Would God Approve of the Current USA? Call Matt Dillahunty & Promise | The Hang Up 01.29.25

[@Rach_Against_the_Machine]

Matt and Promise thank you for finding reasons to come back. You’ve made a big difference in my life and although I’m frustrated, too, I appreciate having y’all as good company.

[@Wizzl241]

To come back? Did something happen?

[@Rach_Against_the_Machine]

@ they said they need to find reasons to come back and do another show each time but they do for the value. I’m paraphrasing now but I do appreciate the effort and can relate to the frustration. It’s inspirational that they do so.

[@willbfriend7187]

"You're getting upset because I'm interrupting you and I find that rude, so I am going to back out of this before you expose more of my bad thought processes." - Grant

[@gornser]

At least Grant was apparently trying. These thought-blocking mechanisms that strong believes often bring with themselves culturally (all major religions work that way) are incredibly strong and humans aren't nearly as rational as they think they are.

[@FaiaHalo]

Sorry I'm late today ❤️‍🩹 2:22 Matt's Hang Up. 15:16 Promise's Intro. 20:31 Grant (he/him) - Theist | Caller claims that "the apparent design of the Universe" makes him believe that a creator god exists, and that this god is specifically the Christian god. 49:16 RS (she/her) - Spiritual | Caller wants to know when it is reasonable to be concerned about loved ones potentially getting de p orted. [Much love to Caller

[@shanewilson7994]

Thank you for doing the time stamps, late or not (not that you are really that late).

[@real.evidence]

You’re the BEST Faia!!! We can always count on you. 🙏

[@mikeinmelbourne9491]

Thanks so much for your continued service!

[@craiganders3424]

Thank you for all you do, Faia❤

[@AntifascistAllDay]

🥰🥰🥰

[@simay4977]

As an outsider it is truly heartbreaking to see how far the US seems to be falling in so many areas. "Give me your tired and poor" seems to have become "We hate foreigners, even the ones who have jobs". I cannot imagine the frustration for the people who live there.

[@Locust13]

RS "I don't understand why people are concerned about being deported" Also RS: *breaks down crying about how concerned she is about people being deported* What a mess, she didn't call in with a train of thought or seemingly even the ability to form a cogent thought, a call in show doesn't seem to be a place she needs to be right now.

[@markeastlack4180]

I was sick and half out of my mind when i heard a disembodied voice, therefore God. Stop the world i wanna get off this ride of insanity and stupidity. Do you understand how alone i feel just bc i vhoose to actually think and analyze rather than pretending my feelings are thoughts

[@Locust13]

Greg: "my reason for believing in God is I prayed and something happened" Greg that can't be a reason for believing in God because you believed in God before you prayed. What you're engaged in is self-deception. Your mommy and your daddy and your preacher and your Sunday school teacher told you about God and you believed them. Then you look at the universe and believe it's created by God because you believed in God when you looked at it, you prayed and something happened and you believe God did it because you believed in God when you prayed. You're starting with belief. With faith, in the unfalsifiable and undemonstrable.

[@oliverthompson9922]

Exactly. If that was really the reason he believed in god, he could falsify it by praying for a whole load of other things and dismissing god when they don't happen.

[@robinward6266]

Matt, remember you do make a difference. I watched a lot of your videos, and I have learned a lot, especially about logical fallacies. I don't know if I have changed any minds, but I have been able to use this knowledge to at least try. Thank you.

[@AnimatedUke]

Promise is perfecting the eye roll during X-rez. She's also really great at listening intently and pinpointing poignant questions.

[@Freethecommons]

Promise is an amazing human.

[@Locust13]

So nice to see Amir get body checked at the door and not just be handed a half hour block of the show again to do the same old thing. SECOND he gets hung up on the wording of the title of the show and cannot get off of it because he thinks he has some gotcha. SECOND once they finally pry him away from snidely talking about words in the title, he just asserts "something can't come from nothing". He can't move on from that, Jim wadded his argument up last time, threw it in the trash can, set the trash can on fire, demonstring that Amir he had no understanding of the physics OR the philosophy. He wanted to take a philosophy concept and actualize it in reality when that is not possible, it's just a concept, and he even mixed up the first and second laws of thermodynamics pretending the last part of the second law also applied to the first law. When he realizes he is intellectually backed into a corner he refuses to answer simple questions, just complaining that the question was even brought up.

[@mobrocket]

Can something come from nothing is a TERRIBLE argument for a god Because neither way thats answered does not support a god

[@Magnusfication]

I love how u guys handled Amir. It annoys me to no end when the hosts give 90 minutes of our time to a troll or a call that is clearly going nowhere.

[@bunnybismuth]

And by host, you mean Forrest

[@Magnusfication]

@bunnybismuth yeh he tends to spend too much time on trolls imo. But hes not the only one.

[@johnnehrich9601]

Ditto. But at least due to the WONDERFUL work of Faia, I get to see who is calling, in case it is a repeat troll, and if the call seems to be going nowhere, have the time stamp to jump to the next one.

[@hansverhaegen8406]

I was surprised Amir didn't go for his signature kalam cosmological argument again. Until he went for it again. The guy truly is a one trick pony show.

[@johnnehrich9601]

More like one end of the pony, the south end of an animal facing north.

[@valeriewilliams9562]

My bestie is 1st gen American which is why he has US citizenship. During the election I voiced my concern and was told “OMG don’t be dramatic. He’s fine. He had birthright citizenship.” Now we are both sitting here wondering… will he actually “BE FINE???” Much love to RS. I get the emotion

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

Birthright citizenship is done and over. Your friend WILL be deported. This is literally what everyone SAID was going to happen.

[@loki2240]

Most people don't know what this means. They don't think their loved ones or themselves will be affected. But the Fourteenth Amendment, which establishes birthright citizenship, was ratified largely to make African Americans citizens after chattel slavery was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment. Their ancestors had been in the U.S. for generations, in most cases. Without adherence to the Fourteenth Amendment, the people in control of the government can decide that anyone isn't a citizen, based upon ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, political dissent, etc. And there are many people on the right who don't want certain ethnic groups here or even any "non-white" people. Also, just ignoring the U.S. Constitution and getting away with it on this issue will embolden the administration to ignore the Constitution on other issues (and normalize it for the public). But true to form, most people won't care because they don't think they'll be affected. And other people typically won't do anything out of fear of being targeted. And the reality is that the time to do something about it has already passed. Once such people already have the power to do what they want to do, we're essentially SOL because tens of millions of people aren't going resist with violence. We needed to have kept these people out of office in the first place.

[@TorianTammas]

Authoritarian regimes come for everyone not as powerful as they are. It is only a matter of time. I hope we all stay safe

[@loki2240]

@@TorianTammas - Yes, and amassing power based upon bigotry requires an "other" to oppose, scapegoat, take out frustrations upon, or otherwise mistreat. The administration and many of its supporters won't stop at the children of undocumented Hispanic immigrants. They won't stop at at trans people in the military and "DEI hires" in the federal government. Once they feel like they've sufficiently targeted certain groups, or once they've tired of only targeted those groups, they'll move on to other groups. This is just the first month.

[@bigparade]

Promise asks a very important question: "What is it that has you so convinced this is real that you're willing to worship it?" I would add to that..."especially now that you are an adult"

[@Freethecommons]

So insult the person's intelligence?

[@boringth]

Right? My dad boasted to me that his god can’t be disproven. It took all my will not to facepalm. Let’s just believe every unfalsifiable claim and see where that gets us.

[@bigparade]

@@Freethecommons I suppose a person could choose to accept it as an insult. Or...they could entertain the possibility that they have the very liberating right of free thought. I went to Christian schools for 16 years. The moment someone asked me what god I would worship if I was born in the middle east, the lightbulb went off. Lying to children is the ultimate insult

[@bigparade]

@@boringth We are seeing where that gets us right now, aren't we? They feel so strongly about their misguided beliefs, they are willing to follow the worst charlatans. The longer someone is invested in their religion, the less likely they are to set themselves free. Religious institutions know this, so they start the indoctrination from birth

[@vincehawthorne3155]

Good riddance that Amir just hung up and got banned. Dude is dishonest af and just an absolute trainwreck. JFC. I almost miss the other Amir from the UK, and he's not that much better, but he's certainly not as obnoxious. Also lol on the hypocrisy of Grant's call. What a cop out.

[@IRGeamer]

One of the most justified banns in christian apologetic history, The level of wilful ignorance and constant refusal to even try to understand anything anyone ever says to him if it doesn't fit his script is truly astounding, horrific and dangerous. “There is a cult of ignorance… and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” - Isaac Asimov

[@jjkd2000]

Matt you are a teacher more than you know

[@mmoreno7137]

Am I the only one who finds it so sad that we have had a homeless epidemic here in the U.S. Many of them a citizens. Everybody says that's too bed. We decide we want to deport illegals and suddenly we are building housing to hold them in prior to kicking them out. Why not housing for the homeless?

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

Well, there's more than enough empty homes to give every single homeless person (not family, but individual) their own home. But the rich won't allow it. The problem COULD be solved overnight. But it's not profitable to corporations to do so.

[@botarakutabi1199]

@@AdamBladeTaylor Literally, even pre covid we had six empty homes for every homeless person.

[@bunnybismuth]

​@@botarakutabi1199And where were those homes? What condition were they in?

[@simonl1135]

Bez is not the dumbest caller on the show, but still pretty high up the ranks.

[@AaronOneal-e7h]

@@simonl1135 Hard disagree. Matt was right on his assessment.

[@TooCringeToAssociateWith]

Almost a full show of theist callers with Matt hosting! 🙃🍿

[@tammyburton8289]

🎉yep 😁 you're all so wonderful here,this show is such a ride of emotions 🌄I am not sure what I'd do without it atm I'm kinda unable to walk yet and I'm very isolated,so it's all so in sincerity appreciated ty

[@TorianTammas]

" possibility of" the existence of Spok, Gandalf and that Darth Vader died for all of us.

[@shanen8031]

"Can something come from nothing" - why are theists so hung up on this. It proves NOTHING. Or does it prove SOMETHING?

[@daydreamerX200]

Almost feel bad for Grant. His bad thought processes get called out, and he has to run away.

[@IRGeamer]

I find it nearly impossible to "feel bad" for wilfully ignorant cowards.

[@erinclark5681]

46:16 "Oo! Here it is, my escape!" (Pulls ripcord, gets sucked out window.)

[@TrishRyan-ey8go]

Matt Promise and all at the Line! Some of us Appreciate you farrrr more than you know! Matt , you have saved a ton of lives! That’s Not your job , but so many of us can Not afford insurance to go! I love ❤️ more “ Liberal “ state of Maryland! Sadly, it ain’t that liberal as tons worship Trump here! It’s a wealthy state and near Annapolis is extremely wealthy, but, the YWCA can Not even afford to pay wages so there is only one therapist and 1/2 ! I have been waiting for one for two months!

[@WynnterGreen]

Good luck America, the inmates are in charge of the asylum.

[@mistahtom]

We’re not in here with them, they’re in here with us.

[@WynnterGreen]

I'm not sure how that follows, given that they have the guns, the power, and the numbers.

[@mistahtom]

@@WynnterGreen and? They ceded the power of their god to the humanists.

[@WynnterGreen]

Where on earth did you get that misguided belief from?

[@mistahtom]

@ I wouldn’t go changing the subject, you should reflect on the language you use.

[@jameswright...]

Matt, you're so horrible you made me spill my tealeaves through laughter! I'm English and tea is my god! How dare you do anything that gets in the way of my cuppa! 😂 "You're the rudest I've ever interrupted" 😂

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

America as a nation is finished. But it's 248 years old and empires generally last about 250 years. So it's not a surprise.

[@TorianTammas]

The Roman empire lasted much longer so an average does not give us any insight on a specific case. It is not a math problem with one solution.

[@hismajestylordsmenkhare5878]

Don't be so doom and gloom, the USA is a toddler as far as nations go, it's just having a tantrum and a little squeal, things will be better eventually

[@bunnybismuth]

That's a bullshit line. Get some real knowledge rather than populist garbage

[@laurajarrell6187]

Great show guys! I, too, believe that you two kind of balance each other as hosts! And yep, it may take hearing stuff in a few different styles to break through and help free people. They really fear admitting that most believe because they were raised to believe it. And they fear losing loved ones to death. 👍🏼💙💖💙💝💙🥰✌

[@Never-mind1960]

Grant - ID/ creationism / fine tuning arguments are all based on the absurd assumption that our life bearing world is the only one that could ever happen in all of eternity and infinity. Also, that is only taking into consideration that "life" can only happen the way it did here. There are probably many trillions of ways to get to sentient beings. Even if life required a pre-existing mechanism to make it happen, there is no reason to think that the process may just be automatic and universal. Adding a personality (gods), would just be adding an exponentially greater, and unnecessary, improbability. Chaos may be the norm in our universe, but may be rare in the infinite cosmos.

[@bigparade]

Wow, love your comment. How does this not make sense to virtually everyone?

[@robertbobby400]

Didn't expect to get Matt's take on Kelly Clarkson when I tuned in, but once again, he's absolutely correct.

[@nsaiswatching289]

Maybe on this episode God will give one of his followers enough evidence to call in and convince the hosts. Maybe today is the day

[@shanewilson7994]

Grant, we have no reason to think that the "natural laws" are designed. That's just a weird thought that you have. The opposite of designed isn't random, despite how hard you guys try to pretend it is.

[@IRGeamer]

It's almost like they are being wilfully ignorant about the exponential complexity of the emerging properties of a multitude of interacting matter, energy and physical/chemical processes. "I don't have a real problem with ignorance. We are all ignorant about a variety of subjects we are not currently aware of. The real problem is when that ignorance is wilful, baseless and used as a weapon against anyone who disagrees with you, or anyone who has the nerve to present facts you don't want to accept." - anyone who actually cares about verifiable reality

[@shanewilson7994]

@Promise, I absolutely love how you handled Evrek with your questions. Bringing up things that she hadn't though about, which really got her to think. Great job!

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

The fact that Evangelicals overwhelmingly support Trump shows the true evil of religion.

[@shaneoid361]

American "Christianity" is it's own beast, it's a combination of Neoplatonic idealism and the Protestant Work Ethic, and people seem to think that's how it's always been. Nope, America has it all twisted at it's core.

[@Never-mind1960]

When the theist claims that there was nothing, before there was something, then claims there was a god, he has already shot himself in the foot; for a god is not nothing Fun fact: An eternal god is an infinite regress. Therefore if an infinite regress is not possible, then neither is an eternal god. Change is logically sequential regardless of temporality. Even the process of thinking is sequential. If a god can be a self-maintaining brute fact, a non-god system without a personality can be too. Most apologetic, when fairly applied, self-refutes.

[@chinkasuyaro8983]

Thanks for mentioning Ethel Cain. She's amazing, and the line 'God loves you, but not enough to save you. So good luck taking care of yourself.' is Minchin-level. Beautiful music. You guys are better than Roland and The Tooth Bunny combined!

[@shanewilson7994]

X-rez, the Bible doesn't solve all of the problems, hell I'd consider slavery a major problem and the Bible promotes it.

[@TorianTammas]

I wonder why people come up with such claims that are obviously false. The story of Job shows us that the belief in that God caused him the death of his wife kids, loss of existence and worse just so God could show that he would still belief. It is one of the many insanities.

[@TypographyGuru]

Impressive. The first Time Art didn’t go with his “a table a grounded in wood, a universe is grounded in god “ … proof.

[@jmcarp0]

@matt dillahunty I'm a USNavy nuke vet on VA Health care. In 1985 I was told by the VA hospital in Atlanta that I didnt qualify for any health care. 10 years ago my then gf said I should ask the VA again if I qualified. I did! Could you? This is not medical advice but are there any vets who currently don't qualify for VA healthcare? You might save $1000 a mo if you call the VA and sign up. If I'm wrong please tell me, and glob help us in this Trump mess

[@jmcarp0]

PS, I'm getting 2 insulins and bags of meds free

[@derekkinabrew9548]

How much do we need to donate to get Matt to do a full episode with his southern belle accent?

[@jeffreyphillips8390]

Wow Nate was terrifyingly accurate on his analysis

[@sle2470]

"I wonder if Trump's library will be gold plated?" No it'll be filled with Little Golden Books.

[@winstonjen5360]

Picture books and coloring books about Trump.

[@SumNutOnU2b]

Checkbooks, maybe? Those are the only ones he's actually likely to ever read.

[@mathewaitken7411]

They have things called ‘words’ in them. Perhaps pop up books

[@TorianTammas]

You don't need any books at all. It just has to look good and high-priced. So walls covered with golden titles of like Marx "das Kapital" would be fine.

[@winstonjen5360]

@@TorianTammas Perhaps a few posters of "War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength."

[@shanewilson7994]

Brian, like Matt said, auditory hallucinations can be caused by a lot of things. I've had them quite a lot since my cat passed away, of her meowing. The stress from Covid and the fact that your body was going through something major with your heart, that stress could have also possibly caused it. On top of that, your brain very possibly went a bit without oxygen, and you may have false memories around this instead of it even being an hallucination. But I will say this, while I doubt you heard the voice of a god, I'm glad you pulled through and am still around.

[@kirsa9911]

still hear tippy tap catnails on my floor every now and then

[@gargoyleking529]

The fact that there is no body is proof that jesus resurrected? So he came back to life and he flew up into the sky? Or space? Is he still floating around the sky? Where does he go to the bathroom? Is he all alone in the sky? Does he have a house? Why hasn't anyone seen him flying around the earth? Isnt it cold? Does he need a sweater? I thought i saw him flying by my house the other day but it was just a seagull

[@loki2240]

Obviously, he and his body went to a different universe in the Marvel multiverse. 😂

[@bigparade]

Does he need a sweater? 😂😂😂

[@The667tony]

People feel privileged and entitled until NOW. let's go!

[@decay79]

Never ceases to amaze me how rude people can be, and then whine about a world like "fucking".. Calling the nothing can come from nothing argument is anything but reason.. It's so fucking tiresome to listen to..

[@Xynth22]

Glad Matt finally banned Amir at least when he is on. It really is the same stupid script every time.

[@sdaniels160]

The Native American caller is very interesting. ICE detained some Native Americans yesterday thinking they were Latino and she is concerned now.

[@septixskeptix1107]

Yeah, news agencies jumped on that, but we have no real evidence of that other than unverified reports from a counsel member of the Navajo nation. I'm not saying that it is or isn't true, it's just unverified.

[@RonnellMcDoneld]

Grant wasn’t ready

[@lukastemberger]

Love you guys.

[@captainkatheist]

Fine tuning apparently means that 99.999% of the universe is inhospitable to life and and even portions of earth is inhospitable, I’m confused if the universe is so finely tuned shouldn’t life exist everywhere in the universe?

[@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος]

Bye Grant 🖖

[@cheesburgr]

Intended to make it to this one, but I don't think I had anything prescient to say in the moment lil' surprised Nate's call was left in

[@Porkproducts]

Just commenting to feed the algorithm.

[@markeastlack4180]

I need someone to explain why and how God is the default position. Why do i have to disprove something there is absolutely 0 evidence of even being possible? There is actually more evidence that Spider-Man is a real individual than that a God exist

[@johnnehrich9601]

There are people, and have been people, all over the world, including way back in time, who have chosen some deity to whom to pray. If ANY one of these was a real god who answered prayer, we should see a single subset of people who consistently have significant better results. Things like less sickness, less starvation, less being conquered or being terrorized by others, by comparison to other groups of similar economic, etc. conditions. Even if it could be shown one subset can always find their car keys.

[@dimitrioskalfakis]

grant retreated within his presuppositional ignorance, as expected.

[@IRGeamer]

“If you’ll just give up your critical faculties, a world of idiotic bliss can be yours.” - Christopher Hitchens

[@Peter-42istheAnswer]

@Matt Dillahunty Hey Matt, you mentioned talented people and guitarists like Billy Strings. Here is a list of other great guitarists alive today for you to check out, in no particular order: Tommy Emmanuel, Mike Dawes, Joe Bonamassa, Tim Henson, Guthrie Govan, Annie Clark, Tosin Abasi, Vernon Reid, Eric Gales, John Petrucci, Yvette Young, Julian Lage. Hope you find someone worthwhile! And great show today, keep it up!

[@eve_wasframed]

Mike Dawes!! ❤

[@Peter-42istheAnswer]

@ Yeah, he is unreal, and so innovative! Great job on both shows today :)

[@botarakutabi1199]

Antoine Dufour is another amazing guitarist! My favorite guitarist is the lead of my favorite band, Tomas Kalnoky of Streetlight Manifesto.

[@Peter-42istheAnswer]

@@botarakutabi1199 Thanks, I know about Antoine from before, and he is indeed fantastic. I'll look up Tomas!

[@botarakutabi1199]

@ If I had to suggest a song that show cases his guitar skills really well, his cover of "Downtown" he did for his solo-ish project "Toh Kay", the guitar piano duet gives me goosebumps.

[@dimitrioskalfakis]

amir needs counselling on logic and science in that order.

[@IRGeamer]

You can lead wilfully ignorant sheep to knowledge, but you cannot make them think.

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

Brian just wanted to talk. He had an extremely long story that said literally nothing. I saw things that I can't prove and so decided to lie and say it's a god.

[@AaronOneal-e7h]

I muted my TV when he was on.

[@Pmrace1960]

poor old brian getting voices in his head..

[@Never-mind1960]

When theists tell you that a god is required for morality, Ask them: "If humans are incapable of judging morality for themselves, then how are they able to judge a god's morality (or what is claimed to be god's morality)?" and/or "By what objective standard, did you judge your god's subjective standard?" What theists claim is "written on your heart", is merely instinctual empathy. Also, it is just as possible, that if there was a creator god, that being may just love everything we think is horrible. The god could just as easily think that torturing babies for fun, is totally awesome. In fact, a simple look at nature, would confirm that. Nature is mostly torture.

[@Leith_Crowther]

It really is a shame that Mangione’s actions didn’t cause any real change. For those kinds of things it takes more than one act by more than one person, and Mangione is just one person, after all. So it’s probably (not necessarily) gonna come to nothing.

[@Julian0101]

Oh, it caused change. The insurances started to hide who their ceo's and other top people are (dunno if that is quite legal), and the doj is trying to saddle the event with terror**m in order to cause fear on anyone else who resonated with luigi. Dunno if there will be positive change towards the consumer anytime soon.

[@rickbenjamin6134]

Nate says he is not an idiot....its a subject worth exploring.

[@malleyosiris]

Nate here. Let's explore it.

[@Locust13]

What is the point of "x-rez" the goofball conspiracy theorist using a different name every time he calls in when he makes no attempt to disguise his voice or who he is?

[@KamikazeKomics]

I heard it! Matt Dillahunty for president!

[@Magnusfication]

I look forward to those debates and policies ❤️

[@Mac-qt7uw]

So Bez thinks that if a woman has a husband that abuses her, that tells her "I hit you because I love you" and "look what you made me do to you" and the like, and he's manipulated her to believe him, that means the woman actually does have a husband who loves her, that his hitting her is an act of love, and that it really is her fault and she is "making him" hit her? If he has her convinced its her fault then it is? That's some fucked up thinking, Bez.

[@boringth]

Does causality exist outside of time? If no, then there is no need for a cause for the beginning of time.

[@cgfamorcan9809]

Amir was frustrating as usual and FINALLY he's banned 🎉

[@Apostate_Alexei]

Grant: "I'm gonna hang up because you're very rude..." Because Matt wouldn't let you interrupt him in the middle of making a very important point that would show you don't have a solid standard for evidence? Grow up.

[@Flopperdilly]

Nate sounded like an active shooter in the making

[@malleyosiris]

Nate here. I didn't advocate for anything that Thomas Jefferson or George Washington didn't. I specifically said I'm not going to go do vigilante shit - and that I agree with Matt's take on Luigi. Frustrated? Very. Unilaterally violent? No. Don't get it twisted.

[@RenegadeWanderer]

I love when Matt and Promise/Eve was Framed host together!

[@patriklindholm7576]

About those talented people you listed: all have been proven beyond doubt to be using live pitch correction and even their own studio solo backline while miming, so I beg to differ regarding their genuine performing integrity.

[@AmandaBrecc]

If you need an apology from me then let me know. Everybody thinks I'm the bad guy. Out in CA, isn't that guy, if I may meme, "Get your felonies here, forty dollar felonies, get em while they're hot." Is his name noose em. Forty dollars, why that's a hand cart. Blazing Saddles reference. I would never condone violence unless it's a last resort. One week is gone, got two years ish to organize. My thing is, if you aren't a registered voter, you aren't included in the "count". This is a different thing, very exclusive club. Registered voters, verified. Debate is not what I am looking for, rather, LEG-Forum, Robert's Rules and Mason's Manual, at local level politics. Getting into the local level political scene, much easier than many think as many seats go unfilled or uncontested and a few votes gets one in. Nationally. Are "write in" candidates still a thing? Using even face book as a platform, one could have a national system set up to do some pretty amazing things in just these two years. Can you think like that?

[@andrewvalenski921]

Brian is absolutely using a real-time voice changer // it’s a teen

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

The plane crash happened when a military blackhawk took off in the middle of an established flight path. The plane didn't see the chopper. The chopper pilot should have known that they were in a flight path, and should have paid attention to their surroundings.

[@Never-mind1960]

Bez - Even if you say anything is possible, you have the problem that there are nearly unlimited things in that category. Unless you can't test it, it is only good for entertainment.

[@MichaelStephenson51]

1:18:00 OMG. The god of Christmas past. Brian is making me embarrassed to be from NC

[@danieljennings7769]

Why did her name change from Eve to Promise?

[@redflag4781]

Promise is her real name.

[@Julian0101]

Promise is her real name and eve was her youtube name.

[@mistahtom]

1:44:55 Causality governs the speed of light

[@Bolshibhoy]

Marx would agree with Matt on the Luigi subject but probably from a practical standpoint more than a moral one .

[@theradiantchild]

Brian had a DMT dump

[@mr-nf5sz]

1:38:45 would god approve of the Nazi regime? That was a major act of free will wasn't it?

[@TooCringeToAssociateWith]

Grant, go look at some studies that have been done showing how useless prayer is.. not that we should even need a study to lend creedance to how useless prayer is.

[@markeastlack4180]

I don't think Matt is rude enough to these dishonest cowards. How about you disgusting and cowardly apologists actually try being honest? I just don't understand bc i don't ever need to be dishonest when discussing this topic and I don't have a triomni being on my side So why do you people need to be so dishonest when discussing your magical sky daddy

[@mactallica9293]

Ehh. Grant was being very honest and Matt got so upset that he didn't understand the question. He needs to pick and choose when to unleash himself

[@stefanschnabel2769]

"When you live outside the law you no longer have the protections of it." Not sure if that's the way to propagate humanism and enlightenment.

[@loki2240]

I'm not going to defend that take, but I'll point out that trying to remain ideologically consistent with humanism can result in the loss of the opportunity to promote humanism. This has been brought up many times with Free Speech Absolutism. Groups can exploit Free Speech to gain enough power to "eliminate" or drastically restrict Free Speech. It's a similar deal with humanism. Trying to be ideologically consistent, while entities acquire the power to impose an oppressive totalitarian regime, will result in humanism not having much impact on the society. And trying to convince the totalitarian regime to embrace humanism is very unlikely to significantly improve the situation. But again, I'm not advocating anything in particular. I struggle with these issues myself. I try to live by certain guidelines, and I have my own personality. I don't know that I could behave differently, even if it's the reasonable thing to do under the circumstances. I've developed in a relatively safe and comfortable environment, and I may not be well-suited for dealing with extreme threats from other people that aren't simple self-defense from physical violence.

[@stefanschnabel2769]

@@loki2240 "Trying to be ideologically consistent, while entities acquire the power to impose an oppressive totalitarian regime, will result in humanism not having much impact on the society." I am not sure if I agree or even if I understand what you mean with ideologically consistent. I don't believe that the approach "no tolerance for intolerance" is necessarily in conflict with free speech (it might well be with the "free speech" is understood in some places) and to me it seems very consistent with humanism to oppose undemocratic powerful entities like giant multinational corporations. Maybe I didn't really brought my point across. I found Matt's treatment of the matter rather odd. Of course, the company didn't dissolve over night. But if we think of the assassination as a political act then it is clearly terrorism and a look into the recent US history shows that terrorism can have an immense impact. The quote about "living outside the law" was then just the uncharacteristically thoughtless cherry on top.

[@bunnybismuth]

Are all these concern trolls being paid to say "why Matt rude, why yell, why hang up" or are they just being coordinated?

[@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος]

Did RS at least vote against Trump in the elections?

[@Dr7strings]

Trump's library may resemble Yahweh's tabernacle.

[@yew2oob954]

No...the answer is No.

[@shanewilson7994]

Grant, I have lots of coincidental evidence that I am the star of a tv show much like the Truman Show. I specifically say that I'm going to report potholes at x y and z place since I notice the road conditions going to work, and the next day, prior to me reporting it, its fixed. Things often just kind of work out in my favor, even when perhaps they shouldn't (or have low odds). And lots of other things, but know what, if I went around thinking I was the star of the TV show for real, then that would be a bad way to live my life, plus it would make the tv show really boring.

[@joemiller7082]

Bez is completely useless.

[@kojofour4328]

Of course.....if like the pushers of religion, you make a living from arguing with theists, then I suppose it's not quite completely pointless.

[@hansverhaegen8406]

Lots of bong rip theists this show. Dealers must have been making bank.

[@anastasiasudarsana9025]

When is next show I’d love to Talk with Mat- and Ukrainian war is being ran by Ukrainian government and USA

[@bunnybismuth]

Go feed the sunflowers,Sergei

[@redflag4781]

I mean, obviously the invading power has no culpability

[@designer1970]

Jesus Brian...

[@shanewilson7994]

X-rez what you didn't grasp. Matt wanted a specific answer. All you had to be was to be honest and say "ok what you said was in the Bible, I was wrong on that, the interpretation you have is wrong," and then you could go into those facts. But you whined.

[@solly119119]

That's true, but I also can't say Matt showed any real patience with X-rez, because as soon as he said Matt was misinterpreting the Bible, he lost it and called X-rez a "dishonest f-word". X-rez was wrong but not being aggressive or rude, but any hope of salvaging the conversation was gone as soon as Matt called him that.

[@Bluephantompleco88]

Free Luigi

[@bunnybismuth]

He's a fascist you simp

[@markeastlack4180]

This is a uniquely American issue this isea that we just have to let someone preach their entire "truth". Y'all think thats how interviews work to.. interviews with actually powerful people NO. Yoj can not allow people to gish gallop untrue things thats how we end up with so many morons believing obviously untrue things...like Trump wanting to help poor and working people