WOTM: The Best Idea Ever!

[@mrlint0]

As a great thinker once said 'We should never have left the ocean'

[@christopher7725]

“How about I make killing Myself the only way humans can get to Heaven instead of just forgiving them?” BEST IDEA EVER

[@SpaceLordof75]

“In any decently-run universe, this guy would have been out on his all-powerful a** a long time ago. These are the kind of results you’d expect from an office temp with a bad attitude, not the omnipotent creator of the universe.” -Carlin

[@RustyWalker]

How did all those Medieval masons prophesy the coming of Kenneth Copeland when they carved those gargoyles?

[@misterdeity]

LOL!!!

[@ZenWithKen]

When Pinecreek asked Mike Winger the poof or drown question, Mike said drown so they suffer. Yeah, that Christian love never stops giving.

[@misterdeity]

See my video on that called, “That Takes Religion.”

[@ChipArgyle]

Cursing the fig tree when it wouldn't bear fruit out of season was an emotionally intelligent response too. You'd think this god and his kid would have figured out fruit trees for cryin' out loud.

[@Ponera-Sama]

As an extension from that principle, a christian bishop had put forth the following argument: 1 The creation of the world is the most marvellous achievement imaginable. 2 The merit of an achievement is the product of (a) its intrinsic quality, and (b) the ability of its creator. 3 The greater the disability (or handicap) of the creator, the more impressive the achievement. 4 The most formidable handicap for a creator would be nonexistence. 5 Therefore if we suppose that the universe is the product of an existent creator we can conceive a greater being - namely, one who created everything while not existing. 6 An existing God therefore would not be a being greater than which a greater cannot be conceived because an even more formidable and incredible creator would be a God which did not exist. Ergo: 7 God does not exist.

[@yourgodismean4526]

Lol! Beautifully said

[@petprotectorspublising]

Brian! You are so sacrelicious!

[@misterdeity]

I try! 😘

[@Wertbag99]

Just reading about Kenneth Copeland, the richest preacher in the world with an estimated $300m. He lives in a 18,000 square foot mansion, 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms with a private airfield for his 3 private jets! Taking money from his poor church attendees to finance his lavish lifestyle. And to top it all off he claims the massive estate is church property so lives there tax free! Jesus said, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.", but who needs to listen to that guy?

[@pureflix8086]

_WHY_ couldnt he be more humble, like ... like Joyce Meyer or Creflo _DOLLAR_ ?!! 😏

[@Grand_Theft_Autobot]

Awesome! Paulogia's got the "For the Bible Told Me so" jingle running gag and now you've got the "Best Idea Ever"

[@andydonnelly8677]

And don't forget "Low bar Bill"

[@thekaxmax]

the Old Testament specifies, in God's words, that he visits evil on his people. Best Idea Ever!

[@andydonnelly8677]

Another sublime mirror held in front of obvious bullshit, respect.

[@misterdeity]

That’s not only incredibly nice. It’s so pithy on top of it!!! Thanks so much!

[@alflyle9955]

You should offer to Paulogia to trade the legal use of your "Best Idea Ever" jingle for Paul's "For The Bible Tells Me So" jingle.

[@InigoMontoya-]

This god, were he Roman might be named Naughteus Maximus- a joke name like Biggus Dickus. - Nod to Monty Python

[@moodyrick8503]

*_The wisdom of Jesus_** ;* Jesus taught that disease & plagues, were caused by demons, evil spirits & sometimes God. _But not a single mention of germs._ lol

[@weldabar]

Spot-On Accurate! This truth is so sharp that it cuts through bullshit belief - the reason why believers will refuse to consider it.

[@dobrien51]

The best idea for a video ever!

[@DCronk-qc6sn]

Gawd is awful.... Brian is divine.

[@dirtydish6642]

This video, while not maximally great, is still pretty good.

[@jimbob8992]

Brian is mightily great, if not maximally.

[@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers]

It was the maximally greatest ever watch. Thanks for your awesomeness.

[@freddenker9537]

i love this story : a sinner arrived at the gates of hell and the devil let him in...but what he saw amazed him, blue sky, endless sandy beach, palm trees and countless people in high spirits with drinks in hand and always pleasantly quiet Music..he started to walk along the whole beach....but what was that at the end of the beach,,,biting smoke, cruel wimmerl and moaning...he searched for the cause and finally found a deep hole full of nacks people, in a sea of ​​fire and sulfur vapor... he was so shocked and ran back to the gate as quickly as possible where he met the devil... he asked him what that was at the end of the beach and the devil explained to him, that was bad ... but that's the Christians ... they want it that way and believe me this story is as true as the bible...I'll put my hand in hellfire for that

[@InigoMontoya-]

I put all my demons into chickens, then throw their eggs at my enemies- causing an “eggistential” crisis.

[@HoneyTone-TheSearchContinues]

❤

[@GenuinelyQurious]

‘Poof or drown’ is one of the most revealing questions you can ask a believer. The way they answer that question can tell you a lot about the degree to which they have attached their identity to the ideology. It also helps to show why it can be so hard to have honest conversations with people who filter even their own emotions through this externally imposed filter of biblical righteousness.

[@misterdeity]

That’s a great observation! I actually had a flashback reading this - to when I was religious, and how I did exactly that. Filtering is the perfect way to put it.

[@pdoylemi]

I love it when they say that god's mind is so awesome we cannot possibly comprehend it, and then they tell us all about how they know what god wants, what his plan is, why it is the way it is etc...

[@littlebitofhope1489]

And why YOU are going to be tortured for all eternity.

[@pdoylemi]

@@littlebitofhope1489 Yeah, that too - just for fun.

[@georgem2334]

Throwing the bible into a paper shredder is the best idea ever! Throwing religion into the dust bin of history is the best idea ever! Living your life to the fullest is the best idea ever!

[@misterdeity]

Oh, I wish I'd said that in the video. Beautiful!!!

[@laurajarrell6187]

Mr. Deity, Brian, our 'Maximally great' creator! Fabulous!👍💙💖🥰✌

[@brunozeigerts6379]

'Yahweh... MAXIMIZE!' (insert dramatic music)

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

Excellent video once again!

[@grumpylibrarian]

Looks like someone is trying to give Paulogia's "For the bible tells me so" graphic some competition.

[@parkjammer]

I can't get any work done. I am too busy imagining the unimaginable maximal greatness of the divinely hidden-ness-ability of his unimaginableness.

[@InigoMontoya-]

Oh great! Now you’ve got me doing it too!

[@AssassinoJake]

I'll have to remember this when i continue reading the bible. Although my favorite would be "seeing all of mankind together, deviding to work together and build a tower so they wouldnt be scattered. Instead of giving my teachings and laws to them all, i just confuse their languages, cause them to scatter and only focus on a single group as my favorites. Causing a tribalistic in-group/out-group system where most people will have different cultures and worship different gods then my favorite group and use that as justification for things like war. BEST IDEA EVER!"

[@thomasdoubting]

I taught YWHW was the bass player GWAR? 👺

[@InigoMontoya-]

My rabbit was telling me that he does NOT think it was the greatest idea ever that he has to eat his own excrement in order to stay healthy. In the rabbit world, the saying goes, “Eat shit OR die.”

[@lnsflare1]

In all fairness, if rain was coming down fast enough to cover the mountaintops all over the planet in a measly 40 days and 40 nights, everyone, including those on a wooden ark, would have been vaporized long before they could have drowned.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

so, as i understand it, the ONLY sin, the ORIGINAL sin, was _eating apples?_

[@jonnawyatt]

And having genitals.

[@Reason1717]

@HarryNicholas, God here. Yes Yahweh himself. Just wanted you to know why I got soooooooo upset with the whole Apple thingy. There sin was those were my Apples. MINE MINE MINE! Not Adam's, not Eve's, MINE. Sign: Creator of all existence.

[@elainejohnson6955]

It would take a really bad designer to design a universe that can easily be destroyed if anything changes the slightest bit within it. Any designer who put people on an Earth that has hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, tsunamis, etc. was a horrible designer. Any designer who made very few places where a human can survive is a poor designer if its goal was to create humans. Any designer who made our bodies able to get easily injured, subject to illnesses, and made us so our breathing tube is next to our eating tube was an incompetent designer.

[@kurtfrederiksen5538]

The dodge I have found some Christians use for this line of thinking is first "You have to take it on context" then some rendition of "well it was alright at the time, God was working with what he had and was trying to lead people to a greater good", until finally they get to "Well that was not written by man not God" (this can included sections that explicitly said they were given by God). When pushed on what process and method they used to determine what is by man and not God they typically then say faith. Then you ask how do you determine who if either is correct if two people taking mutually exclusive positions and they say your using faith wrong....

[@littlebitofhope1489]

Now they just throw out the OT completely.

[@avi8r66]

I throw this stuff at believers all the time, that their God character had every possible option available and all it could come up with, for solutions to problems, was brutality. Not wisdom, not kindness, brutality. And I suspect the reason for this was twofold, 1) to send the message to the enemies of the israelites that their God/Jehovah/Yahweh/Whateveh was a brutal powerfu vicious being that would have their backs and 2) the writers lacked the imagination needed to write such a character properly. Naturally they respond with some form of 'mysterious ways'.

[@yourgodismean4526]

Yup. This was the seed of my leaving religion

[@Julian0101]

I like to respond to the "mysterious ways" with the fact that an inmoral god would use that same answer. And with a justification that can lead you to a benevolent god and its complete opposite at the same time, then the answer becomes useless.

[@yourgodismean4526]

@@Julian0101 Exactly! Much the same way an omniscient and omnipotent being is impossible. But not for God, they say, starry eyed. All Ik is, the incredible relief I feel now that I don’t have to twist my intelligent mind into ‘knots for scared idiots’

[@avi8r66]

@@yourgodismean4526 I like using the exodus story for this. God forced pharaoh to basically do what he was going to do anyway, refuse the request for freedom. Not needed but he did it anyway. Then punishes the pharaoh's people (not pharaoh) for having done what he was forced to do, up to and including killing the first born sons of egypt. A proper show of wisdom, god level power, etc, would have been to force pharaoh to agree to the request, and then to order his army to escort the former slaves to their new home safely. That would have been a real show of force, getting their enemy to treat them well.

[@yourgodismean4526]

@@avi8r66 Sure. And not forcing children to go through childhood cancer and CSA would have been a start to changing his image. But, remember, we were naughty boys and girls and now all of those descendants must suffer (a Bronze Age idea if I ever heard one). Religion was created for a few reasons:to control the masses through fear, and to enrich(beyond their wildest dreams) the priestly class.

[@Troubleshooter125]

Oh, sure, Yahweh is all that and a bag of chips ... right up until someone bothers to actually *LOOK* at his behavior as documented in the bible and his utter lack of any trace of its existence in the real world. If that is the Best Idea Ever™, I'll take Door Number Two, Monty.

[@Reason1717]

One of these days I may leave a disapproving comment... BUT NOT TODAY this was brilliant! An I should know I beat Chance the Dog in a chess game! (well okay I was close to beating him).

[@dwainmarsh9139]

Now i have the ding stuck in my head.

[@InigoMontoya-]

I have maxilla greatness- a very nice jawline.

[@JoeBorrello]

Probably would be better if we got rid of the god and left things to Chance.

[@Reason1717]

@JoeBorrello, your comment here was perfect sir. Yes leave it "to Chance" (Aussy Dog) I am jealousy I didn't write this first :)

[@drewharrison6433]

Maximally great video.

[@pdoylemi]

Does it ever bother them that if they cannot comprehend god, they are basically admitting that they have no clue about any of it's intentions or attributes?

[@rodbrewster4629]

If they can't comprehend God they surely won't be able to comprehend the inter universal council of the gods to whom he must report.

[@pdoylemi]

@@rodbrewster4629 You sound a bit like a Heinlein fan!

[@rodbrewster4629]

@@pdoylemi The spice will show the way to higher awareness.

[@rodbrewster4629]

Oops long day of golf. Got my H's mixed up.

[@pdoylemi]

@@rodbrewster4629 Still, a good Dune reference. In Heinlein's "Job - A Comedy of Justice" the end has Lucifer helping his brother Yahweh's new "Job" after he has died. In this case, he basically drags Yahweh and Loki (who did the abusing this time) before a being that is almost god-like to them to force them to repair the damage they did to the man's life. And when asked about this being, Lucifer tells the man that it is to him and Yahweh, as they are to humans, and for all he knows, this "god", answers to and even higher "god".

[@Styphon]

Smart doggo

[@nati0598]

It's actually ironic when people say "it's like a fruitfly trying to comprehend the mind of a bonobo chimpanzee" (or similar) when the chimpanzee cannot comprehend the mind of a fruitfly either.

[@misterdeity]

Yes. That was mostly a setup for the Kenneth Copeland joke.

[@TomSkinner]

How do you know?

[@nati0598]

@@TomSkinner I am one.

[@pureflix8086]

@@nati0598 really? Im gonna need about one... billion dollars.

[@nati0598]

@@pureflix8086 You already have it.

[@Irisarc1]

Yay! Looks like I am able to be the first one to point out that the dog photo you showed isn't Chance. That's a (somewhat rare, it's a sad story why) White Boxer! Beside which, I have seen the videos of Chance, so... I am so oddly happy to be able to do this because I used to have a couple of boxers myself. I can attest that they are indeed very intelligent, but they don't hold a candle to Chance.

[@indivisible4835]

If they COULD hold a candle, that would really be something. 😋

[@autonomouscollective2599]

@@indivisible4835 Yeah, they’d probably eat the candle.

[@misterdeity]

The photo is of Chance from the movie, Homeward Bound. And you're right, he's not an Australian Shepherd. According to the internet, he was an American Boxer. Chaser was an Australian Shepherd and really could distinguish between all 1000+ toys. There's a great video here on YT of NDTyson hanging with Chaser. It's a fun watch!

[@Irisarc1]

@@misterdeity okay. I misunderstood. I thought you were using the Boxer pic as an actual pic of Chaser. The names are similar and I have never watched Homeward Bound. I have seen a video about Chaser, though. Amazing. I never wanted to watch Homeward Bound because, even though I knew they would get home, the stress of watching the animals be in jeopardy makes me very uncomfortable. I have a very tender heart and a huge love for pets.

[@Marc010]

If god is all knowing, wouldn't he have known his flawed humans would break his rules? Instead, lets drown them!

[@littlebitofhope1489]

If he was all knowing and created Eve with no knowledge of good and evil, or right from wrong, wouldn't he know she couldn't follow rules?

[@mathiasrryba]

​@@littlebitofhope1489Also after eating from the tree Adam and eve knew that being naked is evil, apparently, therefore god made them commit evil, be naked, on purpose and put of their ignorance

[@littlebitofhope1489]

@@mathiasrryba Go figure that a god would make people think that his creation was evil. That was my point though. You can't expect someone who has no knowledge of right and wrong to know that breaking a rule was wrong. It's a really stupid story, just like so many in that book.

[@dennishubbs1869]

He also allowed his chief adversary to deceive his first two people

[@HoneyTone-TheSearchContinues]

You guys are beating around the bush here. That OT god thingy laid a trap for 2 innocent (naive) kids (telling them about a private stash, making a rule that wasn’t understandable to them as to why, and allowing a clever talking snake to mess with the heads of the kids). This was deliberate. And then bringing the house down on them and their descendants for all time, cuz of course once they ate the apple his hands were tied, y’all. Narcissistic control freak a-hole.

[@tinyskustoms]

Unimaginably fantastic video!

[@c.a.t.732]

Excellent video, Mr. D! It reminds me of how Gilbert Gottfried (or was it Gottfried Leibnitz?) proved in his work "Theidiocy" (or was it "Theodicy"?) through a process of logical reduction (or was it deduction?) that this is the "best of all possible worlds". Good stuff!

[@InigoMontoya-]

I prefer the works of God-Free Leibovitz.

[@c.a.t.732]

@@InigoMontoya- I don't speak German, but I've been wondering if "Gottfried" means "God-fried", as in the fate that supposedly awaits unbelievers like myself after death.

[@InigoMontoya-]

​@@c.a.t.732It is probably from the Hebrew meaning of Godfrey - God + Peace, basically an oxymoron.

[@michaelfisher7170]

The Bible is basically a story about a wrathful angry reaaly really pissed off tribal war god who one day was so distracted by his anger that he heedlessly tripped over a virgin...getting her pregnant in the process and hitting his head so hard his personality changed. He bacame an angry wrathful daddy god that suddenly loved the hell out of literally everyone..so much so that he'll love you straight into eternal torment if you don't get with the program, accept his accident kid and love him back. Oh yeah...sign me up!

[@misterdeity]

That’s a Mr. Deity episode!!!

[@michaelfisher7170]

@@misterdeity holy crap. Now I have to look it up! Lol thanks misterdeity!

[@misterdeity]

@@michaelfisher7170 No. I meant it could be - that’s a Mr. Deity script!

[@michaelfisher7170]

@@misterdeity lol...I've been knocking that around in my head for awhile now...I told off my LDS brother and his wife with that same bit when they pressed me about why I don't go to church. Ugh. Lol but frankly I LIKE that take on "the scriptures"...and I'm sticking to it. Love your vids and will be a loyal viewer. Your work is so great!

[@MrChupacabra555]

Silly Thought: It seems like God must be missing the 'Time Stone' from his 'Infinity Gauntlet', since that seems to be the only thing stronger than Him (he is powerful enough to know all things that will happen, but not powerful enough to prevent it, or change the outcome.......something Thanos easily did once he had the Time Stone 😏)

[@misterdeity]

Thanks so much for the SuperThanks! It is amazing how we've somehow been able to come up with better ideas than an infinitely intelligent Being. God also needed the Smart Stone. LOL!!!

[@riseofdarkleela]

@@misterdeitysuper thanks are the best idea ever!

[@RickySTT]

This video is going to be a quote-mine bonanza.

[@johnhunter5724]

In YHWH's defence, how many times has someone said "I've had the best idea ever" just after finishing that blunt they knew they over filled? It would explain a lot...

[@FakingANerve]

Or after a few long lines of blow, which would explain his rage issues.

[@bananaslug.1951]

Thanks!

[@bananaslug.1951]

Best idea ever.. helping to keep you on KZbin

[@misterdeity]

Genius!!! Thanks so much. Blessings are headed your way!

[@mcarp555]

Is conceiving of the perfect Swedish furniture store the best _IKEA_ ever? I dunno. It occurred to me while watching this video, what if god's maximal greatness is restrained by physical law? In which case he would have to have used evolution to create humans. Presumably god cannot overcome logical impossibilities such as a square circle or a married bachelor no matter how 'maximally great'. What if similar physical limitations apply in the same way? If a god can create a universe but only within certain parameters, is he still 'maximally great'? It's like turning the fine-tuning argument on its head; if god is doing the best he can under severe constraints, the concept of 'maximal greatness' might mean no more than a god conceived of by ignorant Bronze Age peasants. That's the best that god could ever be. Bill? We need to talk...

[@HarryNicNicholas]

did you put that together yourself? _with nothing left over?_

[@HarryNicNicholas]

i'm a graphic designer, i can kinda image a square circle, but i do have trouble with a one ended stick...

[@Uryvichk]

"Maximal" properties are often used to get around the apparent incoherence of infinite properties, but as you've suggested, it erodes the idea of what God could be to the point of being a joke. "Maximal" just means nothing can be greater, but that doesn't say anything about what the peak is. The "greatest" number between 0 and 1 is still less than 1. Maybe "maximal" power isn't actually very powerful; maybe creating universes, realistically speaking, isn't that hard. Maybe "maximal" intelligence is still not sufficient to avoid screwing up quite often. Maybe "maximal" goodness still only lets you care so much. The maximally great being might be better than me, but by how much, exactly?

[@mcarp555]

@@Uryvichk Exactly. You get what I'm suggesting.

[@albrio8451]

File these 6 minutes as some of the most profound minutes if had in my 63 years of learning

[@nuriagiralt617]

Wow! I love Brian and WOTM, but where have you been?

[@brunozeigerts6379]

Yahweh as a Maximal? I'd have pegged him for a Decepticon...

[@dwainmarsh9139]

I kept waiting for Bri, Bri to say Maximals maximize, then I realized I wasn't watching a Transformer video. Though now I'm wondering if Yahweh isn't a herald of Unicron.

[@InigoMontoya-]

I am not sure Yahweh is into being pegged.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

@@InigoMontoya- Maybe from behind?

[@Cyrusmagi]

The more you know the more you know you dont know?

[@mitchellminer9597]

If God is that being "greater than which cannot be conceived", then God is limited by *our* ability to conceive. If God made us, God made our ability to conceive. Which is circular, somehow. Speaking of making us, wouldn't it be easier to start with an Ardipithicus than a pile of mud?

[@HarryNicNicholas]

i always have to point out that how am i made "in god's image" when clearly i'm not spaceless, timeless, immaterial, omnipotent or omniscient? i think it's just another bit of religist bolloks.

[@commonsense5494]

I just ask them what all-loving benevolent father created his most beloved children unable to conceive of or understand him? The buck always stops with him.

[@Uryvichk]

@@HarryNicNicholas The Catholic Catechism says man is in the image of God, but God is "in no way" in the image of man. I'm not sure they understand how images work. I guess they'd fail the mirror test.

[@mickeydecurious]

I think one aspect of the Christians refuse to acknowledge is God destroyed the Earth because of nephilim; then God 5,000 years later created a nephilim to be tortured and killed for humanity's sins... Ward's according to the Tanakh original sin doesn't exist, and also according to to knock if you ask father God to forgive you and forgive you as long as you repent; what was the purpose of creating a nephelim to die?

[@grapeshot]

The all-powerful and all-knowing two-year-old acting despot.

[@commonsense5494]

But, he didn't eat the cookies! A monster came by and ate the cookies and then put cookie crumbs all over his hands and face!

[@jimbob8992]

It's no coincidence that a all knowing and all-powerful god unsurprisingly shares similar thoughts and ideas to the tribesmen who invented him.

[@pureflix8086]

AND... that two-year old is _INCONSOLABLE!!_ 😬

[@darthvirgin7157]

could you imagine if humans kept worshipping the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna to this day? and it became a worldwide religion? MISOGYNY would be nonexistent. still a nonexistent deity. but still….

[@mickeydecurious]

I don't know I like Dionysus and pan they both know how to party and nobody got into wars because of them😂 course they were probably too drunk, but hey😂

[@dimbulb23]

Better still, this is the God who is going to create the Eternal Paradise that Christians long for. The Garden of Eden was intended to last too. That didn't last long or end well. Luckily, the Flood washed that failure away and things soon fell apart again. Then He had His son tortured to death. Predictably, things didn't exactly improve that much after that fix either. Death, disease, stillbirth, famine, rape and War. But not to worry, He just needed a bit more practice. I'm sure all will be fine in Heaven. Good Luck. If not, you can strive for Heave 2.0. What else would give our brief lives purpose.

[@NielMalan]

Of course, if the universe we live in is the only possible one, it's also the best possible universe, and everything in it is the maximally greatest.

[@mathiasrryba]

And the worst at the same time

[@peterharley8408]

Excellent! Explains everything except how god moves in mysterious ways. The theists GET OUT OF JAIL FREE card.

[@damonhicks969]

I thought free will was their get god out of jail free card, no god doesn't give babies cancer he gave us free will and we gave babies cancer!

[@robertl4824]

Thanks! Best Idea Ever! :-)

[@misterdeity]

Yes, becoming a patron, sending a SuperThanks, etc... best ideas ever! Thanks so much! I'm sending you endless indulgences and making your underwear magical! Use them for good and never evil!

[@robertl4824]

@@misterdeity But my underwear is too short for magical ones and might inflame the desires of others (I wish)

[@misterdeity]

@@robertl4824 That’s the whole point. Enjoy!!!

[@2ahdcat]

Bri! You can't talk about GAWD like that! (He'll smite You) lol 🤣

[@HarryNicNicholas]

might smite.

[@2ahdcat]

@@HarryNicNicholas lol

[@misterdeity]

Already smitten!

[@2ahdcat]

@@misterdeity Damn (I missed it) lol

[@InigoMontoya-]

Remember that great Billy Squire song? “Smote me, smote me! Smote! Smote!”

[@pkats9093]

Nice

[@esskay2195]

Wow, this video is gonna be taken out of context, Brian! 😂

[@BCole-bj4lv]

10 or 20 of your amazing videos and I think everyone would be an atheist. Gotta laugh that KZbin put an ad on for LDS after your video finished. Ha!

[@Vadjong]

I had the Best Idea Ever some while ago! I'm sure I must have written it down somewhere...

[@yourgodismean4526]

🤣

[@misterdeity]

That's the story of my life!

[@Ardonmachinery]

Like a person who donates to Keneth Copeland ministries trying to understand Chance 😂😂😂

[@DoctorZisIN]

Goodnight and Chance bless!

[@ptgannon1]

Great! That will be one of those videos that gets shared to put a little "burn" on the discussion.

[@GodEqualstheSquaRootof-1]

God is Awesome!.... I know because I've seen the Tee Shirt.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

front or back? missionary or, er, the other way?

[@GodEqualstheSquaRootof-1]

@@HarryNicNicholas A woman was wearing that shirt in the movie 'Donnie Darko'; I've wanted one ever since.

[@rickskeptical]

Pangloss had it right then! All hail the inspired Voltaire!

[@norbertjendruschj9121]

Huh, how many people do you think have ever read Candide?

[@rickskeptical]

@@norbertjendruschj9121 Not nearly enough.

[@PatrickOSullivanAUS]

Sad but true. Too funny though (Adelaide, South Australia)

[@thepaulwalkerexperience8727]

And you've just codified another argument against certain kinds of theism: Let's call it the Logical Problem of Omniscient Planning. Nice work on putting another tool in the atheist toolbox.

[@misterdeity]

What a nice comment! You’ve made my fortnight!!!

[@Devious_Dave]

Why is each 'best idea ever' only required to meet Low Bar Bill's low epistemic standard when it should survive the greatest scrutiny? When 'special pleading' is the norm for theists, it's hard to get them back on track 🙂

[@misterdeity]

That's all they've got - special pleading. For a very "special" group of people.

[@TrudeHell]

Calling Chaser an Aussie is a huge insult to the Border Collies, I guess you will never be forgiven, you need to be careful around bag pipes from now on!

[@misterdeity]

Was he really? My bad. D'oh!!!

[@markgordon5266]

Like George Washington, you're on the money. Only one quibble, though...you've misspelled "bestest."

[@commonsense5494]

I agree, but who is this Max? Schmeling?

[@misterdeity]

I was thinking of Max Baer. But Scheling will do.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Or another thing you reminded me of, god is supposed to be the supreme being. Assuming for the sake of argument god existed, he invented light. Like he invented it himself. He invented the atom. His concept. The atom. And this is the same god who demands ritual blood sacrifice? A Christian must accept that animal sacrifice is a valid concept. They don't do it any longer obviously because they don't need to with the whole Jesus, human sacrifice thing. I mean, that's what it is. I know that term might sound bad when I say it like that but that's what it is. But anyway, that's how it worked before Jesus. Animal sacrifice. That to me does not seem like the kind of thing the god who invented spacetime would care about. The blood rituals of a tribe of primates. Why would he care about a monkey's concept of "sacrifice"? If that sort of entity wanted anything, maybe he'd want us to think a little more deeply about things. Maybe he'd want us to see him as something more than your Zeus kind of god. Like us, only more powerful. Really I don't think he'd care a lick what we think or do if he existed. But if he cared about anything, he probably wouldn't appreciate the bigotry carried out in his name with enough cover that a bigot can say "I'm not a bigot. It's all about god." and people will believe him. Or us building all this bizarre theology around him involving him having a primate son who died for our sins complete with cathedrals, priests, kneeling while praying in unison and other assorted rituals of veneration and submission. It just makes no sense. Those types of practices are people practices. It's clearly a human thing and not a god thing. Especially when you consider how similar they are to other practices by other humans who believe is some other, completely different god. It falls apart.

[@Firestorm12345678910]

If we evolved out of animal sacrificing (because totally unnecessary see cloned synthetic meat: here you go god a petri dish full of cow/lamb whatever cloned animal cells, does anyone have a lighter? and a fan so I can waft this very tiny yet humble delicious bbq smell aroma skywards where the god...s...err I mean the only one true GOD lives just above the clouds? ) then perhaps we can also evolve out of this human/god sacrificing ritual thing as well (because that's just f-up can't even rationalize)? Yes. Death and dying is dramatic. However. It's going to get less dramatic when everyone in the world will be able to experience it over and over again in a vr setting artificially induced (and safely of course) as entertainment say in video games. Death as a passage to the supernatural. Well in the future it will become less impressive and manageable (referring to Transhumanism).

[@mjhoMJHO]

The best idea ever!😂😅😂😀

[@1970Phoenix]

Cool - where do I sign up for this religion?

[@HarryNicNicholas]

just to be serious for a second, how can anyone verify if anyone else is maximally anything? it can only be a claim, or an assertion, you couldn't recognise or verify omniscience even if you were omniscient. god is bollocks, completely. that's an assertion, but i can verify it, look, get god to tell me i'm wrong. still waiting.

[@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers]

This is god here, not the idiot one of the bible the, til now, maximally hiddenness mega god. Yahweh is like a flea on a dog compared to me, the greatest dog ever. Now, I’m off, I need a poop, owner Orwell have you those poop bags you bought down the Mall? Get them ready, I’m going to poop another universe.

[@Uryvichk]

You can't. Even if God truly exists and truly is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent, it's impossible for him to prove it. You might be PERSUADED of these things after sufficient demonstration, but they're not provable. To know someone is omniscient would require being omniscient yourself, and for the other two, it's always possible God's incapable of doing something he would need to be capable of to be maximally powerful/good. As an example, suppose there's a question that simply has no answer. It's unanswerable, and when you ask God the question, he tells you so. But how do you know he's right? Is it an unanswerable question, or does God just not know, or is God refusing to answer? Unless God can produce a comprehensible proof for your review that proves the question cannot be answered, you have no way of knowing. God does, because as an omniscient maximally intelligent being he just kind of knows facts, but YOU don't.

[@InigoMontoya-]

It’s pretty easy; you just keep making something better, until you can’t.

[@jobaecker9752]

Best video EVER! . I take shower now.

[@unclejohnny863]

Huh!

[@randyhodges8782]

All the people who drowned in Noah's flood found Jesus at the last minute and went to heaven. It's a win.

[@yourgodismean4526]

Mr D, you’re the only one who despises Celine Dion as much as I do❤

[@Reason1717]

@yourgodismean4526, Celine Dion here. Bri-bri only disrespects me before I left him at the altar (The sacrifice to Yahweh Alter that is).

[@RighteousBurn]

Poof is the Best Idea Ever. Prove me wrong.

[@sethhornaday5943]

The great physician, that didn't leave behind any medical advice or knowledge besides Wash feet, drink wine and eat bread, Turn the othe cheek, give your money away , dont plan for tmw gods got your back, dont worry what eat, pita bread and wine.

[@billmcdonald4335]

Yeah, yeah. Big whoop. Yahweh might be maximally great, but only Mohammed Ali is The Greatest. Just sayin'.

[@InigoMontoya-]

Yahweh floats like a Holy Ghost and stings like a nail? I am not as good with poetry as the pretty-faced Ali.

[@goldenalt3166]

Or... We could just recognize that whatever this "maximally great being" might be the Bible has nothing to do with it. Another instance of Christian apologetics destroying Christianity.

[@jimbob8992]

But surely Celine Dion is proof,if proof was needed, that some all powerful malevolence is at play?

[@jerryhayes9497]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@knarf_on_a_bike]

Céline Dion 🇨🇦 rose to national fame here in the Great White North in 1984 when, at age 16, she sang for the pope and 60,000 papists in Montréal. It did wonders for her career. I bet she thinks that was the Best Idea Ever!

[@dod-do-or-dont]

Trash Ganjin. A.k.a Yahweh