"He loves you more than any human being ever did or ever will." But nowhere near as much as my dog Dave did. All reverence to the one true Dog! Edit: My personal bias was showing there as I miss him greatly, but I am pretty certain there are many true Dogs
"He even killed his son for you." Yeah, okay, then maybe he should be in jail instead of making proclamations of his love for me. And I very much prefer not being loved by him. I prefer my death threats straight up with no ice. I mean, this god loved his son, right. So...
@@stylis666 Normally, we'd call people who do shit like that 'fucking crazy' and possibly Yandere stalkers. Either way, not someone I want anywhere near me.
I bloody love Theist Videos like this one. They are a hoot. He makes claims, offers nothing worthwhile in support and believes he has made a solid case for the existence of his version of his particular deity. He seems so confident of his proof, that he actually can not see how hilarious he sounds to the casual viewer. He deserves his own weekly Comedy Show
@@soyevquirsefron990 Exactly, and that's basically the most frustrating thing about religious people. It's absolute. Everything is in favor of my belief by default and everything at the same time proves every other version of reality wrong. Deity X is king and all others are just illusions. It is just ultimate ignorant tribalism.
I HATE that "Jesus died for your sins" guilt trip. I own my own failings. If I screw up, I will take responsibility for it, even if it means getting fired for it. (However, the whole "original sin" thing is even worse, since it means that I'm paying for something I had no hand in doing.)
Right? Like when they ask, "where do you get your morals though?" From the society I live in, and from evolutionary adaptations to not harm other members of my species because we are a social species that thrive more when we work together and be kinder to each other.
To me Original Sin was invented so nobody could ever claim they were free of sin, so would not have to constantly ask for forgiveness and would have no need for priests.
Original sin is utter bollocks. It's patently obvious that Genesis is ridiculous nonsense, thus, the concept of inheriting the non-existent sin of Adam & Eve is equally nonsense. Thus, there was no ned for the alleged sacrifice of Jesus. Hence, Christianity is based on bollocks too. For my next trick, I shall transform wine into urine. I have already started. Wait a bit.
If Jesus really loved me as much as this guy says, I wouldn't be hearing about it through some rando's video on RUclips, I'd be hearing about it from Jesus. A Jesus who "loves" me enough to "die" for me (in a story) but somehow doesn't love me enough to show up and say "Hi," is a mighty suspicious character.
Agree 100% Mark. If this god and jesus really existed we would know about it. Divine hiddenness is a big problem that theists have yet to overcome and, "but he doesn't want us to know he exists so we can make a choice" isn't a sufficient excuse or reason why nothing supernatural has ever been shown or proven to exist whatsoever.
I've explained his scientific errors to him on multiple comment threads. He refuses to admit any error. Don't let his gentle presentation blind you to the raging ego.
You can spout facts, rationality and reason until you're blue in the face but it'll just be rejected. He was no doubt indoctrinated from a young age and has spent his whole life looking forward to that seat in the eternal retirement village in the sky. There's no way reality and reason will get in the way.
@@TheTruthKiwi It's not uncommon for people to turn evangelical after facing an existential crisis ... like a terminal illness. I hope that's not the case here. Whatever the story, false hope is no substitute for fact.
Aye, many fundies that ive met are only gentle if you agree with them. But will curse you to damnation if ever you question or have an opposing opinion than them. Hypocrites... the lot of them...
He sounds like such a nice man. Misguided, but very nice. Why do we need to specifically ask for knowledge of God? If we need to ask to be shown, then it also makes sense that God could just show us all without the need to ask. Thanks for the great video!
His understanding of time may be irrelevant to this conversation, but credit where it is due.. He does seem to have a solid understanding of how it works, unlike most on his side of the argument
@@TheSkepTick he has no comprehension of time he says this life is not immortal but if you just continue into another immortal life then are you not still just immortal lol
not really most on his side of the argument, just when it's had in english. but in spanish, portuguese, italian, polish, hungarian (mostly catholics whose church accepts deep time), german (catholics&lutherans), finnish, swedish (mostly lutherans whose churches accept deep time) etc, just bring up the 6000 year time frame, and the discussion will inevitably shift to flat earth. YEC christians are just a joke outside the US even for christians; i assume it's the same for predominantly orthodox countries, but i'm not familiar enough with orthodox theology to say for sure.
@@chezeus1672 Yeah but all those people who speak that joke in those different languages, don't make themselves part of the argument, because when they do. The ignorance doesn't care what language they speak, it will spew freely with the same result. Everybody else laughing at their childish stories and how they are completely oblivious to their Santa Clause safety blanket.
Funny thing is, I _did_ say a prayer similar to what he posted, back when I was a young child and a Christian. It went something like 'God, I don't actually know if you exist or not, or if I'm just...sitting here alone right now, talking to myself and nothing else. If you do exist or you'd like to talk, I'd be happy to hear from you. If not, then I'm just going to have to assume I'm talking to myself right now.'. There was nothing but silence. So I ended the prayer with 'Well, door's always open.' I'm 30 years old now, still nothing. So when I see videos like his suggesting a prayer like that...does he honestly think that no one has done that before? That and I did it when I _was_ a believer, no less.
Fun Fact, I went to High School with Tim (Clarey) and was good friends with his brother Pat at Bay City Western. Can't believe he went this far off the logical reservation as a creationist.
It always comes back to, "but, but, it all couldn't have happened by accident so it must've been my particular god! (Oh, and this particular god also conveniently makes me immortal and forgives me for all the bad things I do)" Not wishful thinking and delusion at all. We exist in a natural universe, not a magical one. I feel your frustration Skeptick, I really do. These people are convinced of something, Ok, that's fine I guess, but they want everyone else to be convinced as well. They just can't seem to comprehend that not everyone can just believe things without good evidence. They literally believe things and yet can't believe that others don't believe. I can almost guarantee that this fella was indoctrinated and mislead from a young age. Him and most theists are also far more naturally credulous than atheists. He is convinced of the absurd and doesn't understand why others aren't convinced as well.
His biggest fear is that others don't believe, because it might not be true, so he essentially attempts to convince himself and tries to justify his believes.
@@shuabshungne8043 yes. I'm sure many apologists do what they do because they are trying to convince themselves as well. Why face reality when you can just double down on the delusions
Religious people have to avoid admitting that there are logical reasons for not believing. Instead, they’ll claim that those who don’t believe just want to live in sin, or that god gave us free will in order for us to disbelieve. In other words, they are demanding that god exists, no matter what reasons we might have for not believing that god exists.
@@TheTruthKiwi ikr I know it's easy for the religious to 👉😖👈 and call us Heathens and follow Jesus abandon knowledge logic and reason there's much to gain to remove the stain of faith.
@@mistylover7398 Absolutely. Once you realise that we are just natural beings existing in a natural universe and that you don't have to bow and worship some magical entity in another dimension just so you can spend eternity with him (which, let's be honest, if it's the god of the bible it doesn't sound like a good time to me) you are free to be your individual self. We are literally individuals anyway. No gods needed or shown to be involved whatsoever. Heaven and miracles are most likely just extraneous crap made up by humans that were afraid of dying.
@@TheTruthKiwi Religious people will assert that atheists are the ones being inflexible, even though they are the ones who are begging the question. By asking me to pray for guidance, this religious clown has given me the option of presenting him with any answer that I choose to make up. I could tell the guy that I had made contact with invisible space fairies.
@@TheTruthKiwi well, I wouldn’t be that condescending about it. Being that way would land you on R/Athiest. Rationality has nothing to do with dumbass spiritual or religious beliefs as stupid as they may be. Unfortunately there’s many highly intelligent people who are more logical and rational then any of us combined which still hold onto some form of religious beliefs. I don’t agree with how you put it that way, but I do understand what kind of theist you’re talking about which I agree with, just find it a bit arrogant to say they don’t have reason or see reality solely because they believe in something that isn’t proven or disproven
@@empressoftheknownuniverse i think there's still some leftovers in the fridge enough till tomorrow, so i dont have to run to the convenience store till tomorrow...🤔🤤🥱
Yes it's rather ironic that his entire "detecting vibrations would be pointless" rant was interrupted by a small winged animal using vibrations to communicate.
"You don't have to believe in god initially, to make use of that prayer. All that's required is that you sincerely want to know THAT god exists." Doesn't even have the strength to entertain the mere thought of him not existing for even just a single sentence. It's required that you sincerely desire god to exist. How convinient. Sometimes I stare with empty eyes onto my screen and wonder how there can be people who say something like this with a straight face and whole heartedly believe that it makes sense and isn't completely irrational and an obvious case of self deception.
I hear voices without seeing anyone even throughout the video! Other than the sweet old guy or SkepTick I mean of course. Afterall, that's bird _voices_ in the background 😋
Lisa the Rainbow Giraffe also answered my prayer. She revealed to me the secret knowledge of how to calculate the area of a circle, knowing its radius!
Even if his holy book says such-and-such, so what? How does that prove anything? "How did light exist before the sun?" "Because obviously Jesus wasn't walking around the universe in the dark." - wtf? That's a complete non-answer.
Thing is, if you look at the description of gamma rays now that we've had a somewhat better chance to study them, if you squint and allow for a LOT of artistic interpretation, The Incredible Hulk got it right. Does that mean Stan Lee is God? Of course not. He's the devil. Kirby is God. This is canon.
I got nervous after hearing his voice and you commenting that he should be a gardener, because he sounds almost identical to Gardener Scott here on RUclips. So if you want a kind old man that sounds exactly like this one that actually _does_ garden, try Scott
I come here for the comedy though! A British floating circle doing stand up is pretty amusing, love your wordplay. The debunking is just a great added bonus.
2001 is a movie you can't do the same thing in real life that you can do on a movie. Because at the end of the day a movie is just a very expensive way of playing make believe.
I think he misunderstood the "how could there be light before the sun" question. The Bible doesn't say there was just generic "light" before the sun was created, it specifically says there was already daylight and night, morning and evening.
Pangea wasn't "before plate tectonics". The continents have been shifting together, apart, together, apart, multiple times over billions of years. The most recent "together" cluster is what we call Pangea. It wasn't the first one, and plate tectonics didn't just start after that.
Overall good points. But 12:03 is wrong, at least as to what Catholics believe I dunno about all the different Protestants. Catholics believe Jesus existed forever into the past even before he was “born”.
We probably won't :( there was some speculation it might like 2 years ago or so, but if I remember right it ended up being a gas cloud or something blocking some of its light temporarily. However, sky surveys like ASAS-SN find them in images all the time if you'd like to see some
Calm and quiet does not necessarily mean good and sweet. He's still accusing atheists of being dishonest, making broad and baseless assertions, and yakking on as if he's anyone to be listened to about things like the speed of light; y'know, like a know-it-all, holier-than-thou (🤭) jerk. It still is nice that he's not all shrill and painful to listen to... Craig, ovin, ...TU-UR-RE-E-EK!!
"An atmosphere is needed for the development of sound waves, and there would be no reason for any random mutations of DNA... to begin detecting vibrations, and then more accidents of chance to eventually produce the workings of an ear, and a brain to interpret those vibrations." Ahh.... either he's wildly misspeaking whatever he's trying to say, or he's under the impression that biological life evolved in an environment without an atmosphere. And he can't be saying that, right?
It's unfortunate this guy is a champion for Christianity. He seems very kind, mellow, and genuine, and could do a lot of good for the marginalized groups Christianity tends to target and mistreat if he wanted to.
As near as I can tell, even stars did not appear until the fourth day, right along with the sun. Is he just ignoring that? Also, the idea that the countless billions of stars exist for the benefit of astrologers, I guess?
I agree with you SkepTick, this guy is a sweetheart lol. I’d be way more willing to hear arguments from Christians if they presented themselves like this. We’re going to almost always disagree anyways so why not be civil about it?
As expected, this gentleman has laid out similar assertions that fall apart under the barest scrutiny. I asked god to reveal itself to me for years and was met with silence. Why is his experience acceptable to him, but not mine I wonder?
I hear voices. They started talking to me as a coping mechanism for the severe trauma I suffered when I was younger. Now they mostly make commentary on my life and offer suggestions for solutions to my problems. More often than not they try and help. So why not keep them around. But I'm not under any delusion that they are a God, spirits, or anything else besides other parts of me that likely fragmented when I was younger.
Okay, him admitting some comments and responses to his previous videos from atheists were profound in some way is already leagues above certain people, who like to be condescending assholes in their responses, be it by whacking toys of Spongebob, or telling you they "forgive you" for your comments, 6 months after the fact.
Prove evolution. The biggest farce of all. Everything IS what it always was. Have you seen anything turn into anything else, or be in a transition form even since the devil worshiper Darwin walked the earth? NOPE.
@@noturningback2023 . You claim is simply shown to be bollocks, when traced back, all existing forms of life can be shown to only go back so far and earlier forms disappeared. Every living organism is in a transitional form, transitioning from what it was to what it is and what it will be. Can you give an example of a scientific discovery originating from a Bible verse? Presumably not otherwise you wouldn't be desperate enough to try distracting with your denial of evolution.
@@noturningback2023 so you hear "give evidence for any scientific discovery from the bible" and begin rabidly attacking evolution, a theory on which the field of medicine relies, and for which the evidence is staggering, and is backed up by every other field of research? Bud, evolution has met its burden of proof. You need to bring evidence other than "everything is what it has always been" before you'll be anything but a raving lunatic. Also, the wolves from which evolved domestic dogs, and the red jungle fowl from which evolved many modern domestic chickens would be enough to make your claim look idiotic, because they are easily verifiable cases of evolution if you could comprehend even basic reading comprehension. Also, also, *every* creature is a transition from its parents to its children. You really do tick all of the "I don't understand these things, therefore they're not true" boxes don't you?
He's actually raised an interesting point with his thought on sound waves. If sound waves don't travel in space, how could god speak the world into being? I didn't know sound didn't travel through space. But how can god speak in empty space if sound doesn't travel through space? He could think the world into existence, thought magic, but not incantation, as the bible would indicate.
It's a weird thing this god being Christians created. It's supposedly magical and all powerful, but it goes through all these crazy natural workarounds just to make life come about. He supposedly set the "laws of the universe" that, weirdly enough, he himself can't seem to break, which definitely isn't a sign of an omniscient god. So if something else set these laws, wouldn't that mean he's abiding by something more powerful than him? This whole all-powerful god thing is rather silly if you really think about it.
@@jursamaj nah I do it all the time. I listen all the time to all sorts of arguments and debates whether asleep or awake. I never take anything serious until I've looked into it myself and listened to those more informed than me. Like all the time I fall asleep listening to the debates of Sam Harris, Bill nye vs Ken ham, William lane Craig, etc. It's fun to me. But that's also why I can't just believe without justification like they seem to think we should.
I've never struggled to be a Non Believer ever since I developed logic and comprehended reality. I love fantasy and fiction but nope sorry not to live my life based around.
Hey, Mouth: It's the scientists who inform us on science via studies, reports, research, interviews, books, podcasts, etc. I trust this clears up this issue for you. Thanks, and take care.
@@thetruthaboutscienceandgod6921 I think you've mistaken religion for science. Anyone can babber anything and it can become a religion. For something to become science it has to be proven.
@@thetruthaboutscienceandgod6921 Scientific Facts like plants before the sun, dirt men and rib women, talking animals, magic, planets created by a wizard, world wide floods, people living inside of a fish, the firmament, flat earth, Astrology, Numerology, fortune telling, witchcraft, zombies, stars so tiny they can land on Earth, animals changing fur patterns by look at a stick ... I am tired of typing... so much nonsense nonscience.
@@mouthofspaghetti7817 Hey, Mouth: I also get tired explaining the same facts over and over and over. Your comments above are sooooo similar to others that I've responded to in the past in comments sections below my own videos and on other channels as well. Just read through some of the comments below my videos and you find my responses to many comments that are so similar to yours above. Thanks, and take care.
He does, indeed, seem nice. That's not sufficient to convince me... nor is his (mostly lacking) evidence. He does, generally seem more honest and loving than many theists.
2:54 -- he states that his intention is to inform nonbelievers about what Christianity is. He'd be more truthful if he said he was going to inform people about his version of Christianity. Christianity is a very diverse religion with a great many denominations. Each with differing beliefs and practises. Sometimes those beliefs are in direct contradiction to the beliefs of other Christians. A good many atheists out there probably already know more about Christianity as a whole than he can pass on in his videos. Let's assume that the Bible does have some actual "scientific" facts here and there. My question is: so what? Having some facts in a large work doesn't automatically mean the entirety of that work is factual. Just the few bits within it. Otherwise, we could say a movie with Spiderman in New York is all true because we know New York actually exists. Thinking of a horned lion peeing out the oceans really puts a different spin on a day at the beach.
And God gave us free will. With this free will He allows us to disobey. Then, when we disobey, He punishes us forever in a lake of fire. Free will indeed.
Not only that. God is supposedly all seeing and all knowing. That means that he would know what is going to happen. So, god creates a person knowing in advance if that person will live a life of "sin" and go to hell. Why would he create a person who is damned from birth? Where is the free will if your life is predestined?
@@Black-1790 God gave us free will so we could disobey, then punishes us forever for so doing. So, in essence, He gave us free will so that He could punish us. Does God like punishing us? It doesn't say much for His loving, kind nature, does it?
Waste of time with people like this. I know there’s a long history of people going into religion or leaving religion, but looking at his age and demeanor, he’s going to his death holding onto his, “it gotta be true!” beliefs.
A new SkepTick, Logicked, and DJW video, all on the same day! What did I do to deserve such a treat. Oh, right, it's a happy coincidence. Still, I Love how you can argue the point, inject your brand of humor, and not be dragged down to some of their levels (I'm thinking of a certain M.P. when I say this. How you can watch an entire video and not want to gouge out your eyes with a serrated melon-baller, I will never understand.) I still appreciate people responding to these silly videos and making them enjoyable to a grumpy, cynical bastard like me!
@@TheSkepTick Good man! It's why we Love ya, and keep coming back time after time for the best videos in the "Talking Circle superimposed on a Shifting Color Background featuring a Giraffe Deity" subset on YT. Congrats on your Atheist Choice Award! 😎
Remember kids god CAN apparently do everything but willingly chooses to do nothing (cancer babies, birth defects, pointless suffering all could b remedied but gods too busy demanding us to say how awesome he is for doing nothing)
He does seem like a very nice old man, and his backyard is very nice - and credit where credit is due, he doesn't seem to have that same hostility or resentment towards people who ask questions or disbelieve, as a lot of apologists do - it fact, he seems downright tolerant of dissenting viewpoints and is very calm in how he explains why he disagrees. I respect that a lot more than big production value, flashy sets, and slick arguments.
Grandpa here obviously hasn't considered the possibility that most or all of us have already tried praying a prayer just like that one...and received no answer.
Someone tried this prayers with various gods. - He prayed to Ra. A few days later was a very beautiful sunrise. - He prayed to Bacchus. A few days later there was a party in the neighborhood. - He prayed to Mammon. A few days later he found a cent on the sidewalk. Were this proof that all of these gods exist?
I had to put the video on full screen so I could see if any of the birds I'm hearing would show up. I'm pretty sure I heard a cardinal calling. As for creationist scientists, when I was in uni I took a lot of anthropology classes and in one of my anthropology theory class I ended up doing a paper on creationism vs evolution and in my research I found a book that argued that Neanderthals were actually from the time at the beginning of the Bible and that they lived hundreds of years. So much of their evidence was just poorly understood concepts in dating skeletons and poorly applied Bible verses.
There's a couple of things I take issue with him just slipping in, trying to be under the radar with them. The first one was something like 'All geologists agree the entire Earth was under water.' They absolutely do not. There is literally no evidence of the entire Earth being underwater simultaneously, that is a lie. Second, that 'prayer' he says 'You just need to sincerely want to know God exists.' Firstly, I don't want to 'know' God exists, I want evidence of his existence. I can 'know' that I don't like chocolate, it would be kinda difficult to get evidence for it though. Secondly, the whole idea of a prayer, as far as I'm aware anyway, is that there's someone/something listening and is ready to answer right? So by praying at all I'm sorta already acknowledging there's something to pray to right? It's a sneaky little give an inch take a mile kinda thing that I find, at best, disingenuous.
He has 18 subscribers? Anyone wonder why? I get a creepy vibe. I saw his list but couldn't find a topic addressing the actual evidence for a magical sky buddy. Get back to me when you have that, fella.
I get the vibe of an old man deeply afraid of what will become of him after his death, that can't be that far away any more... Prime religion baiting material and his whole thinking seems to have clung to this HARD.
@@Ugly_German_Truths Yup, it always comes back to the "afterlife". I'm sure he thinks that just by making these videos it'll give him a better seat in the eternal retirement village in the sky. They can argue origins and miracles and prophecies all day but the bottom line is that they are afraid of death and are willing to reject reason, rationality and facts to be "immortal".
He seems to be a genuine individual. Just a little misled by centuries of tradition of bowing to something that we are more aware of being just that folklore tradition
Do as I say or my invisible sky daddy friend will torture you forever And don't listen to them others people and their sky daddy's mines the only real one.
I have a real live rainbow unicorn living in my house. 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄 After being a Christian for over 30 years and now an atheist I would NEVER reconsider going back to Christianity.
I will at least say, the dude seems like a really nice guy. His stuff still offers no evidence, but at least he's not a poisonous, toxic youtuber like so many others that are rude af. Like you said, he seems like a sweet old guy who believes what he believes fervently. But just because one is convinced of something doesn't make it true, and requires evidence to back it up.
"He went through a torturous death on the cross....." Great. Another theist who doesn't understand what that really means,...if it happened....and what it says about the character of the "god" who required it.
Omg the incessant bird chirping is killing my ears. Here I am straining to hear his soft quiet voice and the piercing pain of bird chirps is enough to make me quit
oooh i like that, lets call him Pops from now on ;-; he's still so close to understanding science; he just grew up in a time where Christianity was everything here in the US ;-; it's just sad that he believes this so much he feels the need to try and share it cause 'how could other learned people like me not believe its so simple' like he knows so much about science, if he could just drop the religious pushing(he can keep his own belief to each their own) he's be that really sweet older science substate teacher ;-;
Science - "I help kids that get cancer"
god - "I give kids cancer"
But but but someone ate an apple so it's justified
@@markshort9098 no original sin is much more deep and complicated.
Source: I made it the fuck up
Injustice? Nah.
Itjustis? Yeah.
-Sincerly yrs, The Bible.
@@asagoldsmith3328 😂
@@asagoldsmith3328
"He loves you more than any human being ever did or ever will."
But nowhere near as much as my dog Dave did. All reverence to the one true Dog!
Edit: My personal bias was showing there as I miss him greatly, but I am pretty certain there are many true Dogs
"He even killed his son for you."
Yeah, okay, then maybe he should be in jail instead of making proclamations of his love for me. And I very much prefer not being loved by him. I prefer my death threats straight up with no ice.
I mean, this god loved his son, right. So...
I SAW MY DOG IN A MIRROR, AND KNEW RIGHT THEN, IT WAS GOD, REINCARNATE!
A dyslectic atheist friend of mine claims he doesn't believe in dog.
A loving God will protect from people using their “free will” to hurt the people who actually think the SkyDaddy is real.
@@stylis666 Normally, we'd call people who do shit like that 'fucking crazy' and possibly Yandere stalkers. Either way, not someone I want anywhere near me.
I bloody love Theist Videos like this one. They are a hoot. He makes claims, offers nothing worthwhile in support and believes he has made a solid case for the existence of his version of his particular deity. He seems so confident of his proof, that he actually can not see how hilarious he sounds to the casual viewer. He deserves his own weekly Comedy Show
Like the movie “between two ferns”
If you quoted his own words back to him but replaced “Jesus “ with allah or Marduk or Zeus, he’d tear his own arguments apart
@@soyevquirsefron990 Exactly, and that's basically the most frustrating thing about religious people. It's absolute. Everything is in favor of my belief by default and everything at the same time proves every other version of reality wrong. Deity X is king and all others are just illusions. It is just ultimate ignorant tribalism.
I HATE that "Jesus died for your sins" guilt trip. I own my own failings. If I screw up, I will take responsibility for it, even if it means getting fired for it. (However, the whole "original sin" thing is even worse, since it means that I'm paying for something I had no hand in doing.)
Right? Like when they ask, "where do you get your morals though?"
From the society I live in, and from evolutionary adaptations to not harm other members of my species because we are a social species that thrive more when we work together and be kinder to each other.
When Belief Dies has just posted an excellent video on that concept.
To me Original Sin was invented so nobody could ever claim they were free of sin, so would not have to constantly ask for forgiveness and would have no need for priests.
Original sin is utter bollocks.
It's patently obvious that Genesis is ridiculous nonsense, thus, the concept of inheriting the non-existent sin of Adam & Eve is equally nonsense.
Thus, there was no ned for the alleged sacrifice of Jesus.
Hence, Christianity is based on bollocks too.
For my next trick, I shall transform wine into urine. I have already started. Wait a bit.
Brilliant succinct explanation of the garbage Christianity an other "religions " peddle.
The way the skeptick said backyard is cracking me up 😂
Nice screen name. I use Cullen Bohannon as my profile picture on Steam.
"What could be that funny about a British person saying "backyard?'"
*gets past the intro*
🤣
He nailed it lol
"backyaRd" 💜
I felt attacked. Like when Tim Minchin does his dumb American accent.
Yay another "brief" video from this guy, I was struggling to sleep. The old guy is the cure for insomnia!
asmr right?
I've literally watched this video like 6 times because I kept falling asleep during it.
@@Kaylakaze me too🤣🤣
The Bible explains science, but it was written by men who didn't know any science. That's why it doesn't explain science. Got it.
If Jesus really loved me as much as this guy says, I wouldn't be hearing about it through some rando's video on RUclips, I'd be hearing about it from Jesus. A Jesus who "loves" me enough to "die" for me (in a story) but somehow doesn't love me enough to show up and say "Hi," is a mighty suspicious character.
Agree 100% Mark. If this god and jesus really existed we would know about it. Divine hiddenness is a big problem that theists have yet to overcome and, "but he doesn't want us to know he exists so we can make a choice" isn't a sufficient excuse or reason why nothing supernatural has ever been shown or proven to exist whatsoever.
I've explained his scientific errors to him on multiple comment threads. He refuses to admit any error. Don't let his gentle presentation blind you to the raging ego.
You can spout facts, rationality and reason until you're blue in the face but it'll just be rejected. He was no doubt indoctrinated from a young age and has spent his whole life looking forward to that seat in the eternal retirement village in the sky.
There's no way reality and reason will get in the way.
@@TheTruthKiwi It's not uncommon for people to turn evangelical after facing an existential crisis ... like a terminal illness. I hope that's not the case here. Whatever the story, false hope is no substitute for fact.
@@rickmartin7596 Totally agree 👍
Aye, many fundies that ive met are only gentle if you agree with them. But will curse you to damnation if ever you question or have an opposing opinion than them.
Hypocrites... the lot of them...
@@TheTruthKiwi you can't reason someone out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into.
He sounds like such a nice man. Misguided, but very nice. Why do we need to specifically ask for knowledge of God? If we need to ask to be shown, then it also makes sense that God could just show us all without the need to ask. Thanks for the great video!
His understanding of time may be irrelevant to this conversation, but credit where it is due.. He does seem to have a solid understanding of how it works, unlike most on his side of the argument
That’s absolutely fair. It’s just the conclusion that needs some work.
@@TheSkepTick he has no comprehension of time he says this life is not immortal but if you just continue into another immortal life then are you not still just immortal lol
not really most on his side of the argument, just when it's had in english.
but in spanish, portuguese, italian, polish, hungarian (mostly catholics whose church accepts deep time), german (catholics&lutherans), finnish, swedish (mostly lutherans whose churches accept deep time) etc, just bring up the 6000 year time frame, and the discussion will inevitably shift to flat earth. YEC christians are just a joke outside the US even for christians; i assume it's the same for predominantly orthodox countries, but i'm not familiar enough with orthodox theology to say for sure.
@@chezeus1672 Yeah but all those people who speak that joke in those different languages, don't make themselves part of the argument, because when they do. The ignorance doesn't care what language they speak, it will spew freely with the same result. Everybody else laughing at their childish stories and how they are completely oblivious to their Santa Clause safety blanket.
AT LEAST HE HAS NOT BEEN WARPED BY KENT HOVIND.
I WONDER WHAT A DEBATE BETWEEN THEM WOULD END UP AS.
Funny thing is, I _did_ say a prayer similar to what he posted, back when I was a young child and a Christian. It went something like 'God, I don't actually know if you exist or not, or if I'm just...sitting here alone right now, talking to myself and nothing else. If you do exist or you'd like to talk, I'd be happy to hear from you. If not, then I'm just going to have to assume I'm talking to myself right now.'. There was nothing but silence. So I ended the prayer with 'Well, door's always open.'
I'm 30 years old now, still nothing. So when I see videos like his suggesting a prayer like that...does he honestly think that no one has done that before? That and I did it when I _was_ a believer, no less.
Fun Fact, I went to High School with Tim (Clarey) and was good friends with his brother Pat at Bay City Western. Can't believe he went this far off the logical reservation as a creationist.
It always comes back to, "but, but, it all couldn't have happened by accident so it must've been my particular god! (Oh, and this particular god also conveniently makes me immortal and forgives me for all the bad things I do)"
Not wishful thinking and delusion at all.
We exist in a natural universe, not a magical one.
I feel your frustration Skeptick, I really do. These people are convinced of something, Ok, that's fine I guess, but they want everyone else to be convinced as well. They just can't seem to comprehend that not everyone can just believe things without good evidence. They literally believe things and yet can't believe that others don't believe.
I can almost guarantee that this fella was indoctrinated and mislead from a young age. Him and most theists are also far more naturally credulous than atheists. He is convinced of the absurd and doesn't understand why others aren't convinced as well.
IKR
His biggest fear is that others don't believe, because it might not be true, so he essentially attempts to convince himself and tries to justify his believes.
@@shuabshungne8043 yes. I'm sure many apologists do what they do because they are trying to convince themselves as well. Why face reality when you can just double down on the delusions
@@shuabshungne8043 and to feel special
Even calling it an accident implies some sort of sentient being did it just not on purpose.
Religious people have to avoid admitting that there are logical reasons for not believing. Instead, they’ll claim that those who don’t believe just want to live in sin, or that god gave us free will in order for us to disbelieve. In other words, they are demanding that god exists, no matter what reasons we might have for not believing that god exists.
Yup, absolutely agree Stephen. They say we reject god but they reject rationality, reason and reality.
@@TheTruthKiwi ikr I know it's easy for the religious to 👉😖👈 and call us Heathens and follow Jesus abandon knowledge logic and reason there's much to gain to remove the stain of faith.
@@mistylover7398 Absolutely. Once you realise that we are just natural beings existing in a natural universe and that you don't have to bow and worship some magical entity in another dimension just so you can spend eternity with him (which, let's be honest, if it's the god of the bible it doesn't sound like a good time to me) you are free to be your individual self.
We are literally individuals anyway. No gods needed or shown to be involved whatsoever.
Heaven and miracles are most likely just extraneous crap made up by humans that were afraid of dying.
@@TheTruthKiwi Religious people will assert that atheists are the ones being inflexible, even though they are the ones who are begging the question. By asking me to pray for guidance, this religious clown has given me the option of presenting him with any answer that I choose to make up. I could tell the guy that I had made contact with invisible space fairies.
@@TheTruthKiwi well, I wouldn’t be that condescending about it. Being that way would land you on R/Athiest. Rationality has nothing to do with dumbass spiritual or religious beliefs as stupid as they may be. Unfortunately there’s many highly intelligent people who are more logical and rational then any of us combined which still hold onto some form of religious beliefs. I don’t agree with how you put it that way, but I do understand what kind of theist you’re talking about which I agree with, just find it a bit arrogant to say they don’t have reason or see reality solely because they believe in something that isn’t proven or disproven
If a god exists, it knows I don’t believe in it and what would change my mind, which it should want to do. So, I’m not praying.
That's just what that god wants you to think. 😉😄🤔
@@empressoftheknownuniverse Ahhh yes, the good old double blind bluff. God is such a cheeky monkey 🙊 😂🙄
@@empressoftheknownuniverse if its what god wants us to think, why do apologists and televangelists want us to change what we think?
😅😆😂🤣
@@hakureikura9052 More important: what do YOU think? 🤔😉😄
@@empressoftheknownuniverse i think there's still some leftovers in the fridge enough till tomorrow, so i dont have to run to the convenience store till tomorrow...🤔🤤🥱
I love how that bird just kept yelling at him all through the video! "HEY! MONKEY-THING! GET OUTTA HERE! I WANNA GET SOME FOOD!"
Yes it's rather ironic that his entire "detecting vibrations would be pointless" rant was interrupted by a small winged animal using vibrations to communicate.
The problem with having an open mind is that someone will always come along and want to put something in there.
Thanks
"You don't have to believe in god initially, to make use of that prayer. All that's required is that you sincerely want to know THAT god exists."
Doesn't even have the strength to entertain the mere thought of him not existing for even just a single sentence. It's required that you sincerely desire god to exist. How convinient.
Sometimes I stare with empty eyes onto my screen and wonder how there can be people who say something like this with a straight face and whole heartedly believe that it makes sense and isn't completely irrational and an obvious case of self deception.
I, too, hear voices without seeing anyone. It happens every time, I use the phone.
I hear voices without seeing anyone even throughout the video! Other than the sweet old guy or SkepTick I mean of course.
Afterall, that's bird _voices_ in the background 😋
I hear voices in my head!
... .... ....
I call them, "Thoughts".
Thanks! Leaf be upon you!
This is a lot, Eric! Thank you!!
@@TheSkepTick I really enjoy your work and look forward to seeing you on more ACA and other shows!
I'll say this for the old man, he isn't judgemental like most of the other people doing those kinds of videos..
That garden bird was making some good pints that homie didn't even acknowledge
Lisa the Rainbow Giraffe also answered my prayer. She revealed to me the secret knowledge of how to calculate the area of a circle, knowing its radius!
Even if his holy book says such-and-such, so what? How does that prove anything? "How did light exist before the sun?" "Because obviously Jesus wasn't walking around the universe in the dark." - wtf? That's a complete non-answer.
Thing is, if you look at the description of gamma rays now that we've had a somewhat better chance to study them, if you squint and allow for a LOT of artistic interpretation, The Incredible Hulk got it right. Does that mean Stan Lee is God? Of course not. He's the devil. Kirby is God. This is canon.
Wait. Stan Lee ISN’T?!
Kirby crackles prove Kirby is Mephisto.
I got nervous after hearing his voice and you commenting that he should be a gardener, because he sounds almost identical to Gardener Scott here on RUclips.
So if you want a kind old man that sounds exactly like this one that actually _does_ garden, try Scott
Just checked out one of his videos. Seems like a nice, earnest person sharing his passion. And a dog hanging out in the background is a bonus.
I come here for the comedy though! A British floating circle doing stand up is pretty amusing, love your wordplay. The debunking is just a great added bonus.
Thanks! He doesn't convince me.
The earth isn't hanging it's moving thru space.
2001 is a movie you can't do the same thing in real life that you can do on a movie. Because at the end of the day a movie is just a very expensive way of playing make believe.
Have you seen the guy who says the moon is a death star because he saw it in Star Wars?
The quadruple "kinda" remark around 17:42 got me way more than 'kinda' laughing 🤣
I like the bird chirping in background, telling him to shut up and feed us!
I think he misunderstood the "how could there be light before the sun" question.
The Bible doesn't say there was just generic "light" before the sun was created, it specifically says there was already daylight and night, morning and evening.
Just where generic light come from ? gods ass
Pangea wasn't "before plate tectonics". The continents have been shifting together, apart, together, apart, multiple times over billions of years. The most recent "together" cluster is what we call Pangea. It wasn't the first one, and plate tectonics didn't just start after that.
Overall good points. But 12:03 is wrong, at least as to what Catholics believe I dunno about all the different Protestants. Catholics believe Jesus existed forever into the past even before he was “born”.
Speaking of starlight being bright enough to read by. Fingers crossed we get to see Betelgeuse go supernova.
I DOUBT I WILL LIVE THAT LONG TO WITNESS ANOTHER 'GREAT EXPANSION' WITHIN A DISTANT GALAXY..
COME ON GOD, WHY CAN'T WE LIVE FOREVER?
WHY, WHY, WHY?
We probably won't :( there was some speculation it might like 2 years ago or so, but if I remember right it ended up being a gas cloud or something blocking some of its light temporarily. However, sky surveys like ASAS-SN find them in images all the time if you'd like to see some
Calm and quiet does not necessarily mean good and sweet. He's still accusing atheists of being dishonest, making broad and baseless assertions, and yakking on as if he's anyone to be listened to about things like the speed of light; y'know, like a know-it-all, holier-than-thou (🤭) jerk. It still is nice that he's not all shrill and painful to listen to... Craig, ovin, ...TU-UR-RE-E-EK!!
"An atmosphere is needed for the development of sound waves, and there would be no reason for any random mutations of DNA... to begin detecting vibrations, and then more accidents of chance to eventually produce the workings of an ear, and a brain to interpret those vibrations."
Ahh.... either he's wildly misspeaking whatever he's trying to say, or he's under the impression that biological life evolved in an environment without an atmosphere. And he can't be saying that, right?
The birds in the background provide a more coherent argument than this guy.
It's unfortunate this guy is a champion for Christianity. He seems very kind, mellow, and genuine, and could do a lot of good for the marginalized groups Christianity tends to target and mistreat if he wanted to.
As near as I can tell, even stars did not appear until the fourth day, right along with the sun. Is he just ignoring that?
Also, the idea that the countless billions of stars exist for the benefit of astrologers, I guess?
I think he's been using too much weed killer on his garden
I agree with you SkepTick, this guy is a sweetheart lol. I’d be way more willing to hear arguments from Christians if they presented themselves like this. We’re going to almost always disagree anyways so why not be civil about it?
As expected, this gentleman has laid out similar assertions that fall apart under the barest scrutiny. I asked god to reveal itself to me for years and was met with silence. Why is his experience acceptable to him, but not mine I wonder?
It's not a yard, it's a garden.
I hear voices. They started talking to me as a coping mechanism for the severe trauma I suffered when I was younger. Now they mostly make commentary on my life and offer suggestions for solutions to my problems. More often than not they try and help. So why not keep them around. But I'm not under any delusion that they are a God, spirits, or anything else besides other parts of me that likely fragmented when I was younger.
Okay, him admitting some comments and responses to his previous videos from atheists were profound in some way is already leagues above certain people, who like to be condescending assholes in their responses, be it by whacking toys of Spongebob, or telling you they "forgive you" for your comments, 6 months after the fact.
But then he mostly picks the worst comments from his video to answer, instead of the ones that provide solid arguments against his claims…
@@jursamaj we'll take the baby steps where we can get them.
I thought his list said "Free WiFi and Jesus". Perhaps due to my less than perfect eyesight.
Pahaha. That made me laugh, Susan!
😂😂😂🍻
Question: why do people get bad eyesight?
Answer: well... people get bad eyesight. Check and mate.
I don't care how sweet of an old man he is! If he's religious, I don't want to be his friend!!
Thanks!
His sub count never went up so I’m guessing that’s entirely Skepticks fault for NOT sharing his daft, ambiguous crap.
I would invite Bible believers such as this guy, to give one example of a scientific discovery originating from verses from the Bible.
Prove evolution. The biggest farce of all. Everything IS what it always was. Have you seen anything turn into anything else, or be in a transition form even since the devil worshiper Darwin walked the earth? NOPE.
@@noturningback2023 .
You claim is simply shown to be bollocks, when traced back, all existing forms of life can be shown to only go back so far and earlier forms disappeared.
Every living organism is in a transitional form, transitioning from what it was to what it is and what it will be.
Can you give an example of a scientific discovery originating from a Bible verse? Presumably not otherwise you wouldn't be desperate enough to try distracting with your denial of evolution.
@@noturningback2023 so you hear "give evidence for any scientific discovery from the bible" and begin rabidly attacking evolution, a theory on which the field of medicine relies, and for which the evidence is staggering, and is backed up by every other field of research?
Bud, evolution has met its burden of proof. You need to bring evidence other than "everything is what it has always been" before you'll be anything but a raving lunatic.
Also, the wolves from which evolved domestic dogs, and the red jungle fowl from which evolved many modern domestic chickens would be enough to make your claim look idiotic, because they are easily verifiable cases of evolution if you could comprehend even basic reading comprehension.
Also, also, *every* creature is a transition from its parents to its children. You really do tick all of the "I don't understand these things, therefore they're not true" boxes don't you?
If he did a Gardening show, I would definitely watch. Like the Avocado Guy that makes videos, love it!!
He's actually raised an interesting point with his thought on sound waves. If sound waves don't travel in space, how could god speak the world into being? I didn't know sound didn't travel through space. But how can god speak in empty space if sound doesn't travel through space? He could think the world into existence, thought magic, but not incantation, as the bible would indicate.
@Samael 🤣🤣
It's a weird thing this god being Christians created. It's supposedly magical and all powerful, but it goes through all these crazy natural workarounds just to make life come about.
He supposedly set the "laws of the universe" that, weirdly enough, he himself can't seem to break, which definitely isn't a sign of an omniscient god. So if something else set these laws, wouldn't that mean he's abiding by something more powerful than him?
This whole all-powerful god thing is rather silly if you really think about it.
He’s confused about who is confused.
Some people, no matter what age, can never learn. Cannot fix stupid.
I'm gonna giggle when he posts his same copy and pasted message here.
I wonder what the bird is chirping so incessantly in his backyard? 🤔
"bullshit bullshit bullshit"
I dunno, but I've heard that exact same loud, irritating chirping on videos shot in Georgia and Florida. I recognised it immediately -- unfortunately!
It's almost cute that this guy thinks those of us who have gone through deconstruction haven't already said a prayer similar to the one he suggests.
You helped me find my next channel Skep Tick. I'm always looking for my relaxing/go to bed videos and he made a good one here lol.
Sounds dangerous. Stuff you listening to as you're drifting off can slip past your rational thinking.
@@jursamaj nah I do it all the time. I listen all the time to all sorts of arguments and debates whether asleep or awake. I never take anything serious until I've looked into it myself and listened to those more informed than me. Like all the time I fall asleep listening to the debates of Sam Harris, Bill nye vs Ken ham, William lane Craig, etc. It's fun to me. But that's also why I can't just believe without justification like they seem to think we should.
I've never struggled to be a Non Believer ever since I developed logic and comprehended reality. I love fantasy and fiction but nope sorry not to live my life based around.
That's why most parents don't let their kids "decide their 'beliefs' for themselves when they grow up"
And then he went off the tracks with the sentence "Scientists agree"; That is irrelevant, it only matters what Science says, not Scientists.
Hey, Mouth: It's the scientists who inform us on science via studies, reports, research, interviews, books, podcasts, etc.
I trust this clears up this issue for you. Thanks, and take care.
@@thetruthaboutscienceandgod6921 I think you've mistaken religion for science. Anyone can babber anything and it can become a religion. For something to become science it has to be proven.
@@mouthofspaghetti7817 Yes, the Bible contains scientific facts. Thanks, and take care.
@@thetruthaboutscienceandgod6921 Scientific Facts like plants before the sun, dirt men and rib women, talking animals, magic, planets created by a wizard, world wide floods, people living inside of a fish, the firmament, flat earth, Astrology, Numerology, fortune telling, witchcraft, zombies, stars so tiny they can land on Earth, animals changing fur patterns by look at a stick ... I am tired of typing... so much nonsense nonscience.
@@mouthofspaghetti7817 Hey, Mouth: I also get tired explaining the same facts over and over and over. Your comments above are sooooo similar to others that I've responded to in the past in comments sections below my own videos and on other channels as well.
Just read through some of the comments below my videos and you find my responses to many comments that are so similar to yours above.
Thanks, and take care.
He does, indeed, seem nice. That's not sufficient to convince me... nor is his (mostly lacking) evidence.
He does, generally seem more honest and loving than many theists.
I'm here for the comedy! 🙋
Thanks Tod!
Me to.
2:54 -- he states that his intention is to inform nonbelievers about what Christianity is. He'd be more truthful if he said he was going to inform people about his version of Christianity. Christianity is a very diverse religion with a great many denominations. Each with differing beliefs and practises. Sometimes those beliefs are in direct contradiction to the beliefs of other Christians. A good many atheists out there probably already know more about Christianity as a whole than he can pass on in his videos.
Let's assume that the Bible does have some actual "scientific" facts here and there. My question is: so what? Having some facts in a large work doesn't automatically mean the entirety of that work is factual. Just the few bits within it. Otherwise, we could say a movie with Spiderman in New York is all true because we know New York actually exists.
Thinking of a horned lion peeing out the oceans really puts a different spin on a day at the beach.
THE WORLD WAS CREATED AS ONE URI-NATION, THE GREAT PISSING, AS IT WERE.....GOD....???....?
And God gave us free will. With this free will He allows us to disobey. Then, when we disobey, He punishes us forever in a lake of fire. Free will indeed.
Not only that. God is supposedly all seeing and all knowing. That means that he would know what is going to happen.
So, god creates a person knowing in advance if that person will live a life of "sin" and go to hell. Why would he create a person who is damned from birth? Where is the free will if your life is predestined?
@@Black-1790 God gave us free will so we could disobey, then punishes us forever for so doing. So, in essence, He gave us free will so that He could punish us. Does God like punishing us? It doesn't say much for His loving, kind nature, does it?
Waste of time with people like this. I know there’s a long history of people going into religion or leaving religion, but looking at his age and demeanor, he’s going to his death holding onto his, “it gotta be true!” beliefs.
Yup.
A new SkepTick, Logicked, and DJW video, all on the same day! What did I do to deserve such a treat. Oh, right, it's a happy coincidence. Still, I Love how you can argue the point, inject your brand of humor, and not be dragged down to some of their levels (I'm thinking of a certain M.P. when I say this. How you can watch an entire video and not want to gouge out your eyes with a serrated melon-baller, I will never understand.) I still appreciate people responding to these silly videos and making them enjoyable to a grumpy, cynical bastard like me!
I do it so you don't have to, Peter! 😅
@@TheSkepTick Good man! It's why we Love ya, and keep coming back time after time for the best videos in the "Talking Circle superimposed on a Shifting Color Background featuring a Giraffe Deity" subset on YT. Congrats on your Atheist Choice Award! 😎
Dude does have an excellent back yard.
This guy is nuts, but he's a looot more bearable than Hovind or Hamm, etc.
Good vibe.
Remember kids god CAN apparently do everything but willingly chooses to do nothing (cancer babies, birth defects, pointless suffering all could b remedied but gods too busy demanding us to say how awesome he is for doing nothing)
He's got a lovely garden and a surprisingly pleasant sounding voice
He does seem like a very nice old man, and his backyard is very nice - and credit where credit is due, he doesn't seem to have that same hostility or resentment towards people who ask questions or disbelieve, as a lot of apologists do - it fact, he seems downright tolerant of dissenting viewpoints and is very calm in how he explains why he disagrees.
I respect that a lot more than big production value, flashy sets, and slick arguments.
Grandpa here obviously hasn't considered the possibility that most or all of us have already tried praying a prayer just like that one...and received no answer.
Someone tried this prayers with various gods.
- He prayed to Ra. A few days later was a very beautiful sunrise.
- He prayed to Bacchus. A few days later there was a party in the neighborhood.
- He prayed to Mammon. A few days later he found a cent on the sidewalk.
Were this proof that all of these gods exist?
@@HalfEye79 i prayed to thor, and viola!
Chris hemsworth delivered!
It was an awesome marvel movie about norse gods!
I had to put the video on full screen so I could see if any of the birds I'm hearing would show up. I'm pretty sure I heard a cardinal calling.
As for creationist scientists, when I was in uni I took a lot of anthropology classes and in one of my anthropology theory class I ended up doing a paper on creationism vs evolution and in my research I found a book that argued that Neanderthals were actually from the time at the beginning of the Bible and that they lived hundreds of years. So much of their evidence was just poorly understood concepts in dating skeletons and poorly applied Bible verses.
There's a couple of things I take issue with him just slipping in, trying to be under the radar with them. The first one was something like 'All geologists agree the entire Earth was under water.' They absolutely do not. There is literally no evidence of the entire Earth being underwater simultaneously, that is a lie. Second, that 'prayer' he says 'You just need to sincerely want to know God exists.' Firstly, I don't want to 'know' God exists, I want evidence of his existence. I can 'know' that I don't like chocolate, it would be kinda difficult to get evidence for it though. Secondly, the whole idea of a prayer, as far as I'm aware anyway, is that there's someone/something listening and is ready to answer right? So by praying at all I'm sorta already acknowledging there's something to pray to right? It's a sneaky little give an inch take a mile kinda thing that I find, at best, disingenuous.
He has 18 subscribers? Anyone wonder why? I get a creepy vibe. I saw his list but couldn't find a topic addressing the actual evidence for a magical sky buddy. Get back to me when you have that, fella.
I get the vibe of an old man deeply afraid of what will become of him after his death, that can't be that far away any more...
Prime religion baiting material and his whole thinking seems to have clung to this HARD.
@@Ugly_German_Truths Yup, it always comes back to the "afterlife". I'm sure he thinks that just by making these videos it'll give him a better seat in the eternal retirement village in the sky.
They can argue origins and miracles and prophecies all day but the bottom line is that they are afraid of death and are willing to reject reason, rationality and facts to be "immortal".
I'd bet most of his 18 subscribers are skeptics keeping an eye on what he puts out.
@@jursamaj - That seems the most likely explanation to me. Who else could endure watching his sleep inducing vids?
Tick! Best channel on RUclips!
Do Americans have Yardeners instead of Gardeners?
Can we get a copy of that list of gods and religions? It would be great to have a centralized list somewhere.
He seems to be a genuine individual. Just a little misled by centuries of tradition of bowing to something that we are more aware of being just that folklore tradition
Ah, I remember this guy.
Do as I say or my invisible sky daddy friend will torture you forever
And
don't listen to them others people and their sky daddy's mines the only real one.
American subscriber here. Just now realized by Skep “Tick”, you meant a check mark, not the blood sucking variety. 😅
A check mark in the U.K. is known as a ‘tick’
He keeps saying "Jesus, the God of the Bible" Perhaps he should try reading the Bible.
Lot of Gods in the first five books, no mention of Jesus. . .
7:21
Why did you do these ABOMINABLE tinnitus inducing bird sounds?
Like a squeaky duck. 😅
this is so sad... at such an old age...
The only thing he's convinced me of is that he's a bloody good gardener
Humble little video, guy says while disregarding all of established science and ignoring any counter apologetics from the past few thousand years.
Creaky Blinder was the person I mistaken the circle ⭕️ for. My bad, hope u like him if you know of him.
@TheSkepTick Can you do a video on Elwood’s Dog Meat farm?
I have a real live rainbow unicorn living in my house. 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄
After being a Christian for over 30 years and now an atheist I would NEVER reconsider going back to Christianity.
I will at least say, the dude seems like a really nice guy. His stuff still offers no evidence, but at least he's not a poisonous, toxic youtuber like so many others that are rude af. Like you said, he seems like a sweet old guy who believes what he believes fervently. But just because one is convinced of something doesn't make it true, and requires evidence to back it up.
"He went through a torturous death on the cross....."
Great. Another theist who doesn't understand what that really means,...if it happened....and what it says about the character of the "god" who required it.
Omg the incessant bird chirping is killing my ears. Here I am straining to hear his soft quiet voice and the piercing pain of bird chirps is enough to make me quit
Well, at least he's not a YECer; yay for progress?
oooh i like that, lets call him Pops from now on ;-; he's still so close to understanding science; he just grew up in a time where Christianity was everything here in the US ;-; it's just sad that he believes this so much he feels the need to try and share it cause 'how could other learned people like me not believe its so simple' like he knows so much about science, if he could just drop the religious pushing(he can keep his own belief to each their own) he's be that really sweet older science substate teacher ;-;