Nothing Fails Like Bible History - Episode 6

[@defenestratefalsehoods]

The most unbelievable part of the story is that the hail only killed the enemy army

[@defenestratefalsehoods]

@Read Your Bible and by your statement you said "IF" there is a god. God has not been proven. Its all mythology and you can pick a part most of the stories in the bible with logic. Noah flood for example, 3x the amount of water on earth appeared and disappeared in 1 year. Animals came from all over the world and didnt eat for years because the salt water would have killed most of the plant life on earth leaving nothing for anyone to eat. And the salty ground will not produce a anything. No fresh water because it mixed with the saltwater in the ocean makes for a 0 percent survival rate with only 8 people. The animals that need the cold climate would have died going to the ark in the desert. Its not true.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

The premise is God magic, that's the most unbelievable part. If God magic was real, that's the least I'd expect from a weak minor local deity.

[@gaden002]

@@maythesciencebewithyou And yet, a God that powerful allowed 6 million of his most devout followers to perish, even while they were praying to him to end the slaughter.

[@normansherlock2860]

I guess God directed the hail to only strike the enemy.

[@defenestratefalsehoods]

@@normansherlock2860 more special pleading with the answer "it is possible because God did it".

[@1954JDR]

I was expelled from the seminary because I started questioning the historical and scientific accuracy of the bible. I became a real scientist because of that.

[@HolyKoolaid]

Oh wow! Which seminary school?

[@caroleehubbard8380]

Nice, way to go! Thinking your way out of brainwashed ideals! Impressive!

[@3o3tigger]

Same here . Beaten ,hair pulled ,ears boxed, (1958) kicked out of Sunday school for asking why does god need man to kill for him.

[@proculusjulius7035]

@Jacob Walsh what bloody language is this?

[@daydays12]

Well done you! Bravo

[@alflyle9955]

This apologist's "no magic allowed, purely natural explanation" has a serious/fatal flaw. Soldiers in armies at that time carried shields to defend themselves by blocking/deflecting thrown spears/javelins, stones from slings, and arrows. The first thing I would do as such a soldier in any real hail storm would be, you know, put my f'n shield over my head! Great video, BTW.

[@spanglelime]

Alf Lyle my first thought also. You got a shield, use it. Gather together and use your shields as one big cover.

[@TerenceClark]

It wouldn't even take thought. It's instinct to cover our heads with our hands and arms and turn our sides to incoming attacks and projectiles. We do it without even thinking. If they had shields they would have done this subconsciously.

[@Kualinar]

@@TerenceClark ALL troops before the late Middle Ages always had shields. All troops want to use an helmet.

[@killianmiller6107]

I don’t know, baseballs falling at ~100 mph could easily break someone’s guard. Maybe, the existence of shields is the reason half of them survived.

[@kayb9979]

@@spanglelime How many Hollywood movies have I seen where soldiers carrying shields resort to the "eternal parry"? I used to do mediaeval reenactment. When someone is attacking you with 2 1/2 pounds of steel you use it.

[@tcunero]

DAMNNNNNNNNN! That fact checking! Well done man. I really appreciate the attention to detail

[@ElizabethSagan]

I find it hilarious in a sad, pathetic way how Trent cited a folk song featuring a goddess from another culture to help make his case.

[@bigdude8468]

I am not surprised. Christianity is just an embellished amalgamation of various other pagan religions that preceded it. It is full of spells, incantations, rituals & magic.

[@bigdude8468]

I am not surprised. Christianity is just an embellished amalgamation of various other pagan religions that preceded it. It is full of spells, incantations, rituals & magic.

[@ledrash6079]

I thought about that as well. Why is he taking another goddess as proof for his own God (who is the only and allmighty right?). It just doesn't make any sense whatsoever

[@killianmiller6107]

The way it seems to me is that A) a historical event occurred, B) a superstitious society explained it as an act from the gods. While it may clearly be embellished, there is some truth to be extracted, namely that many people died as a result of hail.

[@HolyKoolaid]

To be fair to Trent, he didn't say it was true because of the folk song, he mentioned them, but then brought up a scientific analysis of the skeletons to make his case.

[@acentaur010]

Anyone looking for factual reference from Ancient Aliens automatically loses any argument.

[@HolyKoolaid]

I agree that History isn't a credible source. But a small point of correction, in Trent's defense, he didn't directly cite Ancient Aliens. He cited the website for the channel that also makes that show - which is almost as bad. After all, it says a lot about a channel, which poses as being about "history," when the most credible show in it's pseudoscience, conspiracy theory, and bullshit lineup is a reality TV show called "Pawn Stars."

[@lisaspikes4291]

Yeah, but I still love watching Ancient Aliens!🤪

[@killianmiller6107]

Genetic fallacy. In either case, there are a bunch of other websites that don’t publish Ancient Aliens who also pass this story of 1000 deaths due to a sudden cold, rainy, hail/thunder storm including Wikipedia, historic-uk, weatherconcierge, ancientorigins, worldhistoryproject, thehistorydatabase and others.

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

Jordan Peterson, I see, adopts the Bible as metaphor line of apologetics. That's very lame, I'm sorry. That's as good as admitting it's all made up. In fact, you're probably ( no, make that DEFINITELY) better off reading great literature for insights into the human condition. The butchery, genocide, incest, murder, land grabbing, theft, adultery etc that has "God's" blessing in the Old Testament is disgusting. In fact, it's hardly surprising that so many Evangelical preachers are money grubbing shysters feeding off the gullible. They truly are following their God of the Old Testament. The Hebrew God isn't even as entertaining as the gods of Mount Olympus, who were a pretty amoral bunch admittedly.

[@JakeStrange66]

Pawn Stars "credible" ?!?! 😂😂😂

[@scottlarson1548]

Of course the idea of armies of hundreds of thousands of soldiers is impossible. Archaeology has shown that there was less than in a million people living in all of Canaan at the time. All documented battles during that period had armies of a few thousand at the largest.

[@EdwardHowton]

Plus the logistics involved. But even more damning is the fact that to add significance to things, people back then just... added zeroes. That's why so many figures lived for "centuries"; they lived decades but people added a zero. Got a stable filled with 400,000 horses? Try 40. That sort of thing. It's only fairly recently that historians have cared about being pointedly accurate instead of simply writing down whatever they wanted to make their rich patrons happy. _Oh yes, sire, five hundred concubines, I shalt write that down, for if you __-pay me enough for this bullshit-__ say so it shalt be True._

[@Elkator955]

@@EdwardHowton It's also hard to be accurate when you didn't even invent the number zero yet. They had a different mathematical language that you can't just mirror translate.

[@peppermintgal4302]

@@EdwardHowton Technically that was a translation error that occurred at some point. The numbers were simply transcribed at some point without realizing they were using a different base number, I think? Don't quote me on that. But yeah, regardless, does explain the numbers given.

[@scottlarson1548]

@@peppermintgal4302 You "think"? So this is what you want to believe? If this had happened then surely a major mistake like this would have been discovered by thousands of archaeologists and Biblical scholars in the past two hundred years.

[@lurch666]

Confirmation bias: Dude searches the net for 2 minutes until he finds something that matches his faith and calls it a day instead of checking the validity. Point here is you can find confirmation for any point of view on the internet. Finding an accurate support of your view is more difficult.

[@AsmodeusMictian]

But didn't you know that they can't put anything on the internet that isn't true? Oh yeah, who told you that? THE INTERNET.

[@CorbCorbin]

@demi- dogg FuQ

[@michaelturnage3395]

It's probably just cultural hyperbole.

[@irrelevant_noob]

Lurch, it's CONFIRMATION bias, since confor-- oh, i see you've managed to type the word properly in the 3rd line. So i'll skip the explanation, but how about a quick edit to fix that typo? ;-)

[@proculusjulius7035]

@@irrelevant_noob grammar police 😂

[@johannesbrahms9528]

Thomas, you're such a stand-up guy; demolishing your opponent's argument, then wishing him well. Way to lead by example!

[@jandideriksen7847]

Love these "Nothing fails like......" shows, keep them coming. :-)

[@Lost-Lilim]

I've been watching your videos casually for a couple years, but this got me to subscribe. Putting in the actual research to track down info and examine its veracity, rather than just taking a line on a webpage as the 'gospel' truth, is what I appreciate most in atheist content. Well done.

[@bryantfox8543]

Apologetics is an exercise in cognitive dissonance, mental gymnastics, and post hoc rationalizations to fit the preferred narrative. It's simply indefensible as a rational pursuit

[@AC-gb7do]

Rebecca Leeman I’ve had the displeasure of dealing with NEP aka Doc Powers multiple times myself. He’s either the most dedicated troll or the most scientifically illiterate human in atheist channel comment threads.

[@bryantfox8543]

@Sterling Osborne, apologetics is the opposite of logic and reason and nothing your side has can account for either

[@AlexTorres-qv3hv]

I'm Christian, and you are correct, but don't forget that religions are more about logical philosophical and metaphysical concepts...

[@laflivluvpeace4836]

Great description. I just call em flat out lies

[@bryantfox8543]

@@AlexTorres-qv3hv, except they aren't...

[@1eftnut]

Nailed it! Thanks for committing more than two mins of research!

[@unstoppableExodia]

I never tire of seeing Christian fairytales getting dunked on and debunked. Please continue on with this good work we need to pull together if science and reason are to shine through the darkness of superstition and ignorance. When i am in a more financially stable position I'd like to contribute to the patreon for this channel

[@marcelowilliams4535]

The problem is this world is covered with them. Even a post apocalyptic event we rationals would have to survive them. Which I'm sure they will sell the bullshit of them being the chosen one's.. So I have no hope for the world ever being cleansed of them and there malevolent beliefs.

[@myrhh2260]

@@marcelowilliams4535 get used to it buddy, we aren’t going anywhere!

[@marcelowilliams4535]

That's the thing I have no need for anyone or anything to go anywhere. The religious the non religious all have a place in this world. It's the violent ones that I have concerns about. The o e that would harm my daughters because they don't strictly adhere to there beliefs.. I think there is enough space in this world for all of us.. It's the people that only love themselves and those that look and believe as they do.

[@marcelowilliams4535]

The religious talk a good game of love thine enemies but the inquisition the extermination of indigenous peoples is a cycle of murder and genocide all sanctioned by there particular flavor of God.

[@profoundpronoun4712]

Yes. This.

[@Tokengesture]

Love the way Trent fell so beautifully into the trap .... couldn’t have unfolded more perfectly

[@SatansFire]

I just finished watching Prince of Egypt for the millionth time and It made me wonder again where the evidence for The Exodus is. Where the stone Ten Commandments are. These things fade over time sure, but within the 3000 years that these events should have happened within? It should have been no problem to keep something as crucial to humanity as the Ten Commandments safe.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

They are safe! Safe in the Ark of the Covenant. They killed a bunch of Nazis, and now they're being guarded by top men! Top. Men.

[@lunatheluma3804]

Especially since we still have the Rosetta Stone, if that survived, with it being not near as important at the time, you would think the commandments would

[@kai_plays_khomus]

The ethiopian coptic church claims to have the arc including the commandments, as a relic in a chapel in Axum. It is a important place for pilgrimage. No research allowed - wonder why..

[@HolyKoolaid]

You'd think if it was so important, God would have made them out of indestructible diamond or something and struck dead anyone who touched it or tried to damage it.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

@@HolyKoolaid So much for omnipotence and omniscience!

[@Reason1717]

I for one appreciate your work on the research aspect of your argument. Damn good video sir :)

[@malfaro3l]

You missed a category, you can view religious texts like I do: “Fan Fiction”.

[@tesnacloud]

That is an insult to the horribly tarnished name of Fan Fiction. They at least don't act like what they are writing is real. Well, the vast majority don't

[@EdwardHowton]

Years back I tried reading the bible from cover to cover. It didn't work out well. I gave up on the early books pretty fast, especially the long list of begats and the one that listed who were the "fathers of doing things for the first time", like living in tents instead of simply looking at tents or something I guess. I skipped all the way to Revelations after that. Since then I've been describing it as "the first ever recorded blog post of a guy tripping on magic mushrooms". Fan fiction is a step up.

[@sfinga151]

Or a fable with morals. Like Aesop's.

[@nodvick]

unless you read saul, then it's slash fiction

[@HolyKoolaid]

Wouldn't that be a subcategory myth, legend, or a combination of the two?

[@pansepot1490]

11:30 Sorry but I don’t buy it. I don’t know who “researched” this but how is it possible to say that an indentation on a fractured skull has been caused by a block of ice? Wouldn’t a rock be far more probable? Even considering that stoning people was a thing in the past? And stones have always been used as weapons, from arrowheads to projectiles for slings and catapults?

[@HolyKoolaid]

Not only that, but the weather conditions with the initial study only allowed scientists to stay up there for a brief period of time. They only managed to examine a few skeletons and get samples from a handful of them. So how anyone could possibly claim that that scientific study showed that all 200 died from hail, clearly never read any of the studies. To his credit, Trent didn't make that claim, btw. But several of the popular news blogs reporting on this story did (spreading misinformation in the process), and it really pissed me off. I fucking hate lazy journalism!

[@ziploc2000]

"Skull fractures ... not caused by any known weapons at that time", except as you say sling stones, which have been around since Neolithic and probably Paleolithic times, and btw didn't David slay Goliath with a sling shot in the bible, so this guy can't claim he never heard of them? The Romans had slingers in their armies 1800 years ago. It was a very low status skirmishing role, but a with practise anybody can use a sling, they're cheap to make and the stones can be actual stones, the earth is full of them. They can also use metal cast sling shots, but a sling shot stone is quite enough to fracture a skull or arm or leg bone.

[@ethankickett318]

I love this series and the effort you put into it really shows. I look forward to more episodes.

[@EP4LFC]

This series is brilliant in every way, I really hope you continue these. It was these exact sorts of issues with Christianity that opened my eyes.

[@Jay-hw6ix]

This series is really entertaining. I basically know, in one way, or another, all the things that you were talking about, but you put it more eloquently than I ever could. Keep up the good work!

[@emagee7864]

Trent lost credibility when he cited searching the internet without giving sources. I think deep down Trent knows he is arguing from a weak position while appearing to look intellectual and being supported by facts.

[@howdoyouknow1218]

daniel letterman good comment. They are almost literally preaching to the choir. No one is going to convert to theism/Christianity by listening to their pseudoscience and god-done-it explanations.

[@paddyotable]

Whenever I try to talk to a Christian about certain things in the bible that make them uncomfortable they never fail to say that it shouldn't be taken literally. :)

[@michaelvandyne6480]

Then why live you life by it if it wasn't meant to be took literal right?

[@blackholeentry3489]

@@michaelvandyne6480 Simple......Because it seems like the right thing to do...for morons!

[@DaPradaGap]

Im glad ur making more vids, bro. U really helped me out during my struggling dayz and i know im not alone. Thank u, ur work is needed

[@redshiftedlight205]

The "Magic of the gaps" argument is also begging the question. They are basically trying to prove the Bible is true which would prove god is real, but in order for the Bible to be true, god would have to be real. It's just circular reasoning.

[@fearlesscrusader]

@roasted pancakes The circular reasoning stops with 1500 fulfilled prophecies and mathematically perfect patterns. And that's where your circular reasoning starts.

[@jesushad12gayfriendwhoallb50]

@@fearlesscrusader what are these prophesies that have been fulfilled

[@jesushad12gayfriendwhoallb50]

@@fearlesscrusader also where are these mathematical patterns.

[@ilovethe80sNW]

​@fearlesscrusader ​do you know what "God of the gaps" means?

[@jakes8409]

dont understand how any troops would die if they brought shields with them?!

[@stevemack7110]

God had good aim.

[@ZeR0_Gravity4]

God had aimbot

[@FrikInCasualMode]

Well, someone could slip on the hail, fall and crack his skull with his shield. Provided he wasn't wearing his helmet at the time.

[@llywyllngryffyn8053]

Two minutes of research is perfectly reasonable for someone with confirmation bias. All he needed to make himself feel better was to find one anecdote that agreed with the conclusion he had already decided upon. It isn't as though he cared about the Truth.

[@nixboox]

Well, there's a lot of confirmation bias going on here on BOTH sides.

[@irrelevant_noob]

Llywylln Gryffyn and i wouldn't even call it "agreed with the conclusion"... 246 is nowhere near what half the enemy's army would have to consist of!

[@kayb791]

Such a great series, amazing work!

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thanks, Katie! I'm really glad you're enjoying it.

[@RichardRitenour0522]

A very good episode Thomas, really enjoy your work and the logical thinking it instills, please keep up the outstanding content!

[@CaseAgainstFaith1]

One other possible point.... if Trent is saying that there just happened to be a massive hailstorm and not a miracle of God, why did the hail seemingly only hit the other guys and spare the Israelites? I guess I don't get the attempt to explain what happened naturally given that the Bible explicitly says it was of God's specific doing.

[@themutagen]

higher quality homegrown israeli armor, of course.

[@GalapagosPete]

@S Gloobal It is fiction, after all.

[@HolyKoolaid]

God magic!

[@killianmiller6107]

Joshua 10:11 you see that the hail hit while the Amorites were fleeing. If they are fleeing, naturally they are trying to be at a distance from the Israeli army.

[@ih8humanity]

He's using the same logic that says the remaining 40 kids patiently waited their turn to be mauled by she bears.

[@teddyslibrary]

I'm so happy I found this channel. I'm obsessed! I just told my friend the other day that's it's so weird not to believe in God and be scared of him at the same time!

[@Madkalibyr]

Another awesome video 🤘🏻 Thank you for all the time you put into these, as soon as I am able I would love to become a patron but until then, I’m hopeful and believe we’ll get through this. One day sooner than later we’ll all be doing our thing, drinking our coffee or reading some gossip and remember when that crazy virus was wreaking havoc, it’ll be another thing we make it through

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thanks for tuning in. You can support my work here: www.patreon.com/holykoolaid This is Trent's video that I'm responding to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIWydYJ3nK10pck.

[@1eftnut]

S Gloobal maybe watch the video ffs🤦‍♂️.

[@thesquattinduck2205]

He researched more then 2 mins but that when he was contradicted for the next 2 hours. I’m Catholic but I believe in legends. Good job 👍🏽

[@rickb2432]

I’m voting pure myth. And not even good myths like the Classics.

[@michaelcrean1456]

Holy Koolaid. *Please could you do a video on how to fact check and find credible references and resources*

[@dziobak101]

S Gloobal this video is literally a response to another person who is literally defending himself with his own response videos. Also, if you are criticizing someone for thinking errors, you probably should at least make sure you are not making basic errors on, say... how evolution works, or knowing the difference between the words “your” and “you’re”. Just sayin’...

[@d.o.m.494]

Another fascinating article, thank you for the effort.

[@theonlylunarmage]

"It takes like two minutes of research" This guy needs to learn that two minutes is seriously not long enough to do useful research

[@stevemack7110]

What's your point?

[@rahall7611]

It hurts to see how Trent is been ripped apart. I love it!

[@revengeofthesisk4396]

Love your videos. I look forward to them every so often. Keep up the good work, and good luck with the patreon.

[@LamirLakantry]

Being an atheism content creator, you need to be an expert in meteorology, biology, zoology, astronomy and just about any other -ology to be prepared to answer the claims theists throw out there. Tomas, I'm impressed at your dedication!

[@AdolfsGirl]

someone created us, houses don't make themselves

[@LamirLakantry]

@@AdolfsGirl XD Poe's law strike's again! It's that bad. XD

[@circumcisionersjar]

​@@AdolfsGirl Then who made God? You can't only apply the rule when it's beneficial. Plus God doesn't even make the universe in the Bible it already exists but is just formless

[@AdolfsGirl]

@@circumcisionersjar who said i believe in religion?

[@AdolfsGirl]

@@circumcisionersjar because religions are wrong means we came out a cosmic fart?

[@eliyasne9695]

9:01 Actually, that figure itself seems a little ridiculous and worthy of criticism. If there were 600,000 male soldiers then it would probably mean that there were also at least 600,000 females israelites and likely even more elderly and children. That would put the israelite population strictly above 1,200,000 and likely closer to 1.5 to 2 million or higher (not every male fights). For the time, I don't think that the tiny holy land could support populations in the millions, and I didn't even consider the other ethnic groups in the land that could supposedly rival the Israelites in military might and thus they must have had populations in the millions, too.

[@abyssinia4ever]

Rome at its height could only deploy 250,000 legionnaires, Han China around 300-400 thousand warriors. No way in hell bronze age Jews could field 600,000, hell I doubt they could have raised 40,000.

[@abyssinia4ever]

@roasted pancakes Those higher numbers also include auxiliary and foreign units. I was only counting the Roman Legionnaires.

[@Nghilifa]

@roasted pancakes Cavalry? Riding on what exactly? During the timeframe that these events were supposed to happen, they didn't have horses and camels (dromedaries) weren't even domesticated yet (that happened centuries later in current day Somalia). So what cavalry are you talking about exactly?

[@MrPaulMorris]

@roasted pancakes A factor to be considered in population growth is infant mortality. As recently as two generations ago in 'developed' Western European society, it was not uncommon to see fewer than 50% of live births reach their fifth birthday. My grandmother, born just at the end of the 19th century in Dublin, Ireland. was only one of two siblings to survive to adulthood from nine children born to her mother. It's worth noting that her family were not starving peasant farmers but prosperous middle class merchants who subsequently moved their business interests to England--but still 1 in 3 of my grandmother's children died in the mid-20th C before attaining adulthood. Summary: while women might have borne 5 children, the likelihood that more than one or two would survive to maturity in a pre-industrial, largely agrarian community, is diminishingly small. Take away the advantages of modern health care, bearing an average of five children seems to be heading for a stagnating population size rather than one showing exponential growth. Unless, of course, we assume divine intervention, in which case all bets are off and rational discussion is pointless.

[@kamion53]

@roasted pancakes even with the high estimate of an army of 700.000 soldiers it still was between 1 and 2 % of the estimated population of the Roman Empire, the same figures transponed on Josua's 600.000 would require a population in Palestine alone of between 50 and 60 million people.

[@BennyBattaglia]

Keeping your responses classy, Westbrook. Nice work!

[@Drumdad90]

Thank God I found this channel!

[@ICEMANinHD]

Ok your source tracking is on Legendary level holy shit, very nice work.

[@4urluvjones155]

Also, a small group of the Lewis & Clark expedition got caught out in a thunderstorm with baseball size hail and no one was killed. They got got bruised and battered pretty hard but no one died.

[@alexkaen1701]

If everyone on Earth watched your channels, the world would be better for it. Please, keep it up!

[@sirbradfordofhousejones]

Interesting how “miraculous truths” only seemed to happen before written history, or when written documentation was not as common or easily accessible.

[@150booyadragon]

God a few thousand years ago flaunting his presence around all the time now we ask him just for a casual chat and get the cold shoulder, convenient isn't it

[@TurquoiseInk]

New subscriber here. I found your breakdown of where the history fails to be fascinating. Also noticed your growth as a content creator on this video. The way you presented your information was much more polished. Keep up the good work!

[@Mercybeat74]

Thank you for your content. It is extremely well researched and approached with logic and rational thought. Something the other side seems to lack unfortunately. Your videos are awesome!

[@recur2883]

My father and I finally had a conversation about his faith and my lack of faith. As my first point to our conversation I quoted my sons grandmother. I had asked her what makes her continue to have faith in ‘G’. Her response was classic... she said “to believe you need to have childlike faith”. My response was, “so basically, I throw out logic, historical data and everything I’ve learned since the age of 6...which means to believe I have to be ignorant?”. My son and I stopped discussing his Christian religion ten years ago, I’m pretty sure my father and I will follow the same. We haven’t discussed it since.

[@markdimmitt5149]

Excellent and thorough research, Thomas. Thank you so much for expending the effort that most of don’t have the time to do. I despise the fundamental dishonesty of religious apologists, but refuting them with facts can be very tedious.

[@ayethein7681]

Thanks

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thank you so much!

[@kapnkerf2532]

We really have to grow out of needing "cool stories" to motivate our lives.

[@rloomis3]

"There is something feeble and contemptible about a man who cannot face life without the help of comfortable myths." -- Bertrand Russell

[@sheldy122]

Thank you! I was happy to find this was up today! You make it make sense. 😍

[@jcolumbiap]

Thank you millions of times! Our civilization needs to move forward and you are helping with that!

[@mikeking9373]

Thomas, you are a man of very sharp intellect and strike me as having loads of integrity. Thanks for your work, you keep Catholics and other non-fundamentalist Christians on our toes, let alone make clear the problems of actual fundamentalism. I enjoy your program very much.

[@spanglelime]

Trent forgot a source: The Hollywood natural disaster cinematic masterpiece, “The Day After Tomorrow”, in which ice blocks as small as softballs and as big as microwaves struck the Japanese people unlucky enough to be caught outside, and dented car roofs and windshields, causing traffic accidents and more death. We can only speculate on the number of deaths caused by falling frozen microwaves, but I imagine that hailstorm took out Tokyo better than Godzilla!

[@donnykiin]

I know these are an older series, but seriously thank you. I absolutely love your videos. I came from a Baptist background and Chrisitanity is both judgemental and makes no sense. It feels great to know the truth and not be judged for it by this great community of free thinkers.

[@RationalZellinial]

A magical god with a nonexistent army fought in a field where magical hail killed their enemies.

[@michaelclarkson1376]

When I was stationed at Fort Sill in ‘99 we were hit with golf ball sized hail. My whole platoon were hit with falling hail as we ran inside. The worst injury was from slipping on a hailstone and that was a bad scrape. The rest of us had minor bruises at most.

[@FFVison]

When I was in my late teens, I went to an amusement park where it started to hail while I was just getting onto one of their wooden rollercoasters. I remember it hurting having the hail stones pelting my face, especially after we picked up speed. I never thought about it, but maybe I died that day. I'm pretty sure the hail killed me and I must have re-spawned or something. It must be true because I just wrote it down here and this is the infallible word of me. There, now you cannot disprove it. :-P

[@mayiofferyousomealternativ7205]

Video: reasonable and interesting discussion on historical accuracies KZbin ad: Shalom friend!

[@furious32ninja]

Wow, Trent, another apologist grasping at straws and failing, it really is a common theme. Love this series HolyKoolaid, another well researched and presented case against the bible and it destroying apologists so called 'Historical evidence'!

[@diannalynnYT]

Well researched, well done and love learning all these facts that you took time to research and share. Been living with opinions and "because the bible says so" for way too many years. Facts are so refreshing!!!!

[@alt8791]

Ah, the History Channel. Everyone's favorite insanity. I like to watch it when I need a good laugh. Edit: thank you so much for bringing some extra sanity into our quarantine bunkers.

[@Henry-fk7cq]

In the Pyrenne Mountains we had baseball sized hail in August. There were a couple of broken bones,many broken car windows & unprotected cars looked like lunar landscapes. NO DEATHS.

[@0nlyThis]

There's also that story of some king or other holding back Yahweh's Israelite advance by sacrificing his son to his own god on the walls of the city. Major mojo.

[@061romell]

The moabites I believe, the sacrifice was to the god molech

[@johnmcclure40]

Which so impressed god he decided, "Yeah, gotta use that move myself someday."

[@janeleonard985]

Thanks for that comment 今.

[@melisaco79]

I’m SO GLAD I found your channel! I have questioned the validity of Christianity my entire life, starting as a child. I was raised Catholic and NOTHING about that massive cult is biblically correct- most poignantly their rituals and practices. Then I was Agnostic for a little while (I should have stayed Agnostic, but I digress…). Hungry for human connection, I reverted back to Christianity, specifically non-denominational Christianity. The entire time between 2010-2016 NONE of my questions could be answered and the Bible & faith itself gave my ex enough excuses to put me through narcissistic abuse throughout those years. After leaving him I went through a hard reset to seek out proven truth. Like you, Trent, I have discovered that the Bible (and later the Torah and Quran taking a page from the Roman Catholics guide to human subjugation) is nothing more than a hodgepodge of stories strewn together to give elites the power to subjugate the populace of the regions lost at the fall of the Roman Empire. A practice repeated throughout history and present day to justify monarchies, and racial/political/legislative/socio-economic oppression. The masses who follow any form of the so-called “Abrahamic” religions (Judaic, Christian and Islamic CULTS) are indoctrinated (BRAINWASHED) from infancy to believe that these text are true and “the ONLY way” to their “salvation”. It’s all a huge, rotting heap of steaming bullshit.

[@webcrawler5548]

Around age 12 I started questioning things like: if Cain killed his brother where did he get his wife? Does it mean we all are a product of a incest marriage? Or if women get pain in labor because of the original sin why female animals get pain as well? I could go on and on with the absurdity claimed in those books.

[@originalhazelgreene]

Well done, once again. 👍👍 Your debating skills are considerable sir

[@pollywogapocalypse7432]

i love these defense videos. just be careful. this guy clearly is in need of content and is never going to hold himself to an equal standard as you. he will make you walk a mile while he walks the length of a gnat's "you know what" just don't let him waste your time while he struggles to leach relevance from you ;) keep crush'n it my dude

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thanks. This is my last response to him. At least for a while. I have too many other ideas and topics in my line up I've been wanting to cover for a while.

[@LeandroOliveira-hs6su]

Great video again! Keep up the fantastic work you do! I love the way you track down real sources for your rebuttals

[@lokir9959]

I still cringe whenever I remember I believed all this. Fortunately I went through over a decade of catholic schooling so I turned out atheist. Keep up the great videos man, I always learn something

[@FredHarvey779]

All three thanks Holy Koolaid, thanks for the work!

[@FrankCalisch]

Thanks for the vid. Always appreciate the respect for facts and those holding opposing views

[@laurameszaros9547]

Brilliant piece, thanks for producing it.

[@G7130]

11:50 I love how Christians are good with carbon dating until it goes past their belief number.

[@sharamrock2580]

Bro ( Video Maker Kool Aid) I value the work that you do and can’t tell you how much I appreciate someone collegian like myself pinpointing parts of religious littératures written and manipulated by many ignorant/uneducated individuals and used for their own gains by brainwashing others. I thought I was giving clear examples of how inaccurate and complete contradiction the Religious Books such as Biblical or Koran are.... but man, you are nailing so many other points by making it very understanding. Amazing work

[@hansj5846]

Religion cannot be defended without dishonesty.

[@bomcabedal]

Regarding numbers: as a history students, I was told to divide every number Herodotus gives by _at least_ ten. In 500 BC, the world's population lay around a hundred million. That makes armies of half a million a tad unlikely.

[@reaganniles28]

I am impressed well done Thomas! Your work is refreshing and interesting and I always learn so much. I’m glad I spit out the koolaid!

[@zak686]

As you started citing increasingly obscure sources to track the origins of cited numbers I just kept thinking, "I hope he left a link to help find these sources". Sure enough, easily found in the description is a link to all sources for the video. That more than anything I appreciate about your content. I know that I should periodically fact check sources that I trust and (dare I say) like, but I'm lazy and don't do this as often as I should. Thank you for putting in that extra effort to show your research along with sharing it.

[@shizanketsuga8696]

14:30 The insanity! What exactly can you _not_ "see on the internet" with about 2 minutes of research if you apply no standards whatsoever about what you accept as evidence?

[@PontusBerg]

Have just watched the six episodes - they are really well done!

[@dannytheman1313]

Damn I'm early typically I don't catch these until weeks later.

[@HolyKoolaid]

Yay!!!

[@mykehog6646]

It's a MiRacLe...

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

Amazing break down as always

[@pwuk]

Hail fail, could've just done a Thanos snap

[@HolyKoolaid]

Nah. Satan had one of the infinity stones.

[@cyanchaos4490]

@@HolyKoolaid Which one?

[@danielodeniyi8729]

@@cyanchaos4490 reality

[@scapegoatiscariot2767]

Love knowing you're there. 🌴🌷🌹🌷🌿

[@3o3tigger]

HAHAHAHA my favorite Psalm 137:9 Blessed shall He Be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock.

[@mikedonigan6665]

Can't take out of context. Libtard!

[@GalapagosPete]

@@mikedonigan6665 I would ask you exactly how that’s out of context, but you don’t understand it yourself.

[@killianmiller6107]

This psalm is among the “Imprecatory Psalms” that speak violence against the enemies of God, particularly in this psalm those who destroyed the Jews’ capital city, took them for slaves, and killed _their_ babies (Babylon). These Jews in exile were then told to sing them “a song of Zion” to insult and humiliate the defeated Jews, to which the psalmist cries for revenge against them. Verse 9 is a call for the absolute destruction of the entire nation of Babylon, and because infants are the future generation, this meant TOTAL destruction. This is an intensely emotional, and quite graphic, call for justice. Moreover, the correct translation seems to be “happy are those” rather than “blessed are those.” No Christian takes this verse to be an order to go out and start killing babies, especially in the light of Romans 12:17-19. You may not like my explanation, but there you go.

[@caroleehubbard8380]

Killian Miller But, killing the babies of your enemies who are not followers or worshippers of said god , is justified in your mind? Or are you just throwing a out a potential interpretation of said biblical scenario? Smashing babies heads into stones to kill them is or is not ok in your mind? As long as they are I don't know Hindu or Buddhist lets say?

[@killianmiller6107]

Well, this passage, again, is a call to exact reciprocal justice, albeit in a very graphic manner. I would never take it upon _myself_ to smash any child’s head, especially if it was unwarranted. No Christian interprets it this way. Only you interpret it this way to put dirt on Christians.

[@flea8332]

love this series keep up the hard work

[@mykehog6646]

Yes those 65 mph winds...that were blowing in both directions at once...lmfao

[@eugeniaguardado8682]

I just found this 😁 this is awesome, need more

[@hkk3656]

When I want to read a fantasy book, I always reach for the bible.

[@veganatheistandmore]

Great job. Thank you for your work!

[@warren52nz]

That's why I call it *The Buy Bull*

[@the_polish_prince8966]

@Richard Ball Ra says "The Wholly Fictional" or "The Goat Herder's Guide to the Universe.

[@fearlesscrusader]

That's why you and your 12 disciples are idiots. You don't have to buy it.

[@warren52nz]

@@fearlesscrusader Who are you referring to?

[@robertracicot7232]

"When you look at the skeletons you see that they suffered thing like skull fracture but the indentations on the skull are not caused by anyone weapon available at that time...were caused by being impacted by hailstones". My question; How can you tell observing indentations on skull that the fracture was cause by hail rather than stone or rock? I meant what is the observable fact that tell " this is a hailstone that killed that poor man and not a stone trowned by a careless bystander" ?

[@thomaslong8401]

A quick google search always confirms my “facts” too!! Lol.

[@loganharvill5394]

When the guy said “there were no weapons at the time that could be used to cause dents in the head.” idk has he never heard of slings before

[@fordprefect5304]

David and Goliath is a just another bible fairy tale

[@DaveJohnson-d7i]

​​@@fordprefect5304so....that means slings never existed at all? You just can't help yourself 😂

[@fordprefect5304]

@@DaveJohnson-d7i NO, It means fairy tales never come true.

[@fordprefect5304]

@@DaveJohnson-d7i And yes Dave those pesky Israeli archeologists buried Goliath too. Byeeeeeee

[@DaveJohnson-d7i]

@@fordprefect5304 nobody brought up David and Goliath but you. But tell me more how you're being objective and don't have an obvious axe to grind here

[@theDreadedBlur]

I have been rewarded for not going to bed yet!