Powell's Vibe Express about Evil Atheists

Matt Powell has a wide-ranging hate-free-for-all about atheists in his attempt to save souls.
(TW: talk of violence and self-harm)
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[@alfresco8442]

"“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” Seneca Lucius, 2000 years ago These days you can add all the grifters like Matt Powell, Ken Ham, Kent Hovind etc. Useful to keep the money rolling in.

[@joeely6817]

I keep vowing that I will no longer listen to Matt or responses to him yet I have to watch that train wreck over and over again. You keep me coming back…..

[@Zero-ei8jn]

I'm not claiming to be a mind reader here, but in his case I strongly suspect that he's simply lying about most of what he touts, as opposed to some of his sort who are just plain wrong but genuinely believe what they say. It can be tough to sus this out though.

[@Wolf_Avatar]

The US government subsidizes religion in the form of tax breaks. IMO this is a violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment.

[@Phylaetra]

Religious groups are not the only ones that get tax breaks, and to keep the break, they do have to adhere to some rules. So - religion is not being subsidized over non-religion, so not a 1st amendment violation. Now - we can discuss whether or not any group should get a tax exempt status - but if we do have any, I don't see how religious groups can be excluded from them in general.

[@Dr.JustIsWrong]

Nah, it's so taxes cannot be structured to 'accidently' inhibit religion. But pastors, and anyone - by whatever title - receiving 'value' ARE taxed. Ask Hovind.

[@Zero-ei8jn]

​@Phylaetra When some of these churches don't adhere to the rules , such as blatantly promoting a particular political candidate, no one seems to go after them. If the rule isn't enforced then it's worthless.

[@Phylaetra]

@@Zero-ei8jn that is a different problem. And I agree that it is a problem, but it is not a problem for religious groups in general, nor is it limited to religious groups.

[@martinnyberg9295]

Did anyone ever try to bring that case to the legal system? I can’t imagine that “other things are tax-exempt too, so that makes it ok to break the establishment clause” kind of argument could fly in reality. 🤔

[@davidwatches]

Matt: "Would you become a Christian if Christianity were true?" Me: "If Hitler and the Nazi party were real, would you become a Nazi?"

[@mesplin3]

For me, it depends on what a Christian is. If a Christian is someone who acknowledges that Christ arose from the dead and that event really did happen, then I hope I'd come to recognize that event as true. (As is, it doesn't look even remotely possible.)

[@3luckydog]

@@mesplin3it wouldn’t be possible for anyone other than a God who is All Powerful and the creator of life which is who Jesus claims to be in the Bible.

[@mesplin3]

@@3luckydog Harry Potter did it.

[@3luckydog]

@@mesplin3 I see why you’re an Atheist. Carry on.

[@starfishsystems]

​@@3luckydog You've only offered an Argument from Ignorance fallacy.

[@kerishannon775]

Hi Scarlett! Your commentary on Matt Powell really nailed it. Matt has no understanding of science. He reminds me of a five year old, straight out of Sunday School.

[@RichWoods23]

I wouldn't say his lack of understanding is that certain. The question is whether he gives this impression out of wilful ignorance or as a deliberate deception.

[@Groffili]

Kent Hovind - "Dr. Dino" - had been the guy that got me into online debates about religion, in a slightly roundabout way. He had always been a fraud, but over the years, and with his various failed ploys and problems, has turned into a total failure of everything he tried to be, even iin his own twisted way. And this is the man that Matt Powell wants to copy. No, he is the least credible source of information imaginable.

[@TrussAdams]

About the school shooting thing. The US, a predominantly Christian country, has, by far, the most school shootings in the world. As everyone in the world is either a theist or an atheist, you would think that if religious beliefs or the lack of them was what caused school shootings, then you would see a more even spread across the globe.

[@MrDeadhead1952]

Whilst I take your point your overstating it. Nominally at least Europe and many other countries in Africa and Australasia are also Christian. At bottom the prevalence of mass shooting in America is a result of their fixation with firearms.

[@JimmyTuxTv]

White void with fuzzy edges sound like the name of a poem I’ll perform to attempt admission to Juilliard at age 55

[@donaldnumbskull9745]

"The air in space" is the title of my first SF short story, a mood piece about an astronaut who thinks he was made from a rock.

[@riseofdarkleela]

@@donaldnumbskull9745 I almost choked on my burger when I read this 🤣

[@dwaynewhite1669]

I myself have often said that if I wanted to be rich and had no morals; I’d be a preacher.

[@ottobiographee]

The background is a visual representation of Matt’s thoughts.

[@not_enough_space]

The idea of Matt Powell making the big bucks by coming out as an atheist just strikes me as hilarious. You're right to point out that atheism doesn't have the big money grifting circuit, but my focus is on Matt Powell himself. I think if he came out as an atheist, most of us would try to keep that fact as quiet as possible. He's not the kind of person you want to be associated with.

[@scarlett8960]

hard agree

[@riseofdarkleela]

I might start rethinking xianity again .... 🤔 nope, still doesn't make sense.

[@ziploc2000]

Given that Powell spent a while as apprentice to Hovind, obviously he was trying to pick up some tips on how to grift as well as Hovind has done. Unfortunately Powell lacks Hovind's abundant charisma...

[@David_Goza]

I wonder: can one believe in Lisa the Rainbow Giraffe (leaves be upon her) and still be an atheist? Because Lisa is cool, and compared to the biblical monster-god, is almost believable.

[@JimmyTuxTv]

Bowtie Bless Lisa the Rainbow Giraffe

[@davidrexford586]

The thing about believing in God is it’s a choice for you to believe or not. You not wanting to believe has no effect on me who decides to believe in God. No one came to me with PROOF of God and I found out myself… I found out through Faith, the very thing most Atheists outright reject as a way to find God and that is unfortunate. The Bible says in Romans12v3 that we can find God through the same measure of Faith that everyone is given so that no one can boast that only he can find God and you must go to him. It’s not rocket science like so many want to believe and it’s quite simple.

[@JimmyTuxTv]

@@davidrexford586 if I believe Paul is a scam artist and he deceives those that quote his writings… god is a failure and Jesus is slothful for not writing something so important for himself.

[@David_Goza]

@@davidrexford586 I don't for a moment believe that "it's a choice for you to believe or not". I can't simply *choose* to believe something I'm not convinced of. And I don't see how it's unfortunate that I, like other atheists I've met, reject faith as a means to understanding. Faith can only mislead you, can only reinforce your biases, can only help you "see" what you already want to see. It can trap you in delusion; it can't help you find your way out of it.

[@davidrexford586]

@@JimmyTuxTvwhatever then don’t believe.. I don’t control your life as you must decide what you will believe or not.

[@AnonymousWon-uu5yn]

It is immoral to force someone into the type of existence that they might not like or possibly even hate to exist in. But it is extremely immoral to force someone into the type of existence where they will be forced to be in horrible jeopardy of possibly going to hell. And so for all the theists that believe in hell it is extremely immoral for them to have kids because they believe that they are forcing them into the type of existence where they will be forced to be in horrible jeopardy of possibly going to hell.

[@Uryvichk]

I can't come up with a justification to create anything at all, and when it comes to thinking and feeling beings, it's especially bad. I suppose if an omnipotent being just wanted to create a bunch of pretty rocks and gas balls or something that it's not such a big deal, but the instant one of those pretty rocks can start noticing things about its existence, some kind of ethical boundary has been transgressed.

[@pythondrink]

You make a case for antinatalism and I love it

[@davidwatches]

Loved the Thundercats reference. ❤

[@scarlett8960]

YES! Someone got it!

[@davonuk1]

Matt should consider a career as a cinematographer, the amount of projection he puts into his videos. Either that or he is suffering from Cherry Blossom poisoning, having imbibed large quantities of Kent Hovind's boot polish.

[@JacarandaMusic]

MP leads the world in talking total BS.

[@MrCanis4]

And world class in projecting.

[@terryschofield1922]

Haha, he is certainly up there but I would suggest that there are many contenders for the top spot. Low bar Bill for one. Basically they are all deluded.

[@stevewebber707]

Matt Powell claiming he could get rich selling atheism. He actually made me laugh at that one. Oh, and yes Matt does have a family. They even stuck with him when he moved to Kent Hovind's compound.

[@JLWarren]

Well done, Scarlett! It’s good to see more people responding to this one. It’s just too perfect an example of how trash Powell is.

[@martinnyberg9295]

11:32 What is going on here? Matty has gone full hog Mormon suddenly? 😂 Yes, the pun was intended, as they always should be. 😏

[@RustyWalker]

The "rock" argument doesn't work because life still is dependent on minerals that come from rocks.

[@martinnyberg9295]

Also, his dirt-of-the-ground-man hypothesis literally includes minerals that eroded from rocks. 😂

[@kaitownsend8282]

Ayo. I don't know who this is, but they are popping off, and I'm not even a minute in. "Even if you were making sense, I wouldn't think you were a valid source of information. You're Matt Powell" "But instead of a kitchen on the set of a horror movie"

[@iluvtacos1231]

You don't get rich preaching the gospel? Are you serious? Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Joel Osteen, Benny Hinn, TD Jakes, the "bishop of bling" in New York, Pat Robinson (may he burn in hell), and more IMMEDIATELY spring to mind. Mark Driscoll and Rick Warren and Steven Furtick probably aren't rolling in dough, but I guarantee they've got more money than I'll ever have.

[@TonyAMO]

Sometimes I wish hell was real so that people like them could think about the suffering they caused. Then again, I'm glad it's not

[@johnburn8031]

Precisely!

[@pythondrink]

Yh being a pastor may not guarantee you being a billionaire but it sure does bring a lot pf money

[@friendlyneighbourhoodsteve4087]

Am I alone in thinking it's strange that he has what appears to be 2 bookends on the table, with no books!? Not much more to say. I think you wrung him out well enough, Scarlett 😂 👍

[@zemorph42]

15:01 Except biblical infallability is a myth.

[@martinnyberg9295]

18:24 Equivocation fallacy! 🛎️ There could not be any “dead” material before anything had already been alive to later become dead. 🤷

[@johnburn8031]

I'm always calling out creationists for saying dead matter created life. For something to be dead it must have been alive in the first place.

[@nunyacarre4331]

Another thing to note is correlation does not equal causation. For instance the decline of piracy is correlated to the increase of climate change.

[@lancehill9971]

We need to shut down Matt every time we find him on KZbin

[@Werezilla]

This is so frustrating watching Powell say things that I know, for fact, people have corrected him on in one-on-one discussions with him. Sure you could argue most video responses or comments are ignored by him but he’s taken part in Kent Hovind’s idiotic Whack an Atheist videos. He should know the real position of Atheists by now. After doing this for so many years he’s still repeating Hovind’s comments about rocks, which so many people have explained to both him and Powell that is a straw man and it’s getting exhausting to watch.

[@robind.phillips2129]

Apologists lie. Anyway, thanks for sharing.

[@marcdc6809]

thinking that the god of the tower of Babel is the source of objective morality is really beyond silly.

[@animemunchkin]

Strawman, Strawman, projection, misinformation, more strawman... Did I miss anything?

[@scarlett8960]

It's like a game of duck duck goose: strawman, strawman, projection! now chase me

[@keithlevkoff8579]

Let me make sure I've got this right... Thinking that a rock just popped into existence is silly... But thinking it happened after an invisible magician said a magic word makes sense... Riiiiigggghhhhtttttt.... It all sounds to me like "God is Matt's favorite drug"... And, like many addicts, he's convinced that HIS drug is the best one... (Perhaps we need to start doing "religion tests" on people who do stupid things...) There's another thing that has always puzzled me... Creationists always like to complain that "nobody has ever seen life come from a rock"... And they like to claim that many of the miracles in the Bible had hundreds of witnesses... But... who witnessed God creating the world? And WHO witnessed God creating life? As far as witnesses God was the only one who was even claimed to be there. (Unless there's some missing dash-cam footage out there somewhere...) As far as I can tell that was all just "one of God's big fish stories"... "I created the world in seven days... and that fish was THAT big!"

[@stephenheninger8498]

Sometimes religion not only did not prevent people from killing/going to war, sometimes it promoted it, remember the crusades?

[@uncleanunicorn4571]

2240: " Ancient spirits of ignorance, Transform this deluded form... to Matt-ra! the ever fallacious!! nyaaaaaaah!!!"

[@ziploc2000]

Why is Matt's audio so distorted? Can he not afford a $30 microphone?

[@andyh3065]

There’s very few people I can say I hate but Matt Powell and his ilk (Hovind, Ham, Comfort) are right up the top of my people I hate list.

[@Dr.JustIsWrong]

I'm an Atheist, I'm a good person, I believe that God will def let me into.. ..oh wait..

[@Chris-op7yt]

it should have been the first commandment, but at least it's unofficially top of the list to ask stupid questions and the answer is god ;)

[@danielrogers5493]

A geniune question. Do you think he really believes or is it all a con for profit?

[@pythondrink]

He definitely believes it

[@Dr.JustIsWrong]

Coffee came from rocks..

[@RichWoods23]

Tea is magic.

[@johnburn8031]

Irish coffee is definitely magic and delicious on the rocks. 😉

[@Dr.JustIsWrong]

@@johnburn8031 You win!

[@ziploc2000]

Matt: Everything couldn't have come from nothing, that's magic. It requires a god to make everything come from nothing, that's just common sense. And that god can only be the Christian god because reasons.

[@zemorph42]

12:30 Human vices are plenty to explain all of that, Matt. Assuming a supernatural inspiration is unnecessary.

[@Tony-gg3nd]

I’m sorry I can’t watch anything with Matt P. He rots my brain cells and I don’t have that many left. 😂👍🏻

[@Dr.JustIsWrong]

God is far beyond our understanding.. Also, we're sinners for not being as glorious as God.. Yeah, cuz I don't understand how he does it. Duh.

[@JosephKano]

Ooh I've missed a few videos. Doh. OK time to catch up. Hello Scarlett. Ugh... Matt Powell. The guy so bad at this he makes people more atheist.

[@onepunch9203]

@ 14:58 "Us Christians"..... Really, Matt? 🤦‍♂️

[@itsROMPERS...]

If you reject atheism it doesn't have to be Christianity, it could be Islam, or Hinduism.

[@johnburn8031]

You'll not get rich from Christianity? Hasn't he heard of Copeland and the other televangelists, such as Osteen? (0h, you mentioned him.)

[@LesActive]

Excusogists, lol, nice one.

[@scarlett8960]

thank Mr. Deity for that one!

[@onepunch9203]

"Hypocrisy isn't even wrong if there's no god." @ 13:24 🤦‍♂️ WTF does that mean to you, Matt? 🥴

[@John-gq7vt]

I hate God like Matt hates the Easter Bunny.

[@martinnyberg9295]

He might hate the Easter bunny since it is “satanic” somehow. Kind of like some of his I’ll also hate trees and jolly dudes in big beards around mid winter. 😏

[@johnburn8031]

Matt is not only ignorant, he's a hypocrite and a liar. 😐😑😠

[@eklektikTubb]

Well, not sure if Matt Powell is honest or dishonest, but he definetly has a confirmation bias. He seems to believe that atheism is evil and stupid and he found claims and arguments to support that view. His arguments are mostly in sense "look how absurd it is!" while ignoring similar (or even the same) absurdities in his religion. (And also ignoring all other religions, implying false dichotomy between atheistic "religion" and Christianity.)

[@philleprechaun6240]

christian excusasists? 😂 I love it

[@pythondrink]

1:42 "Would you become a Christian if Christianity were trye?" I feel like this guy is being disingenuous. Is a Christianity is a single proposition? Isn't it a religious system with statutes? How does it follow that if the Christian god was proven to exist (or some other proposition in Christianity) therefore one ought to worship him? It doesn't. And is Matt srsly gonna pretend he's got no idea why a person might not wanna worship his god? The only reason I'd worship a prejudiced, brutal, totalitarian dictator like the Christian god would be out of fear, not bcoz I actually wanted to.

[@williambeckett6336]

Matt may not be on drugs per se, but if you watch enough of his videos you'll see him with very ruddy cheeks. That's the morning after indicator old Matt's a drinker.

[@riseofdarkleela]

if he's anything like my ex, he says he never gets drunk 😏

[@AXKfUN9m]

He's chugging that Jesus juice all night!

[@duanethompson8770]

I keep on getting the impression that Matt is a short of actual knowledge. He makes claims that are never backed up by credible sources. Like a lot of people in the US he is short of funds-like my family. Join the club (of poor people). Maybe some of his mega-churches friends will give him some of their tax-free money.

[@williamwatson4354]

Matt Powell is one the most dishonest, disingenuous people I have ever seen or heard.

[@eklektikTubb]

I accuse many people of being dishonest, but Matt Powell? Hard to tell, maybe he really believe those things.

[@martinnyberg9295]

Non only that. He is a hate preacher and a horrible person too. 👍

[@malcolmhodnett8874]

Matt is one of the most dishonest people on earth

[@Stinky97000]

Matt Powell, liar for Jesus

[@emmanuelpiscicelli6232]

Hey Mattie why don't you smoke a joint instead of your favorite drug Christianity you might understand it better.

[@chickenpants]

I think Matt has been hanging out with Dr Peel a bit too much. That banana is a bad influence.

[@donaldnumbskull9745]

I think you'll find that it's Matt that has _let down_ the good doctor!😉

[@chickenpants]

@donaldnumbskull9745 pretty sure Dr Peel comes with interchangeable attachments. That's Matt's favourite part.

[@rembrandt972ify]

Dr Peel has a giant inflatable human is his backyard that he calls Matt Powell.