Why Christianity is Unreasonable

[@the_most_blane]

I was born christian. I wasn't exactly devout, but I took everything that was said as truth. I was young then, and seeing how devout my family was and how strongly people believed in it, I thought it had to mean something. Once I got older and I learned more things about the world, I slowly started becoming skeptical. As a growing teenager I went to people and humbly asked questions. I never heard any voice, never saw anything divine, or anything of the sort that really showed a God that was there, much less one that interacted in my life or any others. Sometimes people tried to be reasonable and gave me pointers respectfully, and regardless of my suspicions, I was grateful for their advice and sympathy. Other times I was ridiculed, disrespected and written off completely, even by my own family, girlfriend and many other close people in my life. I thought it was reasonable to doubt what you're told about anything, and searching for any truth yourself was important. I didn't want my hand held and be led to the truth. I took people's perspectives in stride, regardless of an agreeing or an opposing view (in the realm of rationality of course). I didn't just wake up one day and became an atheist, it took extensive thought provoking introspection for a long time. Others may have had it or have it plenty worse than I do and I'm grateful I'm even here to speak for my experience. I've grown to love the life I have, the world I'm in regardless of how bad it can be. I can be more fond of people even if they may not live the way I do. I have no baggage from religion or anything, I just hold an opposing view about the intricate universe we live in. If a God is real, which I doubt, I don't think any of the ones humanity has or will ever worship is true. He or she or it may be way beyond anything we could ever discover, but I will always continue searching for answers. I may not find all the answers to everything, but I will die trying to find them. The universe is all around us, so its time to be apart of it, no matter how miniscule of an effect I will have.

[@danielcampos9628]

That...that was beautiful man 😢

[@the_most_blane]

@@danielcampos9628 we have to come to grips eventually. Its rare finding people that understand.

[@RS54321]

No one is born Christian. That is a personal decision one makes when they are old enough to understand what they are doing.

[@wayne5579]

Jesus never rode a bicycle either. Why not?

[@ChipArgyle]

Rule of thumb: if a claim is not discernible from nonsense, it's most likely nonsense.

[@veritasetaequitas983]

Actual rule of thumb: In the 1600s it was legal to beat your wife as long as you used a rod no thicker than your thumb! Can't do much with that now, can we? Maybe it should have been Rule of Wrist. LOL

[@EntinludeX]

Yes the whole thing starts with scapegoated blood offerings of sheep and goats and ox and surprisingly somehow it gets worse from there.

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

Christians should retcon the bible, its too violent and not in touch with the modern times.

[@EntinludeX]

@@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக் it sounds quite like Unitarianism. They've sort of back pedal to the point where they're practically just deists and Jesus was just a great guy who said some nice things.

[@EntinludeX]

@@sciencefirst7032 they won't. like all good chattle sheep stay in their pen.

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@EntinludeX Too bad that if you believe the bible, he also said some rather horrific things.

[@EntinludeX]

@@KaiHenningsen therein lies the problem of being a cherry picker, the only true religious practice Christianity has

[@ovaisshabbir4961]

All religions are unreasonable. God is only a creation of primitive minds. According to Genesis, God created our Universe in 6 days. On the 7th day he took a rest. God must be a lazy God if he got tired just working for few days. Our Universe is 13.8 to 14 billion years old and 93 billion light years long. According to God of Abraham our world is only 4000 years old. Gods are necessary for people, but for wise they are all false.

[@RS54321]

Where did the universe come from? Sounds like you have a very humanistic and assumptive view of God (calling Him lazy). The fool says in his heart there is no god.

[@rayw3332]

Exactly. The best evidence that there is no God, is the Bible! The evolutionary epic, human/planetary life and cosmological, is god. As E. O. Wilson intimated, with humility, let's aim for communion with each, as this is the "AUTHENTIC part of the human spirit."

[@futureorreligion]

Best evidence that there is a god is parents telling you that there is a god. Other adults also tell you that there is a god. There are old churches and new churches are being built... You grow up and read the bible for yourself... It seems like bunch of nonsense, but it cant be or my country wouldn't allow scams to brainwash children, so I must be wrong... inquiring mind dies most of the times...

[@sciencefirst7032]

He sounds like Sam Harris Hitchens Hybrid!

[@RogerWazup007]

Plus, there's the question of how harmful life forms exist in the first place in the Christian worldview, among other examples of unintelligent design. From a comment I made last August: "Babies and young children having diseases and deformities isn't intelligent design. Neither is our primary source or light, heat, and energy also being a source of skin cancer and permanent eye damage. Or humans accumulating medical conditions over time, increasing suffering until people finally die. Or 80% of people having problems with wisdom teeth including growing into other teeth. Or back pain, joint pain, human parasites, eye worms, dust mites that only eat dead human skin whose poop causes allergic reactions, bed bugs, cockroaches, ants, disease-carrying mosquitoes, poisonous bugs/animals/plants, dust, food-decaying microbes, etc. " Did God create malaria? Even with the excuse of the fall, he would've needed to create malaria to eventually do that after the fall or otherwise set up the conditions that would result in that... unless it evolved, and evolution CAN create new features.

[@PhunnyMunny]

There are no gawds, just various forms of mathematics

[@markchip1]

And at least we know Gandhi existed - we have photos, artefacts and eye witnesses, as well as cine film! We can't even be 100% sure that this biblical Jesus actually lived!

[@RS54321]

Yes, we can. There is much evidence that he existed as a man on earth.

[@sciencefirst7032]

I'm an atheist and the old testament does say to be clean. 'Cleanliness is to be Godliness' Thought I'd say that now. He was speaking of spiritual cleanliness.

[@grisflyt]

The "Abrahamic" concept of clean/unclean is not a healthy one. No matter how hard we try, we will never be clean enough in the eyes of Yahweh. We were born unclean and have to repent for it for the entire life. We can laugh or shake our heads at it, but self-flagellation does follow from the Bible. Same with the Catholic Church's position on contraceptives. Sex for any reason other than procreation is lust, one of the 7 deadly sins. Contraceptives are means to sin.

[@RS54321]

@@grisflyt Thankfully, Jesus is the only way we can become clean. You have a very warped view of the Bible and a relationship with God.

[@grisflyt]

@@RS54321 Will Jesus give me a reach-around while cleaning me? You people are weirdos.

[@RS54321]

@@grisflyt You're the one perverting/twisting the message of the gospel.

[@grisflyt]

@@RS54321 Weirdo.

[@5jerry1]

~ This video has very low volume; _very_ hard to hear.

[@realMoMoPuFF]

How come that all these "big thinkers" talking about and criticizing Christianity and the Bible all the time, but for some reason rarely do this with Islam and the Quran? I am an atheist, I don't believe in God, I prefer the scientific approach, but science still haven't proven the existence/non-excistence of God. Christianity could be the best moral compass for humanity but human behavior itself an utter mess. We made up religions just to try to be better but it doesn't work because we are effed up from the get go.

[@w3ksu]

Is it possible for you to enable community contributions, so that translations could be made for your videos? As things stand, translations can't be added and it is a shame since there are some videos to which I, for one, would like to add subtitles in my native language.

[@huegraphics]

What about all the healings that happen

[@jmaniak1]

What healings?

[@patriklindholm7576]

What about the claimed healings?

[@RogerWazup007]

Wow, he looks different now.

[@tvdeth]

HEAR HEAR ‼️

[@leexiong2128]

The problem with modern science is that is wants to play God. Let us ask: Is life worth living if you were? Let us play a game of poker. The catch is, you know exactly what cards I will have, and you'll also get to choose what cards you get, and what cards will unfold on the table. Is this a game you'd want to play? This is exactly the same as life, except life is only an exceptionally complicated game for our minds to understand.

[@reasonablespeculation3893]

The scientific method is a way of investigating the natural world. Do you suppose "God" is also trying to understand the natural world? Do you have a particular Deity in mind, when you use the term God.

[@markanthony5744]

If man had all the knowledge than man would be God but even Jesus Christ submitted to God.

[@veritasetaequitas983]

He didn't say god should give us all the knowledge, just things like the germ theory of disease. Your god is either caring and impotent or he's powerful enough to cure things and an uncaring @sshole for not doing so. The nicest thing you can say about him is that he doesn't exist.

[@OOBEJuanKenobi]

May I point out some additional logic that atheists are not considering? If life after death is real, the only way to know is within our own minds. Human beings can focus on both meditation and telepathy simultaneously. Meditation is NOT about achieving complete mental silence within for indefinite periods of time. Meditation is about watching and listening within ONLY. Like a movie or radio. If life after death is real, and if psychic mediums are real, it is discovered with meditation and focusing on telepathy. I personally hear voices within, and I know without any doubt that these voices are not my own thoughts or schizophrenia. They are messages from “another place”. Maybe another dimension of reality? Any real person will not force ideology or beliefs on other people. They will simply share ideas, and share respect and humility socially.

[@patriklindholm7576]

First prove telepathy. Until then.

[@HatRSol]

CANNOT MAKE SUCH A CLAIM AGAINST ISLAM.

[@xijingpooh7312]

I’m still waiting for Atheists to criticise Judaism Oy vey.

[@patriklindholm7576]

Fairytale for adults that too. Next.

[@patriklindholm7576]

Already been done. Learn to pay attention to the real world.