What is Faith

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Believers try to pretend that their erroneous assumptions of subjective evidence mean their faith is not in independent of evidence, despite every definitive source always saying that it is.
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[@AronRa]

This video was demonitized in minutes.

[@Troubleshooter125]

Aron, based on what I've heard from you and others, KZbin has become OUCH-Cube as it comes to anything even remotely controversial and particularly regarding religion. Any claim that they might make (which right now is dubious as hell) about neutrality or open-mindedness is a load of meadow muffins, and you and I both know it. What we can actually DO about this, I don't know, though I suspect that the answer is: not bloody much ... other than to support you through other mechanisms.

[@Bwandonlovesmethisiknow]

Might be people false flagging it. There is nothing presented which would cause it. You know, hurt feelings of butt hurt Christians.

[@TheRighttoReason]

FOR WHAT?!?! The BBC clip? Eric used it too.

[@holgerlubotzki3469]

KZbin + Google = The New Big Brother They are subverting free speech

[@ElroyMF1]

@@BinaryBunyip baseless assertions and insults. Yup you're a believer.

[@necko2529]

I was addicted to Islam, becoming an atheist improved my life immediately... Just by not hating on homosexuals made me a happier, better human.

[@mickeydrago9401]

If you saw the data and metrics related to homosexuals you might be shocked... You could hate them and/or feel sorry for them... Could get it for you if you want...

[@getasimbe]

@@mickeydrago9401 What does that even mean?

[@emilymayer5537]

I also felt unimaginable releif and freedom when Christian left me. I am finally without fear.🌵

[@thisisme3961]

Sorry, but propaganda doesn't work on a science channel. The book has very poor reviews from academics.

[@Gfish17]

Just be happier full stop. you don't have to let atheism make you a better human being.

[@michealcox7236]

I became agnostic when I determined to stop believing things just because I was told to. The trigger that made me a full blown atheist was watching the debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham, the utter dishonesty of Ham's side immediately disabused me of the notion of any god and sent me on the fast track to finding real, verifiable answers.

[@MisterRorschach90]

I was sitting in my apartment in the middle of the night and felt a weird sensation on my right ear. It freaked me out so I started looking around. I started seeing a bright orb floating around. I got really scared. Then I turned behind me and saw a ghostly dark figure just standing there. I started yelling, “ nope get out go haunt someone else” Then I started to feel embarrassed for even beginning to think a ghost might be standing next to me. The ghost disappeared and I remembered something that completely explained the situation... Ready for it. I was stoned. I started cracking up harder than I’ve laughed in years. I thought maybe you’d enjoy this little story.

[@broddr]

And being high is also the likely explanation for a lot of religious stories. Ergot (a fungus that grows on grains, especially rye) has a known hallucinogenic effect. A lot of Bronze and Iron Age 'visions' were probably just from accidentally consuming spoiled grains.

[@a.randomjack6661]

I saw and heard some reallt odd stuff at one point. At times, I was sure there was something someone like standing next to me looking at what I was writing. Beware of moldy appartments!!!

[@larryscarr1929]

If not for critical thinking, we'd of ended up surrounded by burning sage and buckets of crystals😋

[@UDLXXL]

I want what you're smoking!

[@falconpowerful2362]

Brad Hansen If I recall correctly, ergot is thought to have had a lot to do with the witch trials in Salem too (or maybe another town, but I've heard it is a prime suspect).

[@Uridien]

If there is a God, he's got some 'splainin to do.

[@badgerbush3556]

Imagine if god was away on busyness, and came back like someone who left the stove on? "Oh shit, oh fvckin shit I totally forgot I made this" And then god just sweeps the universe under the cosmic carpet to save face amongst the thousands of other gods. But they find it and ridicule the being for being an asshole.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Make the choice to set LOVE as your 'god'. Love LOVE with all your being. Love all Beings. Love your Self. Love enemies and create new friendships. True Love is Real. Free Will is also True. Sometimes people may not love you back.

[@smashexentertainment676]

I asked once: what if god like some thousand years ago decided to check if he's all-powerful enough to kill himself.. and, you know.. killed himself. That would explain a lot, instead of bunch of apologists finding any excuse necessary to justify whatever is happening according to gods plan and nature.. moral.. what have they. The answer was: oh, don't be ridiculous.

[@africanexpert6682]

mansplaining

[@beowulfandstuff5547]

@@badgerbush3556 that would be hilarious af

[@MagicPlants]

Those clips of you telling them to BRING IT knowing they can't heals me in a way no other medium can. Thank you so fucking much Aron, you are truly the only real miracle. Your contributions are innumerable and invaluable.

[@fortissears5388]

I have to disagree. Aron lost his cool here, which wasn't overlooked by his opponents. And while I understand his frustration, he didn't answer the question that was posed.

[@sharkfeathers8499]

Agreed!

[@pleaseenteraname1103]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYGsh6aFoZ2mnpY.

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

@@fortissears5388 He challenged an entire room; they had nothing. Sure, they can fixate on his attitude all they want, but what they won't fixate on, however, is the fact that none of them can even remotely substantiate their own supernatural claims. Besides, the question posed was irrelevant; we know what religious faith means, and grasping at straws about some Greek scholar isn't going to change that.

[@WilbertLek]

@@fortissears5388 I have to disagree as well. In that you are not a petty child.

[@theunexpectedatheist9844]

I realized I'm still a fresh deconvert when I heard myself say to myself, "I am so thankful to the Lord that I live near Aron Ra, Seth Andrews, and Matt Dillahunty."

[@quantumechanicalhose]

Well that is unexpected

[@insanitysreign6195]

An appropriate name :) I'm a fresh reconvert myself, how long have you been sober?

[@sariathebrave5259]

Ik what you mean. Sometimes I will say “oh thank g- I mean satan”

[@Jo_Kuiper]

Just say: "the non existing" right in front of "Lord/Satan", and you're be fine.

[@ericmishima]

I've been using 'oh mynock'

[@Autists-Guide]

FART... arguments from hot air Faith, Authority, Revelation, Tradition.

[@Angelmou]

That is a good one!

[@johngavin1175]

Damn man,you need to patent that. That's a hoot.

[@hueynrolf9272]

Faith [insert fart sound]

[@JohnElliottUK]

Aron you NEED to put this in book form ... would rank alongside Dawkins and Hitchens. Your skill in communicating this is SO clear and desperately needed. Thank you for all you do in helping me and countless others to improve our understanding and see sense !

[@01What10]

I agree! His first book was fantastic. Its one of the few books I went through with a highlighter, every page was filled to the brim with exhaustively researched material that completely eviscerated any argument a screw-head (religious believer) could come up with, or indeed has come up with. If he published a second book with all this new information he has been putting out, I would buy it immediately. His prose is entertaining and highly readable. His sense of humor is sharp and satisfying, and each chapter I found information I had never heard of and only served to strengthen my resolve on the matter. I've even attempted to get religious believers to read his book so that they can better understand the position of an atheist, as Aron's book and videos are one of the best examples of not only our position, but objective reality itself.

[@Eisenbison]

Absolutely agreed. I have his book in paperback and audiobook. It covers pretty much all of his arguments against Creationism, but now I think he needs to release a new book where he outlines his own specific arguments about theology in all the detail he's done in the videos since that book came out. I would pre-order it immediately. I assume that the first book was financially successful?

[@JohnElliottUK]

no... in the pool of intellectually honest people who engage with what is demonstrably true. Quite the opposite of "ignorant and unsophisticated" I reckon

[@JohnElliottUK]

Abraham there is much written over centuries on the theological and philosophical exploration of religion. ‘Truth’ should be able to be told and more importantly, demonstrated clearly. As Aron states, “if you can’t show it, you don’t know it”.

[@JohnElliottUK]

Abraham, as with many apologists, you make an assertion that you know what they have read and how much. I would imagine they have read quite a lot of theology and philosophy and debated experts in those fields but please remember they are scientists and have also read a lot of literature (including peer reviewed !) which calls into question the dogma and ‘word salad’ of religious writings. Again, if you can put your position simply, with evidence that can be verifiable, testable, falsifiable and repeatable (or any of the above) then I would genuinely love to hear it as I sincerely want to know what can be shown to be TRUE.

[@PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude]

This one is my favorite. There's far too few views, everyone who is even questioning should see it. I love the term apistivist, and have adopted it for a few years now. It's been a useful term for skipping past the surface apologetics and getting down to the point, which for me was always to know what's real, for all of us. Science, Naturalism, Materialism, whatever you want to call it, is so young, and has produced so much in just a blink of our timeline. Now it seems we're backsliding, just at the moment we're putting so much of it together. Give research a chance, it's our only REAL hope.

[@raymondthebrotherofperryma1403]

If it were real then you wouldn't need faith!

[@Yeiyn343]

@Joshua Opell Half correct and half wrong. When you go to the hospital, did the doctors perform a surgery or prescribe something based of "I guess so?" Is the Theory of Gravity an assumption with no proof? Science actually has evidence based off of tests. Religions are stories. Science and religion are _not_ equal, just like Biology books aren't equal to Harry Potter.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Faith is just expectation in what you Hope is accurate. When you sit on a chair, you have faith in the hope that it will not crack and you fall on the floor, hitting your head ! Does the chair need your faith to hold you up ? nope. Your hope in the chair is a reasonable expectation. Faith in the Hope of True Love - that is the core of Yahshua Messiah's teachings. Loving Compassion, Human Empathy. It's not a mythology, it's a replacement of religion with real relationships, generating an adaptive optimistic survival strategy. Be Kind. Share. Help Others. Make Friends. It's all great advice. LOVE ONE ANOTHER. biblehub.com/john/13-34.htm Very much the shortest 'religion' of all: Love All. :-) Too Easy ! :-D

[@raymondthebrotherofperryma1403]

@@SeaJay_Oceans

[@nonplayercharacter6478]

@Joshua Opell Don't rely on science for "truth or knowledge"? What does that really mean? Science provides exactly that, both truth and knowledge. That tree stump is exactly x centimeters across. Truth. That stump was created when this tree lying on the ground was cut down. We can see this by the clean lines and saw dust, and a prior knowledge that chain saws exist, even if we've never seen one. Knowledge. Beyond that, what do you think "Truth and Knowledge" is which should be addressed by science?

[@necko2529]

We have to assume that the unive exists and it's real, things seem to be happening naturally and we can learn something from it...

[@badger1296]

**"Faith demands that we disregard 1) absence of expected evidence and 2) presence of conflicting evidence. How we detect lies: 1) Absence of expected evidence and 2) presence of conflicting evidence."

[@robertfelton8374]

God isn't an explanation it's an excuse.

[@mickeydrago9401]

It's a deferral, and it over complicates... It's the greatest violation of Occam's razor ever

[@LogosTheos]

Brute facts are an excuse

[@mickeydrago9401]

@@LogosTheos We have brute facts, no need to excuse them... God is not a brute fact, the universe and our existence is... As an atheist I also concede God may be a brute fact, we just do not know that.. Yet certain people think that they know that and that's what atheists fight, or should if they want to be any type of activist

[@LogosTheos]

@@mickeydrago9401 God isn't an explanation. Brute facts aren't explanations either. The OP is inconsistent. That is all I am pointing out. What you said makes more sense.

[@mickeydrago9401]

@@LogosTheos Brute facts have more explanatory value than God if only in the fact that facts are facts and God is not a fact as a matter of fact if in fact God really is no fact. ;) Therefore I make a provisional claim that there is no God that we know of yet, at least for me and millions of others, not so much counting the millions of documented near-death experiences....

[@MaxHarden]

My last self-deception on faith before conversion was that 2,000 years of my ancestors told their child the truth all the way to me. That faith was actually just believing my dad as he believed his. I asked my dad just recently now that I was nearly 40 and he is and old man, “do you actually believe that in real life Jesus rose from the dead?”. He said, “I really do”. So I quit respecting him and started deconverting.

[@munster355]

Heck yeah, always a pleasant surprise... Though i wish I didnt have work in 10 minutes so i could watch it all rn

[@davesmith3075]

Munster Bacca something good to look forward to :)

[@kellykellybumbum]

Hey same here. Watch later :)

[@francischimenti1374]

I promised myself I'd sleep early tonight. Pfft... Not a chance. Thanks Aron 🙄

[@arkwend4090]

knowing the kind of content Aron creates, I saw the video title, "What is Faith," and I thought, "this is gonna be good"

[@badgerbush3556]

Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine a mind that is open to new discoveries.

[@vedinthorn]

Because he likes to give his own made-up definition to argue against? Anyone can do that and be entertaining. See just about any unlearned Christian talk about atheism and then "debunk" it. Loads of people find them fighting strawmen hilarious, but it's still fighting strawmen, sadly.

[@PigRipperLAW]

Same here

[@marcioamaral7511]

​@@vedinthorn Debate him and make him recognize he is wrong, then you might earn some respect instead of hiding in youtube comments.

[@dracobuilder6707]

@@marcioamaral7511 we saw what happened when somebody confronted him on his definition of faith. He got angry and didn't deal with the question.

[@rbwinn3]

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

[@gayesthusky2177]

Wanna know some real irony: the people who claim to have “absolute inerrant truth” don’t seem to care about the truth whatsoever.

[@shifuarena901]

I met vegans who think carnivores lions and tigers were originally vegan until humans trained them to hunt

[@whiteraven-po5lp]

I had a conversation with a christian last week. It was actually pretty nice until we came to the "The-Bible-is-true-because-the-Bible-says-that-it's-true"-part, then he was trapped in an endless loop.

[@broddr]

TheWhiteRaven -- that's when I usually interrupt to point out that the Quran says the exact same thing. So which "holy book" is one supposed to believe? I think I'll wait for evidence.

[@bdf2718]

jhuger.com/kissing-hanks-ass

[@robertmiller9735]

@@broddr That's a good way to get the Christian to leave you alone...

[@Angelmou]

Rumors say - the christian is still talking to himself in a self-hypnotizing mantra.

[@robynsnest8668]

How in the World do you put up with doing PRATs day in and day out for decades? I get flustered after 5 minutes or sooner dealing with the deaf and blind ignorant.

[@garyhess9633]

Thank you for your time sir!!!!! I'm awake now!!!!

[@myoneblackfriend3151]

Mr. Ra, please do your best not to shout during a debate or discussion - even when things get heated. People stop hearing your message and you make so many great points. I would want them to get lost in the heat of them moment.

[@EricHernandez]

I agree. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqiZmWOOn65gl7M

[@earlybird5989]

I want to be as informed and articulate as AronRa. I can listen to him for hours. Great job sir 👍

[@Sahih_al-Bukhari_2658]

24:10 There’s no way you actually believe Jesus is yelling in that translation 🤦 It always uses caps when He quotes.

[@toamouse5946]

What a brilliantly reasoned argument Aron. Very impressive, easy to digest. Watching your videos is always so satisfying because you present so clearly. I've heard people complaining that since you talk so much and present so much information it takes too long to respond. But for me personally, I appreciate that about your videos. I'm never left in doubt about your perspective or what's behind it. And I've seen too many theists wriggle around what atheists argue because the atheist concerned didn't close every gap.

[@HolyRainbowism]

Amen, brother! Give ‘em hell, Aron. Love you, man.

[@2ndbrain909]

Amen??? Lol

[@Jonadawong]

The eloquence of your presentation and vast vocabulary is impressive in itself. Your explanation and layout of your talking points are well done. This indeed is a video that deserves to be shared.

[@tonydarcy1606]

A pint of whatever Aron fancies, the next time he's in London. We have some weird brews here too ! As to never being able to change believers' minds, the facts seem to indicate the opposite. Even in the good ol' God fearing USA, religion seems to be on the decline, .. and about bloody time.

[@kirillzakharov7336]

7:23 that's the same for me whenever I play chess in my woodshop class(we often have quite a lot of spare time, so that's common). Half the class teams up against me, and every time, I win. I either get a huge advantage(easily because all of them are bad), or I checkmate them. Then we had two incomplete games where they simply knocked the pieces off the board and claim victory. Every time, even if they are absolutely lost, they claim victory. And then they have the audacity to tell me I need to practice, so that I can beat them next year. I do need to practice, but not for them. They are not even close to being good enough to beat me. Unrelated, but it's the exact same situation.

[@robertbates1910]

Perfect response! Great video Aron!

[@virochanaasura8521]

This is how a prominent Christian thinker defines 'faith' in a recent work, "Religious belief does not depend upon a dispassionate analysis of evidence that leads to conviction beyond a reasonable doubt. It is always a commitment made in response to an insight that is individual and unique. " 'The Big Questions in Science and Religion,' Keith Ward, p. 104

[@briancomley8210]

lf everyone believed in and lived as religion tells us, we would still be living like stone age people, none of all the modern comforts, medicine, internet or understanding.

[@markrymanowski719]

Well, that's bollocks for a start. 'There will be many wonderful creations in the last days'. The words of Jesus. Plenty more where that came from.

[@nachfullbarertrank5230]

@@markrymanowski719 Was jesus a scientist, though? More of a faith healer. And we're not in the last days. And I'd say he's talking about god's creations.

I wish that one was required to actually read the Bible, every word on every page, before joining the christian cult Christians love god/jesus so much they will never read the Bible within their lifetime....Pathetic. Cliff Note knowledge of your cult makes you a dangerous individual.

[@Tippy2forU]

They thought about that and told the believers that the bible has to be translated by one of god's most high (preacher,priest,pastor,etc). They think of everything to keep their followers.

[@blobtuna236]

6:48 The sheer passion you put into this speech is legendary.

[@DeconvertedMan]

Faith is a hope & wish that people have, made in dreams & in church. If you have facts, you do not need faith. SJ Thomason claimed to have an ability to know when someone "bad" was in a room. I offered her money to prove that via testing. She responded something doesn't have to be testable to be true... that is the insanity of apologetic's.

[@docsavage30]

Thank you for this Please keep doing what you do. Best Wishes, DOC

[@heavymeddle28]

You know Hollywood's gonna make a huge movie about Kent Hovind. Whoopi Goldberg is playing Kent and his son Erik played by Gary Busey

[@kc_bautista]

I’m sticking to reason and logic, facts and evidences. faith can take a vacation for eternity 😂

[@tomnanD3]

AronRa is a national treasure.

[@wtripley]

When I was on my way out of Christianity, I had a lot of questions and I wanted to learn more because I felt lost. Aronra helped me understand the world more clearly and helped me realise why what I believed was wrong and how to discern what is true

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Love is True.

[@reddseth9733]

what is that clip of the church shoot out from? 2:10

[@reddseth9733]

@@d4nd31o thanks XD

[@enderz1341]

I love you Aron, I really do. Meeting you at the Reason Rally was the highlight of the year, both times.. but "irregardless" is not a word.

[@AronRa]

That is not what I meant to say, but I admit it does sound like that.

[@bdf2718]

You misunderestimate him.

[@enderz1341]

I forgive you :) Keep up all your great work!

[@jacketrussell]

I feel embiggened when Aron uses words such as 'irregardless'. 😂

[@YY4Me133]

Is irregardless a word?: Usage Guide Irregardless was popularized in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its increasingly widespread spoken use called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead. - - www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless

[@crispymidget8531]

Really enjoy Arons speeches, gives me life to hear reason and logic. Too many willfully ignorant people in this world

[@tod3608]

The excuse people give when they have no good reason to believe

[@AmaranthOriginal]

What is faith? Jesus don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more....

[@inkwellflood8276]

This sir was a spiffing summary of raw taught disillusion with reality. Very, very well done and said ol' bean. I was a catholic - i got better.

[@musicauthority7828]

Near death situations can be explained away. by hallucinations caused misfiring synopsis in the brain. usually. caused by other organs shutting down. and the brain frantically trying to survive.

[@sovietbot6708]

Creationists believe in order for evolution to be true, humans should be able to create life.

[@whiteraven-po5lp]

Everyone has 2 creators. I am not sure, but I think the scientific term for them is "parents".

[@Bill_Bo]

Actually they believe humans should be able to create life from a rock.

[@nosfrattirek5690]

And the day we manage to create life, they'll turn everything around and claim "see, that's proof life can only be created by an intelligence". There's no winning against people who will never admit when they've been proven wrong, which is all the time with creationists.

[@Zook85]

I'm a vampire, and I love garlic. You lose, Aron!

[@Zook85]

@BananaJunior11 Not if vampirism is a lifestyle. Then it would be bigotry. Aron Ra needs to release an apology video to vampires. Actually, that's not enough. He needs to start a charity to raise awareness about the ignorance of vampires and garlic.

[@jayleneellis9308]

Hay larping is fun, it gets you outside and moving around. +It's a community.

[@emilymayer5537]

I wanna be a furry.

[@DavidStJames11]

GO ARON RA!

[@Bwandonlovesmethisiknow]

No Aron. You are wrong. God is real. I hear heavens bell ring everytime my spaghetti starts to boil.. May the pasta lord bless you with his garlic bread.

[@Bwandonlovesmethisiknow]

@Firstname Lastname it's ok my child. The pasta lord hath enough bread for thy hunger as well

[@Troubleshooter125]

Praise the lard and pass the marinara...

[@badgerbush3556]

Heretic, you will burn in the wok of agony for this. All hail the majesty of pastry based confectionary.

[@ryanfuxa6738]

May the Pesto be with you, and all your iniquities.

[@BitchChill]

I'm convinced that god exist now

[@mgrzx3367]

How dare You attempt to take away the jobs of people who rape children, sell bullshirt,, oppress people, and want to take control of our country. Oh, um. Thank You AronRa. ( bows deeply and most respectfully ). You are awesome!!!

[@WillPhil290]

I agree with you 100%... It just sucks that, whenever one loses their cool... It plays into this weird persecution complex that extremists have... They want to hear how how stupid they are so they can double down on their ridiculous ideas... It's a REALLY difficult tight rope walk that tries the patience of anyone trying to have a conversation with these people... But I think you did great... You always do.

[@theosib]

I’m not kidding when I say that Minecraft has saved people from depression, self destruction, and suicide. I know people who wouldn’t be alive today without it. As Aron said, any fixation can turn your life around, although Minecraft seems to be especially potent. I think we should all thank Dinnerbone, Grum, _jeb, Slicedlime, Searge, and all the other gods at Mojang for providing us with such a wonderful platform that saves depressed people from depression (although to be fair, it has also sent lots of normal people into depression, but we don’t speak negatively about our religion... I mean video game).

[@factoryman28]

You know Aron is not only smart but also badass because of his insanely awesome mustache.

[@markwildt5728]

You mean that ugly, stringy and weak flop of corn silk above his lip?

[@sarahraynolds6238]

@@markwildt5728 dude, the hell is your problem. Go somwhere else with your negative attitude.

[@markwildt5728]

@@sarahraynolds6238 did I offend your delicate feefees??? Couldn't care less... Aron is a charlatan and a fraud.

[@andrewbesso4257]

Faith (n): Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, in things without parallel. - Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary)

[@Science_Always_Wins]

I love this man. He is a beacon shining through the stupidity of religion.

[@CRAFTE.D]

So... 30 minutes of damage control?

[@AronRa]

I've been considering this topic for months. A flurry of recent issues made it timely, but correcting common errors is not damage control.

[@CRAFTE.D]

Lol, have you not seen IPs response? Seems like damage control when seasoned with his perspective.

[@AronRa]

@@CRAFTE.D I didn't even know he made a response, but that would explain the excessive stupidity I've seen in comments over the last couple days.

[@CRAFTE.D]

AronRa It would, you should take a look.

[@debunkerofatheism6874]

@@AronRa Not the last couple days. He uploaded the video 15 hours ago, so someone else must have done a response. I'd wager it was Whaddo You Meme?? And can I also take the time to point out the misinterpretation? The translation was not indicative of what the word means in Greek. It means trust/assurance. In the same way that the word translated as fool in the KJV denotes something else entirely, faith also has a very different meaning in English than in Greek.

[@davidhughes7174]

Bring it. Awesome work AronRa.

[@majorianus8055]

Psalsm 14:1 is not necessarily about Atheism. Heck, I'm not even sure people in 1000s BC have that concept. It's about people who act like they can do whatever they want without any repercussions because they refuse to believe in the truth of the consequences of their actions, evidenced by the fact that the Hebrew word used here is Nabal, toying with another character in 2nd Samuel whom David met before. Nabal refuses to believe that his negative and hostile actions will get back to him and does everything he wants. But payback did come and he lost everything he had. Again, just another reason why AronRa is showing he's not using his resources right and interpreting his own because he has his own bias to support.

[@AronRa]

You accuse me of this even though I tapped scholarly resources specifically to keep my own bias in check.

[@joejackson3330]

Aron, brother... I know that your job is hard and oh, so tiresome! But do continue with these videos and lectures, because they really do make a difference. Maybe not in the Christian community, but in those who really are in search of the truth of reality. Thanks for all you´ve done and accomplished so far. It has changed me so profoundly that words can never express it.

[@andrethealien5668]

My wife lost faith due to a near death experience

[@BIOlogicallyToXiouS]

One of my favorite creators. Thanks for helping me see some sense Aron.

[@wesleywalkerthewriter]

Just for fun, @AronRa, what "evidence" is there that women are the moral equals of men under your philosophical ethos? Under my philosophical ethos, I can point to Galatians 3:28: "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Under YOUR philosophical ethos, the justification doesn't seem to be as clear. #EverydayAtheism #EverydayFeminism

[@Ryder-wt9tk]

I'm taking it that you've never heard of Hume's Law.

[@wesleywalkerthewriter]

@@Ryder-wt9tk I have, actually. I'm taking it that you're not well educated. Atheists have this problem... If you are NOT entitled to equal rights, then it would be PERFECTLY legitimate to have all Atheists rounded up and executed. Your complaints about the extremes of religious fanatics would be utterly empty, because they have no basis in reality. It would simply BE. You Atheists REGULARLY whine about "oughts" though, don't you? You "ought" not be "forced" to pray. You "ought" not be "forced" to listen to religious speech at public venues. Spare me your intellectually empty appeal to ambiguity, because I know from your BEHAVIOR that you don't believe it. Our society is governed by the "ought", and it is to the "ought" that you must appeal. If you actually believe that it simply "is", then you can shut up... but you won't, because you don't actually believe that it simply "is", do you? Hypocrite.

[@Ryder-wt9tk]

@@wesleywalkerthewriter You asked for evidence for an ought, which violates Hume's Law. This is an impressive amount of anger and mental gymnastics though. Bottom line is that your ideas will be forgotten by history, as they should. If I were to be harmed, I'm certain it wouldn't be by you. 😂

[@wesleywalkerthewriter]

@@Ryder-wt9tk LOL Ah, another uneducated Atheist who is convinced that he's an intellectual. You also missed the entire point of the question, so I will direct it at you, snowflake. Do you have "evidence" that women are the moral equals of men under your philosophical ethos? Yes or no? (And, yes, I realize that you're going to dodge again... because you fail to understand that the basis of your rejection of religious system is your demand for "evidence"... but you are such a dullard as well as a hypocrite that you don't see that Hume's Law applies as well... Fantastic #DunningKruger you have there.)

[@Ryder-wt9tk]

@Wes Walker You're pretending to be stupid right? You cannot provide evidence for an ought, it's quite literally not how any of this works. Anyone who know quite literally anything about moral philosophy knows this, you being an exception it seems. This genuinely is one of the most ironic interactions I've ever had. Utterly shameful. I'm no longer going to converse with someone THIS uneducated about the basics. (Or perhaps wrongly educated?)

[@darrenkirchhoff1693]

AA never worked for me because of their dogma that you have to come to believe a higher power can "restore you to sanity". Old timers would tell me to take it til I make it or borrow their God. Funny thing though, I've been sober much longer as an atheist making his own way and purpose than I ever was in AA.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

If it’s true when you once said that, “every Christian I’ve ever debated has said I’m misrepresenting faith,” then perhaps you need to consider the possibility that you’re indeed doing just that.

[@pup1008]

Which bits? Cite your evidence?

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Deep Heat This video: /bQBFY1z_RvI At this time stamp: 1:01:04

[@pup1008]

@@TheNightWatcher1385 That is not a complete URL & therefore cannot be opened.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Deep Heat my bad. Sometimes my paste function doesn’t leave the whole thing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIKld4xnr8SFrKs

[@Z4r4sz]

@@TheNightWatcher1385 Christians also always claim the bible doesnt justify or promote harm yet it does. Being dishonest is something christians are famous for. Ironically thats promoted in the bible too.

[@blackice9088]

Another excellent video, Aron Ra! Thanks for all of your hard work on this video, and all of your others as well. You have given me a lot of knowledge and I have owned a few christians in debates. I've also deconverted a few others, due to discussions, and have showed them your "Aron Ra disproves Noah's Ark" series.

[@JamesRichardWiley]

Show me: Your soul. Your mind. Your Holy Spirit. The Hebrew tribal god, Yahweh. The son of Yahweh, Yeshua, Your afterlife experience. Original Sin. And the authors of the Hebrew Bible. You cannot show show me any of these Because its all imaginary.

[@ralphjosephmerced]

Yeah. They also believe you don't have a mind either.

[@Serendarainbow]

Can you provide proof its all imaginary? Testable physical proof to support your claim.

[@joshuaperkins9344]

Aron Ra is the god this city needs.

[@kristiangarcia674]

Religion: "The belief in impossible nonsense for no good reason" AronRa has a talent for bluntly expressing insight. Thank God for AronRa.

[@EverettVinzant]

Faith is the acceptance of claims despite evidence. Belief is the acceptance of claims without evidence. Trust is earned, it is evidence based. There is no such thing as “evidence based belief,” as an “evidence based belief” is knowledge. If you accept a claim based off of evidence, that is knowledge. I tell you I have a quarter in my pocket. I then ask if you believe me. This makes sense, is proper use of the word belief, and fits with the definition provided. I am literally saying, “I claim to have a quarter in my pocket, do you accept my claim?” At that point you consider; what is my experience with quarters? Are they small enough and light enough to fit in a thing we call a pocket? What is my experience with pockets? Is the person claiming to have a quarter in their pocket wearing a garment? Does the garment have a pocket in it.... With all that we can make the determination of wether or not we believe the claim. What if I saw someone drop a quarter in their pocket and then ask if I believe it’s there? I could say yes, and that would be accepted, but the fact is I know (not believe) that there is a quarter in the pocket. We’re just using sloppy language. If someone that has trouble controlling themselves around alcohol (let’s say an alcoholic) tells me they’re never drinking again, we would accept me saying that I have faith in them. What I am saying is, despite all the evidence to the contrary I am willing to accept your claim you will never drink again (I have faith in you). This corresponds to the scripture that Christians quote about things unseen... So, put succinctly, belief is the acceptance of claims without evidence, and faith is the acceptance of claims despite evidence. Codify the acceptance of claims without/despite evidence (organize belief and faith) and you have a thing called religion. Religion does not require a supernatural component (though it can certainly have one). The religion of the left includes anti-vaxxers, “big pharma” phobes, and Vegans. The religion of the right includes evangelicals, supremacists, and nationalists. All of these things are organized and belief/faith based. Anyone that claims they are not a member of “organized religion,” is not saying anything. Religion, by definition is organized. If it were not it would be a random collect of faiths and beliefs. The minute that you assert your position based in belief/faith, you are practicing religion. Put another way, there is no such thing as “disorganized religion.”

[@mingyangyu770]

excellent job AronRa keep up your wonderful work!

[@SuperScopeRawks]

Christianity doesn't force people to believe or disbelieve anything. It is what it is and its up to the individual to believe in it or not.

[@DeathsHood]

"Believe in me or burn in hell for eternity" seems like a forceful attempt at getting people to believe. All the preachers screeching about hell, torment, punishment, etc seem to disagree with you as well.

[@Z4r4sz]

I assume the children of christians all have a choice before going to church then? They can opt out of praying? They dont have to spend time with probable child molesting priests? The people burned at the stake as heretics were probably really guilty of something else that justified the atrocious execution, right?

[@ronlynquist9183]

If so why all the diferent denominations?

[@RBEmpathy]

I was waiting for this video. Great job. The optics of that debate were strange. I wasn't really sure what your opponent was trying to prove.. but I will give him credit for coming across as assertive, intelligent, and well-read.

[@trenthorton9532]

I believe he was trying to show that Christianity is not dangerous - which was the topic of the debate - by providing studies that intrinsic religiosity is correlated with all sorts of things that are beneficial to society rather than dangerous to it. What did it seem like he was trying to prove from your point of view?

[@RBEmpathy]

@@trenthorton9532 I'll be really honest with you, his argument was self defeating.. so I honestly thought maybe I was missing something. But, yes, I believe he was up front about his argument, and it only proved Aron's points.

[@trenthorton9532]

@@RBEmpathy Can you explain how it was self-defeating? I didn't get that sense from watching the debate.

[@RBEmpathy]

@@trenthorton9532 certainly. His point relied upon confusing correlation and causation. If you look at the demographics he was mentioning, and you consider socioeconomic status, education, and social cohesion of those demographics/communities, you quickly realize that religion is at best rather irrelevant. Look at poor, uneducated, isolated atheists and they're also likely to be immoral/amoral people. His point only proved that if you find groups that have social cohesion, education, and a comfortable living that they're less likely to be immoral or amoral people. That's.. sociologically speaking, a 'duh' statement. While religion might even work to better people who are already statistically likely to be moral, when you look at disadvantaged groups, religion seems to be a way to rationalize all sorts of despicable actions. Also, being an atheist and being privileged decreases someone's likelihood of being immoral/amoral dramatically, meaning that religion doesn't actually offer anything that privilege/education can't also offer just by itself. Just because religion can do some good, doesn't exclude its potential to have negative consequences as well. It shouldn't surprise anyone that those who take religion very seriously and study it and practice it constantly are also likely to be privileged and educated. After all, historically it was generally wealthy, religious households that could even afford school in the first place. And if you're interested in studying and intellectualizing your belief system it only makes sense you'd in general be an intellectual person.

[@trenthorton9532]

@@RBEmpathy I hesitate to make this point simply because I haven't read the studies myself, but don't you think that sociologists who conduct these studies control for outside variables such as these which would obviously have an influence? These aren't middle schoolers making bald assertions, they're trained professionals with years of education and experience specifically in these areas. If you're looking at one specific example can you cite it so that I can read it? Even if I grant that Mike could be confusing correlation and causation (I'm not, this is hypothetical) that wouldn't make his argument self-defeating, since those with intrinsic religiosity still exhibit such traits, even if the true cause were to remain unknown.

[@thefnaffan2]

Hell yeah, new video.... My now favorite channel.

[@sariathebrave5259]

I think it’s interesting how sacrificing children is very common in religions. Notice how Christianity is based upon a child sacrifice? Except it was actually still God himself not his son because they are the same somehow. And also he didn’t stay dead so does it count? If I killed myself to stop someone else from dying knowing I would come back to life later and then demanded that someone to worship me because of my “sacrifice” or I will eternally torture them, does that make me worth being worshipped? Does that mean I’m good?

[@pepejulianonziema69]

YoU DoNt NeeD ProoF iF yOu hAve a FaiTh

[@paullitchfield2651]

Excellent work Aron, we have been following you for years. Happy to see logic and sound reasoning is still alive and well among a sea of delusions.

[@brettbair2654]

Raised a Mormon I was taught that faith is evidence. Emotional evidence. Religious method vs scientific method. Interesting how the conman and the religious use the same tool of faith. The further we get from reality the stronger the faith.

[@melissadunton3534]

I love your videos. Would love to see one of your talks. Been watching you for a few years now....suppose I should google you and see if you’re going to be anywhere near me, would love to go to one of your lectures with my son. I received a lot of backlash and consternation because I didn’t raise my son “in god” 🙄 Flash forward, he’s 26 years old, served his country, is in the medical field, accepted to med school for the 2020 school year and has never doubted his ethical stand or moral fiber. My “favorite” argument was a friend who said that the only reason ppl don’t go around murdering other ppl is because of the fear of hell. I was floored. Realized very quickly that she had some serious personal issues. 😱

[@WayneSpillett]

I love how KZbin always puts ads for religious sites and services in atheist videos. I hope those advertiser's aren't paying too much!!

[@charlesseph44]

Whats the film in the background?

[@d.w.sparks3655]

Dude, you rock! Thx for sharing this!

[@premierdebatesandconversat9802]

Aaron Ra !!!! The master teacher !!!!

[@ryanawilson8549]

#20years

[@EricHernandez]

lol!

[@micah7492]

Holy shit where can i find that debate?

[@trevorbrooks7816]

My mother does not even know you exist AronRa, but I've been using your videos as a tool to slowly recondition her from her brainwashing as a child into religion. Slowly by techniques such as showing her my homework in college and by taking day trips to the museum of natural history so she can see the fossils right in front of her eyes that she was always told didnt exist. Rather than a woman of faith, my mother regarded herself as one of logic and science that needed evidence and because of this, I was able to show her the beautiful world of evolution. She graduated in 1981 and she knew nothing about evolution from her highschool education. Thank you for being a resource for my family. You've brought my mother out of her ignorance, and brought her and I closer together than weve ever been.

[@millenniumf1138]

This is one of the most loving things I can think of to do for your parents: opening their eyes and giving them the gift of reason. It's a hard gift to give, but once accepted it's one of the most rewarding things life has to offer.

[@atheistechoes9594]

@@millenniumf1138 im trying to break down the wall of my grandmas ignorance but i feel dirty for doing it behind my family' s back plus my grandma gets extremely upset when i being up contradictions and arguments im hoping not being a christian will help slow her dementia since mo one will let her take dementia pills

[@Nameless-pt6oj]

You can un-brainwash her by showing her Inspiring Philosophy’s videos, starting with his response to this video on faith.

[@BK-rl5lw]

@@Nameless-pt6ojAtheists aren’t interested in truth lol. They’re only interested in trying to reconfirm their beliefs

[@DarthVaderfr]

​@@Nameless-pt6ojevolution is a fact, not brainwash, you see everything that is predicted by the theory all over nature, we have a process through which information is exchanged(dna) we see mutation and understand how they works and we see the fossil records of previous species existed on this planet, denying this reality is pure insanity and it's your problem

[@ninjasheep7492]

Faith is delusion. If you have justification for the belief then it isn’t faith.

[@kahlilme2025]

A half hour of Aron ripping into faith? Today's a good day.

[@AsmodeusDHare]

five minutes is all that is needed for openminded people... three hundred years isn't long enough for many that started benefiting from religion monetarily.

[@kahlilme2025]

@Shane Stephen I have made one comment about it in a KZbin video whose purpose is to discuss it, hardly an obsession. But I do dislike faith because it's not really admirable.

[@kahlilme2025]

@THE PEOPLE SING Because faith =/= perseverance? Ignoring the suspicion that Edison didn't even design the lightbulb, he still got a little further with each attempt at making the light bulb. When that second coil burned just a little longer, that was an indication that it could burn longer. There was an incentive to improve upon that design. Colonel Sander's recipe is a bit closer, but even then, he probably figured someone was gonna buy it eventually. Blind devotion to something without some kinda logical basis isn't a good thing. Edison and Sanders had something to go on, spirituality generally doesn't.

[@chrispbacon3042]

THE PEOPLE SING that story about Thomas Edison is bullshit and supported by facts.

[@kahlilme2025]

@@theconservativechristian7308 You have reason then? If that is your definition of faith, then provide your reason.

[@bornestellar6334]

When I lost my faith back when I was 19, my life definitely improved. I'm still feeling the relief of having the burden of faith lifted from my shoulders. It felt as if I had blinders over my eyes for the entirety of my life up until that point. I see the world and the Universe in their true beauty these days.

[@humblehomie8902]

How does faith even burden someone?...

[@bornestellar6334]

@@humblehomie8902 I would deny scientific evidence when it contradicted my faith. That was an intellectual burden.

[@humblehomie8902]

@@bornestellar6334 Ohhh, that makes sense now.

[@atheistechoes9594]

My family doesn't have any respect for burden of proof they ignore any of my questions and wont even defend it with decent debate

[@blackice9088]

I only had the faintest belief in god, because I was not indoctrinated as a child, but after seeing how the televengalists were operating back in the 1980's I was aghast at their behaviour. I decided when I was 15 to sit down with no expectations or bias and read the bible. Let the bible "sell itself and the religion surrounding it" to me. It was the King James Version, by the way... I came away from that experience as an atheist, and an apistevist. I say that I know there is no god, as Aron does, and that the "Holy Bible" is simply a collection of manmade mythology, none of it is true.

[@MasterSpade]

Definition of “Faith” in the buybull -- John 20:29 - Blessed are they who have NOT SEEN but yet believe. Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the assurance of things HOPED for, the conviction of things NOT SEEN. 2 Corinthians 4:18 - We look NOT at things seen, but at things NOT seen. According to the bible, Faith is the belief in something with no Evidence. So you cannot have Faith AND real Evidence. It’s either/or. It’s all about being Gullible. Unless you want to go against the “word of god”. And for those of you religious people, religious faith is NOT the same as other things like Built Up Confidence, so don't get the words mixed up. Religious “Faith” comes BEFORE Real Evidence. Built up Confidence comes AFTER Real Evidence. Unless of course you want to disagree with your "gods" own words.................Simple as that. "Religion is a phase a species goes through when it evolves enough intelligence to ask profound questions but not enough to answer them." -- Bill Flavell

[@MasterSpade]

BNW43xt -- Those are nothing more than "Claims". Do you have any Real Evidence for those Claims? If not, then they are no different from the claims of all the other religions that you yourself do not believe.

[@sirquentincrispy1071]

My headstone will read. "See I told you there is no God".

[@badgerbush3556]

My headstone will have tiny writing on it only legible from a distance of 10 inches it will read Your standing on my balls!

[@emilymayer5537]

Nice

[@SoChilledOutGuy]

An old classic; “I told you I was sick.”

[@reh3997]

Mine is gonna read, “I couldn’t afford healthcare”

[@mylucidadventures6540]

mine shall read bitch stop crying i miss me to

[@grapeshot]

Thanks to you Ra-Men I went from being agnostic to being a atheist. And when your black and you're a atheist that's not easy. Something like 8 out of 10 black people believe in some kind of higher power including many members of my family. And they just can't understand why I no longer believe in an invisible sky wizard.

[@dragonslayerornstein387]

Science Saved this man, be free, change the world with your new found knowledge, Physics, Quemisty, Math! If you so choose to learn it and be above the average men of this generation.

[@richterman3962]

Try a deaply religionous catholic German family, hard as heck for me, everything they do has to involve their false god

[@bdf2718]

It could be worse. You could be LGBTQ as well.

[@grapeshot]

Alfalfa Jones I don't know about all that. I know our ancestors turn to religion to get through slavery. But I feel that this was a religion that was purposely forced off on black people to make us docile and make sure we always forgive our oppressors.

[@falconpowerful2362]

S Gloobal holy shit (pardon the pun), you HAVE to be trolling, or just extremely ill-informed about biology, palaeontology, taxonomy, abiogenesis, science and reality in general. Basically _everything_ you said was incorrect, the only thing you might be correct about is your ethnicity... and now I'm even doubting _that_ !

[@johnmccarthy7241]

Dear Aron, you’re one my favorite Atheist debaters and as I mentioned a long time ago, because of you I left the clutch of Christianity at the age of 70. Now I’m 76 and of course an atheist, but here’s my plea to you, please speak a little slower, it would improve your argument, I have difficulty sometimes getting all in. Keep up your great work though. Cheers John

[@broddr]

John McCarthy -- on almost all platforms KZbin allows you to adjust the playback speed. And it adjusts the tone so the speaker's voice still sounds relatively normal. Select the "..." icon and then "playback speed".

[@YY4Me133]

@@broddr My experience is that slowing the video makes speakers sound drunk. It can be quite amusing.

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

@@reasonandsciencecatsboardcom No, that's evidence of your desperate need to see design.

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

@@reasonandsciencecatsboardcom Nope. And nearly every point you made, has been debunked on this very channel. 1: now show that it was only your god. After you demonstrate the existence of your god. Cannot appeal to an unknown to demonstrate another unknown. 2: begging the question. Prove it. 3: Ditto. provbe it. 4: or life would be different. 5: wrong. Aron has a vid on this. We have proof that life CAN come from non-life. What we lack is concrete evidence as to which way it happened for us. 6: Cells are cells. Not factories. equivocation fallacy. 7: nope. That's not how probability works, and you are ignoring the iterative nature of biology. 8: Irreducible complexity was show to be legally proved to be false. Kitzmiller vs dover. 9: Appearance of design is not evidence. Question begging fallacy. 10: Nope DNA is chemicals, not code. False equivocation. 11: Sudden being 100 million years. and the intermediates are there. and this does not support any of you claims, even if true. 12: Nope, computer programs emerge from physical substrates, just like the human mind. Fail. 13: Assertion. Prove it. 14: Assertion. Prove it. 15: So what? A: ullshit. B: still not proof of god, if true it just proves that someone can see the furure. Or make it happen. 16: Assertion. Prove it. 17: Assertion. Prove it. 18: Assertion. Prove it. 19: Assertion. Prove it. 20: No, they have not. And hindus see a hindu afterlife. Sorry, all you've got is ignorance and empty claims, nearly all of which have been disproved, years ago, by Aron, personally.

[@broddr]

Otangelo Grasso -- you have so many things backwards. Mathematics is not prescriptive, it is descriptive. I.e., _some_ types of math are useful in describing a variety of physical systems. Describe, not enforce. And Earthly life is clearly fine tuned to the physical conditions of Earth (and our universe). It's not the universe that's fine tuned, it's us. So what if many people claim to believe in Jesus? That's just another example of the logical fallacy of argument by popularity. Two thousand years ago most people believed the earth was flat. But many Egyptians and Chinese knew better. They were willing to actually test whether popular opinion accurately reflected reality. Using your argument we should all still believe the world is flat. In fact if we believe the Bible as you claim to, we should believe it is flat and that from a sufficiently high mountain one could see all four corners. And that the flat earth floats on an ocean and is covered by a dome. As Anatole France famously wrote "If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

[@Troubleshooter125]

I have liked your definition of faith - _an unreasonable assertion of complete conviction which is not based on reason and is defended against all reason_ - for a while, Aron, and that said, this exhaustive video has been a long time coming. It paints the concept of faith into its well-deserved corner and refuses to let it out. Damned well done!

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

@Joshua Opell Describe and demonstrate a better tool, and then we might care.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

The true definition of Faith is expectation. Faith in the Hope of True Love. That's the whole message of Christianity. Loving Compassion and Mindful Mercy. Love LOVE. Love all Beings. Love your Self. Love enemies and create new friendships. That's the whole thing, all of Christianity fits on a note card. biblehub.com/john/13-34.htm LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

[@Troubleshooter125]

​@Joshua Opell Pardon me, but BALONEY. Something either has a consistent track record of working or it doesn't. Something is either demonstrably true or it isn't. I'm an engineer, a troubleshooter, and a pragmatist. If I told one of my customers that they should have faith that I fixed their widget, whatever it might be, more than likely, they would show me the door (rightfully!), and indicate to my supervisor that I not be admitted back. The laws of logic are demonstrable. THEY WORK. Faith - belief without evidentiary support - simply does NOT. I will have no truck with faith because anyone can have faith in anything, which means that faith has no discipline and therefore no reliability. Science IS reliable, demonstrable, and repeatable, and indeed, I made a 30+ year career of using science, technology, and logic to serve my customers and keep their devices running. Never once did I employ faith ... because faith has NO functionality.

[@Troubleshooter125]

@Joshua Opell I've had a somewhat flippant "philosophy" as a field service engineer: If it works, *USE IT.* If it don't, *LOSE IT.* Science takes a different attitude toward that second situation: If it don't, *OBSERVE AND RECORD THE CHANGE.* And while we're at it, ASK QUESTIONS. Is this change consistent? Does it operate with in a specific bandwidth of parameters or is it universal? Plenty of other questions, too, depending on what was observed. For maybe 300 years after Newton posited his Three Laws of Motion, they appeared to work pretty well. One place where they DIDN'T work was in attempting to describe the precession of Mercury. With the advent of Albert Einstein and General Relativity, that conundrum was solved. The older laws still worked, just not in specific situations. The difference between science and religion is that science is open to correction. Its function is to learn and grow and be disciplined in that process. Are there screw-ups? Do da term "cold fusion" strike a familiar note?!? But that's why there's peer review: to confirm that a new discovery cannot be falsified. Keep in mind, science treats what it knows as PROVISIONAL, subject to a future discovery or observation. Sure, I rely on science (don't look now, but WE ALL DO), yet I remain a skeptic. My multimeter works pretty well, but I still touch the leads together before I check resistance and have it tested against a standard regularly to maintain its accuracy. On its best day, religion does not, indeed WILL NOT do that, will not check itself against reality, and from my own observations, religion diverges from reality entirely too often to be trusted.

[@markwildt5728]

Too bad that's not any known definition of the word...

[@blackphantom9293]

Hello Aron, you will most likely not see this, but i thank you. You and Darkmatter2525 were two people i found here on KZbin. Thanks to Darkmatter i began to doubt the bible and read it snd thought for myself and realized the inconsistencies with science and history which I've always been a lover of since i was very young. It was then that i decided i was no longer a catholic but an "Agnostic". I would say "I don't know if god is or isn't real.." but thats when i found your channel. Thanks to you i learned of fallacies, and reasoning and the falsehoods of just "believing" and instead basing thoughts and ideals of rational and evidence. And so thanks to you, i now know im an Atheist. So i thank you for helping me to realize that i am an atheist and not an agnostic. You are a great inspiration and a great KZbinr and i hope you'll continue to create videos for a long time to come.

[@pansepot1490]

BlackPhantom929, glad you’ve joined the club of the rational thinkers. 👍 All the best!

BlackPhantom929 Good for you. No God would create a terribly flawed creature, then force them to spend their whole lives trying to fix themselves or burn forever. Just silly.

[@luzifersatanos]

Darkmatters vids are awesome.

[@JamesRichardWiley]

I was born an atheist, but I did not know it until I was 60 years old.

[@wesleywalkerthewriter]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYGsh6aFoZ2mnpY Hysterical... This is #EverydayAtheism. You find some guy on the internet, whose credentials are... questionable at best confirming... but you find PhDs, who are, by definition, credentialed authorities, "unconvincing". Do you plebes even understand that this AronRa guy has no credentials?

[@baylisw]

Hail Sir Aron of the Emerald Hills, kight of the crown.

[@bradleymaffit5832]

Of course he loves this comment.

[@davidh5020]

You need an intro - you keep making key points before I can even sit down.

[@michaelg2084]

It does kinda suck. But just sit down first this guy doesn't waste time even with intro.