Why Religion Does more Harm than Good in the World #2

[@aDoseofReason]

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[@Elvengem]

A lot of good people are within religion and have had transformed minds from religious teachings. stalin did not believe it because he refused to turn to good teachings,a refusal to repent. You cant disregard what good religious teachings have been taught and written over centuries.Why would you discount it all as worthless? The 10 commandments show the best in man,to not steal,not kill,not cheat and not lie. micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?'. Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow."

[@jermainerucker2027]

Religion is dangerous because it means you’ve given up

[@skiphoffenflaven8004]

Exactly!!

[@Countryboy071]

Christopher Hitchens was a genius. His work still inspires me to this day. ❤

[@Countryboy071]

@user-nz8uy1zm3z absolutely 👍

[@thebodykeepsthescore2828]

​@user-nz8uy1zm3z Drunk, high and bitter? If you say so. He still shat on religious fools and their gods in an inebriated state😂 What does that say about your God and his moron leaders?🤣🤣🤣

[@kellymestas9709]

​@user-nz8uy1zm3zYes, GENIUS!!.. PERFECT ? no..

[@kellymestas9709]

Hitchens was so good. He never suffered a fool!

[@reubenbowen5096]

@user-nz8uy1zm3zhe’s drunk and high and can still see religion for what it is 😂Tf is your excuse

[@UncleKennysPlace]

The God of Abraham is a sadistic psychopath.

[@cristianpopescu78]

Sodom? Yes!

[@alexharvey452]

In what way?

[@Moriningland]

@@alexharvey452well, he had two bears murder 42 little children because they called a man bald, he murdered Egyptian children because pharaoh wouldn’t let his special people go even though he forced him to make that decision, he commanded people to cut off woman’s hands for petty mistakes… oh and he tricked a man into sacrificing his own daughter as a burnt offering…. Oh and he once killed a man for accidentally touching the ark as it fell…. Oh and he killed a man for ejaculating onto the floor and not into his brothers sister… oh and he commanded genoside but allowed the killers to keep the young girls as six slaves…

[@epicofatrahasis3775]

​@@alexharvey452 Seriously? --------------------------------------------------------- *This website is designed to spread the vicious truth about the Bible. For far too long priests and preachers have completely ignored the vicious criminal acts that the Bible promotes. The so called God of the Bible makes Osama Bin Laden look like a Boy Scout. This God, according to the Bible, is directly responsible for many mass-murders, rapes, pillage, plunder, slavery, child abuse and killing, not to mention the killing of unborn children.* I have included references to the Biblical passages, so grab your Bible and follow along. *It always amazes me how many times this God orders the killing of innocent people even after the Ten Commandments said Thou shall not kill.* For example, God kills 70,000 innocent people because David ordered a census of the people (1 Chronicles 21). God also orders the destruction of 60 cities so that the Israelites can live there. He orders the killing of all the men, women, and children of each city, and the looting of all of value (Deuteronomy 3). He orders another attack and the killing of all the living creatures of the city: men and women, young, and old, as well as oxen sheep, and asses (Joshua 6). In Judges 21 He orders the murder of all the people of Jabesh-gilead, except for the virgin girls who were taken to be forcibly raped and married. When they wanted more virgins, God told them to hide alongside the road and when they saw a girl they liked, kidnap her and forcibly rape her and make her your wife! *Just about every other page in the Old Testament has God killing somebody!* In 2 Kings 10:18-27, God orders the murder of all the worshipers of a different god in their very own church! In total God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered The God of the Bible also allows slavery, including selling your own daughter as a sex slave (Exodus 21:1-11), child abuse (Judges 11:29-40 & Isaiah 13:16), and bashing babies against rocks (Hosea 13:16 & Psalms 137:9). ***This type of criminal behavior should shock any moral person.*** ***Murder, rape, pillage, plunder, slavery, and child abuse can not be justified by saying that some god says it’s OK.*** If more people would actually sit down and read the Bible there would be a lot more atheists like myself. *Jesus also promoted the idea that all men should castrate themselves to go to heaven:* For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it (Matthew 19:12). *I don’t know why anyone would follow the teachings of someone who literally tells all men to cut off their privates.* The God of the Bible also was a big fan of ritual human sacrifice and animal sacrifice. *And just in case you are thinking that the evil and immoral laws of the Old Testament are no longer in effect, perhaps you should read where Jesus makes it perfectly clear:* It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid (Luke 16:17). There are many more quotes on this topic at my Do Not Ignore the Old Testament web page. *If you follow the links on this site you will learn about all the nasty things in the Bible that are usually not talked about by priests and preachers.* www.evilbible.com/ Watch *"Context!!!!!!"* by NonStampCollector (A good video for believers who try to rationalise Biblical atrocities and immorality by saying "Out of context".)

[@skiphoffenflaven8004]

@@alexharvey452Read and find out!!

[@NGC7000]

I’m totally freed from religion. It’s an amazing feeling.

[@MoboFromDoomed]

it surely is, as an ex-christian

[@danf7568]

Spot on. These concerns and comments could not express my view of religions more accurately. Governments need to be totally independent of religions and any governmental financial aid terminated.

[@buckrein5284]

"All governments are illegal" -Bob marley

[@pineapplepenumbra]

And governments need to recognise that bringing children up in any religious/cult belief system needs to be recognised as such and banned, as it IS a form of abuse.

[@DavidMartin-ms6fc]

I seriously find no difference between two adults arguing over their gods to two children arguing over who is the best marvel character…it’s all extremely silly and infantile

[@BillyBike416]

Central to the Judaeo Christian belief for 4,000 years is the recognition of "The Fall". Essentially, this is saying the world we see is in essence, radically different from the one that "ought to be". Without this realization we loose all sense of rationality. By simple observation we know that a child born without an arm is somehow less than what it "ought to be". With atheism their can be no difference between "is" and "ought". All is simply the result of molecules in motion. There is no right or wrong about it. It simply "is". End of discussion. Should the atheist claim that the child "should have an arm"..... by necessity he is uttering nothing more than an opinion. "In his 1995 Templeton Prize address, Paul Davies (also not a Christian) said this regarding some presuppositions of science, “However, even the most atheistic scientist accepts as an act of faith that the universe is not absurd, that there is rational basis to physical existence manifested as law-like order in nature that is at least part comprehensible to us. So science can proceed only if the scientist adopts an essentially theological worldview.”

[@sunsetpalms1923]

It is very easy to make a claim if you don't have to back it up with evidence

[@elmolewis9123]

Mr. Weinberg was being too gentle with the use of science being corrosive to religion. In 2024, it is not corrosive enough.

[@krishnakandel624]

When you have to use your morals to define what's religious and what's not then what is the point of religion? Good line

[@buckrein5284]

Point of religion is finding your truth your connection your purpose and your guide. That is the purpose, but it's not in its understanding. The understanding is in you.

[@ljramirez]

Religion is a mess. It's time to grow up and realize there's no god.

[@buckrein5284]

@@ljramirez you ever heard of Zarathustra?

[@ljramirez]

@@buckrein5284 yes and who cares? He said there's one god ... There's none.

[@buckrein5284]

@ljramirez everyone that wants better in the world. That's real the physical word is real so you're a naturalist or something I can respect that.

[@manosparavida3551]

I told my grandmother at 5-6 year's of age that I didn't want to attend church with her anymore, because the priest wasn't telling the truth and it all didn't make sense.😪

[@Person-ip7iy]

What happened to you after that?

[@thebodykeepsthescore2828]

​@@Person-ip7iyThe priest bummed him

[@pineapplepenumbra]

I told my mum that I didn't want to go to church (I didn't tell her just how incredibly offensive the lies in the bible were, I wasn't that stupid), and she gave me the option of going to the Sunday "school" part with the other little kids. I looked through the door and figured that that wouldn't be any better, so put up with it until I was old enough to be left home alone and, to my mum's credit, she didn't force me to go after that. We still had teachers trying to ram that hypocritical, vile shit down our throats in religious assemblies, though, but I was deliberately late, the last 2 years of school, mainly in order to miss the farce of chapel.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@thebodykeepsthescore2828 Have you heard of a reverse exorcism? I also read a comment the other week: if an illegal immigrant has a fight with a priest, is that Alien V Predator?

[@Laneline5000]

Anti-theist here and grateful for content like this. Religion is poison.

[@PaulYates-nf7vx]

God is good and the devil is evil

[@buckrein5284]

Ying and yang. The most brilliant works ever to be, on this earth is whats at the core of every religion.

[@PaulYates-nf7vx]

@@buckrein5284 what

[@ernestmac13]

​@@PaulYates-nf7vxGod murders the innocent and rewards the Evil, it's right there in the scripture for everyone to see.

[@PaulYates-nf7vx]

@@ernestmac13 ok

[@archaichobo6969]

If it wasn't for religion holding us back as a species, we probably would have figured out the whole death thing. We would have at least made tremendously more progress.

[@thegametroll6264]

We probably wouldn't have found ways to cheat it but at least make our life as healthy as to give us all youthful longevity as apposed to eternal life.

[@MasterSpade]

NOTHING has set Mankind back more than belief in gods! If not for religions, we'd be on other Planets by now and things like Cancer would be GONE!!!

[@cristianpopescu78]

Absolutely wrong. The concept of natural law is based on intelligent Design of the universe first proposed by Descartes and Newton.The greeks never knew that and never made science. Most destructive things in the history were made by modern antichristian politicians.

[@rrbernhardt5810]

Death may be an uncomfortable notion, but it is tremendously necessary to avoid overpopulation the Earth. Can you imagine how terrible this world would quickly become if births continued, and deaths ceased?

[@Ex-Mohammed_Anwar]

What about death? Their is nothing after death, death is the end

[@Alexx481]

Hi from atheist ex Muslims from iraq.

[@tz9422]

are you safe?

[@FeliziVelasquez]

Bro/sis are u ok

[@Fomites]

Good work!

[@pineapplepenumbra]

The chances are that there are a lot more who see through the bullshit, but are afraid to admit it. I've talked to people in the UK who are ostensibly muslim, but don't believe a word of it, but just want a quiet life. Stay safe mate, and good luck.

[@mr.d.8121]

A person saying they believe in a god character allows them to stop thinking and allows them to commit behaviours that otherwise are abhorrent, selfish, harmful, etc etc.

[@johnfox9169]

Great thinkers sharing even greater thoughts 😊

[@arkdark5554]

It should be banned; such utter ignorant; no question asked. I mean…privately anyone can believe any shit; that is fine. But publicly such obsolete nonsense cannot be thought in schools, or financed by governments, in this quantum/AI time. Enough is enough.

[@Ex-Mohammed_Anwar]

They should make brain washing children illegal they should make an legal age for teaching children religions beliefs because children are not intellectually mature enough to teach them this beliefs

[@kenhoyer8601]

@user-nz8uy1zm3zthat can go both ways .

[@arkdark5554]

@@Ex-Mohammed_Anwar A clever man once said, "Religion is a drug for mass."

[@SimonBrisbane]

So you have more in common with a Jihadi than you'd care to admit?

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@Ex-Mohammed_Anwar Exactly. We don’t (if we’re responsible) let children have access to porn or recreational drugs, so why is it legal to expose them to far more dangerous material, such as the torah, bible and qur’an? The results of such exposure aren’t just potentially damaging to the children, but to the wider society, in a range of ways. No one under the age of 18 should be allowed to read such dangerous nonsense, it literally changes the way that people “think”, and it’s to their detriment. Look at Andrew Knight and John Lennox; one is a physics lecturer at Harvard and one is a maths lecturer at Oxford university. I'm sure they're both great at their jobs, but listen to them talking about their belief systems, and they are complete idiots! One experiment reported in New Scientist (sadly, I've lost the issue, and would have to sign up to New Scientist in order to, possibly, find the article), detailed interesting results with religious people in fMRI scanners, which will, hopefully, shed some light on the subject. These people were told that the next person they would hear was high up in their belief system. What happened was, the "suspicion circuits"* of the brain literally switched off. It's the same part of the brain that switches off when we're asleep, so that we don't (usually) question the insane situations we find ourselves in, in dreams. My mother was a christian, and had a high IQ (she could easily have joined Mensa, but didn't like the snobby attitude of some of its members), so it bewildered me, as a child, how she could fall for the blatant bullshit of the bible. Obviously this was long before the study was carried out, and also long before I discovered just how awfully powerful, insidious and dangerous brainwashing is. I've talked to people who have said, "you can't call me stupid, I'm a lawyer/doctor/business person, etc", but I can call them stupid, because, when it comes to their belief system, it doesn't matter if they're a skillful surgeon, a successful business person, a sharp lawyer, etc, I might as well be arguing with a backward child. There is clearly NO proper critical thinking being applied, even though they are convinced that there is. *New Scientist's term, not mine.

[@khafreahmose8768]

"Do we have to listen to this??" Man, he literally stated out loud what I think about ALL THE TIME when I attend public gatherings. I'm in the deep south and it's RIDICULOUS!...

[@kookamunga2458]

These two guys are probably my two favorite heathen brothers. If you are ever in town please drop by for a beer or coffee .

[@Jamesanderson-vd4eo]

I'm 47yrs old. $73,000 biweekly and I'm retired, this video have inspired me greatly in many ways that I remember my past of how I struggled with many things in life to be where I am today!!!!❤️

[@Isabella1-l]

How did you do it? Do explain please 😯 My family have been into series of sufferings lately

[@Jamesanderson-vd4eo]

All thanks to Renee Marie Harrison

[@Jamesanderson-vd4eo]

After I raised up to 325k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states 🇺🇸🇺🇸 also paid for my son's surgery (Oscar). Glory to God.shalom.

[@Jessica-1v]

I do know Renee M. Harrison, I also have even become successful....

[@imchris69]

I really need assistance How do I reach her??

[@Where_is_Waldo]

If the brain is a gasoline motor then intelligence is power and skepticism is the throttle.

[@Truth-Be-Told-USA]

Deep😂

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

Then what is the gasoline? How is the power transferred from the motor to the rest of the vehicle? I think if anything is the motor, it's cellular metabolic processes.

[@Where_is_Waldo]

@@Truth-Be-Told-USA Not meant to be deep, just meant to make the point that skepticism is the act of using potential intelligence.

[@johncarter1150]

Take a deep breath, you can live without belief

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@user-nz8uy1zm3z You know what he means; beliefs in immoral, illogical, infantile, observably corrosive superstitions, myths and legends.

[@sowmindful1501]

@user-nz8uy1zm3zHe means one can live without belief in a deity.

[@doneestoner9945]

I read the bible as a 10 year old kid. When I learned about Noah's flood, I realized that god was a mass murderer.

[@perryweeks9577]

Dont forget ONLY Noah and Shem survived with 3 son's and 3 wives so the grandcbildren could have intercourse in order to multiply again and fill the world with a bunch of idiots again🤣

[@buckrein5284]

He flooded the lands and destroyed the evil people that was defying him and destroying the good... I'm no Christian but, mad respect to God for cleansing the earth of people who live to hundreds of years old and rape women. Whether it's true or not sure makes you think 🤔

[@AlanZablocki]

Drowned everyone except one family- children & even the unborn! Not really pro-life, was He?

[@buckrein5284]

@@AlanZablocki once again I'm going to explain I am not a Christian. But you have obviously not read the book. Which is completely fine I don't blame you lol. Things along those lines are what detered me from Christianity. I see youre seeking some truth, God, or whatever or you wouldn't be engaged now. Keep seeking!!

[@Alexx481]

​​@@buckrein5284 In the Islamic version, GOD killed every human ( men, children, women), only those who were on the ship stay . Every animal. As an Exmuslim atheist, I don't know much about Christianity, but I think it is the same story.

[@NoKidsNoProblem]

Great video! I enjoy listening to intelligent people.

[@goojedooje660]

what about in the U S A these ministers of religion making millions of dollars tax free in Australia they would be in trouble over this

[@Sue-xv8os]

That's why you get people like Ken Ham of the infamous Kentucky Ark, he's from New Zeeland but saw USA as a beautiful money-making place. That would never fly in NZ. Also that idiot with the dog in sunglasses. He likes to preach at beaches where the bikinis are.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

Kenneth Copeland is virtually a billionaire from this con. A few years ago I watched a video that referenced research into the subject. Some financial aspects were too opaque, so were simply left out of the figures, but back then the US IRS was losing *$73 billion a year* to these conmerchants!

[@TheZodiacRipper]

Its one thing that they are tax excempt because they are considered a charity without doing charity work for most of the profits which is stupid in itself but its far worse that they literally convince people, directly or indirectly, to give them money instead of doing chemo therapy and nothing stops people from keeping giving them money.

[@Sue-xv8os]

@@pineapplepenumbra Churches don't have to open their books either. No paper trail.

[@mattnardo]

I believe that if religions didn't last this long we would be in space already.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

We are in space. Sorry, I was being facetious, but yes, the 2 larger abrahamic belief systems have stymied scientific research, but especially medical research.

[@Istandby666]

When you read KZbin's commercial guidelines. You find that KZbin does not protect anyone who does not have religious beliefs. This allows religious people the right to harass and bully anyone not like them.

[@aserilalit]

The same was told by Bhudha as per Kalam Sutta 2600 years ago. ❤

[@aaronmarygreenwood2868]

lovely video... despite the monotonously familiar but necessary ad.

[@DrUdaiSSingh]

Go Dr. Weinberg! Love your rationality.

[@BobSmith-ew5oi]

Nothing worse then the self righteous with there holier then thou attitude based on self deception. If you want to sacrifice your humanity to follow your evil insane creator who gets off on blood and burnt flesh that your problem and not mine.

[@Person-ip7iy]

⁠​⁠​⁠@user-nz8uy1zm3z your god isn’t real because evil exists. And no don’t try using the argument about us needing a god for evil. Let me ask you this, do you think killing children is evil. If that answer is yes, then why does god allow them to be killed? The free will argument doesn’t work here for this reason. If someone pointed a gun to someone’s head but you had the ability to stop them without any risk to yourself, wouldn’t you do it? Or would you say that the murderer has free will? If someone pointed a gun to your head and there was a person with a button that could stop them from killing you without harming anyone, wouldn’t you expect them to press it? There is no reason for an all loving god to allow people to be killed by others when he can just stop the killers without harming them or anyone else. If this god is all-powerful, why not just show the murders the error of there ways?

[@BobSmith-ew5oi]

Humanity can be defined as our values and morals that tell us if something is wrong.Unfortunately for the indoctrinated they tolerate there creator acting like an abusive parent using intimidation and fear to force compliance and only by burying there head in the sand can ignore all the evil god does to control his family.

[@BobSmith-ew5oi]

To beat your slave till nearly death without punishment is evil regardless of what god said.And the whole concept of slavery is abhorrent to civilized people. Also selling your daughter as a sex slave is ok by gods law but condemned by human law. Human morality way more superior then gods as we do not delight in murder and genocide or using people for his pleasure like the school bully, we do not use fear and intimidation to force compliance and we do treat women with respect something the bible does not.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@BobSmith-ew5oi Not to mention conning the Israelites into burning their own babies.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@user-nz8uy1zm3z ", but I also don't call it evil because it isn't." That would make, you, quite literally, insane. What theists don't realise is that many of their posts are arguments _against_ their belief systems. These would be the gods that, according to the bible: Have turned a woman into a pillar of salt. Have "withered the young in the womb". Have psychologically tortured people. Have committed genocide. Have set bears on children. Have destroyed entire cities. Have sent "delusions" to lead people into trouble. Have murdered all the first born. Have encouraged murder. Have encouraged the killing of animals just to burn them for sacrifices. Have supported slavery. Have conned people into burning their babies. Have encouraged the r*pe of children. Have created people specifically knowing that they are going to be eternally tortured, and arranging it all beforehand, with knowledge aforethought, ie the WORST CRIMINAL ACTIONS imaginable. Your gods are alleged to have done* all these things and committed many more atrocities. Then there's the abusive relationship with humans: "Look what you made me do. You made me torture my son to death. I only hurt you because I love you. You are complete shit, utterly worthless, and even the best of your deeds are like dirty rags to me!" • Of course no gods did any such things, as it’s _all make believe._

[@anthonymorris5084]

Good people do good things, nobody needs religion to be a good person. However, religion frequently causes people to commit extremely bad things.

[@omelborpon3159]

When someone signifies that religion is the basis for their actions, I dismiss them as someone I want to interact with.

[@peppermintpsaki1157]

Morality is doing what you know to be right, no matter what you’re told.: Religion is doing what you’re told, no matter what you know to be right 😑

[@sydnar347]

Ditch the music!

[@kenhoyer8601]

A Catholic student asked my Jewish wife when she was a student who didn’t believe in heaven or hell said ( then what makes you be good?

[@kenhoyer8601]

Christians always looked down on St. Thomas because he doubted the resurrected Christ. Skepticism , or using reason is more important then bumbling along and believing everything because your supposed to. Who knows, Questioning everything may even strengthening your faith--------- or not.

[@kenhoyer8601]

@user-nz8uy1zm3z About St. Thomas, you’re correct and he did become a saint . No one can dispute that. He wanted proof that’s all by putting his fingers and hand into his wounds.

[@nitishgautam5728]

We have to study what is deductive arguments and inductive arguments ... Every thing about it .... Will give us strong foundation to reason any conclusion.... We have teach others , it's one of the ways world can be Godfree ... Biggest freedom .

[@bruth6138]

Great video. 3 of my favorite people.

[@ShepStevVidEOs]

I’m sad that I hadn’t heard of Christopher Hitchens until after he had died.

[@craigperry5729]

Always ask questions

[@rwd1025]

Severus Snape sighting @1:57!!

[@skiphoffenflaven8004]

I think that the uproar regarding adolescents/teens being too young to know what gender they are should be applied to the same adolescents/teens regarding requiring a belief in a god.

[@Sue-xv8os]

Were these kids not told that they were a boy or girl??

[@AlvaroCordova-c7r]

Raised as a radical catholic,went to church every sunday.As a kid l became negatively impressed by the tormented statues and figures of the temple and became scared with the dark concepts of " hell" l didn't like the priests, later on l started checking the bible and hated the killing of millions of innocent animals in the deluge and the sacrifices.And as l kept on reading the bible l found a lot of crimes, immorality, all kinds of contradictions and a tremendous lack of logic and reasonable topics that did it for me. Plus the fact that church received money. Than l went to check oriental creeds. Indo american doctrines, african. Couldn't find anything to fullfill myself. One wonderful day l got Car

[@MariusVanWoerden]

Abraham knew that God could raise his son from the dead.

[@JamesRichardWiley]

The world that surrounds me is real but the gods that people believe in seem to be missing. Where are they?

[@jhonvoyage2564]

In the minds of Bronze Age mentality people.

[@alexquintana1031]

What's pathetic about Christianity is the notion that you can pawn off ALL of the criminal sht' you did onto somebody else who is your special little scapegoat to take all of the blame for your bad choices😂 Some of us are responsible and we do not need to point our finger at somebody else in an attempt to avoid the consequences of our bad choices. How does a person learn anything from their mistakes if they never have to take responsibility for them. Christianity= irresponsible

[@Sue-xv8os]

Just pray for the family who just lost their homes in a$$-kicking weather, or a fatality, or a shooting, etc. Don't offer food, or comfort, or just be there in their time of desperate confusion. Just pray. It will make you feel like you actually did something.

[@ricardorivera6092]

Why the fu** do I pay for youtube premium only to get ads anyway halfway trough a vid? Fu**

[@dorkception2012]

You play for YT Premium? LOL

[@willemmerson4524]

Anyone got the background music? It's beautiful

[@suhrabmushtaq8334]

proud ex Muslim from Afghanistan ✌

[@MariusVanWoerden]

Richard Dawkins: I'm a Cultural Christian. It are the best countries to live in.

[@janklaas6885]

📍6:32 EXACTLY

[@United_Wings]

Yep

[@__-tz6xx]

Why does it say that there are 87.5K subscribers yet I can't find the button to subscribe? Did you disable the subscribe button or something?

[@codymills6429]

Does it just have a bell? If so, then you may already be subbed

[@Jon-tsuki-geri]

My feed has a subscriber button, you might already be subbed bro?

[@glenliesegang233]

Religion can use the fear of the supernatural to inflict control where nond is needed, to benefit the priestly class. Rekigion that removes loyalty and allegiance to a priestly class, king, ruler, ( like Christianity-your standard is Love, compassion, and not to things 'of this world, which means acquiring, showing off, climbinv the corporate ladder') and encourges self-sacrifice, is so very different. All the world 's human evil is based on tbe narcissistic abuse of power, and convincinv others to join the side if the powerful. It does not matter if religious, or human manipulation. Any manipulation or coercion basedon threat is tyranny. Christians do not worship Chfist and God out of the fear of hell. They worship Him because they want to be like Ultimate Love Itself. They pledge their loyaly to the Master Coach who will help them excel far beyondwhat they could ever accomplish on their own. The Allah of Mohammad is warlike and coercive. The I AM of the Hebrews is not. Nor is Christ.

[@bulwinkle]

Comment for the algorithm.

[@matimus100]

God's are female's too!

[@xray-wz3gw]

Thank you 😇

[@somebodyelse836]

Purposeful ommission is nefarious

[@colinmccarthy7921]

I am a Roman Catholic.Atheistism is the opposite to Christianity. I ask myself what do Atheists believe in?I have studied Psychology and Philosophy. There are many Concepts,ie. Logic,Truth,Realism,Understanding, Knowledge,Wisdom,Experience. The Laws of Science are governed by Rules,Theories,Etc. This is fact.

[@Sue-xv8os]

Then... what DO atheists believe in?

[@colinmccarthy7921]

@@Sue-xv8os What do Atheists believe in?That is the question I asked.

[@Sue-xv8os]

@@colinmccarthy7921 Guess. Give it your best shot.

[@dorkception2012]

LOL What is "Atheistism"? Also, atheism is not opposite of Christianity. Do you know what is the definition of the word 'atheism' ?

[@Seticzech]

"I ask myself what do Atheists believe in?" Every atheist can believe in something different, atheism is not worldview.

[@ianmatthew5824]

While this video fairly represents my opinion, I feel sad that people feel the to make videos, hold seminars etc. just to debunk the other guy's opinion Just be happy in whatever your "faith" is.

[@Lordidude]

The problem is they don't keep it to themselves. They want to change the law and for example remove a woman's right to make choices about her body.

[@Sue-xv8os]

Or run for USA president.

[@User99-e1c]

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[@bertdebets478]

LS How many is a minority in procents???????? from billions off people????? Tell me .

[@rrbernhardt5810]

You should proofread your writing to ensure it makes sense.

[@SimonBrisbane]

Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die. Is that all there really is? This Universe is anything but a random incident. When you come to realise this you will understand there is a God and there is more than just this life.

[@Sue-xv8os]

What's wrong with eating & drinking and being merry? I just ate a hamburger, drank a coke, and I'm rather happy.

[@Seticzech]

"This Universe is anything but a random incident." Incident? "When you come to realise this you will understand there is a God" We have no evidenc for any god. "there is more than just this life." Then this life has no value, it's cheap.

[@edwardvan5808]

I think you are a believer. I am. These comments, have you seen so much deception chocked into 1 video before? I have, sadly.

[@glennfrick7975]

☝️Hypocrisy ☝️ ✌️Hypocrisy ✌️ 🎶Hypocrisy 🎶 Matthew 22:37-40 KJV Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. [38] This is the first and great commandment. [39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 🙏 Mark 12:30-31 KJV And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. [31] And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 🙏🙏 Luke 10:27-37 KJV And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. [28] And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. [29] But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? [30] And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. [31] And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. [32] And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. [33] But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, [34] And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. [35] And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. [36] Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? [37] And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. ✝️ 🙏🙏🙏

[@TerranigmaQuintet]

What Mr. Dawkins forgets to tell about skepticism and being skeptical at all time about what you are being told, is the fact that as such a skeptical being, one must always be skeptical about your own reasoning and, to be sure that when u try to skeptically at somethign u been told, that u do it not just for the sake of it, but that you also make the effort to acknowledge and be able to see that was has been told to u IS true after all. This is what a lot of people in the modern skepticism sphere keeps forgetting, they just blindly question everything for the sake of it, or even let their own bias and ideas blind them from the truth.

[@Turamwdd]

The last 30 years is the result of the death of religion. If you are happy with where things are today, then you agree with the message in the video. If you think things have gotten worse off, then you probably need to rethink the message in the video.

[@jhonvoyage2564]

Or maybe you could make an argument that is actually consider other factors more than religious ones. 1d10t.

[@dharmayogaashram979]

A mature mind can be religious and always open to questioning.

[@Lordidude]

If you queation enough you will leave religion behind.

[@dharmayogaashram979]

@@Lordidude if you deny religion, you will forget how to spell.

[@Lordidude]

@@dharmayogaashram979 If you deny religion you will become free

[@dharmayogaashram979]

@@Lordidude too funny, so you have supernatural ability to read people's minds.

[@Lordidude]

@@dharmayogaashram979 That is the weirdest strawman I have ever read.

[@sunyata4974]

I don't believe their Gods either. God is real, but not what they imagined. It is beyond the realm of science and is neither good nor bad.

[@Ithinkthereforeiam-ph9nb]

there is no good, just planets and galaxies

[@richardjones1699]

Don't need that nonsense anymore.

[@raya.p.l5919]

Jesus power ❤ starting now choose your side.dish Ohh if i don't believe in anything how can i b judged 😊

[@sammyking9407]

No research cited. Just “trust me bruh” kinda of stuff in lieu of well stablished research and sociological studies (which shows quite the opposite of that these babblers are saying here). Oooof

[@dorkception2012]

What has been sad in the video that is not true? Example, please?

[@rexpayne7836]

Think and open your eyes. 🇦🇺 😊😊

[@yvonnegordon1952]

All of Abraham's children need to GRASP their HOLY BOOKS from the Spiritual pov or these conflicts will NEVER EVER EVER STOP and Abraham's descendants (ALL OF THEM ) will continue to be a curse in the earth instead of a LIGHT for the world: I wish I could exclude Christianity from this curse but they are not exempt from it because of how they may believe in Jesus but most Christians today still do not yet "KNOW" in whom they believe. Jews don't have the Holy Spirit (only David ever had the Holy Spirit which is what the CHOSEN are given to understand the Bible from a spiritual POV): It says no one can say Jesus is Lord but by the HOLY SPIRIT: Why? Because Jesus is born when the ANOINTING (Christ) is born through the heart by the Holy Spirit: Jesus then never was a person born through sex but the SEED OF GOD (HASHEM) which is a SPIRITUAL SEED, is born through the heart (Mark 4 the parable of all parables, explains this along with John 16, showing that the woman (heart) gives birth to Christ, not the sexual part of female: Here is why a male can give birth to Christ through the good part of their heart as much as a female sexually, because the SOUL is neither male or female. This is also why "virgin" is a metaphor of the heart (desire) that is able to bring the anointing into the world, the 30 fold (Mark 4) which is the LETTER LAMED =teacher that brings us above the line ): Virgin has nothing to do with a sexual virgin and this is true for those poor Muslims that give their lives to get 70 virgins, but that's another story: The GOOD GROUND of the heart is the virgin ground of being that is able to bring forth the SEED of the woman (Israel) through Judah (praise of Yah) because Praise is PERFECTED in the mouth of babes (David was the YOUNGEST of Jesse's children) and a CHILD shall lead the soul back to God/Hashem. Having said all this for 31 years, only those who also EXPERIENCE the HOLY SPIRIT grasp it: Jews don't grasp Jesus or Torah as a tree of life because they don't have the HOLY SPIRIT, the ANOINTING (Christ) that reveals the truth that sets us FREE. Even the most intelligent Jews and Christians too, don't understand or "KNOW" Jesus until the baptism into the Holy Spirit which is baptism into Jesus name. The most intelligent people from all religions or atheism, get Jesus wrong because they can't wrap their mind around the meaning of "MAN" in the Bible, not grasping that males are animate but MAN is the IMAGE and LIKENESS of God and deals with the soul, not the sexual physical part of us. : Without the HOLY Spirit it is impossible to understand the Bible period: Moses for instance is a CODE NAME (drawn from the water) which is the subconscious, the sea that splits open in us when the SOUL escapes from the ego or identity with our first born status, our physical self and mind. Moses then is the CONSCIENCE that comes out of Israel when they are so overwhelmed by being slaves to the ego (EGYPT) that they can't take it anymore and MOSES appears to take them out of the EGO (EGYPT): The conscience however doesn't get it completely right in that it doesn't FULLY GRASP how to teach the SOUL HOW TO SPEAK to the rock (that gives the LIVING WATER or anointing) but instead it does what Jews have been doing since they lost Moses (their conscience) which is get angry at those (including one another) who can't bring the LIVING WATER out of the rock: HASHEM (GOD) told their conscience, SPEAK to the rock to get the living water: SPEAKING is prophesying which Moses said HE WISHED ALL ISRAEL WOULD DO: WHY? Because then they would GET THE ANOINTING from the rock (Christ ) that was with Israel in the wilderness: So HASHEM said to the conscience of Israel and is still saying it today, YOU DID NOT SANTIFY MY NAME IN THE FACE OF THIS PEOPLE. So Moses, you die and are buried on Mt NEBO (means PROPHET) so when you are resurrected by the ONE WHO DOES SPEAK THE WORD to raise the dead which is you (the conscience) and Elijah (the DESIRE FOR MESSIAH or the anointing, also law and prophets) YOU WILL DO what you should have done when I told you to do it: SPEAK to the rock, YOU will then prophesy to the DEAD BONES OF THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL and the VALLEY shall be exalted while the mountain (EGO) shall be laid low, as the crooked (serpent, will) is made straight::

[@Logan-ep6eg]

To be honest its not true at all. The religious values especially have upheld society and traditionalism, especially in the western world where Christianity is prevalent

[@clxudplays6878]

Yeah and when religion was prevalent in west - slavery, no women right.

[@dorkception2012]

Dull claim. Human behaviour to do good and improve it's environment has always been part of our society. Ease example, just look at the Muslim countries that follow eastern politics and tell me how religion improved their way of living! NEXT!

[@Logan-ep6eg]

@@dorkception2012 i mean they upheld societal valuies and im mostly talking about christainity here

[@dorkception2012]

@@Logan-ep6eg What other societal values do you find in the Bible that you can't find in secular countries? Slavery for example? 1d10t.

[@Logan-ep6eg]

@@dorkception2012 you acting like slavery is fully permitted in the bible literally god delivered people from slavery. in secular contries like the usa especialy the LIBERLA parts theres a lot less mroe traditionalism and a lot more women who are like oh ill just have sex with these men but not commit

[@arlandolittle7625]

Ch

[@samdg1234]

How is the content of this consistent with Dawkins's claim to be a cultural Christian? Should we assume that Dawkins chooses the best worldview on offer for himself? Is cultural Christianity a result of "religion"? How, in this case, does the title of this video make sense?

[@damienschwass9354]

What do you think Dawkins meant by cultural Christian? I heard him saying he likes Christmas carols . I think you may be overblowing it if you’re extending that into discussion about “the best worldview”.

[@samdg1234]

@@damienschwass9354 Hear him discuss it yourself in a < 10-minute interview video titled "Richard Dawkins: I'm a Cultural Christian" I'd be unsurprised that even the willingness to make such an admission was sparked by the essay from his (formerly atheist) friend Ayaan Hirsi Ali, "Why I am Now a Christan." And, then, Ayaan's reasons for abandoning atheism were significantly built upon Tom Holland's work. Holland, himself either an atheist or an agnostic, has said, "To believe in human rights requires just as much a leap of faith as believing that the Lord Jesus Christ rose on the third day and ascended into heaven." That comment may seem "out there" until you consider that it lines up nicely with what Dawkins said decades ago, "In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference." This *no evil, no good* from Dawkins in a world absent God lines up perfectly with Holland's view that materialism/naturalism won't get you to binding/transcendent value. On materialism/naturalism, we are an accidental amalgam of atoms and their constituents. Another of the vociferous atheists, Michael Shermer, has, since the Ayaan essay, also made startling admissions that one would have been surprised to hear him make otherwise.

[@Lordidude]

​@samdg1234 Why do Christians don't understand that we do not care who the person is who said X? We are not indoctrinated to believe everything an authority says. We care about evidence

[@samdg1234]

@@Lordidude Would you care to define what you mean by evidence? Or how is it not evidence for the falsity of propositions when sophistry is employed in their defense?

[@Lordidude]

@@samdg1234 Something that can be tested repeatedly and leads to the same conclusion every time.

[@scottlocke3645]

HOLY S##T.. Because that is what it is!😁

[@trollemctrollersen]

I like lawyers. Lawyers are the smartest people. I base this on the observable fact that they use the language better than anyone else. Plus, they are the ones that make up the rules and see to their implementation. Legal arguments by definition can not possess any ideology. They can only use facts in evidence, and they use these facts to try to persuade a jury what these facts imply. Facts are subject to interpretation so there is usually another lawyer trying to say that those same facts mean something different. Krauss, Dawkins, Tyson, et al are not smart enough to be lawyers. Evidence as it pertains to scientific theory can be easily dismissed and it will hurt you not one bit. But the kind of evidence that lawyers deal with is very important as the quality of a person's life can depend on a good lawyer. KZbin comments section is to discussion and debate what the dumpster behind McDonalds is to cuisine. Not surprising that atheism is flourishing on this medium. One guy that could debate well was Plato. "Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of understanding." Plato Plato knew what he was saying.

[@scottlocke3645]

WTF!

[@carefree4271]

W

[@onenote6619]

I agree with the general premise, but relying on Dawkins to tell the truth of the world is a really bad idea.

[@mbolez]

Way to completely kill the vibe of an otherwise great video with that ad.

[@dorkception2012]

Ublock

[@mbolez]

@@dorkception2012 I have YT Premium. The ad is in the video 🤦‍♂

[@dorkception2012]

@@mbolez LOL That's Premium for ya! I have 0 ads on KZbin with Ublock on any channels. You either been scammed, or just simply telling untrue claims.

[@mbolez]

@@dorkception2012 Dumb fuck, WTF are you on about? Have you even watched the video??? There is an ad read by the creator of this video. Ublock and premium doesn't (and can't) remove these.

[@DevWSJ]

@@dorkception2012 he's talking about the product placement from the youtuber himself in the middle of the video, not a youtube ad

[@uspahle]

Just started dating someone. She Christian. Should I tell her I'm an atheist? I'm 19,she's 17

[@UniDragon-r2k]

Yes

[@United_Wings]

Minor?

[@danf7568]

Yes, but with thought and preparation and should be none in a quiet personal setting. Ask her if it is okay to talk about something you feel obligated to disclose to her.

[@SlavaPunta]

Only if its brought up in context first. At that age just have fun and be good friends to each other first. Be safe. Be honest. Be kind.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Yes. Three women tried to convert me. You do not want that.

[@robthatsme9831]

I pay KZbin premium to avoid ads. Your concealed ad earns you a 👎 and unsubscribed.

[@Tufan0]

Sponsorships are how 99% of youtubers make their main income... And you can even skip it You act like its the end of the world

[@coolumesque]

God shows me the future every day & it all comes true. Like one day God told me there is a tent in my big green rubbish bin outside in the yard & I had no idea what God was talking about 'because I don't know anyone who owns a tent or goes camping '& I don't live near a camping park. But I went outside & opened the bin & there was a brand new very expensive tent sitting inside. Somebody had bought a tent & without using it they had chosen my bin out of thousands of bins to put it into. My own mind could never imagine such a thing happening but God told me there was a tent in my bin & there was. God has shown me the future thousands & thousands of times & God is always true. And God takes me to see heaven & hell & teaches me endlessly. This person (GOD) is infinitely Good & wise & I know that from meeting God in person. There are millions & millions of people who have met God & sooner or later you all will meet God. It's just a fact of life.

[@hrbeta]

Religiousness is dangerously misunderstood. We are starting to suffer its consequences.

[@BubbaF0wpend]

Why don't you enlighten us all about how it should be understood

[@hrbeta]

@@BubbaF0wpend thanks for your kind request. I fiercely opposed religious ideas for most of my life. From Catholic altar-boy to furious Dawkins supporter, I believe I went through all the intermediate phases. I am only expressing my very honest opinion after 68 years of experiencing life. I don’t pretend to enlighten anyone, nor change any minds. And I strongly believe everyone is entitled to a sincere opinion. I will repeat, IMHO, religion is sadly (and dangerously) misunderstood. I don’t consider myself religious, however I frankly understand and value the human necessity for the metaphysical. I this wasn’t so, mankind would have never invented it and developed religions as it has done for tenths of thousands of years. Cheers.

[@BubbaF0wpend]

@@hrbeta yes it can provide utility to communities and individuals but I'm still unclear on what you mean when you say it's misunderstood... in what way?

[@kenhoyer8601]

Like he said. Connection to a metaphysical.

[@BubbaF0wpend]

@user-nz8uy1zm3z so in short, if someone has a genuine and valid disagreement with a point being made and seeks clarification, it's "hate" and a "rebuke"? There's that xtian persecution complex we're all so familiar with.

[@trollemctrollersen]

The brightest, most talented people and memorable artists are and have been believers. Science has hurt humanity more than any superstition.

[@coalcat5417]

Science is the reason we have cured many diseases that your god supposedly gave to us.

[@combat618]

@@coalcat5417 incredibly scary how religious people mindset works. Full of hatred and arrogance. Just sad and scary nothing much to say.

[@kenhoyer8601]

Yeah, I stay close to home on Friday the 13th😆😆😆

[@kenhoyer8601]

@@BubbaF0wpend 🧐

[@scottlocke3645]

Someday you'll grow up!

[@JoBo301]

Just a pity that if the atheist worldview is true, there is no good or evil.

[@dorkception2012]

Why? At the moment there is no evidence about any gods, and there is a lot of good and evil happening. So your assertion should be changed to: Would it be good And evil part of a god?

[@JoBo301]

@@dorkception2012 against which atheist moral framework can you decide whether something is good or evil?

[@dorkception2012]

@@JoBo301 There is no atheist moral framework, there is human made moral framework consisting of social rulesets, empathy and the simple notion that I won't behave in a way I would not like to be treated. Seriously, people who came with the 'God's morals' assertions, should try to look up how morals are differs from country to country and even town to town!

[@JoBo301]

@@dorkception2012 Yes we agree there is no atheist moral framework, therefore atheists cannot form moral judgements therefore there is no good and evil.

[@jhonvoyage2564]

@@JoBo301 I am pretty sure you've been educated in the USA, because in Europe, we do learn about social behaviour, and in those studies about morality.

[@bradleymosman8325]

What do the atheists need with Hitchens and Dawkins? Can't they think for themselves?

[@ToTheMaxGaming1]

What do christians need a god for? Can’t they think for themselves?😂

[@Lascoble]

God loves you unconditionally. Turn to God for happiness. Simply ask and you shall receive

[@TheDancefreak35]

Dreamer

[@itskd5239]

You don't need to beg someone for happiness, you yourself can be

[@combat618]

we never needed god for happiness. I know many people include myself that literally cried to “god“ for help.. and guess what, NOTHING. if it helped you, good for you I guess but that doesn’t make it true and most religious people doesn’t seem happy, they are filled with fear and false hopes.

[@Agent47316]

Your god is a hypocrite telling people to love your enemies and then can't do it himself

[@scottlocke3645]

Hilarious!

[@stevekap8]

Nice talk, loose the music.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

I have to wonder if people here understand they live in a society/culture based to a very large degree on The Bible?

[@BubbaF0wpend]

Which part? The drowning of babies? The sabbath that nobody observes?

[@drsatan3231]

You won't be able to name a single law or moral that wasn't present in some other country before Christianity

[@dorkception2012]

Typical dimwitted assertion...

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@drsatan3231 Human Rights, Slavery Is Evil. I Could go On May I recommend Dominion: how the christian revolution remade the world by Tom Holland. BTW He is not a Believer.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@drsatan3231 Human Rights come immediately to mind. May I recommend "Dominion: how the christian revolution remade the world" by Tom Holland BTW He Is Not A Believer.

[@supernaturalabilitiessiddh8027]

The two most problematic religions are Christianity and Islam. And the best way to dismantle them is not through atheism but through 'universal spirituality.' Just wait until I publish my book; then, I'll show you how. Except for a few verses, there is hardly any truth in the Quran, Hadith, or the Bible. The concepts of hell, heaven, the last days, judgment, resurrection, and salvation, as described in the Bible or Quran, do not exist in reality. Nevertheless, a genuine concept of God or the Absolute exists. We must conceive of it in terms of Nature or the Quantum field (as in Spinoza's conception of God), yet there's more depth to it. The idea of holy individuals, enlightened beings, remains valid, and indeed, some do possess supernatural abilities like levitation or the capacity to perform other miracles. The principle of cause and effect is paramount; every action bears consequences. Morality stands as a cornerstone of life. Our conscience guides us in distinguishing right from wrong. It's essential to delve into the concept of suffering and ways to transcend it by merging with the Absolute, and to actively alleviate the suffering of humanity.

[@archaichobo6969]

Go get you a Nobel prize! You figured it all out!

[@perryweeks9577]

Yes I call it the mirror affect back at them I have these powers myself many of us do now from out of 7 👍

[@perryweeks9577]

Your book will be great im sure💥

[@UniDragon-r2k]

If morality stands at the cornerstone of life. Where did Adolph Hitler stand

[@josephstalin4385]

God was created by men to solve problems however he himself became one. 😂😂😂

[@PaulYates-nf7vx]

God is good and the devil is evil

[@Druid75]

God has a higher body count than the devil

[@josephstalin4385]

God is a herpe ⚰️

[@mihaelamcrae8770]

And your proof is?

[@PaulYates-nf7vx]

@@Druid75 ok

[@PaulYates-nf7vx]

@@josephstalin4385 okay

[@trollemctrollersen]

I want to talk about Carl Sagan. To many people Carl Sagan was a voice of reason. He was a kind and intelligent man who took on the position of educating the masses. His lectures and presentations were edifying and helpful in promoting enlightenment among the masses. I say bullshit! I say that Carl Sagan was a propagandist who spread hate and division amongst the masses. Under the guise of scientific enlightenment, he justified condescension and derision towards Christians and other believers. And he does it in a sneaky and passive/aggressive way, which makes him even more despicable! Science is owned by the people who fund it. If science didn't help to make profits for industrialists or if it didn't feed the war machine, then it wouldn't exist except for maybe in cloister. Sagan worked for NASA. I think for PR as much as anything. His presence made NASA look like it had a peaceful, beneficial to humanity mission. NASA was publicly funded R&D for defense contractors. Data obtained through the projects at NASA helped the defense establishment to build ICBM's. Sagan was certainly a part of the Military Industrial Complex. In his own little way, he contributed to the war machine. (Sagan wasn't very bright and I am sure he was just a useful idiot.) Sagan and his modern counterparts are copies of each other. They all say the same thing. None of them will ever talk about the dark side of the technocracy. They will never mention that science has enabled copious amounts of pollution. They will never talk about how science feeds the war machine. Leaving out a large part of the story makes him deceptive. Public Broadcasting isn't funded by hippies. It is funded by serious businesspeople who work at large, worldwide, corporations. Big oil, big agriculture. I have seen where BP and Archer Daniels have underwritten PBS presentations. Why would such wealthy, smart and powerful people be so interested in indoctrinating the masses? I don't know! As far as the science he was pushing: Big Bang cosmology is highly theoretical. In order to find out if the hypotheses about the big bang are true, we would have to get in a space cruiser and get a closer look. I doubt that will ever happen. Evolution is just plain stupid. There never has been a clear demonstration that evolution is true. If you want to believe that slime on a rock turned into Beethoven that is your business. It is also true to say that one can reject evolution and it will in no way hurt the quality of their life. Evolution is a hobby that is used for atheist propaganda. In science theory means no practical value as much as anything else. Carl Sagan got the job because of his nerdy good looks and warm demeanor. It is just show business. Carl is an equivalent to a televangelist preacher. (Carl was an agnostic.) Carl got the job because he looked good on television and his handlers knew that would help the indoctrination to sink in the minds of the public. With Carl Sagan one doesn't get the full story. One only hears what the people who sign his paycheck want them to hear.

[@johnfrancis4401]

God is good. He loves us literally to death. We should love him back. But we fall and fail. Atheists need to be careful lest they become a tool of the devil.

[@combat618]

He loves us so much that he gave children cancer, create evil humans that caused genocide, create diseases and deadly viruses like rabies and Ebola, create the devil and let him rule the world.. what a lovely wonderful god we have🥰

[@combat618]

God loves us so much that he gave children cancer, create evil humans that caused genocide, create diseases and deadly viruses like rabies and Ebola, create the devil and let him rule the world.. what a lovely wonderful god we have🥰

[@kenhoyer8601]

[@UniDragon-r2k]

As Christian I find it very sad how one sided this is and how they put Judaism and being Muslim as the same as Christianity. They are sooooo different.

[@Pridetherianboy]

All are very misogynistic

[@Ex_christian]

All are Abrahamic religions from the same Malevolent war god of Abraham who committed Genocide, allows Murder, Rape, Incest, etc., all in his name! All ARE religious Cults! They are not very different at all!

[@Druid75]

They’re really not, the Abrahamic religions are connected. They’re 3 sides of the same triangle.

[@latarribell4152]

You all worship the same god, yet can’t agree amongst yourselves how to worship it.

[@desireedebellis6766]

no,, they aren't

[@buckrein5284]

Thats a hell of a claim, and as a diest. I can stand firm when i say thats the most absent minded outlook on our reality. Religion simply put is a story or outlook of a group of people seeking good for all, we all have our own paths just as all the profits did in thier journey to share how they found something greater and how they defended against the lesser. That being said "religion" is the only thing holding us together and seperating us at the same time. Not everyone will be at the same understanding all at the same when videos with titles like this one keep misleading. But heres your sign... i acknowledge your actions and may this comment consume the negativity instead of my fellow human.

[@GrumpyOldRed]

Deism is just the belief in the unfalsifiable. What’s the point?

[@buckrein5284]

@@GrumpyOldRed thank you, you just made it for me.

[@barrylyndongurley]

In your comment a small spelling error, "profits" instead of "prophets," served to remind me of what organized religion has largely become: a tax-free windfall for the many charlatan-hucksters and TV-preachers who prey upon the meek and credulous among us. Within a hierarchy of sins, this has to be one of the worst.

[@NoKidsNoProblem]

Do you agree that religion can be harmful and in instances that it is that it should be talked about? And you disagree with the title, but do you disagree with anything said in the video? I'm curious if you disagree with anything and why.

[@buckrein5284]

@@barrylyndongurley no I spelled them as I meant. Because they're profitable to the lives were living now. I'm no Christian

[@secularsunshine9036]

*Join the enlightenment* *Support Secular Humanism.* *E pluribus Unum"*