@Muzaffar Krylov Does that mean that you can change your religion since all roads lead to Him? Would you then become a hinduist, muslim or pastafarian? After all, all religions lead to Him, right?
@Muzaffar Krylov So, why hasn't S/He showed her/himself to everyone? In your childhood you were an atheist, as you didn't have the slightest idea of what a religion was, so that means that you were, at some point, shown evidence of this deity. What evidence was this? Also, how can you tell it's just *one* god, and not two or a million gods?
@Muzaffar Krylov But how can you tell if the creator of the universe has answered your prayers, and it's not some other cause? Even if your prayers HAVE been answered, it doesn't mean _He_ answered them. Could you give me an example of one of these anomalies, of these answered prayers?
As Laurence Krauss, the scientist, said of the religious. "Although I have written a scientific book, called " A Universe from Nothing" , I never consulted the religious, even though they are experts on "nothing"......
Oh that is classic! I read that book. I followed pretty well until about 85-90% of the way through, where I feel like I missed a key concept. Maybe that's just because he was talking about quantum.
@@N8BALLSACK Except that's a false conclusion based purely on incredulity as in truth one side never states any conclusion without a basis in demonstrable evidence and data. Hence why that side has highly accurate explanations for why and how things really are to be best of our understanding and the other side has nothing at all but wild guesses based on wishfull thinking and issues with the one side based purely on baseless incredulity, as faith supposedly is superior to verified information. Lol
@@N8BALLSACK Yeah i get what you're saying and i weren't saying that they had absolute answers just that they had demonstrable answers in which we can trust in an reasonably high degree. Nor do you need to learn everything to know wheter their theories hold the veracity they are presented as to have but you essentialy need to know everything or at least be equivalent to them to flat out reject their decades of work flat out. Edit:Typos.
@@N8BALLSACK Indeed, it's not correct at all to say "that which isn't proven wrong must neccesarily be right" science proper doesn't work that way at all, hence the Black swan fallacy and how it tells us that falsifiability is important to any serious claim and that knowledge constantly change as it grows. I.e. '' In order to prove something, one MUST provide Evidence, '' The question is : How would you define what truth is? Truth is typically defined as “that which is concordant with reality”. If we don’t know whether it is concordant with reality, then we don’t know whether it is truth, and we should be honest about that. We should not assert as fact that which is not evidently true, because that is dishonest. Logically then, truth is whatever statement can be *shown to be true. The truth is what the facts are because the facts can be objectively verified. There are many facts that we know and can show to be true of evolution, for example, but there is not one fact that is positively indicative of or exclusively concordant with gods or magic or mythology. So when you ask religious believers to show the truth of their religious belief, they can’t, because there’s literally no truth in it. .. *Demonstrated to be concordant with reality through tests under controlled conditions aswell as with using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results. Truth statements in and off themselves aren't enough to establish what is true.
Aron put a couple of "I misspoke" corrections in this video. I've seen other scientist/atheist make similar updates. This doesn't happen in creationist/theist videos. Updating their assertions in light of new information is beyond their comprehension. They just double-down on their deluded beliefs, refusing to learn.
I love clarity. This guy has it in spades. Awesome presentation with a detailed research background. Who can ignore the facts and still pretend magic is real ?
Just gave a speech on why creationism is false and I just found your channel, wish I would've watched this video earlier; great lecture btw you just got another sub!
Aron, I referred a close friend to your series on Noah's Ark, and he and his girlfriend are now atheists, and big fans of you! Just thought I'd let you know! ;)
The wierd thing for me being an atheist and an artist is that I first remember drawing dinosaurs on hills first at my grandmothers house then in first or second grade I was doing a picture of jesus in one of the workbook project pages and was so impressed at how well my jesus turned out that I was spured on to better and better talents!I never did any more religious themed stuff but I did draw more dinosaurs for every body in my classes afterwards!So science won!
+Rannos22 yep!And Im glad that after second grade I was put in regular public school and had a school teacher there who recognized my skill and recommended me for art classes at the art museum.I had a real problem with the nuns who taught at the catholic school and I even did when I was sent to sunday school much later and tried to ask a question of them I was sent to the hall for what I dont even remember but thats thankfully all over now!
+Lawrence Tider Yes indeed!The vids they have on you tube about the life of medieval and renaissance artists are a must see!They were caught up in playing between their creative urges and the only game in town,The church!
i like the "evolution is a religion" statement. if evolution is in fact a religion, it has to be an inclusive one, if only for the number of people that accept it being they from various religions. in other words there are christian, jewish, islamic, theist and atheists who accept evolution. the thing is, i never saw anybody claim that he/she professes 2 religions at the same time.
+julia skidel Wow, I've never thought of that idiotic statement like this before... Well said!! I can hear it now - "what religion are you?"... "I'm a Christian and an Evolutionists."
This guy takes great care to carefully define every kernal of information he can. He goes deep into detail, and does not leave any stone unturned. The level of research and study into this is extraordinary. He is an extremely intelligent and articulate man. I find it impossible to not find him credible. We are lucky to have such a passionate, dedicated person willing to give his time and effort to help people understand the difference between science and religion. He is a fascinating and compelling speaker. I'm not a big fan of his hair, but I do think he is a dapper dresser. And he is a really entertaining speaker.
Creationists who continue to use the arguments "there are no transitional fossils", and "evolution is just a theory" are frustrating. Respond to those statements with the HUNDREDS of transitional fossils, and the accurate definition of a theory in regards to science, and they just kinda fall away. Most refuse to respond because they KNOW they have no good response, and the longer they continue, the more ridiculous they look.
Bobby Duckett Or they change the subject by changing the science branch under discussion. They'll skip from evolution ( paleontology) to abiogenesis ( chemistry) to the Big Bang theory ( astronomy). They're like bees, buzzing from flower to flower. Or blow flies. Maddening, isn’t it?
Ultimately they realise that in order to maintain their beliefs it necessitates rejection of certain facts of reality on which modern society has been built upon. I don’t care what personal beliefs a person may wish to hold as long as it is not harmful BUT I do object to when they attempt to impose their values on others with no valid justification except for the belief that it is what their holy book dictates. My other major grievance is their attempts to undermine science and deny children access to the centuries of hard won knowledge humans have granted us. This has significant and potentially dire consequences. The dangers of this mentality has been clearly demonstrated during the current COVID-19 crisis, especially in the US where large groups of the population seem unable to differentiate between information they get from social media and advice from global health experts (often because they don’t actually understand the rationale and foundational principles it is based upon).
@@D-me-dream-smp I witnessed something that was equally disgusting. I know someone who has a daughter that has epilepsy. There is a cannabis extract that she learned could help reduce her daughter's seizures. She got some somehow and tried it and it helped. She said her daughter was having an average of 10-15 seizures a week. While on the extract, it reduced the seizures to 0-2 a week. So, it clearly helped and it in no way harmed the girl. Well, the idiotic and religious politicians in my state blocked that extract from being sold in my state because they thought it didn't agree with their holy book of fiction. She had to drive to another state to get it so she could help her daughter, making it even harder on their family. They finally started allowing it in my state, but i wonder how many people had to suffer through seizures, how many accidents happened because of those seizures and how many people did not have to suffer while they were suffering. It is freaking disgusting.
@@joebomb1019 No, not exactly. Not all cannabis is marijuana, but marijuana is a cannabis. The CBD oil extract has no THC, which marijuana has. (THC being what gets people high)
I have literally heard people say he rambles on at a mile a minute so that nobody can understand him. I’ve always been with you on this point however, and I would like to had that while the taxonomic jargon is still alien to me, I can usually follow the vague meaning of it, as in I know often via context what he probably means. That is the difference between people who can understand complex topics, and Creationists.
This was a very good presentation and it was well worth the 100 mile drive to attend it. I appreciated that you where willing to take a picture with me, then my wife. We both enjoyed it and hope to attend another presentation sometime in the future if you get up around eastern ND or northern MN again. thanks again
@Matthew Petto It's funny how EVERY serious and respected Biologists respects in awe the theory of Evolution and Natural selection. Also what I personally can say about me - I NEVER needed to know Darwin and his beautiful theory because as a kid it was already obvious to me that natural selection and Evolution is the only explanation... Common sense. Your statement is a typical US Religious Parrott style comment you digged up somewhere in "Flyingskymanmagic" Creationism land. But it's good to know that Creationism is not important in any way and while you Religious individuals bash Evolution online on RUclips another Scientists gets an PhD in Biology or Astrobiology using Darwin's Evolution because it is the ONLY Scientific Theory that is 100% able to explain Nature. No accredited University teaches Religious brainwashing instead of real Science.
@Matthew Petto boy oh boy, I can tell this is all you do with your life. I'm in my third year IU studying Astrophysics and Indiana University has one of the nation most respected Biology department. I talk to individuals involved in Biology & Medicine every day. Not one Student or PostDoc or Professor i have meet regards Creationism or (Un) Intelligent Design Science. So post your lies in the typical Evolution denial style, I know the truth. It's sad that the lies conducted via the Discovery Institute by paid cranks like Meyers reaches the (Religious) public as "Science". It's Religious propaganda dressed under the mantle of Science. Nothing more nothing less. Your intelligent designer better stop killing babies and mother's, back problems, mutating viral infections, is he bored too? Hundreds of thousands of bugs? Why? Why would you follow Pseudoscience - defend it online all day? It's irrelevant because there is zero predictional power to Creationism , the Scientific community basically disregards it except the Discovery Institute cranks and some RUclips lol Scientists.... On top of that Evolution keeps being proven over and over again - if you like it or not is irrelevant. Show us evidence of your unintelligent designer.... without evidence of your creator your Pseudohypothesis is NOTHING.
This should be required listening for all new to atheism and skeptical thinking. It's going on my recommendation list along with so many of your other videos.
An Ultimate Authority Figure is not required for the afterlife to exist. It could be another phase of natural existence ~ we only perceive PART of the electromagnetic spectrum...consciousness could well exist as a waveform, independent of brain matter (like a signal exists regardless of radio receiver). It is a fun field of research.
Excuses for religion is like assholes, everybody has got one. So you want to believe it is a waveform, traveling at the speed of light, dissipating through out space.
this is a great explanation if why evolution and science overall works and creationism is, by all accounts from what we can tell, false. +AronRa is of course a badass. thanks for being fearless.
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT , ENLIGHTENING AND COHERENT EXPLANATIONS OF OUR ORIGINS OF HOW RELIGIONS WERE INVENTED AND HOW AND WHT THE SCIENCES ARE THE ONLY VIABLE MEANS WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN HOW THE UNIVERSE, GALAXIES, STARS, PLANETS AND LIFE ON OUR WORLD CAME ABOUT ! WONDERFULLY EXPLAINED BY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT !
Thanks Aron, this is great work. It is funny how I find myself exactly as you described at the end as a sincere believer who made a life altering change.
You should mention the Roman Catholic church recognized evolution decades ago and the current Pope has reinforced that fact. Not that any of the diocese will talk of that at the pulpit, but facts are facts.
Watching this while my fellow Americans threaten civil war over a demougouge who used prejudice and religion to manipulate them to ignore everything that goes against what he says.
Zane, get an early podcast episode of Skeptically Speaking (now Science for the People, with a different theme song). The guy who did her theme rap would be a good candidate. Make it happen!
How could it be possible for someone to be so intelligent and knowledgeable. It I could have one wish it would be to relive my life over as an atheist. I'm 75 and became atheist early on, but the effects of that brutal cult stay with me to this day.
I think making science a religion is a brilliant idea..... imagine all the tax dollars you could save........ and then pump that money back into science to further its advances on finding cures for diseases that we have not achieved yet
Actually AronRa, they don't believe the bible. When I point out where their fairy tale contradicts the bible. They bather that somehow, I"M the blind one. Satan has closed my eyes to the truth. God forbid, that they should actually read their precious book. LOL
Indeed my increasingly insane christian uncle refers to me as an easy mark. He doesn't like talking to me because I give him no free passes on anything. All gods are the same to me. I don't accept Yeshua any more than Marduk, Zeus, or Osiris. I treat Santa Claus For Grown-Ups™ the same regardless of what name he is given. My uncle does not understand that in this particular game of ten-thousand-card monte, you don't need to watch the huckster's hands, because no card is ever the right one. The only way to win is not to play. But _I'm_ the easy mark. The projection would be laughable if it weren't coming from a sixty-year old man who is otherwise intelligent.
The idea that science is always open to new ideas and interpretations, indeed desires them, is only true in theory. In practice science these days almost entirely takes place within academic institutions and organisations. To advance to a status where anyone will take any notice of your ideas you have to ascend through the 'ranks'. You have to pass exams at school and university, then write theses that are acceptable to your senior colleagues, then write papers acceptable to the journals in your field or books acceptable to academic publishers, etc. Now it's far far harder to do any of this with a novel idea, than by simply presenting "a little more of the same". For instance when grading a paper, an examiner will look for all the standard points, and as each is mentioned will mentally tick it off his check-list and give you a mark. The mere use of the right term etc. will trigger this. But to present a novel view, you would have to walk the assessor through it all in fine detail, which takes a lot of time, assuming if he or she is even paying attention, so the safe path is always to trot out the current dogma, bring up all the right key words, and try to look original while staying well within the established framework. This is why science often gets stuck, and instead of steady progress, goes in rare revolutionary leaps. But these only happen when someone, usually outside of mainstream institutions (e.g. a rich amateur etc.) manages somehow to "beat the system".
+Rannos22 Dunno about what Aron thinks, but there's a lot of merit to that idea. Weird beliefs (read: mental illnesses) can be dated by their theme. Example? An oblique one, but one I like. Spiderman. Radioactive spider bite causes superpowers. Why radioactive? Because radioactivity and nuclear power were the Big Scary Thing of the era Spiderman was created in. Go back and watch the recent movies lately? Genetic modification. Why? Because it's the Big Scary Thing of today. In the past it was NWO and Aliens and secret pyramid-shaped cabals and, long ago, magical invisible "Stop asking questions, son" daddies in the sky. Mental illnesses follow the very same pattern, and conspiracy theorists are mentally ill, so they latch on to whatever scary thing is on hand. And goddamnit, I edited my comment and it decided to fuck up my text and turn apostrophes into weird codes. Fucking RUclips messing shit up again.
+Rannos22 there are 2 issues here. 1. The preconceived notion that you can believe everything you are told. 2. Letting that notion run your life like a religion and not seeing the forest through the trees in front of you. I call that Voluntary Cognitive Blindness and as a result of reading your post you appear to be suffering with it. Never assume distasteful information is also wrong because you can deny reality but you cannot ignore the consequences of your ignorance. It`s people like me and actions of like minded people that allow you to have a voice as it is and for our efforts in the courts we cop BS from you lot as well but NEVER a THANKS. You might need a quick history lesson. FYI - list25.com/25-conspiracy-theories-that-turned-out-to-be-true/ Then look at the basics of marketing to see how your life and consumption have been marketed to you. Stop assuming we are all crazy and pick a subject them FOLLOW the MONEY.POI - Vaccines, GMO food, Homeopathy, Codex Alimentarius, World Health Organization, Federal Reserve Bank, Fractional Reserve Banking, Money generation through Promissory Notes, Admiralty Law and Birth Certificate to name just a few.How about you look into taxes paid by non-for-profit organizations like World Wildlife Fund, Unicef etc then look at the actual percentage of funds transferred versus fund received and tell me there isn't anything fishy going on. I did and THAT is the reason ( I no longer donate Money ) my efforts are put into a system of corruption where I can see the result of OUR ( not yours but OUR ) actions. The Rights of the PEOPLE. And just for the record - IF shit really does hit the fan, it`s people like me that people like you will need but after all the crap WE have received, Good luck thinking you have any more chances left to cash in on - so to speak.
+Rannos22 Many Conspiracy theories are similar to religions, for example most have ingroup salvation promises and codes of ethics that tell you how to achive those, but they generally lack methaphysical entities that are undetectable. It's fallacious however to think that they do not exist parallel to each other.
+EdwardHowton don't be a nut. Anyone that knows about legalese, knows it is Blacks Law Dictionary that is used. I recommend you do more research and stop thinking those that are not like you are merely conspiritards. NEXT
Billions of birds and fish, after a thousand generations of thriving, were suddenly to be "subdued" and "ruled" by homo sapiens. !! The final straw for the fate of fundamentalism.🐬 And it's right there in Genesis 1.
26:47 I'm wondering if the reason for not correcting it is indeed religious bias given that they use _BCE_ as apposed to _BC_ in their definition (which would imply a secularist take).
It’s crazy how these ideas become so engraved in your mind. Even though I feel better turning away from all of that, some things still hang over me and scare me to this day. It’s all corrupt and toxic. I was so far away from reality ha ha.
To have a flood that would completely submerge the ENTIRE world under water I would expect would require more water than actually exists on the planet. It's a point that seems so obvious (on the surface at least.... pardon the pun) I would have expected to have heard someone mention it by now. And although someone likely has.... I've not heard it. Regardless, it would be a very easy thing to calculate I'd imagine.
It would be theoretically possible, I think. Indeed without plate tectonics, I imagine all the continents would eventually be eroded down to a level-ish undersea plain, leaving a continuous hydrosphere over the whole earth. A sort of fishy heaven :-)
Well did you account for the water which is in the earth. But still it would not be possible anyway. There are so many reasons we know there was no such flood !
I don't know about anyone else, but listening to Aron Ra, calms me down and gives me hope for intellectual conversations, the only problem is those who need to hear him, are not thinking, logical, rational people, that can grasps concepts like ration and logical. My mom being one of them, whom I love dearly and is a Christian. As a child I would ask her questions and her response was " we just have to have faith", faith in what I asked her, her reply was "faith in gods plan". Never got an answer from her, but she did respect my reasoning when I told her, " I cant believe in the bible and I can't have faith in the Christian religion", she respect my stance and made a deal with me. I had to continue going to church until I turned 16 and then I would not have to go. And the day I turned 16 was the day I never went back to church, until my first child was born and we only went once.
Just a clarification, while the West Semitic alphabet did replace the cuneiform of Mesopotamia, there was no break in the writing system due to a regional flood, or fall of empires, it continued and developed for another 2 millenniia beyond Gilgamesh's supposed time, gradually being replaced (circa 3rd-1st century b.c.e.) by Aramaic-based alphabet derived from earlier west Semitic scripts,tespecially with the rise of Aramaic (Syrian) as a lingua franca. A different Cunieform was also used to write Old Persian, and it was also replaced by an Aramaic derived alphabet script to write Middle Persian.
Aron- Ra is proof that you can be an emo long haired motor-cycle riding atheist who looks like a demon worshiping satanist and still be an extremely intelligent, decent and amazing person!
The religious can't convince one from the standpoint of faith. They are compelled to attempt to use scientific study to convince anyone of their faith. A sure sign that faith isn't reason enough to believe their theology as factual.
Dear AronRa, within the last decade or so, there has been tremendous progress in understanding the origin of life as well. I would recommend the books of Nick Lane for an excellent overview of the topic.
It's great the theist's are attending. Speaking to other atheists motivates action, and the theists get to listen to the logic behind our reasoning (the very thing their faith lacks). Perhaps they came to understand our arguments to improve theirs. I took this approach when I was a Christian, but it turned out to be my road to atheism.
Love what your doing I was raised Christian and struggled my whole life to reconcile facts with the bible until some you tubers atheist like yourself showed me the error, the irreconcilable problem with my former beliefs
@@paraphidd Yeah. I fought a long hard battle but like the Germans in WW2,it comes down to:"Whom do we Surrender to, the Soviets or the British/Americans?"
I find it funny when creationists attempt to "level the playing field" with misconceptions or outright lies about evolution and science as a whole. They believe that they are evelating their own position to a "equal" point with science, and hope to get the benefits from it. What they fail to realise, however, is that they are doing the opposite. Even if every single one of their points against science were correct, all they would do is drag science down to their level. It would still be the unprovable, asserted without evidence, faith-based, dripping with dishonesty, and outright damaging position it always has been.
As a Christian I really need to think about my religion this video is all I needed to see my religion is just nonsense and lies. Thank you for the video.
+Enkidu Five ........And just how sad and disturbing a thing is THAT?!?............. "Oh Man!....... My religion is RIGHT!! I have a Dead Guy on a Stick!! What do YOU have??"
I find this to be incredibly ironic - and unfortunately I don't think anyone will be able to share this experience with me... Before starting this video, I received an Ad for CNN's new season of Finding Jesus; and the advertisement clearly shows a reverence for Jesus, even calling it, "The Greatest Story Ever Told," as they do... But what's interesting is...Finding Jesus isn't the full title; it has a subtitle as well. The full version is; "Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery." Within the ad itself, the title is displayed against the dawning sun, whereas the portion of light is so bright, that the word "forgery" is slightly obscured...Coincidence? Accident? I doubt it. The series description says that it's supposed to be an investigation - like science is - to either validate or debunk artifacts that might allude to Jesus' existence. So far, they've barely debunked any of the artifacts they've found, using most of them as viable evidence for Jesus' existence... And the reason for that is...the people behind the "science" of this show are from Religious backgrounds...I'm sure we all have watched enough Aron to see what a dangerous combination THAT could be. I checked out the comment section on a few websites covering the show; they're filled with nothing but complaints pointing out the dubious science - or lack thereof - in the series, and how most of what the show actually says is blind speculation only backed up by scripture. I feel like its worth checking out this series just point out what they've gotten wrong.
The pastor at my parents' church literally said "the scape goat (in Leviticus 16) is a symbol of God's grace" and followed with "Jesus Christ,[is] our scape goat."
@@NathanWubs Which is pretty much what happened. Jesus is God, particularly a God who doesn't often think very highly of organized religion, and He pissed a lot of people off with His dogma-defying ideas, especially religious authorities.
Thank you Aron for helping me find my way out of the cult of Christianity.
Welcome to freedom!
Well done and welcome back to the reality which you were born as!
Ditto here in Iowa.
LucasMidkiff Congratulations. Have fun now on your short journey toward eternal oblivion.
@Gregisonutube me too ,at least I don't need god to get there
As Archie Bunker once said "Faith, Meathead, is when you believe something that no one in their right mind would believe."
That stupid ass Twitter TV show clearly didn’t absorb that line
"the existence of apologetics and its necessity among the faithful is evidence that there is no evidence behind that belief" - AronRa
@Muzaffar Krylov show it.
What if I believe in another deity from another religion.
@Muzaffar Krylov Does that mean that you can change your religion since all roads lead to Him? Would you then become a hinduist, muslim or pastafarian? After all, all religions lead to Him, right?
@Muzaffar Krylov So, why hasn't S/He showed her/himself to everyone?
In your childhood you were an atheist, as you didn't have the slightest idea of what a religion was, so that means that you were, at some point, shown evidence of this deity. What evidence was this?
Also, how can you tell it's just *one* god, and not two or a million gods?
@Muzaffar Krylov But how can you tell if the creator of the universe has answered your prayers, and it's not some other cause? Even if your prayers HAVE been answered, it doesn't mean _He_ answered them.
Could you give me an example of one of these anomalies, of these answered prayers?
As Laurence Krauss, the scientist, said of the religious. "Although I have written a scientific book, called " A Universe from Nothing" , I never consulted the religious, even though they are experts on "nothing"......
Chris Heath "...Experts on nothing..." That's beautiful and so true.
Oh that is classic!
I read that book. I followed pretty well until about 85-90% of the way through, where I feel like I missed a key concept. Maybe that's just because he was talking about quantum.
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Except that's a false conclusion based purely on incredulity as in truth one side never states any conclusion without a basis in demonstrable evidence and data. Hence why that side has highly accurate explanations for why and how things really are to be best of our understanding and the other side has nothing at all but wild guesses based on wishfull thinking and issues with the one side based purely on baseless incredulity, as faith supposedly is superior to verified information. Lol
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Yeah i get what you're saying and i weren't saying that they had absolute answers just that they had demonstrable answers in which we can trust in an reasonably high degree.
Nor do you need to learn everything to know wheter their theories hold the veracity they are presented as to have but you essentialy need to know everything or at least be equivalent to them to flat out reject their decades of work flat out.
Edit:Typos.
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Indeed, it's not correct at all to say "that which isn't proven wrong must neccesarily be right" science proper doesn't work that way at all, hence the Black swan fallacy and how it tells us that falsifiability is important to any serious claim and that knowledge constantly change as it grows.
I.e.
'' In order to prove something, one MUST provide Evidence, ''
The question is :
How would you define what truth is?
Truth is typically defined as “that which is concordant with reality”.
If we don’t know whether it is concordant with reality, then we don’t know whether it is truth, and we should be honest about that.
We should not assert as fact that which is not evidently true, because that is dishonest.
Logically then, truth is whatever statement can be *shown to be true.
The truth is what the facts are because the facts can be objectively verified.
There are many facts that we know and can show to be true of evolution, for example, but there is not one fact that is positively indicative of or exclusively concordant with gods or magic or mythology.
So when you ask religious believers to show the truth of their religious belief, they can’t, because there’s literally no
truth in it.
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*Demonstrated to be concordant with reality through tests under controlled conditions aswell as with using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results.
Truth statements in and off themselves aren't enough to establish what is true.
Aron put a couple of "I misspoke" corrections in this video. I've seen other scientist/atheist make similar updates. This doesn't happen in creationist/theist videos. Updating their assertions in light of new information is beyond their comprehension. They just double-down on their deluded beliefs, refusing to learn.
Well dont we have apologists for this?
@@InvaderTak176 I dunno about you, but every creationist I've encountered all repeat the same arguments, just perhaps using different phrasing.
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And somehow thinks that justifies already bunk -arguments- Assurtions.
@WinstonIV
Yes, Indeed so.
"... refusing to learn." --YOU SAID IT
I'm proud of myself. I understood almost everything Aron said when describing the diagnostic characteristics of primates.
Good for you😁
Same here sis
Same here
I was good with all that. It's when he starts talking about eukaryotes and deuterostomes that I have to review a little. lol
Great.
Science does tell us what happens after we die. We rot.
What happens after you die? Everything continues, except you.
What happens after you die? Your body stop function as living thing =w=
We go back where we came from - before we existed.
That's not science thats just logical
Craig Silver
I’ve always preferred hot weather. Maybe the Lake of Fire isn’t even that bad!
This is extremely powerful.
Knowledge is power!
I love clarity. This guy has it in spades. Awesome presentation with a detailed research background. Who can ignore the facts and still pretend magic is real ?
About 78% of the population where live, that's who. Reason is still very much in the minority.
@Will G1986
I believe I have a million dollars under my bed.
52% of the American population believe that angels and demons exist. WTF?
18:00 to 18:50 The most epic long winded way to describe how we are primates. 10/10
+Greg Reavis I recognised myself at once!
+Greg Reavis .... He need that on a frig magnet ... Hell, on a tee shirt ....
+Greg Reavis Try saying that three-times fast!
+godlessHelp definitely need a shirt with it
+Greg Reavis Certainly covers all bases.
aronra your accent makes the "bible" sound like "buy bull" perfect
+userwl2850 After all, that's exactly what you're doing if you believe the badly-written doorstop.
+userwl2850 Well he is Texan...
+userwl2850 BUY BULL! (No refunds!)
+jamespfp or for a limited time you can own a Trump Steak
Just gave a speech on why creationism is false and I just found your channel, wish I would've watched this video earlier; great lecture btw you just got another sub!
No one can pack so much scientific information in so short a time as AronRa.
Science have apologists, but they say 'We apologize for telling you this wrong, we know better now"
Creationism debunks itself!
I have just discovered Aron. He's just jumped the first spot as no.1 atheist. He's magnificent.
I'm amazed to see how many worthy projects SR Foxley sponsors, always at the maximum level. AronRa, Scishow etc.
Whoever you are, thank you.
Facts and truths from Aron.
ARON NAILS THIS SHIT AGAIN. GREAT VID MAN!
Aron, I referred a close friend to your series on Noah's Ark, and he and his girlfriend are now atheists, and big fans of you! Just thought I'd let you know! ;)
That's incredible!
The wierd thing for me being an atheist and an artist is that I first remember drawing dinosaurs on hills first at my grandmothers house then in first or second grade I was doing a picture of jesus in one of the workbook project pages and was so impressed at how well my jesus turned out that I was spured on to better and better talents!I never did any more religious themed stuff but I did draw more dinosaurs for every body in my classes afterwards!So science won!
Religion has produced some great art but it can't really compare to the allure of cool-ass monsters that actually existed.
+Rannos22 yep!And Im glad that after second grade I was put in regular public school and had a school teacher there who recognized my skill and recommended me for art classes at the art museum.I had a real problem with the nuns who taught at the catholic school and I even did when I was sent to sunday school much later and tried to ask a question of them I was sent to the hall for what I dont even remember but thats thankfully all over now!
+Rannos22 Nah. Religion inspired artists, not so much made it themselves.
+Lawrence Tider Yes indeed!The vids they have on you tube about the life of medieval and renaissance artists are a must see!They were caught up in playing between their creative urges and the only game in town,The church!
+Rannos22 Cooler still if drawn with feathers.
i like the "evolution is a religion" statement. if evolution is in fact a religion, it has to be an inclusive one, if only for the number of people that accept it being they from various religions. in other words there are christian, jewish, islamic, theist and atheists who accept evolution. the thing is, i never saw anybody claim that he/she professes 2 religions at the same time.
+julia skidel Wow, I've never thought of that idiotic statement like this before... Well said!! I can hear it now - "what religion are you?"... "I'm a Christian and an Evolutionists."
I'd have to say Aron Ra is one of the most articulate speakers representing the atheist position.
This guy takes great care to carefully define every kernal of information he can. He goes deep into detail, and does not leave any stone unturned. The level of research and study into this is extraordinary. He is an extremely intelligent and articulate man. I find it impossible to not find him credible. We are lucky to have such a passionate, dedicated person willing to give his time and effort to help people understand the difference between science and religion. He is a fascinating and compelling speaker.
I'm not a big fan of his hair, but I do think he is a dapper dresser. And he is a really entertaining speaker.
Creationists who continue to use the arguments "there are no transitional fossils", and "evolution is just a theory" are frustrating. Respond to those statements with the HUNDREDS of transitional fossils, and the accurate definition of a theory in regards to science, and they just kinda fall away. Most refuse to respond because they KNOW they have no good response, and the longer they continue, the more ridiculous they look.
Bobby Duckett Or they change the subject by changing the science branch under discussion. They'll skip from evolution ( paleontology) to abiogenesis ( chemistry) to the Big Bang theory ( astronomy). They're like bees, buzzing from flower to flower. Or blow flies. Maddening, isn’t it?
Ultimately they realise that in order to maintain their beliefs it necessitates rejection of certain facts of reality on which modern society has been built upon. I don’t care what personal beliefs a person may wish to hold as long as it is not harmful BUT I do object to when they attempt to impose their values on others with no valid justification except for the belief that it is what their holy book dictates. My other major grievance is their attempts to undermine science and deny children access to the centuries of hard won knowledge humans have granted us. This has significant and potentially dire consequences. The dangers of this mentality has been clearly demonstrated during the current COVID-19 crisis, especially in the US where large groups of the population seem unable to differentiate between information they get from social media and advice from global health experts (often because they don’t actually understand the rationale and foundational principles it is based upon).
@@D-me-dream-smp I witnessed something that was equally disgusting. I know someone who has a daughter that has epilepsy. There is a cannabis extract that she learned could help reduce her daughter's seizures. She got some somehow and tried it and it helped. She said her daughter was having an average of 10-15 seizures a week. While on the extract, it reduced the seizures to 0-2 a week. So, it clearly helped and it in no way harmed the girl. Well, the idiotic and religious politicians in my state blocked that extract from being sold in my state because they thought it didn't agree with their holy book of fiction. She had to drive to another state to get it so she could help her daughter, making it even harder on their family. They finally started allowing it in my state, but i wonder how many people had to suffer through seizures, how many accidents happened because of those seizures and how many people did not have to suffer while they were suffering. It is freaking disgusting.
@@richrichy3015 You're referring to marijuana, correct?
@@joebomb1019 No, not exactly. Not all cannabis is marijuana, but marijuana is a cannabis. The CBD oil extract has no THC, which marijuana has. (THC being what gets people high)
Super awesome video! The masses need to see this absolutely
I'm always surprised at how fast he can talk and yet still be clear and understandable, except when he reels off taxonomic jargon.
Phylogenetic jargon needs practice to speak and hear ;)
I thought he spoke a bit slow myself.
I have literally heard people say he rambles on at a mile a minute so that nobody can understand him. I’ve always been with you on this point however, and I would like to had that while the taxonomic jargon is still alien to me, I can usually follow the vague meaning of it, as in I know often via context what he probably means. That is the difference between people who can understand complex topics, and Creationists.
Oh dear in 2017 there is an intelligent man that has to debunk the critics of science and built a case of 40 min....
This was a very good presentation and it was well worth the 100 mile drive to attend it. I appreciated that you where willing to take a picture with me, then my wife. We both enjoyed it and hope to attend another presentation sometime in the future if you get up around eastern ND or northern MN again. thanks again
So ironic when creatinists call "evolutionism" a religion to undermine its credibility. :D :D :D
Exactly. Trying bring science down to the level of religion in order to show how stupid it is.....but of course the irony goes right over their heads.
You'd think if I believed Football should be called Soccer it would be Soccerism?
@Matthew Petto It's funny how EVERY serious and respected Biologists respects in awe the theory of Evolution and Natural selection. Also what I personally can say about me - I NEVER needed to know Darwin and his beautiful theory because as a kid it was already obvious to me that natural selection and Evolution is the only explanation... Common sense. Your statement is a typical US Religious Parrott style comment you digged up somewhere in "Flyingskymanmagic" Creationism land.
But it's good to know that Creationism is not important in any way and while you Religious individuals bash Evolution online on RUclips another Scientists gets an PhD in Biology or Astrobiology using Darwin's Evolution because it is the ONLY Scientific Theory that is 100% able to explain Nature.
No accredited University teaches Religious brainwashing instead of real Science.
@Matthew Petto boy oh boy, I can tell this is all you do with your life. I'm in my third year IU studying Astrophysics and Indiana University has one of the nation most respected Biology department. I talk to individuals involved in Biology & Medicine every day. Not one Student or PostDoc or Professor i have meet regards Creationism or (Un) Intelligent Design Science. So post your lies in the typical Evolution denial style, I know the truth.
It's sad that the lies conducted via the Discovery Institute by paid cranks like Meyers reaches the (Religious) public as "Science".
It's Religious propaganda dressed under the mantle of Science. Nothing more nothing less. Your intelligent designer better stop killing babies and mother's, back problems, mutating viral infections, is he bored too? Hundreds of thousands of bugs? Why?
Why would you follow Pseudoscience - defend it online all day? It's irrelevant because there is zero predictional power to Creationism , the Scientific community basically disregards it except the Discovery Institute cranks and some RUclips lol Scientists....
On top of that Evolution keeps being proven over and over again - if you like it or not is irrelevant.
Show us evidence of your unintelligent designer.... without evidence of your creator your Pseudohypothesis is NOTHING.
@Matthew Petto No transitional fossils hahahaha are you on drugs?
Fantastic program! Keep up the good fight Aron so we can be free of a world full of stupid superstitions!
This should be required listening for all new to atheism and skeptical thinking. It's going on my recommendation list along with so many of your other videos.
After life is true...... It is called Death.
+hhoinfo I`ll have to consult my resident ghost on that.
An Ultimate Authority Figure is not required for the afterlife to exist.
It could be another phase of natural existence ~ we only perceive PART of the electromagnetic spectrum...consciousness could well exist as a waveform, independent of brain matter (like a signal exists regardless of radio receiver).
It is a fun field of research.
Excuses for religion is like assholes, everybody has got one.
So you want to believe it is a waveform, traveling at the speed of light, dissipating through out space.
"Belief" is irrelevant. Exploration is constant.
Faster than light maybe.
You are right, Belief is irrelevant.
this is a great explanation if why evolution and science overall works and creationism is, by all accounts from what we can tell, false. +AronRa is of course a badass. thanks for being fearless.
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Excellent Aron! Thanks!
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT ,
ENLIGHTENING AND COHERENT EXPLANATIONS OF OUR
ORIGINS OF HOW RELIGIONS WERE INVENTED AND HOW AND WHT THE SCIENCES ARE THE ONLY VIABLE MEANS
WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN HOW THE UNIVERSE, GALAXIES, STARS, PLANETS AND LIFE ON OUR WORLD CAME ABOUT !
WONDERFULLY EXPLAINED
BY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT !
Always good to see you making videos.
Thanks Aron, this is great work. It is funny how I find myself exactly as you described at the end as a sincere believer who made a life altering change.
I could listen to this guy all day
CAWCarcharo34 I actually do!
A most splendid speaker and thinker!!
You should mention the Roman Catholic church recognized evolution decades ago and the current Pope has reinforced that fact. Not that any of the diocese will talk of that at the pulpit, but facts are facts.
Richard Wood
I think the Pastafarians have, as well.
They have accepted Evolution to stay relevant.
You gotta love the irony of the Mother Theresa movie ad right before the video starts.lol
It scares me when I think about how many of our leaders in the u s a are insane>
Has nothing to do with this video except that most of our insane leaders are evangelically religious.
Awesome! Keep it up Aron! :)
I believe what you meant to say was "first"?
but in all seriousness, I will almost certainly agree after watching this!
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this is fantastic! Thank you AronRa
PBS EONS: is informative and interesting.
This might be my new favorite Aronra lecture.
My favorite this far. Thank you for ALL your tireless efforts!
Watching this while my fellow Americans threaten civil war over a demougouge who used prejudice and religion to manipulate them to ignore everything that goes against what he says.
Another great talk ...
Slight correction: The cosmic microwave background radiation was discovered in the 1960s, not the 1970s.
And it was visible/audible in tellies in the 60's. 1% of the noise, when there was no broadcast, was CMBR
The CMB was discovered in the late 3os early 40s.. kgov.com/big-bang-predictions#cmb
Someone needs to sample that primate definition, generate a funky-ass beat, and create a hip-hop track.
Zane, get an early podcast episode of Skeptically Speaking (now Science for the People, with a different theme song). The guy who did her theme rap would be a good candidate. Make it happen!
No, just no.
How could it be possible for someone to be so intelligent and knowledgeable. It I could have one wish it would be to relive my life over as an atheist. I'm 75 and became atheist early on, but the effects of that brutal cult stay with me to this day.
I think making science a religion is a brilliant idea..... imagine all the tax dollars you could save........ and then pump that money back into science to further its advances
on finding cures for diseases that we have not achieved yet
If this is a jab at how religion is so intertwined in our government, I fuckin love it
Yes, and before you know it we'll be at war with Orks, Eldar and Chaos forces all over the galaxy...
Excellent talk!
dude this should be curriculum in middle schools on up. well put
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I learn something everytime I listen to you Aron. Another amazing lecture. Geez, just complete destruction of the creationist argument.
Are they trying to say that science is as stupid as religion? LOL.
We need more Aaron Ras!
Actually AronRa, they don't believe the bible. When I point out where their fairy tale contradicts the bible. They bather that somehow, I"M the blind one. Satan has closed my eyes to the truth. God forbid, that they should actually read their precious book. LOL
It's the blessed be the tax collectors part that was the major message I got from it.
Indeed my increasingly insane christian uncle refers to me as an easy mark. He doesn't like talking to me because I give him no free passes on anything. All gods are the same to me. I don't accept Yeshua any more than Marduk, Zeus, or Osiris. I treat Santa Claus For Grown-Ups™ the same regardless of what name he is given. My uncle does not understand that in this particular game of ten-thousand-card monte, you don't need to watch the huckster's hands, because no card is ever the right one. The only way to win is not to play. But _I'm_ the easy mark. The projection would be laughable if it weren't coming from a sixty-year old man who is otherwise intelligent.
The idea that science is always open to new ideas and interpretations, indeed desires them, is only true in theory. In practice science these days almost entirely takes place within academic institutions and organisations. To advance to a status where anyone will take any notice of your ideas you have to ascend through the 'ranks'. You have to pass exams at school and university, then write theses that are acceptable to your senior colleagues, then write papers acceptable to the journals in your field or books acceptable to academic publishers, etc.
Now it's far far harder to do any of this with a novel idea, than by simply presenting "a little more of the same". For instance when grading a paper, an examiner will look for all the standard points, and as each is mentioned will mentally tick it off his check-list and give you a mark. The mere use of the right term etc. will trigger this. But to present a novel view, you would have to walk the assessor through it all in fine detail, which takes a lot of time, assuming if he or she is even paying attention, so the safe path is always to trot out the current dogma, bring up all the right key words, and try to look original while staying well within the established framework.
This is why science often gets stuck, and instead of steady progress, goes in rare revolutionary leaps. But these only happen when someone, usually outside of mainstream institutions (e.g. a rich amateur etc.) manages somehow to "beat the system".
Any suggestions on how to beat the system?
Would you consider some conspiracy theories as the modern version of religions such as those that believe in an almost deistic illuminati or NWO?
+Rannos22 Dunno about what Aron thinks, but there's a lot of merit to that idea. Weird beliefs (read: mental illnesses) can be dated by their theme. Example? An oblique one, but one I like. Spiderman. Radioactive spider bite causes superpowers. Why radioactive? Because radioactivity and nuclear power were the Big Scary Thing of the era Spiderman was created in. Go back and watch the recent movies lately? Genetic modification. Why? Because it's the Big Scary Thing of today. In the past it was NWO and Aliens and secret pyramid-shaped cabals and, long ago, magical invisible "Stop asking questions, son" daddies in the sky.
Mental illnesses follow the very same pattern, and conspiracy theorists are mentally ill, so they latch on to whatever scary thing is on hand.
And goddamnit, I edited my comment and it decided to fuck up my text and turn apostrophes into weird codes. Fucking RUclips messing shit up again.
+Rannos22 I think conspiracy theories are the superset to which religion is a member.
+Rannos22 there are 2 issues here.
1. The preconceived notion that you can believe everything you are told.
2. Letting that notion run your life like a religion and not seeing the forest through the trees in front of you.
I call that Voluntary Cognitive Blindness and as a result of reading your post you appear to be suffering with it.
Never assume distasteful information is also wrong because you can deny reality but you cannot ignore the consequences of your ignorance.
It`s people like me and actions of like minded people that allow you to have a voice as it is and for our efforts in the courts we cop BS from you lot as well but NEVER a THANKS.
You might need a quick history lesson.
FYI - list25.com/25-conspiracy-theories-that-turned-out-to-be-true/
Then look at the basics of marketing to see how your life and consumption have been marketed to you.
Stop assuming we are all crazy and pick a subject them FOLLOW the MONEY.POI - Vaccines, GMO food, Homeopathy, Codex Alimentarius, World Health Organization, Federal Reserve Bank, Fractional Reserve Banking, Money generation through Promissory Notes, Admiralty Law and Birth Certificate to name just a few.How about you look into taxes paid by non-for-profit organizations like World Wildlife Fund, Unicef etc then look at the actual percentage of funds transferred versus fund received and tell me there isn't anything fishy going on.
I did and THAT is the reason ( I no longer donate Money ) my efforts are put into a system of corruption where I can see the result of OUR ( not yours but OUR ) actions.
The Rights of the PEOPLE.
And just for the record - IF shit really does hit the fan, it`s people like me that people like you will need but after all the crap WE have received,
Good luck thinking you have any more chances left to cash in on - so to speak.
+Rannos22 Many Conspiracy theories are similar to religions, for example most have ingroup salvation promises and codes of ethics that tell you how to achive those, but they generally lack methaphysical entities that are undetectable.
It's fallacious however to think that they do not exist parallel to each other.
+EdwardHowton don't be a nut.
Anyone that knows about legalese, knows it is Blacks Law Dictionary that is used.
I recommend you do more research and stop thinking those that are not like you are merely conspiritards.
NEXT
The term "apologetics" is an unexpected fluorescence of honesty. They admit their "evidence" is subgrade.
Billions of birds and fish, after a thousand generations of thriving, were suddenly to be "subdued" and "ruled" by homo sapiens. !!
The final straw for the fate of fundamentalism.🐬
And it's right there in Genesis 1.
Love the Ra man!
26:47 I'm wondering if the reason for not correcting it is indeed religious bias given that they use _BCE_ as apposed to _BC_ in their definition (which would imply a secularist take).
It’s crazy how these ideas become so engraved in your mind. Even though I feel better turning away from all of that, some things still hang over me and scare me to this day. It’s all corrupt and toxic. I was so far away from reality ha ha.
Is Lord Xenu an immortal spirit? Is Confuscius?
+MilitantAntiTheist
Yes. And don't forget Djengis Khan and Quin Shi Hunagdi.
+MilitantAntiTheist I don't know about Xenu, but thetans are supposed to be immortal spirits.
+MilitantAntiTheist When Taoism is associated with Confusianism, it is not considered religious. When associated with Chinese ancestor worship, it is.
+Jani SIr roflz
+MilitantAntiTheist J.R. "Bob" Dobbs?
AronRa is great! Love him!
To have a flood that would completely submerge the ENTIRE world under water I would expect would require more water than actually exists on the planet. It's a point that seems so obvious (on the surface at least.... pardon the pun)
I would have expected to have heard someone mention it by now. And although someone likely has.... I've not heard it. Regardless, it would be a very easy thing to calculate I'd imagine.
It would be theoretically possible, I think. Indeed without plate tectonics, I imagine all the continents would eventually be eroded down to a level-ish undersea plain, leaving a continuous hydrosphere over the whole earth. A sort of fishy heaven :-)
Well did you account for the water which is in the earth. But still it would not be possible anyway. There are so many reasons we know there was no such flood !
I don't know about anyone else, but listening to Aron Ra, calms me down and gives me hope for intellectual conversations, the only problem is those who need to hear him, are not thinking, logical, rational people, that can grasps concepts like ration and logical. My mom being one of them, whom I love dearly and is a Christian. As a child I would ask her questions and her response was " we just have to have faith", faith in what I asked her, her reply was "faith in gods plan". Never got an answer from her, but she did respect my reasoning when I told her, " I cant believe in the bible and I can't have faith in the Christian religion", she respect my stance and made a deal with me. I had to continue going to church until I turned 16 and then I would not have to go. And the day I turned 16 was the day I never went back to church, until my first child was born and we only went once.
I believe in Aron Ra!
(Ah-Run-Rah) ;0)
WOW!! I learned more in this 41 minute video than I have in the last 20 years.
Thank you sir....
PBS EONS: is informative and interesting.
Shouldn't it be "assertion" not "insertion"?
+Martin Pfefferle It could be both, you don't know how they recruit these days.
+cortster12 (slow clap)
+Martin Pfefferle In catholicism, there's plenty of both
XD All depends where it gets inserted, doesn't it??
The assertion of insertion is assertable. Or not.
Just a clarification, while the West Semitic alphabet did replace the cuneiform of Mesopotamia, there was no break in the writing system due to a regional flood, or fall of empires, it continued and developed for another 2 millenniia beyond Gilgamesh's supposed time, gradually being replaced (circa 3rd-1st century b.c.e.) by Aramaic-based alphabet derived from earlier west Semitic scripts,tespecially with the rise of Aramaic (Syrian) as a lingua franca. A different Cunieform was also used to write Old Persian, and it was also replaced by an Aramaic derived alphabet script to write Middle Persian.
I don't know the age of your audience, but sometimes I worry that you might be speaking over their heads sometimes when you get on a science-roll.
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21:26 "Feet with little toes" anyone else go aww at that?
God is perfect.
God made us.
We are bad.
Think !
Angels too, often, it seemed.
god made us in his image
we are bad
conclusion god is bad
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Good conclusion !
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The angel of death is very naughty.
@@tedgrant2 *porn hub intensifies
Great talk, Aron! You're doing amazing work, and I can't wait for your book!
+Jamie Snyder what book?
Aron- Ra is proof that you can be an emo long haired motor-cycle riding atheist who looks like a demon worshiping satanist and still be an extremely intelligent, decent and amazing person!
Great video as always!
18:05 RAP GOD
lol 100%
The religious can't convince one from the standpoint of faith. They are compelled to attempt to use scientific study to convince anyone of their faith. A sure sign that faith isn't reason enough to believe their theology as factual.
Dear AronRa, within the last decade or so, there has been tremendous progress in understanding the origin of life as well. I would recommend the books of Nick Lane for an excellent overview of the topic.
would love to have watched. My wifi never picks up anything from AR. It's a shame, I am a big fan.
It's great the theist's are attending. Speaking to other atheists motivates action, and the theists get to listen to the logic behind our reasoning (the very thing their faith lacks). Perhaps they came to understand our arguments to improve theirs. I took this approach when I was a Christian, but it turned out to be my road to atheism.
You're good Aron, thanks for your brilliance.
Love what your doing I was raised Christian and struggled my whole life to reconcile facts with the bible until some you tubers atheist like yourself showed me the error, the irreconcilable problem with my former beliefs
Ok Aron,I give in. We Evolved
I applaud you! It is not common that religious people finally see the facts and realize that they are being lied to in terms of how we originated.
@@paraphidd Yeah. I fought a long hard battle but like the Germans in WW2,it comes down to:"Whom do we Surrender to, the Soviets or the British/Americans?"
37:29 "Ken Ham" LOL, * that Ken Ham guy is a buffoon! *
I find it funny when creationists attempt to "level the playing field" with misconceptions or outright lies about evolution and science as a whole. They believe that they are evelating their own position to a "equal" point with science, and hope to get the benefits from it. What they fail to realise, however, is that they are doing the opposite. Even if every single one of their points against science were correct, all they would do is drag science down to their level. It would still be the unprovable, asserted without evidence, faith-based, dripping with dishonesty, and outright damaging position it always has been.
Christ, this guy really knows his shit! fucking love it.
As a Christian I really need to think about my religion this video is all I needed to see my religion is just nonsense and lies. Thank you for the video.
it always disturbs me how focused on death they are. like all that matters is what happens after I die.
+Enkidu Five ........And just how sad and disturbing a thing is THAT?!?............. "Oh Man!....... My religion is RIGHT!! I have a Dead Guy on a Stick!! What do YOU have??"
+AronRa
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you!
How can anybody undermine evolution when this man speaks?? His falsehood of creationism vid is AWESOME!!!
+Aronra
I'm looking forward to you doing that video on how all the different sciences debunk Noah's Flood.
I find this to be incredibly ironic - and unfortunately I don't think anyone will be able to share this experience with me...
Before starting this video, I received an Ad for CNN's new season of Finding Jesus; and the advertisement clearly shows a reverence for Jesus, even calling it, "The Greatest Story Ever Told," as they do...
But what's interesting is...Finding Jesus isn't the full title; it has a subtitle as well.
The full version is; "Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery."
Within the ad itself, the title is displayed against the dawning sun, whereas the portion of light is so bright, that the word "forgery" is slightly obscured...Coincidence? Accident? I doubt it.
The series description says that it's supposed to be an investigation - like science is - to either validate or debunk artifacts that might allude to Jesus' existence. So far, they've barely debunked any of the artifacts they've found, using most of them as viable evidence for Jesus' existence...
And the reason for that is...the people behind the "science" of this show are from Religious backgrounds...I'm sure we all have watched enough Aron to see what a dangerous combination THAT could be.
I checked out the comment section on a few websites covering the show; they're filled with nothing but complaints pointing out the dubious science - or lack thereof - in the series, and how most of what the show actually says is blind speculation only backed up by scripture.
I feel like its worth checking out this series just point out what they've gotten wrong.
The pastor at my parents' church literally said "the scape goat (in Leviticus 16) is a symbol of God's grace" and followed with "Jesus Christ,[is] our scape goat."
+William Mirewood Then he would be booed out of church and probably ostracised by his family.
@@NathanWubs Which is pretty much what happened.
Jesus is God, particularly a God who doesn't often think very highly of organized religion, and He pissed a lot of people off with His dogma-defying ideas, especially religious authorities.
Great video. Very knowledgeable. Maraming salamat.
Excellent wrap-up