "god" using humans as middlemen to relay messages. Our brains have evolved not only to do pattern matching (such that people will find patterns even in random noise), but also to detect agency - even if there is none. Especially children are prone to that, or people that reason child-like. I do not see how free will is relevant here, especially without a detailed definition.

[@kemchobhenchod]

Well said. Atheist arguments are overwhelmingly reductionist and straw man IME. Basically a manifestation of the trolling phenomenon that has taken over society. Similar to folks who call every new therapy in medicine quackery because it is not funded by big pharma, but then are missing when things like the Vioxx or WHI scandals take place. In the absence of evidence, we have to reason from first principles, intuition and analogy. The bottom line is this: clearly something is going on, and we don't know why. Effects do not happen without causes. And we don't know where consciousness comes from or where it ends up. John, yes we recognize patterns, but this is because sometimes there are patterns. This is how science works as well. There is a difference between psychological p-hacking and the Monte Carlo method, but to an untrained eye they appear identical.

[@UndeadKIRA]

this man knows alot about his stuff, i wonder if he knew anything about the effects of LSD, MD, DMT and other drugs, as they have effects that could be comparable to what he talks about here

[@abracadabrascotty]

+Jak Vokun-Sos no, this man does NOT know his stuff...he is very confused...the only sane man in this video is actually the one having the seizures...the doctor understands virtually nothing...he is absolutely incorrect...it is not his fault, he has been confused in this place, this realm, this density... ur friend, abracadabra

[@UndeadKIRA]

abracadabrascotty So you disagree with everything he said?

[@abracadabrascotty]

Jak Vokun-Sos virtually everything he says is inaccurate in the greater context...it is actually accurate, from one point to another point, but bc these points are incomplete they turn logic on its' own head...completely upside down...this is precisely because he BEGINS under a false premise, and he ends at a point which is not the end...it is that simple...truly...any logical observation will completely fool the observer if he-she does not understand their own premise...this fallacy is overwhelmingly common within science and medicine, both of which I work with as a research analyst... ur friend, abracadabra

[@abracadabrascotty]

Jak Vokun-Sos hey u also mentioned DMT...I could possibly help u out there with the explanation of its' mechanism of action, and i will attempt to keep it as brief as possible while conveying the more salient points hopefully...a copy paste from another forum I post on... ~ the way the NN DMT (there is also a common molecular-chemical form referred to as 5 MEO-DMT that is similar but not the same) works is via DISABLING ur 5 electrical senses which give ur local consciousness its' body centric setting and central nervous system mediated form of ur current sense of reality...in this way, NN DMT emulates the transition from ur veiled and separated localized consciousness experience from ur larger more aware form of non local consciousness, via bypassing the veil system...BOTH forms of consciousness are yours...the local and the non local...one is FINITE, THE OTHER IS INFINITE...the finite one is finite because it is veiled behind a body which requires an adequate electromagnetic current to hold this veil in place...and when this body suffers trauma, then that consistent adequate electromagnetic veil system is disrupted, thus the larger more primary form of consciousness is now the primary form, as this veil has lost the energy required to keep it in place, the veil that divides u from UUU......the larger non local form of consciousness is the MORE primary form of ur eternal consciousness, the portion that is ALWAYS ON...THE SUBSET LOCALIZED FORM OF CONSCIOUSNESS, BEHIND THIS ELECTROMAGNETIC VEIL, U ARE CURRENTLY USING TO READ THIS MESSAGE IS THE SECONDARY DERIVATIVE FORM OF CONSCIOUSNESS...though it appears primary at this moment, because this is the subset experience u wished to experience...IT IS MEANT FOR FOCUSED AWARENESS FOR EXPERIENTIAL PURPOSES...this is why ppl such as Nathan here refer to THAT larger form of conscious reality as "HOME"...BECAUSE IT IS...this form of consciousness here and now is ur experienced reality subset, like a vacation from ur eternal reality...and u are going to learn many things from this experience here and now, as u already know...and this is why this current reality frame experience is derived from ur 5 electrical to digital senses which then are tied in to ur central processing unit known as ur brain, which then recreates this experience holographically... in essence, this experience of reality is an interactive virtual reality WITHIN THE LARGER REALITY...a literal subset...and this is when u "die" this death is defined as "LACK OF ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE HEART OR BRAIN, WITH NO ELECTRICAL PULSE LEFT"...at which time u are freed from the subset version of reality, the version behind the veil of electromagnetism which compresses energy into form for this experience...the energy requirements for this field compression which dominates and orchestrates the particle atomic structure within that field is derived from this very electrical activity which I speak of as the definition of "physical life" itself...thus "physical death" is again defined via the LACK of this electrical pulsed activity within the field that corresponds to the heart and or brain particles within that resonant field which govern their activity...substances such as DMT disrupt, temporarily, this field intensity as well as its' pulse activity in regards to the Pineal body's relationship with this field...thus the perception of the reality experienced, within that field only, undergoes mutation from the ordinary perception to an alternate perception of the electromagnetic energy external to, and interactive with, this field and the particles governed within it including the 5 electrical sensory apparatus which interpret the electromagnetic energy external to, and interactive with, this field's sensory input...again, this is all simply because reality itself is subjective in nature, not objective, and this subjectivity is wholly derived via the 5 electrical sensory input that is then decoded and interpreted holographically via what is referred to as the brain, which itself is but an internal holographic construct decoding external holographic input and information...DMT in its' active form, would be analogous to the remote control to ur television set, and the channel u are viewing has just been changed...the television itself has gone nowhere, but the wave form information, the channel frequency has simply been changed to a different channel...and the observer is still sitting on his couch watching the very same television, nothing else has changed except the information received...all other individual fields of consciousness, other people, cannot view that channel unless they also have access to this remote, because their own 5 electrical senses are stuck on only one channel, and this one channel is ubiquitous to all human beings' senses, just as channel 6 on ur television is ubiquitous to all viewers watching that channel, they are all viewing the very same information no matter where they are bc the tv's decoding mechanisms are all ubiquitous, so they all decode the very same experience as long as the waves of information are within their tv's range of reception...it gets very complicated so I hope this brief explanation helps guys...ur body = very advanced biological tv set with 5 senses but only 1 channel to view, DMT = remote to change the channel... ur friend, abracadabra

[@UndeadKIRA]

abracadabrascotty I honestly had to read that a few times to fully grasp what you mean. Can I ask your sources for this? Personal Hypothesis? However with understanding your explanation , I respectfully disagree with the almost meta-physical nature of it. Considering my personal experiences, I identify the feeling of true reality simply as an enhancement of certain senses and systems or in some cases repression of them, giving a window to an alternate perception this subjective reality.

[@joellent49]

Wow this is good!

[@HardKore5250]

Never a god brain is very creative

[@fastlane6096]

Rhymes for atheists to teach their children. (Can’t call them prayers, there’s no one listening anyway.) Now I lay me down to sleep A freak of nature, a little creep, If I should die before I wake up, What a rotten piece of luck. Jesus don’t love me, this I know, For my father told me so. I came from the swamp, He said, No blessings on my little head.

[@CanalOmega]

You are exactly what the video is about, delusional emotional ideas because of brain chemistry.

[@unicyclist97]

Aww, god-botherers are so sad and small-minded. I pity their myopic apocalyptic worldview.

[@rickrastardly]

Right, take the question mark of the title please. Thank you.

[@Chebab-Chebab]

I'm a bit drunk.

[@Bludvane_77]

Ever since I was a child I thought religion was stupid and wrong because of all the hate, wars and deaths it’s caused since it all began, it’s just an out dated theory of life.

[@yezz5476]

We must speak

[@yezz5476]

I can send visual proof via email

[@robertmcclintock8701]

if anybody pays attention they can see artifacts and name them.

[@PoeLemic]

Yeah, I am watching on a 4k television, so yeah, I was almost seeing ghosts, haunting images, UFOs, and all sorts of stuff. I wished it was in higher quality !!!

[@jeehooahn9114]

22:10 Richard Dawkins cameo!

[@JungleJargon]

Your brain makes you think that mindless things made you and there is no rational for your belief.

[@JungleJargon]

+HenryDavidT Object credit giver. ..

[@jrjohannes1]

Why not a delusion of being an Olive???

[@jeehooahn9114]

6:20 people who don't consider the possible physical explanations, and jump straight to "it's god, a spirit, a supernatural being" ...

[@mrsonicblah1]

@Anthony Hujjes I suppose we don't know yet, but slapping magic on something you don't understand isn't a reliable way to properly find out something.

[@mrsonicblah1]

@Calvin Harrison It just shows you have NO clue what you're talking about. Life in it's most basic form is just chemistry. This chemistry can come about by natural means through emergent complexity that DOES NOT require a "creator". Seriously, DNA & RNA sequencing are well known sciences in today's modern world, both which are theorised to have played a part in forming the chemicals that gave birth to life. And fine, you CAN stick the "God" sticker on it if you really want to. But which God and which version of God are you sticking the creator sticker on? The Muslim Allah from the Qu'ran? The Christian Father from the Bible. If you're a monotheist, these (and including Judaisim) are the only options. The books in which this God character was born from have all since been disproved as mortal works as they get things wrong that would not happen if they actually had a divine author. So what? You have a God that only exists in myths and stories and from books that have since been proven to be human works. What else do you have, apart from your own incredulty and belief in the supernatural? Whenever humans have had a "supernatural" explanation for ANYTHING - it has always turned out to be wrong. Primitives hear thunder + Don't know what it is + Apply magic = It's a spirit. No, turns out it's natural. Primitives hear a sound in the forest? Don't know what it is + Apply magic = It's a phantom. No, turns out it's natural. How did life, the universe and everything start? Don't know how or what it is + Apply magic = It's God(s). And, as the pattern shows, when we DO one day learn and if we do, the truth of it will render our belief in God(s), magic and spirits laughable - but there's always people like you who are either too afraid to ask questions that are too hard or too dumb enough. Get a grip. Reality is waiting for you.

[@mrsonicblah1]

@Calvin Harrison How can you even say that it's a fact, since this either shows you don't know what a fact is or are being dishonest. A fact is something you can show to be true, verify, show the worth of something. Do that, without making any logical fallicies, without any arguments, show one fact that you can prove for "God" that cannot be explained by a non supernatural explanation.

[@mrsonicblah1]

@Calvin Harrison You didn't give me a fact, but a logical fallacy, like I asked you not to. But that's okay, we're just chatting :) But anyway, how can you first assume that life was "created"? What merit or justification convinced you that reality is a creation? Yes, a creation requires a creator. I agree. But does reality require a "realator?" And again, how can you outright claim "creation"? You say this with no proof, no evidence. You can then say ANYTHING and I can do it too. Life is a creation made by the invisible, undetectable alien king, proof of this being is you even being concious in the first place. You see how the claim does not justify the tiny logical fallacy I am giving you as proof? Same thing here. So, you didn't answer my question. But dug a deeper hole. If this is all you're going to do, I don't wanna carry on replying, and you oughtta do the same bud.

[@jamodrussellthornton1356]

What sigh y’all is I’m a cap

[@divaboo2412]

Leo ♌️ lol

[@officialmylo901]

We are so different from the actually universe we are so different from animals this all could not be for no purpose.. Tf you mean

[@WyattCayer]

Humans are exceedingly arrogant, we think that we are so much better than other animals even though they share so many of the same traits as us and we just have a higher level of self awareness. At least we think. But primates, squids, dolphins, and whales etc. are extremely complex and have social functions, empathy, and mutualism, and there are some very interesting examples for all three of those (look some stuff up on it). Just because we are slightly better than other animals doesn't mean that we are here for any real objective purpose. We make our own purpose in life. Life is whatever you want to see it as, and simultaneously meaningless. That's why we made god. It is much more comforting (for at least some individuals) that we know exactly what we are here for and that what we are working towards has "objective" meaning for the sake our own egos. I honestly get why so many people believe in god and fear death, but personally eternity seems like a hellish concept and I would prefer life to be transient. Because if in the end, you are going to heaven anyways, why would you care about what happens to you here on earth? After all when you compare 70 years to ∞, 70 years becomes completely insignificant and literally infinitely small. Just some food for thought. I respect whatever ideology comforts someone, unless they are straight up discrediting scientific research and empirical data and or harming someone else by doing so.

[@ThinkNeutral69]

I think we have religion so that everyone doesn't have existential crisis'

[@lightbeing8174]

watch the devil and father amorth trailer.

[@chemnitz-sama6513]

Yes, let's ignore the life of Christ, the martyrdom of his disciples after he was raised, and the conversion of two Skeptic Jews who wouldn't become followers of Christ unless they saw the risen Lord. Atheists never cease to amaze me.

[@anonymouse4793]

Jesus is a myth.

[@jeremywright9511]

I mean, were you there to see all of that? Or is that just what the church told you?

[@mrandersong1]

Even if atheists saw God and his miracles personally they still wouldn’t believe. It’s a condition of the heart called prideful fear

[@captainobvious1415]

Now it's time we make a video titled, "How Our Brain Creates Delusion Of Atheism."

[@Ozone280]

Do it then

[@seivaDsugnA]

Why God made malfunctioning brains.

[@Ozone280]

I'm sure Disney would be interested

[@seivaDsugnA]

Michael Dodds How Cryo-Disney's Malfunctioning Brain Created God. I like it.

[@Ozone280]

You could do a documentary about creationists' malfunctioning brains.

[@MatteoPrezioso]

Well, to begin with I've always thought all religions are cuckoo.

[@stt9379]

suffering from aftermath of a epileptic ---- seizure t in

[@MatteoPrezioso]

Franklin gatthie Huffington vionia ...What?

[@hoyboys1000]

Ignorance is Bliss.

[@lightbeing8174]

watch the devil and father amorth trailer.

[@minto7699]

Did Jesus have seizures maybe ?

[@Clairsmith123]

And then Healed people and Raised 1 from the Dead???....Yeah...Right...

[@minto7699]

@@Clairsmith123 Raised 1 from the dead ? Only for him to die again.....do you actually believe that story ?

[@deathglock496]

I believe that their is a God

[@paradisecityX0]

So how does our brain create delusions of grandeur and self-importance, or lead one to be so sure that there is no God?

[@Ozone280]

Common sense does that

[@paradisecityX0]

Michael Dodds Not at all, hun. I'm curious though, what's your idea of God?

[@paradisecityX0]

Michael Dodds "I see plenty evidence that god cannot exist, the god of the bible would not have allowed the christian church to devastate whole communities in His name like it did over the centuries.", that's hardly evidence. And I believe it all has to do with free will. "If a god existed then any moral god would simply have said "Not In My Name" and put a stop to it.", it would be immoral for God to be our dictator instead of giving us the freedom to choose to do good and evil. Of course there's no scientific/physical evidence for God and there never will be. Material evidence for an immaterial supreme being is a misnomer. In which case, we'd be obligated to follow or futilely defy (a relationship should ever be out of obligation). And thanks.

[@Ozone280]

paradisecityX0 I'm not talking just material evidence. ANY evidence would do. The problem with IMMATERIAL (supernatural) evidence of god is that it's not disprovable. This gives its supporters unlimited licence to offer any sort of attributes they want, safe in the knowledge that each fantastic claim is totally safe from being questioned. There are 2 main claims of religions that are just too outrageous to be acceptable for me. 1 Blind Faith. I find it incredible that a sentient god would expect this of his slaves, the stakes are too high. If hell exists for disbelievers then it's incumbent upon god to ensure that his slaves are fully aware of the choices before them - and the consequences. To me, the concept of Blind Faith is a construction of early religious leaders to stop awkward questions, and it's now become a tenet of belief simply because there is NO evidence for religious belief. 2 Eternal life. This is so blatantly a lie to attract followers that I find it astonishing that normally sensible people can accept it's truth. To seriously say that everyone who has ever heard and accepted the word of god is now living eternally in heaven is just plain daft. What about the untold millions who lived before the biblical god? The untold millions who lived in other parts of the world? The untold millions of infants who died? These two basic tenets of religion are the two main reasons I reject it. Yet without these two lies, religion wouldn't last another generation. Added to that are the creationists, who will stop at nothing to force their beliefs on anyone they are able. Their dogged denial of proven science is little short of pathetic. Finally, if a perfect god watched on and approved that awful bible then it's a god no person with a semblance of morality would want anything to do with. If it's not the word of god of course, then it's just the words of men - en with an agenda. Either way I find it an unpleasant read. If god existed then none of this would be necessary. And you're welcome :)

[@paradisecityX0]

+Michael Dodds Blind faith isn't faith at all, it's fidiesm. Faith itself is defined in Hebrews 11:1. And how is eternal life a "blatant lie"? How could you possibly know this? It's blatantly overconfident to assert nothing happens. And all those who died and never heard of God, that's pretty much explained in Romans. "Yet without these two lies, religion wouldn't last another generation.", again, lies are deliberate. And hate to break it to you but that's not gonna happen. There's always gonna be religion in one way or another, it's human nature. Also you mention young earth creationists...I would just ignore them. "if a perfect god watched on and approved that awful bible then it's a god no person with a semblance of morality would want anything to do with", then might I suggest you get to know people of faith (those who know the bible) and look into some commentaries.

[@JohnHlavaty]

Current theological standards

[@andre2679]

Richard Dawkins at the end!

[@therobotshow626]

Gosh, Mommy & their all evil religions is in the Delusion Of God. Let's people recommend that video on KZbin. Scary.

[@differdog9354]

I don't believe in all this evolution or God did it stuff. I think that Fred did it. Fred is one hell of a guy. I hope to start a religion based on Fred and his teaching. I don't have any doctrine yet but will make it up as I go along. If anybody is interested in joining this endeavour, all you have to do is send me 20% of your wages. Hopefully I will set up the doctrine around present scientific knowledge and humanist morals and develop along side their teachings. Please get in touch with your bank details if you are interested. Note, you are free to change your mind and leave if you so desire.

[@officialmylo901]

you're waste

[@differdog9354]

+Myles Jordyn If you are not interested, that's OK. Please pass the word. I need the money.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

The self delusion, how our brain creates delusions of self!

[@Matowix]

Jeasus cured my cousin of cancer

[@markonekic1917]

After giving him a cancer

[@Matowix]

@@markonekic1917 so its even ?

[@markonekic1917]

@@Matowix so there is no god

[@Matowix]

@@markonekic1917 defiantly not. I was trolling when i wrote that comment 1 year ago.

[@lightbeing8174]

@@markonekic1917 I was cursed I had to pray to jehovah God and jesus christ and the prayer was answered thank God that cursed was the worst.

[@bitkurd]

A scientist refutes God 😂 give me a break! Science is also a religion dude

[@ekremgj]

What if the so called prophets had this and billion of poeple are following them🤣🍗

[@Hhjhfu247]

What if the so called prophets were just ordinary people who observed supernatural phenomena because they were lucky?

[@kittyalana2583]

i understand completely

[@jonathanberglund1191]

awesome

[@KenMasters.]

The idea of God being a delusion is promoted by Richard Dawkins, the world’s chief apostle for atheism. Dawkins has been Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University since 1996. In his 2006 book The God Delusion, Dawkins labels God and belief in God as “delusions.” Dawkins is a gifted writer, and his position at a leading university in the English-speaking world gives him great prestige in intellectual, cultural, and political circles. His atheism is fierce. The jacket of The God Delusion calls the God of the Old Testament “a sex-obsessed tyrant” and the deistic god of the 18th-century Enlightenment a “more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker.” Belief in God, says Dawkins, subverts science and knowledge, breeds ignorance, foments bigotry, and abuses children. All this happens for the simple reason that God is a delusion. Not only are “fundamentalists” unintelligent for “know[ing] they are right because they have read the truth in a holy book,” but even moderation in faith, says Dawkins, “fosters fanaticism.” There are plenty of intelligent answers to Dawkins’ contention that God is a delusion and to his crusade against all things religious. Dawkins firmly asserts that God is a delusion, but the Bible just as firmly states that God is not a delusion. Psalm 14:1-3, for example, says, “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” Fools who deny the existence of God are corrupt, and so are their deeds. Because their understanding is also corrupt, “they do not seek after God.” Note that the Bible and Dawkins are directly opposed to one another. Dawkins says there is no God and that people who believe in God do terrible things. The Bible says there is a God, and it is rather the people who deny God who do terrible things. God is not the delusion; atheism is. The apostle Paul declares that the reason people who deny God are able to gain and maintain such large followings, as Dawkins has, is that the human race in general is lost in sin and self-delusion. People naturally seek after those whose rhetoric reflects their own self-delusion. Those who deny God follow eagerly after Dawkins and his ilk because they share a common hatred for God (2 Timothy 4:3). The denial of God is the true delusion, a delusion that extends to the atheist’s view of humanity as “good,” all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding. A sober assessment of human beings recognizes that we lie, cheat, steal, lust, complain, envy, hate, and forget and that we are careless, ruthless, disrespectful, resentful, and loveless. We are all these things naturally from birth. This is what God means when He says, “There is no one who does good” (Psalm 14:3). We are so obviously sinful that it is silly to call human beings “good.” Nobody teaches children to lie; they do it naturally. Nobody teaches teenage boys to lust; they do it naturally. Nobody teaches the employee to resent his boss or spread malicious gossip about the coworker with whom he is competing for a promotion; he does these things naturally. Nobody teaches the wife to unjustly criticize her husband or the husband to neglect his wife; both do these things naturally. Yet in the sixth chapter of The God Delusion, entitled “The Roots of Morality: Why Are We Good?” Dawkins explains why human beings are good-based on nothing more than his own opinion-despite the fact that there is no God who can define what is “good.” Dawkins not only directly opposes the Bible’s teaching but he denies what is obvious to even the most casual observer of human nature and behavior. The ninth chapter of The God Delusion is called “Childhood, Abuse and the Escape from Religion.” In this chapter Dawkins replies to a question about clergy sexual abuse: “Horrible as sexual abuse no doubt was, the damage was arguably less than the long-term psychological damage inflicted by bringing the child up Catholic in the first place” (page 317). Human beings are good, says Dawkins, and even the sexual abuse they perpetrate is better than a religion that tells them they are not good. How he explains the desire for “good” men-priests or otherwise-to sexually abuse children is a mystery. The Bible, however, does explain it. Men do evil because their hearts are evil (Matthew 12:35), and unless men are made new creations in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), they will continue to do evil because it is their natural inclination (Romans 3:5-6, 10-11). Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines delusion as “something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary; also, the abnormal state marked by such beliefs.” The last clause is significant: intellectual and moral delusion have permanent effects on the mind and heart. Believing lies causes the mind to begin to operate abnormally and to exist in a state that is not healthy and perhaps even dangerous, both for itself and for others. This is what the Bible calls “sin,” and a core element of our sin is our delusion that God does not exist. The God Delusion was written by a science professor, and it should be stated clearly here, given how often atheism presents itself under the banner of science, that science is not to blame for atheism or any other symptom of human sinfulness. In fact, many great scientists of the past were Christians, believing that God made the heavens and the earth and established the laws by which the natural world operates and which scientists investigate. Most of the “giants” of modern science were Christians. They pursued a rational understanding of the cosmos because they believed that God, who has a mind, had created the cosmos according to the principles of rational and mathematical operation that govern the human mind, which is fashioned according to the image of God (Genesis 1:27). Belief in God is no delusion. It is inherently and fundamentally rational-a logical response to seeing God’s handiwork (Psalm 19:1). Belief in God is the source of true wisdom regarding why human beings do evil things so often and so naturally, why we can work so hard to be good and still fail, and why Jesus Christ and only He is the spiritual hope for mankind.

[@samikhalil8283]

Words in a book anybody could have wrote but no actual proof.

[@KenMasters.]

@@samikhalil8283 Then who wrote the Bible?

[@samikhalil8283]

@@KenMasters. where the proof of god writing the bible

[@KenMasters.]

@@samikhalil8283 Answer my question first and I will say mine, just to explain further.

[@samikhalil8283]

@@KenMasters. every religion is different but with the bible i think its god.

[@edgar02denver]

i guess u ur own god n ur own universe 🙊

[@Seekmosttoprophesy]

You can't make your Maker.

[@OccultThinkTankOFFICIAL]

+Seekmosttoprophesy Of course not. One can't make their parents as the parent proceeded them! As for a Magical being there is *No Evidence* that such exists!

[@DorianMattar]

That is exactly right, so who made your maker?

[@susandrakenviller3683]

+Science and Truth 2 Rock No one made God, that's about the most basic lemma in religion.

[@DorianMattar]

+Susan Drakenviller Right, so using that, I can say anything that I want, and I won't need to prove anything. You see, Santa Clause doesn't need a creator, because he was the creator of all toys. The same can be used for ALL other gods. Your argument, is simply an excuse made up by the church for people who can't think. For you to make ANY argument, you can't just SAY SO, you need to provide a mechanism that shows HOW your claim works. So when you say, God doesn't need a creator, you NEED TO SHOW HOW he doesn't need a creator, NOT just say it. Get it?

[@OccultThinkTankOFFICIAL]

Susan Drakenviller That is called an Infinite Regression Logical Fallacy!

[@pup1008]

*Imagine there's no heaven..... It's easy if you try....*

[@lightbeing8174]

If you are an exorcist priest that's not going to be easy.

[@lightbeing8174]

watch the devil and father amorth trailer.

[@lightbeing8174]

Google the 6 voices of annelise michel.

[@lightbeing8174]

Listen to the 6 voices of annelise michel.

[@pup1008]

@@lightbeing8174 Well I'm not an exorcist.

[@melbet1806]

Search on KZbin:Albert Pike's letter...now say something about religions.

[@leinad5243]

Yah God is a neurological reaction lol simple thesis

[@richardbrewer133]

mania 101

[@3evibez817]

psychedelics lol

[@thekaxmax]

they activate similar brain regions. some activate the same regions.

[@scottarocky]

This person is completely clueless

[@dazzah97]

666 comments before my comment , I knew this video was the work of the devil 😉

[@gazagxrlx2974]

I'm seeing 526 comments wtf

[@samikhalil8283]

@@gazagxrlx2974 lol they just made that up so hilarious

[@lightbeing8174]

@@samikhalil8283 I am seriously freak out because of the experience that I had what I describe above this comment that was too much.

[@godschild2432]

A fool says in his heart there is no God

[@jeremywright9511]

Then perhaps he should show himself. Or at least one of the many gods worshiped by many different religions.

[@issuslodan3781]

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