"We all have faith..." | Jeff - Philadelphia, PA | Atheist Experience 22.42

[@gmc9753]

Before he called, he was probably thinking "With god on my side, I can't lose this argument."

[@oe3039]

If he had just prayed a LITTLE bit harder he would have won this argument. Maybe next time.

[@buzzlaw]

Before he called he thought that he was highly intelligent

[@MilesEdgeworth129]

@@oe3039 No amount of "prayer" will ever make baseless theistic assertions win against sound arguments of reason and logic.

[@oe3039]

@@MilesEdgeworth129 I know, I was being sarcastic. God failed him this day, just like all the other days. Funny how that works isn't it?

[@MilesEdgeworth129]

@@oe3039 And the funniest part of it all... we don't even know if there IS any god! Honestly, these people who call in to the show are some of the most gullible people on the face of the Earth.

[@liquid0ify]

When a religious person says, "common sense." What they really mean is, "I'm unintelligent."

[@cnault3244]

I think what they are saying is "thinking is hard, so when i found a church that told me to believe the things I wanted to believe, I went with that".

[@dynettawashington4564]

Common sense has nothing to do with good or bad, or right or wrong sense. It's just means the most common logic.

[@cnault3244]

Common sense is over-rated.Common sense tells us the Earth is more or less flat & that it is motionless & the sun rises in the East & moves across the sky until it sets in the west.

[@alkestos]

C Nault Enter flat earthers. That's a sorry bunch.

[@PPA625]

@@cnault3244 - I don't think you have any common sense, which explains why you think it's overrated. Common sense tells us that the Earth isn't flat... • because we've explored just about every part of this planet's surface and still haven't found an edge; • because we've circumnavigated the planet and ended up back where we started; • because the Earth's shadow on the moon during an eclipse is a circle; • because every other planet orbiting the sun is a sphere; • because simple scientific experiments easily prove the Earth's surface is curved; • because etc, etc, etc; People used common sense to figure this shit out over 500 years ago, yet you still don't understand it.

[@dolnick7]

THIS is the mindset that's been holding humanity back for thousands of years now. I've totally lost patience with it.

[@denisegerlach1454]

Me too. Such wackos out there with no backup in their so called god.

[@MatthewBaran]

Never worth your time sadly

[@jpizzleforizzle]

Caller: I'm not understanding your question Matt:............I know........ Savage

[@diybunny8171]

What's the matter with you?

[@Ioulou66]

A baby entering the arena to battle a gladiator.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

"Are you not deconverted???"

[@庫倫亞利克]

Don't insult babies. Babies can make parents' lives hell you know. This theist doesn't even have the firepower of a wet towel.

[@danielt.4330]

+Jennifer Brewer "One day ... but not yet ... not yet."

[@reasonablespeculation3893]

This guy is too dumb.. Can't listen any more.

[@dukeemzworth3005]

A wet matchstick vs a flame thrower.

[@dannyspitzer1267]

Jeff: "the sun rises every day"...therefore it must be god Me: facepalm

[@gabrieljordan8015]

@Andrew Sykes I worship the sun because I can see the sun. -George Carlin

[@gabrieljordan8015]

@Edward Snowden Joe Pesci can get shit done

[@ralfhaggstrom9862]

Me; Sharpening my axes ...................

[@jayzenitram9621]

Here's what I would have told the guy: you witness the sun rising every day and you attribute that to god; I know that the sun appears to move in the sky because science has shown me that the earth rotates, how fast it's rotating, and that the angle at which I view the sun in the horizon is due to the earth's tilt relative to the sun.

[@Diiimonds4Evr]

@@gabrieljordan8015 classic line!!

[@morpheas768]

Absolute stupidity, irrationality, and ignorance. The hallmarks of religious belief. Thank you Jeff for demonstrating that.

[@MrWelshbrit]

Chemical induce stupidity.

[@Mewse1203]

"I'm not even understanding your question." "I know"

[@vermilion6966]

savage xD

[@dannyspitzer1267]

I always enjoy the laughing in the background too 😁

[@ross-carlson]

Especially when it times exactly with my/our own laughter!

[@ManlyOBeeferton]

@MeadhbhNi He said "I always enjoy the laughing in the background too", not the hosts.

[@diybunny8171]

Why?

[@demonshaz]

I think its annoying because it will distract the hosts while they are on a roll. In the middle of destroying this fool. They have him by the balls and this is the worst time to break their million ton train of thought rampaging through this guy's ego and derailing his argument

[@tjrice5004]

They should have a laugh track.

[@iveseen1]

I absolutely love how Matt systematically and meticulously dismantles his argument. Its incredibly educational in terms of rational thought, and highly addictive, it needs to be on TV to counter the avangalists stupidity.We need a bigger platform for this type of presentation.Absolute GOLD.

[@BobbyJenko]

I agree. I love Matt but I think the years have made him a bit harsh with people. It’s perfectly understandable that he’s grown short on patience with the same ridiculous arguments, but I worry that it’s off-putting to a lot of people.

[@Human1136]

More copper not gold

[@scaletownmodels]

These believers never come within 50 feet of a reasonable, logical thought.

[@ringo666]

Their bibles are restraining orders against it.

[@1048Kane]

Matt was not having this shit today.

[@starlaminde3113]

F bombs were apparent lol

[@Seofthwa]

It comes down to a lack of training in critical thinking and scientific literacy. With out those two tools, people are a lot more likely to be susceptible to the magical thinking that religions revel in. Those tools are something the US education system really needs to teach early, and students would be benefit in every aspect of their lives.

[@cameronbarge3337]

Sadly, most of the religious parents in the U.S. would fight tooth and nail to keep their children from being "corrupted" by "wordly" science. Maybe we can fix this one day but I live in central Alabama and we still have a looooong way to go. I know maybe a handful of people who don't believe in some form of Christianity or some form of New Age spirituality that is it's own sort of hindrance.

[@DrumWild]

Add in religious indoctrination, which discourages the use of these tools. An uneducated populace is easier to control and are good consumers.

[@harveywabbit9541]

@@DrumWild The sun rose yesterday, it has risen today, I have faith that it will rise tomorrow.

[@harveywabbit9541]

The caller referenced Genesis 1, which is a false translation (intentional lying) of the word Barah, which means to part, separate, divide, to cut and never should be called creation. The six days are the six months from the spring equinox to the fall equinox. The six nights are the six months from the fall equinox to the spring equinox. Genesis one is repeated on a yearly basis.

[@ungertron]

Seofthwa: The sciences have falsified your faith-based fallacy of atheism. The all-natural God is your creator & supreme ruler, originating the cosmos by means of the big bang and is the biological evolver of apes into people. The true God is what scientists call the fundamental & emergent laws of nature & forces of physics. Atheists insanely misdefine their god-of-gaps fiction out of obsolete error filled books like the bible as God.

[@laurieharper1526]

This guy just doesn't understand what he's being asked or told.

[@ralfhaggstrom9862]

Not at all ! ............

[@Dsullivann]

Theists in a nutshell, they are INCAPABLE of having a genuine conversation

[@diannanagelvoortsaltz469]

He has never had to actually think

[@jameshadamik3660]

Hard to explain "science" to someone who does not believe in Science and embraces faith without evidence to substantiate it.

[@MicrobyteAlan]

Faith is the absence of information

[@James-yi1vk]

Gullibility too

[@insanetester1015]

Faith|Belief is the absence. Not merely of information, but of everything. Faith|Belief is nothing!

[@coletrickle1775]

Willful absence

[@diybunny8171]

Is that what you say to yourself when you trust yourself to a bus driver, a waiter/chef team, pilot, person about to pass you on the sidewalk...? Define the word anyway. You sound like a foreigner.

[@ryangames9000]

Faith is the absence of Logic*

[@cnault3244]

"It ain’t supposed to make sense; it’s faith. Faith is something that you believe that nobody in his right mind would believe."-- Archie Bunker

[@fifthape2119]

C Nault Thank you! From your comment, I found additional, related entertainment tonght. I was about 12 years old when I watched "All In The Family". I loved Edith. That show broke many taboos. I frequently have the theme song at the end of each show, playing in my head -- so much nostalgia. I frequently think of episodes. I had my first girlfriend when I was in high school. When it was time to meet her family, she said that her father was like Archie Bunker. He turned out to be a warm, sensitive man. He lovingly called me "Meathead".

[@shocfacter]

Wow, I miss these days. The days of NO lag between the caller and the host, lol

[@cedarandsound]

That's because of the technology of internet based calling. The Zoom generation got to experience 300-1000 milliseconds of lag, whereas a landline phone calling in gets about 25-50 milliseconds of delay. It's so much slower nowadays and I can't see it getting any faster anytime soon. Because higher dataflow will ultimately lead to prioritizing clear voice quality over speed.

[@petrbokotej6196]

Jeff : 11:02 - It´s just a lie! It´s just a lie! Jeff : 11: 16 - I din´t say it´s a lie, you said it´s a lie!

[@accalialuprine9558]

Matt I haven't the patience for this dude. You did good.

[@JB_inks]

Except he was wrong about the light/life thing

[@ICEDMX1]

The Sun does not rise. It just appears that way.

[@AV57]

Kevin Craighead, yeah I was surprised neither of the hosts used that as a prime example of the problem with appealing to intuition.

[@diybunny8171]

@@AV57 Does it appear that way to blind people? They get super hearing, they hear things you don't. Our senses are gifted to us and can be taken away, and never given back. Mary K Baxter saw people still blind in Hell if they became blind on earth, their limbs were missing...they were in the state where they departed...unrestored because they refused their chance for it!

[@AV57]

diy bunny, what?

[@gregoriopern2835]

diy bunny prove it

[@zachc349]

@@diybunny8171 First off, blind people don't get """"super hearing""""... However, with advances in technology, we may indeed one day be able to restore sight to the blind - something god seems either reticent or unable to do. We've already been able to create 'colour' glasses, that give colour-blind people the ability to see colour. So apparently god isn't the only one that can ""giveth"". Can you prove that this "Mary K Baxter" actually saw anything? And if so, how do you then prove that it was actually hell? Besides all that, god's a dick - if I'm going to 'believe' in anything, I'd much rather it be science.

[@Ba_A]

At about 6:20 I can smell the smoke from his brain cells starting to short circuit

[@IslamoradaHO]

not possible

[@IamPdub]

I know someone with the same mentality as this caller, oh so frustrating.

[@sigmata0]

If they think their intuition is accurately calibrated, then perhaps a chat would special relativity would help? That their experience of time is not how time actually works, and that they depend on people understanding that difference to make technologies like GPS work. That difference was discovered not by someone intuition but by the application of the scientific method, which helps us escape the biases that intuitions weigh us down with.

[@fmn2628]

The body does not demonstrate intentional design. A intelligent architect or an engineer would have not made gross mistakes in the anatomy as our body exhibits: vertebral foramen in C7 with no artery passing through it, the left recurrent laryngeal nerve going past the voice box then returning under the aorta back o the voice box. This can only be logically xplained in the context of evolution as the heart on fish is in the neck area. Cervical ribs, lumbar “gorilla” ribs. Branchial fistulas. Cranial nerve 11 passing into foramen magnum just to come right back out through the jugular. The spinous branch of the mandibular nerve, coming back into the skull through foramen spinosum, to feel the middle cranial fossa, when the trigeminal nerve was already in the same area. Embryologically making a whole tail to later just disappear it, same with the guilles (branchial cleft and pouches 2-3 and 4). Polythelia and polymastia. The presence of a vestigial vermiform appendix which other animals use for digesting cellulose, which we cannot do. For someone to assert that the body is perfectly designed, just goes to show their absolute lack of education in the field of anatomy and embryology.

[@Brockleheezy]

A well-designed human body would’ve made med school a lot easier.

[@ImStayGold42]

Matt debates a human turtle... christ this guy is slow.

[@gainer83]

He just act slow so he dont have to answer questions or gets cornered on their false logic and God

[@atheist535]

Faith dulls logic and reason therefore making one slow.

[@alkestos]

ImStayGold42 he had to ask God for help between every sentence. Taking this into Accord he was quite fast actually.

[@humanormachine2936]

Firstly, he hasn't been taught basic critical thinking skills and logic, which most people haven't. Secondly he's been heavily, heavily indoctrinated.

[@ristoraaska2591]

You said christ! Hih hih hii..

[@Sttuey]

Is this guy for real? The lights are on, but nobody's home 😄

[@JayMaverick]

The elevator works, but it doesn't reach the top floor.

[@Time_to_Believe_in_Yourself]

@@JayMaverick or the lobby.

[@wunnell]

He complains that Matt didn't give him a chance to consider the question and provide an answer but why would he need time to consider it? He has confidence in god and has done for years, presumably, so why can't he just spit out the answer on demand? The fact that he needs to consider it now shows that he hasn't actually considered it before. It's just an assertion of what he believes because he wants to believe it.

[@sigmata0]

It reminds me of those experiments they do on people who have had their corpus callosum severed. When they show one eye something, and their hand, on the opposite side, picks it out from a selection. When they are asked to explain why their hand picked the item, they come up with all sorts of imaginative excuses for why their hand picked the item that have nothing to do with the original stimulus. Belief is acting in a similar way, constricting the possible outcomes of thought, yet not doing so consciously. So when queried or presented with questions or evidence at odds with their belief based choice, they have to think on their feet to come up with excuses for what happened. Those excuses have to conform to the belief as well, which is why they end up sounding so strange.

[@markevans8206]

This caller (and most callers) are a perfect example for why we can't have nice things.

[@michaellangford2452]

If the total % of religious people put their faith (confidence) and dedication into science, we collectively would dramatically change the world for the better.

[@sigmata0]

I think rather than science itself, that faith would be better applied to the usefulness of reason, and, as a consequence, the scientific method. It's not the products of science they need faith in, it's the method by which those products are evaluated to be consistent with examined reality. If they could take a better philosophical starting point than the assertion based claims from authority that religion promotes, we would all be better off in every aspect of society.

[@campfireaddict6417]

Total % not necessary. Imagine half. If only.

[@michaellangford2452]

@@sigmata0 In the context to this video, the word faith is being used as confidence so i was implying faith in my comment as confidence :)

[@michaellangford2452]

@Samurai Jack As i said to the person above, i was talking about faith as confidence in relation to this specific video

[@michaellangford2452]

@@campfireaddict6417 I agree!

[@Idkprobablyyeet]

“The moon is made of cheese, how do we prove it” “We look at it” “Great, god is real, how do we prove it” “I’m gonna need some more time to consider that question”

[@johniec5282]

I know how: I will look at the trees. Gotcha, heathen,

[@starlaminde3113]

😀😀

[@brianharris7243]

I think these people forget from one moment to the next the thing they just said.

[@starfishsystems]

Right. Because there's no coherent framework of meaning to it, there is no way to navigate from one point to another except by rote. One way this comes up is the almost obsessive conflation between claim and evidence. There's no room for curiosity or uncertainty. To entertain any of these distinctions would pop the balloon of faith.

[@MrKingShad]

“ maybe maybe STFU” mat is a savage 😂😭😭😭😭😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😂

[@bremass851]

😂😂

[@richardvastine7486]

Religion is the permission slip to set aside truthful thought. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

[@gazza595]

Or any thought at all really, prescribed thinking based on a bunch of bronze age fables.

[@vman2kay]

"Forgive me", if this guy spent a bit more time listening and understood what he was saying he wouldn't have to forgive his ignorance each time.

[@chrisrickard8404]

It must be nice to go through your entire life never having to exercise any sort of critical thinking

[@Authenticallyathena]

Which is why I'm sometimes envious of ignorant people. They really do seem so happy most of the time... I also believe that is why they fall apart when they are forced to look at logic, intellect is not an easy thing to carry but I would always prefer it over being an idiot though.

[@FourDeuce01]

Jeff: “I don’t know if I’m getting to my point. I’m just engaging in conversation.” Pointless conversation?🤡

[@johnnychiu7475]

I like this version of Matt

[@gumusluk05]

Faith is a replacement for reason

[@jeremybr2020]

Holy shit, the channel turned back on the comments section??? When did this happen? I'm so happy they finally turned that option back on. It pissed me off when they turned it off, because it was always the other side who tended to be afraid of the responses. Thank you thank you thank you Atheist Experience.

[@howerpower-gaming1666]

The caller is a classic example, in how to be dense, not listen, and not think.

[@proudunapolegeticliberal8932]

Matt DESTROYS

[@MrChiangching]

Matt's the best, but the guy self-destructed.

[@JB_inks]

Matt was wrong on the final point, however. It was life, not light as Matt asserted

[@Omerta-33-EE]

In this case Matt could have "destroyed" if he did not even show up to the studio that day! This caller lacked even a basic understanding of what a scientist does at the very start of a situation.

[@cherrybomb4184]

It’s Life not light! Matt was wrong after he degraded the caller and told him to “study his bible more”. Matt needs to correct that. He was so rude and he was wrong .

[@KC-py5vq]

I love his “shut the fuck up” lmfao

[@atheistgenocideinthebible1102]

VERY, VERY GOOD COMMENT!!! "Faith is the deliberate refusal to think critically and the glorification of willful ignorance that inevitably follows."

[@3_Degrees]

If we were designed by a perfect being there wouldn't be thousands of things that go wrong with it.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

For one thing, there wouldn't be a recreational area next to the waste treatment plant, ;-)

[@pkjones5263]

Another flaw in perfect design, the feeding tube is the same as the breathing hole

[@billasswhole9995]

@@jenniferbrewer5370 LOL, this is one of the best lines I have ever heard.

[@theodorev666]

I wish I was like Jeff... It would be impossible to overthink anything...

[@michafaine2433]

I'm so so glad I've found your channel and shows! I love how you destroy idiots with logic and critical thinking! I've been watching your videos for about 3-5 hours after I get off work. Please keep it up!

[@lancethrustworthy]

I wish we could have had a camera on caller 'Jeff' during this show. It might have been cool to see the various expressions on Jeff's face during the discussion.

[@7th.Street]

This is literally the most circular argument of all time and that was insane 🤯

[@Berniefthomas68]

Imagine having to sit next to this guy in a doctor's office and he's the only person you have to talk to

[@mcfunthomas_mc]

Actually, Jesus claims to be the life; in John 14:6 (after New International Version (NIV)) //Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life//.

[@Jonas-gl9ke]

mcfunthomas Yep. Matt knows his bible really well but he did get that one wrong.

[@neilangus4401]

mcfunthomas Some one wrote that nothing more

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

Yeah, because the gospel of "John" is historically reliable! That's laughable!

[@austy_whasty7941]

When Matt said aww I’m sorry I loved that

[@DrumWild]

This guy departed from reality.

[@MrBrowsin]

I understand that calling is is difficult, but the number of people who don't listen & just go along with not listening & just recite things...Is well....

[@richardthomas9856]

If people raise their kids to think like this, it should be considered child abuse. Yes, I think the background laughter is wonderful too.

[@dominicleos7746]

Jeff, you give new meaning to the phrase: Slow as a one legged-man in the 100 yard dash.

[@tedgrant2]

My brother died of cancer of the brain. It took over five years for him to die. When I last visited him, all he could say was, "There's something wrong. There's something wrong". He said it over and over again. I had no idea how to respond. I just cried and held his hand. I don't believe his cancer was designed. I don't believe he was being punished.

[@AussieNaturalist]

I truly feel sorry for people like Jeff. He’s a good example of someone who was never taught HOW to critically think, thus he is unable to comprehend what Jen & Matt are saying 😞

[@otnielradu6324]

Thank you Mr. Dilahunty for being so patient.

[@tedgrant2]

Everyone puts sugar in their tea. Some people claim that they don't put sugar in their tea. But we know they are lying or mistaken. Tea must have sugar. There is no other possibility.

[@KDH-Esq.]

John 14:16 does say “I am the way, the truth and the life.” This doesn’t make any of the callers arguments valid, but I just want to put that correction out there.

[@corydude2008]

I know!!! I was just thinking this very thing!!!

[@CxdyCxdyCxdy]

1:30 *Jeff has left chat*

[@Pxrish]

Lmaooo

[@calebjohnson2178]

Cxdy wtf are u doing here😂

[@tiwoni972mad]

I mean.... If I was a Christian, just by looking to two or three videos of Matt debating would refrain me from wanting to try to convince him of my irrational beliefs. Why would a normal human being even want to attempt that? Why would I want to make a fool out of myself? Yall don't know who yall talking to lmao

[@kentonbaird878]

Clearly their ability to think critically is compromised. Else they would not be Christians, I suppose.

[@alkestos]

I wonder when Matt sees the error in his "Not a theist = atheist" claim. This lack of belief atheism is cancer.

[@sonicbelmont300]

@@alkestos uhhh what?

[@alkestos]

Sonic Belmont just that claiming everyone who is not a theist to be atheist is categorically wrong.

[@sonicbelmont300]

@@alkestos well, no it's not. Those are the only two options. If you're gonna bring up agnosticism that isn't what you believe, it's what you claim to know. You can be an agnostic theist.

[@TheBazabaza]

we dont have faith. We have trust. We trust that something will happen due to prior experience

[@Twulfbynight]

Barry Wardle best comment here

[@Godlimate]

Barry Wardle ummm, faith IS trust, but it is a trust without reservation.

[@TheBazabaza]

@@Godlimate Without reservation? Surely trust is when something demonstrates that it is continues to be consistent with reality. I trust someone when they justify my trust through demonstration. I wouldnt, and I think most people wouldnt trust their money to someone who has not demonstrated that they are consistently honest. To trust without reservation requires consistent demonstration. Faith is trust without demonstration. Trust is what the word Faith originally meant. But trust has been lost due to consistent lack of demonstration consistent with reality.

[@atheistgenocideinthebible1102]

THIS IS THE TRUTH!!! ( JEFF CARLIN!!! ) "Faith is the deliberate refusal to think critically and the glorification of willful ignorance that inevitably follows."

[@Bardineer]

Cute quote. Pure sophistry, but cute.

[@FECtetra1918]

@@BardineerBut still true.

[@Bardineer]

@FECtetra1918 Except it's not, because faith is belief sans evidence; and belief is involuntary. Therefore, it's not deliberate at all.

[@FECtetra1918]

@@Bardineer It’s not. We can demonstrate they’re wrong and they still choose to believe it. It’s deliberate.

[@Bardineer]

@FECtetra1918 Please, provide empirical evidence that it's a *_CHOICE._*

[@msp66de]

Angry Matt is the best

[@LeroySinclair69]

Angry Matt turns people away due to showing atheists as angry people, collected Matt would bring those people towards us

[@KC-py5vq]

P. Ness I mean he’s been dealing with this bullshit for years now I don’t blame him for getting mad here and there

[@LeroySinclair69]

@@KC-py5vq neither do I, but it's not about what you say to people it's how you treat them, that's how the audience will judge you. Dawkins was a complete asshole due to this probably turned more people away from atheism, I just don't want Matt to do the same. Follow Hitchins example, ridicule the belief not the believer

[@GIRLSMAKE12334]

P. Ness I don’t understand how Dawkins can be called an asshole.

[@gamebred5x]

Told him to shut the fuck up!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@leonwoodford]

This was excruciating

[@dogearflopper7011]

"I believe life." I love lamp.

[@FS-lw6sq]

The sun does not rise or fall anywhere. The earth rotates. Plain and simple.

[@samcero]

The crew in the back popped a few beers and are seriously having a good time.

[@coletrickle1775]

One thing I'll never understand is how someone like this caller can be so aggressively stupid, and at the same time have no recognition that they have no substance to what they claim.

[@dalecs47]

"Have faith, believe in my god. Then take the next step: Do what I tell you to do without question and give me your money!"

[@Multi1628]

~ Jen and Matt a year later: no chicken pox and hopefully no measles. Speaking of, just amazing in 2019 that people are so willfully ignorant, so thank you all for working toward truth always. Cheers, DAVEDJ ~

[@flipwright1138]

Matt is so good at debating.

[@hutseh]

Jeff called the show many years ago. Nothing has changed.

[@elsiegel84]

To me it is pathetic that one would have so little desire for learning and clarity, but these may be the most successful breeders and thus the future of the human species. Human intelligence is a powerful survival tool, but very high intelligence has brought with it the two-edged-sword of technology, and the sociopathy of greed. Is this where the clades of homo sapiens branch and part company? A very dangerous prospect for the future of mankind.

[@capcrunch7838]

Yes look at homosexuality

[@gregmcfarland9376]

I disagree, greed exists in animals and un intelligent people

[@lucy9698]

I feel kinda bad for the caller lol, poor chap got pounded in by logic and critical thinking.

[@sheikhyaboooty]

Jeff, some friendly advice, don`t take a fart to a shit fight.

[@Berbs73]

😂😂😂

[@gerrylk9]

As a black man I'm glad that I let my belief in a deity go. I wish more black people do the same. I think it holds mankind back from advancement. If people in general let religion go the world will be a lot better off.

[@lizjoe21750]

I almost feel bad for the caller because he's so much more respectful than other callers... In some ways. ... He seems like a really nice guy.

[@Zetamus]

I wonder how THIS guy was able to use a phone! 😄

[@johncraske]

When I watch The Atheist Experience, I realise that this programme would only be possible in the US. If someone tried to launch a similar show in one of the countries of western Europe, the viewing figures would be a disaster. The reason being, of course, is that for the majority of people - particularly the young - religion is treated as an irrelevance. Which is why church attendance is now around 5% of the population of the UK, Sweden, Denmark etc etc.

[@sadbutitstrue2323]

This show would fit well in Brazil as well. There, 98% think that at least one god exists. But I am happy that Europe is leading the way to the critical thinking. Unfortunately they spread this through the America continent, and there is the place where this lie is more relevant.

[@AngryBoozer]

There’s been a few callers from Europe though. This is for all intents and purposes, an international show

[@arthurfonzarelli9828]

Thank god (pun intended) for three internet so stuff like this can be avalible for all to find

[@tighecrovetti2844]

"it's obvious...because god" - the ultimate cop-out

[@ronthered138]

Poor Jeff, bringing a cannoli to a brain fight.

[@tylerrooney543]

caller: I experience god everyday Matt:how do you know you experience god everyday? Caller: ....(Brain implodes) lmao tipical theist answer for a tipical athiest question lol

[@shinyheart3373]

Circular arguments are the worst. It takes ages for them to realise that they are talking in circles.

[@marcimarce1207]

People always talk about matt having no patience but he has more patience than anyone I know. I'm two minutes into this call and I want to punch a wall from this guy's stupidity

[@Sinless_Stone_Caster]

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[@CJCroen1393]

"God is life." I knew it! Shrek is God!

[@giorgiol77]

Na! Donkey is the almighty one.

[@zerokmatrix]

So to use an old joke: This call started badly (faith) It went seriously downhill in the middle (observation is because of what god created) (the body demonstrates design) And the less said about the ending the better (I believe life) These are definitely the best calls for entertainment value. He was so confident at the very beginning of the call (and this was at least his second attempt), but he was on the backfoot from almost the first sentence and just kept trying to dig himself out of a hole and going deeper and deeper and deeper. I can almost guarantee he learned nothing from this call, at all. I am 99.9% sure after the call, he said to himself "well, they just didn't understand what I was saying and they didn't let me explain". The rest he forgot immediately after the call, I would put real money on it.

[@megamus3]

Jeff will get through life without ever being accused of being a deep thinker, lucky ole Jeff.

[@jabberwocky7745]

For what it's worth, it actually does say "life" in John 14:6.

[@devonsanders9242]

When he said “the water cycle” like it was some bombshell argument, sent me to the moon. How does he put on his pants the right way??

[@waxberry4]

"because it's true" hilarious

[@gabrieljordan8015]

"Maybe shut the fuck up. . " I just burst out laughing.

[@jahrta]

You know you're in for a treat when the person who calls into a radio show to debate the merits of his position has no idea what the fuck he is there to discuss, promote or defend. It's almost as if he is responding to someone calling him at 3am, rousing him from a deep slumber, asking him to start a conversation. Did he dial the number and then forget what he was doing mid-dial?

[@FourDeuce01]

"How would you demonstrate that the bible is true?" "I can observe it." Wrong. Observing never demonstrates that anything is true.

[@campfireaddict6417]

If god is behind modern science, why now? Where was this god when humans struggled to survive to even get to age 30? If prehistoric tribes came across water, they were lucky, and do you think for a minute that water wasn't contaminated with giardia for example, and how miserable they felt, if they survived? Where was this god in 1930 when my grandmother was bedfast for 15 years due to MS? Imagine being in a brutal tsunami with your baby, and having it ripped from your arms and carried out to sea? This is real. It happens. This earth is not so friendly towards humans , otherwise, we wouldn't need warm clothes or houses to live in or law enforcement, but when you dig, you find it's been a long, slow process that humans have been able to finally cut flesh without pain; to prevent babies and children from suffering most childhood diseases; to use electricity for everything; to talk to someone across the road or across the world, in your home. If you think god is behind science, then what was the hold up? Why now?

[@Trevor_Austin]

If Jeff knows anything, he knows how to put forward a circular argument.

[@SapphireMarc]

Lol, this argument was over by 1:48

[@darksoul479]

A closed mind is just like a closed book. It's just a piece of wood.

[@matszz]

He doesn't understand science, he doesn't understand his own bible and he doesn't understand critical thinking. That's a pretty grueling uphill.

[@michaeldobson107]

Jeff's mind does not move at the same pace as Matt's, which is demonstrated by Jeff's constant long pauses trying to catch up with Matt.