Answering a letter from a priest
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2021
- I'm answering An Open Letter to Atheists from a Priest, also known as Father Casey.
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One of the happiest days of my life is the day I gave up religion.
@Faith Reader I read Hindu text, I still have fun.
My deconstruction 25 years ago at the age of 40
Really ?
Applause.
I was eight years old. And, I said to myself this don't sound right. Eight
I don't need to study Harry Potter to tell you I do not believe in Lord Voldemort.
Stop the cap! Everyone knows lord voldemort exist you just deny it cause you want to be a good wizard!
Well OK, but are you a _good_ Muggle? ;)
Well, duh! Voldemort is dead!
"So that is my humble message to you" ... there was nothing humble about this 24 year old's know-it-all preaching. The boy priest.
@@kevincrady2831 If I touch myself a lot can I still be a good Muggle?
I always like when theists say, "You need to go deeper in your thought," when they literally just cite their "holy" book and say, "this is all you need to know".
No Christian I know ever said the bible was all I needed to know. My Christian mother always told me to pay attention to my teachers and I think she even likes science.
@@avivastudios2311 maybe not to you but let’s not pretend that religious fundamentalists don’t exist. Answers in genesis and Kent Hovind just to name a couple.
@@avivastudios2311 until you start being skeptic towards religion then the scenario changes
@@avivastudios2311 Oh really? Have you tried suggesting anything at all that contradicts the Bible? That would be most of science.
@@avivastudios2311 I have known and seen many that say exactly this. Just yesterday, a believer on the internet said that "evolution says 'Jesus can't create' so it is wrong." I can't reproduce the whole conversation here, but it was very clear he said that because he believed the Bible over _any_ source that contradicted it in the slightest. He literally refused to listen to contrary thoughts. So, for that random believer (which I encounter with some regularity), the Bible really is "all you need to know" or at least they believe that anything else is tertiary at best and ignored entirely if it even slightly contradicts the Bible.
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" ~ Epicurus
@Anthony Nunes You can have love without the presence of evil. Not loving someone doesn't make you evil.
@Anthony Nunes: By your own words, you're literally saying your god allows evil because he wants to be worshipped out of love. That, in and of itself sounds evil to me.
My kids love me because I cared for them every day of their lives and asked for nothing in return. Your god is like an absent father who never pays child support, never calls, never sends birthday cards, never shows up for special occasions, and doesn't even turn up for your funeral. I always thought that was how to describe a deadbeat.
@Anthony Nunes So your God is narcissistic psychopathy?
@Anthony Nunes So. Able but not willng. Malevolent it is! Thanks for clearing that up for us Chief.
Do you really want God to put an end to evil, today? Can He start with you? Have you ever lied? Stolen? Used God's wonderful Name as a curse word? If so, God would judge you as a lying thief and a blasphemer. Unless you are in Christ, God's anger abides on you!
People who complain about God not judging evil - for He will! - are like fools who saw the branch they are sitting on. I hope you will make things right with Christ! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Man who looks like a 9th century abbot "I'm a religious man"
Oh are you? I couldn't tell
Pmsl
I’m beginning to think they wear those to hide kids under.
I'm not normally one to dwell on superficial matters, but fans of Aron Nelson should really think twice before mocking Fr Casey's appearance. Glass houses and all.
@@williamjameslehy1341 who's mocking? The Man wears clothing that exists specifically to say "I'm religious" I was just commenting 9b that
You on the other hand are deliberately using a name that he doesn't use any more which is something you do specifically to be a dick, so ... Cool
Plenty of people have judged Aron Ta on his appearance.
That being said, you want to dress like a Franciscan Monk from 1210, with your out of date religious views too, then I'll mock you.
If you want to dress like that because you like it then I'll happily let you do it without complaint.
Yes, I need a smug, condescending adult playing dress-up who voluntarily chose to join a criminal organization to tell me about "morality".
My sentiments EXACTLY!!! If a man in an UGLY dress tried to sell me this CRAP I'de warn him it might behove his front teeth to get the F away from me QUICKLY!!!
Nah that dress grants him freedom to cast divine magic without inhibitions of metallic armor which blocks the flow of magic.
@@Loki- which setting
Gotta say, the guy pretending to be Danzig is just as ridiculous as the guy pretending to be Friar Frank.
@@patrickmccutcheon8860 Harsh!
“I don’t go to church because I don’t like being lied to.”
Arron Ra
Your comment about "No Remorse" hits home. I'm a middle aged dude who has a history of moral fuckups but I have a tendency towards "moral perfectionism" and it often triggers depression whenever I think about my past which leads to remembering my mistakes. Forgiveness of others is hard enough but forgiving myself seems impossible. Sometimes I wish I was a brainwashed religious simpleton so i could use my "God forgives" card to clear my conscious.
I always thought that Lemmy really lived a life of no remorse. But he recorded a song with Ozzy wherein the two admit that in their later years, they realized, "I ain't no nice guy after all."
I’m just a 17 year old, and I got so much guilt over a mess up I made 6 months ago, people strait up want me dead really dead, but they think I am literally insane and thus didn’t dox me
@@AronRa I’m wondering what go you through your worst mess ups, mine are on the internet, it is one mistake, but it could ruin me, it’s pretty bad, how do I get over it in your opinion
Huge Motorhead fan here.
I never had the chance to meet or even see Lemmy, but I've listened to every album, read his autobiography, seen his documentary and viewed countless interviews. It's easy to recognize what a genuine and caring individual he was, one he knew no prejudice. I think he could easily be misjudged by his lifestyle and music, but it generally doesn't happen.
He's written a number of scathing songs on the subject of religion, as well as the lack of human compassion. "No Voices in the Sky" is a wonderful example.
It's cool to see you're a fan as well. As Lemmy himself said, Rock'n'roll is the only religion that doesn't let you down.
Dude what the hell did you even do?
He replied on Twitter, by accusing me of straw-manning him.
So he really is stupid.
What is strawman ?
@@joannalex8520 "strawman-ing" someone is a deliberate misrepresentation of a point or argument to make it easier to defeat. i.e. saying that "science says we came from monkeys" even though its more nuanced than that
@@joannalex8520
_A straw man (sometimes written as strawman) is a form of argument and an informal fallacy of having the impression of refuting an argument, whereas the real subject of the argument was not addressed or refuted, but instead replaced with a false one. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man"._
It must be his phones auto correct, he must have meant to say: steel-manning
In my experience, as an atheist im a "better christian" than almost all religious people I've met. I've chosen to teach through example and hopefully leave the world slightly better than I found it.
Thank you for your activism its something not everyone can do.
Right on brother! Peace
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by being a 'better Christian', but if you're referring to values such as 'kindness' or 'charity' I'd suggest not describing that as being 'Christian'. Those are secular human values and we should not cede them to any religion as if they belong to them, or are even characteristic of them.
@@Grim_Beard that's the reason I put it in speech marks. A priest talking about having compassion and helping others being a christian values obviously disagree with this. If he was an imam I would have said "better muslim" as my comment was regarding the video. Apologies my meaning wasn't clear.
@@Grim_Beard
I think he meant that _Xtians,_ the fundamentalist ones, tend to claim the _moral high ground_ but that he became better at it than them.
@@bensargeant3435 That makes sense :-)
"The only sin that will not be forgiven is the sin of disbelief."
Bravo! Excellent. If I may add - in this context disbelief is effectively disobedience. So disobedience results in eternal damnation. Isn't that convenient for the folks in power!?
and the "folks in power" can read your mind to identify your disbelief. Far worse than North Korea.
Truthfully, the only unforgivable sin is the sin of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. "Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit" is conscious and hardened opposition to the truth, "because the Spirit is truth" (1 John 5:6). Conscious and hardened resistance to the truth leads man away from humility and repentance, and without repentance, there can be no forgiveness.
@@richardbutler9692 Only if you believe in a supernatural spirit and you believe it because it's written in a book.
@@chrisgraham2904 Truth exists whether you believe it or not, whether you read about it somewhere, or whether you ignore it.
If you violate the law, there is no excuse. Ignorance of the law does not get you off the hook. Ask any police officer when you get pulled over for violating some kind of law you just happened to be ignorant of. Ignorance is no excuse. Neither is denial.
Breaking the law, regardless of natural law or spiritual law, you still will reap the consequences, whether you believe it or not.
@@richardbutler9692 I don't believe in your spiritual law. The society that I live in has developed a very comprehensive system of laws and ethics that meet the needs of society and of which I follow.
In your equation; 2 + God + 2 = 4.
Notice that no "God" is required in order to achieve the correct answer.
"Think more deeply". That's rich coming from this dude.
Aron Ra isn't really a bastion of philosophical thought either.
@@glof2553 he's not, but that precisely the point. You don't have to be a world-class philosopher to recognize that the claims presented by Christianity, and every other religion, are simply untrue.
@@GumaroRVillamil true
He has a way better point than 99% of the so called christians out there. Katholic philosophy/theology is way more complex and in way better agreement with reality than what most people understand and that is the point he is trying to make. Equating us televangelists with Christianity is in his opinion a strawman.
@@GumaroRVillamil so which claim by Ratzinger is untrue then?
My problem is that he shifts the burden of proof. But where he has a point is that using televangelists to represent theology, is a strawman , at least from a katholic philosophy perspective.
"I'm a religious guy."
Really?
Would've thought that's a Star Wars outfit had you not said anything, thanks man!
That was my first thought too haha
star wars outfit bro that is clever
Yeah, he does look like the universe's tallest Jawa.
"I'm not a religious guy because I couldn't take the barbarism, contradictions, and bloody sacrifices promoted in your holy book.
He actually posted a long video on his own channel to explain how he's not a Jedi.
Be careful now Aron, you might make a theist out of me, because this was absolutely divine!
all praise AronRA?
Jajajaja te mamaste wey
@@nicholasmcclure2890 , yes, an Aaronist.
@@TikkTikHive All praise be to the LORD. Aron Ra, our dear LORD and savior!! Hail Satan! (Joking cuz I don't believe in Satan, but still Aron is a pretty Badass dude)
@@dudeman5303 Yet satan had a great twitter feed
Wow, 33 seconds into the vid (about 25 seconds into the Priest's) and holy fuck, the dripping condescension is already soaked me to the skin.
I doubt he's cognizant of that. :(
Amen
And he ends with "that's my humble message to you". Talking softly does not make you humble. If you have to state your humble, then you aren't really humble either.
That's exactly one of the main reasons I'm more along the lines of an agnostic.
Unction is commonly being taught in Franciscan monks, in all meanings of the word.
AronRa, you were the first atheist I watched go through a loss when your granddaughter died. It made a big impact on me that I didn't need religion to live well. I admire your honesty, your straight-forwardness, and your willingness to stay educated and to freely share your knowledge with others. You're better at these things than a lot of pastors and priests I've met. Thank you for being a consistent example of what it means to be a good atheist.
Aron Ra went through that? Damn! I'm so sorry about that. He's a strong man.
Honest answers from honest questions. This is why AronRa is the best.
I don't think the questions were very honest, but ignoring the fallacious aspects and answering honestly is definitely the best way to deal with these "open letter" type of apologetics.
Questions from a young inexperienced person, who thinks he has listened, and thinks he
understands.... But, lives in a world of life long indoctrination that allows for only the Catholic perspective on all things... We'll see if he has the courage and cognitive capacity to learn from Aron
I honestly think this young guy is doing the best he can to be fair and reasonable. He is being genuine and sincere. The message is a good one, too - explore your beliefs, and know your reasons for them
@@willandersen3695 he came across accusatory although he claims that he’s not. He says that people of faith need atheists to be good. We do not owe anything to people of faith and we do not persecute people for their beliefs that we simple do not hold like religious groups do.
@Will Andersen _" I honestly think this young guy is doing the best he can to be fair and reasonable. He is being genuine and sincere."_
I think you're wrong in thinking he's doing the best he can to be fair and reasonable and you are demonstrably wrong in the second sentence.
Priest Idiot:" I only want to know one thing [...]: are you a good atheist?"
Then proceeds to explain why he was being manipulative with his poorly formulated leading question.
Now, I can see why you think he's just too fucking stupid to know what the fuck he just did there or what's wrong with his grammar, but I think he's an arrogant shithead and he knows that he is trained in manipulation and he knows that that is the only way to maintain and instill faith and he can't even count to 1 and stick with 1 like he said he wanted.
What's wrong with his grammar you didn't ask? Are you a good youtube commenter? What did I just ask?
"Are you a good [whatever]?" is not a question I accept from a catholic.
Yeah, they should try and clean up their own house first. Too bad the very foundation of it is rotten.
@@Self-replicating_whatnot "Upon This Rock Shall I Build My Church." Said Jesus on Epstein Island
@@SilverSidedSquirrel What did Jesus and Epstein have in common?
They didn't unlife themselves.
Casey switched off his logic circuits when he decided to devote his life to promoting his belief in the imaginary Hebrew god Yahweh.
Exactly
"Morality doesn't matter, credulity does." Best description of religion I've heard in ages.
I do like that redemption is a big part of most religions, that you have the power to change.
The bad parts is you don't have to fully change to be rewarded, only credulous.
I find it extremely difficult to stay calm and collected when i speak to Christians... I always feel like everything I say just flies over their heads.
It just bounces off their closed minds.
Same here. It’s infuriating and sad!
They're smug in ignorance. That's probably what makes it so difficult.
Well, most theists are kind of dumb. They may just be unable to understand things like a four-year-old can. You need to keep in mind that they think the first man was made from dirt and that everything to ever exist was made in 6 days and has plants predate the Sun. Anybody who thinks that way isn't going to have the mental capabilities to understand basic concepts.
My father will make a bad argument, I will defeat that argument, and then the second that we move onto something else it's back to square one. It is madding I'll tell you.
The comments here seem even more condescending than Casey. It's like SOME anti theists don't realize they're behaving similarly to the people they criticize. I know some that don't, like Godless Cranium, but this? Yeah, seems a bit odd.
Life got so much better after I left Christianity. As a kid I would worry about going to hell a lot.Not having that burden is a wonderful feeling.
Same here.
If you were worried about going to Hell, then why were you worried about going to Hell? (Are you indicating you believed in some insufficiency at Calvary?)
Craig that wonderful feeling will go away when you end up in hell, you don't seem too bright kid. Denying God's existence doesn't make him cease to exist, same as hell..
@@YadraVoat As a fairy tale that never happened cavalry was quite sufficient.
@@busybody1474 Pascal's wager? Really? That's a rookie logical fallacy, buddy. Not worth pulling out the flow chart to explain stupid.
I had unexplained audio and video issues with this one, maybe software based, but I'm going to redo my studio anyway.
I have to leave for work but I’ll finish watching this when I get home.
I knew it! God is punishing you. Proof positive right there. You're having A/V issues. 😆😂🇦🇺
Aron I would listen to you if you were standing next to a moving train and were shouting just to barely be heard.
I've recently started videomaking, and as I'm experiencing it I'm strating to think that if there's something really unexplainable in this reality, it's audio related issues with recording programs
❤ Atheist ❤
A HUGE THANKS TO ARON RA. HE HELPED OPEN MY EYES FROM RELIGION. NOW I AM FREE. ALMOST 90% STRESS FREE
Ey yo my guy, I'm glad you're out, I'm really happy for you. I hope dealing with your religious trauma goes well, but calm down a little bit, and I do suggest keeping out of theistic conversations till you mature your atheistic and and critical thinking skills. Trust me it's very helpful.
A year late, but I hope you're still learning more. I second Ella's sentiment that debating your position isn't worth the effort unless you do lots of study and learning like Aaaron Ra has. In my experience most theists willing to engage in debate on atheism are not willing to change in the face of evidence, so they are literally wasting your time.
Edit: When I encounter someone wanting to debate theism I start with one proposal: _"In full honesty, if I provide you with conclusive evidence that religion is harmful, will you change how you live your life? Because if you show me conclusive evidence a diety exists and is worth worshipping, I will change mine."_
No one has taken my challenge yet.
You don’t need to shout.
Why are you yelling?
@@or2ak bc when your chains that bind you are gone, you are truly free! Religions bind you to their tenets whereas simply living a fulfilling life by being a good person to others and yourself is much better than always trying to convert others and please a wrathful God. Well, enjoy life my dude! 😎
I came across to atheism on my own. Then I discovered you and the Rhino. I simply looked at the world, and came to the decision that I simply did not believe anymore.
Dude in the robe: _"Simply declaring yourself an atheist and going about your life isn't enough."_
Ah, but it is. That frightens you, and that's why you made this video.
I never feel the urge to do the massive amounts of homework believers want to assign to me.
@@josephw.1463 Especially since it's always only their delusion that any of it is ever any consequence.
I DECLARE *_ATHEISM_*
@@josephw.1463 And yet, like me, I suspect you _have_ done far more homework than most believers ever will.
Why should I spend my entire life debunking what amounts to an especially insulting death threat thrown at me by some random human instead of him providing proof? Who is he and whatever entity he represents to demand me to do such things? Have they paid me? Of course not, because they believe that I were paid by this other entity in their myth to spread evil, despite me not getting any material benefits from my deconversion (only psychological ones).
I remember hating my parents' ideas of what heaven was.
"We'd just be praising God forever and we'd get new bodies that enjoy it" is basically what they said.
Trading my free-thinking bodie for one that only thinks about worshipping God doesn't sound like paradise to me. They say, "you won't even be worried about whether or not your friends and family are there; You'll just be thinking about God."
So basically, I'll forget everyone I've come to know and will only care about God by force?
Doesn't sound like a fun eternity.
You aren’t understanding. You’re thinking of it like you are taken to a geographic location where you are compelled to just want to worship god forever. That’s not the idea. The idea is that it’s a state of existence where every desire is completely fulfilled due to being in the presence of god
Conditioning matters ...
If the price for getting into Heaven is that you will forget all of your friends and family and all you will be thinking about 24/7 for eternity is God I would argue that you will no longer be the same person in which case why does it matter whether you get to go to Heaven or not; you won't be you when you get there so what difference does it make?
@@lucidlocomotive2014 Even my "desire" to learn how to code? Don't know how that can be fulfilled in heaven.
@@lucidlocomotive2014 A lot of Christians do push the idea of a "geographical location", in the clouds...pearly gates and all.
That boy's got some growing up to do.
Well, this guy has me convinced... I'm renouncing my atheism and becoming a Jedi.
May the force be with you.
They want atheist people to be immoral, otherwise it shoots a huge hole in the foot of their beliefs and agenda. I work hard to be a decent person every day, which can be a real chore when confronted with ridiculous lies and misinformation. Great video man!!
🤔 Indeed. That is my position, knowing that I fall short of my standards now and again. But I learn from those errors and avoid repeating them. Does that make me a ‘good’ atheist?
@@sirmeowthelibrarycat makes you a good human being.
@@jamesthedog7783 🤔 I am both. There is no contradiction for me in describing myself thus. I would add being a humanist, rationalist and secularist to my intellectual CV. I stand on my own feet, without the necessity of any unproven supernatural support.
@@sirmeowthelibrarycat right on, I wasnt trying to argue your point man. Sorry if I came across that way. I don't believe a threat of eternal damnation is a good reason for not being an asshole in every aspect of life.
I think its a lot easier to be moral as an atheist when you know you can't apologize to your invisible friend for things that you did wrong to others and give yourself a mental warm fuzzy. Lets all remember that if the gospel is true, Dave Koresh and Jeffrey Dahmer are in heaven but Ghandi and Richard Tillman burn for eternity. Somethings a little fucked with that.
"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion." - Arthur C Clarke
Did he really say that? I didn't know that. I've read just about everything he's written and didn't know he was a critic of religion. Well, maybe not just about everything. But a lot. I'm a fan is the point. I'll have to look into that. Thanks.
my dad never went to church with us when i was a kid. he doesn’t believe in organized religion (which is obviously good) but he used to tell me on sunday mornings when i would try to drag him to church with us that going there wouldn’t make him a better christian than standing in the garage makes him a car.
Why is organised religion a bad thing?
@@avivastudios2311 It makes a personal belief a significant part of society, so it will influence people who do not share that belief and do not wish to be affected by it. It also introduces a good deal of corruption because the leaders are seen as holy and not held to the same standards of morality. We see officials in all religions commit atrocities and people look the other way.
Father Casey gives a perfect demonstration of projection.
I’m just gonna call this guy a disingenuous apologist cosplaying as a decent human being. Far too smug to be anything else.
Yes! Exactly my thoughts!
From the first few seconds of him speaking i knew who he was going to be.
Absolutely agree.
Every priest in the world is cosplaying ancient conmen.
He has 207K subs, but I can't stop thinking they've been catfished. I know most catfish are trying to hook lonely people looking for love, but... Oh, yeah, I see it now
That so called priest is ridiculously smug.
But oh so handsome 😍
That is a very, very common trait among cleegymen...
Speaking as an atheist, I don’t think you’ve met very many priests if you think this one is smug…
@@CesarJoel94 🧐
@george vcelar are military chaplains especially smug? I never heard it but I wouldn't be surprised, especially in the states.
Omg, I saw your videos like a decade ago. I have since changed my mind about being a Christian and am now an atheist. Funny how the all mighty algorithm suggested this video to me because my previous religion is popping up again in my life.
Oh my what !?
@@matimus100 Oh my generosity. It's a common atheist expression, exclaiming how much generosity it takes to listen to the wall of drivel theists tend to hurl at us.
@@matimus100 isn't it Omnicidal Maniac God? Sounds like a fitting abbreviation.
You cured me. Like... For real. Back in the late 2000s, I was at a weird crossroads in my life. I was struggling through my own bit of existential hell, struggling with a lot of things, including my faith. Around that time I came across you, and a few others, but your videos, the way you explained things, the way you provided the facts and information... After watching your videos for a few months, during which time I still continued to try and go to church and pray and do all of the little things that I did back then related to my faith, but it began to feel hollow. Empty. I started to look at it as what it was. That sense of peace and belonging that I once felt there was gone, and all I felt was anger and frustration because I had sacrificed so much, so many things. Killed parts of myself because they were considered wrong or sinful. Eventually the anger subsided, but my faith never came back.
But I am still watching your videos. I appreciate them.
I thinks Dave Allen's first day at school says it all:
"Do you love God" "
I don't know, I have never met him"
", because if you don't he will burn you in hell.........."
I love him, I love him
Lololo sublimely put!
*_My church accepts all denominations - fivers, tenners, twenties_*
*Dave Allen*
*_May your god go with you._*
Ah yes, Dave Allen ! I remember his description of a funeral with the grave waiting for the coffin. The priest speaks:
*In the name of the Father and the Son, and into the hole he goes !*
@@tonydarcy1606
There are quite a few *Dave Allen* videos here and a few on ʇuǝɹɹoʇ.
Something Dave Allen would not doubt have appreciated, thanks to this pandemic, we're all wearing nose knickers now!
The most off-putting thing about these apologists is their obnoxious smugness - their literal holier-than-though attitude. They seem to think that this is the way to convert people - when all it does is repel them.
Came here to say exactly this. The smugness radiating off this guy... that's some pretty potent delusion there.
It's a big part of the reason they believe. It enables their narcissism and makes them believe they are special.
It actually does sow the seed of conversion in people who are humble, while it agitates people who suffer from inferiority complex.
@@Lerian_V What? I can't figure out if you're being sarcastic, or just regurgitating nonsense. If the latter, are you attempting to say that humble people see smugness and arrogance and say "that's my kind of person?"
@@Mcboogler My comment is clear. I'm saying that people with an inordinate love of self (otherwise known as pride) get agitated when their ego is thwarted. One is humble when one recognizes the truth of himself and of his existence. If however one believes that he is his own God, then there comes pride, selfishness, lust, etc. And one develops an inferiority complex when his ego is checked by others, but especially when a truth that personally concerns them is being told.
"I've dedicated my life to a lie. It makes me sad. So instead of deconverting, I'll assume the sunk cost fallacy and double down." - the priest, probably.
I'd say to him: "You're the one who calls yourself a priest. Any time I read about a priest in the news, it's about you know what. I think it's we who should be asking if you are good or not."
“Are you a good atheist?”
You probably think I’m not, but at least I don’t pray the gay away lolz.
I hope you don't mean *Aron.* Neither he nor I have even a smidgen of homophobia, me for nearly seventy years now - my whole life.
@@philaypeephilippotter6532 it’s obvious he’s not talking about aron.
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You got it.
He is so cute. "If you just read more about my religion you wouldn't be an atheist" that's basically his subliminal message.
Except many atheists, even non former Christians, HAVE read the bible. Many even became atheists BECAUSE they read the bible. It's so weird when they think reading the bible is the answer to everything!
I find lots of preachers just assume if you don't believe what they believe, they just assume you have never been told about jeebus
Yes, I agree there was a subliminal message which for me was dishonest which I find supremely ironic.
What is a priest doing with a youtube channel and 200K subs. No wonder his presentation is so cocky, despite the his make believe life wearing monk's garb. He seems pretty arrogant. He's also still a youngster. Dude can't even be 30. (Googled a bit ...) LOL: He's probably mid 20s. He was only ordained in 2019 (not even 2 years ago) as a Franciscan friar. And yet he possesses such vast wisdom, to share and inspire the social media audience. A know-it-all 25 year old. LOL! ... He might even be an atheist ten years from now.
@@fyt54321 agreed. He is sooo young, has not even had a minute to think, outside of his seminary schoolwork, and Catholic catechism.
"to make a good person do bad things, that takes religion..."
Well, atheism is a religion. That's why most prominent horrible people in modern history are all atheists (Mao Tse-Tung, Stalin, Fidel Castro, Hitler, etc).
@@carloscasanova3906 Vow, do you have any more lies and non sequiturs from your dumb head that you want to share?
@@carloscasanova3906 The Pope, oh wait... ordered the deaths of millions just because they didn't believe in his version of Christianity. More people have been killed in the name of some god or another than not. The Nazi party was mostly catholic and the Pope backed them. Your argument is moot.
@@crazymic79 Gotta love whoever is deleting my comments, guess the god hating-atheists are so open minded that their brains fell out.
@@carloscasanova3906 You can't hate something that doesn't exist. I was raised a christian and found nothing but hypocrisy in their ranks and in their holy texts. I have found very little of value in their teachings and they don't even follow them.
" I don't go to church, because I don´t like being lied to". Love this!
How dare you question the chemically induced euphoria I receive from inhaling toxic smoke!?
The life of a monk is meant to be meditation and purification, so is he a Good Monk? He’s being judgmental, vindictive, and aggressive, in a deliberately deceptive passive tone. His confidence isn’t from having wisdom, but from the social requirement that we call him both good and powerful simply because he’s wearing his wizard costume in his castle.
He's not a monk. Clearly a hired actor.
You both spoke very kindly and gently.
The femboy priest was a smug @$$hole hiding behind a veneer of politeness.
As always you have the ability to remain calm and give straightforward answers, even when up against the most patronising toddler I have ever seen.
That poor man, he's wasted his whole life!
And he is probably convinced of the same for us
He's saved a fortune on clothes.
Yes, but look how gets to do Cosplay everyday.
If we sent this kid a wooden _olisbos_ and told him it was made from a piece of the true cross, he wouldn't hesitate to use it, like ever.
His life has just started, people like Kent Hovind, Ken Ham have wasted their lives unless they do it to make lots of money.
Good job of being straightforward and even blunt, without being snarky or rude.
Well yeah but he knows he can be snarky. He usually says he doesn't like it. I guess he considers it a fault but I mean, how can one not lose patience? In those times when I speak with religious people I tend to be nice. But I don't necessarily think that's better. I think we need both kinds of counter apologetics. The rigorous and polite and the sarcastic.
I'm sure that took effort; the guy's dodgy cosplay and smug attitude invite snark.
My name is David I am 51 years old , I am Atheist . I lost my Daughter 4 years ago and she was a believer. My family told me that I lost her because I was Atheist. My Daughter was a kind wonderful person but suffered from depression. We would stay up some nights just talking and hanging out. She would visit me every day . I lost not only my daughter but a few other family members that i have not talked to since.
So those moronic family members think even people who are faithful believers might just be wasted by god at any moment to punish someone else?? What kind of F$CKED up god is that meant to be?
That is one of the most shitty things that can happen to anyone. I'm very sorry you had to go through that, and I wish I could do more.
Did you play any games with your daughter?
how very loving of them how "moral" stupid hypocrites
@@thelonelyislands1 Wtf do you mean by that question?
The young man's questions are funny. Reminds me of a sitcom dad trying to influence his son: "Do you want to go your your awesome dad and have a really great time at the exciting baseball game, or do you want to go with boring mommy to the smelly old shopping mall?"
His entire pantomime is nothing more than poisoning the well. It wasn't a letter to atheists. It was propaganda for Christians to use to vilify and dismiss atheists and avoid meeting the theist burden of proof to provide evidence for their god claims. His dishonesty is of godly proportions.
The young man is not bad looking, though. He should take off those dusty old clown robes and do something more useful with his twink body. I'd watch his videos then.
I tried to have a conversation with Father Casey several months ago. He ignored my questions and possibly even blocked me. He is neither sincere nor honest.
And you really thought he might be...?
Omg what a surprise.
@@stephentyndale-biscoe3715 Every once in a blue moon...
His Halloween costume looks nice, what a charlatan. He basically asks us to be better than Christians, WTF.
@@bothellkenmore I mean, it's a low bar.
Don't support child abuse. Don't discriminate against people for being LGBT. Respect an individual's right to bodily autonomy.
If you can get past those three you're already a better person than most Christians.
"Think deeper" "ask more questions"
If he actually *did that*, he'd probably see the fastest conversion to atheism, ever
Ashiest don't want you to ask questions? They find it silly that you don't know the answer already
Most people become atheists by asking questions. Usually questions that their religion doesn't want them to ask.
@@roboparks No we don't. Please ask questions.
Aron, you always clear away the mental cobwebs. Thank you.
You have been one of the biggest influencers for my conversion from christianity and it's awesome to still see you going strong
The moment I stopped believing in God was the liberating feeling I've ever had
Same!
Exactly!👍
Me too.
It was over 40 years ago, I was 14, it was a huge relief to finally KNOW there was no god.
My feelings exactly. It put so many societal phenomenons into perspective. Why religious figures are so corrupt, why I felt like a horrible person even though I was "saved" and "redeemed", why society is falling apart, ...etc. It was like a breath of clean air.
Wish it was that easy for me. Was indoctrinated in the Mormon Cult for almost 2 decades. I quit both my abusive marriage and the church cold turkey. It felt like a prison break - like someone/ thing was going to capture me and bring me back at any moment. Took time to detox.
Thank You Aron. To this day it still amazes me just how many people still actually believe that there’s an invisible being chilling out somewhere, which strangely enough is also invisible, and has problems managing his unseen fortune so he needs your visible cash placed upon his visible collection plate so that he can make it disappear right before your eyes.
Also, he is "a jealous god, his name is Jealous," yet for some reason he's willing to let ordinary human beings collect all the money, status, sexual favors and political power that comes from being his "spokesmen" instead of turning up to gather the proceeds for himself.
You need to humble yourself in order to receive the Holy Dopamine Ghost.
"When inventing a god, the most important thing is to claim it is invisible, inaudible, and imperceptible in every way. Otherwise people will become skeptical when it appears to no one, is silent, and does nothing." - Lindsey Brown
Yeah exactly. Dont your money to them. Now you can give it to Satan
@@bloodymary3008 Does Satan need money? Maybe he's fallen on hard times since that debacle with the gold fiddle? ;)
I was raised as a catholic but as I grew up I realized I was an atheist. I didn't choose to be an atheist. My brain just doesn't work the way a religious brain does.
It was quite similar for me. I cannot remember any time that I've believed that crap. Everybody around me was religious . I think it was my first communion when I for the first time put it in words and I always wondered since then if its our brains working fundamentally different.
The Southern Baptist "fake it until you make it" was how I operated from age 14 to 37. It didn't work. No matter how much I tried to earnestly believe, I couldn't. I tried my best, and I even got "saved" twice. I spent many hours in prayer begging God to accept me. I got silence, so I looked in the mirror one day and told God that if he didn't speak to me, I would leave him forever.
8 years later, God still hasn't answered. Either he wants to torture me for eternity...or he doesn't exist. If he does exist...he's an asshole.
An elderly person I respect once said to me, "You can't be an atheist. You're a good person." I gently assured her that I really am an atheist. Perhaps I helped her adjust her opinion of atheists at least a little bit.
Heh! Sames but not just from an elderly person. This happens to me all the time. Humanists for the win!🏁
You didn't reply, "You can't be a Christian. You're too intelligent."?
"Are you a good atheist?" Based on how pissed off I made one your trolls last year.. I'd say yes. ;p
Haha, yeah. Join the club!! It's ever growing since these haughty haloed hyper trolls proliferate a mile a minute!!😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨
The is no such thing as a 'good' atheist, as atheists have no moral law to use as a standard. That is, each atheist 'chooses' their own moral code. For example, the atheist AronRa has a different standard as Michael Schermer who has a different standard than Richard Dawkins.
Atheism is like a classroom of students who are grading their own tests as the teacher steps out of the room. Yet, there is a day of reckoning. Do not be deceived; there will be a day of reckoning! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh no he isn't, that dude is dead 20 centuries ago. Period.
@@kenshiloh Stop threatening people.
@@kenshiloh Nothing like fear to keep a Christian in line.
When you think about it, why would a god need the threat of eternal damnation to compel anyone to believe it? Isn't the reward of Heaven sufficient?
"Are you a good atheist?"
Let's see, I don't believe that there are more than zero gods... yup, I'm a good atheist.
"You took a big risk clicking on this video. I might insult you or waste your time."
Actually sounds like a standard day on the internet.
Sir, this is the internet that's 90% of what we got here.
Thanks Aron, good job as usual. What a condescending fellow he really is
typical of any religious person ... (well most, some are exceptions)
@@jyvben1520
Here in 🏴 I've never met a member of the clergy or a nun/monk who wasn't a decent person except one, just one, vicar (and his father, a rector, was one of the nicest people I've ever known).
I disagree with their bible and their beliefs, indeed religion in general, but they've all been what most of us would class as *_good_* people.
In the 🇺🇸 I suspect it's different, very, _very_ different.
I bet he doesn't even realise! I don't want "logic" or "faith". I need undeniable evidence. Apparently, it's too much to ask 😁😁🙄😉
worst part is he tries to come off as "better" than us. what a shitbag
I have to wonder if he really believes his own nonsense. Wonder how long it will last.
Thank you for all the good work you put out, Aron!
Aron Ra, one of your best videos in a long time (and you make great ones). Well done.
Awesome video! Thank you so much for your work Aron!
The priest in that video is a massive manipulative so-and-so. The opening was textbook narcissist opening with a twisted compliment and then a 'I'm no threat' act. But soon enough comes the BS, gaslighting ('are you a good one?') and emotional manipulations...
*He's up to no good for sure.* I can smell it. He's too hot and too charming-in-a-scripted-way on camera. He's faking something somewhere... maybe he's one of those self-loathing types who goes onto 'those apps' for... well, ya know...
Don't like him at all. And my instincts are rarely wrong on this.
He speaks highly of you 😉
He gives me the airs of *listen to your heart, **_really_** listen to your heart and you'll know there is a reason to be religious [creepy, glassy, condescending priest stare]*
@Roa Yup. He's hot and knows it, but has developed some kinda power-tripping ego that delights in these passive-aggressive displays for attention. He's got some nasty things going on.
I was just thinking that when I saw your comment and couldn’t agree more
@Roa Different taste? yes, but I'm guessing there is a reason that he is doing the videos and not a balding or gray haired 70 year old priest.
One of many things that led to my deconversion was the notion of almost everything being a sin. That my branch of Christianity was the only true one. And finding out about Lot's daughters.
I always wondered where Lot's daughter got the wine to get him so drunk. Did they think to carry it from Saddam? Also how was Lot able to "preform" when he was black out drunk? He must've been quite a man!
12:58 I'm a more moral and law abiding citizen now than I ever was when I was a born again christian
I love Aron's eyeroll after the "Are you a good atheist?"
Once again, the amazing Aron Ra laying down reason and logic. A modern day Robert Ingersoll. Proud to be a Patreon supporter.
that's fantastic, just like many preachers get money, so do Atheists who promote their lack of belief. Amazin.
Kneeling in front of a man in a dress while he puts things in my mouth could never lead to sexual misconduct.
I thoroughly enjoyed this and I just shared it on my Facebook. Thanks Aron!
In ALL honesty, this is an Outstanding question and answer session. Aron answers straight to the point, which is very refreshing.
By far his Best display of understanding. Also the explaining of his beliefs in terms which are easier to comprehend...
"Faith is, pretending to know what you don’t know."
Period.
@Frances Snowflake
I don’t know about that.
You can have faith that you are in a real physical world right now. That you are not in a virtual simulation, or you're not in a deep coma.
Have you have heard of the Brain in the Vats theory? Yep, you could be in that situation. But you can atill believe that you are in a physical world without any proof that you indeed are.
That's faith.
Indeed
Aron definitely cured me, and why does this guy think that wrapping a 500 year old burlap sack around himsel will make people take him any more seriously lol
Vanity 😄👍
A "man of the cloth". Well to be fair, we're all people of the cloth in that we cover our bodies with it, it's just that most of us don't wear the cloth until it's been made into actual clothes!
He doesn’t have a choice, it’s part of the deal when you become a priest.
@@willandersen3695 its the same as if I wrap myself in black plastic bin bags and say my imaginery friend told me to. I wonder how would that go down
@@TheScotsalan Vanity? No. It was his vacuity 🤣.
Very clear and well articulated. Awesome response!
I just stumbled upon your channel and I'm really enjoying your content. I really agree with everything that you say and we have the same mind about these things really appreciate you man!!
I still remember my teacher of religion in middle school (she is a nun - I hope she's still alive...) saying that god does not care which religion you follow, as long as you respect others and try your best to be good and that religion is one of the ways to connect ourselves to our best side but it's fine even if you don't believe in any god. I thought for a short while this was actually legitimate catholic doctrine or al least a permissible position. It didn't last but I am grateful for her kindness and good heart.
"In the case of catholic christianity, that code is one of peace and justice, mercy and forgiveness..."
BUT NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!
or drowning witches
... and Crusades, child abuse, wasting tax money, taking money from already poor people... They sure know how to do the exact opposite of what they preach...
Or the Holocaust. Thousands of years the catholic church held the Jewish people collectively responsible for the death of their fairy-tale messiah. That couldn't possibly have had anything to do with public opinion in the 1930's?
@@jyvben1520
No, no, if they drown, they are innocent!
If they DON'T drown, they are a witch, and are burned alive at the stake!
@@dragonhealer7588 No no, they are witches if they weigh the same as a duck.
Yet another reason why I absolutely ADORE you Aron!
Your reasoning prowess is just awesome! And is also why I get upset knowing I'd missed when you came to my town, Tallahassee FL; a few years ago though I think it was also a fee months before I'd stumbled across your channel.
I hope you and yr family are all safe and well
Sincerely, your fully- vaccinated Florida Fan,
Aszneth
😃🤘🖖
I can't believe I'm doing this but, I don't know a single Christian who has cracked open the Bible and read it. I also don't know a single Christian who did so, that didn't become an atheist.
That young man is going to give ‘holier than thou’ a bad name.
The arrogance, how he sits with that smirk, on his throne of condescension ''Be good now you confused, naturally immoral and wayward atheists''
Nice to see your video Aron
Enjoyed this video immensely. AronRa👍🏻
Thank you Aron! I am an evolutionary biologist and former Catholic. Your channel is very thoughtful and erudite.
The Abrahamic religions are the greatest tragedy ever to befall mankind.
The Abrahamic cults*
Maaaan!! So happy to see/ hear you again
Bravo, Aron.
You always hit the nail on the head. 👍👏
He's cosplaying as that robot on Futurama, Ab-Bot. He must be a fan.
And he's really good at this. He never broke character no matter what ridiculous nonsense came out of his mouth. Very talented.
I got that sense that he was in-character the entire time I watched but I still can't positively ID his face 100-percent. If I find the earlier video I'm thinking of and it's a match I shall post a link.
I was in the Catholic mental prison for the first twenty years of my life.
Now I get to enjoy poking holes in Catholic Dogma.
nanghinaway sad ka pi?😔
Love the ending, Aron; uncompromising and honest.
This was just brilliant! Thank you for this, Aron.
If atheists are required to read philosophy, history, theology and metaphysics to justify their unbelief, then I'd like to apply that standard to believers as well. No one allowed into any place of worship without proof of scholarship!
unified field theory + cymatics r a fun start
why does the father have that smug smile on his face....like he knows something 😂😂
This. I see a sincere young man who undoubtedly believes what he's saying but who is at the same time smug, judgemental and condescending.
Maybe he has knowledge we dont know. He could know the truth of the universe. But he is probably just smug because he thinks he is smarter than athiests.
His imagination has told him does.
It’s the stock in trade of every confidence trickster.
I can almost guarantee he doesnt. lol.
Aron, I hope the priest accepts your offer to have an live open discussion with you.
I'd like to see that but I seriously doubt if he has the balls for it. He's just a smug prima donna and he'd probably collapse under the slightest opposition. Aron would make him cry. Damn I'd like to see that.
No I'd like to have a live open discussion with Aron, but I don't think we'd get too far because I don't put up with atheist duplicitous BS and I know every ridiculous argument they've raised and the answer to it.
@@inwalters I would love to know what 'duplicitous BS' or 'ridiculous argument' you think have been made by Aron.
@@mtbee9641 The first and biggest one I've encountered with atheists is their statement "We don't have to prove anything" Even though they have clearly asserted the proposition "there is no God" they say, "We don't have to prove that. All the burden of proof is on you". Additionally atheism like any other new idea [like cold fusion] bears the burden of proof, which they know they can't meet, so they desperately try to shift it in to theists. And before you get started, I can prove God exists, which I'll be happen to walk through after you've admitted atheism can't meet it's burden of proof and is just your unsupported opinion, of no more value than anybody's else's opinion.
@@inwalters that's your latest delusion
That dude couldn't be more condescending if he tried
After a lifetime of denial, even during a catholic upbringing it took decades before I could admit, I don't believe in the bible. I know it's a copout to ultimately denying God himself. You are a life preserver for myself, I honestly feel that way and I'm not the only person. I don't feel ashamed or afraid for being an atheist. Thank you!