The Most Evil Idea in the New Testament - Richard Dawkins

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  • @MgtowRubicon
    @MgtowRubicon 3 месяца назад +418

    "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods and they are unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones." -- Marcus Aurelius

    • @dthomas9230
      @dthomas9230 3 месяца назад +13

      I believe he was an early Stoic. He is right about memories being the source of life after death, because the whole concept of a spirit or soul is in your head.All the folks that have now passed, if they meant something to me, live on in my head with fond memories. The soulless live on, too, as those who cause you harm have effectively taken a dump in your brain.

    • @FollowJesusChristfirst
      @FollowJesusChristfirst 3 месяца назад

      @@dthomas9230 watch{John Safran vs God} us Aussies already proved Holy God to be real,Demons shit scared of Lord Jesus Christ and his Holy Father,your bit of Evil you are born with does not want you to pickup the Holy Bible,see if you can and read it.Dawkins christian illiterate easy to take down if subject was open,communist-evolutionist he is the most danger as he can't count.Death awaits the fool that does not repent.

    • @diaryofnricom163
      @diaryofnricom163 3 месяца назад +7

      @@user-rx7py3vu9s Yeah. Live a good life means go all out and milk it for what it is worth. You must be English teacher of sorts. 😀😀😀😀

    • @dthomas9230
      @dthomas9230 3 месяца назад +7

      @@user-rx7py3vu9s Copeland Ministeries did that and have their own airport, hangars, and private fleet of jets.

    • @stephenburwood2615
      @stephenburwood2615 3 месяца назад +8

      @@user-rx7py3vu9s Wow! How to misread. He's actually telling us the exact opposite.

  • @SpacemanSpiff9406
    @SpacemanSpiff9406 3 месяца назад +839

    “You are born in sin. We can’t be good without him” is a very effective recruitment strategy.

    • @ronaldlindeman6136
      @ronaldlindeman6136 3 месяца назад +77

      What's better is that if you believe the whole thing, you'll live forever in a paradise.

    • @aaronpannell6401
      @aaronpannell6401 3 месяца назад +112

      Im taking notes for when I start my cult.

    • @fuckamericanidiot
      @fuckamericanidiot 3 месяца назад

      Sounds like wokery without the love for something other than yourself.

    • @JesusisGod-yk4th
      @JesusisGod-yk4th 3 месяца назад +30

      We aren't born sinners.God says babies and small children are innocent.

    • @betadecay6503
      @betadecay6503 3 месяца назад

      It's only effective because the average human being is a complete fucking moron.

  • @richarddeluen5973
    @richarddeluen5973 3 месяца назад +30

    One word. Indoctrination. If religion wasn't even mentioned until a person was 18, they'd never fall for this rubbish

    • @paultimson6674
      @paultimson6674 2 месяца назад

      I was an atheist till age 25. I had all the same diseased thoughts as you. Shame its BS. After 0 plus years on the other side, i pity you. As you have no idea the scope of what you oppose. You suck up ideas that are so childish. TROPES about God. Cartoons.

    • @SeeSawMassacre
      @SeeSawMassacre 2 месяца назад +5

      This man, Dawkins, has been at least equally indoctrinated (if that's how you want to think of it). His knowledge of the very thing he speaks against- the God of the Bible- is incredibly lacking. On Jesus, he asks, "Did He actually say that He was salvation?" And says, "Surely he never said that my death is necessary in order for you to be saved from sin." (!?) It's absurd, and often dishonest, to dismiss something without even examining it. This would be the intellectual equivalent of me dismissing the whole of scientific endeavor because of the medical use of leeches in the middle ages, without knowing anything about penicillin or the science of electricity. It's cartoonish. A simple google search would answer his questions in minutes, but he chooses to not know. This is more symptomatic of indoctrination than anything common to believers in the Bible.

    • @paultimson6674
      @paultimson6674 2 месяца назад

      @@SeeSawMassacre everyone is brainwashed from birth, breaking your programming is what JESUS s about. You are ruled by SATAN, his puppets, Freemasonry, false churches, that is any church made with Bricks and mortar. The freemasons commissioned a tv show, in the 60's, The PRISONER, Number six, In that show its full of masonic symbols. Scholastic blazers, everyone is a number, the prisoner is striving to be an individual, a freeman. in episode 2, chimes of big ben, NUMBER TWO.. SATAN, his chummy pal, the one that tests him, tells him the Village is the New World Order, it soon will be everywhere. You pay by credit. Cameras monitor your movement, you have generic food tins in the kitchen, you have exams to test your IQ, exams that feed you facts that you do not need. fake elections, they ask him WHY DID YOU RESIGN? why did you GIVE UP? on their system? He asks back.. who is NUMBER ONE? they say YOU ARE..... Number six. You are NUMBER ONE. They want him to be an INDIVIDUAL, To put himself first, a selfish prick . a superman. the show ends when he WINS. he escapes, he is an individual, he is number one. Only he does not understand he LOST. the door of his flat opens automatically, they still watch him. BE SEEING YOU. This is what life is about, YOU ARE A PRISONER. and who is number one? its JESUS. Not you. Until you surrender you always are a prisoner. SOon they will ask - who's side are you on? its not about usa? russia? china? who's side? God or Satan. if you accept a MARK, an OATH, you chose Satan. You chose to fight God. God is ending it soon. the ILLUSION disappears. The end of the CHURCH age should arrive before 2025. God steals away believers, by force. He snatches us away. HARPAZO-rapture. what do you think? did God remove hundreds of millions of people in one instant? YES. Does he resurrect maybe 10 billion? YES. does this cause FAMIINE, Yes. So God is revealed at the end of 2000 years. THEN YOU GET A CHOICE. who will you serve? the G7 nations, a beast with seven heads and ten horns, seven leaders with ten nations, or will you come to Jesus.
      Now work it out - what is the odds of a group in a seven-ten configuration, ruling mankind, at the 6000 year ceiling. it has 52 percent of world wealth. The Brics nations want to be like the G7. emulating them. when God causes MAYHEM. WHen YOU realize you have no future on earth, your ambitions are destroyed? all your hard work so far is worthless. Will you resent Jesus. For this MAYHEM. That is what the bible says will happen. YOUR WORLD IS ENDING. you either accept it. Or Fight GOD. Satan who has kept you. Fed you. Brainwashed you. Wants you to fight, be a hero and die to protect his kingdom. SO be a hero. Take a MARK - what sort of Mark? from Mark zucker' From MARK Wahlberg.. Marky mark... Satan is being funny. HE knows you don't see it. its everywhere around you. THE MARK... From Marky Mark... You like MARC-us , the Mark of INFINITY, the Leviathan mark. God fights LEVIATHAN? what is that? it is not Godzilla, its not a gigantic lizard, its millions of lizards - serpents, its everyone that takes a mark and fights God. ONE LARGE GROUP, like a church, only its called LEVIATHAN. You might be part of it. Part of Leviathan, now look up the symbol for it. INFINITY and a cross. the cross means covenant. a false covenant with many. we try to pull you away from what is coming to earth. You will sell out for FOOD. same as ESAU. you sell your blessing for food. Upto today, you might sell your soul for SUCCESS, fame and fortune. You might make a deal with a Weinstein? a political party? a sponsor? an organisation. These are under Satan's control. You don't need to see Satan, to sell your soul. You sell out. and become another famous man on earth. an influencer. steering people away from Christ.

    • @irenehartlmayr8369
      @irenehartlmayr8369 Месяц назад +1

      How about taking the trouble to look into religion before calling it " rubbish " ?! And try to define religion intelligently before starting on the quest. Religion includes different things and does not mean the same thing to everybody.

    • @paultimson6674
      @paultimson6674 Месяц назад

      @@irenehartlmayr8369 not interested in RELIGION, Jesus is God, not religious. He will end humanity on earth. Those that want heaven, get heaven, those that want to stay on earth and abuse others, get hell. Its a simple choice. black or white.

  • @tobeboom
    @tobeboom 2 месяца назад +76

    Think of the idea. You have roughly 80 years on earth. If you don’t get it right during that 80 years, having not a shred of evidence outside a book that reads horribly and brutally, the father that loves you will either burn you for all eternity or allow you to kiss his feet for all eternity. Who on earth would ever do that to one of their own children who they truly love? Nobody! It’s absurd on its face.

    • @iancavon7125
      @iancavon7125 Месяц назад +4

      For the greatest part of human history we didn't even have 80 years but more like only 30-40 years. A 50 year old person in ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, and well into the 19th century was a venerable senior citizen. Even today there are still parts of the world where average life expectancy is 60 at best. Which makes your argument all the more grave.

    • @simonreich5028
      @simonreich5028 23 дня назад +6

      But that is actually the point. When you lived such a short and at times brutal life , no wonder eternal life seemed so enticing. With us living till we are 80 or 90, we've usually done it all and have no real desire to live forever. It's not a carrot religion can dangle in front of us anymore.

    • @MalachiWhite-tw7hl
      @MalachiWhite-tw7hl 22 дня назад

      An equally absurd statement. I can assure that at age 80 or 90 and offered to die today or live on, you will choose the latter, and not say "I've had enough." (This presumes good health of course, which is a standard for any age.)​@@simonreich5028

    • @Liamnerfdude1
      @Liamnerfdude1 21 день назад

      TOBEBOOM you never read the full OT

    • @nothinghere1996
      @nothinghere1996 19 дней назад +1

      why do you assume that it's 'you' that is the child of God? nothing is further from the truth. You are not the apple of God's eye. Quite the opposite.

  • @mwflanagan1
    @mwflanagan1 3 месяца назад +317

    The respect that you and Richard show for each other is wonderful to behold. Neither of you is insulted to be challenged, and you patiently allow each other to fully explain your positions without excessive interruption. Well done, as usual, Alex. Thank you for this series of videos.

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      Then do not tell me this is not a sick cult with godless ass kissers and godless alone trash people that are so obsessed with what other believe and the reflection of other people believe. No respect for those sick godless people.
      For Real? What kind of stupid empty cult is this nothing offer nothing gives, but empty BS? As God really cares about what you think and your stupid philosophy empty words as godless alone trash person (anyone who deny God is a godless alone trash person)… Another reason none can respect you, you are a lier as any modern Goddenier.. And we hope the next generation will be better then you and forget about you and your empty stupid worthless atheism not even worst to clean my ass. … you are just empty like it.
      Then why only godless alone trash people are obsessed with hell, while we are not? Another reason to do not be like them, and live with this constantly fear… What idiots!
      For really you did not get those empty Videos where godless alone people
      constantly talk about God, showing their obsession, are made not to
      help anyhow your godless alone life but to trap you into this empty
      stupid cult called atheism they know we live in the time of stupidity
      and godless trash people so they need to capture them as more as they
      can.
      They know you are the most stupid, weakest and alone people in
      the face of earth and they need to take advantages on you. They know you
      run anytime you see godless ass to kiss it. That what this empty BS
      cult atheism make you be, without God and without dignity. But let see
      how you are in trapped in this cult: Let see how many godless rats are
      here with their empty words and life, just as their cult called atheism.
      Why? Why Godless alone trash people want see the existence of God
      when it is clear that if they and all the things they see around (earth,
      stars, planets and so on) if they are creation something must created
      them. For real no respect for those godless blind trash people. God is
      what they do not know have and do not know in their miserable alone
      trash life. But God will take care about them as well, once death as
      anyone alse. Let's hope we will have better generation that those
      godless alone trash one.... We really do not need this empty and
      worthless cult called atheism and those modern godless alone idiots who
      thinks God cares to exist what those poor alone people think about him.
      No respect for them and their miserable godless alone life. (they are
      also godless ass kissers, as they run anytime they see a godless alone
      person... that what happen when you do not have God in your life, you
      lose your dignity, and you start to be disgusting in that way)... Oh
      anyway when you stopped to believe in God something died on you but you
      are so pathetic that you are not willing to admit it (right?). What
      trashy people without shame they deny their creator, and they will be
      judge for it.... Liars ad patetich as any Goddeniers. so their worthless
      empty life without him.... They are even the weakest people, because if
      they are wrong, they are the ones who will pay for denying God... Won't
      be in their shoes. No respect for them....
      I told you this godless
      is the worst generation (those people are just empty and worthless as
      the cult they are in), and when it will be gone with their stupid
      empty, worthless atheism that does not going anywhere, that do not offer
      or teach anything, none will complain about it, not even those very
      weak losers!!!!! ... Do not call them atheist but godless alone souless
      trash. Let's forget about those worthless empty people and their
      worthless and empty cult do not even good to clean the dirtiest motel.
      WHEN YOU WILL BE GONE NONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID CULt
      CALLED ATHEISM. You are the worst of people, no respect for you:...
      those are juss godless alone trash people, liers as any Godeniers with
      less thing sacred in their miserable alone godless life… those weak
      people are so weak and alone that they wait for an empty videos from an
      obsessed godless person to kiss his ass, disgustingly (no God, No
      Dignity) it would not change their life, actually more alone and empty,
      (they do not even have a real community) empty life they live empty shit
      they are in like this stupid cult called Atheism! No respect for them.
      (They are very weak, empty and frustrated people, a life that none will
      accepted, but those godless alone trash idiots).. those who say there is
      no God will pay for it, soon or later... No won't be a godless alone
      trash person into an empty cult not even good for my ass such atheism,
      that offers them nothing. But emptiness and lonlyness for their
      miserabile godless alone life. No respect for them. They are just empty
      as their cult called atheism. But they will pay this soon or later, and
      all the emptiness for nothing they are facing in their ridicolous
      miserable alone life! It is time to throw on the trash empty atheism and
      godless alone trash people, they are not even worthless to clean shit.
      You can not respect them and their emptiness! It is over for you, trash
      is not even good to clean you of all this atheism BS. No respect for
      you. Let's really hope we can have a better generation and forget this
      godless alone trash one as quickly as possible. IT IS OVER, it is time
      for you and this nosense called atheism to go back from the nothing you
      come from. No respect for you. You will pay all this shit, soon or
      later...
      Today I will put your BS atheism in the toilet and flash it
      and you godless alone will shut up, ok? You are worthless and empty as
      your stupid cult. No respect for you.... This is the worst, weakest,
      empty generation, and when it will be over with their stupid empty cult
      called atheism none will complain it. IT'S IS OVER, godless alone
      trash.... Those godless alone poor people are playing with the fire, and
      they will pay for it, and even badly........
      They are so
      desperate and frustrated in and empty stupid life... No sorry for you.
      Let's hope in the next generation, let's hope in a better generation,
      and let's forget this one and trhow it on the trash with their stupid,
      nosense cult called atheism that will lead them anywhere. No respect for
      you again..... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GODLESS ALONE TRASH PEOPLE AND
      YOUR EMPTY STUPID ATHEISM NOT EVEN GOOD TO CLEAN THE DIRTIEST TOILET IN
      THE WORLD... You got no peace over there (and if God is real you will be
      and are f.... up.. You godless alone people are so weak).........
      God
      will care about you as well, poor person.... (you life is more
      miserable and empty without God, but you are so patetic to realize it).
      NO respect for you and your empty cult called atheism....... You are
      just frutrated,obsessed, miserable, alone godless person that does
      deserve any kind of respect, just to be so. (Lier as any
      Godenier)....... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU AND YOUR STUPID EMPTY CULT
      ATHEISM That does not even deserve my piss….. all this just show how much those godless trash people are frustrated (to do not have what people have sacred and holly) no respect for them. it is time to throw away that empty BS cult called atheism that does not explain anything and it is not even good to clean the dirtiest toilet. Godless alone trash people, liars as an any Goddenier, dishonest and the worst and stupidest generation ever had. Let’s froget about this godless trash worthless generation and waiting for a better one. (By the way you will be judge as anyone alse once death by God, do not think you will escape because you deny him, as a godless alone rat as you are (You are also a disgusting godless ass kisser, that anytime you see a godlesss ass you run to kiss it. because you got no God and no dignity in your miserable godless life) NO RESPECT FOR YOU (your life is more empty and miserable without God, but you are the only fool to do not get it… WHY?)... this godless alone trash generation is the worst... Let's hope we can forget about them and have a better one. No respect for them and their stupid empty cult called atheism...... Godless weak people (you are weaker now and later ponce you will confront God, no matter what you sick people think about him)........... They do not deserve any respect, with their godless alone trash family who raised so trashy and sick to deny God. (and they will also pay fgor it, soon or later......... They got No God and no Dignity... something dies inside them when they stop to believe in God, but their are so patetic to admit... Soon or later they will stop to write empty shit on youtube about what we believe... Why? They are very weak, and quickly to change their mind about God... they are worthless people just like their empty atheism... but surelly they can not call theirselves atheists, but godless alone weak trash people. No respect for those liers or disgusting godless desperate ass kissers.... /they need to slpit on their dirthy mouth every morning as they deny God... but they are deceiving none but themselves, as they will paid for it, and be judge by God once death as anyone alse. (So it is better to be a son of God,m that a godless alone weak person).
      It is time to theow on the trash atheims (where it belong) and forget about this generation (have better people then them). God will take care about them as well, and I won't be in the place of those godless weak alone people and disguasting godless ass kisses...... They lost any dignity, denying God, no doubt about that........ No God, no dignity for them, the worst generation ever!..

    • @-Thauma-
      @-Thauma- 3 месяца назад +7

      I agree, Flanagan. Thank you writing such a fine comment ❤️

    • @mastercommander4535
      @mastercommander4535 3 месяца назад +9

      Both are atheists as I understand this, so bound to agree on principle

    • @melkicastillo3399
      @melkicastillo3399 3 месяца назад +17

      03:15 "im sorry for you having to do a degree in this kind of thing... its not a real subject isnt?" getting this instead of a straight answer seems disrespectful to me, but i guess thats my opinion.

    • @Happy_Abe
      @Happy_Abe 3 месяца назад +2

      @@melkicastillo3399I fully agree

  • @tommcdonald4674
    @tommcdonald4674 3 месяца назад +286

    I'll say again: I'm a Christian and I appreciate the way in which you challenge things. Not as colorful as Hitchens and not as vitriolic as Dawkins. Straightforward, good-faith arguments. Thank you.

    • @bencarlson4300
      @bencarlson4300 3 месяца назад +110

      Seriously, Dawkins clearly has a lot of deep-seated malice towards Christianity, it makes me think he its more of a personal grudge than a philosophical disagreement

    • @diaryofnricom163
      @diaryofnricom163 3 месяца назад +51

      @@bencarlson4300 we just prefer truth and not some made up fairy tales. And do you even know how much misery Christianity brought to the world ?

    • @diaryofnricom163
      @diaryofnricom163 3 месяца назад +11

      Is your new born child born in sin ?

    • @sababaratashvili8629
      @sababaratashvili8629 3 месяца назад +1

      @@diaryofnricom163 Yawn, please if you want to debate which ideology brought more harm or benefit, especially to the West sure we can do that but if you think that's Christianity especially compared to anti-theist ideologies of today's wokes/progressives or 20th century commies sure, but it won't be Christianity. And he is right, usually people like Dawkings have some personal issues with Christianity and it's rarely based on something rational. At least Hitchens was honest about that.

    • @betadecay6503
      @betadecay6503 3 месяца назад

      @@bencarlson4300 any rational, reasonable, and moral person, would have a lot of deep-seated malice towards Christianity. It is, and always has been, a detrimental delusion that holds us back as a species. It has value as a personal grudge, it has none in philosophy.

  • @JamesRavencroft
    @JamesRavencroft 2 месяца назад +5

    1:38 - "Surely he never said 'my death is necessary for you to be saved from sin'"
    *Matthew 26:28*
    "For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." This is interpreted by many Christians as an indication that Jesus saw his death as a necessary sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins.

  • @notyoyoma
    @notyoyoma 2 месяца назад +1

    This was such a good interview. I've already listened to the whole thing, but after this teaser, I'm going to go back and listen to it again.

  • @andrewg.carvill4596
    @andrewg.carvill4596 3 месяца назад +292

    One of the most profound Catholic theologians of the 20th century, Henri de Lubac, wrote a book called "The Drama of Atheist Humanism". In the book, he did a very Thomist thing: in order to truly respond to the proponents of atheist materialism, he started by examining their thought in great depth. Otherwise he would only have been responding to his own preconceptions about atheistic materialists, and he knew this. Alex O'Connor seems to me a person professing atheism who extends that same courtesy to Christianity. He tries to understand it before responding to it.

    • @k-3402
      @k-3402 3 месяца назад +57

      Bear in mind that Christianity is one religion among many, and it would be impossible for any atheist to examine every religion's truth claims in detail. Simply knowing that science has refuted the existence of a historical Adam and Eve is enough to seriously undermine Christianity. No original sin, no need for vicarious atonement.

    • @wilbertvandenberg3158
      @wilbertvandenberg3158 3 месяца назад

      @@k-3402 Adam and Eve is a oral creation myth, like all ancient cultures had. Fundamentalist Christians would like it to be historical fact, but many many Christians couldn't care less. Its truth is much deeper than mere historicity.

    • @GameTimeWhy
      @GameTimeWhy 3 месяца назад +17

      Do you offer the same courtesy to other religions? I doubt it. You think they are wrong despite not know what they believe.

    • @dfwherbie8814
      @dfwherbie8814 3 месяца назад +4

      @@k-3402why do you care?

    • @machtnichtsseimann
      @machtnichtsseimann 3 месяца назад +16

      @@k-3402 - How has "Science" refuted the existence of a historical Adam and Eve? Researchers can go back 100,000 - 200,000 years to the original human being(s), how exactly? This sounds like a claim based in Faith. Not proof. What about if there was an "Adam", then an "Eve", especially since Adam in the Hebrew moreso stands for "hu/mankind"?

  • @bryonbair7974
    @bryonbair7974 3 месяца назад +71

    “How do you stand it?” Literally lol’d

    • @alanpearly
      @alanpearly 2 месяца назад +2

      It’s not a real subject? What a way to insult someone…

  • @MgtowRubicon
    @MgtowRubicon 3 месяца назад +58

    "Parents don't own their children. You are the caretakers of those children. You are instilled with a responsibility to raise responsible members of society and to teach them the minimal things that they will need to carry on a productive life when you're not around." -- Matt Dillahunty

    • @kwimms
      @kwimms 3 месяца назад

      Leftist nonsense from a bald ball of goo.

    • @gertrudevanvoorden1416
      @gertrudevanvoorden1416 2 месяца назад

      Nonsense. Children do owe respect and allegiance to their bloodline, ancestors. Destroying the family first goal Illuminati. Collapses Cohesion.and now Parental rights of minors being collapsed.

    • @petervan333
      @petervan333 2 месяца назад +2

      I disagree. Parents DO own their children (after all they are their products), and the classics which you cite so eloquently would say the very same thing.

    • @saphireblue3563
      @saphireblue3563 2 месяца назад +12

      @@petervan333 But you don't own a child like you own a table. People should not, for instance, be allowed to use their children for free forced labor the way most people do.

    • @samr.england613
      @samr.england613 2 месяца назад

      @@saphireblue3563The way most people do? Most people use their children for slave labor? Really? If this is the case, the world is more fucked-up than I thought.

  • @binderdundit228
    @binderdundit228 3 месяца назад +10

    Awesome tablecloth!! Where in the world can I find one? It reminds me of some pieces I picked up in Peru years ago.

    • @302indian
      @302indian 3 месяца назад

      …and what is this thing about men not wearing enough hats.

  • @zacharylehocki
    @zacharylehocki 3 месяца назад +120

    Dawkins says to Alex ``I`m sorry for you having to do a degree in this kind of thing!`` but you see this is what makes Alex unique, how he is willing to learn and intellectually entertain ideas that he doesn't belief. And that makes him one of the best!

    • @DA-yd2ny
      @DA-yd2ny 3 месяца назад +3

      He chose to it ….. what is there to be sorry of?

    • @torbenwp9260
      @torbenwp9260 3 месяца назад +18

      @@DA-yd2ny "Sorry" as in "it's a shame". Just like I would be sorry if Einstein, instead of physics, had studied old icelandic folktales.

    • @dward8738
      @dward8738 3 месяца назад +18

      Dawkins is saying that, “He’s sorry” only because he wants to dismiss it as nonsense and move on. He’s sorry that he is having to address this because in his mind it’s all complete foolishness.

    • @DuskAndHerEmbrace13
      @DuskAndHerEmbrace13 3 месяца назад +16

      @@dward8738 It really confirms that he doesn't know what he is talking about in this subject, that he doesn't care to know, and that any person with a functioning brain should not take his ideas in this subject seriously. The fact that people STILL continue to take Dawkins seriously on this is just depressing. He's a great biologist. He is not a great writer or thinker on religion. His opinion is no more valuable than your friend's in the pub. And yet he's still droning on and on to people who keep lapping it up.

    • @wesleygordon1645
      @wesleygordon1645 3 месяца назад +1

      It actually makes him a prize fool !

  • @OmniversalInsect
    @OmniversalInsect 3 месяца назад +154

    I definitely agree with him on this. Sure you could say original sin is a metaphor for how no human is perfect and that we all fall short of our moral judgements, but what it's actually saying is humans are inherently evil and we are obligated to surrender our freedom to this supposed god. It just sounds like the perfect manipulative technique, selling someone the cure for an illness they don't have.

    • @lukeriely4468
      @lukeriely4468 3 месяца назад +22

      Yup. Snake oil for the masses.
      Blame the victims for not doing as God instructed them to do in order to bring the kingdom and peace to earth.
      Classic victim perp roll shifting.

    • @mxzyzptlk
      @mxzyzptlk 3 месяца назад +19

      I don't understand. What is the difference between humans being "imperfect" and "falling short" and humans being in some way "evil", other than emotive language?
      That's all it says. None of us is perfect and atonement of some kind is needed in order to be better. If you take out the religious language of "sin" and "redemption" it suddenly becomes a lot less controversial

    • @lukeriely4468
      @lukeriely4468 3 месяца назад

      @@mxzyzptlk We know. They don't. They place religious connotations to these concepts.
      Personally, i do not accept the word evil. It is a subjective concept. Good and bad. Right and wrong. We do not need definitions for trafic lights to understand what they are and mean. It does not matter why they use red, yellow and green. What matters is that we all understand what they are and mean. Now, apply this rational to other concepts.
      Easy, right?
      No. Some want to argue about the words used to identify a concept rather than debate the concept itself.
      I am so sick of this subjective crap. It's monotonous 😒

    • @OmniversalInsect
      @OmniversalInsect 3 месяца назад +17

      @@mxzyzptlk Humans being imperfect is normal, it is part of our nature. Christianity says that there is something wrong with us and we need to need to surrender to god to get rid of our evil. At least that's the impression I am getting.

    • @tonywallens217
      @tonywallens217 3 месяца назад +11

      "inherently evil"? That's not original sin. And its antithetical to the first chapter of the bible outright.

  • @richiesimons4403
    @richiesimons4403 3 месяца назад

    That is a very good an interesting video.
    The respectful way you both debate is so refreshing.

  • @mikev4621
    @mikev4621 3 месяца назад +1

    Very well-conducted discussion

  • @sadkebab
    @sadkebab 3 месяца назад +45

    It's so obnoxious to see Alex make thoughtful philosophical points just to have them dismissed by Dawkins with comments like "I'm sorry you had to do a degree on this" and "it isn't a real subject".

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      Then do not tell me this is not a sick cult with godless ass kissers and godless alone trash people that are so obsessed with what other believe and the reflection of other people believe. No respect for those sick godless people.
      For Real? What kind of stupid empty cult is this nothing offer nothing gives, but empty BS? As God really cares about what you think and your stupid philosophy empty words as godless alone trash person (anyone who deny God is a godless alone trash person)… Another reason none can respect you, you are a lier as any modern Goddenier.. And we hope the next generation will be better then you and forget about you and your empty stupid worthless atheism not even worst to clean my ass. … you are just empty like it.
      Then why only godless alone trash people are obsessed with hell, while we are not? Another reason to do not be like them, and live with this constantly fear… What idiots!
      For really you did not get those empty Videos where godless alone people
      constantly talk about God, showing their obsession, are made not to
      help anyhow your godless alone life but to trap you into this empty
      stupid cult called atheism they know we live in the time of stupidity
      and godless trash people so they need to capture them as more as they
      can.
      They know you are the most stupid, weakest and alone people in
      the face of earth and they need to take advantages on you. They know you
      run anytime you see godless ass to kiss it. That what this empty BS
      cult atheism make you be, without God and without dignity. But let see
      how you are in trapped in this cult: Let see how many godless rats are
      here with their empty words and life, just as their cult called atheism.
      Why? Why Godless alone trash people want see the existence of God
      when it is clear that if they and all the things they see around (earth,
      stars, planets and so on) if they are creation something must created
      them. For real no respect for those godless blind trash people. God is
      what they do not know have and do not know in their miserable alone
      trash life. But God will take care about them as well, once death as
      anyone alse. Let's hope we will have better generation that those
      godless alone trash one.... We really do not need this empty and
      worthless cult called atheism and those modern godless alone idiots who
      thinks God cares to exist what those poor alone people think about him.
      No respect for them and their miserable godless alone life. (they are
      also godless ass kissers, as they run anytime they see a godless alone
      person... that what happen when you do not have God in your life, you
      lose your dignity, and you start to be disgusting in that way)... Oh
      anyway when you stopped to believe in God something died on you but you
      are so pathetic that you are not willing to admit it (right?). What
      trashy people without shame they deny their creator, and they will be
      judge for it.... Liars ad patetich as any Goddeniers. so their worthless
      empty life without him.... They are even the weakest people, because if
      they are wrong, they are the ones who will pay for denying God... Won't
      be in their shoes. No respect for them....
      I told you this godless
      is the worst generation (those people are just empty and worthless as
      the cult they are in), and when it will be gone with their stupid
      empty, worthless atheism that does not going anywhere, that do not offer
      or teach anything, none will complain about it, not even those very
      weak losers!!!!! ... Do not call them atheist but godless alone souless
      trash. Let's forget about those worthless empty people and their
      worthless and empty cult do not even good to clean the dirtiest motel.
      WHEN YOU WILL BE GONE NONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID CULt
      CALLED ATHEISM. You are the worst of people, no respect for you:...
      those are juss godless alone trash people, liers as any Godeniers with
      less thing sacred in their miserable alone godless life… those weak
      people are so weak and alone that they wait for an empty videos from an
      obsessed godless person to kiss his ass, disgustingly (no God, No
      Dignity) it would not change their life, actually more alone and empty,
      (they do not even have a real community) empty life they live empty shit
      they are in like this stupid cult called Atheism! No respect for them.
      (They are very weak, empty and frustrated people, a life that none will
      accepted, but those godless alone trash idiots).. those who say there is
      no God will pay for it, soon or later... No won't be a godless alone
      trash person into an empty cult not even good for my ass such atheism,
      that offers them nothing. But emptiness and lonlyness for their
      miserabile godless alone life. No respect for them. They are just empty
      as their cult called atheism. But they will pay this soon or later, and
      all the emptiness for nothing they are facing in their ridicolous
      miserable alone life! It is time to throw on the trash empty atheism and
      godless alone trash people, they are not even worthless to clean shit.
      You can not respect them and their emptiness! It is over for you, trash
      is not even good to clean you of all this atheism BS. No respect for
      you. Let's really hope we can have a better generation and forget this
      godless alone trash one as quickly as possible. IT IS OVER, it is time
      for you and this nosense called atheism to go back from the nothing you
      come from. No respect for you. You will pay all this shit, soon or
      later...
      Today I will put your BS atheism in the toilet and flash it
      and you godless alone will shut up, ok? You are worthless and empty as
      your stupid cult. No respect for you.... This is the worst, weakest,
      empty generation, and when it will be over with their stupid empty cult
      called atheism none will complain it. IT'S IS OVER, godless alone
      trash.... Those godless alone poor people are playing with the fire, and
      they will pay for it, and even badly........
      They are so
      desperate and frustrated in and empty stupid life... No sorry for you.
      Let's hope in the next generation, let's hope in a better generation,
      and let's forget this one and trhow it on the trash with their stupid,
      nosense cult called atheism that will lead them anywhere. No respect for
      you again..... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GODLESS ALONE TRASH PEOPLE AND
      YOUR EMPTY STUPID ATHEISM NOT EVEN GOOD TO CLEAN THE DIRTIEST TOILET IN
      THE WORLD... You got no peace over there (and if God is real you will be
      and are f.... up.. You godless alone people are so weak).........
      God
      will care about you as well, poor person.... (you life is more
      miserable and empty without God, but you are so patetic to realize it).
      NO respect for you and your empty cult called atheism....... You are
      just frutrated,obsessed, miserable, alone godless person that does
      deserve any kind of respect, just to be so. (Lier as any
      Godenier)....... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU AND YOUR STUPID EMPTY CULT
      ATHEISM That does not even deserve my piss….. all this just show how much those godless trash people are frustrated (to do not have what people have sacred and holly) no respect for them. it is time to throw away that empty BS cult called atheism that does not explain anything and it is not even good to clean the dirtiest toilet. Godless alone trash people, liars as an any Goddenier, dishonest and the worst and stupidest generation ever had. Let’s froget about this godless trash worthless generation and waiting for a better one. (By the way you will be judge as anyone alse once death by God, do not think you will escape because you deny him, as a godless alone rat as you are (You are also a disgusting godless ass kisser, that anytime you see a godlesss ass you run to kiss it. because you got no God and no dignity in your miserable godless life) NO RESPECT FOR YOU (your life is more empty and miserable without God, but you are the only fool to do not get it… WHY?)... this godless alone trash generation is the worst... Let's hope we can forget about them and have a better one. No respect for them and their stupid empty cult called atheism...... Godless weak people (you are weaker now and later ponce you will confront God, no matter what you sick people think about him)........... They do not deserve any respect, with their godless alone trash family who raised so trashy and sick to deny God. (and they will also pay fgor it, soon or later......... They got No God and no Dignity... something dies inside them when they stop to believe in God, but their are so patetic to admit... Soon or later they will stop to write empty shit on youtube about what we believe... Why? They are very weak, and quickly to change their mind about God... they are worthless people just like their empty atheism... but surelly they can not call theirselves atheists, but godless alone weak trash people. No respect for those liers or disgusting godless desperate ass kissers.... /they need to slpit on their dirthy mouth every morning as they deny God... but they are deceiving none but themselves, as they will paid for it, and be judge by God once death as anyone alse. (So it is better to be a son of God,m that a godless alone weak person).
      It is time to theow on the trash atheims (where it belong) and forget about this generation (have better people then them). God will take care about them as well, and I won't be in the place of those godless weak alone people and disguasting godless ass kisses...... They lost any dignity, denying God, no doubt about that........ No God, no dignity for them, the worst generation ever!...

    • @H.L.S.98
      @H.L.S.98 3 месяца назад

      Totally! Dawkins is a snobby prick

    • @cmp6
      @cmp6 3 месяца назад +10

      It is a real as a subject on Dungeons and Dragons.

    • @H.L.S.98
      @H.L.S.98 3 месяца назад +12

      @@cmp6 except western civilisation wasn’t built on dungeons and dragons. We’ve got so complacent and comfortable we’ve forgotten where the western world came from. We’re willing to ridicule and mock it. Meanwhile the rest of the world still has tradition and culture, that they are extremely proud of. And they’re laughing as we commit suicide. So ye, keep thinking it’s as important as Dungeons and Dragons 🤦‍♂️

    • @cmp6
      @cmp6 3 месяца назад +5

      @@H.L.S.98 You could definitely study the effects of religion on society but seriously studying religion as if it were real is like studying dungeons and dragons.
      Are you upset we no longer follow the Aesir? What paganism? That tradition was lost. You all are always focusing on the past and becoming too complacent to worry about the future. I hear too many people saying they do not care about GW because God will fix it. History is full of traditions that we no longer follow because we deem them arcane for good reasons. Just because something is a tradition doesn't mean it is good. Should we sacrifice things again?

  • @thekendredspirit5771
    @thekendredspirit5771 3 месяца назад +47

    Alex is as sharp as a Samurai's sword. I'm not religious nor am I am atheist but I can definitely appreciate Alex's objectivity, honesty, and assertiveness.

    • @driftlock98
      @driftlock98 3 месяца назад

      May I ask how come you're not either?

    • @thekendredspirit5771
      @thekendredspirit5771 3 месяца назад +5

      @@driftlock98 I'm not religious because I find a lot of doctrines and dogmas problematic. I'm not an atheist because I see what appears to be intelligent design everywhere, and not necessarily perfect design or a perfect designer. I'm not sure about anything.

    • @vbh_23
      @vbh_23 3 месяца назад

      You're a deist​@@thekendredspirit5771

    • @tatimoa
      @tatimoa 14 дней назад

      Over thinkers

    • @benedictdonald4338
      @benedictdonald4338 12 дней назад

      It’s shocking to consider how dangerous and destructive the Abrahamic religions are

  • @timlongstudios
    @timlongstudios 3 месяца назад +3

    I very much appreciate your work, @Alex O'Conner, thank you for all of this. Hope to have a conversation with you like this one day.

  • @MgtowRubicon
    @MgtowRubicon 3 месяца назад +19

    "Millennia ago, they abandoned their belief in the supernatural. Now you are asking me to sabotage that achievement, to send them back into the dark ages of superstition and ignorance and fear? NO!"
    -- Patrick Stewart as Captain. Jean-Luc Picard - Star Trek The Next Generation

    • @ruthmckay9086
      @ruthmckay9086 3 месяца назад +1

      In other words, "Don't make it so"...

    • @danzilthard.7248
      @danzilthard.7248 2 месяца назад +1

      I revere the character Captain. Jean-Luc Picard as the pinnacle of what makes a good person. The greatest possible good is always the goal, but an entities right to exist and live free of oppression outstrips most matters. A good person will not stand by for things that cannot be justified to them. A good person will always take into account as much relevant information as possible, not only for fear of perpetrating an injustice but also because of a genuine, zealous passion for righteous acts and the betterment of all who would be concerned.

    • @annepoitrineau5650
      @annepoitrineau5650 2 месяца назад

      I am partial to Mr Whorf :) @@danzilthard.7248

    • @TheMilitantMazdakite
      @TheMilitantMazdakite 2 месяца назад +1

      No, no, no, religion is not "superstition, ignorance, and fear"

    • @annepoitrineau5650
      @annepoitrineau5650 2 месяца назад +1

      This is your opinion. @@TheMilitantMazdakite

  • @martinsapien306
    @martinsapien306 3 месяца назад +62

    Sin originally meant to be off the mark, or not true to your character. The idea is that you can fail to recognize your unique, distinctive role in society, in another words to remain unconscious of your self.

    • @serpentsepia6638
      @serpentsepia6638 3 месяца назад +2

      I like that, it makes a lot of sense.

    • @user-ti4du8zr9o
      @user-ti4du8zr9o 3 месяца назад +3

      Nice comment!

    • @dthomas9230
      @dthomas9230 3 месяца назад

      @@user-ti4du8zr9oEverybody is part of another set within society, separate from your own set that you are a member of. Russel's Paradox addresses mathematical sets, but societal sets are family, unions, fellow class members at school, even passengers on a plane are part of a set of travelers @ 36,000 ft above ground. If you're part of a set of folks riding an elevator behind closed doors, it would be a sin to fart.

    • @mary-gael7633
      @mary-gael7633 3 месяца назад +1

      Do you have any references to share about this? I'd be interested in studying this further.

    • @martinsapien306
      @martinsapien306 3 месяца назад

      Hi. The path to this is not direct. I would perhaps start with the myths of creation. Books of Marie Louis von Franz would be, but not exclusively of some help. This subject trully is full of riches and goes beyond, destroying prejudices.@@mary-gael7633

  • @czarlito_
    @czarlito_ 3 месяца назад +216

    You got Dawkins to agree with the idea of being born in sin on a poetic level. Congratulations Alex! 😄

    • @pentsmethodology
      @pentsmethodology 3 месяца назад +23

      Yes, he's intellectually honest. It's why he's such a great success.

    • @matswessling6600
      @matswessling6600 3 месяца назад +6

      at a poetic level. nota bene.

    • @randyruggles342
      @randyruggles342 3 месяца назад +7

      @@matswessling6600 - Baby steps. You don't expect Dawkins to accept the truth all at once, do you? ;)

    • @matswessling6600
      @matswessling6600 3 месяца назад +23

      @@randyruggles342 he acceots the truth. He doesnt fall for theological nonsens though. and that is a good thing.

    • @randyruggles342
      @randyruggles342 3 месяца назад

      @@matswessling6600 - I don't think he accepts the truth. He has admitted that he wouldn't acknowledge the existence of God no matter what evidence he was presented. As a Christian and lover of science myself, I strongly believe in the principle of falsification. There are several scientific discoveries that would cause me to be an atheist (eg, if the universe was eternal, if the multiverse exists, if life on other planets exist). If I were taking to Dawkins, I would suggest that, if he had no way to falsify his unbelief, he hadn't thought about it hard enough. I suspect that would make him mad. But someone in his position should surely have an answer to the question, "What would falsify your unbelief?"

  • @Fomites
    @Fomites 3 месяца назад +21

    The question of "How could you stand doing a theology degree" arose in my mind too the first time I knew about Alex. It would drive me nuts.

    • @never2yield20
      @never2yield20 3 месяца назад +7

      No think of it as a study in philosophy. Religions are just frameworks of thought (and these frameworks evolve) concerning human existence and how the universe works with respect to that existence. These theological frameworks are similar to mathematics in that they often assume many axiomatic (and unprovable) ideas as a formation.

    • @felix1974
      @felix1974 2 месяца назад

      Well know thy enemy surely?

    • @lizzieh5284
      @lizzieh5284 Месяц назад

      Do you actually know what is involved in studying Theology? Its not just sitting reading the Bible. In fact Christian thought was a very small part of my degree. The rest included Philosophy, Feminist Theology, Feminist Philosophy. I specialised in Buddhism. All of it was absolutely fascinating. My degree is also in English Literature which fitted perfectly with Theology as it is important to know theological and philosophical ideas when studying texts. Does Dawkins think studying English Literature a waste of time too?

  • @Pocketfarmer1
    @Pocketfarmer1 3 месяца назад +12

    Some times it seams that the system was designed by someone from the department of motor vehicles. Stand in the right line , fill out the paper work correctly, pay the fees ,take the write test ,take the road test and bob’s your uncle ,you get a license to heaven.

    • @jamesharvey8835
      @jamesharvey8835 3 месяца назад +1

      That's human power-seeking, not Christianity.

    • @user-br6ve4lz6n
      @user-br6ve4lz6n 3 месяца назад +2

      That's called legalism and is not what Catholicism is. Picture humans as wild dogs roaming the streets. God is inviting us inside his incredible home with a beautiful yard, guranteed food and shelter and all that. But in order to live with God we have to give up some of our wild nature. We can't pee all over the furniture or fight other dogs or bite people.
      Some of us aren't willing to give up that wildness and instead rather die painfully in the street. Hell is God saying "ok, you've made your decision and I am honoring your free-will."

    • @Pocketfarmer1
      @Pocketfarmer1 3 месяца назад

      @@user-br6ve4lz6n Hence my use of “sometimes it seams” . The fact that my observation has a known “ism” would suggest that it is a valid perception of how some religions conduct their actual on the ground processes. And certainly there are those in the audience,if I may, who behave legalistically. My original comment is not limited to Christianity but rather by human nature.
      There is more to grace than a catholic flea bath, to push your analogy.

    • @user-br6ve4lz6n
      @user-br6ve4lz6n 3 месяца назад

      @@Pocketfarmer1 yea it's a perception of Christianity that many Christians and non-Christians hold, but it's a wrong perception.

    • @freedomwarrior-gt1pw
      @freedomwarrior-gt1pw 3 месяца назад

      What is heaven??
      What does this vague meaningless word means .
      Creators of religions , the bearded old men , are cheating us with these words.

  • @arthuroldale-ki2ev
    @arthuroldale-ki2ev 3 месяца назад +57

    I am pushing 80 years old and heading for the big sleep. (perchance not to dream.) All the BEST!

    • @SamyasaSwi
      @SamyasaSwi 3 месяца назад +17

      All the best my good man. Let us know what's after.

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      Then do not tell me this is not a sick cult with godless ass kissers and godless alone trash people that are so obsessed with what other believe and the reflection of other people believe. No respect for those sick godless people.
      For Real? What kind of stupid empty cult is this nothing offer nothing gives, but empty BS? As God really cares about what you think and your stupid philosophy empty words as godless alone trash person (anyone who deny God is a godless alone trash person)… Another reason none can respect you, you are a lier as any modern Goddenier.. And we hope the next generation will be better then you and forget about you and your empty stupid worthless atheism not even worst to clean my ass. … you are just empty like it.
      Then why only godless alone trash people are obsessed with hell, while we are not? Another reason to do not be like them, and live with this constantly fear… What idiots!
      For really you did not get those empty Videos where godless alone people
      constantly talk about God, showing their obsession, are made not to
      help anyhow your godless alone life but to trap you into this empty
      stupid cult called atheism they know we live in the time of stupidity
      and godless trash people so they need to capture them as more as they
      can.
      They know you are the most stupid, weakest and alone people in
      the face of earth and they need to take advantages on you. They know you
      run anytime you see godless ass to kiss it. That what this empty BS
      cult atheism make you be, without God and without dignity. But let see
      how you are in trapped in this cult: Let see how many godless rats are
      here with their empty words and life, just as their cult called atheism.
      Why? Why Godless alone trash people want see the existence of God
      when it is clear that if they and all the things they see around (earth,
      stars, planets and so on) if they are creation something must created
      them. For real no respect for those godless blind trash people. God is
      what they do not know have and do not know in their miserable alone
      trash life. But God will take care about them as well, once death as
      anyone alse. Let's hope we will have better generation that those
      godless alone trash one.... We really do not need this empty and
      worthless cult called atheism and those modern godless alone idiots who
      thinks God cares to exist what those poor alone people think about him.
      No respect for them and their miserable godless alone life. (they are
      also godless ass kissers, as they run anytime they see a godless alone
      person... that what happen when you do not have God in your life, you
      lose your dignity, and you start to be disgusting in that way)... Oh
      anyway when you stopped to believe in God something died on you but you
      are so pathetic that you are not willing to admit it (right?). What
      trashy people without shame they deny their creator, and they will be
      judge for it.... Liars ad patetich as any Goddeniers. so their worthless
      empty life without him.... They are even the weakest people, because if
      they are wrong, they are the ones who will pay for denying God... Won't
      be in their shoes. No respect for them....
      I told you this godless
      is the worst generation (those people are just empty and worthless as
      the cult they are in), and when it will be gone with their stupid
      empty, worthless atheism that does not going anywhere, that do not offer
      or teach anything, none will complain about it, not even those very
      weak losers!!!!! ... Do not call them atheist but godless alone souless
      trash. Let's forget about those worthless empty people and their
      worthless and empty cult do not even good to clean the dirtiest motel.
      WHEN YOU WILL BE GONE NONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID CULt
      CALLED ATHEISM. You are the worst of people, no respect for you:...
      those are juss godless alone trash people, liers as any Godeniers with
      less thing sacred in their miserable alone godless life… those weak
      people are so weak and alone that they wait for an empty videos from an
      obsessed godless person to kiss his ass, disgustingly (no God, No
      Dignity) it would not change their life, actually more alone and empty,
      (they do not even have a real community) empty life they live empty shit
      they are in like this stupid cult called Atheism! No respect for them.
      (They are very weak, empty and frustrated people, a life that none will
      accepted, but those godless alone trash idiots).. those who say there is
      no God will pay for it, soon or later... No won't be a godless alone
      trash person into an empty cult not even good for my ass such atheism,
      that offers them nothing. But emptiness and lonlyness for their
      miserabile godless alone life. No respect for them. They are just empty
      as their cult called atheism. But they will pay this soon or later, and
      all the emptiness for nothing they are facing in their ridicolous
      miserable alone life! It is time to throw on the trash empty atheism and
      godless alone trash people, they are not even worthless to clean shit.
      You can not respect them and their emptiness! It is over for you, trash
      is not even good to clean you of all this atheism BS. No respect for
      you. Let's really hope we can have a better generation and forget this
      godless alone trash one as quickly as possible. IT IS OVER, it is time
      for you and this nosense called atheism to go back from the nothing you
      come from. No respect for you. You will pay all this shit, soon or
      later...
      Today I will put your BS atheism in the toilet and flash it
      and you godless alone will shut up, ok? You are worthless and empty as
      your stupid cult. No respect for you.... This is the worst, weakest,
      empty generation, and when it will be over with their stupid empty cult
      called atheism none will complain it. IT'S IS OVER, godless alone
      trash.... Those godless alone poor people are playing with the fire, and
      they will pay for it, and even badly........
      They are so
      desperate and frustrated in and empty stupid life... No sorry for you.
      Let's hope in the next generation, let's hope in a better generation,
      and let's forget this one and trhow it on the trash with their stupid,
      nosense cult called atheism that will lead them anywhere. No respect for
      you again..... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GODLESS ALONE TRASH PEOPLE AND
      YOUR EMPTY STUPID ATHEISM NOT EVEN GOOD TO CLEAN THE DIRTIEST TOILET IN
      THE WORLD... You got no peace over there (and if God is real you will be
      and are f.... up.. You godless alone people are so weak).........
      God
      will care about you as well, poor person.... (you life is more
      miserable and empty without God, but you are so patetic to realize it).
      NO respect for you and your empty cult called atheism....... You are
      just frutrated,obsessed, miserable, alone godless person that does
      deserve any kind of respect, just to be so. (Lier as any
      Godenier)....... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU AND YOUR STUPID EMPTY CULT
      ATHEISM That does not even deserve my piss….. all this just show how much those godless trash people are frustrated (to do not have what people have sacred and holly) no respect for them. it is time to throw away that empty BS cult called atheism that does not explain anything and it is not even good to clean the dirtiest toilet. Godless alone trash people, liars as an any Goddenier, dishonest and the worst and stupidest generation ever had. Let’s froget about this godless trash worthless generation and waiting for a better one. (By the way you will be judge as anyone alse once death by God, do not think you will escape because you deny him, as a godless alone rat as you are (You are also a disgusting godless ass kisser, that anytime you see a godlesss ass you run to kiss it. because you got no God and no dignity in your miserable godless life) NO RESPECT FOR YOU (your life is more empty and miserable without God, but you are the only fool to do not get it… WHY?)... this godless alone trash generation is the worst... Let's hope we can forget about them and have a better one. No respect for them and their stupid empty cult called atheism...... Godless weak people (you are weaker now and later ponce you will confront God, no matter what you sick people think about him)........... They do not deserve any respect, with their godless alone trash family who raised so trashy and sick to deny God. (and they will also pay fgor it, soon or later......... They got No God and no Dignity... something dies inside them when they stop to believe in God, but their are so patetic to admit... Soon or later they will stop to write empty shit on youtube about what we believe... Why? They are very weak, and quickly to change their mind about God... they are worthless people just like their empty atheism... but surelly they can not call theirselves atheists, but godless alone weak trash people. No respect for those liers or disgusting godless desperate ass kissers.... /they need to slpit on their dirthy mouth every morning as they deny God... but they are deceiving none but themselves, as they will paid for it, and be judge by God once death as anyone alse. (So it is better to be a son of God,m that a godless alone weak person).
      It is time to theow on the trash atheims (where it belong) and forget about this generation (have better people then them). God will take care about them as well, and I won't be in the place of those godless weak alone people and disguasting godless ass kisses...... They lost any dignity, denying God, no doubt about that........ No God, no dignity for them, the worst generation ever!...

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      ​@@SamyasaSwiThen do not tell me this is not a sick cult with godless ass kissers and godless alone trash people that are so obsessed with what other believe and the reflection of other people believe. No respect for those sick godless people.
      For Real? What kind of stupid empty cult is this nothing offer nothing gives, but empty BS? As God really cares about what you think and your stupid philosophy empty words as godless alone trash person (anyone who deny God is a godless alone trash person)… Another reason none can respect you, you are a lier as any modern Goddenier.. And we hope the next generation will be better then you and forget about you and your empty stupid worthless atheism not even worst to clean my ass. … you are just empty like it.
      Then why only godless alone trash people are obsessed with hell, while we are not? Another reason to do not be like them, and live with this constantly fear… What idiots!
      For really you did not get those empty Videos where godless alone people
      constantly talk about God, showing their obsession, are made not to
      help anyhow your godless alone life but to trap you into this empty
      stupid cult called atheism they know we live in the time of stupidity
      and godless trash people so they need to capture them as more as they
      can.
      They know you are the most stupid, weakest and alone people in
      the face of earth and they need to take advantages on you. They know you
      run anytime you see godless ass to kiss it. That what this empty BS
      cult atheism make you be, without God and without dignity. But let see
      how you are in trapped in this cult: Let see how many godless rats are
      here with their empty words and life, just as their cult called atheism.
      Why? Why Godless alone trash people want see the existence of God
      when it is clear that if they and all the things they see around (earth,
      stars, planets and so on) if they are creation something must created
      them. For real no respect for those godless blind trash people. God is
      what they do not know have and do not know in their miserable alone
      trash life. But God will take care about them as well, once death as
      anyone alse. Let's hope we will have better generation that those
      godless alone trash one.... We really do not need this empty and
      worthless cult called atheism and those modern godless alone idiots who
      thinks God cares to exist what those poor alone people think about him.
      No respect for them and their miserable godless alone life. (they are
      also godless ass kissers, as they run anytime they see a godless alone
      person... that what happen when you do not have God in your life, you
      lose your dignity, and you start to be disgusting in that way)... Oh
      anyway when you stopped to believe in God something died on you but you
      are so pathetic that you are not willing to admit it (right?). What
      trashy people without shame they deny their creator, and they will be
      judge for it.... Liars ad patetich as any Goddeniers. so their worthless
      empty life without him.... They are even the weakest people, because if
      they are wrong, they are the ones who will pay for denying God... Won't
      be in their shoes. No respect for them....
      I told you this godless
      is the worst generation (those people are just empty and worthless as
      the cult they are in), and when it will be gone with their stupid
      empty, worthless atheism that does not going anywhere, that do not offer
      or teach anything, none will complain about it, not even those very
      weak losers!!!!! ... Do not call them atheist but godless alone souless
      trash. Let's forget about those worthless empty people and their
      worthless and empty cult do not even good to clean the dirtiest motel.
      WHEN YOU WILL BE GONE NONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID CULt
      CALLED ATHEISM. You are the worst of people, no respect for you:...
      those are juss godless alone trash people, liers as any Godeniers with
      less thing sacred in their miserable alone godless life… those weak
      people are so weak and alone that they wait for an empty videos from an
      obsessed godless person to kiss his ass, disgustingly (no God, No
      Dignity) it would not change their life, actually more alone and empty,
      (they do not even have a real community) empty life they live empty shit
      they are in like this stupid cult called Atheism! No respect for them.
      (They are very weak, empty and frustrated people, a life that none will
      accepted, but those godless alone trash idiots).. those who say there is
      no God will pay for it, soon or later... No won't be a godless alone
      trash person into an empty cult not even good for my ass such atheism,
      that offers them nothing. But emptiness and lonlyness for their
      miserabile godless alone life. No respect for them. They are just empty
      as their cult called atheism. But they will pay this soon or later, and
      all the emptiness for nothing they are facing in their ridicolous
      miserable alone life! It is time to throw on the trash empty atheism and
      godless alone trash people, they are not even worthless to clean shit.
      You can not respect them and their emptiness! It is over for you, trash
      is not even good to clean you of all this atheism BS. No respect for
      you. Let's really hope we can have a better generation and forget this
      godless alone trash one as quickly as possible. IT IS OVER, it is time
      for you and this nosense called atheism to go back from the nothing you
      come from. No respect for you. You will pay all this shit, soon or
      later...
      Today I will put your BS atheism in the toilet and flash it
      and you godless alone will shut up, ok? You are worthless and empty as
      your stupid cult. No respect for you.... This is the worst, weakest,
      empty generation, and when it will be over with their stupid empty cult
      called atheism none will complain it. IT'S IS OVER, godless alone
      trash.... Those godless alone poor people are playing with the fire, and
      they will pay for it, and even badly........
      They are so
      desperate and frustrated in and empty stupid life... No sorry for you.
      Let's hope in the next generation, let's hope in a better generation,
      and let's forget this one and trhow it on the trash with their stupid,
      nosense cult called atheism that will lead them anywhere. No respect for
      you again..... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GODLESS ALONE TRASH PEOPLE AND
      YOUR EMPTY STUPID ATHEISM NOT EVEN GOOD TO CLEAN THE DIRTIEST TOILET IN
      THE WORLD... You got no peace over there (and if God is real you will be
      and are f.... up.. You godless alone people are so weak).........
      God
      will care about you as well, poor person.... (you life is more
      miserable and empty without God, but you are so patetic to realize it).
      NO respect for you and your empty cult called atheism....... You are
      just frutrated,obsessed, miserable, alone godless person that does
      deserve any kind of respect, just to be so. (Lier as any
      Godenier)....... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU AND YOUR STUPID EMPTY CULT
      ATHEISM That does not even deserve my piss….. all this just show how much those godless trash people are frustrated (to do not have what people have sacred and holly) no respect for them. it is time to throw away that empty BS cult called atheism that does not explain anything and it is not even good to clean the dirtiest toilet. Godless alone trash people, liars as an any Goddenier, dishonest and the worst and stupidest generation ever had. Let’s froget about this godless trash worthless generation and waiting for a better one. (By the way you will be judge as anyone alse once death by God, do not think you will escape because you deny him, as a godless alone rat as you are (You are also a disgusting godless ass kisser, that anytime you see a godlesss ass you run to kiss it. because you got no God and no dignity in your miserable godless life) NO RESPECT FOR YOU (your life is more empty and miserable without God, but you are the only fool to do not get it… WHY?)... this godless alone trash generation is the worst... Let's hope we can forget about them and have a better one. No respect for them and their stupid empty cult called atheism...... Godless weak people (you are weaker now and later ponce you will confront God, no matter what you sick people think about him)........... They do not deserve any respect, with their godless alone trash family who raised so trashy and sick to deny God. (and they will also pay fgor it, soon or later......... They got No God and no Dignity... something dies inside them when they stop to believe in God, but their are so patetic to admit... Soon or later they will stop to write empty shit on youtube about what we believe... Why? They are very weak, and quickly to change their mind about God... they are worthless people just like their empty atheism... but surelly they can not call theirselves atheists, but godless alone weak trash people. No respect for those liers or disgusting godless desperate ass kissers.... /they need to slpit on their dirthy mouth every morning as they deny God... but they are deceiving none but themselves, as they will paid for it, and be judge by God once death as anyone alse. (So it is better to be a son of God,m that a godless alone weak person).
      It is time to theow on the trash atheims (where it belong) and forget about this generation (have better people then them). God will take care about them as well, and I won't be in the place of those godless weak alone people and disguasting godless ass kisses...... They lost any dignity, denying God, no doubt about that........ No God, no dignity for them, the worst generation ever!...

    • @Ergeniz
      @Ergeniz 3 месяца назад

      I turn 92 this year. See all you fellow sinners in the burning hereafter!

    • @bu5589
      @bu5589 3 месяца назад +2

      Big love to you

  • @mnob1122
    @mnob1122 3 месяца назад +19

    Deep respect for both these men. Thank you!

    • @andywong9847
      @andywong9847 3 месяца назад

      Your statement is half true and it is deceiving.
      One of them is right and the other is wrong.
      You are required by conscience to make a choice.

    • @A-A_P
      @A-A_P 22 дня назад

      ​​@@andywong9847 how is that connected with the statement above or how does it prove it "half true"? Respecting someone has nothing to do with them being "right" or "wrong" on some issue, at least it absolutely does not have to be. One can respect two people with opposing opinions to each other.

    • @andywong9847
      @andywong9847 22 дня назад

      There is nothing wrong with opposing opinions.
      The end point is the logic of the opinion.

  • @sidsmiff
    @sidsmiff 3 месяца назад +1

    Great conversation. Love that table cloth!

  • @JoeRivermanSongwriter
    @JoeRivermanSongwriter 2 месяца назад +1

    Where can I watch the entire interview?

    • @davidevans3227
      @davidevans3227 28 дней назад

      RUclips
      he points out a link at the end 🙂

  • @jeb6314
    @jeb6314 3 месяца назад +23

    Professor Dawkins is one of my current heroes of freethought. O'Connor is a new shining star. I was born into the LDS (Mormon) faith, though I am now atheist. Mormons, though as much misguided as any religion, are one of the more (comparatively speaking) intelligent Christian groups. I recently purchased via Ebay a book on the ancient Persian religion of the Avesta (Zarathustra). This religion focuses less on its god (Ahura Mazda -Wise Lord) and more on behavior. Its main teaching is "good thoughts, good words, good deeds". It teaches that we are free to choose our actions but are responsible for all of them. This is far more an enlightening belief than the vulgar bestiality of the Bible. Harrison Cother (The Truth Hurts) is a Jehovah's Witness turned atheist. He made a beautiful comment. "It is better to have questions you can't answer than answers you can't question".

    • @monnoo8221
      @monnoo8221 3 месяца назад

      "vulgar bestiality" ... that's a good one...

    • @alisterrebelo9013
      @alisterrebelo9013 3 месяца назад

      "Mormons....are one of the more (comparatively speaking) intelligent Christian groups" Sorry I had to laugh. 😂😂
      You mean the folks who go around preaching 'Great Apostasy' without a shred of evidence? Sorry, where evidence of such an enormous claim is validated by a 'burning sensation in your bosom'.

    • @Boldlycatholic
      @Boldlycatholic 3 месяца назад +1

      Mormons are smarter is a very interesting take. Check out Trent Horn, Jimmy Akin, or William Lane Craig. They might change your life.

    • @jeb6314
      @jeb6314 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Boldlycatholic I have never heard of Horn or Akin; I shall have to check them out. As for W.L. Craig, he is a most unintelligent man with rather stupid ideas. I have yet to be impressed with anything he has to say. My reference to Mormons being smarter has to do with their numerous universities -BYU -about the globe. So long as a belief; e.g. evolution or the non-Israelite origin of Amerindians, does not contradict with their ideas, they tend to have a fetish for learning. I attended Ricks College -now BYUI -in 83' -87' and was deeply impressed with them, though I was agnostic at the time. (no one knew this.) They also tend to support various school programs and -as I have experienced on both the giving and receiving ends -they have an EXCELLENT welfare program. They also run some medical facilities and teach at these as well.

    • @alisterrebelo9013
      @alisterrebelo9013 3 месяца назад

      Saying Mormons are smarter has got to be a joke right? 😆 🤣
      The same Mormons who claim the supposed 'Great Apostasy' occured and can provide no evidence for this enormous claim? I mean other than the very objective pain sensation in their chest.

  • @sravasaksitam
    @sravasaksitam 3 месяца назад +20

    Title had me thinking Richard Dawkins was the most evil idea in the new testament

    • @entropy5431
      @entropy5431 3 месяца назад

      There is no evil. There are just good and bad things people do, and that depends on your point of view.

    • @sravasaksitam
      @sravasaksitam 3 месяца назад

      @@entropy5431 yep

    • @user-jj7ct7yd3s
      @user-jj7ct7yd3s 2 месяца назад

      ⁠@@entropy5431so by that definition their is no good and evil

    • @entropy5431
      @entropy5431 2 месяца назад

      @@user-jj7ct7yd3s True. All things that happen depend on your point of view.

    • @simosandboifan989
      @simosandboifan989 2 месяца назад +1

      XDD

  • @NomosCharis
    @NomosCharis 3 месяца назад +10

    Loved the pushback Alex gave here.

    • @VOD713
      @VOD713 3 месяца назад

      😂😂😂

    • @hagron5702
      @hagron5702 3 месяца назад

      @@VOD713 Be smart, use your words. Your low-effort laughing emojis do not bring anything relevant.

    • @VOD713
      @VOD713 3 месяца назад

      @@hagron5702 😂😂😂

    • @dinglesworld
      @dinglesworld 3 месяца назад

      @@hagron5702I hope you don’t expect any better from the internet. 😂😂😂

    • @fishtank1015
      @fishtank1015 Месяц назад

      @@hagron5702😂😂😂

  • @thomascarlisle7895
    @thomascarlisle7895 3 месяца назад +1

    “Jesus was nice, and he wants you to be nice too.”
    A Texas saying

  • @ds19771
    @ds19771 3 месяца назад +63

    I love Dawkins’ bluntness.

    • @earlysda
      @earlysda 3 месяца назад +2

      I enjoyed it when he bluntly stated about Evolution that: "It hasn't been observed while it's happening."

    • @Nan45566
      @Nan45566 3 месяца назад +5

      I pity his blindness.

    • @ds19771
      @ds19771 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Nan45566 🙄

    • @andywong9847
      @andywong9847 3 месяца назад +2

      @@earlysda. He is a professor of biology.
      He believes in evolution.
      So how does he explain the missing link?

    • @earlysda
      @earlysda 3 месяца назад

      @@andywong9847andy, so you cannot give evidence of Evolution being observed while it's happening either?
      .
      Evolution is a faith-based religion for those who choose to forget God.

  • @user-sr3fe2jg1g
    @user-sr3fe2jg1g 3 месяца назад +53

    "...the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Matthew 20:28
    "This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." Matthew 26:28
    "I lay down my life for the sheep." John 10:15
    C'mon, guys.

    • @epicofatrahasis3775
      @epicofatrahasis3775 3 месяца назад +11

      "Many passages attributed to Jesus have him predicting the end *within his generation* (“the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Repent and believe the good news” (Mark 1:15); *“this generation will not pass away* until all these things take place” (Mark 13:30); *“truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes”* (Matthew 10:23); “Truly I say to you, *there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death* until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.” (Mark 9:1); "From now on, you shall see the *Son of Man* coming in the clouds..." (Matthew 26:64))."
      Jesus as a failed apocalyptic prophet is the general consensus of critical scholarship, *even critical Christian scholars* like Dale Allison. The Son of Man (Jesus himself?) was supposed to be an end of the world arbiter, as Bart Ehrman points out in his lecture referenced below, and as the Bible states he was supposed to come *within the lifetime* of Jesus’s followers. *It didn't happen.*
      Read the article from the former Christian apologist and Tim O'Neill (former Christian), who has been studying the scholarship and history for decades, referenced below as well.
      *Jesus falsely prophesied his return in the 1st century*
      “Truly I say to you, ***you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes”*** (Matthew 10:23);
      For the *Son of man* shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; ***and then he shall reward every man according to his works.***
      Truly I tell you, ***some who are standing here will not taste death*** before they see the *Son of Man* coming in his kingdom Matthew 16:27-28
      Truly I tell you, ***some who are standing here*** will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God Luke 9:27
      Truly I tell you, ***this generation will certainly not pass away*** until all these things have happened Mark 13:30
      The sun will be darkened,
      and the moon will not give its light;
      the stars will fall from the sky,
      and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
      Then will appear the sign of the *Son of Man* in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the *Son of Man* coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
      Truly I tell you, ***this generation will certainly not pass away*** until all these things have happened Matthew 24:29-34
      There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the *Son of Man* coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near. When you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.
      Truly I tell you, ***this generation will certainly not pass away*** until all these things have happened Luke 21:25-32
      *Jesus promised to return over 2, 000 years ago and he still hasn’t.*
      Jesus and the angels never appeared from Heaven, the stars never fell from the sky, none of these things happened. Nothing he prophesied happened.
      ***Apologists can try to spin this, but the simple fact is that Jesus was either wrong or misquoted.***
      According to the Bible that makes Jesus a false prophet or misquoted (and if Jesus is misquoted than the Bible is not inerrant or the word of God)
      How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord? If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken Deuteronomy 18:21-22
      *Jesus falsely prophesied to the high priest and the Sanhedrin*
      Jesus also falsely prophesied to the high priest and the Sanhedrin (assemblies of either twenty-three or seventy-one rabbis appointed to sit as a tribunal)
      You will see the *Son of Man* sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and ***coming on the clouds of heaven*** Matthew 26:64 Mark 14:62
      Except the high priest and the Sanhedrin never saw Jesus sitting at the right hand side of God, or coming on the clouds of heaven, or any such thing.
      *Jesus falsely prophesied to Nathaniel*
      Jesus also falsely prophesied to Nathanael when he declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
      Jesus said, You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that. He then added, ***“Very truly I tell you, you will see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man*** John 1:50-51
      *Nathanael never saw any such thing. Neither did anyone else.*
      *"13x Jesus was wrong in the Bible - Life Lessons"*
      The following quote from Stephen L. Harris, Professor Emeritus of Humanities and Religious Studies at California State University- Sacramento, completes this point with a devastating argument.
      *Jesus did not accomplish what Israel’s prophets said the Messiah was commissioned to do:* He did not deliver the covenant people from their Gentile enemies, reassemble those scattered in the Diaspora, restore the Davidic kingdom, or establish universal peace (cf.Isa. 9:6-7; 11:7-12:16, etc.). Instead of freeing Jews from oppressors and thereby fulfilling God’s ancient promises-for land, nationhood, kingship, and blessing- *Jesus died a “shameful” death, defeated by the very political powers the Messiah was prophesied to overcome.* Indeed, the Hebrew prophets did not foresee that Israel’s savior would be executed as a common criminal by Gentiles, *making Jesus’ crucifixion a “stumbling block” to scripturally literate Jews.* (1 Cor.1:23)
      Watch *Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet, Historical Lecture - Bart D. Ehrman*
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
      Also, look up the following.
      *"End Times - Evil Bible .com"*
      *"The End of All Things is At Hand - The Church Of Truth"*
      *"ex-apologist: On One of the Main Reasons Why I Think Christianity is False (Reposted)"*
      *"Jesus the Apocalyptic Prophet - History for Atheists"*
      (Tim O'Neill is a former Christian and is familiar with most of the Biblical scholarship. He's been studying the scholarship and history for decades)
      *"Jesus’ Failed Prophecy About His Return - Black Nonbelievers, Inc."*
      Also, how cognitive dissonance possibly explains early Christianity.
      *“The Rationalization Hypothesis: Is a Vision of Jesus Necessary for the Rise of the Resurrection Belief?”* - by Kris Komarnitsky | Κέλσος - Wordpress
      *"February 2015 - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"* - Isaiah 53
      *"Jesus and the Messianic Prophecies - Did the Old Testament Point to Jesus? - The Bart Ehrman Blog"*
      *"Did Jesus Fulfill Prophecy? | Westar Institute"*
      *"Jesus Was Not the Only “Prophet” to Predict the Destruction of the Temple - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"*
      *"What Do the Apostles’ Deaths Prove? Guest Post by Kyle Smith. - The Bart Ehrman Blog"*

    • @Cross-Carrier
      @Cross-Carrier 3 месяца назад +6

      ​@@epicofatrahasis3775 You and I have a very different interpretation of what Jesus did and didn't do. That's OK but. You sound like I did when I was a teenager.

    • @DDSpiritual
      @DDSpiritual 3 месяца назад +2

      Gandhi could have easily said the same thing if he lived back then having any inclination they were gonna kill him. “My death will inspire many to become more loving” that’s all those passages mean. It’s written in first century poetry. “Forgiveness of sins”. Yeah I mean they even write Jesus forgiving his enemies while being crucified in Luke. It’s quite clear that his martyrdom will be an example of unconditional love which is forgiving even the worst people. But the way it’s written in the gospel sounds more profound and deep than what I just wrote.

    • @threestars2164
      @threestars2164 3 месяца назад +1

      Who cares?

    • @peterw3160
      @peterw3160 3 месяца назад

      👎

  • @Truth-Be-Told-USA
    @Truth-Be-Told-USA 2 месяца назад +2

    He said hate your family and love me.

  • @Allthewayhome781
    @Allthewayhome781 6 дней назад +1

    We use the word "religion" to refer to a wide variety of beliefs. Calling them all "religions" does not at all mean these different beliefs are equivalent or equally plausible

  • @jblefevre
    @jblefevre 3 месяца назад +46

    There is something very genuine about Alex’s quest for Truth that is most admirable, no matter what your religious worldview happens to be. Dawkins does make the occasional concession, but he still seems more pessimistic and reluctant to truly understand the other person’s perspective

    • @Dozychimp
      @Dozychimp 2 месяца назад +1

      When Dawkins said the Old Testament is appalling, Alex quickly shut him down.

    • @Mel-zz3dj
      @Mel-zz3dj 2 месяца назад +10

      @@DozychimpIt is appalling.

    • @mtamer2943
      @mtamer2943 2 месяца назад +6

      Dawkins is a good scientist, but he really overestimates his philosophical train of thought.

    • @TheMargarita1948
      @TheMargarita1948 2 месяца назад +2

      Religious people have been misrepresenting and deliberately misunderstanding Dawkins’s discoveries and thoughts for decades. HINT: a selfish gene is not a gene making people selfish.

    • @elom0762
      @elom0762 2 месяца назад +1

      I agree, we see it clearly when he brings up that he doesnt think that Jesus ever said himself that he's salvation for humans. Dawkins just says "surely he never said that", but Alex actually tries to see it from every perspective to find truht as you say

  • @normbale2757
    @normbale2757 3 месяца назад +61

    Believing in and endorsing a literal Hell is the ultimate perversion.

    • @duartegrilo4929
      @duartegrilo4929 3 месяца назад +4

      Indeed

    • @sababaratashvili8629
      @sababaratashvili8629 3 месяца назад +4

      Riiight. Because you have offered anything better? So it's "perversion" (very laughable word when used by anti-theists) based on what?

    • @Darko.Damjanovic
      @Darko.Damjanovic 3 месяца назад +16

      It is actually childish and disgusting at the same time.Very, very strange combination.I have read Quran recently and it is actually way worse than the Bible.In Quran you have threats by hell on literally every page.Extremly disgusting book.

    • @richardhedd3080
      @richardhedd3080 3 месяца назад +25

      To teach it to children should be a crime.

    • @sababaratashvili8629
      @sababaratashvili8629 3 месяца назад

      @@Darko.Damjanovic "Extremly disgusting book."
      Hey, considering modern liberal push for normalising pedophilia, castrations and various other perversions you can think of. Even Quran is better than modern liberalism and leftism...which is funny because even Dawkins IMO realises that and he watsed so much time criticizing Chritianity when it could have been used to focus on West's actual issues.

  • @gpasprimus6505
    @gpasprimus6505 3 месяца назад +1

    Over the centuries how many people argued about this topic must be monumental l know l go through it many times when speaking to a believer of this written text

  • @gunterra1
    @gunterra1 3 месяца назад +1

    No one can die for the sins of another. To make it so is an effort to keep man in chains. To redeem himself, a man must accept full responsibility for his own actions or inactions, that he alone was the cause of his shortcomings. There is no other way to attain spiritual freedom. There never has been and never will be, no matter what anyone may want to make you believe.

  • @christopherhume8896
    @christopherhume8896 3 месяца назад +39

    Alex always talks in a reasoned and respectful manner, Richard always comes across as if he looks down on anyone who doesn't agree with him.

    • @maalikserebryakov
      @maalikserebryakov 3 месяца назад +12

      Well if you debate 2IQ potatoes your whole life like R. dawkins did you will develop some arrogance lol. Its impossible to maintain humility in that environment.
      Similarly if you debate intellectuals and get schooled your whole life, you will learn to speak cautiously with everyone.
      Its just how our environment shapes our personality.

    • @christopherhume8896
      @christopherhume8896 3 месяца назад +4

      @@maalikserebryakov He's not quite as arrogant when he debates someone like John Lennox, it's quite interesting.

    • @jgarbo3541
      @jgarbo3541 3 месяца назад +4

      How can one not disdain ignorance? "I'm stupid but demand respect." ? NO. Learn what's going on.

    • @Fuzzira
      @Fuzzira 3 месяца назад +1

      You just described modern day atheists.

    • @AnonAmong
      @AnonAmong 3 месяца назад +7

      ​@@maalikserebryakovI don't think you know much about scientific development and research, Dawkins is not a respected scientist and his arguments are so lazy even here. He runs from philosophy because he sucks at it. Even though the scientific method has underlying philosophical assumptions. Dawkins book the god delusion, is kindergarten level stuff for serious thinkers

  • @sagetenshi
    @sagetenshi 3 месяца назад +4

    Loved Richard's pushback on you here so much and I think the concept of original sin and even sin itself is worthy of a lot more curiosity and interrogation. An interrogation which could be the jumping off point of some truly fascinating and beautiful conversations. Looking forward to listening to the full conversation.

    • @itoibo4208
      @itoibo4208 3 месяца назад +1

      Dawkins acts a little dense here. Does he not see the relationship between sin and a baby who has no morals yet, who only thinks of its own needs, who would take things that belong to others, because it does not know any better, etc.?

    • @IAmTheRealHim
      @IAmTheRealHim 18 дней назад

      @@itoibo4208I believe his view is that in order to be immoral you have to have intent.

  • @ScotCampbellwindowpainter
    @ScotCampbellwindowpainter 9 дней назад

    The energy that animates myself, body and mind will never be destroyed, that's science.

  • @powerdegre
    @powerdegre 3 месяца назад +1

    Sin exists within a moral framework, in general parlance one can sin with an offence, so an offence against whatever moral framework is in place could be construed as a sin and does not require a religious component. This said, while an atheist is clearly non theist, does not mean that he is not religious, believing in the Big Bang does qualify as a believing in supernatural powers, which does meet the dictionary definition of religious, so one could argue that an atheist moral framework is still religious and an offence to this framework could class as sin in a religious manner. I do share the view on "we are born in sin" that Alex presents, to me it means that we are born without such framework which has to be learned.

  • @betabenja
    @betabenja 3 месяца назад +70

    "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" - words of a guy who knows he has to die for everyone else, and will not really die since he's the guy he's talking to

    • @Ifoughtpiranhas
      @Ifoughtpiranhas 3 месяца назад +9

      Only Jesus never did claim in the buybull that he was actually god, just the son of god, therefore destroying the Christian argument for the trilogy.

    • @winifredsmith4421
      @winifredsmith4421 3 месяца назад +9

      @betabenga, also, there are no talking snakes then and now ever! No loving merciful God condemns his creation, to misery, suffering, torture and there are no ever been a talking snake.End Of Story People, Sheesh!

    • @danfrische3801
      @danfrische3801 3 месяца назад +2

      Anything can be reduced. "A mother weeping over her slaughtered child" - atoms clunking together in mechanistic ways, producing biological reactions.

    • @ga6589
      @ga6589 3 месяца назад +11

      @@Lala33-3 What evidence is that?

    • @Paul512
      @Paul512 3 месяца назад +11

      ​@@Lala33-3 There is no evidence 😮

  • @darrex999
    @darrex999 3 месяца назад +1

    On the 'a newborn is born into sin' question that's around 4'30-4'50 (i.e. halfway):
    I've deliberately stood back and observed my own 'new newborn' who is now 4 years old; I've observed her own behaviours growth and development and that of those in her environment.
    What I've observed is that as a natural learning and adapting system that integrates with the environment within which she finds herself (e.g., trying behaviours seen of others that we then have to gently guide her away from): she's learning, and trying. Perhaps the 'born into sin' means 'born into an imperfect environment that contains undesirable mindsets and behaviours' and unless we all - collectively and communally - learn the required mindsets and behaviours to function as a peaceful and harmonized society, we're going to have problems; and if we _do_ know the desired mindsets and behaviours then we can better guide - through leading by example and also through gentle guidance as the new-life begins to explore-through-trying - the newlife.

  • @ScotCampbellwindowpainter
    @ScotCampbellwindowpainter 9 дней назад +2

    This man is 83?He looks great!

  • @UplandJones1
    @UplandJones1 3 месяца назад +61

    I am always amazed that Alex is such an impressive apologist. He is one of the few atheists that know more scripture than most bible teachers.

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      Then do not tell me this is not a sick cult with godless ass kissers and godless alone trash people that are so obsessed with what other believe and the reflection of other people believe. No respect for those sick godless people.
      For Real? What kind of stupid empty cult is this nothing offer nothing gives, but empty BS? As God really cares about what you think and your stupid philosophy empty words as godless alone trash person (anyone who deny God is a godless alone trash person)… Another reason none can respect you, you are a lier as any modern Goddenier.. And we hope the next generation will be better then you and forget about you and your empty stupid worthless atheism not even worst to clean my ass. … you are just empty like it.
      Then why only godless alone trash people are obsessed with hell, while we are not? Another reason to do not be like them, and live with this constantly fear… What idiots!
      For really you did not get those empty Videos where godless alone people
      constantly talk about God, showing their obsession, are made not to
      help anyhow your godless alone life but to trap you into this empty
      stupid cult called atheism they know we live in the time of stupidity
      and godless trash people so they need to capture them as more as they
      can.
      They know you are the most stupid, weakest and alone people in
      the face of earth and they need to take advantages on you. They know you
      run anytime you see godless ass to kiss it. That what this empty BS
      cult atheism make you be, without God and without dignity. But let see
      how you are in trapped in this cult: Let see how many godless rats are
      here with their empty words and life, just as their cult called atheism.
      Why? Why Godless alone trash people want see the existence of God
      when it is clear that if they and all the things they see around (earth,
      stars, planets and so on) if they are creation something must created
      them. For real no respect for those godless blind trash people. God is
      what they do not know have and do not know in their miserable alone
      trash life. But God will take care about them as well, once death as
      anyone alse. Let's hope we will have better generation that those
      godless alone trash one.... We really do not need this empty and
      worthless cult called atheism and those modern godless alone idiots who
      thinks God cares to exist what those poor alone people think about him.
      No respect for them and their miserable godless alone life. (they are
      also godless ass kissers, as they run anytime they see a godless alone
      person... that what happen when you do not have God in your life, you
      lose your dignity, and you start to be disgusting in that way)... Oh
      anyway when you stopped to believe in God something died on you but you
      are so pathetic that you are not willing to admit it (right?). What
      trashy people without shame they deny their creator, and they will be
      judge for it.... Liars ad patetich as any Goddeniers. so their worthless
      empty life without him.... They are even the weakest people, because if
      they are wrong, they are the ones who will pay for denying God... Won't
      be in their shoes. No respect for them....
      I told you this godless
      is the worst generation (those people are just empty and worthless as
      the cult they are in), and when it will be gone with their stupid
      empty, worthless atheism that does not going anywhere, that do not offer
      or teach anything, none will complain about it, not even those very
      weak losers!!!!! ... Do not call them atheist but godless alone souless
      trash. Let's forget about those worthless empty people and their
      worthless and empty cult do not even good to clean the dirtiest motel.
      WHEN YOU WILL BE GONE NONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID CULt
      CALLED ATHEISM. You are the worst of people, no respect for you:...
      those are juss godless alone trash people, liers as any Godeniers with
      less thing sacred in their miserable alone godless life… those weak
      people are so weak and alone that they wait for an empty videos from an
      obsessed godless person to kiss his ass, disgustingly (no God, No
      Dignity) it would not change their life, actually more alone and empty,
      (they do not even have a real community) empty life they live empty shit
      they are in like this stupid cult called Atheism! No respect for them.
      (They are very weak, empty and frustrated people, a life that none will
      accepted, but those godless alone trash idiots).. those who say there is
      no God will pay for it, soon or later... No won't be a godless alone
      trash person into an empty cult not even good for my ass such atheism,
      that offers them nothing. But emptiness and lonlyness for their
      miserabile godless alone life. No respect for them. They are just empty
      as their cult called atheism. But they will pay this soon or later, and
      all the emptiness for nothing they are facing in their ridicolous
      miserable alone life! It is time to throw on the trash empty atheism and
      godless alone trash people, they are not even worthless to clean shit.
      You can not respect them and their emptiness! It is over for you, trash
      is not even good to clean you of all this atheism BS. No respect for
      you. Let's really hope we can have a better generation and forget this
      godless alone trash one as quickly as possible. IT IS OVER, it is time
      for you and this nosense called atheism to go back from the nothing you
      come from. No respect for you. You will pay all this shit, soon or
      later...
      Today I will put your BS atheism in the toilet and flash it
      and you godless alone will shut up, ok? You are worthless and empty as
      your stupid cult. No respect for you.... This is the worst, weakest,
      empty generation, and when it will be over with their stupid empty cult
      called atheism none will complain it. IT'S IS OVER, godless alone
      trash.... Those godless alone poor people are playing with the fire, and
      they will pay for it, and even badly........
      They are so
      desperate and frustrated in and empty stupid life... No sorry for you.
      Let's hope in the next generation, let's hope in a better generation,
      and let's forget this one and trhow it on the trash with their stupid,
      nosense cult called atheism that will lead them anywhere. No respect for
      you again..... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GODLESS ALONE TRASH PEOPLE AND
      YOUR EMPTY STUPID ATHEISM NOT EVEN GOOD TO CLEAN THE DIRTIEST TOILET IN
      THE WORLD... You got no peace over there (and if God is real you will be
      and are f.... up.. You godless alone people are so weak).........
      God
      will care about you as well, poor person.... (you life is more
      miserable and empty without God, but you are so patetic to realize it).
      NO respect for you and your empty cult called atheism....... You are
      just frutrated,obsessed, miserable, alone godless person that does
      deserve any kind of respect, just to be so. (Lier as any
      Godenier)....... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU AND YOUR STUPID EMPTY CULT
      ATHEISM That does not even deserve my piss….. all this just show how much those godless trash people are frustrated (to do not have what people have sacred and holly) no respect for them. it is time to throw away that empty BS cult called atheism that does not explain anything and it is not even good to clean the dirtiest toilet. Godless alone trash people, liars as an any Goddenier, dishonest and the worst and stupidest generation ever had. Let’s froget about this godless trash worthless generation and waiting for a better one. (By the way you will be judge as anyone alse once death by God, do not think you will escape because you deny him, as a godless alone rat as you are (You are also a disgusting godless ass kisser, that anytime you see a godlesss ass you run to kiss it. because you got no God and no dignity in your miserable godless life) NO RESPECT FOR YOU (your life is more empty and miserable without God, but you are the only fool to do not get it… WHY?)... this godless alone trash generation is the worst... Let's hope we can forget about them and have a better one. No respect for them and their stupid empty cult called atheism...... Godless weak people (you are weaker now and later ponce you will confront God, no matter what you sick people think about him)........... They do not deserve any respect, with their godless alone trash family who raised so trashy and sick to deny God. (and they will also pay fgor it, soon or later......... They got No God and no Dignity... something dies inside them when they stop to believe in God, but their are so patetic to admit... Soon or later they will stop to write empty shit on youtube about what we believe... Why? They are very weak, and quickly to change their mind about God... they are worthless people just like their empty atheism... but surelly they can not call theirselves atheists, but godless alone weak trash people. No respect for those liers or disgusting godless desperate ass kissers.... /they need to slpit on their dirthy mouth every morning as they deny God... but they are deceiving none but themselves, as they will paid for it, and be judge by God once death as anyone alse. (So it is better to be a son of God,m that a godless alone weak person).
      It is time to theow on the trash atheims (where it belong) and forget about this generation (have better people then them). God will take care about them as well, and I won't be in the place of those godless weak alone people and disguasting godless ass kisses...... They lost any dignity, denying God, no doubt about that........ No God, no dignity for them, the worst generation ever!...

    • @Netomp51
      @Netomp51 3 месяца назад +16

      He studied a degree in theology lol

    • @lukeriely4468
      @lukeriely4468 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@Netomp51 What he gained a Ph.D in and has studied outside of that are two different things.

    • @anthonymarlowe6986
      @anthonymarlowe6986 3 месяца назад +5

      Theology is just a religious word for mythology no evidence for pagan imaginary beens. I say beens sarcastically instead of beings.

    • @Netomp51
      @Netomp51 3 месяца назад +1

      @@lukeriely4468 do you even know what theology covers ?

  • @CSUnger
    @CSUnger 3 месяца назад +71

    “That we are born in sin is a hideous idea”.
    Human history: hold my beer.

    • @bencarlson4300
      @bencarlson4300 3 месяца назад +12

      It's funny to me because his philosophy on this can kinda mean that Christians are pessimists and atheists are optimists about human morality.

    • @TgfkaTrichter
      @TgfkaTrichter 3 месяца назад +5

      And now explain why in the face of this human history, not believing in this specific god is the only sin, that cannot be forgiven, while all the other cruelties humans commit can be.

    • @johnzielinski9951
      @johnzielinski9951 3 месяца назад

      Exactly, but never mind history. Check out the now. If human beings weren't essentially fallen and corrupt (whether you take that theologically or metaphorically), you would expect the world to look quite different. But in fact, it's a seething den of iniquity, saturated with gross injustices that stem from our avarice, power-lust, and violence. Assuming that human nature is good goes against ALL the evidence.

    • @jensbekaert166
      @jensbekaert166 3 месяца назад +2

      @@TgfkaTrichter if you think you are allowed to do such things while believing in the specific God ,you can be certain your specific God is the wrong God.

    • @TgfkaTrichter
      @TgfkaTrichter 3 месяца назад +3

      @@jensbekaert166 we only know of this specific god, cause his followers have done those things in his name. Without those deed, Christianity would have never become a big thing.
      Also if you believe you are doing gods will, then everything is allowed, this is also clearly shown in human history and can still be witnessed today.

  • @normsky5504
    @normsky5504 3 месяца назад +1

    Nobody knows what he did or didn't say, nobody took notes and he never wrote a single word himself. All writings about him came about many decades later.

  • @brandontart
    @brandontart 21 день назад +2

    "this is my body broken for you, this is my blood" the last super is metaphorically stated as his awareness that he will soon be sacrifices and that his life and death was to save those who believe in his name and on his words. again, this statement is his way of stating that he is the savior.

    • @ga6589
      @ga6589 18 дней назад +1

      If your god killed his only son for your sins, why can’t he kill his arch-enemy Satan for your sake? Let that sink in.

    • @MrCuriousOnlooker
      @MrCuriousOnlooker 15 дней назад

      @@ga6589 Who says He can't?

    • @ga6589
      @ga6589 15 дней назад

      @@MrCuriousOnlooker If he can, why hasn't he? What the hell is he waiting for? If I were an all-powerful god that could do anything, I would destroy evil, cure cancer, and end all the suffering in the world right this minute. That's the difference between me and your god.

    • @MrCuriousOnlooker
      @MrCuriousOnlooker 14 дней назад

      @@ga6589 So, basically, you think disapproval == disproof?

    • @ga6589
      @ga6589 14 дней назад

      @@MrCuriousOnlooker Not at all. There are many things that I disapprove of, but are quite real and evidentiary, whether it's drivers who don't yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk or child abusers.
      I simply reject any and all god claims as there's no credible or verifiable evidence that one exists. I was commenting on the absurd and contradictory nature of the god presented in the Bible. I certainly don't believe he exists and find it bizarre that people choose this particular psychopathic and violent god to appeal to and worship. IMO, it's not logical.

  • @PeeOrbital
    @PeeOrbital 3 месяца назад +26

    You both played major roles in my conversion from religion. A much greater chunk of life suddenly makes sense. Thank you.

    • @DaveTexas
      @DaveTexas 3 месяца назад +4

      That’s awesome to hear!
      I wish I had access to this kind of material when I was younger, so I wouldn’t have felt so lost and alone in rejecting the idea of a god some 40+ years ago. Alex, Richard, and so many others have brought so much reason, so much knowledge, and so much a sense of normalcy to those of us who aren’t willing to hold onto these superstitions and myths we were brainwashed with as children.

    • @nigelmcculloch3746
      @nigelmcculloch3746 3 месяца назад

      The real brain washing is to the fore now! More and more people just accept evolution now as fact, even though they haven't studied it, which is what evolutionists in their arrogance rely on. Arrogance! Yes it's a strong word to use but it is, because despite the fact that life cannot come from nonliving matter, it is presented as been proven, of course there is also plenty of people who say that they are Christian yet nod in agreement with evolutionists!

    • @gangstadrz9326
      @gangstadrz9326 2 месяца назад

      @@DaveTexas More Americans feel lost today than ever. The new atheists stripped everything from society that made life worth living.

    • @jamesygamesy5124
      @jamesygamesy5124 7 дней назад

      dawkins doesthe opposite for me lol

  • @tdawes33
    @tdawes33 3 месяца назад +22

    "it's not a real subject is it". the most dawkins statement ever

    • @chakvetadze9169
      @chakvetadze9169 3 месяца назад +1

      Yes, he claimed that it was evil, and when Alex showed it was not he just dismissed it. Very smart and honest.

    • @dcktater7847
      @dcktater7847 3 месяца назад

      Yea cause he is the arbiter of what's real or not...

    • @AlexanderShamov
      @AlexanderShamov 3 месяца назад +1

      @@chakvetadze9169 > Alex showed it was not
      No, he didn't. He just gave a more reasonable interpretation, with no attempt to argue that it had anything to do with the intended meaning.

    • @chakvetadze9169
      @chakvetadze9169 3 месяца назад

      @@AlexanderShamov So, here is what's going on: He claimed something about the bible, then when someone engaged his point just stopped talking about it. The point was it was evil not whether or not it was true. You are not even trying to argue a point while claiming something about 2000-year-old theology. And the same time claiming you guys are men of reason and rationality. It is just hilarious.

    • @AlexanderShamov
      @AlexanderShamov 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@chakvetadze9169 What's hilarious is debating over unverifiable nuances of meaning in some ancient fairy tale, making up strictly modern interpretations and then acting like that's what was meant from the beginning. As if people from those primitive ancient cultures would even understand these ideas, let alone invent them themselves. Now, Alex doesn't really do that last part, he just points at an idea some Christians substitute for these barbaric teachings. Which is nice, but it has nothing to do with the Bible. It's still evil.

  • @dan27music
    @dan27music 3 месяца назад +1

    I can recall a time when I was about 4 or 5 and I lied to my mum about feeling ill so that I didn't have to go to school. I recall at the time feeling a little deceitful. Looking back, I think that was sin, and it proves to me that sin was within me at an early age. When did this sin begin in me? - after birth, at birth, before birth?

    • @hobowithawaterpistol9070
      @hobowithawaterpistol9070 3 месяца назад +5

      It’s a perception. Imagine if the rules said you never had to go to school! Therefore you wouldn’t have had to make up a lie to get to the good feeling you desired which was to stay home.
      You see, someone (mom, dad, the state) set up some rules that you didn’t get to contribute to. So it’s a perception that you felt bad based on things that were out of your control! Does it mean you were a sinner at a young age? I thinks there’s a difference between deception and sin!

    • @wwjd6041
      @wwjd6041 24 дня назад +1

      Definitely after birth when your brain was able to decide what you wanted to do or not do and what you liked or not liked.

  • @micklumsden3956
    @micklumsden3956 3 месяца назад

    An interesting and respectful discussion.
    I think in religions (as in all human organisations) there is wheat and chaff. It seemed to me that you are identified a lot of chaff! I think it’s very helpful to point out some of the weaknesses in much religious thought.
    As a scientist, I’m very surprised that Richard seems to have such a strong faith in science. Surely all truth is contingent?
    The science taught in 1000 years may be very different from what we believe today.
    As a believer, I liked the video; seeking the truth through respectful debate, is very helpful, I think. And important in our divided world.

  • @tom120ali
    @tom120ali 3 месяца назад +36

    Dawkins’ reaction at 3:13 to a perfectly decent (and in my opinion correct) point is very telling. Completely dodged the question, lashed out.

    • @Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper
      @Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper 3 месяца назад +1

      What does it tell

    • @y5anger
      @y5anger 3 месяца назад +13

      "Human nature is inherently sinful and the only way to redeem yourself is to believe in a specific doctrine" was the dogma Dawkins was discussing. Alex's response of "well maybe sin just refers to human nature" is a frustratingly dumb response. It doesn't address the second part of the dogma and it frames basic human behaviour as problematic. He is a grumpy old man but I don't blame him for insulting theology.

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      Then do not tell me this is not a sick cult with godless ass kissers and godless alone trash people that are so obsessed with what other believe and the reflection of other people believe. No respect for those sick godless people.
      For Real? What kind of stupid empty cult is this nothing offer nothing gives, but empty BS? As God really cares about what you think and your stupid philosophy empty words as godless alone trash person (anyone who deny God is a godless alone trash person)… Another reason none can respect you, you are a lier as any modern Goddenier.. And we hope the next generation will be better then you and forget about you and your empty stupid worthless atheism not even worst to clean my ass. … you are just empty like it.
      Then why only godless alone trash people are obsessed with hell, while we are not? Another reason to do not be like them, and live with this constantly fear… What idiots!
      For really you did not get those empty Videos where godless alone people
      constantly talk about God, showing their obsession, are made not to
      help anyhow your godless alone life but to trap you into this empty
      stupid cult called atheism they know we live in the time of stupidity
      and godless trash people so they need to capture them as more as they
      can.
      They know you are the most stupid, weakest and alone people in
      the face of earth and they need to take advantages on you. They know you
      run anytime you see godless ass to kiss it. That what this empty BS
      cult atheism make you be, without God and without dignity. But let see
      how you are in trapped in this cult: Let see how many godless rats are
      here with their empty words and life, just as their cult called atheism.
      Why? Why Godless alone trash people want see the existence of God
      when it is clear that if they and all the things they see around (earth,
      stars, planets and so on) if they are creation something must created
      them. For real no respect for those godless blind trash people. God is
      what they do not know have and do not know in their miserable alone
      trash life. But God will take care about them as well, once death as
      anyone alse. Let's hope we will have better generation that those
      godless alone trash one.... We really do not need this empty and
      worthless cult called atheism and those modern godless alone idiots who
      thinks God cares to exist what those poor alone people think about him.
      No respect for them and their miserable godless alone life. (they are
      also godless ass kissers, as they run anytime they see a godless alone
      person... that what happen when you do not have God in your life, you
      lose your dignity, and you start to be disgusting in that way)... Oh
      anyway when you stopped to believe in God something died on you but you
      are so pathetic that you are not willing to admit it (right?). What
      trashy people without shame they deny their creator, and they will be
      judge for it.... Liars ad patetich as any Goddeniers. so their worthless
      empty life without him.... They are even the weakest people, because if
      they are wrong, they are the ones who will pay for denying God... Won't
      be in their shoes. No respect for them....
      I told you this godless
      is the worst generation (those people are just empty and worthless as
      the cult they are in), and when it will be gone with their stupid
      empty, worthless atheism that does not going anywhere, that do not offer
      or teach anything, none will complain about it, not even those very
      weak losers!!!!! ... Do not call them atheist but godless alone souless
      trash. Let's forget about those worthless empty people and their
      worthless and empty cult do not even good to clean the dirtiest motel.
      WHEN YOU WILL BE GONE NONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID CULt
      CALLED ATHEISM. You are the worst of people, no respect for you:...
      those are juss godless alone trash people, liers as any Godeniers with
      less thing sacred in their miserable alone godless life… those weak
      people are so weak and alone that they wait for an empty videos from an
      obsessed godless person to kiss his ass, disgustingly (no God, No
      Dignity) it would not change their life, actually more alone and empty,
      (they do not even have a real community) empty life they live empty shit
      they are in like this stupid cult called Atheism! No respect for them.
      (They are very weak, empty and frustrated people, a life that none will
      accepted, but those godless alone trash idiots).. those who say there is
      no God will pay for it, soon or later... No won't be a godless alone
      trash person into an empty cult not even good for my ass such atheism,
      that offers them nothing. But emptiness and lonlyness for their
      miserabile godless alone life. No respect for them. They are just empty
      as their cult called atheism. But they will pay this soon or later, and
      all the emptiness for nothing they are facing in their ridicolous
      miserable alone life! It is time to throw on the trash empty atheism and
      godless alone trash people, they are not even worthless to clean shit.
      You can not respect them and their emptiness! It is over for you, trash
      is not even good to clean you of all this atheism BS. No respect for
      you. Let's really hope we can have a better generation and forget this
      godless alone trash one as quickly as possible. IT IS OVER, it is time
      for you and this nosense called atheism to go back from the nothing you
      come from. No respect for you. You will pay all this shit, soon or
      later...
      Today I will put your BS atheism in the toilet and flash it
      and you godless alone will shut up, ok? You are worthless and empty as
      your stupid cult. No respect for you.... This is the worst, weakest,
      empty generation, and when it will be over with their stupid empty cult
      called atheism none will complain it. IT'S IS OVER, godless alone
      trash.... Those godless alone poor people are playing with the fire, and
      they will pay for it, and even badly........
      They are so
      desperate and frustrated in and empty stupid life... No sorry for you.
      Let's hope in the next generation, let's hope in a better generation,
      and let's forget this one and trhow it on the trash with their stupid,
      nosense cult called atheism that will lead them anywhere. No respect for
      you again..... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GODLESS ALONE TRASH PEOPLE AND
      YOUR EMPTY STUPID ATHEISM NOT EVEN GOOD TO CLEAN THE DIRTIEST TOILET IN
      THE WORLD... You got no peace over there (and if God is real you will be
      and are f.... up.. You godless alone people are so weak).........
      God
      will care about you as well, poor person.... (you life is more
      miserable and empty without God, but you are so patetic to realize it).
      NO respect for you and your empty cult called atheism....... You are
      just frutrated,obsessed, miserable, alone godless person that does
      deserve any kind of respect, just to be so. (Lier as any
      Godenier)....... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU AND YOUR STUPID EMPTY CULT
      ATHEISM That does not even deserve my piss….. all this just show how much those godless trash people are frustrated (to do not have what people have sacred and holly) no respect for them. it is time to throw away that empty BS cult called atheism that does not explain anything and it is not even good to clean the dirtiest toilet. Godless alone trash people, liars as an any Goddenier, dishonest and the worst and stupidest generation ever had. Let’s froget about this godless trash worthless generation and waiting for a better one. (By the way you will be judge as anyone alse once death by God, do not think you will escape because you deny him, as a godless alone rat as you are (You are also a disgusting godless ass kisser, that anytime you see a godlesss ass you run to kiss it. because you got no God and no dignity in your miserable godless life) NO RESPECT FOR YOU (your life is more empty and miserable without God, but you are the only fool to do not get it… WHY?)... this godless alone trash generation is the worst... Let's hope we can forget about them and have a better one. No respect for them and their stupid empty cult called atheism...... Godless weak people (you are weaker now and later ponce you will confront God, no matter what you sick people think about him)........... They do not deserve any respect, with their godless alone trash family who raised so trashy and sick to deny God. (and they will also pay fgor it, soon or later......... They got No God and no Dignity... something dies inside them when they stop to believe in God, but their are so patetic to admit... Soon or later they will stop to write empty shit on youtube about what we believe... Why? They are very weak, and quickly to change their mind about God... they are worthless people just like their empty atheism... but surelly they can not call theirselves atheists, but godless alone weak trash people. No respect for those liers or disgusting godless desperate ass kissers.... /they need to slpit on their dirthy mouth every morning as they deny God... but they are deceiving none but themselves, as they will paid for it, and be judge by God once death as anyone alse. (So it is better to be a son of God,m that a godless alone weak person).
      It is time to theow on the trash atheims (where it belong) and forget about this generation (have better people then them). God will take care about them as well, and I won't be in the place of those godless weak alone people and disguasting godless ass kisses...... They lost any dignity, denying God, no doubt about that........ No God, no dignity for them, the worst generation ever! .

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      ​@@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper Then do not tell me this is not a sick cult with godless ass kissers and godless alone trash people that are so obsessed with what other believe and the reflection of other people believe. No respect for those sick godless people.
      For Real? What kind of stupid empty cult is this nothing offer nothing gives, but empty BS? As God really cares about what you think and your stupid philosophy empty words as godless alone trash person (anyone who deny God is a godless alone trash person)… Another reason none can respect you, you are a lier as any modern Goddenier.. And we hope the next generation will be better then you and forget about you and your empty stupid worthless atheism not even worst to clean my ass. … you are just empty like it.
      Then why only godless alone trash people are obsessed with hell, while we are not? Another reason to do not be like them, and live with this constantly fear… What idiots!
      For really you did not get those empty Videos where godless alone people
      constantly talk about God, showing their obsession, are made not to
      help anyhow your godless alone life but to trap you into this empty
      stupid cult called atheism they know we live in the time of stupidity
      and godless trash people so they need to capture them as more as they
      can.
      They know you are the most stupid, weakest and alone people in
      the face of earth and they need to take advantages on you. They know you
      run anytime you see godless ass to kiss it. That what this empty BS
      cult atheism make you be, without God and without dignity. But let see
      how you are in trapped in this cult: Let see how many godless rats are
      here with their empty words and life, just as their cult called atheism.
      Why? Why Godless alone trash people want see the existence of God
      when it is clear that if they and all the things they see around (earth,
      stars, planets and so on) if they are creation something must created
      them. For real no respect for those godless blind trash people. God is
      what they do not know have and do not know in their miserable alone
      trash life. But God will take care about them as well, once death as
      anyone alse. Let's hope we will have better generation that those
      godless alone trash one.... We really do not need this empty and
      worthless cult called atheism and those modern godless alone idiots who
      thinks God cares to exist what those poor alone people think about him.
      No respect for them and their miserable godless alone life. (they are
      also godless ass kissers, as they run anytime they see a godless alone
      person... that what happen when you do not have God in your life, you
      lose your dignity, and you start to be disgusting in that way)... Oh
      anyway when you stopped to believe in God something died on you but you
      are so pathetic that you are not willing to admit it (right?). What
      trashy people without shame they deny their creator, and they will be
      judge for it.... Liars ad patetich as any Goddeniers. so their worthless
      empty life without him.... They are even the weakest people, because if
      they are wrong, they are the ones who will pay for denying God... Won't
      be in their shoes. No respect for them....
      I told you this godless
      is the worst generation (those people are just empty and worthless as
      the cult they are in), and when it will be gone with their stupid
      empty, worthless atheism that does not going anywhere, that do not offer
      or teach anything, none will complain about it, not even those very
      weak losers!!!!! ... Do not call them atheist but godless alone souless
      trash. Let's forget about those worthless empty people and their
      worthless and empty cult do not even good to clean the dirtiest motel.
      WHEN YOU WILL BE GONE NONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID CULt
      CALLED ATHEISM. You are the worst of people, no respect for you:...
      those are juss godless alone trash people, liers as any Godeniers with
      less thing sacred in their miserable alone godless life… those weak
      people are so weak and alone that they wait for an empty videos from an
      obsessed godless person to kiss his ass, disgustingly (no God, No
      Dignity) it would not change their life, actually more alone and empty,
      (they do not even have a real community) empty life they live empty shit
      they are in like this stupid cult called Atheism! No respect for them.
      (They are very weak, empty and frustrated people, a life that none will
      accepted, but those godless alone trash idiots).. those who say there is
      no God will pay for it, soon or later... No won't be a godless alone
      trash person into an empty cult not even good for my ass such atheism,
      that offers them nothing. But emptiness and lonlyness for their
      miserabile godless alone life. No respect for them. They are just empty
      as their cult called atheism. But they will pay this soon or later, and
      all the emptiness for nothing they are facing in their ridicolous
      miserable alone life! It is time to throw on the trash empty atheism and
      godless alone trash people, they are not even worthless to clean shit.
      You can not respect them and their emptiness! It is over for you, trash
      is not even good to clean you of all this atheism BS. No respect for
      you. Let's really hope we can have a better generation and forget this
      godless alone trash one as quickly as possible. IT IS OVER, it is time
      for you and this nosense called atheism to go back from the nothing you
      come from. No respect for you. You will pay all this shit, soon or
      later...
      Today I will put your BS atheism in the toilet and flash it
      and you godless alone will shut up, ok? You are worthless and empty as
      your stupid cult. No respect for you.... This is the worst, weakest,
      empty generation, and when it will be over with their stupid empty cult
      called atheism none will complain it. IT'S IS OVER, godless alone
      trash.... Those godless alone poor people are playing with the fire, and
      they will pay for it, and even badly........
      They are so
      desperate and frustrated in and empty stupid life... No sorry for you.
      Let's hope in the next generation, let's hope in a better generation,
      and let's forget this one and trhow it on the trash with their stupid,
      nosense cult called atheism that will lead them anywhere. No respect for
      you again..... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GODLESS ALONE TRASH PEOPLE AND
      YOUR EMPTY STUPID ATHEISM NOT EVEN GOOD TO CLEAN THE DIRTIEST TOILET IN
      THE WORLD... You got no peace over there (and if God is real you will be
      and are f.... up.. You godless alone people are so weak).........
      God
      will care about you as well, poor person.... (you life is more
      miserable and empty without God, but you are so patetic to realize it).
      NO respect for you and your empty cult called atheism....... You are
      just frutrated,obsessed, miserable, alone godless person that does
      deserve any kind of respect, just to be so. (Lier as any
      Godenier)....... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU AND YOUR STUPID EMPTY CULT
      ATHEISM That does not even deserve my piss….. all this just show how much those godless trash people are frustrated (to do not have what people have sacred and holly) no respect for them. it is time to throw away that empty BS cult called atheism that does not explain anything and it is not even good to clean the dirtiest toilet. Godless alone trash people, liars as an any Goddenier, dishonest and the worst and stupidest generation ever had. Let’s froget about this godless trash worthless generation and waiting for a better one. (By the way you will be judge as anyone alse once death by God, do not think you will escape because you deny him, as a godless alone rat as you are (You are also a disgusting godless ass kisser, that anytime you see a godlesss ass you run to kiss it. because you got no God and no dignity in your miserable godless life) NO RESPECT FOR YOU (your life is more empty and miserable without God, but you are the only fool to do not get it… WHY?)... this godless alone trash generation is the worst... Let's hope we can forget about them and have a better one. No respect for them and their stupid empty cult called atheism...... Godless weak people (you are weaker now and later ponce you will confront God, no matter what you sick people think about him)........... They do not deserve any respect, with their godless alone trash family who raised so trashy and sick to deny God. (and they will also pay fgor it, soon or later......... They got No God and no Dignity... something dies inside them when they stop to believe in God, but their are so patetic to admit... Soon or later they will stop to write empty shit on youtube about what we believe... Why? They are very weak, and quickly to change their mind about God... they are worthless people just like their empty atheism... but surelly they can not call theirselves atheists, but godless alone weak trash people. No respect for those liers or disgusting godless desperate ass kissers.... /they need to slpit on their dirthy mouth every morning as they deny God... but they are deceiving none but themselves, as they will paid for it, and be judge by God once death as anyone alse. (So it is better to be a son of God,m that a godless alone weak person).
      It is time to theow on the trash atheims (where it belong) and forget about this generation (have better people then them). God will take care about them as well, and I won't be in the place of those godless weak alone people and disguasting godless ass kisses...... They lost any dignity, denying God, no doubt about that........ No God, no dignity for them, the worst generation ever!. .

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      ​@@y5angerThen do not tell me this is not a sick cult with godless ass kissers and godless alone trash people that are so obsessed with what other believe and the reflection of other people believe. No respect for those sick godless people.
      For Real? What kind of stupid empty cult is this nothing offer nothing gives, but empty BS? As God really cares about what you think and your stupid philosophy empty words as godless alone trash person (anyone who deny God is a godless alone trash person)… Another reason none can respect you, you are a lier as any modern Goddenier.. And we hope the next generation will be better then you and forget about you and your empty stupid worthless atheism not even worst to clean my ass. … you are just empty like it.
      Then why only godless alone trash people are obsessed with hell, while we are not? Another reason to do not be like them, and live with this constantly fear… What idiots!
      For really you did not get those empty Videos where godless alone people
      constantly talk about God, showing their obsession, are made not to
      help anyhow your godless alone life but to trap you into this empty
      stupid cult called atheism they know we live in the time of stupidity
      and godless trash people so they need to capture them as more as they
      can.
      They know you are the most stupid, weakest and alone people in
      the face of earth and they need to take advantages on you. They know you
      run anytime you see godless ass to kiss it. That what this empty BS
      cult atheism make you be, without God and without dignity. But let see
      how you are in trapped in this cult: Let see how many godless rats are
      here with their empty words and life, just as their cult called atheism.
      Why? Why Godless alone trash people want see the existence of God
      when it is clear that if they and all the things they see around (earth,
      stars, planets and so on) if they are creation something must created
      them. For real no respect for those godless blind trash people. God is
      what they do not know have and do not know in their miserable alone
      trash life. But God will take care about them as well, once death as
      anyone alse. Let's hope we will have better generation that those
      godless alone trash one.... We really do not need this empty and
      worthless cult called atheism and those modern godless alone idiots who
      thinks God cares to exist what those poor alone people think about him.
      No respect for them and their miserable godless alone life. (they are
      also godless ass kissers, as they run anytime they see a godless alone
      person... that what happen when you do not have God in your life, you
      lose your dignity, and you start to be disgusting in that way)... Oh
      anyway when you stopped to believe in God something died on you but you
      are so pathetic that you are not willing to admit it (right?). What
      trashy people without shame they deny their creator, and they will be
      judge for it.... Liars ad patetich as any Goddeniers. so their worthless
      empty life without him.... They are even the weakest people, because if
      they are wrong, they are the ones who will pay for denying God... Won't
      be in their shoes. No respect for them....
      I told you this godless
      is the worst generation (those people are just empty and worthless as
      the cult they are in), and when it will be gone with their stupid
      empty, worthless atheism that does not going anywhere, that do not offer
      or teach anything, none will complain about it, not even those very
      weak losers!!!!! ... Do not call them atheist but godless alone souless
      trash. Let's forget about those worthless empty people and their
      worthless and empty cult do not even good to clean the dirtiest motel.
      WHEN YOU WILL BE GONE NONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID CULt
      CALLED ATHEISM. You are the worst of people, no respect for you:...
      those are juss godless alone trash people, liers as any Godeniers with
      less thing sacred in their miserable alone godless life… those weak
      people are so weak and alone that they wait for an empty videos from an
      obsessed godless person to kiss his ass, disgustingly (no God, No
      Dignity) it would not change their life, actually more alone and empty,
      (they do not even have a real community) empty life they live empty shit
      they are in like this stupid cult called Atheism! No respect for them.
      (They are very weak, empty and frustrated people, a life that none will
      accepted, but those godless alone trash idiots).. those who say there is
      no God will pay for it, soon or later... No won't be a godless alone
      trash person into an empty cult not even good for my ass such atheism,
      that offers them nothing. But emptiness and lonlyness for their
      miserabile godless alone life. No respect for them. They are just empty
      as their cult called atheism. But they will pay this soon or later, and
      all the emptiness for nothing they are facing in their ridicolous
      miserable alone life! It is time to throw on the trash empty atheism and
      godless alone trash people, they are not even worthless to clean shit.
      You can not respect them and their emptiness! It is over for you, trash
      is not even good to clean you of all this atheism BS. No respect for
      you. Let's really hope we can have a better generation and forget this
      godless alone trash one as quickly as possible. IT IS OVER, it is time
      for you and this nosense called atheism to go back from the nothing you
      come from. No respect for you. You will pay all this shit, soon or
      later...
      Today I will put your BS atheism in the toilet and flash it
      and you godless alone will shut up, ok? You are worthless and empty as
      your stupid cult. No respect for you.... This is the worst, weakest,
      empty generation, and when it will be over with their stupid empty cult
      called atheism none will complain it. IT'S IS OVER, godless alone
      trash.... Those godless alone poor people are playing with the fire, and
      they will pay for it, and even badly........
      They are so
      desperate and frustrated in and empty stupid life... No sorry for you.
      Let's hope in the next generation, let's hope in a better generation,
      and let's forget this one and trhow it on the trash with their stupid,
      nosense cult called atheism that will lead them anywhere. No respect for
      you again..... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GODLESS ALONE TRASH PEOPLE AND
      YOUR EMPTY STUPID ATHEISM NOT EVEN GOOD TO CLEAN THE DIRTIEST TOILET IN
      THE WORLD... You got no peace over there (and if God is real you will be
      and are f.... up.. You godless alone people are so weak).........
      God
      will care about you as well, poor person.... (you life is more
      miserable and empty without God, but you are so patetic to realize it).
      NO respect for you and your empty cult called atheism....... You are
      just frutrated,obsessed, miserable, alone godless person that does
      deserve any kind of respect, just to be so. (Lier as any
      Godenier)....... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU AND YOUR STUPID EMPTY CULT
      ATHEISM That does not even deserve my piss….. all this just show how much those godless trash people are frustrated (to do not have what people have sacred and holly) no respect for them. it is time to throw away that empty BS cult called atheism that does not explain anything and it is not even good to clean the dirtiest toilet. Godless alone trash people, liars as an any Goddenier, dishonest and the worst and stupidest generation ever had. Let’s froget about this godless trash worthless generation and waiting for a better one. (By the way you will be judge as anyone alse once death by God, do not think you will escape because you deny him, as a godless alone rat as you are (You are also a disgusting godless ass kisser, that anytime you see a godlesss ass you run to kiss it. because you got no God and no dignity in your miserable godless life) NO RESPECT FOR YOU (your life is more empty and miserable without God, but you are the only fool to do not get it… WHY?)... this godless alone trash generation is the worst... Let's hope we can forget about them and have a better one. No respect for them and their stupid empty cult called atheism...... Godless weak people (you are weaker now and later ponce you will confront God, no matter what you sick people think about him)........... They do not deserve any respect, with their godless alone trash family who raised so trashy and sick to deny God. (and they will also pay fgor it, soon or later......... They got No God and no Dignity... something dies inside them when they stop to believe in God, but their are so patetic to admit... Soon or later they will stop to write empty shit on youtube about what we believe... Why? They are very weak, and quickly to change their mind about God... they are worthless people just like their empty atheism... but surelly they can not call theirselves atheists, but godless alone weak trash people. No respect for those liers or disgusting godless desperate ass kissers.... /they need to slpit on their dirthy mouth every morning as they deny God... but they are deceiving none but themselves, as they will paid for it, and be judge by God once death as anyone alse. (So it is better to be a son of God,m that a godless alone weak person).
      It is time to theow on the trash atheims (where it belong) and forget about this generation (have better people then them). God will take care about them as well, and I won't be in the place of those godless weak alone people and disguasting godless ass kisses...... They lost any dignity, denying God, no doubt about that........ No God, no dignity for them, the worst generation ever!...

  • @leseanpayne2805
    @leseanpayne2805 3 месяца назад +3

    Having read a couple books on psychology and parenting, I think the idea of saying "most Christians wouldn't consider a baby as responsible for sin" truly misunderstands just how many Christians spank their children before the age of 4 for exactly that reason. "Spare the rod, spoil the child" is an immediate extention of the logic that a baby is born in sin.
    Without sin, a baby is no more sinning by crying, stealing or hitting than it is sinning by it's failure to perform well on a calculus test. A baby sinning by our definition is actually a baby behaving in the exact developmental state it evolved into over generations. Without the ability to talk, it whines, criess, and takes in order to keep its mom close and accrew every resource it's able to while it's growing.

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      Then do not tell me this is not a sick cult with godless ass kissers and godless alone trash people that are so obsessed with what other believe and the reflection of other people believe. No respect for those sick godless people.
      For Real? What kind of stupid empty cult is this nothing offer nothing gives, but empty BS? As God really cares about what you think and your stupid philosophy empty words as godless alone trash person (anyone who deny God is a godless alone trash person)… Another reason none can respect you, you are a lier as any modern Goddenier.. And we hope the next generation will be better then you and forget about you and your empty stupid worthless atheism not even worst to clean my ass. … you are just empty like it.
      Then why only godless alone trash people are obsessed with hell, while we are not? Another reason to do not be like them, and live with this constantly fear… What idiots!
      For really you did not get those empty Videos where godless alone people
      constantly talk about God, showing their obsession, are made not to
      help anyhow your godless alone life but to trap you into this empty
      stupid cult called atheism they know we live in the time of stupidity
      and godless trash people so they need to capture them as more as they
      can.
      They know you are the most stupid, weakest and alone people in
      the face of earth and they need to take advantages on you. They know you
      run anytime you see godless ass to kiss it. That what this empty BS
      cult atheism make you be, without God and without dignity. But let see
      how you are in trapped in this cult: Let see how many godless rats are
      here with their empty words and life, just as their cult called atheism.
      Why? Why Godless alone trash people want see the existence of God
      when it is clear that if they and all the things they see around (earth,
      stars, planets and so on) if they are creation something must created
      them. For real no respect for those godless blind trash people. God is
      what they do not know have and do not know in their miserable alone
      trash life. But God will take care about them as well, once death as
      anyone alse. Let's hope we will have better generation that those
      godless alone trash one.... We really do not need this empty and
      worthless cult called atheism and those modern godless alone idiots who
      thinks God cares to exist what those poor alone people think about him.
      No respect for them and their miserable godless alone life. (they are
      also godless ass kissers, as they run anytime they see a godless alone
      person... that what happen when you do not have God in your life, you
      lose your dignity, and you start to be disgusting in that way)... Oh
      anyway when you stopped to believe in God something died on you but you
      are so pathetic that you are not willing to admit it (right?). What
      trashy people without shame they deny their creator, and they will be
      judge for it.... Liars ad patetich as any Goddeniers. so their worthless
      empty life without him.... They are even the weakest people, because if
      they are wrong, they are the ones who will pay for denying God... Won't
      be in their shoes. No respect for them....
      I told you this godless
      is the worst generation (those people are just empty and worthless as
      the cult they are in), and when it will be gone with their stupid
      empty, worthless atheism that does not going anywhere, that do not offer
      or teach anything, none will complain about it, not even those very
      weak losers!!!!! ... Do not call them atheist but godless alone souless
      trash. Let's forget about those worthless empty people and their
      worthless and empty cult do not even good to clean the dirtiest motel.
      WHEN YOU WILL BE GONE NONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID CULt
      CALLED ATHEISM. You are the worst of people, no respect for you:...
      those are juss godless alone trash people, liers as any Godeniers with
      less thing sacred in their miserable alone godless life… those weak
      people are so weak and alone that they wait for an empty videos from an
      obsessed godless person to kiss his ass, disgustingly (no God, No
      Dignity) it would not change their life, actually more alone and empty,
      (they do not even have a real community) empty life they live empty shit
      they are in like this stupid cult called Atheism! No respect for them.
      (They are very weak, empty and frustrated people, a life that none will
      accepted, but those godless alone trash idiots).. those who say there is
      no God will pay for it, soon or later... No won't be a godless alone
      trash person into an empty cult not even good for my ass such atheism,
      that offers them nothing. But emptiness and lonlyness for their
      miserabile godless alone life. No respect for them. They are just empty
      as their cult called atheism. But they will pay this soon or later, and
      all the emptiness for nothing they are facing in their ridicolous
      miserable alone life! It is time to throw on the trash empty atheism and
      godless alone trash people, they are not even worthless to clean shit.
      You can not respect them and their emptiness! It is over for you, trash
      is not even good to clean you of all this atheism BS. No respect for
      you. Let's really hope we can have a better generation and forget this
      godless alone trash one as quickly as possible. IT IS OVER, it is time
      for you and this nosense called atheism to go back from the nothing you
      come from. No respect for you. You will pay all this shit, soon or
      later...
      Today I will put your BS atheism in the toilet and flash it
      and you godless alone will shut up, ok? You are worthless and empty as
      your stupid cult. No respect for you.... This is the worst, weakest,
      empty generation, and when it will be over with their stupid empty cult
      called atheism none will complain it. IT'S IS OVER, godless alone
      trash.... Those godless alone poor people are playing with the fire, and
      they will pay for it, and even badly........
      They are so
      desperate and frustrated in and empty stupid life... No sorry for you.
      Let's hope in the next generation, let's hope in a better generation,
      and let's forget this one and trhow it on the trash with their stupid,
      nosense cult called atheism that will lead them anywhere. No respect for
      you again..... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GODLESS ALONE TRASH PEOPLE AND
      YOUR EMPTY STUPID ATHEISM NOT EVEN GOOD TO CLEAN THE DIRTIEST TOILET IN
      THE WORLD... You got no peace over there (and if God is real you will be
      and are f.... up.. You godless alone people are so weak).........
      God
      will care about you as well, poor person.... (you life is more
      miserable and empty without God, but you are so patetic to realize it).
      NO respect for you and your empty cult called atheism....... You are
      just frutrated,obsessed, miserable, alone godless person that does
      deserve any kind of respect, just to be so. (Lier as any
      Godenier)....... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU AND YOUR STUPID EMPTY CULT
      ATHEISM That does not even deserve my piss….. all this just show how much those godless trash people are frustrated (to do not have what people have sacred and holly) no respect for them. it is time to throw away that empty BS cult called atheism that does not explain anything and it is not even good to clean the dirtiest toilet. Godless alone trash people, liars as an any Goddenier, dishonest and the worst and stupidest generation ever had. Let’s froget about this godless trash worthless generation and waiting for a better one. (By the way you will be judge as anyone alse once death by God, do not think you will escape because you deny him, as a godless alone rat as you are (You are also a disgusting godless ass kisser, that anytime you see a godlesss ass you run to kiss it. because you got no God and no dignity in your miserable godless life) NO RESPECT FOR YOU (your life is more empty and miserable without God, but you are the only fool to do not get it… WHY?)... this godless alone trash generation is the worst... Let's hope we can forget about them and have a better one. No respect for them and their stupid empty cult called atheism...... Godless weak people (you are weaker now and later ponce you will confront God, no matter what you sick people think about him)........... They do not deserve any respect, with their godless alone trash family who raised so trashy and sick to deny God. (and they will also pay fgor it, soon or later......... They got No God and no Dignity... something dies inside them when they stop to believe in God, but their are so patetic to admit... Soon or later they will stop to write empty shit on youtube about what we believe... Why? They are very weak, and quickly to change their mind about God... they are worthless people just like their empty atheism... but surelly they can not call theirselves atheists, but godless alone weak trash people. No respect for those liers or disgusting godless desperate ass kissers.... /they need to slpit on their dirthy mouth every morning as they deny God... but they are deceiving none but themselves, as they will paid for it, and be judge by God once death as anyone alse. (So it is better to be a son of God,m that a godless alone weak person).
      It is time to theow on the trash atheims (where it belong) and forget about this generation (have better people then them). God will take care about them as well, and I won't be in the place of those godless weak alone people and disguasting godless ass kisses...... They lost any dignity, denying God, no doubt about that........ No God, no dignity for them, the worst generation ever!..

    • @russellmiles2861
      @russellmiles2861 3 месяца назад

      Well there is the little thing of Christians commending their god for Buring babies to death at Sodom.

  • @martymoo
    @martymoo 21 день назад

    I love listening to these two chat about this stuff. ❤ When we gonna fix the world though!

  • @donaldlococo954
    @donaldlococo954 3 месяца назад +1

    Love one another... Come to me all who are weary... I am with you always till the end of the ages... Get up and walk... Your faith has saved you.... Yes you, confused old man, he's talking even to you.

    • @sophiet1576
      @sophiet1576 3 месяца назад

      Confused is better than brain washed, donald.
      But, Richard Dawkins isn't confused. He's studied the Bible and the Koran, and sees what a bunch of horrifying bs they are.

    • @user-md7uc5tx6b
      @user-md7uc5tx6b 8 дней назад

      @@sophiet1576 He's studied the Bible but doesn't know the most basic doctrine? Also, he's admitted that nothing would convince him of God, as he could always posit it to aliens. If anyone is brainwashed, it's him.

  • @toopieare
    @toopieare 3 месяца назад +11

    This illustrates the point that interviews don't have to be direct question and direct answer. At some points, it seemed they were veering off but it all actually made sense. Also a testament to Alex's interviewing skills.

    • @oppothumbs1
      @oppothumbs1 3 месяца назад +3

      What Alex conveys is a greater humanity and sensitivity than Dawkins does but let's face it, they both are critical of Christianity and religion. Alex is just a cool less emotional guy than Dawkins. Probably they both are most critical of religions that threaten hell to nonbelievers. I understand from going on religious sites that they give no respect and mock Agnostics. Part of this could be they feel they may find another step on the stairway to heaven by trying to convert as many nonbelievers as they can.
      Part could be that Jesus wants terrible things to happen to nonbelievers and he is the pathway for believers to adopt that sickening mindset. I have to fear the moderator or AI on here for just saying what I feel. You may not find it wrong. I wonder how anyone can not think it's wrong of Jesus. Good luck to you, and of course I have no idea how you feel about Agnostics or Atheists.

    • @user-ti3cc6dg2r
      @user-ti3cc6dg2r 3 месяца назад

      Do you really think Jesus wants terrible things for non-believers? You said so l must assume you mean it.
      But how can a loving God want that for his children. You wouldn't want it for your children so why do you think God would want non believers to go to hell.
      Not that it isn't true that non believers will go to hell but rather that God does not want that to be the case the choice is ours. So if anyone goes to hell it's not because God choose it for them.
      Isaiah 59:2
      2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
      It doesn't make sense to think God wants non believers to go to hell unless you think God isn't loving in that case that is your opinion. The bible says Good is love why does your statement contradict this fact.
      If you as a parent had a kid and you happened to be a good judge and your kid was charged for murder wouldn't you find every means by which you could acquit your child from the prosecution without circumventing the law itself.
      Isn't that why they call God a merciful God? The cross is God's way of saving his people from the condemnation of the law but sin is the transgression of the law and the soul that sins must die. To make this shorter not that it's short.
      If Jesus didn't die we would all be condemned by the law to hell. I want to speak more about hell but l leave it for another time because l can see you have some contentions with Christians who preach hell fire without love or at least you perceive they do it from an unloving place.
      Why would God want sinners to go to hell
      I know you and l are not Israelites but there's no difference between Jews and Gentiles. See the Verse below
      Why Will You Die, Israel?
      10 “And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?’ 11 Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?

    • @oppothumbs1
      @oppothumbs1 3 месяца назад

      @@user-ti3cc6dg2r When I read the bible it so full of contradictions when taken literally or figuratively. I see little evidence of a merciful god, just a lot of talk.
      Scripture’s teaching is that all who die in their sins will immediately go to hell/Hades, where they will remain, conscious of their misery and despair, until summoned before God at the Great White Throne Judgment. These, who rejected God’s mercy, must face His wrath, and they are eventually judged and cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:11-15).
      "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
      "They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

    • @oppothumbs1
      @oppothumbs1 3 месяца назад

      @@user-ti3cc6dg2r Calls a non Jewish woman a dog when she wants him to heal her sick daughter, says he's only been sent here to help the Jews, only when she begs and calls herself a dog does he help (does the miracle anyway but is still is a dick about it) Matthew 15:21-28
      Calls people hypocrites and fools and then says not to call people fools or they'll go to hell. Matthew 5:22, Matthew 23:17
      Gets anointed with expensive oil and fed by his disciples and people despite not working he's just walking around preaching. When someone suggests that they sell the oil to the poor he says the poor will be there forever you've only got me today!! Matthew 26:6-13, Mark 14:3-9, Luke 7:36-50, John 12:1-8 has this woman kissing his feet and crying on them to cleanse her sins, this is very reminiscent of egotistical cult leaders like Jim Jones and Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh who would have people pampering them
      Just a very small sampling.

    • @oppothumbs1
      @oppothumbs1 3 месяца назад +1

      @@user-ti3cc6dg2r Yes because I read it in the bible. he preaches about hell and that people that don't believe in him are going to hell. John 3:36, Revelation 21:8 Scripture’s teaching is that all who die in their sins will immediately go to hell/Hades, where they will remain, conscious of their misery and despair. His wrath .. and they are eventually judged and cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:11-15).

  • @DavidRobinson-rj2sp
    @DavidRobinson-rj2sp 3 месяца назад +6

    My favourite part of the Bible is where Jesus goes into the desert for 40-days 40-nights and someone who wasn't there writes all about it.
    The Holy Babble = BS.

    • @HonduranHoneymoonhon
      @HonduranHoneymoonhon 3 месяца назад +1

      what is wrong with that part?

    • @DavidRobinson-rj2sp
      @DavidRobinson-rj2sp 3 месяца назад +2

      @@atticusboman4444 : So all hearsay then.

    • @DavidRobinson-rj2sp
      @DavidRobinson-rj2sp 3 месяца назад +2

      @@HonduranHoneymoonhon : It's all just an old fairy-tale.

    • @Ikthus
      @Ikthus 3 месяца назад

      @@DavidRobinson-rj2sphearsay doesn’t necessarily equate to falsehood. If you have a God incarnate, a morally perfect being, as the one to narrate that “hearsay”, would you still doubt it? Perhaps, but only if you didn’t believe He is God in the first place.

    • @DavidRobinson-rj2sp
      @DavidRobinson-rj2sp 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Ikthus Considering that this wasn't written down until hundreds of years after the alleged event, hearsay becomes Chinese Whispers becomes fallacious.

  • @MgtowRubicon
    @MgtowRubicon 3 месяца назад +1

    When I pointed out to a "Ken Ham" type of theist that he was relying on logical fallacies, he responded by saying that logical fallacies are o.k. when they are used to justify belief in his god.
    Logical fallacies, scientific illiteracy, science denial, virtue signaling, and intellectually insulting sophistry demonstrates that a position is not based on reason and evidence, but only on politics.
    *"The Truth has nothing to fear from inquiry." -- Matt Dillahunty*
    *"As long as people believe in absurdities, people will commit atrocities." -- Voltaire*

  • @azulceleste2646
    @azulceleste2646 3 месяца назад

    0:51 I agree, he would be shocked about the modern interpretation of spiritual texts.

  • @japexican007
    @japexican007 3 месяца назад +14

    I don’t always agree with you Cosmic Skeptic but I can see why you continuing on this path is beneficial to many people both Christian and atheist alike, you represent our side to the other side very well that it makes them think and vice versa, if anything it pushes for a mutual understanding of each others views so as to help both sides not talk over each other, God bless

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      Then do not tell me this is not a sick cult with godless ass kissers and godless alone trash people that are so obsessed with what other believe and the reflection of other people believe. No respect for those sick godless people.
      For Real? What kind of stupid empty cult is this nothing offer nothing gives, but empty BS? As God really cares about what you think and your stupid philosophy empty words as godless alone trash person (anyone who deny God is a godless alone trash person)… Another reason none can respect you, you are a lier as any modern Goddenier.. And we hope the next generation will be better then you and forget about you and your empty stupid worthless atheism not even worst to clean my ass. … you are just empty like it.
      Then why only godless alone trash people are obsessed with hell, while we are not? Another reason to do not be like them, and live with this constantly fear… What idiots!
      For really you did not get those empty Videos where godless alone people
      constantly talk about God, showing their obsession, are made not to
      help anyhow your godless alone life but to trap you into this empty
      stupid cult called atheism they know we live in the time of stupidity
      and godless trash people so they need to capture them as more as they
      can.
      They know you are the most stupid, weakest and alone people in
      the face of earth and they need to take advantages on you. They know you
      run anytime you see godless ass to kiss it. That what this empty BS
      cult atheism make you be, without God and without dignity. But let see
      how you are in trapped in this cult: Let see how many godless rats are
      here with their empty words and life, just as their cult called atheism.
      Why? Why Godless alone trash people want see the existence of God
      when it is clear that if they and all the things they see around (earth,
      stars, planets and so on) if they are creation something must created
      them. For real no respect for those godless blind trash people. God is
      what they do not know have and do not know in their miserable alone
      trash life. But God will take care about them as well, once death as
      anyone alse. Let's hope we will have better generation that those
      godless alone trash one.... We really do not need this empty and
      worthless cult called atheism and those modern godless alone idiots who
      thinks God cares to exist what those poor alone people think about him.
      No respect for them and their miserable godless alone life. (they are
      also godless ass kissers, as they run anytime they see a godless alone
      person... that what happen when you do not have God in your life, you
      lose your dignity, and you start to be disgusting in that way)... Oh
      anyway when you stopped to believe in God something died on you but you
      are so pathetic that you are not willing to admit it (right?). What
      trashy people without shame they deny their creator, and they will be
      judge for it.... Liars ad patetich as any Goddeniers. so their worthless
      empty life without him.... They are even the weakest people, because if
      they are wrong, they are the ones who will pay for denying God... Won't
      be in their shoes. No respect for them....
      I told you this godless
      is the worst generation (those people are just empty and worthless as
      the cult they are in), and when it will be gone with their stupid
      empty, worthless atheism that does not going anywhere, that do not offer
      or teach anything, none will complain about it, not even those very
      weak losers!!!!! ... Do not call them atheist but godless alone souless
      trash. Let's forget about those worthless empty people and their
      worthless and empty cult do not even good to clean the dirtiest motel.
      WHEN YOU WILL BE GONE NONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID CULt
      CALLED ATHEISM. You are the worst of people, no respect for you:...
      those are juss godless alone trash people, liers as any Godeniers with
      less thing sacred in their miserable alone godless life… those weak
      people are so weak and alone that they wait for an empty videos from an
      obsessed godless person to kiss his ass, disgustingly (no God, No
      Dignity) it would not change their life, actually more alone and empty,
      (they do not even have a real community) empty life they live empty shit
      they are in like this stupid cult called Atheism! No respect for them.
      (They are very weak, empty and frustrated people, a life that none will
      accepted, but those godless alone trash idiots).. those who say there is
      no God will pay for it, soon or later... No won't be a godless alone
      trash person into an empty cult not even good for my ass such atheism,
      that offers them nothing. But emptiness and lonlyness for their
      miserabile godless alone life. No respect for them. They are just empty
      as their cult called atheism. But they will pay this soon or later, and
      all the emptiness for nothing they are facing in their ridicolous
      miserable alone life! It is time to throw on the trash empty atheism and
      godless alone trash people, they are not even worthless to clean shit.
      You can not respect them and their emptiness! It is over for you, trash
      is not even good to clean you of all this atheism BS. No respect for
      you. Let's really hope we can have a better generation and forget this
      godless alone trash one as quickly as possible. IT IS OVER, it is time
      for you and this nosense called atheism to go back from the nothing you
      come from. No respect for you. You will pay all this shit, soon or
      later...
      Today I will put your BS atheism in the toilet and flash it
      and you godless alone will shut up, ok? You are worthless and empty as
      your stupid cult. No respect for you.... This is the worst, weakest,
      empty generation, and when it will be over with their stupid empty cult
      called atheism none will complain it. IT'S IS OVER, godless alone
      trash.... Those godless alone poor people are playing with the fire, and
      they will pay for it, and even badly........
      They are so
      desperate and frustrated in and empty stupid life... No sorry for you.
      Let's hope in the next generation, let's hope in a better generation,
      and let's forget this one and trhow it on the trash with their stupid,
      nosense cult called atheism that will lead them anywhere. No respect for
      you again..... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GODLESS ALONE TRASH PEOPLE AND
      YOUR EMPTY STUPID ATHEISM NOT EVEN GOOD TO CLEAN THE DIRTIEST TOILET IN
      THE WORLD... You got no peace over there (and if God is real you will be
      and are f.... up.. You godless alone people are so weak).........
      God
      will care about you as well, poor person.... (you life is more
      miserable and empty without God, but you are so patetic to realize it).
      NO respect for you and your empty cult called atheism....... You are
      just frutrated,obsessed, miserable, alone godless person that does
      deserve any kind of respect, just to be so. (Lier as any
      Godenier)....... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU AND YOUR STUPID EMPTY CULT
      ATHEISM That does not even deserve my piss….. all this just show how much those godless trash people are frustrated (to do not have what people have sacred and holly) no respect for them. it is time to throw away that empty BS cult called atheism that does not explain anything and it is not even good to clean the dirtiest toilet. Godless alone trash people, liars as an any Goddenier, dishonest and the worst and stupidest generation ever had. Let’s froget about this godless trash worthless generation and waiting for a better one. (By the way you will be judge as anyone alse once death by God, do not think you will escape because you deny him, as a godless alone rat as you are (You are also a disgusting godless ass kisser, that anytime you see a godlesss ass you run to kiss it. because you got no God and no dignity in your miserable godless life) NO RESPECT FOR YOU (your life is more empty and miserable without God, but you are the only fool to do not get it… WHY?)... this godless alone trash generation is the worst... Let's hope we can forget about them and have a better one. No respect for them and their stupid empty cult called atheism...... Godless weak people (you are weaker now and later ponce you will confront God, no matter what you sick people think about him)........... They do not deserve any respect, with their godless alone trash family who raised so trashy and sick to deny God. (and they will also pay fgor it, soon or later......... They got No God and no Dignity... something dies inside them when they stop to believe in God, but their are so patetic to admit... Soon or later they will stop to write empty shit on youtube about what we believe... Why? They are very weak, and quickly to change their mind about God... they are worthless people just like their empty atheism... but surelly they can not call theirselves atheists, but godless alone weak trash people. No respect for those liers or disgusting godless desperate ass kissers.... /they need to slpit on their dirthy mouth every morning as they deny God... but they are deceiving none but themselves, as they will paid for it, and be judge by God once death as anyone alse. (So it is better to be a son of God,m that a godless alone weak person).
      It is time to theow on the trash atheims (where it belong) and forget about this generation (have better people then them). God will take care about them as well, and I won't be in the place of those godless weak alone people and disguasting godless ass kisses...... They lost any dignity, denying God, no doubt about that........ No God, no dignity for them, the worst generation ever!...

    • @axelbruv
      @axelbruv 3 месяца назад

      The more of Alex O'Connor's videos I watch, the more I notice how he panders to the Christian idea that there is a God. Dawkins was very tolerant of the mental gymnastics in this clip. I can't agree that O'Connor represents atheists well.

  • @Justdreamitaly
    @Justdreamitaly 3 месяца назад +71

    The difference between Alex and Richard is stark. Where Alex shows an openmindedness to explore, engage and even admire schools of thought with which he doesn’t agree, Richard displays a close mindedness similar to that of any genre of fundamentalist.

    • @johnzielinski9951
      @johnzielinski9951 3 месяца назад +21

      He's the proverbial old dog that isn't going to learn any new tricks.

    • @Leon_der_Luftige
      @Leon_der_Luftige 3 месяца назад +7

      You people are ridiculous.

    • @filipzovko1915
      @filipzovko1915 3 месяца назад

      indeed

    • @Steve0272.
      @Steve0272. 3 месяца назад +18

      Or maybe hes just heard ALL the flawed reasoning for evidence or ALL the excuses for justifying horrendous evil

    • @ztrinx1
      @ztrinx1 3 месяца назад +17

      I am not sure you fully understand this difference, despite your confidence in it. This positive open mindedness you attribute to the situation is clearly because you favour it.
      It has no meaning. It has no context. You are not stating anything specific. Why is it always positive to be open minded - to any and all things? You challenge yourself, you test and challenge your own reasoning and conclusions for years and years.
      Why is it positive to be “open minded” to an idea that isn’t worth entertaining? Or is it just your idea that is worth it?

  • @oaim50
    @oaim50 2 месяца назад

    The sermon on the mount seems wonderful up to a point, true enough, but hardly anyone reads into it enough to see how dark it gets.

  • @rachelhayhurst-mason7846
    @rachelhayhurst-mason7846 3 месяца назад +2

    In Hebrew, Jesus' name, Yeshua, literally means salvation or rescue. The focus of this salvation is rescue from slavery, that is bondage to captivity, oppression and death.
    I'm not sure if you've considered that sin (failure to love someone perfectly), transgression (to break a law) and iniquity (to act immorally or unfairly) is actually more focussed on how your actions affect other people and not so much focussed on the self?

  • @darrenkilfoil5434
    @darrenkilfoil5434 3 месяца назад +18

    “I’m sorry for you having to do a degree in this kind of thing” 💀

    • @annepoitrineau5650
      @annepoitrineau5650 2 месяца назад +4

      That was inappropriate: anybody can study anything. They do not have to adhere. The selfish gene does not exist as we know now. :)

    • @dewardroy6531
      @dewardroy6531 2 месяца назад

      You have not read the book or you would not have made such a truly stupid comment.

    • @dannybarr-qk9ly
      @dannybarr-qk9ly 2 месяца назад

      I knew a guy who studied history once I thought what a waste he could have studied anything been anything! 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @annepoitrineau5650
      @annepoitrineau5650 2 месяца назад

      What does this post mean?@@dannybarr-qk9ly

    • @ianbuick8946
      @ianbuick8946 2 месяца назад

      At least there is hope for Alex. It's too bad that when Dawkin was presented by the idea that human could have "fall short" of the higher standard, he simply refused to consider the idea (perhaps, he must have think highly of himself) and patronized Alex for studying in theology.

  • @aemiliadelroba4022
    @aemiliadelroba4022 3 месяца назад +5

    To make mistakes is a human thing , to learn from our mistakes and trying our best to become a better person is a high standard for all humans , striving to become a better person.
    Learning …. learning to forgive our shortcomings. learning to forgive ourselves and others.
    ❤❤❤

    • @JV-jq4dt
      @JV-jq4dt 3 месяца назад +2

      Why should I forgive, if mistakes are human?

    • @coryc3032
      @coryc3032 3 месяца назад

      Forgiveness is not for mistakes, People misuse that word, Mistakes mean you did not intend that outcome

    • @niblick616
      @niblick616 22 дня назад

      And?

  • @flovv4580
    @flovv4580 19 часов назад

    We and everything is "perfect" the way it is. We are constantly evolving not just physically but spiritually/morally as well. Most of us not aware of this fact, because the process is very, very slow.
    Everything is as it should be.

  • @Gabriel-og7zq
    @Gabriel-og7zq 3 месяца назад +1

    The idea that we are born in sin , and accepting that , is actually a way of accepting our imperfect condition. We are born in sin , we are not born saints or perfect , rather we grow striving towards it. Its a beautiful idea , it just requires some humbleness:))

    • @funcat3560
      @funcat3560 2 месяца назад

      This "sin" is still somewhat better described with what we know about human bias, particularly the ones hard coded into how all brains works. (Facial recognition, and assigning personalities to faces.)
      See, viewing it as a bias to overcome, is noble betterment. We should strive to help others, rather than hurt.
      But sin implies that we are correcting misdeeds, that being biased in the first place is sin, regardless of if we act on it and hurt people or not. When in actuality, only choosing to STAY biased, which is then prejudice, is the harmful choice. (Among other forms of bias like willful ignorance, making excuses, TEACHING people to be sexist / racist, etc.)
      It's a pretty small difference, but it IS important to distinguish those who make honest mistakes, from those who relish in treating people unfairly. And the way religion uses sin, is designed to blur the lines on what is hurtful, and malicious.
      You can see this easily with LGBT+ allies: most people will be nice and understanding if you don't know the right ways to talk about sensitive topics. So long as you aren't trying to outlaw people.
      I wouldn't call a well meaning individual sinful or prejudiced, not for the mistakes they where taught to make. We blame those who teach the methods of hate. (Tbf, I do make mistakes too, so I might. But like, that's what I AM talking about here. You know?)
      There are a lot of differences and similarities between what is natural ignorance, and TAUGHT misconceptions that make it hard to talk about this accurately. Or I don't know enough on the subject.
      Not sure I worded this well...

  • @No2AI
    @No2AI 3 месяца назад +8

    Searching for the truth in circles …. No one has a clue what is going on …. Debate, discussion, it doesn’t matter, no one knows what this reality is all about , no one !

    • @binderdundit228
      @binderdundit228 3 месяца назад +1

      I found one man that knows what is going on. Rabbi Tovia Singer. Give him a try. He is a wise man and a nice Guy.

    • @No2AI
      @No2AI 3 месяца назад +1

      @@binderdundit228 thank you - I do know him yet in my view this is all a mystery and humanity is not being included in this discussion. No one knows honestly. That is my personal conclusion obviously.

    • @antonius_006
      @antonius_006 3 месяца назад

      Maybe some of these guys can help with good ideas:
      Lao Tzu (Te Tao Ching, Modern Library)
      Eugen Herrigel (Zen in the Art of Archery)
      Mauro Biglino
      Reza Aslan
      Robert D. Hare
      Carl Jung (Basic Writings, Modern Library)
      Jeanne Avery (The Rising Sign)
      John Maynard Keynes

    • @No2AI
      @No2AI 3 месяца назад

      @@antonius_006 I agree with you - they all believe what they believe, as we do , yet no evidence no facts ….

    • @ianross3520
      @ianross3520 3 месяца назад +1

      I think youd find that truly no one does know whats going on- and that IS the position of Atheism or Agnosticism. Christianity attempts to claim they "know whats going on" whereas the scientific conclusion is that we don't know whether or not a god exists

  • @cerdic6586
    @cerdic6586 3 месяца назад +30

    I am an atheist, but I think there is some wisdom in believing that humans are born in 'sin' (I would use the word 'corruptible'). The more we value humans individually, the less we value humans collectively.

    • @antonius_006
      @antonius_006 3 месяца назад +3

      This is more a Psychological subject (Critic Philosophy) than a religious subject (Speculative Philosophy).

    • @cerdic6586
      @cerdic6586 3 месяца назад

      @@antonius_006 True, but they intersect. Religion is an amalgamation of observations from many fields.

    • @antonius_006
      @antonius_006 3 месяца назад

      @@cerdic6586 who has science (History of compared religions is part of Analytical Psychology) doesn' t need religion or atheism (because they are bias).

    • @cerdic6586
      @cerdic6586 3 месяца назад

      @@antonius_006 Bias does not necessarily rule out the possibility of some truths co-existing beneath the surface.

    • @99muddy99
      @99muddy99 3 месяца назад +1

      When a Cuckoo pushes it’s competitors out of the nest, is it sinning? We’ve developed a brain, that enables us to exploit situations to our advantage. Vicarious learning accelerates it. We do it daily-constantly. Through education and example, we are are able to modify our behaviour, developing personal principles of appropriate behaviour. Some will abide to these principles more than others. Our upbringing and experiences may impact whether we do “bad” things. Sometimes we do them because we can. Sometimes we can get better. That’s the wonderful thing about being human-you can stop being an arsehole and improve. No God is required.

  • @darkranger116
    @darkranger116 3 месяца назад +2

    He'll spend his whole life trying to undermine the subconscious frictions between the self and religion. And then when you ask him about gender he suddenly turns into a dogmatic christian.
    People sure are weird.

  • @xsandpathx
    @xsandpathx 3 месяца назад +8

    Richard seems so closed off to any debate whys he even podcasting

    • @socialsigh
      @socialsigh 3 месяца назад +1

      Better than trying to rile up and confuse a bunch of college kids like apologetic street preachers do.

    • @xsandpathx
      @xsandpathx 3 месяца назад +1

      @@socialsigh at least theyre open to debate

  • @AndgyBear
    @AndgyBear 3 месяца назад +7

    My old hero and my new hero lol

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      Then do not tell me this is not a sick cult with godless ass kissers and godless alone trash people that are so obsessed with what other believe and the reflection of other people believe. No respect for those sick godless people.
      For Real? What kind of stupid empty cult is this nothing offer nothing gives, but empty BS? As God really cares about what you think and your stupid philosophy empty words as godless alone trash person (anyone who deny God is a godless alone trash person)… Another reason none can respect you, you are a lier as any modern Goddenier.. And we hope the next generation will be better then you and forget about you and your empty stupid worthless atheism not even worst to clean my ass. … you are just empty like it.
      Then why only godless alone trash people are obsessed with hell, while we are not? Another reason to do not be like them, and live with this constantly fear… What idiots!
      For really you did not get those empty Videos where godless alone people
      constantly talk about God, showing their obsession, are made not to
      help anyhow your godless alone life but to trap you into this empty
      stupid cult called atheism they know we live in the time of stupidity
      and godless trash people so they need to capture them as more as they
      can.
      They know you are the most stupid, weakest and alone people in
      the face of earth and they need to take advantages on you. They know you
      run anytime you see godless ass to kiss it. That what this empty BS
      cult atheism make you be, without God and without dignity. But let see
      how you are in trapped in this cult: Let see how many godless rats are
      here with their empty words and life, just as their cult called atheism.
      Why? Why Godless alone trash people want see the existence of God
      when it is clear that if they and all the things they see around (earth,
      stars, planets and so on) if they are creation something must created
      them. For real no respect for those godless blind trash people. God is
      what they do not know have and do not know in their miserable alone
      trash life. But God will take care about them as well, once death as
      anyone alse. Let's hope we will have better generation that those
      godless alone trash one.... We really do not need this empty and
      worthless cult called atheism and those modern godless alone idiots who
      thinks God cares to exist what those poor alone people think about him.
      No respect for them and their miserable godless alone life. (they are
      also godless ass kissers, as they run anytime they see a godless alone
      person... that what happen when you do not have God in your life, you
      lose your dignity, and you start to be disgusting in that way)... Oh
      anyway when you stopped to believe in God something died on you but you
      are so pathetic that you are not willing to admit it (right?). What
      trashy people without shame they deny their creator, and they will be
      judge for it.... Liars ad patetich as any Goddeniers. so their worthless
      empty life without him.... They are even the weakest people, because if
      they are wrong, they are the ones who will pay for denying God... Won't
      be in their shoes. No respect for them....
      I told you this godless
      is the worst generation (those people are just empty and worthless as
      the cult they are in), and when it will be gone with their stupid
      empty, worthless atheism that does not going anywhere, that do not offer
      or teach anything, none will complain about it, not even those very
      weak losers!!!!! ... Do not call them atheist but godless alone souless
      trash. Let's forget about those worthless empty people and their
      worthless and empty cult do not even good to clean the dirtiest motel.
      WHEN YOU WILL BE GONE NONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID CULt
      CALLED ATHEISM. You are the worst of people, no respect for you:...
      those are juss godless alone trash people, liers as any Godeniers with
      less thing sacred in their miserable alone godless life… those weak
      people are so weak and alone that they wait for an empty videos from an
      obsessed godless person to kiss his ass, disgustingly (no God, No
      Dignity) it would not change their life, actually more alone and empty,
      (they do not even have a real community) empty life they live empty shit
      they are in like this stupid cult called Atheism! No respect for them.
      (They are very weak, empty and frustrated people, a life that none will
      accepted, but those godless alone trash idiots).. those who say there is
      no God will pay for it, soon or later... No won't be a godless alone
      trash person into an empty cult not even good for my ass such atheism,
      that offers them nothing. But emptiness and lonlyness for their
      miserabile godless alone life. No respect for them. They are just empty
      as their cult called atheism. But they will pay this soon or later, and
      all the emptiness for nothing they are facing in their ridicolous
      miserable alone life! It is time to throw on the trash empty atheism and
      godless alone trash people, they are not even worthless to clean shit.
      You can not respect them and their emptiness! It is over for you, trash
      is not even good to clean you of all this atheism BS. No respect for
      you. Let's really hope we can have a better generation and forget this
      godless alone trash one as quickly as possible. IT IS OVER, it is time
      for you and this nosense called atheism to go back from the nothing you
      come from. No respect for you. You will pay all this shit, soon or
      later...
      Today I will put your BS atheism in the toilet and flash it
      and you godless alone will shut up, ok? You are worthless and empty as
      your stupid cult. No respect for you.... This is the worst, weakest,
      empty generation, and when it will be over with their stupid empty cult
      called atheism none will complain it. IT'S IS OVER, godless alone
      trash.... Those godless alone poor people are playing with the fire, and
      they will pay for it, and even badly........
      They are so
      desperate and frustrated in and empty stupid life... No sorry for you.
      Let's hope in the next generation, let's hope in a better generation,
      and let's forget this one and trhow it on the trash with their stupid,
      nosense cult called atheism that will lead them anywhere. No respect for
      you again..... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GODLESS ALONE TRASH PEOPLE AND
      YOUR EMPTY STUPID ATHEISM NOT EVEN GOOD TO CLEAN THE DIRTIEST TOILET IN
      THE WORLD... You got no peace over there (and if God is real you will be
      and are f.... up.. You godless alone people are so weak).........
      God
      will care about you as well, poor person.... (you life is more
      miserable and empty without God, but you are so patetic to realize it).
      NO respect for you and your empty cult called atheism....... You are
      just frutrated,obsessed, miserable, alone godless person that does
      deserve any kind of respect, just to be so. (Lier as any
      Godenier)....... IT IS OVER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU AND YOUR STUPID EMPTY CULT
      ATHEISM That does not even deserve my piss….. all this just show how much those godless trash people are frustrated (to do not have what people have sacred and holly) no respect for them. it is time to throw away that empty BS cult called atheism that does not explain anything and it is not even good to clean the dirtiest toilet. Godless alone trash people, liars as an any Goddenier, dishonest and the worst and stupidest generation ever had. Let’s froget about this godless trash worthless generation and waiting for a better one. (By the way you will be judge as anyone alse once death by God, do not think you will escape because you deny him, as a godless alone rat as you are (You are also a disgusting godless ass kisser, that anytime you see a godlesss ass you run to kiss it. because you got no God and no dignity in your miserable godless life) NO RESPECT FOR YOU (your life is more empty and miserable without God, but you are the only fool to do not get it… WHY?)... this godless alone trash generation is the worst... Let's hope we can forget about them and have a better one. No respect for them and their stupid empty cult called atheism...... Godless weak people (you are weaker now and later ponce you will confront God, no matter what you sick people think about him)........... They do not deserve any respect, with their godless alone trash family who raised so trashy and sick to deny God. (and they will also pay fgor it, soon or later......... They got No God and no Dignity... something dies inside them when they stop to believe in God, but their are so patetic to admit... Soon or later they will stop to write empty shit on youtube about what we believe... Why? They are very weak, and quickly to change their mind about God... they are worthless people just like their empty atheism... but surelly they can not call theirselves atheists, but godless alone weak trash people. No respect for those liers or disgusting godless desperate ass kissers.... /they need to slpit on their dirthy mouth every morning as they deny God... but they are deceiving none but themselves, as they will paid for it, and be judge by God once death as anyone alse. (So it is better to be a son of God,m that a godless alone weak person).
      It is time to theow on the trash atheims (where it belong) and forget about this generation (have better people then them). God will take care about them as well, and I won't be in the place of those godless weak alone people and disguasting godless ass kisses...... They lost any dignity, denying God, no doubt about that........ No God, no dignity for them, the worst generation ever!...

    • @Mar-dk3mp
      @Mar-dk3mp 3 месяца назад

      The problem you godless alone weak ass kissers is that when you die it will not this idiot to judge you but God, so you should change your hero, and come back to God (no respect for you)

  • @george1la
    @george1la 2 месяца назад +1

    No benevolent entity would ever make a trashpit as we now live in. In their book, in Genesis, it says He, god, before he made anything knew all possibilities. If this is so and this is what he picked for his friends, we are actually being treated like enemies, not friends. I could do better than this and I am only human. If I could pick the world I wanted to make for my friends don't you think the highest entity could pick a good world as he could make whatever he wanted? Choices tell others who you really are. If a god, he is totally evil.
    I prefer to believe "Shit happens in the universe, just look at the violence out there."

  • @coreywiley3981
    @coreywiley3981 15 дней назад

    I always interpreted 'being born into sin' as being a metaphor, meaning we all, as non-divine human beings, make mistakes and are prone to faults and errors. I'm atheist also, but I can see how if a religion may use such a metaphor and prompt a rationale that everyone is considered a 'sinner,' so that all people can be more merciful and forgiving, and perhaps increase harmony within the society or civilization in which it is practiced.

  • @davidmukarovsky2044
    @davidmukarovsky2044 3 месяца назад +20

    Of course nobody's perfect, but the problem with the idea of "sin" is that it says everyone deserves to go to hell for it.

    • @TheLochs
      @TheLochs 3 месяца назад +3

      Right, I hate the baggage that the word "sin" has. I prefer evil or shortcomings.

    • @charimonfanboy
      @charimonfanboy 3 месяца назад +7

      The concept that no one is perfect and infalliable is a decent one
      The concept that you are a worthless pos who needs to beg the abuser to help you or you will suffer the consequences, is abusive
      they are two completely different concepts and I lost a lot of respect for Alex when he conflated the two

    • @IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous
      @IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous 3 месяца назад +3

      @@charimonfanboy Exactly my thought! I was thinking that something didn't sound right about Alex's argument when trying to convey the idea of sin from birth in secular terms - because the secular idea of infalliablity is completely different from the abusive 'you're worthless unless you believe, rever and pray to me' of Christianity.
      He made the opposite of a strawman argument while playing the devil's advocate which stumped the old Dawkins.
      Unfortunately it seems like his core audience is way too 'rational and intellectual' to be able to identify these basic mistakes Alex sometimes makes in his videos, be they atheist, agnostic or theist. You can often see a certain disdain from Alex's core audience when it comes to figures like Dawkins and other 'anti-theists' and I'm not trying to defend him as a better person or intellectual, I have no opinion on that but they certainly do.
      I think that if you are to play the devil's advocate you should atleast present the argument in an accurate way to what 'the devil' believes. Don't give them credit for making a better argument they never made but you made on their behalf.

    • @YourStylesGeneric321
      @YourStylesGeneric321 3 месяца назад +4

      You only go to hell if you do not repent of sin since God, Jesus Christ, died for you so you don't have to go to hell.

    • @Vincent-fo7xp
      @Vincent-fo7xp 3 месяца назад +5

      ​@YourStylesGeneric321 one of the most despicable lies in history

  • @dirkg4321
    @dirkg4321 3 месяца назад +17

    I was really offended when I learned at an early age what original sin was supposed to mean.

    • @Jocky8807
      @Jocky8807 3 месяца назад +2

      What it supposed to mean?
      What makes you offended?

    • @dirkg4321
      @dirkg4321 3 месяца назад

      That I was born onto sin, without the ability to comprehend what "sin" was. When I learned what sin was, I knew that wasn't me and was offended that I would be judged so.@@Jocky8807

    • @truthdoesntcomeeasy743
      @truthdoesntcomeeasy743 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Jocky8807 Did Adam ask you before he ate the apple?
      So why any burden on you?
      It's an abs-ur-d1ty.

    • @HIMYMTR
      @HIMYMTR 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@truthdoesntcomeeasy743 it's a genetic inheritance

    • @Jocky8807
      @Jocky8807 3 месяца назад +1

      @@truthdoesntcomeeasy743 original sin does not mean that.
      It means we are born with tendency to sin (I don't think you can argue with that). So whoever live that day in the garden, he/she would do the same. That tendency has seed in our heart even when we are baby.
      Nobody does not need to teach 2 years old how to lie. She already has tendency to do that. And she does, she sin.
      Adam means man or mankind (in Hebrew). Does not necessary mean 1 single man (though many churches interpret that way).

  • @Theslavedrivers
    @Theslavedrivers 3 месяца назад

    Don't want to go into a long spiel .. But there is a slight confusion/ elision here between: a) what Jesus (and leaders of similar insurrectionary movements of the time) thought was *necessary* for the restoration of the 'Holy Nation' (and yes, that did include hastening his own death) and b) the personal/ individual 'saving'/ healing effect of a person meeting/ coming into contact with Jesus.

  • @QuinnEdwards1
    @QuinnEdwards1 3 месяца назад +12

    What is so difficult to embrace that none of us are perfect and we all make mistakes?

    • @conquistador2
      @conquistador2 3 месяца назад +1

      Is that the point?

    • @freedomwarrior-gt1pw
      @freedomwarrior-gt1pw 3 месяца назад +4

      It is true . We all make mistakes even daily.
      What has it to do with Sin ??

    • @xaque9732
      @xaque9732 2 месяца назад +3

      The problem is the claim that being a person who makes mistakes is somehow “wrong.” If making mistakes is part of being human and you are human, that quality isn’t a shortcoming, it’s just part of what you are.
      the implication is that people come up short when compared to a hypothetical perfect person, but that person doesn’t exist. In fact, he logically can’t exist. even the idea of perfection begs the question over whether there even is an objective morality.
      in this discussion they elide that issue by referring to coming up short relative to our own morality. this is good but if we are going to be judged against our own morality, we first have to create it. a baby can’t be judged morally because he isn’t old enough to construct a moral to be measured against. the objective morality of god doesn’t exist, so the baby’s coming out totally pure.

    • @dreamoftranscendence4415
      @dreamoftranscendence4415 2 месяца назад

      A lot of things which "logically can't exist", do in fact exist.

    • @paultimson6674
      @paultimson6674 2 месяца назад

      You have an IMMORTAL SOUL. and a capacity to be a GOD. Jesus is not making us pets. We become FAMILY. He cannot hand off vast powers to HITLER? To deviants? to people who are self serving. We have turned earth into a battlefield for 6000 years. we have thought up a 1000 ways to destroy. That has to be controlled. or the entire UNIVERSE burns. It is localized to earth. This place contains it and we learn what SIN does. It destroys. We learn, or Perish. Its not about small sins. Not about Big sins. Its about RESPECTING OTHERS and GOD. God is our FATHER. OUR CREATOR. if you do not respect that. what the fk is there to respect. Some democratic ideal? that we can throw away later. Erode it with legislation. Listen to lesser souls who know better? who never actually created a thing. God tests every SOUL. to destruction if he has to do that. Because we would become like SATAN. only far worse. I have heard many atheists talk worse than Satan. At least Satan is polite in the bible. They are toxic. Satan i can respect him in some ways. But what some people say is out of order. So why should God empower that? Let that sit somewhere and poison a room like mould? He has to allow free will or we are puppets, but that runs the risk of TOXIC EVIL blossoming. Just as we cannot control many aspects of science. Hand nuclear material to some rogue state? Most people are reasonable ordinary non violent citizens. but some people are madmen. who throw acid at women? Who grab kids from war zones and make them work in brothels. Is that HUMAN? nobody perfect? we make mistakes? is that what you are saying.

  • @bengeurden1272
    @bengeurden1272 3 месяца назад +8

    Will Alex O'Connor be the next Richard Dawkins? I hope so.. :)

    • @Ryanfromwinnipeg
      @Ryanfromwinnipeg 3 месяца назад +5

      He is already 10x the man that Dawkins ever was.

    • @bengeurden1272
      @bengeurden1272 3 месяца назад +3

      Don't exaggerate.. I saw this comment section is full of people who somehow dislike Dawkins.. I don't quite understand it

    • @JohnSmith-fp8il
      @JohnSmith-fp8il 3 месяца назад +2

      Alex is a man of honesty and integrity, Dawkins isn't. Alex is already the better man.

    • @monnoo8221
      @monnoo8221 3 месяца назад

      he may be eloquent, but he is fundamentally limited... I attribute that to his young age

    • @CephasRock-ml7gs
      @CephasRock-ml7gs 3 месяца назад

      Alex is basically doubting Thomas in a higher degree. It would not surprise me if he came back to Christ.
      There’s no hope for Dawkins unless he repents I believe.

  • @Thutmosis7
    @Thutmosis7 3 месяца назад +7

    The whole bible thing is nonsense

  • @RoosterMontgomery
    @RoosterMontgomery 13 дней назад +1

    Death is lights out. Like going to sleep without dreaming. Being on fire while demons gnaw on your balls for eternity for not loving a Jewish zombie more than my mother is a scare tactic for movers and shakers to make money.

    • @SCORP1ONF1RE
      @SCORP1ONF1RE 11 дней назад

      Beautiful comment. And also to gather votes, control the masses, and continue on with their never-ending F holy worz.

  • @ranjitwijesinha1342
    @ranjitwijesinha1342 2 месяца назад

    rwsinha, What about the 'Buddhist theology"?

  • @jonathonjubb6626
    @jonathonjubb6626 3 месяца назад +9

    Loved Dawk the scientist Selfish Gene was life changing for me, but non of his religious tracts/pronouncements have meant a fat lot...

  • @TheRootedWord
    @TheRootedWord 3 месяца назад +3

    1:25 John 3.15-16 "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that all who believe on him may not perish, but may have eternal life."
    7:55 Simple answer: Because Thomist Theology is part of the Western Philosophical tradition which built our own civilization within which Dawkins and other atheists have arisen and enjoy the freedom to disagree.

    • @shirleyhinckley9092
      @shirleyhinckley9092 3 месяца назад

      2 Kings 18:1-8 for reference.
      2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.)
      The Israelites were to look up on the snake when bitten to be healed. Not burn incense and worship/pray to the snake for salvation.

    • @OhGeeGODLESS1
      @OhGeeGODLESS1 2 месяца назад

      What do they or anyone need to be saved from besides religion?

  • @user-ld4xx1el6q
    @user-ld4xx1el6q 3 месяца назад +1

    I had a pastor in the 1970 who said that original sin was the only imperially provable Christian doctrine. The front page of any news paper was sufficient to prove that we are sinful. The greatest act of love, possible only for the God/man, was Jesus death on the cross to pay, in full, the debt of sin that we all owe. The love of God that was required beggars the imagination.

  • @mpjarvis7002
    @mpjarvis7002 3 месяца назад

    Is "sin" the most accurate translation of whatever the original word used?

  • @anushkasekkingstad1300
    @anushkasekkingstad1300 22 дня назад +3

    My wife, our young daughters and I are extremely fortunate to live in a secular country where it’s a crime to expose our children to the bible in our schools. Religion has no impact on our daily lives but, as parents, we have a real responsibility to be watchful on their behalf.

    • @steved5960
      @steved5960 16 дней назад

      Oh don’t worry they’re exposed to a lot other ideologies

    • @anushkasekkingstad1300
      @anushkasekkingstad1300 16 дней назад

      @@steved5960 Happily not, all religions are treated equally.. It’s equally criminal and career ending for any teacher to expose our children to any religious text in our schools. My wife was head teacher at our daughters’ school, where taking a religious text into her school would be treated exactly the same as taking in child pornography or a weapon. Religious extremists have as little chance of being employed as teachers, as do convicted sex offenders and the situation has never arisen.

    • @steved5960
      @steved5960 16 дней назад

      @@anushkasekkingstad1300 not talking about religion my friend, but ideologies. I was born and raised in a very secular country and I can tell you that kids are not free from brainwashing. By the way would you consider kids being taught atheism in school as acceptable?

    • @anushkasekkingstad1300
      @anushkasekkingstad1300 16 дней назад

      @@steved5960 Religions are the most dangerous and undesirable of ideologies. All indoctrination of children is illegal here. The vast majority of our population is atheist but atheism isn’t a subject that can be taught. Some 30 years ago, my wife and I were fortunate as schoolgirls to be among the first to be spared religious indoctrination at school. Despite it not being actively taught, without being subjected to religious indoctrination, children remain free to think for themselves and tend to stay clear of the ignorant nonsense that is religion.

    • @anushkasekkingstad1300
      @anushkasekkingstad1300 16 дней назад

      @@steved5960 Atheism isn’t an ideology, by the way. Quite the opposite ~ It’s the absence of an ideology for which there is absolutely no evidence.

  • @ggeorge4144
    @ggeorge4144 6 дней назад +3

    The whole idea of a god is so insane that I can't comprehend how anyone with a good education and a functioning brain could possibly belive there is. There is zero evidence, other than heresay or lunatics saying they communicate with god. There is no such thing as sin. There are laws, but no sins.

    • @branko4033
      @branko4033 4 дня назад

      😎😎😎 and it is a sin to observe most of the laws 😂😂😂😂

    • @rhj6791
      @rhj6791 4 дня назад

      If you are sincerely interested in why so many of us with multiple grad degrees who have examined the evidence critically for decades believe you might consider Stephen Meyer's book The Return of the God Hypothesis.

  • @douglasodonnell6800
    @douglasodonnell6800 3 месяца назад

    Sin is separating your “self” from the “other.” We grow from ego protection of each of us as the individual center of the world into seeing the protection of the world as our ultimate goal

  • @Pedanta
    @Pedanta 3 месяца назад +1

    "Thomists are equally ignorant of Aboriginal theology, or Bantu theology, or Papua New Guinean theology"
    The ironic thing is, assuming he is talking about aboriginal Australians, all these people groups are now Christian. Their theology is Christian theology.

  • @wilbertvandenberg3158
    @wilbertvandenberg3158 3 месяца назад +11

    It's rather naive to think humans aren't both good and bad. And Dawkins' argumentation : "I don't like this idea, thus it can't be true" is moronic.

    • @Ikthus
      @Ikthus 3 месяца назад

      Goes to show some atheists will NEVER accept the reality of a God no matter how much logic you shove down their throats. Oh well, original sin.

    • @Manudyne
      @Manudyne 3 месяца назад

      God and Satan are just how humans defined the extremes of their morality. We are drawn to sin because of nature's design: we are animals that kill, reproduce and destroy to survive like all lifeforms.

  • @kerrybock766
    @kerrybock766 3 месяца назад +21

    You are a lucky young man to get to sit with Dr Dawkins as a peer and chat in such a familiar way. All your hard work has paid off Alex

  • @lalaboards
    @lalaboards 3 месяца назад +3

    Richard is one of the greatest minds of our time ,One of my favorite quotes was when he said " Ohhhh Mrs Garrison !!!"

  • @Foulball0206
    @Foulball0206 3 месяца назад +1

    Nice discussion. Thanks.

  • @wozzywick
    @wozzywick 6 дней назад

    I also studied theology whilst not being religious. Engaging with religious arguments is really interesting

  • @resourcedragon
    @resourcedragon 3 месяца назад +2

    Born *_in_* sin and "born with a propensity to sin" are two entirely different things. I don't think the two concepts should be conflated.

    • @thehellyousay
      @thehellyousay 3 месяца назад

      sin is an arbitrary abstract construct

    • @Linkyst
      @Linkyst 3 месяца назад +1

      @@thehellyousay hahaha what? avoiding sin literally, STATISTICALLY leads to more positive life outcomes for you AND the people around you/people you interact with, that is the OPPOSITE of ARBITRARY lol