I recently purchased Marshall's book - "How god works". This book focuses on critical thinking. He talks about logic , reality & illusions. He goes into deep detail about how phony religion really is. Science doesn't need god to explain how life really works. Marshall's book is right up there with Carl Sagan's books- packed with facts and logic! I highly recommend anyone who questions God, Jesus, the bible, ect - to read this masterpiece of knowledge! Thank you for this post!!!!!
"none of the theories in question will be comprehensible without the presence of an absolute power" Name one accepted scientific theory that requires a creator.
Can anyone PLEASE provide a link where mr. Marshall actually goes toe-to-toe in a debate against an actual Christian apologist. I can't seem to find one for some reason. Thanks in advance.
Not aware of any debate between Mr Brain and Christians but I, as an ex-Christian and an atheist would submit that the debate won’t do anything to change Christian’s faith. William Lane Craig argues for a prime mover God. Everything that begins to exist has a cause. Universe began to exist, therefore God! Or he’d argue for Jesus’s resurrection as being a proof all the while willing to concede that the Bible has errors, etc.
Perhaps Marshall can explain this passage; James 4:2-32 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
He did explain it. If you ask that all childhood cancer will be cured, nothing will happen, even though you will not spend this on your pleasures if your prayer comes through.
I was born in a Christian home but now I'm convinced that religion is likely fake. However, I still struggle with an idea of Hell and eternal, unending torture that cannot be relieved. This is probably a made up idea, but I can't seem to shake this fear.
Hell is a powerful scare tactic. Jews don't believe in hell they go to Sheol whether good bad rich or poor. Zoroastriansm is even older and they believed in a heaven and a hell. RUclipsrs Aron Ra Richard Carrier knows ancient history and Jesus and many other gods just like Jesuss story. FriendlyAtheist RUclips channel is very insightful as well.
FriendlyAtheist , like a lot of people was raised religious and he talks about many different topics. Whatever you believe in religion or non religion is not something you decide quickly, like most people gives a lot of thought to it. I'm saying the goal is to get more people aware religion can be harmful. People have their heart in the right place just religion is often flawed.
That one can be resolved whether you are a Christian or not. Look up a digital copy of the Bible and search for words like "hell," "afterlife," "sheol," "underworld," etc. You'll find that the narrative painted does not come from the religious text source at all. I think a lake of fire may be mentioned somewhere, but Revelations reads about a judgement day that results in a reawakening of the dead followed by a second death for the unselected. There's no detail about an afterlife for them, hell or otherwise. I think the fire and brimstone version of hell comes from other mythologies (e.g Greek Hades) and/or later literature like the Divine Comedy or something like that. The epic of Gilgamesh mentions similar mythologies to parts of the old testament and I think there is an underworld mentioned there, however the description I read resembles a mass grave more than a pit of unending torment monitored by dominatrix succubi with whips and pitchforks. Although at least in the latter case you'd have some eye-candy.
Jesus materializes to many people today in his spiritual body, especially to people in Israel and Africa and India, especially to the truly humble who have a sincere need for his help. There are millions and millions of such witnesses.
That is not true Jesus does not materialize to people now or ever. you are of course free to make that claim but without evidence we are free to dismiss it.
Marshall's Brain is sooo big, and his ego is sooo big, he pretends he can speak for anyone and everyone....someone trained in engineering and computer science thinks he is qualified to speak of spirituality and metaphysics. Dear Marshall Brain, I present to you a Challenge....A Public Debate on Things Spiritual and Metaphysical....you name the time and place.
@@donaldciriacks9886 please consider that IF people want to believe they will believe. If I want to believe in Santa, for example, no argument will convince me that Santa doesn’t exist!
Hell no. Marshall Brain if u don't believe in gid then how were u created huh? What “ science" created u. Yeah right. I believe in god. Jesus. And the holy spirit. And there's nothing u can do to stop me
Armando Alamo excuse me. Please find time searching "Argument from Ignorance" in Wikipedia. You are committing a logical fallacy there called "argument from ignorance".
+KemGroupRTU Faith does not automatically constitute ignorance. Faith can't be disproved by physical science because it's spiritual. Science can't prove or disprove the true origin of life and what happens after death. Simple science can't explain the mind, self awareness, and sentience.
+therockstar17 the same was said in the bronze age about thunder or earthquakes. 'Science can't tell us what these are so people said they must be due to god'. But science tells us what's true about the world. We can find out (and will someday) about the mind or the origin of life and the universe. BTW it's not science's job to disprove god or the soul or faith. That's backward. Look up Burden of Proof on Wikipedia or any first year university science philosophy text. It's the one who makes the positive claim in favour of a proposition (god exists, a soul exists etc) that has the burden to prove it. If there's no convincing evidence, then the rational thing to do is withhold belief (ie not believe). Faith is holding a belief without evidence. Plain and simple
I recently purchased Marshall's book - "How god works". This book focuses on critical thinking. He talks about logic , reality & illusions. He goes into deep detail about how phony religion really is. Science doesn't need god to explain how life really works. Marshall's book is right up there with Carl Sagan's books- packed with facts and logic!
I highly recommend anyone who questions God, Jesus, the bible, ect - to read this masterpiece of knowledge! Thank you for this post!!!!!
"none of the theories in question will be comprehensible without the presence of an absolute power"
Name one accepted scientific theory that requires a creator.
Can anyone PLEASE provide a link where mr. Marshall actually goes toe-to-toe in a debate against an actual Christian apologist. I can't seem to find one for some reason. Thanks in advance.
Not aware of any debate between Mr Brain and Christians but I, as an ex-Christian and an atheist would submit that the debate won’t do anything to change Christian’s faith. William Lane Craig argues for a prime mover God. Everything that begins to exist has a cause. Universe began to exist, therefore God! Or he’d argue for Jesus’s resurrection as being a proof all the while willing to concede that the Bible has errors, etc.
Perhaps Marshall can explain this passage; James 4:2-32 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
He did explain it. If you ask that all childhood cancer will be cured, nothing will happen, even though you will not spend this on your pleasures if your prayer comes through.
I was born in a Christian home but now I'm convinced that religion is likely fake. However, I still struggle with an idea of Hell and eternal, unending torture that cannot be relieved. This is probably a made up idea, but I can't seem to shake this fear.
Hell is a powerful scare tactic.
Jews don't believe in hell they go to Sheol whether good bad rich or poor. Zoroastriansm is even older and they believed in a heaven and a hell.
RUclipsrs
Aron Ra
Richard Carrier knows ancient history and Jesus and many other gods just like Jesuss story.
FriendlyAtheist RUclips channel is very insightful as well.
FriendlyAtheist , like a lot of people was raised religious and he talks about many different topics. Whatever you believe in religion or non religion is not something you decide quickly, like most people gives a lot of thought to it. I'm saying the goal is to get more people aware religion can be harmful. People have their heart in the right place just religion is often flawed.
That one can be resolved whether you are a Christian or not. Look up a digital copy of the Bible and search for words like "hell," "afterlife," "sheol," "underworld," etc. You'll find that the narrative painted does not come from the religious text source at all. I think a lake of fire may be mentioned somewhere, but Revelations reads about a judgement day that results in a reawakening of the dead followed by a second death for the unselected. There's no detail about an afterlife for them, hell or otherwise. I think the fire and brimstone version of hell comes from other mythologies (e.g Greek Hades) and/or later literature like the Divine Comedy or something like that. The epic of Gilgamesh mentions similar mythologies to parts of the old testament and I think there is an underworld mentioned there, however the description I read resembles a mass grave more than a pit of unending torment monitored by dominatrix succubi with whips and pitchforks. Although at least in the latter case you'd have some eye-candy.
Jesus materializes to many people today in his spiritual body, especially to people in Israel and Africa and India, especially to the truly humble who have a sincere need for his help. There are millions and millions of such witnesses.
That is not true Jesus does not materialize to people now or ever. you are of course free to make that claim but without evidence we are free to dismiss it.
Jesus never heals amputees. Not in Israel, not in Africa and not in India.
Santa also appears to some people.
Marshall's Brain is sooo big, and his ego is sooo big, he pretends he can speak for anyone and everyone....someone trained in engineering and computer science thinks he is qualified to speak of spirituality and metaphysics. Dear Marshall Brain, I present to you a Challenge....A Public Debate on Things Spiritual and Metaphysical....you name the time and place.
Donald Ciriacks: So, at what university did you attain your degrees in Spiritual Metaphysics? 🤪😂
Trinity....
@@qigung The University of Spiritual Metaphysics. Yeah, I know. That's over your head, lol. (Metaphysical Humore)
@@donaldciriacks9886 please consider that IF people want to believe they will believe. If I want to believe in Santa, for example, no argument will convince me that Santa doesn’t exist!
Hell no. Marshall Brain if u don't believe in gid then how were u created huh? What “ science" created u. Yeah right. I believe in god. Jesus. And the holy spirit. And there's nothing u can do to stop me
Armando Alamo excuse me. Please find time searching "Argument from Ignorance" in Wikipedia. You are committing a logical fallacy there called "argument from ignorance".
+KemGroupRTU Faith does not automatically constitute ignorance. Faith can't be disproved by physical science because it's spiritual. Science can't prove or disprove the true origin of life and what happens after death. Simple science can't explain the mind, self awareness, and sentience.
+therockstar17 the same was said in the bronze age about thunder or earthquakes. 'Science can't tell us what these are so people said they must be due to god'. But science tells us what's true about the world. We can find out (and will someday) about the mind or the origin of life and the universe. BTW it's not science's job to disprove god or the soul or faith. That's backward. Look up Burden of Proof on Wikipedia or any first year university science philosophy text. It's the one who makes the positive claim in favour of a proposition (god exists, a soul exists etc) that has the burden to prove it. If there's no convincing evidence, then the rational thing to do is withhold belief (ie not believe). Faith is holding a belief without evidence. Plain and simple