Why it Shouldn't be Taboo to Criticize Religious Beliefs

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A Dose of Reason

A Dose of Reason

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Beliefs are representations of the world and beliefs affect peoples actions. This is the standpoint that Sam Harris & Lawrence Krauss argues in this video, and therefore, it shouldn't be taboo to criticize it.
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1. Sam Harris: End of Faith
• Sam harris: End of Faith
2. Lawrence Krauss Debates a Philosopher - Is Religion Compatible With Science?
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@Lordidude
@Lordidude 3 ай бұрын
"I'd rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."
@michaelzion7640
@michaelzion7640 3 ай бұрын
Exactly
@redcecrossans2189
@redcecrossans2189 3 ай бұрын
Sometimes yep...
@zenkim6709
@zenkim6709 3 ай бұрын
(quote from Richard Feynman)
@robsemail
@robsemail 3 ай бұрын
@@redcecrossans2189 ALWAYS!!!
@Frankya92
@Frankya92 3 ай бұрын
And there the crux
@bootskanchelsis3337
@bootskanchelsis3337 3 ай бұрын
"ridiculous" ideas deserve "ridicule".
@davidh6300
@davidh6300 3 ай бұрын
Yes and I would add the word ludicrous
@bootskanchelsis3337
@bootskanchelsis3337 3 ай бұрын
@@davidh6300 ludicrous ideas deserve ludicrule? doesnt have the same punch imho. xp
@HandyMan657
@HandyMan657 3 ай бұрын
Ya damn right. Good one!
@danielc3003
@danielc3003 3 ай бұрын
That is called dogma, I am too right to question.
@Whatever-w9c
@Whatever-w9c 3 ай бұрын
​@@bootskanchelsis3337evolution, quit ridicule am I right 😅
@mrloop1530
@mrloop1530 3 ай бұрын
Teach children *how* to think - not *what* to think
@Elvengem
@Elvengem 3 ай бұрын
how do they learn how to think if they dont have the what to think,which is books and philosphers and ancient wisdom,.
@csfischer007
@csfischer007 3 ай бұрын
That is insufficient. Teach children how to think AND what you yourself personally believe. Lay a path before them so they know where to start and give them the knowledge of where multiple paths leads. This requires some bit of teaching them what to think; as long as it’s not forced and they are not reprimanded for deviating. Hopefully their path will diverge and converge with yours but it will most certainly have a slightly different destination.
@VestalNumbre
@VestalNumbre 3 ай бұрын
Paradise.Psalm 97 Jehovah has become King!+ Let the earth be joyful.+ Let the many islands rejoice.+ 2
@thomascromwell6840
@thomascromwell6840 3 ай бұрын
​@@Elvengem"ancient wisdom" is something the word the unwise use for dogma.
@thomascromwell6840
@thomascromwell6840 3 ай бұрын
​@@csfischer007No, I think you should make certain that your beliefs are well informed and logically sound before you teach those beliefs to your children. You can't do that if you don't challenge your beliefs and account for new information. This is something the religious often don't do. It becomes dangerous because not only do they reject anything that opposes their point of view but they also push their children away from a path of learning and growth.
@toughenupfluffy7294
@toughenupfluffy7294 3 ай бұрын
It isn't taboo to criticize religious beliefs-it's just that religious people want you to think it's taboo. "Ridicule is the only weapon to be used against unintelligible propositions."-American Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, in a letter discussion the "holy" trinity.
@Shrimpsuey
@Shrimpsuey 3 ай бұрын
anti-christians have waged war against Christ and his followers, the people in this comment section don't want to live in harmony with Christians, they want to destroy the faith. dont pretend like christians are attacking you wehen we don't want you to murder your own babies
@NondescriptMammal
@NondescriptMammal 3 ай бұрын
That's the thing, it isn't taboo. So there is no problem. It's not like the religious people can control your mind to force you to think it's taboo.
@kaigogolin515
@kaigogolin515 3 ай бұрын
Depending on where you are! If you are part of a religious society like fundamental christians (evangelicals), muslims or orthodox jews then it is a different issue. You can be exposed to serious prosecution or face death for critiquing the belief! It can be near impossible to leave the believe system. People with such beliefs easily see us 'unbelievers' with contempt or even as not worthy living! This is a big problem and causes many divisions and conflicts among societies.
@Shrimpsuey
@Shrimpsuey 3 ай бұрын
@@NondescriptMammal yeah I live in the american south and even here it isn't taboo to criticize christianity. Some atheists just want to pretend they're victims of nonexistent prejudices
@ezekiel1999
@ezekiel1999 3 ай бұрын
@@NondescriptMammal and then yet another person is killed for showing a cartoon of some bearded moron
@PatrickSmith
@PatrickSmith 3 ай бұрын
We still live in primitive times, where blind faith is regarded as a positive attribute. It actually scares me that people believe in imaginary things. It’s like they are hallucinating or something. The most dangerous animal on the planet is a deluded human. Religion contributes to that.
@Lighthouse6104
@Lighthouse6104 2 ай бұрын
They refuse to think logically. Many times I’ve come at their arguments with logic and their beliefs start to crumble. It’s quite sad to witness so I just back off and let them live in the false security of their delusions.
@PatrickSmith
@PatrickSmith 2 ай бұрын
@@Lighthouse6104 yes, when a religious person asks me what is stopping atheists from killing, raping, and plundering, I back off because that fear of burning in hell is stopping them from doing it.
@PatrickSmith
@PatrickSmith Ай бұрын
@@Lighthouse6104 yes, if a strongly, religious person asks me what is stopping me from raping and plundering when I don’t believe in a vengeful, God, I back away slowly and don’t try to argue against their faith.
@DustinKillyact
@DustinKillyact 3 ай бұрын
Not knowing the difference between reality and delusion is a serious problem
@jhoughjr1
@jhoughjr1 3 ай бұрын
Do women have penises?
@oppothumbs1
@oppothumbs1 3 ай бұрын
There is no proof of god. Maybe just a prime mover but without any morality. Moral Atheists are doomed to hell and a serial killer can knock of heaven's door if he converts in time? Also, scientific studies repeatedly show there is almost no difference between the morality of believers and non-believers. And more fervent believers demonstrate less morality than either believers or non-believers.
@michaelmiller7160
@michaelmiller7160 3 ай бұрын
There is no proof of god. Maybe just a prime mover but without any morality. Moral Atheists are doomed to hell and a serial killer can knock of heaven's door if he converts in time? Also, scientific studies repeatedly show there is almost no difference between the morality of believers and non-believers. And more fervent believers demonstrate less morality than either believers or non-believers.
@michaelmiller7160
@michaelmiller7160 3 ай бұрын
There is no proof of god. Maybe just proof of a prime mover but without any known morality. Moral Atheists are doomed to hell and a serial killer can knock of heaven's door if he converts in time?
@michaelmiller7160
@michaelmiller7160 3 ай бұрын
Also, scientific studies repeatedly show there is almost no difference between the morality of believers and non-believers. And more fervent believers demonstrate less morality than either believers or non-believers.
@lh1673
@lh1673 3 ай бұрын
Yes, those so-called SIN in a religious book that lead to us vs them is the problem!
@bobs182
@bobs182 3 ай бұрын
Tribalism.
@matthewforte5341
@matthewforte5341 3 ай бұрын
I choose sense and reason. Cause and effect. Not holy shit
@Shrimpsuey
@Shrimpsuey 3 ай бұрын
@@matthewforte5341 religions, despite how idiotic many of them are, are still more reasonable and sensible than atheism
@glenliesegang233
@glenliesegang233 3 ай бұрын
Using science, and Neitzsche's understanding of the new concepts of "good and evil" with "sin" simply defined as any human behavior which damages an individual or a society's well-being, and "good" as promoting the greater health and well-being of individual and society. findings in medical science ,analysis of WHO and CDC collected statistics show the clear damage to the health of individuals, and the Healthcare systems of nations, especially in third world countries, of non-monogsmous sexual relations, and, especially in MSM. Please review the rise of and types of illness which those previously labeled "sinful" practices, trigger or cause. Have they risen, stayed the same, or decreased since safe OCPs safe IUDs, readily available, safe abortions, and now ,mifipristone, when compared to the mortality of childbirth? With PrEP and anti HIV medications, some headway is being made to decrease illness from HIV, and HPV vaccinations.but, based on a purely Scientific worldview, free of Imago Dei, (as there is no god) then criminalizing and publicly criticizing these behaviors, benefits everyone. Allowing access to a choice of eliminating sexual contact, and treatment in mandatory hospice faciluties or humane euthanasia would rapidly extinguish diseases like HIV, ebola, and similar epidemics.
@Robert-xs2mv
@Robert-xs2mv 3 ай бұрын
@@matthewforte5341by naming to unknown one automatically create its opposite. But the concept of accepting the unknown is just that is to difficult to understand and comprehend. But once one start on the path to enlightenment one learns this lesson.
@MrCanis4
@MrCanis4 3 ай бұрын
“Why it Shouldn't be Taboo to Criticize Religious Beliefs”. Because religious people are also allowed to vote.
@OceanusHelios
@OceanusHelios 3 ай бұрын
And they insult everybody who is not them. So on fairness rules, religion can be insulted too.
@davidbrisbane822
@davidbrisbane822 3 ай бұрын
how does having the right to vote have anything to do with it?
@MrCanis4
@MrCanis4 3 ай бұрын
@@davidbrisbane822 Because religion influences the way you vote. There is no evidence whatsoever for a god of any kind. If you don't need proof for what politicians say, well, see.
@davidbrisbane822
@davidbrisbane822 3 ай бұрын
@@MrCanis4 I agree that we should be free to criticise religious beliefs - I misunderstood your original post, sorry!
@MrCanis4
@MrCanis4 3 ай бұрын
@@davidbrisbane822 It's okay. Maybe my explanation wasn't really clear either.
@einienj3281
@einienj3281 3 ай бұрын
Just stamp "holy" on anything and tell people they are not allowed to criticize it. Fascism.
@ralfhaggstrom
@ralfhaggstrom 3 ай бұрын
Or maga ............
@simonhadley8829
@simonhadley8829 3 ай бұрын
Or woke. Criticizing forced diversity always ends with tbe questioner being labeled some kind of -ist.
@martinmoffat5417
@martinmoffat5417 3 ай бұрын
@@simonhadley8829 Not just labelling - People are losing their careers
@patobrien235
@patobrien235 3 ай бұрын
So true, frightening but true
@justins.5222
@justins.5222 3 ай бұрын
Woke=bad MAGA=bad
@ZangariRC
@ZangariRC 3 ай бұрын
One's quest for personal salvation from the human condition is top tier narcissism..
@tomcleave2622
@tomcleave2622 3 ай бұрын
Yeah look up, it’s all yours! Religion and stupidity are samosas
@tomcleave2622
@tomcleave2622 3 ай бұрын
This is what happened to the human race, the burn everyone with critical thinking abilities and this is what you get.
@glenliesegang233
@glenliesegang233 3 ай бұрын
Please read my latest comment.
@Robert-xs2mv
@Robert-xs2mv 3 ай бұрын
Indeed. We are born, we live our lifes and we die. At least within our 3 dimensional 5senses reality. What happens outside that sphere is an unknown.
@Elvengem
@Elvengem 3 ай бұрын
then most of humanity is narcissitic. Its mainly selfish anyway even without religious beliefs.
@drlegendre
@drlegendre 3 ай бұрын
Easy: Because not even a single word of divine nonsense is true. Your God beliefs are not special, nor do they make you special.
@glenliesegang233
@glenliesegang233 3 ай бұрын
Please my comment on hemispheric processing differences between scientific and religious use of words and concepts: See my latest comment(s) Here's what a doctor has been taught to do. It is a technique for helping patients process. When I think of you and Lisa, I believe I hear you say ( and that there is) a lack of communication. She can't hear, from your pint of view, at times, what you are trying to communicate. At any point in my thoughts, I would like to share what 35 years of doctoring about people in your and Lisa's situation.. Because my own thoughts about what I'm trying to share might be, (like Lisa's at times,) also, quite p,owerful, i may need your feedback. and her inability to act mutually based on a balance between your need to have her hear you,, consider your point of view,, and make changes based on an acceptance of your viewpoint. Communication can be thwarted by what 1 person is bringing to the dialog. We doctors were taught techniques She may bring a head (or heart) full of too many thoughts, or emotions to take in what you wish to say. First step for you-put on hold your thoughts. Listen for the truth behind what she is saying at best, when another person cannot process what you want to say, often from being too full of emotion orthoughts
@bobertjones2300
@bobertjones2300 3 ай бұрын
Well said. Ludicrous that proudly ignorant folks think they have The Truth without any study, questioning or reasoning.
@michaelmiller7160
@michaelmiller7160 3 ай бұрын
There is no proof of god. Maybe just a prime mover but without any morality. Moral Atheists are doomed to hell and a serial killer can knock of heaven's door if he converts in time? Also, scientific studies repeatedly show there is almost no difference between the morality of believers and non-believers. And more fervent believers demonstrate less morality than either believers or non-believers.
@DavidRaines-jg2tl
@DavidRaines-jg2tl 3 ай бұрын
Thank you, clear logic, facts,indisputable evidence; I am astonished that 44% of Americans cannot grasp these arguments! Viva Sam Harris!
@SonOfMorning
@SonOfMorning 3 ай бұрын
Do you? Have you ever deconstructed something you believed from young age that you want to be true? Had you done that you wouldnt wonder why people have hard time doing that. A good number of people have stupid believes they think other people should accept and they have nothing to do with god or gods. Being an atheist doesnt give immunity to stupid beliefs.
@iwatchyoutube202
@iwatchyoutube202 3 ай бұрын
I was a religious person for 12 years and I became an atheist at 13. I wished that God existed, then I realized he didn't and I went on with life. Deconversion isn't that hard, a 13 yr old did it. (This is of course my opinion and experience)
@SonOfMorning
@SonOfMorning 3 ай бұрын
@@iwatchyoutube202 You were consiciously a believer for around 6 years. Good for you. The longer your brain gets molded the harder its to break that mold. However If one does break that mold, the harder the process the stronger the immunity against the impulse of "wanting to confirm a pattern".
@iwatchyoutube202
@iwatchyoutube202 3 ай бұрын
@@SonOfMorning True true
@sanjosemike3137
@sanjosemike3137 3 ай бұрын
I like Sam. But lately his Trump Derangement Syndrome has gone off the deep end. Even his close personal friends have been concerned about Sam. I wish him well, even though I disagree with him on multiple fronts. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)
@kellydalstok8900
@kellydalstok8900 3 ай бұрын
I really like Douglas Adams’ idea of the electric monk: “The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder... Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe.” ― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
@marcdc6809
@marcdc6809 3 ай бұрын
I love how Douglas Adams imagined how breakthrough technology would then be implemented in everyday objects, like the elevator that can look into the future so it knows who will want to go from which floor to where and can plan accordingly... then the alien ship comes and nobody can leave the building because the elevators don't want to be taken to another planet so they sit in the basement and refuse to come up...
@mdug7224
@mdug7224 3 ай бұрын
A great read, that is.
@ronalddouglas4625
@ronalddouglas4625 3 ай бұрын
​@@marcdc6809😂😂
@grahvis
@grahvis 3 ай бұрын
@@marcdc6809 . Left in the lurch by a lift.
@Glennn7
@Glennn7 3 ай бұрын
Religion? No, thanks!
@redcecrossans2189
@redcecrossans2189 3 ай бұрын
Religion? Yep, thanks!
@ezekiel1999
@ezekiel1999 3 ай бұрын
@@redcecrossans2189 Classic example of a religious moron. Really nuanced, well argumented response... Before you reply that the other guys statement was also not ergumented, watch the video again. CLown
@freeyourmind7538
@freeyourmind7538 3 ай бұрын
Religion, yes please! White man religion(liberalism/secularism), Np Thanks, up yours!
@AwakenTheEarth
@AwakenTheEarth 3 ай бұрын
Yes, no f**king thank you!
@Robert-xs2mv
@Robert-xs2mv 3 ай бұрын
Reality is a mystery unbeknownst to man. It has no Deity, prophets or doctrine/dogma!
@jamesschneider2091
@jamesschneider2091 3 ай бұрын
The hard part about witnessing a debate involving CREATIONISM is being forced to hear the foundation supporting the myth argued time and time again ... IGNORANCE!
@martinmoffat5417
@martinmoffat5417 3 ай бұрын
But the difference is, credit to Sam Harris, we're the ones willing to talk about it. Christians love dialogue and the sharing of ideas you can see out their faces. Think of WL Craig or John Lennox. It seems that joy is also part and parcel of having a belief worth sharing.
@redcecrossans2189
@redcecrossans2189 3 ай бұрын
Creationism is not a myth
@ezekiel1999
@ezekiel1999 3 ай бұрын
@@redcecrossans2189 No correct, it's a stone cold lie used to keep naive, scared, puny humans small and stupid. Works great, you are a living example. You should be ashamed that you help distribute stories from the bronze age, you wet blanket
@rocketfingers-JSR
@rocketfingers-JSR 3 ай бұрын
@@redcecrossans2189 That is a faith-based assertion, not a fact. Facts have credible evidence to support them. Thank you for proving the point of the video.
@redcecrossans2189
@redcecrossans2189 3 ай бұрын
@@rocketfingers-JSR yep but doesn't mean is Fake or Myth or something🤦, bcuz we never knows that God exist but We know the Word definition of Gods was and what his did or done in the past according to some other Religious Book and his appear/notice, Say and His knowledge and There is Archaeologist evidence that some of Bible story are Real.😐😑
@HocusPocus6969
@HocusPocus6969 3 ай бұрын
What makes a grift/scam effective is when those being grifted accept the grift as their identity and wear it like a badge of honor.
@somersetcace1
@somersetcace1 3 ай бұрын
Not only shouldn't it be taboo, but if what these religions are selling is `objective truth,` then they should welcome it. If your worldview requires an echo chamber to remain relevant, I'd suggest examining the worldview. It shouldn't need to be protected from scrutiny.
@JerehmiaBoaz
@JerehmiaBoaz 3 ай бұрын
People don't believe that their religion is the *objective* truth but the *absolute* truth, that's why religious dogma is impenetrable to logic. The problem with people like Sam Harris is that they think of humans as fundamentally rational actors who become irrational by catching the religion mind bug, while in reality people act irrational all the time no matter if they believe in god or not.
@JustReed
@JustReed 3 ай бұрын
Is it not ok to question authority? Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Kim Jong Un, Jim Jones, Trump... would all demand to NEVER question authority. As an Ex-Christian, it's my moral duty to criticize religious dogma, especially when one knows it's all a lie. It's essential all non-believers of these religion(s) and expose these deceptions that keep humanity prisoners in fear. Criticize LOUDER! p.s. Had to add Trump.
@martinmoffat5417
@martinmoffat5417 3 ай бұрын
We should certainly be able to criticize illegitimate authority? But what does your worldview lead to? Will you really destroy corruption simultaneously with religion or will you not open the door to the men you cite above? You need not answer as the answer is already known through the history of the 20th Century in which 170,000,000 people were systematically put to deàth by the actions of their government.
@ross-carlson
@ross-carlson 3 ай бұрын
You missed a few off your list - like Trump and MAGA world as they question nothing, well except for basic established facts.
@JimCastleberry
@JimCastleberry 3 ай бұрын
Stalin, Kim Jong Un, Jim Jones were all atheists. Hitler despised Christianity and was at best a pantheist (practical atheist) who believed nature was 'god'
@unduloid
@unduloid 3 ай бұрын
Adulf?
@Mike-om4tv
@Mike-om4tv 3 ай бұрын
Corruption and religion on the scale you're talking about are not synonymous. It's not a requirement of questioning authority and religion, false dogmatic beliefs etc. to prevent the next Holocaust or Stalin/maoist regime. Seems like you're just trying to walk down a "look what atheism has done" type of argument but atheism isn't a world view it's just an answer to one question. Has nothing to do with murdering millions of people as a government. ​@@martinmoffat5417
@toughenupfluffy7294
@toughenupfluffy7294 3 ай бұрын
"If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims."-Dalai Lama XIV
@DavidHarvey-po9le
@DavidHarvey-po9le 3 ай бұрын
So your point is to not believe scientists and believe in superstitions - nutter.
@Robert-xs2mv
@Robert-xs2mv 3 ай бұрын
Big “if”!
@kappasphere
@kappasphere 3 ай бұрын
​@@Robert-xs2mv Pretty small "if". Any claim made by religion is basically guaranteed to be also, so all that's left is for the claims to be testable for that "if" to be fulfilled. And most religions have parts that are testable, like how any omni-religion claims that the laws of the universe act in a loving manner, or how any creation mythos has been shown to be literally false.
@Robert-xs2mv
@Robert-xs2mv 3 ай бұрын
@@kappasphere frankly I don’t do “ifs”! I either know or I don’t know. There is no middle ground “if”! Besides what Buddhist claims are you referring to?as I understand Buddhism does not make any claims.
@definitivamenteno-malo7919
@definitivamenteno-malo7919 3 ай бұрын
​@@Robert-xs2mvYes Buddhism claims women are inferior, and that people who is born in inferior positions, such as women or lower classes, is because of Bad Karma, so its their punishment. Buddhism isn't neat nor has any value
@richardharris8538
@richardharris8538 3 ай бұрын
According to my values, on balance and in our modern world, religion’s harm far outweighs its good. Faith enables manipulation by demagogues for their nefarious purposes: Religion requires faith, that is, belief without evidence. Such faith becomes available for co-option in different situations. It is epistemically indefensible, and a lazy way of thinking that lends itself to manipulation by demagogues pushing agendas that on greater reflection could be seen for what they are; perversions of justice, compassion, and human decency. Faith replaces the role of chance with imaginary supernatural agency: Faith allows religious people to disregard the misfortunes of others, because they believe them to be undeserving, their gods or spirits having willed it so. It allows them to disregard the role of chance in life, and so believe the wealthy to be deserving. Such false beliefs lead to bad decisions, such as when theists vote against progressive social policies because they believe their good fortune is due to their god's blessing, and the less fortunate are undeserving, so they can’t be good people. Religions discriminate against and oppress non-members: Various religions or sects validate discrimination or oppression against people who don’t share their beliefs, resulting in sectarian violence, even warfare. History shows that religious wars tend to be the deadliest. Objective morality sourced from ancient texts is primitive and sometimes unethical: Religious people believe in objective morality, the source of which is to be found in the ancient text of their choice. However, the morality on display, at least in part, is necessarily primitive and rebarbative. Moral philosophy has moved on since then, making our world a better place, despite the efforts of religious adherents. Compare the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights with the Ten Commandments. The Bible condones slavery, so long as the master doesn’t beat his slave to death. Supernatural beliefs, conflicting with reality, cause faulty decision making: Holding false beliefs that conflict with reality, relating to one or another of mankind’s many gods, is akin to being misinformed. This makes it more likely that decisions influenced by such beliefs will be erroneous. This is particularly true when religious dogma conflicts with scientific data and theories, such as creationism versus evolution by natural selection.
@marcdc6809
@marcdc6809 3 ай бұрын
as I see it the Abrahamic religions are designed as a tool for empire-building, sacrifice your children so they can go die on a battlefield for our benefit, pay your taxes and abide by the laws, work hard and don't question autority, it'll all be better in the afterlife, if in this life you're a good citizen...
@Istandby666
@Istandby666 3 ай бұрын
We wouldn't allow someone to walk around telling people 1+1=3 without criticizing them. Why does religion think they get an escape goat from questioning their ideology? When did an acceptable answer become, because I believe or I have faith. One of the definitions of faith is without evidence. How does one claim a belief without evidence?
@marcdc6809
@marcdc6809 3 ай бұрын
actually the meme 1+1=3 seems to be used to encourage birth control, so it's again some believers that will get offended when they see that statement somewhere, usually goes like 1+1=3 (if you're not using Trojans)...
@DavidHarvey-po9le
@DavidHarvey-po9le 3 ай бұрын
My only criticism is it's "scape goat" the very idea of Jesus - not "escape goat". Monarchs had the same idea, if their child did badly in lessons they had a whipping boy (not girl) that would be whipped if the monarchs child did badly in lessons - f*cking nonsense. Ignorance weakens our cause.
@marcdc6809
@marcdc6809 3 ай бұрын
@@DavidHarvey-po9le I have the feeling that the new testament, the example god is supposed to give, to give up his child to be tortured and killed, is a way to indoctrinate the citizens of the empire to give up their child to go fight the enemy on some battlefield, to normalise and glorify this... given that he only died for a weekend, it's more like god donated some fingernail clippings for our sins...
@ColinHarris-g6g
@ColinHarris-g6g 3 ай бұрын
Morality pre-dates religion
@glenliesegang233
@glenliesegang233 3 ай бұрын
Tell that to evolutionary biologists who study infanticide by some male animals when the conquer a new female, even up to our common ancestor of H. Sapiens and chimpanzees. The lizard brain's emotional /utilitarian evaluation if the pros vs cons of scientific exploration provides the morality.
@robertrochester403
@robertrochester403 3 ай бұрын
God is the basis for morality!
@ColinHarris-g6g
@ColinHarris-g6g 3 ай бұрын
@@robertrochester403 Nonsense! Morality stems from alturism which is found in all higher order species. Whereas there's actually no evidence for any god ever.
@ColinHarris-g6g
@ColinHarris-g6g 3 ай бұрын
@@robertrochester403 nonsense! Morality stems from alturism which can be found in all higher order species.
@Elvengem
@Elvengem 3 ай бұрын
religion says God created us,and human conscience is inner God given morality.We are made in His image,and He is good.Both were there from the start.
@iitywybmad29
@iitywybmad29 3 ай бұрын
superstition - noun 1a: a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation b: an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition 2: a notion maintained despite evidence to the contrary Merriam-Webster
@briobarb8525
@briobarb8525 3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@elliottpaine9259
@elliottpaine9259 3 ай бұрын
#2 is the best definition of. It’s amazing how many times science has edited faith. Which also sheds pounds of superstition out of religion.
@iitywybmad29
@iitywybmad29 3 ай бұрын
@@elliottpaine9259 Faith is not a virtue. Faith is gullibility. Faith is the surrender of your mind. Faith is the abandonment of logic and reason. Faith is the surrender of your free will. Faith is your weakness.
@JerehmiaBoaz
@JerehmiaBoaz 3 ай бұрын
@@iitywybmad29 So having faith is a bit like having kids?
@mannysilver211
@mannysilver211 3 ай бұрын
​@@JerehmiaBoazLet's not go that far little Timmy has nothing to do with this.
@Druid75
@Druid75 3 ай бұрын
Religion(s) is nothing but a set of ideas, NO idea is above criticism or being questioned. If you hold on to beliefs that you are convinced cannot be questioned or challenged. Thats a problem and you are not for free thought
@martinmoffat5417
@martinmoffat5417 3 ай бұрын
Then allow me to challenge your belief on religion. First of all no Christian believes that we can't be questioned or challenged in our belief. We in fact pray unceasingly that opportunities would come up to have discussions by which we can share our worldview. Secondly if you say religion is no more that a set of ideas than why did you challenge me on the other thread that humanism and religion are not the same? Religion is GROUNDED belief in morality and purpose
@Druid75
@Druid75 3 ай бұрын
@@martinmoffat5417 to your first point, if you actually believe that I feel tremendously sorry for you. For that is dangerously naive To your second point, humanism is a philosophy of human worth, and not a religion. There’s no church of humanism or higher power/authority humanism claims to follow. Again, read a book sometime
@martinmoffat5417
@martinmoffat5417 3 ай бұрын
@@Druid75 Your were the one who asserted that religion is just a set of ideas. Are we not to believe that Humanism is just a set of ideas? If so why did you challenge me?
@Lordidude
@Lordidude 3 ай бұрын
​@@martinmoffat5417 That is a strawman. There are absolutely questions Christians don't like. Since Christians have no evidence for their god(s), the response "Just have faith" or the classic "You need to let Cheezus into your heart" is their way of saying: "Do not question"
@Druid75
@Druid75 3 ай бұрын
@@martinmoffat5417 yes both are a set of ideas but different schools of ideas. The idea that I need to eat today as well as my children (if I had any) and whether or not Batman may exist, are two VERY different kinds of ideas wouldn’t you agree? I challenged you cause YOUR ideas, are nothing but nonsense
@ronaldmacpherson3345
@ronaldmacpherson3345 3 ай бұрын
What we need is freedom from religion no religious freedom .
@Shrimpsuey
@Shrimpsuey 3 ай бұрын
i wish more atheists would just be honest like you. Your desire is to destroy Christianity, not live in harmony with it. People like you will lead us to war
@Robert-xs2mv
@Robert-xs2mv 3 ай бұрын
Exactly. What I always say. The religious need to stop calling names and condemning us to all kind of nastiness. And they need to apologise for ever having done so.
@Elvengem
@Elvengem 3 ай бұрын
then join the communist country and learn how oppressive that life was too.
@mannybaquero2129
@mannybaquero2129 3 ай бұрын
Why am I an atheist ??? Cause I studied the bible !!!
@micklumsden3956
@micklumsden3956 3 ай бұрын
Hmmmm that’s a pretty amazing claim! When I have read the Bible, I find every single page has difficulties. To really study, it would take a lifetime!
@ezekiel1999
@ezekiel1999 3 ай бұрын
@@micklumsden3956 bcs you stupid, you are having problems with understanding a book from the bronze age written by a bunch of simple minded morons, maybe stick to the colouring books then
@Amanita._.Verosa._.
@Amanita._.Verosa._. 3 ай бұрын
​@@micklumsden3956 I'd be suspicious of something that's meant to guide your life but you're also not able to understand it.
@hellepost1439
@hellepost1439 3 ай бұрын
Dave Allen First Day At School‼️
@Elvengem
@Elvengem 3 ай бұрын
how about the E.L.S. bible codes? as told by Grant jeffrey in his books.
@gmontezuma6770
@gmontezuma6770 3 ай бұрын
The “people of faith” frequently badmouth nonbelievers and even other faith groups, yet become so sensitive when they are being criticized
@thiloreichelt4199
@thiloreichelt4199 3 ай бұрын
So, there are really people expecting the second coming of Jesus in the immedeate future? Even outside the Mormons? I have bad news for them. The apostles thought it would happen during their lifetime. We have been waiting for that roughly 2000 Years now. I would not hold my breath.
@JerehmiaBoaz
@JerehmiaBoaz 3 ай бұрын
Millions of evangelicals think the rapture is imminent. The main reason why they're so keen on supporting Israel is because according to their faith a third temple must be constructed in Jerusalem before the rapture can take place, so they're literally pouring money into Israel to hasten the end of the world.
@Shrimpsuey
@Shrimpsuey 3 ай бұрын
no, the apostles didn't all believe that, Christ Himself said no one would know when, so anyone who claims to know is not following the Word
@rafsandomierz5313
@rafsandomierz5313 3 ай бұрын
@@Shrimpsuey So apostoles themselves didn't many of them talked about abandoning families because they were certain Christ comes back right around the corner in their life time. Jesus also said that they will be alive during his come back to witness. It didn't happened they are already 5 feet under.
@Shrimpsuey
@Shrimpsuey 3 ай бұрын
@@rafsandomierz5313 Jesus did come back before they died, He appeared to at least three of the apostles on the mount of transfiguration. Interpreting the passage about Jesus telling them He would come back as being the 'final' time He would come back is a fault on your part. Christ told His people to not fret or attempt to find out the time of His coming, that no man would know, not even He
@rafsandomierz5313
@rafsandomierz5313 3 ай бұрын
@@Shrimpsuey They talked about the second coming not resurrection. Hence mention of abandoning families by Paul.
@hrh4961
@hrh4961 3 ай бұрын
Religion poisons everything. -- Christopher Hitchens
@bobertjones2300
@bobertjones2300 3 ай бұрын
Religion is the root of humanity's most intractable problems.
@Elvengem
@Elvengem 3 ай бұрын
did religion cause the drugs and alcohol and economic problems and hurricanes?
@louseveryann2181
@louseveryann2181 3 ай бұрын
​@@Elvengem Are you always this insecure frightened and pathetic?
@Truth-Be-Told-USA
@Truth-Be-Told-USA 3 ай бұрын
​@@ElvengemGod and his own evil entertainment for himself causes hurricanes
@Elvengem
@Elvengem 3 ай бұрын
@@Truth-Be-Told-USA no thats the devil. says so in Book of Job.
@Truth-Be-Told-USA
@Truth-Be-Told-USA 3 ай бұрын
@@Elvengem no revelation 22:16 says God is the devil
@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394
@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 3 ай бұрын
Religion criticizes everything, and is used to excuse untold atrocities... and yet religion wants to let off the hook when it's time to ask the hard questions about it? F ck that noise.
@Alacritous
@Alacritous 3 ай бұрын
Patton Oswalt said it best. I don't have to respect your beliefs. I have to acknowledge them as something that exists. But if I think you're an idiot, I'm going to say so. You don't have a right to not be offended. And that goes for any belief.
@tcuisix
@tcuisix 3 ай бұрын
Tolerating unjustified beliefs is epistemic chaos
@alanhaynes9672
@alanhaynes9672 3 ай бұрын
I'm not sure it is a taboo. I'm 45 and have been calling religious people idiots for virtually my whole life. Never had an issue so far :)
@MrCanis4
@MrCanis4 3 ай бұрын
That freedom mainly depends on where you live, I think. In many countries you do not have that freedom.
@lainhikaru5657
@lainhikaru5657 3 ай бұрын
That' because you don't live in the middle east. Don't even need to fo that far though. If you criticize a person that has a little bit of a temper things could end bad.
@bobs182
@bobs182 3 ай бұрын
You likely don't live in the deep south.
@alanhaynes9672
@alanhaynes9672 3 ай бұрын
@@bobs182 England buddy. It does surprise me that as years go by, people here tend to have abandoned religion more and more, yet in the US, despite being on land that didn’t exist according to the bible, they are all absolutely crazy into it.
@briaf3370
@briaf3370 3 ай бұрын
Me too
@dahmanbeck5256
@dahmanbeck5256 3 ай бұрын
We need alot more of this kind of discourse! Humans are insane by believing ancient superstition.
@DavidHarvey-po9le
@DavidHarvey-po9le 3 ай бұрын
Or modern ones.
@josefschiltz2192
@josefschiltz2192 3 ай бұрын
Religion is the mould upon human intelligence.
@JGLy22086
@JGLy22086 3 ай бұрын
I think you mean mold.
@DavidHarvey-po9le
@DavidHarvey-po9le 3 ай бұрын
@@JGLy22086 No, they meant mould, it rots thinking.
@greghight954
@greghight954 3 ай бұрын
Mould is British spelling for mold.
@josefschiltz2192
@josefschiltz2192 3 ай бұрын
@@JGLy22086 American spellings drop many of the vowels from English originals.
@9y2bgy
@9y2bgy 3 ай бұрын
@@greghight954 Canadian here. We use the British spelling. Favourite. And letter "z" is pronounced "zed". Thank you very much.
@Istandby666
@Istandby666 3 ай бұрын
Sky daddy believers criticize non believers every day. They're allowed to bully non believers. A platform should not have the right to silence the question of a believer.
@marcdc6809
@marcdc6809 3 ай бұрын
I enjoy how they then jump to state that you're making a strawman, it's not sky daddy, it's an invisible entity that exists outside of space and time... they tell you he's nowhere and never and that with a straight face, like you're the idiot...
@davidh6300
@davidh6300 3 ай бұрын
Great point
@FactStorm
@FactStorm 3 ай бұрын
But the real question is, how do we convince the masses who do think its taboo to criticize faith? Most of them are too indoctrinated to be reasoned with.
@deserticus18
@deserticus18 3 ай бұрын
Agree with Chomsky, doesn't matter your beliefs, what one do is what matters
@kaigogolin515
@kaigogolin515 3 ай бұрын
I don't agree so easily with that because people's actions are informed by their beliefs.
@deserticus18
@deserticus18 3 ай бұрын
@@kaigogolin515 that's an assertion that needs to be proven, good and Bad deeds are constantly made by people of different beliefs, how can it be made a casuality relation between beliefs and deeds?
@ezekiel1999
@ezekiel1999 3 ай бұрын
@@deserticus18 it is proven look at the criminal numbers. It's always the same bastards
@Robert-xs2mv
@Robert-xs2mv 3 ай бұрын
@@deserticus18what adjudicates what is good or bad? What is good for one can be bad for another and vice versa! Actions are just actions, totally indifferent in reality. It is only our perspective and interpretation of reality that gives it meaning, good or bad.
@kaigogolin515
@kaigogolin515 3 ай бұрын
@@deserticus18 one simple example: some religions write in their books that being homosexual is a sin. The results are laws, believes and actions that prosecute gay people. This is only one example of many to show how believes inform actions.
@MrAuskiwi101
@MrAuskiwi101 3 ай бұрын
Its not taboo to criticise religion in my country and internationally.
@EricA.Ephemetherson
@EricA.Ephemetherson 3 ай бұрын
Someone's belief is not proof.
@stuartgrier5605
@stuartgrier5605 3 ай бұрын
Blind faith stops good people from thinking for themselves.
@noidreculse8906
@noidreculse8906 3 ай бұрын
Atheist for Life 👍🏻
@doneestoner9945
@doneestoner9945 3 ай бұрын
Right on !
@jhonvoyage2564
@jhonvoyage2564 3 ай бұрын
Reason for Life!
@JimCastleberry
@JimCastleberry 3 ай бұрын
Idiocy is not a virtue. You shouldn't flaunt it. Atheism is idiotic.
@colinjava8447
@colinjava8447 3 ай бұрын
You were born one so why change?
@JimCastleberry
@JimCastleberry 3 ай бұрын
@@colinjava8447 Really? An infantile intellect is atheism? Is a dead cat an atheist too? A dead cat lacks a belief much like an infant. How about a comatose person or a tree stump? Atheist? Pathetic really.
@artawesome30
@artawesome30 3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for making these compilations. I look forward to them daily.
@hrh4961
@hrh4961 3 ай бұрын
Religion began when the first conman met the first fool. -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
@JimboJazz
@JimboJazz 3 ай бұрын
If he’s all loving and forgiving why would he kill anyone or send them to eternal hellfire?🙄🤣🤡Call it what you will but that is not forgiving or loving 🙄
@milesmungo
@milesmungo 3 ай бұрын
Is it just? Is love just?
@wombatcitystudios
@wombatcitystudios 3 ай бұрын
No religion including the new age, actually many new agers are becoming born again Christians, same same conspiracies.
@Augfordpdoggie
@Augfordpdoggie 3 ай бұрын
imagine the sheep going around with a rainbow flag
@coasterblocks3420
@coasterblocks3420 3 ай бұрын
What the hell does that mean?
@Robert-xs2mv
@Robert-xs2mv 3 ай бұрын
That even sheep have more morals then us humans.
@PhrontDoor
@PhrontDoor 3 ай бұрын
I fail to have seen any ovine going around with any flags. But to have a people, who harm nobody, celebrate their right to exist seems antithetical only to evil people.
@theflyingdutchguy9870
@theflyingdutchguy9870 3 ай бұрын
calling it taboo says a lot about that religion. if it cant even stand up to criticism. then how can anyone honestly believe its true?
@black_sheep_nation
@black_sheep_nation 3 ай бұрын
"Question everything, including me" - The Buddha
@Scott_works
@Scott_works 3 ай бұрын
This is exactly correct. Look at the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. All three have been fighting each other for 2,000 years, all because they believe their scriptures to be the exact Word of God. All three of them are pitted against each other by their scriptures, and all three continue to teach these falsehoods on a daily basis. When Christianity was created, it was done so by Rome to force the conversion of the entire empire to one belief system, one they could control. The empire was converted by force, at the edge of the sword. The Far Eastern religions are older, and have already learned to accept each other rather then fight over God. The Bahai Faith is a rather new religions, from the 19th century, and believes they are the moderator between the Abrahamic religions, as well as the other major religions. As a matter of fact, they are the only religion authorized by the UN because they explain that all of the major religions come from the One God. I do not know if they will succeed, but all of the religions need to be downgraded to a matter of personal choice and not allowed to outlaw the others. The literary deconstruction of the Torah, Bible, and Koran is ongoing, and many are leaving these religions as they learn that they are wildly contrived. It may take a few more generations to chill them out.
@bobs182
@bobs182 3 ай бұрын
Religion being based upon tribal instincts will be a constant struggle to overcome.
@marcdc6809
@marcdc6809 3 ай бұрын
I agree, christianity as we know it today is the state religion of the Roman empire. This also explains why they split in two when Byzantium and Rome became two separate political entities. And when Rome was taken over by the Longobards, they turned to the Vatican for 'coaching', and they provided their services gladly... in a sense, it's a proven-to-work religion for an empire, human sacrifice, when they say 'be like jesus', they mean 'we'd like you to come to our battlefield where you can suffer for our benefit', and there's also the 'give to the emperor what the emperor requests', the slave morality, don't rebel, the afterlife will be fine if you're a good citizen, law abiding and hard working... the rich man has it harder to go the heaven, the priest tells that sunday morning to the 'flock' and in the evening he enjoys a good meal with fine wine at the mansion of the local baron...
@Amanita._.Verosa._.
@Amanita._.Verosa._. 3 ай бұрын
Gosh, imagine all the poor womenn and chiIdren who suffered because menn can't move past thinking they are literally the center of the universe. :(
@chocopuddingcup83
@chocopuddingcup83 3 ай бұрын
You can't write long term public policy and law when half the electorate thinks this world is going to end within their lifetime.
@kimsteinke713
@kimsteinke713 3 ай бұрын
This is brilliant Sam if everybody in America could watch us and and get it and understand what you're saying I understand you this was bravo magnificent. 🙏😇🏳️‍🌈
@sledzeppelin
@sledzeppelin 3 ай бұрын
I make a point of criticizing and mocking religion every chance I get. Why wouldn’t I?
@martinmoffat5417
@martinmoffat5417 3 ай бұрын
"...The only thing that guarantees an open collaboration among human beings is communication and a willingness to modify ones beliefs" This is why freedom of religion(belief), freedom of speech and freedom of expression are so essential to society. We live in an age of censorship and a culture of cancellation. There are people working now to legislate reality and your tongue and we need to fight back.
@Druid75
@Druid75 3 ай бұрын
I completely agree as long as you do well to remember that freedom of religion also means freedom FROM religion
@dorkception2012
@dorkception2012 3 ай бұрын
So by your logic, freedom is to let a scammer to scam people?
@Lordidude
@Lordidude 3 ай бұрын
​@dorkception2012 Freedom of belief is not a license to commit crimes. You are mixing two concepts.
@dorkception2012
@dorkception2012 3 ай бұрын
@@Lordidude Where have I said that?
@Lordidude
@Lordidude 3 ай бұрын
@@dorkception2012 In your comment. You compared apples to oranges.
@Nunya_Bidness_53
@Nunya_Bidness_53 3 ай бұрын
You can't have religious belief without criticizing religion, by definition.
@iczerman
@iczerman 3 ай бұрын
I agree 1000% with 1:30. My biggest complaint about "evangelical" Christianity is if we don't "witness" to other people and MAKE them disciples...Our faith is questioned.
@bobs182
@bobs182 3 ай бұрын
You aren't a committed member of the tribe if you don't bring in new members.
@iczerman
@iczerman 3 ай бұрын
@@bobs182 Yup...that's the problem!
@ChefBuckeye
@ChefBuckeye 3 ай бұрын
You can’t have faith if you can’t question or criticize it.
@brentkrohn3786
@brentkrohn3786 3 ай бұрын
Spot on as usual! 👍
@sathiahalya3003
@sathiahalya3003 3 ай бұрын
Good personified as God. Evil personified as Devil.
@ELZ00M
@ELZ00M 3 ай бұрын
As a living example, a human being, myself. I’m glad I walk the earth with no fear of speaking about anything and everything without this inner fear that I shouldn’t speak bad of that religion. No ladies and gentlemen, I don’t want to believe what you want to believe is true. Prospective. Learn prospective, and learn awareness of others and then you can see that religion is simply a man’s want to get everyone else on board with their version of hope and Godliness. I don’t follow cult leaders, and today we have many. No thanks.
@kaigogolin515
@kaigogolin515 3 ай бұрын
This is a luxury because of the place you are born and live in. Other people, even inside the US, don't have that privilege. If you are born in the wrong place, criticizing religion can be risky or even deadly. Better make sure that doesn't change wherever you are living.
@ELZ00M
@ELZ00M 3 ай бұрын
@@kaigogolin515 I don’t have to hope, simply because I know that my life and my knowledge and awareness of where I’d live will be within my scope and understanding that said place will have what I expect from a community and perhaps a subset of standards everyone equally treats each other with love and respect. Something most religions like to isolate people from so that everyone can be part of the cult that man draws up for them. By cult, all religions of the world are cults. Choices are very abundant and yes, we can change everything with knowledge and understanding and listening to innate extinct to understand that learning and knowledge are the answers to being free from the device that is religion. We would perhaps, benefit from simply learning and instituting common respect and tolerance towards each other. It’s very simple, but people are bound to the physical aspects of alllll life. Hmmm what a shame
@kaigogolin515
@kaigogolin515 3 ай бұрын
@@ELZ00M most people of the world don't have the luxury to choose where they live. They get born into situations and religions without having a choice. I'm thinking of people in ultra religious places like you find in Africa, the Near East and many other places. You find these place even in the USA in pockets with extreme religious or cult like groups. I am just saying it is a privilege to be born in a place where you found the right conditions to have the freedoms of choice and unbiased access to knowledge.
@ELZ00M
@ELZ00M 3 ай бұрын
@@kaigogolin515 very very true. I was a victim of these circumstances. I was born and raised into a cult and for years I could not get the fear of my personal actions for crap I knew I wasn’t being judged for. It’s very sad that there are many Americans that still think like this thanks to evangelicalism. Now I know who the real devil is these days and it’s American Christian Nationalism on a level we all pretend to ignore and are okay with? It’s sad
@dagg310
@dagg310 3 ай бұрын
if god exists....then the way the world is today is the way god wanted it to be. u can't put ur baby in a room with a rabid dog and then say, i don't want my child to die but it's out of my control, they both have free will. that would make u insane
@harm7602vicount-Visconti
@harm7602vicount-Visconti 3 ай бұрын
Now this is a first for me: HALLELUJAH!
@a.m.7438
@a.m.7438 3 ай бұрын
The mistake is some take it too personally and conflate their belief with their identity. You are more than what you believe. Beliefs change. I do not respect religion. I respect people. Religion is the worst thing about humanity.
@Wildxgiyu
@Wildxgiyu 3 ай бұрын
Why do you think like that, is there a reason?
@maxidaho
@maxidaho 3 ай бұрын
Moral and ethical elitism leads to exactly the same type of fascism that religion does. Sam Harris is comfortable with his nihilism, good for him. Expecting the same thing from the worlds population is unreasonable.
@dorkception2012
@dorkception2012 3 ай бұрын
Would you consider the shut-down of Indian scam centers a violation of freedom of speech?
@kaigogolin515
@kaigogolin515 3 ай бұрын
Nihilism would mean rejecting also all morals besides religions. It seems to me that he has actually not rejected morals but accuses religion of having pretended morals depending on a god. It seems nihilism is not the right term to describe Sam Harris.
@AwakenTheEarth
@AwakenTheEarth 3 ай бұрын
IF god existed, he'd destroy and take down all the satellites in space that are destroying his story and what we know about his creation. Not only that but also the people who put them there. My opinion.
@grahvis
@grahvis 3 ай бұрын
That would be the God who created man to be a speck on the surface of the Earth. The Earth, which is part of a solar system that is a speck in the Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way galaxy, which is a speck in the observable Universe, and which, if it disappeared, would make absolutely no difference to that Universe. Yet, we are supposed to think we are special.
@richardb1949
@richardb1949 3 ай бұрын
I can’t express the idea that religion is a danger to mankind strongly enough ! We need to speak up .
@danieltenebrion9413
@danieltenebrion9413 3 ай бұрын
Empathy is morality and how we shape our morals. Empathy exists in every culture and every religion, and lack of empathy decides who you hate and how much you hate. While religion may help facilitate the teaching of empathy, it does not enforce having empathy for everyone. Otherwise they would see non-believers and those of other beliefs as their brothers and sisters, not just as people they need to convert.
@Antient.Briton
@Antient.Briton 3 ай бұрын
You cannot refer to a 'historical figure' (07:18) when there is no evidence that that figure actually existed.
@josephbelisle5792
@josephbelisle5792 3 ай бұрын
The reason why we can't critize faith is our fear. Most specifically our fear of being non-compis. It is socially prohibited to point out the reality that most of humanity suffers from mental illness. Humanity through its growth of social structure had made trauma, abuse and neglect pandemic. We are so inculcated to trauma, abuse and neglect in our world that we hardly notice it. I don't speak of trauma like car accidents. I speak of how we treat our children. Spare the rod insanity that goes hand in hand with abuse, neglect and religious indoctrination. We cant call out religion because we all buy into, in some way, our failures as caregivers. We have come to believe our cherished views that cause trauma, abuse and neglect are really good for children. So only but the most honest of people are willing to call out religion for what it is. A fantasy based and fueled by mental illness sourced in trauma, abuse and neglect. We each fear what we see and know what we are inside. It creates the unspoken rule. If you don't call out mine, I won't call out yours. Until we realize we all have issues and those issues lead us to believe in things that have no proof or evidence, we will continue to believe we can't speak to the reality of faith in a diety. Or more specifically, belief in wholesale fantasy.
@pierrenavaille4748
@pierrenavaille4748 3 ай бұрын
A good thing about paganism is that it generally allows worship of other gods.
@ElDaumo
@ElDaumo 3 ай бұрын
If it is a problem to criticise believes in your country, you have to get rid of conservatives and reactionary politics.
@martinmoffat5417
@martinmoffat5417 3 ай бұрын
"...People see religious freedom to impose their views on other people". Yes we want the free exchange of all ideas that's why we set it up that way. Freedom of Religion + Freedom of speech. You will see in these videos that people have no problem whatsoever criticizing ones worldview.
@Druid75
@Druid75 3 ай бұрын
Freedom of Religion also includes freedom FROM religion. In other words idc what special club you claim to be a part of. Im not part of that club so I don’t have to follow the rules of that club. Keep your little club out of my government
@LeoLynch-yg7vo
@LeoLynch-yg7vo 3 ай бұрын
There would be no 'free exchange of ideas' the beliefs would be imposed on all whether they like it or not. Live by the rules you freely signed up to but don't expect anybody else to.
@briobarb8525
@briobarb8525 3 ай бұрын
​@@Druid75 Well said!
@briobarb8525
@briobarb8525 3 ай бұрын
​@@LeoLynch-yg7vo Also well said!
@Lordidude
@Lordidude 3 ай бұрын
Religions definitely are against exchanging thoughts and questioning beliefs. Ask Galileo.
@metalrocker627
@metalrocker627 3 ай бұрын
My friend, *Civilization has always been ignorant…*
@Grayraven777
@Grayraven777 3 ай бұрын
10% of Sheep have long term homosexual relationships, they're called gay Christians, the few the proud, the pride of being in a queer relationship and having Jesus there too, watching... waiting, whispering soon, soon... but not to worry kids, that word soon in the bible actually means 2000 plus years, so don't sweat it.
@Lordidude
@Lordidude 3 ай бұрын
Jesus is watching homosexuals do their thing? What a perv.
@chamicels
@chamicels 3 ай бұрын
? I am queer and I am here.
@DavidHarvey-po9le
@DavidHarvey-po9le 3 ай бұрын
That "fact" has no proof - if you are gay, the rest of the non religious world has no problem with it - your enemy is the indoctrinated.
@DavidHarvey-po9le
@DavidHarvey-po9le 3 ай бұрын
@@chamicels I am straight and don't care, where you stick your genitals for sexual pleasure is personal - dtop shoving it our faces - ooer.
@KingBowserVlog
@KingBowserVlog 3 ай бұрын
It isn't taboo. Anyone pretending it is is beyond out of touch
@jMerkyJJ
@jMerkyJJ 3 ай бұрын
I'm Catholic. I welcome criticism whether it's Nietschze Bertrand Russel or my friends. Makes belief refined better and everyone has the right to challenge ideas..
@micklumsden3956
@micklumsden3956 3 ай бұрын
I’m a believer (a Christian). Reading much of the comments, I feel vilified. And disrespected. But having said that, much of what is written is fair comment. I’m firmly of the belief that religions need to be challenged. While we shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bathwater (many of the writers and presenters here do this, in my opinion) there is much in my own religion. That is a best questionable! So I say to those who have reached a different conclusion about the presence of the divine than I have, please let your voices be heard! As we search for truth, we need to listen to each other
@kaigogolin515
@kaigogolin515 3 ай бұрын
I have an honest question for you as a believer in christianity! What about other belief systems? Are they wrong? Is only the god of christianity real, or are the different religions just different expressions of the same god nature? What about Buddhists or Taoists, they don't have a particular god! Are they wrong? What about an atheist who sees this universe as a miracle just for existing in the first place? Is he on the wrong path not believing in any of the religions just because he leaves a miracle standing unanswered, instead of answering with a story written by humans? These are the questions i would like to ask a believer. 🌻I wish you all a happy and wonderful time in your existence.
@danielgareth4205
@danielgareth4205 3 ай бұрын
Glad to see that you are open to watching content on this channel. I invite you to watch more to get good perspectives from agnostics and atheists.
@Elvengem
@Elvengem 3 ай бұрын
@@kaigogolin515 if you read Grant Jeffrey's book"the Mysterious Bible codes" youll see only one religion's holy book has supernatural hidden codes in it to prove its stamped of approval by a supernatural author.
@monsterguyx6322
@monsterguyx6322 3 ай бұрын
You know, it's very easy to criticize religious beliefs... ...fun, too.
@EZEKIELAIA
@EZEKIELAIA 3 ай бұрын
It isn't Taboo. All religions are a form of lunacy!
@themasculinismmovement
@themasculinismmovement 3 ай бұрын
He's right
@sanjosemike3137
@sanjosemike3137 3 ай бұрын
My understanding is that ONLY ISLAM has made it to be impossible to criticize it. Mostly by the threat of violence and Jihad and even inter-family violence and murder. There are no “rules” against criticizing ANY other religion. It is only Islam that is off the scale. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)
@bardmadsen6956
@bardmadsen6956 3 ай бұрын
The one I do not get is to deny this reality, because the next one is better. BTW, it is ALL ABOUT Space Falls being Anthropomorphized, this pale blue dot encounters space debris that cause destruction and impact winter (bad) and the blue sky and sunshine (good). The vast majority of Omnipotents are from the radiant of our most recent arrival, The Pleiades of The Taurid Meteor Stream. This is the hurdle we must understand, hey, they are all related to one another. We are just arguing over who's interpretation of the same phenomena is correct. The Aldebaran colored heifer is a prime example, because it represents The Taurus Constellation where the pre-perihelion meteor storms seem to come from. Even in the Americas, The Feathered Serpent and The Thunderbird are from this star cluster.
@tkgsingsct
@tkgsingsct 3 ай бұрын
Just a little point of order, the material that became the Old Testament was actually probably developed during the Bronze Age, and codified during the Iron Age. So we're actually dealing with a set of Bronze Age beliefs, not Iron Age
@bigpicture3
@bigpicture3 3 ай бұрын
Every religion has its books and it's writings. These writings embody the language and thinkings and culture at the time they were written. This may be entirely different from what these are today. So if we are to assume that the original writings have not been altered, then what can be questioned and criticized is "TODAY'S INTERPRETATION OF THE TEXTS." If it cannot be assumed that the original text has NOT been altered, then the TEXT ITSELF can be questioned and criticized.
@sathiahalya3003
@sathiahalya3003 3 ай бұрын
Biochemistry determines human nature. Psychology understands human nature.
@switzerlandful
@switzerlandful 3 ай бұрын
0:19 It's because what people claim to believe or outwardly profess can be diff from what they do. The reality is, what you truly believe and/or think is what you eventually want to do (if you are not doing it, you slowly destroy or weaken that part of yourself whether that part is good or evil). What you do is a product of something or some part of the mind whether it be deliberate (constructive or destructive), accidental or manipulated by others. What you do is not the beginning. Other things were happening to make it happen.
@EdwardM-t8p
@EdwardM-t8p 3 ай бұрын
That religious conflict in the Levant boils down to one thing: which group of Israelites are entitled to live in the land of Israel/Palestine? Jews or Arabic-speaking Palestinians?
@cyberneticbutterfly8506
@cyberneticbutterfly8506 3 ай бұрын
Control over TV, and also, i suspect, media sites like this one, is the number one source of sustaining this. Through obvious or subtle selection of content.
@EdwardHaren-zp6re
@EdwardHaren-zp6re 3 ай бұрын
Religious fundamentalism is political, politics is government, governing is slavery, slavery is religious fundamentalism.
@kaigogolin515
@kaigogolin515 3 ай бұрын
I would be interested to understand how a society of millions of people is organized and functions without a government? I was very active in the anarchist movement in Berlin between 1985 - 2000. The problem is that it works very well up until maybe 100 - 150 people, and this already was challenging and created automatically many rules to just life together. I just can't imagine how it would work with many more people? The weaker always get exploited and the egoists will take it all.
@jacksonelmore6227
@jacksonelmore6227 3 ай бұрын
It should not be taboo to criticize the religions of materialism, atheism, nihilism, science, facts and enlightenment values
@jacksonelmore6227
@jacksonelmore6227 3 ай бұрын
@JennyLovesWillRiker understand each of those ideologies are religions in their own right I criticize the Christian for their religion, but I will also criticize anyone who still practices their own obsolete religion
@jacksonelmore6227
@jacksonelmore6227 3 ай бұрын
@JennyLovesWillRiker debate is your religion Facts are religions because reality itself is illusory and facts must be subjectively perceived by egos Consider what I say with some good faith
@jacksonelmore6227
@jacksonelmore6227 3 ай бұрын
@JennyLovesWillRiker the true philosophy, if any, transcends philosophy, yet you’d call me a philosopher, with bitter pettiness
@BubbaF0wpend
@BubbaF0wpend 3 ай бұрын
"The religion of facts"😅🤦‍♂️
@johnhough7738
@johnhough7738 3 ай бұрын
I believe that some folks think that to question the beliefs of others is an attempt to destroy their free speech. It isn't. Not at all; any belief of any kind MUST be open to analysis and discussion; in fact the more questions the better. Let discussion itself (without fear) be the arena, no?
@williambranch4283
@williambranch4283 3 ай бұрын
Everything should be questioned, including atheism and skepticism.
@louseveryann2181
@louseveryann2181 3 ай бұрын
And another sad frightened child using words he doesn't understand...
@williambranch4283
@williambranch4283 3 ай бұрын
@@louseveryann2181 Words are a false cognition.
@louseveryann2181
@louseveryann2181 3 ай бұрын
@@williambranch4283 You are a "false cognition".
@williambranch4283
@williambranch4283 3 ай бұрын
@@louseveryann2181 All true leaders are heretics ;-)
@AloysiusMahoney2155
@AloysiusMahoney2155 3 ай бұрын
Its not religion, its not politics, its the whole of humanity that still bear the stamp of their lowly origin. That lowly origin manifests itself in the frailty of human reason and logic. When that frailty surfaces in superstition and ignorance, the only question is what do we do about it.
@curiositypiqued6573
@curiositypiqued6573 3 ай бұрын
....and proud of it should be in the thumbnail title
@wingset
@wingset 3 ай бұрын
Wrong reasons. Never for dispelling spiritual beliefs, but pursuit of truth. Morality doesnt come from religion, but is illuminated by it. Dont say that religious people think you're immoral. Instead you think that your idea of morality is based on personal preference, but it isn't, it's objective.
@PlampinUK
@PlampinUK 3 ай бұрын
Funnily enough, as someone who believes in God I largely agree with this analysis. I find it tragic that many people who claim to believe in God feel they have to defend it by killing, persecuting, and imposing their will on others. Is their God really that puny or that evil? As Cromwell once said to the Scottish puritans - think it possible that you might be mistaken.
@mastpg
@mastpg 3 ай бұрын
There is NEVER any reason to criticize "religious" "beliefs". There is ALWAYS every single last reason available to us to point out the blatantly obvious realities of choosing to think that you "have" "religious" "beliefs"...as with all beliefs, because the methodology is all that is real. Even what we observe might not be "real", because our underlying axioms might always need some updates.
@vinsvids1
@vinsvids1 3 ай бұрын
Using sheep as the example for justifying homosexuality may not be the most compelling argument, prof Krauss.
@coreyevans63
@coreyevans63 3 ай бұрын
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