Atheist Experience 23.13 with Matt Dillahunty & John Iacoletti
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The Atheist Experience episode 23.13 for March 31, 2019, with Matt Dillahunty and John Iacoletti. Theistic Family. Matt relates some stories about his theistic family.
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1:17:10
"you're making it sound like she was forced into this marriage"
- "She was 9 years old!"
"9 years old girls today can use an ipad"
WTF glad you hung up on that guy.
They uploaded this discussion up to this point before. It cut off before he said what nine year old girls today do. I was really interested in what it was going to be. I expected some nonsense like "Nine year olds today are not as mature as back then" (actually heard Muslims using that "excuse" before). But "...use iPads all the time." I did not expect that. Baffling.
An i-pad, maybe, but not a maxi-pad! Not at nine years old! Her genitals would have been much too small for penetration by a 50-year-old man. How could they have "prepared" her for that? We can only try to imagine how traumatic the ensuing rape would be.
Can use ipad and so could use a dick apparently... Whyyy.
Mary did not consent. Why did a god wish to rape her?
At my work there was an Islam guy at first we didn't give him importance but everything changed when he started talking to us about his religion and we started asking him questions and he come out with this stupidity pedophilia
a colleague couldn't take it anymore he kicked him in the butt and punched him in the face the guy stopped completely
4:38 Matt shares an intensely personal story. Matt... I feel your pain. I have been through many of the same struggles with my own family. Just know that what you are doing with the ACA/AXP is helping thousands - maybe hundreds of thousands - of people break free from the shackles of religion. As someone whom you have never met but who has been touched by your work, I wish you a happy belated birthday with no bullshit religious caveats or reservations attached.
Lmao. Do u think he’s reading this
Mr. Dillahunty, your opening monologue made me tear up. I’m a 38 year old man and have had somewhat of the same situation. It’s not fun seeing a repeat of my interactions with my family through your eyes. Thank you for sharing and letting us into your atheist experience. I know I’m not alone.
I love Matt a million times more than before after this episode.
Lots of pain in there
Same here!
This now opens up my understanding as to why Matt is so passionate about this stuff with so many callers. As someone who’s experiencing significant doubt and having lost both parents (who were both resolutely atheist) some time ago, I’ve now got some thinking to do about how I deal with people very close to me who believe and would probably be broken hearted if they found out I was having those doubts. I’ve really got some problems now because I value this relationship dearly and don’t want to lose it. This stuff is incredibly difficult to deal with and watching this programme has given me great comfort.
My wife is still a Christian. We have a 5 year old daughter and 10 year old son, both of whom were present when I was confronted by my brother and forced to defend my apostasy at a large family gathering. It went south immediately, but went on for hours as I fielded questions from a dozen family members, with several scouring the interwebs for every theist argument they could find. I was prepared, but that means nothing to them.
At one point, my brother stated that god created logic, and he's not bound by the rules of his creation, so we can't even expect to make logical sense of a being that is beyond the laws of logic.
I assumed that SOMEONE, ANYONE ELSE would see how absolutely moronic that argument was, but it happened to be the perfect explanation for them to reconcile contradictions and questions I had raised throughout the ordeal.
Oye...
Once the brain is wired for Religion, through indoctrination that starts on momma's knee, it's very hard to put a jumper cable on the damaged area, and connect to the part of the brain that functions rationally.
@Jin p, you're touching on the concept that led me out of Christianity and all the way to anti-theism.
Ponder these questions and explore them to their logical conclusions...
As an omniscient creator, god knows the number of hairs on your head at any given time. But, has he ALWAYS been omniscient? Five seconds before he said, "Let there be light," did he know the number of hairs that would be on your head at this moment in time?
Did god write the entire story that would be existence? Did god write the story to include you having the exact number of hairs on your head that you have right now?
If god is and always has been omniscient, is there anything that happens without his foreknowledge, having been the one who planned it, or is there anything in which he does NOT hold absolute responsibility, having been the one who wrote this entire program and double-clicked "existence.exe" to install it and run?
Where is the disconnect that awards god with credit for good, yet absolves him of responsibility for the bad part he wrote into the program?
HANG IN THERE, BROTHERS.
@@notatheist I will make a dualistic argument. The good of this world couldn't posaibly exist without the bad. As long as both good and bad lead to some ultimate good, God keeps his "hands clean" so to speak. The unlabable God of the bigger (in fact the biggest) picture.
Oye... is right. I'm sorry you went through that. It's a bully mentality - multiple people vs one. I'm not trying to dis them, since I don't know them, though.
Words will never sway them.❤️
Matt's personal story illustrates perfectly how toxic,divisive and negative religion can be.
Very divisive!
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He belonged to a church that teaches it is wrong to kill children. Now he belongs to a group that has killed about 70,000,000 children here in the United States alone by abortion. I think he feels more comfortable around people who say they do not believe in resurrection.
The two people who disliked this video are Matt's parents ... this is painful!
Cultish
My mom just gave up, saying “Well, I TRIED to raise you right...”. If nothing else, she at least realized that she couldn’t effectively argue her point.
Happy Birthday Matt! (Level 50, you qualify for an epic mount)
Aaaaannnnnd I’m crying. I know I’m late to this video but thank you for sharing that experience with us, Matt. I badly needed to hear this today...
Wow.. so sorry for Matt having to go through that... his parent's actions were passive aggressive as hell! It's a personal decision, but I'd write them out of my life completely. Your real family are those individuals who behave like family. Who wants to talk to people who are continually judging you and trying to change you- even sending threatening messages.... They are valuing their damn book over their son! Religion doesn't cause harm my ass! Anyway, this had to be a tough story to share.. but i think this will help a lot of people. Thank you Matt
@Htx457 Wow.. thanks for the response. I'm sorry your family had to go through this :( Religion really does poison everything.. I never saw my dad so angry as when he saw one of my atheist video postings. This nonsensical belief is held so close it drives family apart... but you can't rationalize with the super religious, because they don't really seem to care if it doesn't make sense.. and seem to be willing to give up anything (including family) for it .. it's really sad
@@KashiGirl911 Hi Janis, I have several stories about how religion hurt or destroyed other people’s lives but the story about my friend Marsha was the worst case of religious abuse. I thought you might want to read it. Take care…
The story of Marsha:
The sick indoctrination of any religion hurts everyone it touches. Religion almost killed my friend.
My friend Marsha was almost killed by abusive religious indoctrination. Her parents were fundamentalist Baptists. Marsha constantly had a war going on in her head. She thought every good thought was ‘god’ and every bad thought was ‘satan’. Finally after 30 years of religious torture she slashed her wrists. She almost died. Marsha was sent to a state hospital in Galveston. When I visited her she was tied to a wheelchair so she couldn’t hurt herself. I broke down seeing her and seeing the effects Christianity had on her.
She was later transferred to a state hospital in Austin. Even though I barely had any money for gas I drove my van to see her every weekend for over a year and a half. I’d take her out on day passes and we’d sit on the banks of Town Lake in Austin, or if I had a few bucks I’d take her to a restaurant. When I brought her back to the hospital I slept in my van in the hospital parking lot. I couldn’t see Marsha during the week because she was only allowed to get day passes on weekends.
In almost a year and a half of visiting her not one member of her Christian biological family visited. Her parents didn’t visit her or communicate with her. Not one member of the Baptist church she belonged to visited her. Not one of the 2,000 people in that congregation visited, sent a card or called. While I did everything I could to show her I cared the only thing those religious hypocrites could do was thump their goddamned Bibles. Every one of them were hypocrites.
After months in the hospital and after extensive therapy Marsha told me I saved her life. I was the only one who cared about her. The entire structure of religious people she grew up with all abandoned her. All the things Christians claim they are were untrue.
Before Marsha’s suicide attempt I went to her church on a Wednesday night at her baptist church. The preacher kept ranting and raving how awful everyone in the congregation was and telling them they were all going to burn in hell. He kept condemning them and I couldn’t take the abuse anymore. What’s especially sad is that preacher was quoting directly out of the Bible. He was using quotes of what the god of the Bible said to beat and belittle everyone in the congregation. He was mimicking how god acts in the Bible. He was using guilt just like the Bible uses guilt to infect people into remaining in Christianity. So no one can blame his personality. He was doing exactly what the Bible taught him to say. That’s the insidious evil that is in the Bible. The god of the Bible is condemning, petty, judgmental, vindictive, narcissistic and punitive. So the preacher was acting just like god acts in the Bible. I nudged Marsha and whispered that I had to leave. She was too afraid to get up in front of the congregation of people she knew her entire life to leave. Religious indoctrination paralyzed her.
I got up and went to a hallway that led to an exit. As I approached the exit door three women came in, noticed I was leaving and they said in a hateful tone “Where do you think you’re going!” I told them “I’m going outside where if there’s a god he’d be there and not inside this abusive church.” They blew up and their eyes were full of rage. I continued to leave and walked past them and out to the 20 degree weather. Once outside I just walked around the parking lot feeling so good I was able to leave that awful, abusive church. The skies were crystal clear and I could see so many stars. At the time I thought if there was a god he’d be outside. I thought what was going on in that church was despicable. I witnessed people being willingly abused. It disgusted me. And I also realized how Marsha became so abused she tried to kill herself. She was the victim of a lifetime of religious abuse. I’ve always wondered how many other people die from suicide caused by religious abuse. I felt sorry for all the victims.
After Marsha got out of the state hospital she stayed in a halfway house for another half of a year. I continued to visit her every weekend. We’d sit on the bank of Town Lake in Austin and talk and joke or I’d take her out to eat. Later she ended up getting married and had children of her own. But luckily she didn’t indoctrinate them the way her parents indoctrinated her. After a year and a half of non-stop therapy Marsha was able to cut all ties to Christianity.
Teaching religion to a child is child abuse. It causes all kinds of mental problems and suicides. I’m glad I was able to save one person who otherwise would have died at the hands of religion.
I saved Marsha’s life by helping her rid her mind of the poisonous Christian god and all the poisonous people who call themselves Christians. None of them were there when Marsha needed someone the most. I was.
When people you love hurt you it cuts way deeper.
I cried when Matt shared his story.
I can only imagine your parents treating you like this. My heart breaks with you Matt. Happy birthday.
Poor Dillahunty!
His parents sent him a birthday card with Bible verses on it!
*How will he survive the ABUSE*
Self-indulgent nonsense.
@@lightbeforethetunnel Yeah. Shocker. You're making excuses for abusers.
@@oggyoggy1299 Yes, your comment is that.
@@nickokona6849 The abuse is actually the other way around.
Awesome intro speech by Matt! Thanks Matt for sharing your birthday story. Thanks a billion, that was amazing.
“All of a sudden, How about them Cowboys?!”
The part about setting boundries really hit home with me. My father said some horrible things to me when I told him I am an atheist. I didn't give him and inch, I made him come to me for an actual adult conversation and was completely willing to never speak to him again. I'm really glad I held firm, but I completely understand that my situation is not applicable to everyone.
Thanks for the message Matt
Fortunately, I don't have to deal with this kind of stuff anymore, but a lot of people do.
You're helping these people way more than any religion out there.
So sad, I have had this kind of situation with my family too :s it's heartbreaking how religion push people to invade some personal boundaries that should be respected. I respect your show, you stand up for our right to refuse the abusive preaching.
They want me to respect their belief? Then respect mine!
Exactly, the problem is, if they truly believe in Christianity, having an atheist son puts them in a terrible bind from their perspective. They have two choices:
1. Stop preaching, ignore your firmly held beliefs, let your son burn in hell of all eternity without trying over and over to save them. This is clearly an awful choice.
2. Keep preaching, in line with your beliefs, try to save your son from burning in hell with all your heart. Then possibly lose their respect or lose them in this life as you are not respecting their boundaries. This is ALSO clearly an awful choice.
Demonstrating once again how religion is divisive and puts even GOOD people in crappy moral positions.
@@anonymous7820 Yes, one thing I tried doing is discussing with them the fact that morality can be found and harnessed independently of religion, and they don't have to fear of me becoming a demon or a total asshle. But yeah it's difficult getting past those walls of belief.
Thank you for sharing Matt. For so very long I thought I was the crazy one! My heart goes out to you. Boundaries are necessary
Matt, Matt you make my heart swell, your talk about your parents was one of the most moving shows I’ve ever seen. I think many people will connect with it.
Brilliant Matt....yes,I can relate to this. Thanks for sharing and commenting on it.....you've given me a huge boost.
Matt offering to pay to help a stranger is the ultimate display of secular morality :D
bravo Mr Dillahunty!
Your not alone Matt.. I'm 72 years old, my parents are dead but my brother and sister just can't leave religion out of our conversations...I love them both but Jesus and the church are always being pushed at me.
wow wow wow much respect MD. So much respect. I hope one day I get to meet you and say hi!
Jesus loved me. Still in therapy.
damn. this pains me. not only cause I relate. but because I owe Matt. so much...nothing but love and admiration for you sir. that rant got me in tears
You''re loved Matt! You're awesome! I loved Matt before but this episode made me love him even more!
Such a lovely conversation with Murray. I hope she found a community
This was an amazing episode. Thank you for what you all do!
I'm transgender, thank you Matt for remembering the trans day of visibility. We went bowling in Tulsa and I hope some day I can attend one of your presentations.
Fatherless
@@huguesdepayens807 what?
My mom is more catholic than the pope. I’ve had to tell her on a number of occasions that I want to talk to her, that I don’t call her to hear quotes from some bishop, or the bible, or some other bs.
If I were religious I'd say "thank god my mother doesn't do that to me".😋
Sorry man. Sounds rough.
My mother is the same. Everything is god. Anything good that happens is god and anything bad is evil people and Satan. She’s dying because she refuses to care for herself. She wants to go to heaven.
I was lucky enough to have two parents who aren’t religious in anyway shape or form and I was never Christened as a baby, my Mother thought I should decide myself when i’m old enough if I want to be or not, so I inevitably grew up not really caring about God or Jesus with only a tiny amount of religious education at secondary school, which had zero effect since most of my RE teachers were either alcoholics, had nervous breakdowns or both. I can’t imagine having parents like this who are so deluded they cannot even show their son real love, it must be very emotionally and psychologically damaging and i’m sorry for anyone who has been or is going through this.
Jamie you sound like the average British person, unless your parents are religious, and most are not in the UK, then religion plays an insignificant part in your life...Thankfully in the UK and western Europe nowadays religion is definitely dying out.
Belated happy birthday!
Keep beeing the great person you are.
Happy one of you is wearing glasses. Wouldn't like to have to worry about double vision. Great episode as always.
I hope your birthday ended happily for you Matt.
You can't choose your family, fortunately you can choose for friends.
Enjoy your next 50 years.
Holy shit, just saw this about your birthday. So sorry man, I feel for you. I knew that Americans were deep in their religion but to send messages like that is just beyond the pale. I am so glad I live in the UK. Everyone in my family knows I am atheist and the most I get a shoulder shrug. Mind you, like 95% of other English people, none of my family goes to church but they just haven't come out and said they are also atheist. Having said that, my daughter's father-in-law is really into his religion and is also a street preacher and, every time I see him he tries to convert me. But all our conversations show is that I know the Bible better than him.
Matt, you changed my life… you inspire me.
We love you Matt, you know that right? ❤️
Hi, have you tried "fighting fire with fire" sort of thing? where you at their birthday send them a similar note with the birthday card?
I wasn't raised in a religious house, so i cant really imagine what family dynamics goes on or where lines go.
I was however raised in a trolling house, where fighting fire with fire and dont get mad get even ruled supreme. Thats why im asking/suggesting this :)
To the opening a door thing. it wasn't Matt opening any door. However i would argue that his parents opened a door to a place where this type of behaviour is now considered okay, so why not embrace it :)
1:16:40 thats why Matt has (to me) earned mad respect, he speaks straight forward to ALL
1/10,000th width of a human hair is “huge” (ridiculously big) compared to the smallest things we observe and can manipulate. A human hair is approx 120,000nm ( nano meters) wide, whilst a single silicone atom spacing is just 0.078nm.
For reference 1 million nano meters is equal to 1mm.
Compared to 1/10,000th of a human hair, there is a distance down to the Planck length (the smallest conceivable measure) similar to that of the observable universe (the largest thing we can conceivably measure),
The fact some crackpot thinks a human soul is 1/10,000th the size of a human hair and located “near the heart” is laughable. We have microscopes that could see it if that was the case! We have machines that can cut more accurately than that thickness!
It shows you just how made up this stuff is, and usually by people who don’t know any better... but who need your money or power over you!
Everything from every magic book we conveniently can't see or detect in any way. Haha! That reminds me of Islam (Ex-Muslim here) teachers saying that when the body dies it weighs less. So..."that means the soul is leaving the body." Or, maybe they lost gas...lost air from their lungs...y'all can't be that dumb. Why not though. They believe that when you yawn, that Satan could enter your nose. ;-)
Sorry you had to deal with that 1. at all and 2. on your birthday. I know how painful it is to feel like your own parents think you need to be “fixed.” You’re an inspiration to me and I am thankful for all you’ve done for the Atheist community.
He was 53 years old and she was quoted as still playing with her dolls
Matt thank you for sharing this
I like the way Saad praises the koran for not changing and then praises muslim culture for changing in ways that defy the koran.
I was raised a Christian having to go to church. My dad was a Christian & we were active in the church. Throughout my adult life I came to the realization that all religion is crap! So, I struggled with telling my parents about my atheism. Well, luckily for me, my dad doesn't believe in God anymore & my mom never did apparently. I do have relatives that are religious but again I am fortunate that they don't bother me with their bullshit. Sorry you have to endure that shit from your mom & dad, Matt. That's some crazy shit. Imagine if you were gay. GEEZUS!!! Their heads would explode. Stay strong, take care, & keep your head up.
I am going through this same thing with my overzealous christian sister right now. Thanks MATT!
In the 1970s-80s there was a rash of open water baptisms where the person getting baptized drown. A lot of the drownings were in rivers when the preacher held the person underwater too long. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why people get sprinkled these days instead of being submerged.
Happy 50th Birthday Matt (for a few days ago).
I for one think you are good and good. I wish others can see this in you too, especially your parents.
Well done Matt, I am sure this message will help a lot of other Atheists. Hope you had a good day in celebrating your birthday nonetheless...
that was a powerful intro all the best matt
Matt thank you so much much for sharing your story. It’s heartbreaking and I would have done the the same. I had a similar situation when I was a teenager. Happy belated birthday.
Saad sounds like the Christians who call in to deny that Exodus 21 advocates slavery.
Saad was clearly using the good things about his religion as evidence that the religion is good. The problem is that by that token every religion is true because there are wonderful people and wonderful parts of every religion. The issue is that nearly every religion has parts that are demonstrably untrue and often things we would consider abhorrent today. Believers always have an explanation by which they can reconcile the disconnect between the religion and what we believe is correct and moral today. However, it’s mostly an excuse.
Matt, it’s a long shot and you’ve probably tried everything, but I wonder if there are any very specific questions that may get through to your parents, to make them stop and think? Something like “Mum/Dad, what would it take for you to realise that I won’t ever believe your beliefs again?”
Saad, my husband and I are atheists; he got his US VISA without a prayer to god. So I guess our stories cancel each other out.
You owe your family squat. They chose their insecurities over their son and they know it. End the relationship.
9 years old using iPads is equivalent to marrying them off? Wow! 🤦🏻♀️
Right on Matt!! Your parents are so lost. I didn't realize how great my parents are.
Matt is the man.
Shouldn't let people like SAAD ramble on when you know it's never going anywhere. If you ask someone a question and they answer it with a long winded story, youd be better off just ending it early.
How do you know a scumlim is telling lies?
His lips are moving.
"Mom, if I ever get to the Pearly Gates, I'll be taking the escalator to Hell rather than spend a minute in Heaven with you. Your Son."
Fuckin’ love you, Matt.
Michael is Andrew from previous calls.
This opening is just fucking epic
The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility, and vice versa. - Robert A. Heinlein
Happy bday matt!
I felt it when he said it happens at funerals that happend at my dads funeral. I wanted to honor my dads faith I loved my dad and he didnt mind that I believed as long as I was ok with him believing I loved him for that. I wanted to honor his death the way he would have wanted it so I got hmm somone from my old church I knew they were gonna be preachy and I thought I would be ok with it but no. The lady spent exactly 2 min talking about his life and 28 min talking about the end times she was using my dads death to save more souls. The only thing that stopped me was the fact that I know my dad wouldnt have wished it.
When a Theist becomes an Atheist, people ask, why did you lose your faith? When an Atheist becomes a Theist, I ask, why did you lose your reason?
Matt is a master debater
I wonder if there's a dent in the wall behind Saad from him backpedaling so hard...
"well, 9 year olds use iPads" - the weakest sauce of a rebuttal ever for child marriage
27:50 There should have been a solid pause there lol
1:16:45 .....! Truth
Good thing for Matt it's not New England before 1973 when a law based on the bible was still on the books and allowed parents to have their "Unruly Sons" stoned.
happy birthday
27:50 yes, I too react like that when Matt starts talking
Uhhhh
You're one of my hero's Matt. Stay strong!
I feel so sad when people sound like amazing people with great attitudes call in and get shot down by Matt. I truly wish Science will figure it all out one day and let people off the hook of religion. Those people are more than welcome in my world regardless of what they believe. I want to wake them up from their dream so badly. My wife is one of them and I belittle her sometimes and that's the wrong approach. This show reminds me to be kind but truthful at the same time.
I don't think we can get there with science. Theists will just keep moving the goalpost. There will also always be new questions, wherein lies the unknown and to theist therefor god. I think teaching logic on a large scale is the way to go, and encourage parents to not shove their beliefs down their children's throats, but rather give them the tools to let them make up their own mind about what they believe. With every new generation, there will be fewer religious people.
today´s theists are tomorrow´s flatearthers (or maybe already today´s FEs). I used to be christian child. Then - suddenly - my brain started to grow and i discovered thinking. Theists should really try this. Often my question to them is: I leave religion alone, and religions leaves me alone, do you agree? If they start arguing as a theist anyway they kind of force me to tell them what a unpowerful, sadistic, little-knowing god they picked......And their claim there was morality just because of god and comandments: they only say, that mankind was unable to reach any moral standards without a religion. Just poor, really poor..........Watching your channel from Germany
It's truly saddening to hear Matt's parents behaving that way to him. It's such a clear example of how toxic religion is, as it's essentially blinded them and poisoned their minds to where they can't argue their case properly and have to just mindlessly preach and say the same useless things in defense of their beliefs. That letter is a clear example, nothing but preaching and bible verses that Matt has heard a million times. It does nothing and it's not convincing to any atheist. Such a shame that his relationship with his parents is like that.
It makes me sad Matt didn't hear how Saad compared a parent betrothing a 9 year old child without her consent to a parent letting their 9 year old child use an iPad. What sort of fucked up world do we live in where some people feel the need to defend their 2,000-year-old book because they believe it's the word of, or inspired by, their god? Can we stop making excuses for things that so-called prophets and other holy-deemed people do (i.e. catholic priests, popes, etc.)?
in the second book of eragon,eldest, there is a saying "a poison dart hidden in a raisin tart"
its what i understand matt's parents have done to him just as it was done to them.
its mental manipulation disguised as love. they thought it would work against matt, but matt can eat the poison dart since he already has the antidote called logic.
6:11 - Although my mother raised my sister and I as Episcopalian Christian, has us each baptized and sent my sister to a Christian church school to for a few years (which she always referred to as Christian BARF school lol) while we were children, it never made a lasting impression on either of us. Part of it may hafta do with the fact that my father is agnostic and NEVER forced religion or church on us (at least me) so I'd sometimes think to myself "why do my sis & I hafta go to church when dad doesn't?" Eventually they divorced and with my sis and I visiting mom and dad back n forth over the years, my mom seemed to gravitate towards other forms of religion i.e. Tarot cards, crystals etc. but eventually became born again. About 95% of my friends up until high school all believed in god and were raised either Christian, Catholic and a few were Mormon. One of my HS friends whom wasn't religious would actually debate the god claim with a Christian friend (whom I believe in college renounced his religion) of ours (both of these guys are extremely smart in many ways) and that was probably the second time in my life that I would question the religion I was brought up to believe. As HS eventually ended and the peers I would continue to have in my life would all turn out to be non-religious and several of them atheists. My sister now has her own family and her and her husband raise their kids without the god concept which I think is awesome. But now my mother is the only one in my immediate family that still believes in God and is well aware that my sis and I don't. In the end, I'm at least glad and feel lucky that my mom is able to turn off her preachienss when my sis or I are with her and would never dream of cutting us off from her life or us from hers.
Poor Michael, he didn't understand the stock pick analogy. I don't blame him because Matt didn't explain it very well. But he shouldn't have said he understod it because very clearly he didn't. For anyone wondering how that scam works here it is. You send out a stock pick advice to 10.000 peoople, and then you do that with 10 different stock picks, lets say 1 of those stock picks comes through, now you have 1000 people who saw you "predict" the correct stock. now you do the same thing with 100 people and 10 stocks, 1 pick comes through, now you have 10 people who saw you predict the right stock twice in a row, you do it a third time and now you have a person who saw you pick the right stock 3 times in a row. That person will now buy the info on the next stock pick.
@9:47 “They’re terrified that their son is going to spend an eternity in *heaven* … I’m guessing you meant *hell?*
Lots of empathy for Matt - what horrible things to say to a son who you "love"! They have no idea what love really is. Cowardly, dishonest emotional blackmail. It's unlikely the "parents" will ever see this, but they should be MADE to see Matt's pain - which they deliberately caused. How do you do that to your son? I can't really imagine what sort of venom they carry.
3:11 Did Saad - in a roundabout way - talk about having friends that wouldn't like what Matt just said?
It sounds like a passive aggressive threat, to me.
I CANNOT believe they sent Matt that letter! You hit the nail on the head Matt! Passive aggressive! On his birthday too. Oy Vey!
My life exactly 😪 smh my parents don’t understand they’re brainwashed
What's going on with RUclips this video didn't show up in my subscription feed and I didn't get notified even though I've got the bell on?
Can we call people who believe in bad ideas good? Was Hitler good because he believed in Nazi ideology but loved dogs and his family. Yes, he acted upon his ideas and took it thru to its logical conclusion. Perhaps that is the difference. People who hold on to bad ideas but don't act Vs those who do.
~ It is hard to imagine how any woman with a brain still accepts the patriarchal constructs that are the world's religions in 2019. Hard to believe how many men still defend this nonsense that has lots of kings, lords, thees, hes, hims and other bronze age male-centric nonsense. Thank you, Matt and John, for truth! Cheers, DAVEDJ ~
This was uploaded on April 5th.
Apparently, Near Matt's birthday. (If it wasn't actually on April 5th.)
My birthday is April 5th.
(It's also, unfortunately, the day that Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley both died.)
(Although, one "silver lining" that came from those even is that now, every year here in Seattle the local Rock radio station "KISW" dedicates April 5th to playing only Seattle Rock music all day. So, I get an awesome birthday theme music "soundtrack" every year, just by turning my radio dial to 99.9 FM.
And, that'll pretty cool.)
MD bday March 30th, I think.
the m,ost important question I have is..... what kind of pizza?
Can't believe Saad said: well 9 year olds use iPads all the time 🫢 my goodness. That was shocking! 😲 How the hell is using an iPad similar to getting married? What a nutty comparison.
Matt is the shit!
I am so sorry to see that this religious indoctrination is affectig your family and other families so much. I live in Germany, where people are raised kinda religious, but are still secularised, if you know what I mean. Still, I had to cut ties to my mom one day, because my relationship to her was poison for my life. So I kid of know what you go through at this point. It is really sad.
But be aware, that there are a lot of points in every life that make it productive and worth going through these painful cuts. My life has been getting better every day since I broke bonds with my mom. Something that makes me sad and happy at the same time.
Stay strong and go on with you awesome cause. It is good to see americans going for secularisation for their country and have them share their stories of their struggle for others.
Michael is so incredibly pretentious. And he seems so incredibly narcissistic and baffled that someone would dare to contradict him.