Moral Arguments Were Always a Waste of Time

[@alanw505]

Stephen Hawking said it best. "The enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance. The enemy of knowledge is the illusion of knowledge".

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Wow. He sure said a mouthful there. That's really brilliant. The illusion of knowledge. I know a lot of people who have a head full of what they think is knowledge. And, there's really nothing you can do. Just as a quick example, I had him cornered over and over. He didn't like vaccines saying "I should be able to use whatever medicine I see fit." I asked "Okay so then you believe in the legalization of hard drugs like heroin and cocaine?" "No." "But you should use whatever medicine you see fit?" "Yes." "Okay so then that should include ..." "No." and over and over. That's just one example. But it's just as easy as that for them. It's just "Nope". There's no consistency, it doesn't have to stand up to any principles, goal posts change all the time. He's convinced he knows better. So yeah. The illusion of knowledge really is the enemy of knowledge.

[@archbishoprichardforceginn9338]

@PaulTheSkeptic Hahaha,How many Great T.P hoarding event 19 Boosters are you up to compared to Polio? 🤓💉💉💉🤡🤧

[@kimmieutsunomiya1457]

Yeah false knowledge is worse than ignorance

[@AllLogarithmsEqual]

Ironically, Hawking was not the originator of the quote. It was Daniel J. Boorstin.... and I'it's not clear whether Hawking ever said it.

[@archbishoprichardforceginn9338]

@PaulTheSkeptic How many Booster shotz have you taken 🤣💉💉💉💉🤡 compared to Polio ?

[@BrookeK92]

I share your rage. It's sick to be lectured about morality from people with no empathy and who think the world is just a dirty mat to wipe their feet before the "afterlife".

[@tekbarrier]

"This isn't our real home, we're just passing through. By the way, we should be in charge of everything and tell you how to run your life." 🙄

[@Kevin15047]

I'm so going to use that dirty mat metaphor.

[@sarysa]

Masterfully stated. Nearly everyone who reaches a certain age acquires some kind of contempt for the violent world we live in, not to mention for their own mortality. Pretending that there is a way out will never solve this problem. It only leads people to perpetuate these negative cycles.

[@tehspamgozehere]

Obedience is NOT morality. Morality (or ethical behavior if you prefer) is doing what is right even when no one is looking and you aren't going to be rewarded or punished for it. Religions try and instill the fear of being watched into every waking moment as a way to try and make people behave. Obedience through fear of punishment or hope of reward. There's nothing ethical about that.

[@tehspamgozehere]

@@Kevin15047 Pretty sure that's a reference to a passage in some of the bibles actually. Or at least a sentiment. Matt Dillahunty has often said the bibles say the world is just a place to wipe one's feet before heaven though, especially when talking about people who see no point in preserving or caring for the planet.

[@TheTrueRandomGamer]

For the record, I don’t think you wasted your time. Even if it didn't get through to most Christians your analysis is still useful for anyone outside the religion.

[@Nerobyrne]

And there's always quite a few Christians who got indoctrinated as kids and are just one good argument away from beginning deconstruction.

[@Hurricayne92]

There are those "Christians" that are more humanist and should be held up as paragons of the 'faith' but the majority would suppress them because they are not towing the 'party' line

[@Hurricayne92]

I realise that all the quotations might seem like a cop out but as an Athiest that grew up in the pentacostal church i did see people that valued other people above all else even if it was incredibly rare.

[@RandomDoodlesIDo]

I’ve just found this channel today, and I’ll say as an atheist, that yeah, his videos HAVE helped me really grasp WHY I feel this way. I also understand however, that we’re not just his target audience. He wants to help other people who need it too, people who might feel something NEW from his analysis’. It really is sick that the majority of America act this way. We as a nation need to soul search.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

I'm sure that the intelligent arguments must have contributed to some religious people starting to think for themselves, question what they formerly just accepted, and started to deconstruct and become better people as a result.

[@jerlanlan]

This video made me cry. You have made such a difference in my own life. I was raised Catholic and truly believed I was going to hell because I found women attractive. Your videos helped me to realize that I wasn’t going to hell, that no one is going to hell. These videos do make a difference, never feel like there is no point. We can’t stop fighting to change the minds of our fellow Americans on the genocide of the people of Palestine. Not until the day the fighting stops. Your anger is more than justified. Thank you for making this video Mr. Darkmatter.

[@blondequijote]

Even if you give up moral arguments, it’s easy to appeal to selfishness and point out that our tax dollars are funding these atrocities. That won’t work on all the fundies, but it’ll get more fence-sitters to pay attention.

[@VolrathEvincar]

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence."

[@imacmill]

Paraphrased from W.B. Yeats' _The Second Coming_ .

[@Bluecedor]

It’s because the stupid ones are deep into their animalistic instincts. They are moved by their amygdalas, not their frontal cortexes. It’s a direct analogy that intelligent people with critical thinking skills and healthy self-observation use the front of their brain - moving forward, and those that center themselves in superstition and spectral evidence center themselves at the back - moving in reverse. Moving forward takes all senses and processing ability. Moving backward requires hard, decisive action. “Strong” and wrong versus “weak” and right.

[@bernadettethomas4266]

This!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@steven2183]

I also like the E.O. Wilson quote : "The problem with the world today is that we have neolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology."

[@lawrencemorris2261]

I'm screenshotting this comment.

[@r.a.8582]

I am a gay atheist Palestinian (living in Canada now). I am so very deeply touched by your video. It is a light in a dark ocean of despair, a nightmare that never ends. Brother.. i love you! Please don't stop shining the light. You give me hope. I desperately need it, and i assure you, i am not alone! Thank you!

[@MainstageEnergy]

I hope you make it... you dont deserve to suffer like this

[@somerandomchillpotato1991]

Trans Atheist Palestinian here. I second your comment

[@Deletedgirl12]

@@somerandomchillpotato1991 💕💕💕💕💕

[@hexcodeff6624]

Why's your donation in Canadian Dollars? Did you need to use a VPN to hide your identity?

[@omarir-gw3ku]

@@r.a.8582 LoL

[@MorbiusBlueBalls]

"Fools are full of confidence and geniuses are full of doubt. That is the problem with this world."

[@1Meepman]

Dunning Krueger effect.

[@tinfoilfreak]

I think it's the first half that's the problem. Geniuses should always be doubtful, that's what makes them Geniuses.

[@jake-lynndobos659]

​@@tinfoilfreak but the doubt, that the geniuses have, is what makes the fools not listen, though.

[@neblime2496]

The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity, evocative words...

[@TheSaltyAdmiral]

Well, that isn't really the problem. That is just the natural effect of having vs not having information. Knowledge is like an expanding balloon, with knowledge on the inside and the unknow on the outside. And the more inflated it gets the bigger the area exposed to the unknown becomes, you need to know quite a bit to understand how little you know. *The real problem is that the ratio of fools to... not even geniuses, just academics in general, is out of balance. And even more importantly their perceived status in society, America has become almost an anti intellectual culture, were being highly educated or an expert on something makes you an "egghead" or elite, not to be trusted.*

[@ROBFATHERX]

I’m 64, and a father/dad, a bisexual, a U.S. retired veteran, and an openly proud atheist and antireligionist. And oh, how I share your righteous disgust, anger/rage!!! Please do not give up your work.

[@CisWhiteMalewithExtraPrivilege]

lol bisexual

[@OceanusHelios]

@@CisWhiteMalewithExtraPrivilegeWhat's so funny? Most R's are too. They can't stop fellating Putin and Dumbold Rump day and night.

[@Nqall_94]

Yoo! Fellow bi!

[@RED-my9hl]

​@@CisWhiteMalewithExtraPrivilege this ur first word?

[@RodrigoFernandez-k2i]

Good on you. Keep going. You're in the right.

[@nicolasreyes2190]

It's not a waste of time. I'm a 27 year old man from Uruguay. I watched your videos when I was like 14 man. You shaped my world view, you helped me build my critical thinking. Us skeptical people are silent because we hesitate to voice opinions because we're unsure and we want to read more before we speak and even when we do voice our opinions. they don't attention grab like others because they're nuanced, complex, "boring". Dumb opinions tend to be more extreme and "confident-sounding". Do not lose hope because of all these loud people saying all these dumb stuff. And yeah it's true that our leaders are often part of the "dumb" group which of course is very hard to swallow but the truth is that in the case of our leaders i believe that in most cases they're not dumb they're just corrupt and pretend to not see the truth when they're justifying their actions in public but it's all geopolitical-economical interest that dictates their decisions, not morality. While you're arguing with some extremist dogmatic person, a hundred skeptics in the making are listening and learning how to reason from you.

[@cockatooinsunglasses7492]

You're completely correct, I have felt that way for a very long time. I remember reading the Bible cover to cover as a religious thirteen year old and I had a panic attack. Not too long after, I became an atheist. If any other entity were to profess the same genocidal things as "Yahweh" of the Bible, and if we discovered it existed . . . humanity would waste no time trying to discover a way to kill it.

[@alexgnath6084]

For being such a young person you are very wise beyond your years. Well said! The loud and proud vs the meek and wise. Research the new findings in how people that are religious may yet to evolve the Emotional intelligence to accept new ideas or facts. If that's the case we have to start asking more questions on how that factors into the bigger picture and how that fits in the natural laws that nature dictates. Nature always balances life and extinction and manages to suppress species that impact mass amounts of other species under threat of extinction. This may be nature assuring a suppression of a species or may not but we are definitely in that threshold for suppression. War amongst the same species to decrease populations? Maybe? Maybe not? We see in nature when male hippos eat the younger males to decrease population in order to not exceed the carrying capacity of the land

[@CarlosLopez-wb2qn]

Ah, mira bó. Uruguay mentioned!

[@Vyloka]

Nuance equals more gray area. The confident charismatic individual speaks in nothing but absolutes with a confidence that makes people think they have answers even though MOST ANSWERS are nuanced. This fools the followers. I apologize its just a human psyche thing. Youre a really smart capable person excersizing your critical thinking here for so long dude ❤ if noone else is gonna say it, i definitely will

[@oldchild527]

Mira tu un latino, soy de México y por aca el catolicismo es fuerte todavía en la generación de mi madre, yo no creo en su dios ni la iglesia, cuando yo crecía se hizo ver la red de trata de menores por parte de la iglesia, perdí mi fe en esos años

[@SilverSun6000]

“It seems like the ignorant are becoming more influential because they have no respect for the knowledgeable.” -Darkmatter2525

[@Nocturnalux]

I think it’s even worse than that. The ignorant have bo respect for knowledge.

[@kvdrr]

Anti-intellectualism is rampant these days.

[@CorbCorbin]

They hate the logical and those with more knowledge. I’m around the same age, near 50, and have had these same discussions, debates and/or arguments, and I found that there are far too many, for which a person can never be logically reasoned with, to change their mind. Protestants, or what the census call non-Catholic Christians, are the majority of people, of any group in the country. These are many different sects, that often have very different moral beliefs, and it seems more and more are using Old Testament war god thinking. Yet, they disregard, or ignore anything that contradicts their morals on a subject. Abortion, slavery, killing for one’s God, and on and on… I grew up hearing Christians say that we don’t justify slaughtering innocent people, like terrorist groups did. Now, we have Israel, taking more people than terrorists, and other attacks, have taken over many years; Decades even. It’s like they want create a new generation of kids, who’ll be easily groomed into terrorists, snd if a real extremist, true believer, get’s into power, within the right place, we might finally see an old nuke set off in the region, just to make the statement. Tolerance of religion, is only something worth fighting for, when that religion isn’t inciting and committing violence publicly. I can’t wait until a Christian tells me that an Atheist doesn’t have a reason to have morals.

[@kariannecrysler640]

@@CorbCorbinthat is why I appreciate truth. Actuality of reality. Not just philosophy, but the on the ground experience.

thats what fascists do, after all.

[@The5armdamput33]

This is why, when people tell me that they're "pro-life", I don't believe them....

[@paulthepotato9311]

I think I was but I was quick leave that when I left theism when Trump vwas president elect... My eyes opened 😌😌

[@ShnoogleMan]

Sometimes protecting life means killing killers. According to Hamas’s own numbers, ~40k are dead, although Hamas has been proven to fudge numbers throughout this conflict, such as when the UN discovered many of the women and children deaths had fake ID numbers, or when they claimed in the early weeks of the war that 500 people died in a hospital bombing, only for further evidence to reveal that it was fifty people killed in a parking lot next to a hospital by one of Hamas’s own misfired rockets. Let’s say though that Hamas’s numbers are correct. According to the IDF, 23/24 Hamas batallions are destroyed. We’re looking at roughly 20k combatant deaths. That’s a civilian to combatant ratio of 1:1. This number is further affirmed by the claim made by many critics of Israel that 10,000 minors have died. People under 18 make up about half of Gaza’s population. Therefore, if 10,000 minors died (assuming none of these are are child soldiers, which is a big assumption), then we are looking at about 20,000 total civilian deaths. Urban warfare typically sees a combatant to civilian death ratio of 1:9. A 1:1 ratio, while still brutal, is utterly unprecedented, and is a ratio of civilian death far lower than any comparable conflict. Is it still horrible? Yes, because war is horrible, and so is urban warfare, but this is no more a genocide than the Allied attacks on German cities in WWII. I also don’t doubt that many Israeli soldiers have commit war crimes, but that’s not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the war at large is an attempt at exterminating a population. The numbers we have contradict that. That’s not a genocide.

[@user-pw6ei2mn7x]

“Anti abortion “is the correct term. Pro life would mean doing everything to ensure medical care during pregnancy and birth. Providing affordable Housing, education, health care, crèche facilities, playgrounds, sports facilities etc . Elder care, etc That’s Pro Life. The bigots are anti common Decency and respect for everyone except themselves 🍀🍀🍀

[@eutiger4789]

they are pro life as long as its white life

[@elephant1851]

when someone is "pro-life," I feel like they are more likely to also support capital punishment

[@ChanceChoice]

Ten years ago, it was your moral arguments that lead me to deconstruct. You won me over, I am no longer a Mormon because of your videos, dude thank you for that service.

[@omarclunis2466]

You weren’t a Christian to begin with dude don’t worry😂

[@ChanceChoice]

@omarclunis2466 Christian long enough that I am ashamed for the time I spent in the church. Long enough to proliferate racist views. Long enough to convince myself that having no evidence was called faithful and not idiotic.

[@omarclunis2466]

@@ChanceChoice no I mean you were with heretics. You were not Christian in the first place in fact you have no idea what it means to be Christian

[@omarclunis2466]

@@ChanceChoice no mean you were never Christian at ALL😂 you were in a cult man

[@ChanceChoice]

@@omarclunis2466 same thing bro

[@Panimal98]

Bro, you're literally one of the reasons why I'm not religious, anymore. You helped me to understand through comedy and reasoning that my worldview up to that point was wrong. That I should become more tolerant and not allow religion to dictate parts of my life. Edit: Thank you, in the comments. I've had many people since leaving disappointed that I did. I just... Lost faith, one day. I wondered how people could be so hateful and hypocritical. I don't regret it, however. No hate to Christians, but to the ones I'm referring to... Glad to have left.

[@YoureSoVane]

That only worked because you were open to it. You let the information in, let yourself ask the hard questions, and most importantly you were honest with the answers. You're the anomaly that should be the norm.

[@hyronvalkinson1749]

I second this. Darkmatter helped ground my doubts in logic and reason, providing words where my religious brain placed dogmatism and faith.

[@ushere5791]

@@Panimal98 yes! DM2525 and some of the other greats gave me the lifeline into atheism when my religious belief cracked. I’ve always been a liberal, but who religion taught me not to tolerate was myself. Atheism taught me that even I’m ok.

[@kimmieutsunomiya1457]

Same, but this was before I saw this videos. Religion didn’t stand up to my questions and wasn’t aligning with my own values. Then I started watching dark matter and it confirmed my suspicions.

[@tobiaskvarnung3411]

It's helped me question and refine my beliefs in religion. My faith is stronger and more secure than it has ever been thanks to people like Darkmatter and Alex 'oconnor.

[@MST3Kfan1]

I completely understand your frustration. It must be so frustrating to reiterate over and over and over again. I only hope you know how much we appreciate you and your efforts.

[@jesterprivilege]

Being frustrated isn't effort towards anything except for adding frustration. Good efforts would be a reduction in frustrations.

[@XIIchiron78]

Your adversaries failing to acknowledge your points doesn't make saying them a waste of time. Because they aren't made _for_ them - they are made for everyone else to see them for what they are. For the people at the edges who are asking their own questions - for the people at risk of being taken in by these oppressive views. And the cumulative effect even on those who seem not to listen is not nothing. The slow erosion of their foundations can eventually become too much to ignore - and it prevents the erosion into weary apathy of our own principles. Your words give the rest of us the standing to dismiss and disempower the ones who are left. It matters so much to have voices like these.

[@knightawz]

@@XIIchiron78 it does if the majority arent listening or caring lol

[@riganman6959]

@@knightawz You can't always reach everyone, but he did reach a lot of people, including me. His videos have made a difference for so many people. At this moment there are over 5,000 comments on this video, the vast majority of those being people who he managed to reach. His efforts were not in vain, its just that trying to spread the message in this world of delusion is just filling a bucket drop by drop. It is small in comparison to the world, but the world is huge, so I think it made a meaningful impact for one persons efforts.

[@knightawz]

@@riganman6959 coool story bro doesnt matter in the grand scheme of things when there are billions of people. 5,000 is not even a drop in the bucket haha

[@cassiusdhami9215]

"For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival." - Fredrick Douglas

[@xxbatflowerxx]

Yep

[@marocat4749]

Dunno russia is first thou, and china, hiding a loot. America isnt bad, ok, if having many issues. Globally speaking, its the least bad superpower by all metrics. Partly because it has freedom of speech to be fair. So good to call out. That said yeah maybe if isral hadnt that insidious actual lobby to make it hard to go against israel political, its messy, but, also yay trump giving bibi a real free pass if he wins :(

[@silveryfeather208]

While I definitely agree many americans suck, america is rivaled by every single religious nation. I'm not talking about individual religious people, i mean when religion rules the consciousness of society, that's where it goes wrong. Because religion claims to be the ultimate, unchanging truth. It's arrogance. It's fine to believe, but to say, therefore you can't question it, therefore i will make anything against my religion illegal, is terrible. the christians that ban abortion, the muslims that ban non hijabis, the hindus that ban sex before marriage. its alll bs

[@letsRegulateSociopaths]

actually it is our #1 export. It is called 'Capitalism'...

[@XIIchiron78]

Israel and maybe China definitely take the cake though in modern terms, though not because we have improved much.

[@professorhazard]

We're about the same age and the same rage, stuck in the same cage. Thanks for the eloquence.

[@mariatorossian8810]

Hello, I'm a queet atheist from Lebanon. It brings me content to watch your videos, all of them, and especially videos like this one. It makes me feel heard, especially in hard times like the ones we're experiencing now in the war. All the sleepless nights we had to endure, waiting to see if our turn will come to have to flee from our homes, all in the name of a war we never wanted that has root in religion nobody can deny. I'll never feel safe in my own homeland because of it, but it gives me some hope to see that maybe, just maybe, one day I'll be somewhere where I don't have to deal with this.

[@falsevacuum4667]

I am curious, how is queer acceptance in Lebanon? I know that country has a higher degree of acceptance than others in the Middle East, but I also know it is divided along sectarian lines between various religious and ethnic groups. Is queer acceptance mostly in the Christian, northwestern part of the Lebanon?

[@mariatorossian8810]

@@falsevacuum4667 queer acceptance is mostly non-existent in general. In the Islamic sects as expected, there's none at all, but in Christian sects it's only just slightly better (as in, at least they won't advocate for a death sentence for queer people, but they still might want to make it illegal). Our atheist population is very small but they're definitely the most likely to be accepting, but it's not a guarantee. Queers here exist in bubbles and small hidden groups, we seek each other and support each other, so we still have a bit of this sense of community and understanding for each-other, but we're still very far from making queer rights an actual thing nationally. Our population is still over 60% muslim, so it's to be expected. A lot of us just hope to leave the country really.

[@littlesunshine4591]

It's the same here in Nigeria. 🫂🫂🫂 It's going to be okay. It might not be during our time but it will get better

[@mariatorossian8810]

@@littlesunshine4591 I certainly hope so!! Let's hope for a better future.

[@tomsenior7405]

I can only offer you my sincerest words of support and comfort. I genuinely hope that the ongoing atrocities can come to an end, without further loss of life. Take care of yourself and your loved ones. I wish you all well. You deserve the right to live your life, you deserve the right to to be safe and secure. There is no other person on earth who is qualified to judge you for being the human being that you are. My very best wishes and respect to you.

[@carealoo744]

"the ignorant are becoming more influential, because they have no respect for the knowledgable." Amazing quote

[@blackswan4486]

You can literally get diagnosed with autism for being intelligent or careful thinking.

[@HedgeHermit]

Because the general population is craven and refuses to stand up to anyone. No civic duty.

[@thesingerintheshower]

Right?!

[@hibernopithecus7500]

A sad side effect of democracy; you’re right when you have the numbers on your side. And the ignorant will ALWAYS outnumber the knowledgeable.

[@SubvertTheState]

​@@hibernopithecus7500 This is an arrogant, and dangerous idea. Ive found that the most ignorant, arrogant people, are the most accredited. There are truly genius people who are accredited. But you can't tell me you didn't have a teacher, or college professor, who was an absolute moron, while acting to have the sum total of our species knowledge in their head. Isn't doing right more important than being right? Not to liberals. I've never heard, and won't ever hear, a liberal ask Trump to end the genocide in Gaza. Because Trump being bad is more important than ending the genocide.

[@HangrySaturn]

Guys, let's be real. There is more passion in this one random KZbinr's speech than any modern politician's you can name.

[@Belgrythaz]

Ireland has a few really good ones as well

[@ShnoogleMan]

DarkMatter is passionate, but he’s also wrongfully projecting his religious trauma from ancient Israelite mythology onto modern Jews. According to Hamas’s own numbers, ~40k are dead, although Hamas has been proven to fudge numbers throughout this conflict, such as when the UN discovered many of the women and children deaths had fake ID numbers, or when they claimed in the early weeks of the war that 500 people died in a hospital bombing, only for further evidence to reveal that it was fifty people killed in a parking lot next to a hospital by one of Hamas’s own misfired rockets. Let’s say though that Hamas’s numbers are correct. According to the IDF, 23/24 Hamas batallions are destroyed. We’re looking at roughly 20k combatant deaths. That’s a civilian to combatant ratio of 1:1. This number is further affirmed by the claim made by many critics of Israel that 10,000 minors have died. People under 18 make up about half of Gaza’s population. Therefore, if 10,000 minors died (assuming none of these are are child soldiers, which is a big assumption), then we are looking at about 20,000 total civilian deaths. Urban warfare typically sees a combatant to civilian death ratio of 1:9. A 1:1 ratio, while still brutal, is utterly unprecedented, and is a ratio of civilian death far lower than any comparable conflict. Is it still horrible? Yes, because war is horrible, and so is urban warfare, but this is no more a genocide than the Allied attacks on German cities in WWII. I also don’t doubt that many Israeli soldiers have commit war crimes, but that’s not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the war at large is an attempt at exterminating a population. The numbers we have contradict that. That’s not a genocide.

[@Maryama19000]

Agree

[@infamous_simp]

It’s forced anger and a purely emotional “yOu CaUSe HarM tO mY fElLoW hUmAN BeiNgS” type argument.

[@agingerbeard]

@@HangrySaturn it's pure unadulterated impotent rage nothing more 🤣

[@ceciliahayward2239]

Thank you, old British atheist woman here, i can't express how much i appreciate your rage, its a light in the darkness. In so many ways you have expressed my own frustration and feelings of isolation in this mad sad world. You have, in this and other video's, opened my eyes and helped me to understand why its important to hold onto the reality and resist the corrupting influences being promoted. Compassion is a strength, not a weakness, thank you.

[@TheLowstef]

I didn't ask for this video to be made but I paid for it (on Patreon). And I'm proud to have done so.

[@ushere5791]

me too!

[@dr.tonielffaucet5988]

Great video. Science is a Tool, It don't give a dam about a Fool, and neither does any god

[@Nolan1333]

I'm glad u did

[@johnrockyryan]

​@@dr.tonielffaucet5988 bars asf!!

[@chazzbrasiel6704]

Me 2 bro

[@ARCvideos13]

Couldn't have said it better. I understand why you have reservations about putting this out, but I, for one, support it.

[@katyungodly]

KZbin is complicit in Israel's actions, they censor videos that talk about saving Palestinian people. Hopefully they dont soft block this one into algorithm hell.

[@agingerbeard]

Yeah I'd have reservations about posting my unmitigated impotent rage sermon to the public too 😂

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

@@agingerbeard What did he say that isn't true? You're a clown.

[@MoeMa4]

@@agingerbeard ☝️ hasbara troll downplaying the genocide of the indigenous Palestinians

[@timmysleftnutsack5075]

@@agingerbeard please take your meds.

[@knpe]

I share your rage/frustration. I woke up this morning to find 71 million americans gave a full throated endorsement of fascism. 😥

[@knightawz]

keep whining and biaatching it makes my day

[@Randomonium66]

The news anchors who told you that 1000x thinks you're dumb enough to believe it. That's why they say it. You're gonna be fine, just like the rest of us.

[@SubvertTheState]

Hahahahahaha Deep throated endorsement of MNAZI!

[@6thface]

Most think that the fascism is only a show for the base. Some think socialism is fascism...... and the base lap this up.

[@Tom-and-Jerry-again]

Two evil kings will sit at the same table. But do not worry, the end is not yet here.

[@stephenboykin]

The AIDS crisis taught me more than I ever wanted to know about how cruel and truly wicked humans can be. Even our own President/ US government laughed at us..openly...as did a lot of people. The situations that you and I talk about are/were real. It's so fucking disheartening to see such heartbreak and travesty happening right before our eyes.

[@Tigerblood538]

Your moral arguments were not a waste of time for me. You helped me in my journey escaping religion and all of the oversimplified views it imposes.

[@mattunruh8018]

Me too!

[@jimmythebold589]

bump

[@ILikeGuns1992]

Why woud you escape religion though? Could you TL:DR? What "simple answers" you disagree with?

[@dennisduncan7561]

Have you seen most modern evangelicals today ILikeGuns?

[@ILikeGuns1992]

@@dennisduncan7561are you referring to perversions / changes to Christianity by pastors who bought into woke ideology?

[@tylerlangston7538]

Literally was losing myself in anger just before I watched this video so I appreciate that you made it. It was therapeutic hearing someone confirm what I’ve been telling myself in my head whilst trying to keep myself from blowing a fuse. It really has been frustrating listening to the people around me dismiss what is so clearly wrong.

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

💯💯💯

[@elkudos1]

Did the people dismissing you happen to use words: "You are parroting Islamist radicals and their dictatorial patrons"?

[@SavageHenry777]

It's not just aboutbwhether you acknowledge something or not, it's who you blame for it, and what you think could actually be done about it (as well as the possible consequences of those actions).

[@tylerlangston7538]

@@elkudos1 Not exactly those words but not entirely different in meaning.

[@tylerlangston7538]

@@SavageHenry777 Wdym?

[@damonhicks969]

Experiencing war and genocide changed my entire world view. I used to be a fundie Christian believing the bible was literal and necessary. After witnessing the horror of man with my own eyes, I realized that an all loving all powerful god would never make genocide of the innocent by starvation and torture a necessity that brings "GLORY" to anyone but an egotistical warlord. Seeing and smelling the decay of dismembered bodies made me rethink even tiny verses; like the guy who handed over a girl to be raped to death, then cut her up and sent her body parts to the other tribes. Why does an all loving god need that story to bring him glory? Why did he make that little girl and give her feelings and a mother that loved her and what was her whole life for, if she was only to be a sacrifice to be handed over to a rape gang to be killed and her corpse mutilated prove a point? I remember In Fallujah seeing dismembered bodies hanging from the bridge and those messages only send a message of RAGE to insight extreme violence and resolve to obliterate the enemy, (the same one sided propaganda they show today on both sides to get you to support the people they want to kill). I grew up hearing pastors tell stories of how when we donated thousands for them to visit "holy" sites how they "felt" gods presence and holy power in those places and were filled with the spirit. I joined the Marines and saw many of those places like Ur, Syria, Israel, Baghdad and they were piles of rubble or old crumbling walls on foundations of fallen empires, surrounded by con artists spinning lies to separate you from your money like most religions do. The longest continually running scam.

[@Some1inFNQ]

Welcome to the light, brother. I hope you find ways to forget what you've seen often enough to enjoy the years you have left and live them to the full. May you know peace.

[@Zarkov1]

Hey dude, give the Quran a read, if you like it, cool. If not, it's cool.

[@FoursWithin]

@@Zarkov1 Way to completely misread the room.

[@ZaiDrizzleDrop]

@@Zarkov1 Always looking for an opportunity to spread the infection, even when someone is traumatized.

[@Taken436]

​@@ZaiDrizzleDrop there is no need to be so dismissive and rude. I am an atheist. But i see how islam has given hope and strenght to palestinians and their resistance. As well as here in Bosnia too. Religion isn't always a hateful tool, but only if its stripped of its hierarchical nature.

[@carpo719]

❤well said my friend. I'm 49 and have come to the same conclusions, the ones who claim the moral High Ground are often the most morally bankrupt. Mental gymnastics and excuses are all I hear. My whole life

[@bradthompson5383]

You're claiming the moral high ground. Be careful.

[@chrisrubin6445]

This is why the powers that be want to keep the American people in perpetual poverty. People struggling paycheck to paycheck are much less likely to take time off of work to protest, participate in direct action, or have the time to sift good info from all the sludge out there. I grew up watching your videos and youre an inspiration, I got hope as a kid from seeing your videos and knowing I wasnt crazy for seeing these contradictions, the fight for justice is a never ending one, but I hope you keep fighting

[@scottcates]

bread and circuses, my friend.

[@knowledgeanddefense1054]

Another problem is tankies giving socialism (and by extension leftism in general) such a horrible name, especially this new breed of MAGA "communists"

[@TBslapshot]

Huh two of them?

[@alondvorkin2762]

@@TBslapshot I thought my main's comment was deleted lol (it sometimes happens)

[@Gabriel-um9hm]

Don't attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence. No one is trying to keep people in one of the richest countries in perpetual poverty.

[@Tat011]

People believe empathy is one of humanity's defining traits, to the point they equate it with the word human, but in reality human empathy is extremely selective. Most people will only give you empathy if you're part of their in-group (however they themselves define it) and only extend it further if your suffering is too visible and they aren't too radicalized.

[@lucyferos205]

This is why we have ethics. Even a simple rule like "Treat others the way you would like to be treated" goes a long way to bridge this gap. But one has to fully commit to it.

[@agingerbeard]

But not you, you're way better than most people, right Linda? 😂 the self righteousness in this comment section is off the charts!

[@Ehibika]

I feel that a lot of times, empathy is trained out of us at a young age, especially those in religious families, at a point where we are curious and open, we're taught that some people are not worthy of kindness and compassion. of course, there are other ways to remove this empathy from us, such as being in abusive and/or high control households, which may not always be religious but often are as they provide the justifying narrative to exert that control.

[@Krikenemp18]

And realizing that this one life is all we get is the pathway to expanding empathy to all. The idea of heaven or "because God said so" clearly isn't.

[@Krikenemp18]

​@@agingerbeard The comment didn't imply that in any way, no. But also, they presumably disagree with genociding our enemies and slaughtering children, so yeah, maybe they are fucking better than some people. Do YOU think disagreeing with genocide makes one a better person?

[@mannygutierrez7654]

You're right, recently the argument of "my ignorance is just as valuable as your knowledge" has become so loud it's actually shocking

[@Smedley1947]

We can thank Isaac Asimov for that one.

[@Mischievous_Moth]

@@Smedley1947 Wait, what? Can you elaborate? I genuinely want to know your perspective here.

[@Psnrspxb]

​@Smedley1947 are you talking about the science fiction author?

[@thebosstuna]

You're not wasting your time. I was a brainwashed Christian when I first came across your animations, over a decade ago. You were the very first KZbinr I subscribed to. I thought of myself as beyond repair and ended up homeless. Now I know I'm just autistic, not a demon. I need support that 'normal' people don't, because I'm disabled, not a useless mongrel. I know I'm an agnostic theist, because even though I believe, I can't ever know wether anything supernatural exists. I've learned critical thinking and to pay attention to my biases. You have no idea how grateful I am for your existence in this world. Please keep on telling the truth, cause people only learn through repetition.

[@Lord.alucarD]

I've come to the same conclusion recently. Most Christians are not making excuses for God, but themselves, because they are selfish. They don't want understanding. No, they are 100% right about everything and the world should run the way they say, there's no middle ground. The grounding for their morality is their ego. I really don't want to hate anyone, but these selfish Christians are pushing me to my limits. Same with the Israelites.

[@jonrotten31]

What about Muslims? Never hear you lot criticise them! Wonder why.....

[@maudiojunky]

@@jonrotten31 Maybe if Muslims held a significant cultural and political majority in the United States this would be relevant, but alas they don't, and DarkMatter is talking from a US point of view. If you actually watched the video you would hear him acknowledge and criticize the theocratic regimes in Palestine and Pakistan for oppressing people of other religions, gays, and atheists in their countries.

[@Lord.alucarD]

@@jonrotten31 Because I don't live around Muslims, although I have a whole lot of shit to say to them as well. In fact even more than to the Christians.

[@Kleyguerth]

@@jonrotten31 Come back when they start defending a televised, funded and open genocide. People who do that are the literal bottom of the pit, worst human beings currently in existence, and those are overwhelmingly christians, wonder why.

[@cumulus1869]

I believe the word, "hate" entails a belief in that the subject is of no personal value to the hater, and that it would be better if the subject were immediately destroyed. So unless you don't disagree that some humans are irredeemably awful, I don't think you should hate anybody. If you do hate anyone, how are you any different from those you claim to hate?

[@CplayerX]

A lot of people don't want to or cannot question themselfs, their tribe/group or idols. I always find it hard to have repeated interactions with people that have no humility (not only in this regard). No room for accepting possibly being wrong almost makes one prone to being wrong again and again. Some will go so far to even kill or die for their delusional unwillingness to admit that there is even a chance of being wrong. Dead people can't learn or change and unfortunately the remaining living people often don't either or yearn for even more blood. Cue religion/faith-systems, greed/strive for power, an economy that is forever growth based... My assumption is that our species will fail on this kind of great filter as our society creates more and more problems that would require collective acknowledgement, collaboration, dedication and sacrifice to solve - which from what history tells us to this day, is very unlikely.

[@Dank_Kush_420-jp3ym]

There are people in the world that don't have the WESTERN MINDESET.. It's WESTERNERS, COLONIZERS, and VERY RELIGOUS NUT JOBS or NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY are destroying the world! That is still only less than half of the world

[@tracewallace23]

Unless (apparently), you promise the people a prize at the end of their perceived suffering. Maybe what humanity truly needs, is a "religion" based on correcting these social and mental inadequacies that we find ourselves lacking, instead of religions that reinforce our shortcomings. I believe it should begin with Truth (having an appropriate definition), being held as the most important (1st commandment as it were). And end with a true understanding of how our actions/inactions can be the cause of a butterfly effect that either ends in good or bad for everyone/everything else in this world. We ALL have an effect on this world and should strive every day to not only better ourselves, but to make life better for others... But, it's just a thought🤷🏻‍♂️ (And I'm SURE that there would still be those that would attempt to unfavourably control others with any system that we could create)

[@Dank_Kush_420-jp3ym]

@tracewallace23 That is why I'm SPIRTUAL and not religious! I can THINK and UNDERSTAND on my OWN without trying to justify to my Gods words that HUMANS wrote in a book.

[@YesYoureLessBecauseYoureYou]

Are you a democrat?

[@commenteroftruth9790]

​@@tracewallace23The truth is great but it feels pretty hard to connect to people with. It's a lot easier and primal for anything else to take precedent.

[@LoudAngryJerk]

yeah, I saw a response- I think it was yesterday, "you guys just don't understand the other side, and that's why she lost." And in my mind I was like "but we do? You are not as mysterious as you think you are. You claim to want to make pedophiles scared again. You elected one. You claim you want someone who will make things cheaper. His plan is estimated by just about every economist out there to increase costs by up to 4,000$ for the average consumer. You claim you want someone who'll stand up for the average joe. He regularly talks about firing people he doesn't want to pay. He practically splooged when he got to tell Elon how much he respects him for firing people who tried to unionize. We understand exactly who [they] are. Thats why we mean it when we remind [them] that YOU ARE IN A CULT."

[@JSK010]

this video was made far before the election of 5 november though..

[@Jebbis]

The biggest issue was she ran a campaign based on "business as usual" and "we'll get moderate republicans if we abandon the working class." Well 94% of republicans voted Trump in 2020 and 94% voted for him in 2024. People don't want business as usual anymore. Yes I know economically the economy is better, but in most cases the economy only represents the rich not the rest of us. That and every media outlet is owned by the rich save for NPR and PBS but they're still beholden to them for funding, and they did amazing under Trump and they want more money at the cost of the pleb. Remember one of the key reasons Rome fell was the rich stopped paying their taxes.

[@aprotosis]

@@Jebbis I keep seeing this, "abandoned the working class" canard, but I don't get it. What exactly did she do to abandon the working class? How, in any capacity, did Trump or the Republican platform (as it were) embrace or for that matter, even give a head nod to the working class?

[@gideonroos1188]

​@@aprotosis She stopped listening to working class people's concerns, such as rising costs of living and fuel costs. Instead she just saw the stockmarket and GDP. And when the working class were concerned about immigration taking their jobs and bringing criminals from other countries, instead of listening and addressing their concerns (and it didn't necessarily have to be closing the borders) she instead called them racist. And when the working class was concerned about LGBTQ+ movements moving into schools and children's spaces. Instead of listening to them and addressing their concerns as worthy of her attention, she and her movement instead called them bigots. She could have addressed these issues and offered democrat solutiona to these issues, she name-called and ignored instead, and so they voted for the only guy that seemed to be providing any kind of solutions.

[@aprotosis]

@@gideonroos1188 So to address the concerns of the working class you... wanted her to lie? To start, the president has very little to do with the cost of gasoline. It is predominately controlled by OPEC. Even so, gasoline prices are well under control during Biden, averaging $2.50 - so what kind of a concern is that? Cost of living is also something the president doesn't control - that is Congress. Prices never significantly go backwards in a healthy economy. We would call that a recession, which is bad. Inflation growth is already under control, and she did speak towards helping curtail corporate price gouging, which is the majority of the increase in costs. The rest is just... wow. I have never heard a single working class person (ie, everyone I know) complain about immigrants stealing jobs or being criminals from other countries. Probably because they didn't feed of a steady stream of Fox News lies. That is why people call it racist - because it is a negative assumption of the behavior of a group of people based on their race. They aren't "stealing jobs" and they, on average, have a much lower incident of any crime than native-born Americans. Also, there were plans put forward by the Democrats to help with immigration and Trump asked the Republicans to kill it so that the even over-blown problem didn't get better so he could campaign on it. Guess it worked. "LGBTQ+ movements"? You mean acknowledging that they exist and treating them like human beings? I wish she would have actually said it was bigotry, because it is. Unless it is about their health and well-being, all the "working class" concerns about LGBTQ+ people is nonsense at best. I think your idea of the working class is entirely different than the actual working class. Based on your rhetoric, it is easy to solve all the problems of your working class: Tell them to turn off Fox News and stop listening to lying Republicans that are trying to scare them into complacency. All the problems they sell you magically go away the moment they don't need to campaign on it or manufacture consent. Much like how all the concerns about voting security from them magically dissolved the moment it looked like Trump might actually win.

[@pfpublius]

They never cared about morality. They never cared about being righteous. They never cared about emulating Christ. They never cared about being genuinely good people. They merely wanted to be SEEN as good people & they desperately want heaven to be real. Everything else is meaningless except to the extent it furthers their belief in an ultimate reward. This is personal to me. We sacrificed growing up & even tho we were poor, pop always gave his tithe. It never came back 10 fold as promised, but he was certainly faithful to it. His faith put him in the MAGA camp & it has changed him into someone i never thought he could be. It's all such a waste & now it looks like he brought about the very thing he sanctimoniously told me i was wrong about. This is why i hate trump. He stole my family from me.

[@prod.wilder]

its the mere human desire for feeling acknowledged. Look at the Maslow's hierarchy of needs, at the top you can see self actualisation and especially the feeling of accomplishing something and prestige. Which a lot of emotionally uninteligent people do not have, so they seek it in others succes, and take it as theirs (this is how i see nationalism). Its not about the pride towards your ancestors, its about the fact you have something you can share with other fellow people. Of course, nothing wrong with that, but when a person is so blinded by this irrational feeling of something great, by that nice dopamin rush which you would have otherwise received only at your own success, it creates an easy and quick way of getting that social need we desperately crave as social animals. And Trump (and other populist politicians) has been using this since we know about politics. This simple problem is in my opinion maybe the worst pillar of the whole problem. Sorry for my poor english spelling me not native thank you

[@ripwolfe]

Americans have _never_ lived up to their so-called "values." I'm a bit over 50, but even as a child, I was frustrated with the hypocrisy of the adults around me. I only saw things getting worse as I hit my teens and could respect history a bit more (I grew up in both Japan and Germany, so I got a heavy historical dose of what humans are capable of) as well as comprehend what I was seeing in the news. Humans were pathetic 50+ years ago and we are just as pathetic today - more so, because despite an unprecedented increase of practical knowledge and technological capability over the past 50 years, we'd rather use it all as a weapon to bludgeon our neighbors rather than as a way to better the world.

[@Pooky1991]

I feel like it's worse today simply because we have access to so much knowledge and the world is so much more integrated than in the past. We literally have no excuse at this point to be so ignorant both socially and cognitively on so many issues we have now. There's even simple solutions to many of them, but the issue is having people willing to actually do what needs to be done. It makes listening to these pro-lifers, fundies, ect. preach about morality so much more infuriating when they are also the same people stunting needed progress.

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

The country was literally founded on racism, slavery, and the extermination of millions. go figure, it's still the same.

[@Walker733]

No

[@jacobgibson9814]

That's been my exact experience

[@pathfinder1273]

"The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established." And yet everything we do nowadays is aimed at divisiveness and polarization.

[@SameerPatra-ld1iu]

Your feelings of disgust and anger at the so called moral world is spot on, mate. I second that.

[@pixel9548]

I 116th it.

[@suicune2001]

It reminds me of something I was told once. "People don't care as long as they don't have to see it." It doesn't matter what atrocity it is as long as it's out of sight, it's out of mind.

[@nathanaels4195]

Welcome to the antiabortion movement!

[@Ilamarea]

Add to that invented atrocities; not just out of sight but out of reality but still completely filling the mind because someone has an interest in controlling such a narrative.

[@suicune2001]

@@Ilamarea Like what?

[@Ilamarea]

@@suicune2001 The "genocide" in Gaza as a modern example. People still only remember the propaganda about US presence in Vietnam; a surprising number of people are unaware that South Vietnam existed and promptly shut up when asked if they think it had a right to exist same as South Korea. The whole problem is that people are steered by emotions, which are easily exploited by propaganda. There are publicly available propaganda textbooks from the Soviet Union which focus about the subversion of rival societies through exactly these means. The only difference between National Socialists from Germany and the Socialists from Russia was the lie of "international revolution" which made it easier to subvert foreign nations in preparation for imperialist conquest and enslavement. It never went away. That and assimilation as mode of genocide rather than extermination.

[@suicune2001]

@Ilamarea So you're claiming there is no attempted genocide of Gaza even though I was at City Hall a couple weeks ago where people were BRAGGING about the genocide they were committing?? Yes, people are very emotional and easily exploited. The CIA has done its fair share of sabotage. There's also plenty of legit things to be worried about.

please don't stop you have helped me out a lot. I value your thoughts and how you present ideas.

[@josephsorce2543]

"The 'Bible' was Written by People with Very Diverse Imaginations, Combined with a Definite Streak of Rotteness, in their ... 'Hearts' !"

[@littlebitofhope1489]

I would say there was quite a lot of opium mixed in too.

[@mulalobusinge]

When you can take stories from many different groups...and pretend it's one complete tale then you know how the dead sea scrolls were a thing...we living a lie

[@mulalobusinge]

@littlebitofhope1489 the burning bush....used to think it was Marijuana but that's for anointing oil...their way to connect to god the opium that is..Galileo and friends

[@katyungodly]

The books of the Bible were cherry picked by human men, not by God. There are books that were considered canon at the time that were left out because they did not agree with the politics of the men who compiled the Bible. The Bible is a political tool, not a religious one.

[@anamariacastro5272]

​@@TheExistentialVegangood point. I thought about it when I was recently reading the book of kings, how convenient to say that it was the kings' fault whenever there was a time of war, but when they lived in peace its all because they did the good thing before the lord. Absolute bullshit!!

[@CausticCatastrophe]

Irony that so many faithful would act in bad-faith. YOU matter. You have given a lot of us, myself included, language to discuss these things. Thank you Darkmatter.

[@Mirthrall]

I have been hitting the brick wall myself. The best advice I give myself to help calm down is to remind myself why its important to never stop. Those are real lives we still end up touching, who here our anger that stems from a genuine care and sense of empathy. You have changed my life for the better in the last 10 years. You have shared so much with us that I hope to be in a good place where I can share in turn. For now, Im fighting in the ditches while I try to find a way out. We support you.

[@Vyloka]

Eh he knows that. You and hundreds to thousands of others including me told him. This is a problem in himself right now. He feels unfufilled because he wants to change the world. He is but he has expectations too high. Beautiful creatives tend to go through this periodically. Hes nit happy with the people he has to interact with especially when hes so passionate of waking people up to it. It must be incredibly draining for sure

[@Chris_Donovan]

I'm 55. I'm generally well liked at my work place, neighborhood, and other social circles because of how I carry myself. I can find worth in many people if I meet them, but I have no faith in humanity as a whole. As population sizes increase, the decency of people decreases. I give up on humanity, but when it comes down to my friends, family and others that share my values, I will give them some of my time and effort. I am not part of the majority that rules the world. I never have been. I can't change it, but I can strengthen the people that I want to strengthen. I don't think humanity will make it to the stars, and I'm okay with that.

[@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363]

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

[@bradthompson5383]

Lol, you are literally delusional. People have never been more decent and civil. You think it's bad now, try living tribally. Anyone outside the tribe is an enemy. Warfare simply due to competition is common. Killing by other humans is a common cause of death. That is exceptionally rare now. You have a utopian view of the past that is objectively false. Most Trump voters are just as sane, perhaps even more sane and thoughtful than you are. If you reject that outright, you're part of the problem.

[@professorhazard]

@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 if jesus is that worried about it he can save people whether or not they come to him

[@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363]

@@professorhazard Nah God is not forceful, love that is forced is not true love. You have two people Joshua and Eva; Joshua loves Eva so much and seeds her love letters, flowers, chocolate, and messages through people quite often, yet Eva does not respond to anything. Joshua accepts the fact that Eva is not interested so He decides to leave her alone. I Eventually Eva marries someone named Satvian, who treats her badly. If we keep saying no to God, He may end up leaving us alone and we end up regretting our decision, so say yes to Joshua (Jesus) today.

[@professorhazard]

@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 cool man

[@aaronbono4688]

Don't stop fighting, never stop fighting. It will make an impact.

[@Lauren11311]

Who’s here after the election results. We are fucked.

[@Tom-and-Jerry-again]

Two evil kings will sit at the same table. But do not worry, the end is not yet here.

[@Tar-Earendil]

Yep. It will hit Americans the hardest. Besides all the insane Components that will be implemented next Year, the Tariffs have already a severe Effect. It's amazing that literally Everyone I have asked about this, don't understand how they work! It's.... almost comical how ignorant People are. The most shocking Thing I saw last Night was Jim Banks got interviewed by D. Bash on CNN. About the Mass Deportation of, for now in planning, 15 Million illegal Immigrants. Those in the Mist, who do all the cheap but existential Work, that keeps the Wheel turning. Estimated 150 Billion Dollars just for the hunt, capture and Deportation of ALL OF THEM! 150 Billion Dollars! Then come the Effect of this "Work not done". Inflation/Recession that will dwarf the one of 1928! Uhm, this Guy J. Davis, that Psychopath, is talking about this as if it were barely an Inconvenience. Ha! "It will be done, the American People have decided, they want it and it will be the first Thing for Trump to Sign [....] when he hopps through the Doors in the White House into the Oval Office." This Guy is Insane! Have you seen his Tweets? Fascistic is an Understatement. He is out of his effing Mind. B.T.W, the Rest of the World is, of course, effected too by those Tariffs and will do everything to reduce or avoid Business with the U. S. Already hardcore Meddling how to do this, how to buffer this idiotic Undertaking by the next Administration. I spare you ALL the 898 Facts of Horror soon to become Reality. Besides what we have heard here ☝️ concerning the blatantly Disregard of Life and Dignity of our fellow Human Beings. Sorry for the long Bit. I am losing my Cool witnessing the Madness from the Past and now, of the utter Insanity to come. What to Expect? Suffering for Everybody. Unnecessary Suffering besides the usual day to day Agonies. Slantje from Switzerland. (the Main Export recipient of Goods coming from Switzerland, is the U. S!)

[@YuvaJuba]

​@@Tom-and-Jerry-againyou already said that elsewhere, ... There's "evil" and "less-evil". I'll go with the lesser one. Hope you know who's the evil...

[@Tom-and-Jerry-again]

@@YuvaJuba You can "go with" evil or rather "less-evil." Although, I'm not so certain there actually is such a thing as less or more , when it comes to evil. Eventually, it's just evil in the end. But nothing new to see here really, yours is a commonly seen strategy.

[@aimeehemingway9271]

We now have a MAGA executive branch, A MAGA senate, A MAGA house of reps, and the most terrifying a MAGA Supreme Court. The US that was, is gone.

[@BearGryllsSpoofs]

"Religion makes morally normal people say and do disgusting and wicked things." - Christopher Hitchens

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Wasn't Hitchens a Zionist for secular reasons?

[@jmgonzales7701]

I like how they defend their God both Christianity and in Islam that is guilty of crimes against humanity. To be fair if God did exist we are much better than him. idc about his plan his plan is dumb

[@Tom-and-Jerry-again]

@@jmgonzales7701 Neither you nor Christopher understands why this world is so important and what it's actually for. I don't promote wicked things and I don't promote misguided people using religion as an excuse for their behaviors. It's just a case of the blind leading the blind. Jump ship and learn only from the ONE worthy enough to be called Teacher.

[@VelenZaiga]

@@Tom-and-Jerry-again How about you shut the fuck up with your condescending bullshit? All you've shown here is you're an arrogant asshole spewing religious platitude.

[@jmgonzales7701]

@@Tom-and-Jerry-again You do not understand the inherent flaw of religion

[@bigweiner4208]

All of your essay content is so powerful. From the ceo video, to this one, the red pill lie, etc. You are doing a great service to humanity and hopefully steering people away from dangerous ideas. Thank you.

[@sergio_aoun]

Mad love from Lebanon, thank you for always speaking out our thoughts loud🖤

[@13eyondLawliet]

You said you had wasted time...I just wanted to you to know how much your words changed my life. I was an idiot, no reason to beat around the bush. In my youth I was an unfortunate product of the people who raised me. Too harshly punished by rebellion I gave up on myself. It took almost two decades of therapy to make myself repaired instead of broken. And trying to imagine that process without your videos in it is a painful thought. I was raised in fundamental evangelical culture in both Alabama and Louisiana. I think that should say enough. Too much more would be too much. As I started deconstructing, KZbin was my most valuable asset, and your videos were among the first to reach me in a way that really made me question my own thought processes. The ability to do that was so invaluable to my own therapy that I simply can't describe it. When I disagreed with you, I still felt safe enough to listen and try to understand. Sometimes I would get it immediately, sometimes it would take time, but I never felt attacked in the hemisphere you created, and I desperately needed a safe place to think. I still study your videos. Your arguments on morality are some of the strongest blocks in the foundation of my own philosophies. You inspire me to be a stronger person than I ever thought I could be. You inspire me to remember that it is worth it to keep standing up for what I believe is right no matter how many times I get knocked down. All I have to do is stand back up. You've convinced me most of the people I would consider a possible enemy deserve my compassion and kindess before my wrath, but that wrath is still on the table for intolerable morality and ideals, and that those horrible ideals must be confronted. I don't feel comfortable explaining why I need that strength now more than ever, it involves more than just me, but I am moving in my own community to make a difference. I'm finding anyway I can to be heard, even if I do feel like I'm screaming into the void. I pass your videos around in evangelical circles and while the leaders might not give them any credit, there are people in the congregations that do. Sometimes it's just a clip, not a whole video, but it's enough to make them see there is another rational point of view to be held. That has led to a spectrum of reactions for me personally. I'm particular about who I share with, and how I share things. I've learned to be careful, and I thank you for that too. I've made plenty of my own mistakes that lead me to that conclusion, mind you. But I feel you've helped me avoid some of the worst ones. I just want to thank you. So many times I would have given up without your help, as unintentional as it was. Thank you for being here. Thank you for your pain and your sacrifices, which I am not claiming to be aware of, but I know they existed. Thank you for being a friend.

[@Vivivofi]

What a beautiful comment. Your journey is inspiring to me too. Thank you.

[@13eyondLawliet]

@@Vivivofi Aww, thank you so much! Sry, I just checked, lol. I'm not sure what it was I said that you found inspiring, but whatever journey you are on, I wish you all the safety and comfort you need to make it through and I hope you find yourself surrounded by friends and loved ones, through good times and bad, on every step of the way. Journeys can be lonely, so learn to treasure the good times, and learn to truly live in the moment when you can, so that the bad times are warmed by the memories of better times, both those had and yet to come. All my love!

[@Vivivofi]

@@13eyondLawliet i like your energy.

[@VCV95]

Thank you. Watching you go through the EXACT frustrations i have been is a relief. It's so hard watching everyone wear their ignorance as a badge of honor. I hope you manage to find a bit of peace here and there. As someone who always tries to help and serve the folks around me, it can be so hard hearing how easy hate and ignorance can flow from otherwise genuinely good people, and it leads to spirals of depression with me sometimes.

[@Nerobyrne]

I just stopped arguing. I just tell people they're deranged and not worth engaging with.

[@marktoman2046]

its called theism. if a sky daddy exists, he can then be used to justify great evil as if it were good deeds.

[@resourcedragon]

I am lucky to live in Australia where these people are much rarer. The worst we get here are the old men who go on and on about how kids should be beaten and "I believe in an eye for an eye." I've been having cancer treatment recently and quite a lot of the patients are older people (I'm an old fart, too) but many are also a lot older and more socially conservative than I am attitudinally. So I've been hearing more of this stuff than I'd like to. (The "eye for an eye" bloke was giving his speech to the nurse looking after his chemo when I was having my immunotherapy a few days ago.)

[@VCV95]

@@resourcedragon okay, Attitudinally is a new favorite word. My issue is I am around a lot of people who go out of their way to help folks, often no matter what race/gender/etc, but also are openly bigoted occasionally. Honestly I have been around worse people, it just sucks to hear all the bullshit in one ear and helping folks in the other.

[@VCV95]

@@Nerobyrne I openly mock folks, but usually more in a jestful way. It sucks still.

[@TwoTewToo]

I’m 71, and you worded perfectly my feelings about well, everything.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. " -Charles Darwin.

[@chrisrj9871]

OK, so I was always told confidence was a good thing. Why are we hating it now?

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

@@chrisrj9871 Personal confidence is different than confidence in what is true. It's not the complete quote. Here. "t is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than knowledge." There's nothing wrong with acting confident or exuding confidence. But when you know enough, you realize how much there is to know and how little you know. Knowledgeable people are full of doubts.

[@PruTheWizard]

You've helped ground me in reality so many times over the years, whether it was your animations or these type of videos. I wouldn't call your efforts useless to me, and furthermore there are plenty of people in the comments who share that same sentiment. Frustration can only be suppressed for so long, especially when it comes to the subject matter you discuss regularly. Every video you've put out has always left me with an abundance of food for thought and have swayed my opinions on many spiritual matters. You have always inspired me to dig deeper when it comes to figuring out reality, morality and something greater than this experience, it's never felt like you're trying to convince me or convert me to Atheism. You call out harmful psychological tactics to manipulate peoples entire world view and ask them to think for themselves. This video and the previous one are different sides of the same coin in my opinion and add significant value to overall discussion concerning ethics and morality. Thank you for this channel and maintaining that passion to inspire people to think for themselves.

[@Steelflight773]

I grew up loving astronomy and a big fan of sci-fi like TNG. I had such high hopes for humanity when I was young. The “future” has been an utter disappointment.

[@doctormo]

it isn't here yet.

[@Shadowyartsdirty3]

Were too busy fighting women's right to abortion to make a better future

[@SavageHenry777]

utopian fantasies often lead to dystopias. But they are important to aspire to prudently

[@cowgirl9014]

I can’t tell you how disappointed I am that humanity can’t get along like they do in Star Trek. I feel the same way. I buried myself in Star Trek growing up to escape the foolishness and endless drama of the adults around me.

[@johnl9361]

In the future world of TNG, there are almost no Indians and only a handful of Chinese people and Middle Easterners. Where did they all go? I mean, we got all sorts of Indians and Chinese doctors and engineers today, but you almost never see them on the show. Did the white people in that timeline enact some sort of genocidal purge? That is the conclusion I get from that show. So, I ain't disappointed that TNG will never become reality.

[@sarakajira]

As an ordained Buddhist, I wholly agree with your sentient here.

[@faazshift]

Incredible message and powerful delivery. Not sure if you'll end up making it public, and I doubt KZbin will allow it the reach it deserves, but so many people need to understand this.

[@IamSans_]

You’re my hero. Just when I reached a point in my life where I was tired of being ostracized by my peers, my own family, my friends because of my beliefs questioning the existence of god in christianity and the morals behind the bible, just when I was tired of being yelled at, outcasted, treated as less. I came across your funny videos, videos that although being drawn silly, really hit deep for me. Ever since I was a child my entire life revolved around christianity without choice, I came home from being bullied to pray to someone who wasn’t listening. I thought I was alone. But you’ve taught me to keep going, to keep fighting. The knowledgeable are knowledgeable for a reason and in a world plagued with ignorance we must keep pushing for what is right. You’ve reached me, and because of that I will work to reach others, all because of you. Thank you. and sorry you feel the way that you do…

[@hannahsumpter5755]

Thanks! Hi DarkMatter... I just want to say thank you so much for putting THIS VIDEO out to confront the matter of the ongoing genici1de head on. Also I just want to say that your videos have had such an amazing impact on me and I am happy to say that they have helped me through my deconstruction process tremendously. It is because of your videos that I was able to see many of those old horrible bible stories in a brand new light and new understanding.( we used to think they were so righteous!!.) Thank you for all the hard work that you have done to animate and give a narrative to some of the Bibles most 'horrible and disgusting stories' so that people can understand it finally be able to see that gross book for what it really is. I know I certainly did

[@tom-kz9pb]

The right-wing has chosen to smash the inhibitions, rules, restraints, and to unleash the beast. The battle becomes lopsided in favor of the beast, when one side tries to be moral, and the other side has trashed morality. But a beast lurks also in every decent man, baby, monk or nun. It can come back to haunt the cynics in the game that they are playing, when it winds up becoming mutual.

[@nothere182]

I for one was very religious when i first found your channel, and i kept watching it because i admired your boldness to say such things. I, born and raised catholic, was able to question my beliefs and liberate myself from them thanks to you, and i am also repulsed by the disregard for human life in Palestine right now.

[@LudwigSpiegel]

Same here!

[@yamiscape]

The Palestinians regard your life even less, because to them you’re an infidel, so feeling sorry for them is a waste of time.

[@JohnAppleseed]

Very well said.

[@brettmiller3360]

Don't give up. I come from a family of teachers, and they always put it like this: "In every class of, like, 40 kids there are only one or two you can really reach. One or two who engage with the material. You live for those one or two kids." Debate is no different. Right now our world is at a crossroads - we either progress or revert to something very like nazism. The stakes have never been higher. So sure, take a break, find a friend, get it off your chest. But please don't quit. As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight.

[@MrCHOMP123456789]

Haven’t watched you since 2018, before that I was watching you since 2014. I was one of those Christians, a rural Tennessean, leaving hate comments in middle school but you made me realize that not everything was as it seemed. I haven’t watched you since 2018 and since then I have gotten extremely into politics. I saw this video pop up on my suggested and thought I would give it a watch. Just the fact that we are on the same side of this issue, when it SEEMS like most are not in the US, really touches my heart. I think it is because of you I am able to question information that is provided to me and actually properly do my own research. You are a huge reason I am who I am today and I have an insane amount of respect for you and what you do.

[@Anti-World_Theory]

I'm an Anti-Theist, and I think there would be a lot more Anti-Theists if people took a good hard look at religion and it's history

[@TheMindofRa]

and then after a time there will be no more humans left. The various successful religions worked in symbiosis with those who adopt them to facilitate the development of human civilizations. However we are at a time now where the older "just so" (deontological) arguments are not going to cut it any more. Sure you can (as Brett Weinstein put it) take the safety off the gun... but you'd now better work on identifying the various cultural memes that encourage long term human flourishing and KEEPING those memes around without the "god" meme to deontologically lock those memes into place. Because the spread of hopelessness, short term hedonism, and the spread of ideas that have lead to the drop in birth rates around the world will kill off humanity otherwise.

[@bubasmollett8610]

Should all atheists be judged by the actions of other atheists like the CCP?

[@Anti-World_Theory]

Can you rephrase that or something. I'm not sure what your asking

[@rickmartin7596]

@@bubasmollett8610 Communists are politically atheist because communism cannot survive in the presence of competition. They are separate from people who arrive at atheism by using their brains in a courageous way.

[@Gandhi_Physique]

@@bubasmollett8610 Where is the atheist instruction book? Sorry, but atheism and theism aren't the same thing. Theists have theirs, we don't. Is following an objectively evil being not evil in itself?

[@rjeder57]

Righteous anger, my brother. Righteous in every sense of the word. Thank you for expressing what so many of us are feeling and thinking.

[@trueblaze84]

No such thing as righteous anger. Anyone can justify their anger as "just" or "righteous" which makes anger arbitrary.

[@Gandhi_Physique]

@@trueblaze84 anger directed towards what is right. Seems pretty understandable to me.

[@trueblaze84]

@@Gandhi_Physique Understandable and righteous are two different things.

[@Gandhi_Physique]

@@trueblaze84 Which is kinda irrelevant. That's enough for me. Have a good life stranger.

[@stylis666]

Thank you for using your voice and channel to say what I've been thinking as well for some time. People don't seem to hear me. I'm a lowly random person whose words stand on their own merit, and we all know how much people care about that. I hope they hear you better. I am relieved that someone shares my anger and frustration with the lies that these apologists tell themselves and others about caring when they show that they have never cared and they never will. They only seek to deflect any accountability with their pretences of having any humanity. They don't care who gets hurt or who dies, as long as they get to feel superior and in control of other people's lives. They demand evidence and demand to know what we base our morality on and pretend to have their own and that they care about it, only to throw it completely out of the window and excuse it when someone "one their side" does it. They never cared, and they aren't worth talking to and giving into their demands. Let them show that they care by actually aligning their actions with their words. If that becomes a pattern, maybe I'll listen and talk to them. Until then I have better things to do.

[@naturealbums]

52 you are still young I'm 62. I've been loving your channel from when I first joined youtube 15 yrs ago. You said a lot of what I'm thinking too. You've helped rationalise my atheism over the years and my sons love your videos too. It's all shocking what's going on at the moment.

[@MeepChangeling]

No he isn't. 50 is old. Please stop pretending that "10 years ago" is young. It's insulting to yourself and others.

[@naturealbums]

@@MeepChangeling He looks very fit to me no sign of age related deficiencies. I wouldn't mess about with him. 10 years ago I married my second wife and I was even more active then than when I married my first wife in my 20's. Some of us age differently genetics maybe?

[@Buttington_Headerson]

@@MeepChangelingwell I think 70s is when you’re actually old if you took care of yourself so boo on you

[@neonfroot]

​@@MeepChangeling Fifty isnt old. Its middle age. 70 plus is old.

[@yamahkogribbis6212]

I can not abide the idea that YOU think your time was WASTED. Your words helped save me from a life of ignorance and cruel bible-thumping behaviors. I will always be grateful.

[@RJCMaxification]

It feels hopeless. But sometimes fighting isn't about winning, it's about doing the right thing. I hope things get better. Thank you for using your platform to express what so many of us are feeling.

[@Debord1]

Love this guy, he speak out the rage from the heart.

[@malic_zarith]

When my grandma found out about those bible stories, she called my dad and asked if it was even true. It apparently is surprising to normal people that are religious, but don't read the whole book. The massacres don't make sense for a supposedly loving god. The god of the bible is not kind.

[@ReleaseMyKrakken]

My dad went to a Catholic school and he didn't know anything about several of the ridiculous stories in the bible...... The one about the bear mauling the kids, cutting off a woman's hand if she grabs a dude by the junk when they're fighting, etc. Religious people tend not to talk about the bad stuff that makes people second guess the Bible

[@MrAranton]

„The god of the bible is not kind“ that‘s how it makes sense referring to pious people as „god-fearing“.

[@TheRiverweasel09]

My take on the whole "god does everything for a reason" goes something like "yeah, and apparently being a malevolent murderer is one of those reasons, and yet you still follow him like cattle"

[@vorrnth8734]

In my country they simply declare the old testament as outdated to get rid of the massacres.

[@karmatologist]

Damn, brother. That was powerful. You expressed a lot of the frustration I had growing up in a Christian household.

[@rlundquest]

100% AGREE! I am soooo sick of hearing the masses give excuses for murdering innocent children and whole fking families! What the fk is wrong people?? I will never understand how anyone who isn't a psychopath could support this. I am losing all hope for this country.

[@jonathanclement7788]

A new one will rise from it's ashes.

[@Tom-and-Jerry-again]

You ask, "What is wrong with them?" That depends on the individual soul , but yes, there's always something wrong, else they wouldn't be here. This world is perfect for what it is supposed to be. This is an "opportunity" planet. This place is not an "enjoyment" world, yet there are many things here which can be enjoyed. Everyone here is looking to accomplish something. Have you found out why you decided to enter this world?

[@falconeshield]

If you mean Gaza, congrats, you got duped. The same people who cry about getting martyed in name of religion voted for a government that tortures its own people, doesn't care about the saftey of its own people, and quickly sacrifices anyone as long as the Jews are gone, beside that's what Mo said a loooong time ago. It's a snake eating itself. And you dumped your country for it. Most Arab Americans voted for Trump, believing deportation was a lie made by the Dems. None of them cared about the Arabs living in Palestine. Ever. What did you do for them? You stayed home.

[@falconeshield]

Coward. Enjoy Trump. Unsubbed.

[@JessYoutubeAccount]

I want to thank you so much for what you do. I can not stress enough how important your videos have been to me throughout my life. Watching this many years later I sadly agree. I have lost a lot of faith in humanity in general. It seems that a disturbing amount of people have to be forced to be moral by outside pressures or directly facing consequences, especially those in power, which is a factor that in the modern world can be avoided rather easily. However, l believe this can change, and people like you do a lot to help that.

[@DevilBoy-ww9ud]

Darkmatter2525 in straight-up war mode here.

[@DonDon45-i5h]

That last part genuinely scared me...

[@Shadowyartsdirty3]

He's speaking facts tho, Americans are fighting to eliminate abortion rights but funding the slaughter of starving toddlers.

[@megag52]

If you think it wasn't an act, you were born yesterday.

[@infidelheretic923]

Ironically advocating upon behalf of religious extremists against a secular country fighting in self defense against them.

[@gorgzilla1712]

@@infidelheretic923Yes, the thousands of innocent children Israel has killed were extremists. Israel bombing mostly innocents is self defense. Netanyahu’s cabinet is not full of religious extremists, some of whom have praised terrorists. Also, the sky is green.

[@MJ-in2xt]

Your videos have helped me show at least half a dozen people that religion is not a good thing and that Islam is not nearly as uniquely bad as they make it out to be. These weren’t random people. These were my close friends and family. They used to be blindly hateful towards Islam and grateful towards Christianity and your videos helped me talk them out of that. I’m incredibly grateful for the work you’ve done and how it has directly improved my life.

[@timmysleftnutsack5075]

I am an ex Muslim, and my family still accepts me. They are not a monolith, we should direct that critique for the religion, not the people who are so dirt poor they have nothing else but to believe.

[@MrNemay]

I'm originally from Syria and I wish I've sent you messeges during my college days! Your videos had significant support in my transition to atheism from Islam.. I was raisesd to hate Israel by the Syrian dictatorship, after escaping that pit of hell, I maintained that hatred for my own reasons.. Al-assad, Hizballah, Russia, Turkey, The US, Iran and Israel are all fucking tumors in the region, and innocent people are the fuel for their vanity. No matter what the propaganda is, think for yourself, follow your feeling in judging what's right.. What's happening in Palestine is not right, it never was, and now we're all witnessing a genocide and how hypocritical the world could be.. Free yourself from all that shit and think for yourself!

[@mohammedhanif6780]

come back to Islam my dear brother

[@TheWTFcakes]

Americans will laud their ancestors for fighting against colonial powers for their freedom and then tell Palestinians they deserve genocide for doing exactly the same thing. Except, the Palestinians aren't the colonizers.

[@Blasphemousa]

Well said!

[@naehalmulazim]

Blaming Islam for that did you no favors.

[@pjq420]

You still haven't done enough thinking

[@BubbaRiot]

I felt like I was going crazy. I haven't heard enough speak out as clearly as you. Thank you, sir. Dont ever stop.

[@rasmodeus1]

Darkmatter speaking real truth here. Justifying atrocities just because it works for your team is pure brain cancer. Othering and tribalism no longer has any place in human society.

[@agingerbeard]

Like he's justifying what happened on Oct. 7th? Buffoon.

[@timmysleftnutsack5075]

@@agingerbeard oh I forgot history started on October 7th, bozo

[@tomizatko3138]

@@agingerbeard🤡

[@viewerguy10]

@@agingerbeard you’re not a serious person lol

[@agingerbeard]

@@viewerguy10 oh wow a stranger on the internet didn't like what I had to say, what will I do?! 😘

[@marosam236]

Thank you for this video, i am palestinian of muslim origin and your videos 10 years ago guided me on my path of leaving islam and becoming an atheist, and i owe you many keys for many new mental doors i went through on this path. This recent war put me in a huge identity crisis and from one side i was sad how islamic extremism and indiscriminate violence ended up in palestinian resistance and what hamas undertook, but since oct 7, i felt so much degredation and dehumanisation and general lack of empathy for palestinians in the world, especially in the west. And seeing you, one of my heroes, who i kinda expected to be kinda sadly expected to be pro israel make this video, seeing how much the issue is having an effect on you, this really reached to my heart.... Dark Matter, you should be proud of yourself. And keep spreading your message! Thanks to you, you helped me take a step into leaving the lie of religion.

[@GuerillaBunny]

Years ago I read about a serial killer, Edmund Kemper. He did terrible things to women before and after killing them. When a psychologist asked him: "Did you not feel pity for your victims?" he replied: "Oh no, if I had thought about it that way, I couldn't have done it. I had to shut down that part of my brain." And that is how clear conscience is made, without pretense. That man was insane, but he knew full well what he was doing. A psychopath is free of guilt, and that is why "clear conscience" means nothing. That's why rituals and rationalizations to appease guilt is just exercising denial to justify indifference. Forgiveness can only really come from the victim, which is why apologizing to divine beings is so frustrating. It ignores the victim, and the actual harm, and turns apologies into a transaction. Christianity is particularly egregious, because technically there's no sin too great to be paid off with just a few gestures.

[@Hesnotoneofus]

What is misunderstood is why the women and children are being kept in the warzone to die.. it is Hamas (literally shooting those leaving dangerous areas), Egypt, Jordan, Lebanese policy - none have accepted refugees, why not? Why are they using children's as pawns against Israel? Poland has accepted millions of Ukrainians because they actually care about these people.

[@Gene-XL]

Man, the things you are saying are at once; some things I have thought but couldn’t find the words for AND ALSO illuminating in some ways! All that to say: thank you for speaking on it. As we are heading towards the latest, ugliest idiocracy, it’s a bit refreshing to be reminded that there are still sane, thoughtful people among us. Thanks again.

[@StevenMyers-wx6du]

Morality is simply doing right no matter what you’re told. Religion is doing what you’re told, no matter what is right.

[@Roxor128]

That's obedience. Religion, however, does tend to be very fond of it. Which makes the claims of said religions to morality quite ridiculous.

[@OriginalWis]

This needs to be played on every radio and television station in the U.S., on repeat, 24 hours a day, every day, until we wake up as a nation.

[@marktoman2046]

I would do it, but then the fbi would come in to arrest me.

[@universome511]

Christianity would have a massive resurgence

[@universome511]

​@@marktoman2046lmao

[@OldDeadBread]

My thoughts exactly. I immediately shared to my Facebook even though I know 99.9 percent, won’t even watch it. I feel like everybody needs to watch this.

[@universome511]

@@OldDeadBread Fucking Brootal Bigbraincel

[@Martial-Mat]

"Guilt by association" This is exactly how I feel about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I agree with you 100%

[@Qwitsoender]

If you don’t think the Japanese were ‘at least’ as bad as the Germans in WW2, you weren’t paying attention in history class. Read up on the Japanese empire, the rape of Nanking, the horrible human experiments, et cetera. Then read up on how they had already lost the war, but were planning on just keeping it going until the last soldier died ‘an honourable death’. As horrible as it was, those bombs were necessary.

[@GOP_Ignorance_DNC_Hypocrisy]

thats the kind of thinking that leads to racism and bigotry... People are only responsible for their own actions. anything else is bigotry. judge not by how or where people were born, but by individual deeds.

[@Qwitsoender]

@@GOP_Ignorance_DNC_Hypocrisy Except the Japanese did ‘actually’ do these horrible deeds, and ‘were’ actually guilty. They weren’t guilty just by associating with the Germans. Again, those who don’t believe this should really look into Japanese history between 1910 and 1950. It’s not pretty. And there’s absolutely no racism or bigotry here, I love modern-day Japan, and I don’t blame the whole nation for the choices their leaders made back then. But unfortunately war can not be waged only on the leaders of countries, if that was possible the world would be a prettier place. Especially the Palestinian territories.

[@ProsecutorZekrom]

@@Qwitsoender Innocent civilians died due to the nuclear bombs. They played no part in Nanking or anything else.

[@mapatay3641]

@@ProsecutorZekrom I want to know, how should the United States go about in ending that war? Because an amphibious landing would lead the loss of lives and increased suffering of everyone involved, while continuous firebombing would lead to more deaths in the long run (and in fact, the deaths caused by the Tokyo bombings were much more than the deaths caused by the nuclear weapons).

[@kouadio4231]

Nota : People that are arguing that to have morality you have to follow a god that learn you to do so... are just showing how twisted they are in the first place ! My god ! I didn't know it still exists ! Keep up the great work ! *from France ;)

[@aliciabutt1611]

Especially since their God is so wishy washy and always changing, no consistency in his morals

[@tomsenior7405]

The Moral argument goes something like this: "You get your morals from god". What is your evidence for this claim? "Well, You have morals don't you? If there was no god, you would not have morals". It is no wonder that you have been tortured to the point of anger, by this kind of stupidity. I am right with you on this point. If one accepts degenerate acts performed under a god's plan, as being Righteous and Moral, Then any and every degenerate act can be justified as being Righteous and Moral.

[@katyungodly]

The IDF/Netanyahu are the epitome of degerate actors. Right up there with the other fascists of history.

[@mohamedm1561]

what is your criteria

[@tomsenior7405]

@@mohamedm1561 What is my criteria for what?

[@malhekuba7473]

@@tomsenior7405 ignore him. salafis like him will only end up with commiting rudiemtary circular fallacy. He will beg the question again and again not knowing how juvenile he sounds. i am an ex muslim salafi btw.

[@tomsenior7405]

@@malhekuba7473 Thank you. I genuinely appreciate your heads-up. Ironic that he choses to use underhand tactics when engaging with others on the topic of morality. Cheers.

[@Lucidbeings]

13:00 The difference between DarkMatter and myself is that I don't think most people would stop to help a suffering child in the streets, only the minority of highly moral people would actually do something in that moment.

[@SoMuchFacepalm]

I think most people would, in a vacuum. Things might be different if, for example, there were bombs falling all around. Or the child's parents were using them as bait.

[@ButcherGod]

@SoMuchFacePalm you need to visit more gore sites and see reality for what it is. He is correct, the VAST majority of humanity won't help. Humanities greatest disease is "Pedestrian Syndrome", and it would take one hell of a strict and bloody generation (maybe more) of eugenics to solve this issue.

[@lj7780]

it has lots to do with collective proper education level and that is going down all over the world, the results are accordingly, plus what we overlook: the badly top-down example of governments that donate money to accelerate slaughtering of children, this basic wrong mentallity is copied by the masses of population. this is the combination: the teachings and the "teachers"

[@mascarademermelada8746]

I thought the same, I've seen too many chinese cctv footage to know the answer to that question.

[@neongenesisevangelion587]

For me the people who still haven’t disavowed the more universally (at least one would hope) repugnant things advocated in their “holy texts” are beyond helping and simply are not worth engaging with. Because anyone who can look you in the eye (in our modern context) and tell you without any hint of self-doubt that they think objectively evil actions like racism, genocide, sexism, discrimination, and slavery are “ok so long as god is the one commanding you to do them and to whom” is unequivocally just a one dimensional unthinking monster who wants to justify their own monstrous natures. Whilst using the impositions of the supernatural as the convenient excuse for their own self chosen and unadaptable barbarism. This whole situation to me seems to be born from the West wanting some kind of way to externalize by proxy of states like Israel a vicarious plausibly denial means of doing the same evil shit they’ve always done to those of whom they deem to be an other!

[@8thdayindependentfundament454]

Anem

[@Nerobyrne]

It could also be ignorance. If you're told all your life that this was just and right, you often don't even think about it

[@katyungodly]

Fascists are monsters. Anyone supporting what's happening in Palestine-dubbed "Israel" by its colonizers-are fascists.

[@allwinds3786]

I was brought up to believe that most people are good a caring. I woke up to realize how wrong I was. We the caring are the minority.

[@bradthompson5383]

Maybe you are mistaken. About reality. What it means to be caring. What it means to understand reality. Men cannot be women. Open borders are bad.

[@MichaelPezzollayt]

You of all people hasn’t wasted your time in this because you’ve created this channel that so many people use as reference to fight back the religious brainwashing bs. You’ve made a gigantic difference!!please whatever you do, do not ever quit! We need you in this battle. Were the proof of the difference you’re making, not the people stuck in denial.

[@hackermeteo]

You didn't waste your time. Your videos have opened my eyes when i was just 13. I understand your anger and you are right.

[@skyofforest]

As an Iraqi who has lost faith in humanity and has been agnostic for the past eight years, I commend you for genuinely embodying what it means to be a true man and human. Your actions as a Westerner have genuinely surprised me; your consistent empathy and logic towards everyone stand out. Most importantly, you've demonstrated bravery against the ethno-religious fascistic state of Israel. You have my utmost respect.

[@noahstarr4748]

how is it an ethno-religous state when 30% of the population is Muslim arabs? It's funny how there's no middle eastern country outside of Israel with close to 1% of jews, because they were all ethnically cleansed, yet Israel is the ethno state.... Literally outside of Lebanon, all middle east countries have like 10-12% Christians max, but sure. Iran is literally called the Islamic republic, but Israel is the ethno state. Non-Muslims can't even become citizens in maldvies and other Muslim countries, but again Israel is the "ethno state". Also, Israel is the only country in the middle east that allows democracy, there hasn't been elections in the west bank or gaza since 2005.... I swear you don't know the definitions of the terms you use. Facisim means no elections, no freedom of speech, no civil rights. Saudi Arabia??, Qatar??, syria?? Iran??, all these lack that, but you'' never condemn them. It's a shame that despite becoming agnostic, you didn't drop your hatred for jews that came from your old creed

[@zirconiumaloe]

@@noahstarr4748 How could america be ethno-religious when 13.6% of america is black? Funny how there's no country outside america that is close to 5% of black people.

[@Bluecedor]

⁠@@noahstarr4748He didn’t say a thing about hating Jews, you read that into his comment. Israel is not a stand-in for the entire Jewish population of earth. There are many Jews that are heavily critical of Israel, yet you do not mention them. It sounds to me like he understands what Fascism and theocracy are, because he mentioned religion worldwide in conjunction with that term. He’s from a ME country and is sickened by religion as a concept. And Israel is very much not democratic at present. If it were, Netanyahu would not be running it, and in the 2 years leading up to 10/7/2023, he was orchestrating a far-right takeover of their courts that the Israeli populace was very much opposed to, while dodging the law in his own country for his crimes and corruption. Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, Oman, Qatar…nobody is arguing these are more open and just societies. You are choosing to hear that. But evil is evil no matter who does it. A Jewish dictator is still a human dictator; they are not some special higher protected type of being simply because they are Jewish or a Jewish person in Israel. You’re also just using Israel’s suspended democratic status as a means of washing and excusing Netanyahu’s current actions. Were not Christians also being attacked by conservative Jews in the wake of 10/7? The answer is yes.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

As a person who speaks to tens of thousands of people every day people are as a rule arrogant about what they think is right and or true. Sensing your frustration about this helps me examine my own. I have no doubt that you and I will continue to evolve our viewpoint until the day we die.

[@MaxSnowDude]

As a jew I was always taught Haman and his family was the last amalekites (so him being dead means the ruling is over.) I was naive to believe jewish fascists would not call palestinians amalekites as justification for genocide

[@todddecker8077]

I truly hope that you are not done. I appreciate your frustration. I wept and I have raged and I have been ostracized from my own family for my own personal views and beliefs, which don't hurt anybody. I am well over 50 years old and I have often, throughout my life thought very seriously about just giving up and ending myself. The last time this happened, the only reason that I could come up with to keep going was this... When I end, there will be nothing that I can say or do that might improve this hellscape for anyone else still living. As long as I'm alive, there is at least a chance that something I say or do might improve the life of someone else, if even just a little. That's why I go on... You do good things. Your videos reach people who think that they are the only ones who see these things that you point out. The lies, hypocrisy, ignorance, self righteousness, and hatred that is such a part of our environment that most fail to even realize that it is there. Like fish unaware of water. You, through your words and works, have made my existence a little more bearable. You do good things. I hope you do not stop. Be well, my friend. 🤠

[@Stansbrokenhandle]

I've always found it absolutely mind-boggling that a country founded as a refuge for Holocaust survivors is now doing ... their own Holocaust.

[@madman8404]

That's another horrifying truth about our deplorable world. Any nation can easily breed Notseez. Because Notseezm has nothing to do with race, etnicity and historical baggage. It has everything to do with the perpetrated victimhood mentality. The never-escaping thought that "I'm the victim, I'm oppressed, I'm mistreated and that gives me every right on Earth to mistreat and hurt others even before they think to hurt me".

[@Buttington_Headerson]

Seriously what the hell is this timeline

[@malluk3065]

But are they? Why do you believe that to be the case?

[@SplendidFactor]

The oppressed becomes the oppressor, in some deluded attempt to cope with the collective trauma of the past. The wheel of History turns, and the innocent are ground beneath its spokes. The cycle will continue, until it is either broken, or we all are..... and honestly I am broken.. I've lost all faith in Humanity long ago. I know I may be wrong, even biased, but that's just how I feel these days.

[@johnlocke4251]

@@SplendidFactor Amen mate, right there with you.

[@Whosaskin]

I almost every day see testimonies of people begging for food, for shelter, for help, and it makes me sad and it makes me angry and even a bit disapointed at myself. Because i was donating at the begining of the year but I've since gone unemployed, I don't have a penny to my name at the moment, and I want to help. And I wish I could do more than give money, because it's not a tangible thing, but apparently protesting does nothing. And then there's the dumb fucks making jokes, memes, showing how uncaring they are and as soon as I say something, you bet your ass they call you all kinds of things. And I'm tired and angry. Because so far nothing has changed.

[@teehee4096]

Seeing Evangelicals' rabid support for the Gaza genocide seals the deal for me: morality for them is subjective.