I worked as a full-time professional magician for 20 years. Occasionally, someone would ask when I was going to get a real job. I would politely ask them to please call the IRS and tell them to stop taxing me as if I had a real job.
Whenever I read "Microevolution happens but Macroevolution doesnt." My brain translates it into: "You're going to have to explain basic biology to me and I probably won't listen while you do." I came into my first creationist debate thinking ignorance was the only problem and explaining this subject would lead to someone gaining and understanding, admitting they had misunderstood and moved on to investigate further. Boy was I wrong.
@@ericvulgate It's truly infuriating. I follow a couple of debate groups where I see the same creationists repeating the same bad arguments and having multiple people give the same explanation correcting their ignorance every time they do it. You would think they would at least try to argue effectively, but no.
Macro evolution is micro evolution stacking up over time. I just don’t get why that’s so hard for creationists to understand. It’s like one brick is just a brick, but combined with a lot of other bricks it makes a wall.
Your passion, hours of hard work, and depth of knowledge are apparent in every video you create. I highly value the education and enjoyment I have received watching your channel. Thank you. (And all the better if this small token of my gratitude is seen by your trolls!)
And they always pick the most vapid stuff, revealing their own lack of intellectual interest merely by expecting us to be swayed by the crap that somehow managed to sway them.
@@LovesCoffee If I can be bothered at all, I sometimes spam back poems by the likes of Larkin, Owen or McGough. I've seen people send chunks of technical manuals which I like too.
I like to tell them, oh yes, having gone to a Christian school growing up, read and studied the Bible cover to cover, taken numerous courses on Biblical literature and comparative religion, and yet still turning out an atheist, I've never heard those verses before. Please DO continue.
The truest miracle of the modern world is how patient you are with these trolls. Thank you for all the work you do to further education and critical thinking.
I remember your series "Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism" I was blown away. I'd had my doubts since i was a kid but your posts made me realise I was an atheist and that searching for someone who could confirm god as real was a fools errand. I'll always be grateful!
I remember when that series came out too! I was hooked from the beginning. Aron used great writing, smooth delivery and visceral rhetoric to retort that religious nut. Hell, I just watched the full series again, the other day at work.
@Joe Andersen Why we know Christianity is WRONG! 1. Anonymity and lack of authenticity of the Gospels. The Gospels are late (40 or so years after the alleged events) , thereby giving it more than enough time for legendary embellishments to creep into the narratives. 2. Lack of proper historical and archeological evidence for some of the major events in the Bible ( Noah's Flood, Exodus, Joshua's Conquest of Canaan, Sodom and Gomorroh etc). 3. The evidence for the historicity of Moses and other prophets is insurmountably weak. 4. The authenticity of the extrabiblical sources often cited in support of the historicity of Jesus (Josephus, Tacitus and Suetoneus) is quite questionable. They may just be later Christian interpolations or blatant forgeries. 5. Evil and malevolent nature of God all throughout the Old Testament. God is an awfully poor judge. 6. Contradictions in the Bible (especially in the passion narrative and resurrection accounts of the New Testament) 7. The earliest manuscripts of Mark doesn't have the post resurrection and appearances. 8. Bad design (In our own bodies and in the universe itself.) 9. Evolution, fossil record, age of the earth etc. (Utterly shatters all forms of creationism-based worldviews including YEC 10. Historical and scientific errors in the Bible. (Promotes a geocentric view of the solar system and refers to the earth as a flat disc}
@Joe Andersen So why does the Jeebus always recruit irrational, angry fundamentalists like you to 'further' her cause? Why doesn't she choose people who can spell, use punctuation correctly or respond to rational questions with rational answers? Why does the Jeebus prefer poorly written English with nonsensical capitalisations over grammatically correct formatting? Is she a bit simple? Throw us all a bone here.......
It’s no surprise that people who waste their lives with falsehoods, would waste hours trolling. Aron, your work is extremely valuable! Thank you for all your hard work.
They're on a mission from God and think that life is just a waiting room for eternity, that nothing in that life matters except God, so wasting them on preaching for him is pretty much a given.
The evangelist is not wasting his time. The evangelist knows that eternal life begins now and Jesus is coming back to be King in Jerusalem where they crucified Him! The evangelist wants as many as possible to participate. We’re like people living in a 2 dimensional world but hearing there are more dimensions. We’re like termites eating people’s sheds and furniture but told to stop and only process scrap wood and some day will get to sprout wings!
@@kenjohnson5124 The evangelist is afraid he bought into a scam, which he did, so he doubles down on it and tries to get as many people as he can to buy into it too, because its better to be wrong in a herd who are all equally doubling down than stand out as wrong on his own and face his own failing.
Former believer here. Spent most of my life with very few other nonbelievers around me. Finding people online who thought as I did was a great relief to me. Many of the subjects you have taught in here had barely been touched when I went to school, even in college.
Ditto. All I wanted when I became an atheist was a peaceful place to be with other people who shared my belief (or non-belief) bc it was still quite new and I didn't have anyone in my real life I could turn to. It was so nice to discover that community and to learn things I had not learned or been too stubborn to listen to when I was in school bc I knew better.
1. Guy Parrish asks questions 2. AronRa answers them fully 3. Guy Parrish says “Fantastic. Thank you SO much. You have broadened and deepened my understanding.” Or…. 3. Guy Parrish sticks his fingers in his ears and screams “La La La La La” I wonder which response he will choose. 🤔
Incredible video. Thanks Aron. It must be incredibly difficult to wage this battle day in day out, and in Texas no less. Keep fighting the good fight sir!
@@horustrismegistus1017 'Let there be light' is an incantation. Wizards do incantations. Beard or no beard. Sky wizard is a correct description of the god religious fanatics believe in
@@horustrismegistus1017 Even if you don't find any passage in the bible describing the invisible man in the sky as being white-bearded but you'll find it in nearly every christian art depicting him. Just take Michelangelo's famous image from the Sistine Chapel of God creating Adam.
This is the perfect way to respond to trolls. Any engagement by them gets you paid, and they can't just walk away and claim victory after an utter thrashing like you just gave their question. Well done 👍
Of course they can claim victory. It won't be any more true than his other claims, but he's probably congratulating himself right now for how strong he's being in the face of Satan's temptation.
Yes! The diversification of replicating RNAs into distinct populations of sequences is an example of molecular evolution. And these distinct sequence populations are sometimes referred to as pseudo-species. I have observed this in laboratory evolution of proteins as well. 🎉
Cellular division is not evolution, if it was evolution then the DNA wouldn't become weaker each time it divides........ it's literally dwindling down ,and not up.
Balen Falotico, but it is people just like you who give us all hope! Never be embarrassed, it's much easier for those of us who were NOT indoctrinated, you're the impressive one!!💖🥰✌
@@resourcedragon mostly due to the vast amounts of data and evidence we have for the evolutionary process. As a YEC, I knew such data existed but I was being ignorant and I rejected it.
@@tonymaurice4157 Excuse me, sir, reproducing conditions of primordial Earth in a lab does not equate to; the primordial conditions of Earth were therefore "manipulated or orchestrated" by something. Not at all. Though we ARE quite fortunate and special to exist, IMHO.
Above all, I'm immensely glad that I at the outset was equipped with a neural network allowing me [at the tender age of 13] to mentally chuck 'religion' out the window, and that after over 60 years roaming this planet I haven't for a second looked back on (except in _utter_ relief!). It wouldn't be fair to _not_ include, that all I've ever experienced, learned and come to know throughout my life over these years, also has enabled me to follow Aron's logical [and eloquent!] train of thought throughout his numerous brilliantly provocative, enlightening and _hugely_ entertaining videos, making it in fact almost 'child's play'! . . . In _my_ book, Aron Ra is up there with the likes of Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and all the other exponents of a critical, logical, science based take on reality, which in the end has to be the greatest gift _ever_ to be bestowed upon us as hominids! . . . . *_TONS_** of respect goes out to you from Norway Aron!* ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) 🤘
I put him up there with Dawkins too. No disrespect to Mr Nelson, but I think Hitchens was the most powerful atheist of all time. Dude was like Kim Peek.
Taking nothing away from any of them, Dawkins was great in his time, Hitchens was best at debates, charm, lol, and Aron is truly more scientific, (due to still seeking new knowledge, which is coming all the time) and the better wordsmith, like a scientific GeorgeCarlin or TimMinchin! With that perfect acerbic touch! In my humble opinion!💖🥰✌
We had an "enlightenment" at almost the same time. I was 15 years old when I finally convinced my mother that I didn't need to go to church, and I'm 66 now. I don't know how long before that, that I came to the same conclusion as you. Fortunately for me, I was not raised in a fundamentalist environment, so the transition was painless.
"after over 60 years roaming this planet I haven't for a second looked back on (except in utter relief!). " How will you look back, once in the presence of God, you miserable?
I have over 280 animals at home and to them, I am a god. I provide them with food and water and medicine and safety every day. I smite their enemies (mostly foxes), answer their cries for help and provide them with comfort in times of distress. And when it's time for them to leave this life, I ease their passing without judgement or malice. Ok, I eat some of them..... but they don't know that. What I don't do is drown them all in a flood because I'm having a hissy-fit, command them to commit genocide, command them to kill their babies, persecute the gay ones, infect them with incurable diseases, have them enslaved by Egyptians or send down plagues upon them when they're being disobedient. Now, I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I reckon they'd vote me higher than the Abrahamic god so many people are so keen on. He seems like a bit of a tosser, if I'm being honest.
@@John73John I believe the Australian echidnas might have an opening for a god coming up........Do you have two penises and spiky back-hair? Like the Christians, they have the whole 'made in the image' ideology going on.
I started this vid thinking that it was a bad idea, don't give the troll any light...but halfway through, boy, the amount of nails in that trolls coffin was impressive. Well done mate. Love from London.
When you get people who never want to be wrong under any circumstance, even when coming across new information, you get people who attack people who are actually right simply to avoid admitting they were wrong. It's the more advanced version of covering their ears and going "lalalalalalala" until the person who was right loses interest and goes away to do something more productive. Then they declare victory.
5:31 I run a small channel that makes 0 money, editing some audio, and making a a video collage of Van Halen pictures per song and it takes a lot time…I can’t imagine how much time it would take to come up with original content, video editing, audio editing/filtering, and all the other things it takes to do all the things you do. Thank you for dedicating yourself to this. We need more people like you Aron
There are a lot of broken questions. And lots of ignorant and stupid ones. One might say that in general, a sincere question in search of knowledge is not stupid, even if it's incredibly confused. "How did people poof out of rocks? [troll face]" though, is a stupid question.
Thanks for dealing with trolls where most of us are unable. The more outspoken fellow Texans we have, the quicker this state can stop being such a horrible place to live as a minority of any kind.
@@shardinhand1243 where you were, I am now -- it's too easy to use the [relative] anonymity of the internets as a sink for IRL frustration and the thirst for revenge on those forces that make one feel powerless.
@@ErrantMasa its a nessicary danger, while it makes trolling bullying easier, it also helps protect people from the insane sharks of outrage mobs that would destroy peoples lives to feel relevent.
@kthompson641 @shardinhand1243 Thank you both. that realization hit me after a couple rather vivid dreams that signaled "fun's done. time to rest!" There is one longer thread on Aron's "Insincere Pretenders" video where I wonder if I'd gone too far and just how far beyond that I took my own vitriol.
Love ya Aronra! Your channel gives me hope. Saw you on the Line with John Snow and respected the way you engaged and dismantled callers arguments. I learn everytime I watch! Thank you!
@@tristanblackmore9772I don't think so. I thought jokes are supposed to be witty? Your comment comes off as someone who is angry. I watched several of Snow's podcasts and even though sometimes he gets aggressive with some callers his arguments a sound. Please give an example of where he said something uninformed.
@Ronnie Largent you definitely missed the joke. JIMMY Snow is the name of Aron's co-host on The Line. Jon Snow is the name of a character from Game of Thrones. ( If you are not familiar with the series, you won't get the reference.) The only anger in my comment is what you projected on to it...
"Aron, you call us dumb, but maybe it's you that is too smart! who's laughing now?" Aron I've been watching your content for more than a decade, you are one of the smartest and well informed people I've heard.
Any fool that thinks that there is an unimaginably smart being that wants to meet us but it insists that this happens while it hides like a coward and can't even introduce itself by saying hello, is totally beyond all help.
Hahahahaha gotta love that red-neck tone Aron uses when reading the questions! Thank you so much Mr. Ra for your patience and knowledge to educate us, cheers from Costa Rica, the whole world is listening to you!!!
The trouble with self-righteous trolls is that when they're not insulting you because you dont share their fairytale-based beliefs, they try to convince you that their bs is real by extolling the virtues of their beliefs and quoting bible verse. That's all the evidence they have of their one, true god.
I have have actually met Aron Ra. And I've even messaged him and had an answer to my query. I certainly cannot call him a *friend* but I count myself very lucky to have had the benefit of his knowledge to improve my own !
Regarding the "gut reactions can't be wrong" guy - reminds me of a scene in the original Cosmos show that was discussing the Rosetta Stone and how after it was found and folks were struggling to decipher it, one fellow did it in just minutes (incorrectly of course) and when asked how he announced "I avoided the pitfalls of prolonged reflection". That line has stuck with me ever since...
I actually feel sorry for these indoctrinated creationists. Every day; what they strongly believe, is being eroded by brute facts. I'm not surprised they kick back with such ferocity, as their god is being painted into a tiny corner. Keep up the brilliant work Aron. The work you do is invaluable. Thank you.
Aron is 100% correct about TRADITIONAL religion. But... >"Critical thinker" >Accepts feels-based, evidence-free "gender", over evidence-based sex... Pick one. They can't BOTH be true "Gender" is just "the soul", with a new name, and different political garb. - The claim that each person has an invisible, totally undetectable thing inside us, which is the source of our TRUE self, our REAL identity. In BOTH re-titles, this thing has a 100% absence of ANY empirical evidence... Yet believers claim it (somehow?!?) reveals an even GREATER TRUTH than mere, trivial, evidence-based reality. And in BOTH cases, this evidence-free claim is accepted SOLELY on the basis of "but.. but it FEEELS true, to me!!!" (of course, "gender" does add one EXTRA evidence-free trait, on top if all the OTHER evidence-free traits it shares with "the soul"; Gender just adds "...and your soul/gender can ALSO have it's own male/female status, totally independent of your real-world, evidence-based sex... Or, if you're REALLY gullible/a devout believer, people's soul/"gender" can even be BOTH male AND female, or NEITHER male or female. Or switch from male to female, everytime Libra is ascending on a Tuesday... There is EXACTLY the same empirical evidence for "gender", or "non-binary", or "transwomen ARE women", as there is for "chakras", "chi energy", "sin", "ghosts", "bigfoot", or "the magic of friendship". These concepts ALL share 100% IDENTICAL evidence-based validity... And EXACTLY like every other religion, believers in "gender" know that THEY are ALWAYS morally superior (pay no attention to the irreversable chemical mutilation of unconsenting, healthy 9yo's... Or the cheerleading for biological males, who totes AREN'T incels, and who demand lesbians to "suck the girldlck"; Which isn't textbook homophobia AT ALL... Or the siding with convicted rapists, fully-intact males seeking access to captive women in women's prisons... or 1,000 other attrocities...) And that anyone rejecting their evidence-free claims, CAN ONLY be inherently evil, and a tool of Satan!!! (or "a hateful, transphobic, right-wing, bigoted nahtzee!!!"- The "gender"-believer's version of "You just hate god, and want to sin!!!!") Aron ADMITS he knows nothing about the topic that he's endorsing in (self-admitted) ignorance. So he's just done what 90% of society did- Switched their brain off, and uncritically accepted this evidence-free ideology, 100% clueless of the resulting harm to society's most vulnerable- Children, (esp gay and lesbian kids, and those with autism and similar mental health issues. Or just kids who don't conform to sexual stereotypes- Children "gender" ideology actively targets, for 100% unneccessary, irreversable medical interventions, mostly harmful chemicals like puberty-blockers (Google "Lupron side effects", if you swallowed the provable lie of "harmless and reversable puberty-blockers". Spoiler- They're literally the drugs used to chemically-castrate sex offenders, and notorious for OTHER severe, irreversable side effect, too) and life-shortening wrong-sex hormones. But increasingly, surgical mutililation, too; Totally unnecessary double mastectomies of 100% physiologically healthy 14yo's are routine. And DO happen as young as 12yo). Harm to gays and lesbians (coz being same-sex attracted is DEFINITIONALLY "transphobic", now. Being gay/lesbian is virtually the same as being a naazi!!!) And women/girls. Because the rights/privacy/physical safety of the (evidence-based) female 50% of the population will ALWAYS be sacrifced for the all-important "VALIDATION"-feels of 0.2% of biological males... Aron once said that "believing ANY claim without evidence is inherently harmful"... And I 100% agree... I just wish he PRACTICED WHAT HE PREACHES, in regards to the evidnce-free claim of "gender" self-ID, which (like ANY religion) is proven absurd and self-contradictary, with 5 minutes of honest, critical enquiry...
@@David34981 Wow!!! You have such better EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE than those dumb religious believers!!! Where'd you get those amazing critical-thinking skills?
There is one belief that has the power to heal and move mountains: believing that you don't know the answer to a given thing. Believing that you have the right to say you don't know and therefore don't have an opinion to give, either. It's unfortunate that the trolls willingly subject themselves to the curse of always being right, it guarantees they seldom are.
An excellent rebuttal of idiocy. I love the slow drawl when reading the questions. I so enjoy your presentations - thank you for all you do for those of us that actually think!
@@seanleigh Still, we can hope! If not that one, maybe others. Look at the many, previous YECs in the 'community', Paulogia, Seth Andrews,(Thinking Atheist), Drew of Genetically Modified Skeptic, etc., etc.!🥰✌
Agreed, but youtube copy/paste believers arent usually the type. Good thing is they werent the target. Far more likely Aron used this troll as a teachable moment to ppl heading down that road who havent went too far down that rabbit hole... There are many more honest ppl who can wriggle themselves out of religious victimhood, than there are religious victimizers!
I hope i am not on the troll list, i respect you to much to troll. There is a long list of things you educated me on, shame you met me in the comments when i was on a downward curve in life, but i am on the upward side. just learning what happened to me in church was not my fault and i should not take my anger out on anyone. Now to watch your dog video. Thanks for all you do AronRa.
Wow! This was an excellent video! I heard you first speak in the troll's voice as you were reading his question, I laughed out loud and I almost couldn't stop myself!
Aron, you are one of the most articulate and precise communicators in this field. Your videos have helped to bring in to focus many of the doubts I had growing up as a scientifically minded person in a high control christian culture. I knew creationism didn't logically stack up but never had access to the evidence that supports our reality. I struggled with the guilt and shame of walking away for years but have come to feel at peace that a god who would have me believe nonsense and ignore evidence is at the very least unworthy of my devotion and in all probably entirely fictitious. Thank you.
@@horustrismegistus1017 I have two degrees in Theology and Biblical Languages. 6 years of study, 20 years of active church ministry. Your assertion that I have simply not come across the "right" version of Creationism to be sufficiently persuaded is offensive.
@@horustrismegistus1017 no, it isn't. It doesn't even try to explain how life as we know it today exists (saying "god did it" isn't enough because that doesn't explain what god did and how that works)
@Timothy Hope Then you're a little smug. You have 2 eyes and 2 ears. What they happen upon is more a consequence of you reacting, out of curiosity, in pursuit of the understanding of whatever they happen across. Meaning they notice, you explore. Repeat. Should you be offended that I have traveled to places which you have not, or tried things which you haven't heard of? Is it fair for me to be offended that you've seen species of animal I've likely not come across? Of course not. There are 2 year olds who've heard jokes I haven't. Same as you. Let's calm the ego a little
@Idan Iluz Sure it does. Life, ultimately, can only be about 2 things Whatever you want Or How you treat people Selfish Or Selfless Regardless of your beliefs, you will leave here with nothing. If your ontological premise is chaos, then the ultimate conclusion is meaninglessness. Therefore, do what thou wilt. If, instead, your ontological premise is a singularity, then it automatically follows that you and they are one, ultimately. Therefore, how you treat others, is how you treat yourself. Every bit of this is in the Bible, the Quran, and I cannot remember which Hindu text.. and is verified by science in all but Factor 1 psychopaths. It's called "mirror neurons" and empathy. Science sets out to prove exclusively those two premises. Meaninglessness, vs Meaning All philosophical endeavor is predicated upon this Division.
I hear you Aaron. They want to ask meaningless questions, not listen to the answers and refuse to answer you own questions to them. The hallmark of those who think their ideologies trump material facts.
So much good information here. Thrilled that you included the basalt water experiment as it holds, for me, special confirmation of a long held thought. Must check out more of your videos now.
@AronRa this is just a joke, but I am sure you will get a kick out of it. Because I can directly see your beard is blue, you must be a demi God. Are you sure your not a reincarnation of Krishna. Lol 🤣
Bravo! Remember getting into some philosophical argument with a cousin on our family whatsapp group. Eventually rest of the clan joined in and there was a furiously-typed back and forth happening and msgs were raining down as everyone had an opinion. I forgot what started the argument but the ending was very jarring - just about everyone sincerely believed that Morality COULD NOT exist outside of religion. I was plainly stunned - as i am the only openly atheist in the group. A couple of distant cousins are (closet) agnostics chose diplomatic silence as they have rather devout spouses. I do not have the intellectual heft nor the debating acumen to argue with religious people. So your videos are very helpful. Keep it up sir and thank you.
Love the moral argument, funny thing about that they never blame their pastor for being a child predator they always use the devil that made him do it excuse.
The whole "you don't have a real job" thing is the one of the most shallow and petty insults from insecurity that can be used. It's a self-insult for anyone who uses it more than it is for the one they regurgitate it onto.
As I see it, the creationists don't define ANY of the terms they attack us with: Kinds of organisms, micro & Macro evolution, et al. That "allows" them to use the words differently depending on what they want to assert at that moment.
Greatest downside of the internet is the inability to get the punch in the face that the trolls so greatly deserve. It's a shield for the cowardly to hide behind.
I try not to derive too much pleasure when I ask a straightforward question of a troll. Instead, I empathise with its fear as it feels that body temperature fluid running down its leg. Knowing I have given their mother a cleaning job and diaper change troubles me a little.
But you've got to remember that real life punches them in the face every day. They have no job, they have no partner, they have no real friends, they stink of B.O., they don't do anything of value for anyone and only their families can stand to be around them for more than a minute. They're miserable human beings with nothing to look forward to and nobody to share it with. And that goes for all of them; there are no exceptions. The ones who protest and say "Hey, I have a life!" are lying.
I’m a proud Patron of Aron. His work is very important. He helps so many people who don’t have the time or resources to learn about evolution at a college or university. He exposes the evils of religion in politics. He explains precisely why religion is harmful, and that if we want to advance the human race into the future religion has to die off. Learn to have an open mind and you might just start to appreciate the work Aron does.
Evils of religion!?! What’s that? Evil according to whom? If God doesn’t exist, then there is no evil! Mankind must attain what? Progress towards what? There are three choices: Atheism, Theism, and Pantheism! What you’re saying sounds like Pantheism as Atheism has no moral good to aim at. At least pantheism we’re trying to be God-like.
@@kenjohnson5124 I’m against slavery because it's evil...... Your BuyBull says it's ok. You have a morality problem, not us. *I can't help it if my moral standards are just higher than yours*
I'm an atheist and I have horrendous writing skills lol. But now I know why quite a few of my comments have been bypassed lol. I don't blame you one bit! But I do appreciate the people who have pointed out my issues, cause i've taken them seriously and I simply want to try and make the corrections necessary lol. Anyway, even if I'm critiqued for my poor punctuation. Just remember I'm grateful for them all. Aron Ra, thanks again for all that you do.
A wise decision indeed. Finding ways to be wrong creates an opportunity to learn. Stay wrong or learn or stay willfully ignorant and qualify as an apologist. BTW. Your comment is very clear, and you made your point well. There is nothing wrong with your written expression. I am sure your name came up on the Pulitzer shortlist-keep at it. 🏆
Great vid Aron. We all know these same questions have been asked and answered many times. Great job on answering them again, I especially enjoyed that you included detailed information on Abiogenesis. As for the question of transitional fossils, I've always been of the opinion that, all fossils are transitions because the processes of evolution are continuous and ongoing.
But yet Christian’s and religion thrive on lies and have zero problems continuing their lies in daily life while shoving their lies down our throats. It’s disgusting. I had an ex from 30 years ago say that I need to seek the truth, which is what I did. Yet she continued with her religious lies and how she’d like to see me in heaven. I said I’d rather be in hell than be in heaven with a bunch of assholes that I’m around now and can’t stand. She didn’t like that. But the lies they believe in…….
@@Ex_christian such types value the *appearance of* confidence in their leaders over any [more] admirable qualities that are of any substance. From a survival standpoint, following such a hollow leader might work short-term, at least until the group they lead either finds them out and replaces them, loses cohesion, or annihilates itself after mimicking something stupid/dangerous.
Everyone I've come across who asks questions like #5, coincidentally also turns out to be a diehard creationist. The Venn diagram of transphobes and creationists is practically a circle.
Love the way he pivots to arguing about transgender for some reason. Doesn't he know Gish Galloping only works in live debate? Writing it down defeats the purpose.
Morality question rephrased: "If my god isn't real.... how can chocolate be your favorite ice cream, huh? You have no -objective- (my own subjective) standard!"
I just found out about you this morning, but i just wanted to say your respect towards others even when they disrespect you is jaw dropping. Thank you for leading by example, because if things had gone ever so slightly differently in my life, i would have ended up as blind as they are. Thank you
As someone who used to be self employed, I know that you need to work 80 hours a week to get 20 billable hours. And you need to charge 3-4 times as much per hour as a full time employee, just to have the same amount of cash income (and that ignores health care costs)
Just got done watching the new video on The Thinking Atheist with Seth, Forest Valkai and Gutsick Gibbon all together in the same place, highly recommend.
The problem with these people is they are not open to the possibility they could be wrong. Ken Ham is a classic example. Which means they cannot be reasoned with no matter how much evidence or proof is given to them.
The problem with Ken Ham and Bill Nye debating is that they are often talking past each other with Ham stuck in a young earth view of theism and Nye thinking atheism has meaning!
This helps me feel better after a talk with a family member who wants me to change when I haven't done anything wrong but to them, I already did do something wrong by not believing what they believe. Every word to them has to have a double meaning and thier cherry picked beliefs always must "challenge" you, very tiring.
Your series on Noah's flood is what sparked the beginning of my deconstruction, and your channel played a huge role in freeing me from the shackles of religion. Thanks for everything you do, Aron.
POW, Another one out the park...... Great video, very entertaining. Could this be the start of a whole new series??....... Here's hoping. Cheers Aron, much love and appreciation from the U.K.
I live in Tennessee, I feel bad for them, sometimes. I remember how panicky I felt, thinking that those around me would burn forever, if I didn't do something. I really believed. It was crippling. They have to become callus to live with that kind of pressure. I understand wanting to help them out of that.
This is the reason I don't think most Christians really believe. If they truly believed their children, parents, coworkers, and neighbors were going to burn eternally, they couldn't help trying to convert them. Instead, most of them don't think about it or say they aren't ready. Look, I'm very socially anxious, but even I would damn sure yell at a guy over and over if he were standing in a train track and refusing to acknowledge the oncoming train. They don't because they also can't see the train, they just feel like it might be coming.
@@MrBevoRules that was exactly what started my wheels rolling. Our preacher talking about how it was their fault they were gonna burn and how almost happy he seemed about it. It was emotional whiplash.
Not to mention your work is Making an actual difference with honest people around the world. While unless this unwiped ass will start taking the truths of our reality seriously, this will be the most people his words will ever reach more less help them with their subjective undersanding.
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I worked as a full-time professional magician for 20 years. Occasionally, someone would ask when I was going to get a real job. I would politely ask them to please call the IRS and tell them to stop taxing me as if I had a real job.
Genius lmao
Love it Bruce ! I totally know what you mean!
We’re always unemployed till our next gig 💪🏽
Whenever I read "Microevolution happens but Macroevolution doesnt." My brain translates it into: "You're going to have to explain basic biology to me and I probably won't listen while you do."
I came into my first creationist debate thinking ignorance was the only problem and explaining this subject would lead to someone gaining and understanding, admitting they had misunderstood and moved on to investigate further.
Boy was I wrong.
Willful ignorance is the issue.
Yep. Best you'll ever get is claiming irreducible complexity
@@ericvulgate It's truly infuriating. I follow a couple of debate groups where I see the same creationists repeating the same bad arguments and having multiple people give the same explanation correcting their ignorance every time they do it.
You would think they would at least try to argue effectively, but no.
Macro evolution is micro evolution stacking up over time. I just don’t get why that’s so hard for creationists to understand. It’s like one brick is just a brick, but combined with a lot of other bricks it makes a wall.
@@kellydalstok8900 The few creationists I've got to agree that evolution in principle happens always avoid answering that one.
Your passion, hours of hard work, and depth of knowledge are apparent in every video you create. I highly value the education and enjoyment I have received watching your channel. Thank you. (And all the better if this small token of my gratitude is seen by your trolls!)
Wow, thank you!
His avoidance of NDE science is absolutely awesome . Aron is da man !!!
@@angelbrother1238 how might one test, repeat, and observe personal experience in a lab? it has no reliability.
@@angelbrother1238 There is no such thing as NDE science. Stop bullshitting people, pretender.
If it’s not the trolls, it’s the internet zealots who think that spamming Bible (or Quran) verses will actually convert anybody here.
Lol we just need to send basic universal equations back at them and or science facts.
And they always pick the most vapid stuff, revealing their own lack of intellectual interest merely by expecting us to be swayed by the crap that somehow managed to sway them.
@@LovesCoffee If I can be bothered at all, I sometimes spam back poems by the likes of Larkin, Owen or McGough. I've seen people send chunks of technical manuals which I like too.
If they were smart, they wouldn't be religious zealots.
I like to tell them, oh yes, having gone to a Christian school growing up, read and studied the Bible cover to cover, taken numerous courses on Biblical literature and comparative religion, and yet still turning out an atheist, I've never heard those verses before. Please DO continue.
Always enjoy your material. And here's a
little something for the snakes.
MONEYYYYYYYY GIVE MEEEEEEEE
The truest miracle of the modern world is how patient you are with these trolls. Thank you for all the work you do to further education and critical thinking.
So, it’s virtuous to have patience?
@@kenjohnson5124 What does this even mean?
@@Lamster66 Both
@@kenjohnson5124 Virtuous? It’s practical.
There are no miracles
I remember your series "Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism" I was blown away. I'd had my doubts since i was a kid but your posts made me realise I was an atheist and that searching for someone who could confirm god as real was a fools errand. I'll always be grateful!
I remember when that series came out too! I was hooked from the beginning. Aron used great writing, smooth delivery and visceral rhetoric to retort that religious nut. Hell, I just watched the full series again, the other day at work.
@Joe Andersen Why we know Christianity is WRONG!
1. Anonymity and lack of authenticity of the Gospels. The Gospels are late (40 or so years after the alleged events) , thereby giving it more than enough time for legendary embellishments to creep into the narratives.
2. Lack of proper historical and archeological evidence for some of the major events in the Bible ( Noah's Flood, Exodus, Joshua's Conquest of Canaan, Sodom and Gomorroh etc).
3. The evidence for the historicity of Moses and other prophets is insurmountably weak.
4. The authenticity of the extrabiblical sources often cited in support of the historicity of Jesus (Josephus, Tacitus and Suetoneus) is quite questionable. They may just be later Christian interpolations or blatant forgeries.
5. Evil and malevolent nature of God all throughout the Old Testament. God is an awfully poor judge.
6. Contradictions in the Bible (especially in the passion narrative and resurrection accounts of the New Testament)
7. The earliest manuscripts of Mark doesn't have the post resurrection and appearances.
8. Bad design (In our own bodies and in the universe itself.)
9. Evolution, fossil record, age of the earth etc. (Utterly shatters all forms of creationism-based worldviews including YEC
10. Historical and scientific errors in the Bible. (Promotes a geocentric view of the solar system and refers to the earth as a flat disc}
@joeandersen274 stop spamming! Nobody here cares for your nonsense!
@Joe Andersen
You people never learn. It just goes right over your head, doesn't it?
@Joe Andersen So why does the Jeebus always recruit irrational, angry fundamentalists like you to 'further' her cause? Why doesn't she choose people who can spell, use punctuation correctly or respond to rational questions with rational answers? Why does the Jeebus prefer poorly written English with nonsensical capitalisations over grammatically correct formatting? Is she a bit simple? Throw us all a bone here.......
It’s no surprise that people who waste their lives with falsehoods, would waste hours trolling.
Aron, your work is extremely valuable! Thank you for all your hard work.
They're on a mission from God and think that life is just a waiting room for eternity, that nothing in that life matters except God, so wasting them on preaching for him is pretty much a given.
The evangelist is not wasting his time. The evangelist knows that eternal life begins now and Jesus is coming back to be King in Jerusalem where they crucified Him! The evangelist wants as many as possible to participate. We’re like people living in a 2 dimensional world but hearing there are more dimensions. We’re like termites eating people’s sheds and furniture but told to stop and only process scrap wood and some day will get to sprout wings!
@@kenjohnson5124 Well, you could start by showing how you know, and then we could all participate.
@@kenjohnson5124 The evangelist is afraid he bought into a scam, which he did, so he doubles down on it and tries to get as many people as he can to buy into it too, because its better to be wrong in a herd who are all equally doubling down than stand out as wrong on his own and face his own failing.
@@kenjohnson5124 You folks need to join the rest of us in our current shared reality. Try participating in that. All it takes is honesty.
“Internet Ninjas” and “Keyboard Warriors” abound! Keep on keepin’ on, Aron!! Your work is brilliant, and fun! Cheers to Science!!
I'm laughing my ass off. You're a little bit brilliant also. Thank you.
@C L yes, troll questions with troll responses
If Internet Ninjas attack, call Aron Ra, the Samurai of Science!
Ah yes, the Tucker Carlson strategy.
@C L He said quit asking stupid questions he has already answered. Litter box is over there, take your dump
Former believer here. Spent most of my life with very few other nonbelievers around me. Finding people online who thought as I did was a great relief to me. Many of the subjects you have taught in here had barely been touched when I went to school, even in college.
Preach bro. Me too.
I had poor teachers at school but now I’m a sponge for all intelligently presented knowledge.
Ditto. All I wanted when I became an atheist was a peaceful place to be with other people who shared my belief (or non-belief) bc it was still quite new and I didn't have anyone in my real life I could turn to. It was so nice to discover that community and to learn things I had not learned or been too stubborn to listen to when I was in school bc I knew better.
"Former believer here."
What did you believe in?
@@voxpopuli8132 Does it matter as long as what ever it was, they came to understand it had no objective basis?
1. Guy Parrish asks questions
2. AronRa answers them fully
3. Guy Parrish says “Fantastic. Thank you SO much. You have broadened and deepened my understanding.”
Or….
3. Guy Parrish sticks his fingers in his ears and screams “La La La La La”
I wonder which response he will choose. 🤔
My money is on "I proved AAron wrong!" with two As.
Naturally, there will not be any examples of anything Aron is wrong about.
Incredible video. Thanks Aron. It must be incredibly difficult to wage this battle day in day out, and in Texas no less. Keep fighting the good fight sir!
I love that the trolls are burning their hours here. It means they’re not out in public.
They were joining you here.
The anger is strong with them who just can't take it that there are people out there who don't believe in their white-bearded invisible sky wizard.
Where in any judeo Christian faith is he a "white bearded man" (sky wizard)?
@@horustrismegistus1017 'Let there be light' is an incantation. Wizards do incantations. Beard or no beard. Sky wizard is a correct description of the god religious fanatics believe in
@@horustrismegistus1017 it doesn't, it says gawd is a volcano.. whether that better or worse is a matter of opinion
@@horustrismegistus1017 just in many works of art. Same as Jesus.
@@horustrismegistus1017 Even if you don't find any passage in the bible describing the invisible man in the sky as being white-bearded but you'll find it in nearly every christian art depicting him. Just take Michelangelo's famous image from the Sistine Chapel of God creating Adam.
This is the perfect way to respond to trolls. Any engagement by them gets you paid, and they can't just walk away and claim victory after an utter thrashing like you just gave their question. Well done 👍
Of course they can claim victory. It won't be any more true than his other claims, but he's probably congratulating himself right now for how strong he's being in the face of Satan's temptation.
Simp
Yes! The diversification of replicating RNAs into distinct populations of sequences is an example of molecular evolution. And these distinct sequence populations are sometimes referred to as pseudo-species. I have observed this in laboratory evolution of proteins as well. 🎉
Cellular division is not evolution, if it was evolution then the DNA wouldn't become weaker each time it divides........ it's literally dwindling down ,and not up.
I used to be one of these trolls and I feel so embarrassed on some of the stuff I said and how I’ve treated people like you. Keep up the good work!
Balen Falotico, but it is people just like you who give us all hope! Never be embarrassed, it's much easier for those of us who were NOT indoctrinated, you're the impressive one!!💖🥰✌
What led you to change?
@@resourcedragon mostly due to the vast amounts of data and evidence we have for the evolutionary process. As a YEC, I knew such data existed but I was being ignorant and I rejected it.
@@tonymaurice4157 If you say so, it must be true. Any evidence for your god? No? Thought so.
@@tonymaurice4157 Excuse me, sir, reproducing conditions of primordial Earth in a lab does not equate to; the primordial conditions of Earth were therefore "manipulated or orchestrated" by something. Not at all. Though we ARE quite fortunate and special to exist, IMHO.
Above all, I'm immensely glad that I at the outset was equipped with a neural network allowing me [at the tender age of 13] to mentally chuck 'religion' out the window, and that after over 60 years roaming this planet I haven't for a second looked back on (except in _utter_ relief!).
It wouldn't be fair to _not_ include, that all I've ever experienced, learned and come to know throughout my life over these years, also has enabled me to follow Aron's logical [and eloquent!] train of thought throughout his numerous brilliantly provocative, enlightening and _hugely_ entertaining videos, making it in fact almost 'child's play'! . . .
In _my_ book, Aron Ra is up there with the likes of Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and all the other exponents of a critical, logical, science based take on reality, which in the end has to be the greatest gift _ever_ to be bestowed upon us as hominids! . . . .
*_TONS_** of respect goes out to you from Norway Aron!* ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) 🤘
I put him up there with Dawkins too. No disrespect to Mr Nelson, but I think Hitchens was the most powerful atheist of all time. Dude was like Kim Peek.
Taking nothing away from any of them, Dawkins was great in his time, Hitchens was best at debates, charm, lol, and Aron is truly more scientific, (due to still seeking new knowledge, which is coming all the time) and the better wordsmith, like a scientific GeorgeCarlin or TimMinchin! With that perfect acerbic touch! In my humble opinion!💖🥰✌
@@horustrismegistus1017did you just call Aron Mr. Nelson? Because that's not his name
We had an "enlightenment" at almost the same time. I was 15 years old when I finally convinced my mother that I didn't need to go to church, and I'm 66 now. I don't know how long before that, that I came to the same conclusion as you. Fortunately for me, I was not raised in a fundamentalist environment, so the transition was painless.
"after over 60 years roaming this planet I haven't for a second looked back on (except in utter relief!). "
How will you look back, once in the presence of God, you miserable?
I had someone tell me recently that because I’m an atheist that 1) I really do believe in a god and 2) that I believe that I am a god 🤦♂️
I mean, if you are a god and you believe in yourself...
Logic 100
I have over 280 animals at home and to them, I am a god. I provide them with food and water and medicine and safety every day. I smite their enemies (mostly foxes), answer their cries for help and provide them with comfort in times of distress. And when it's time for them to leave this life, I ease their passing without judgement or malice. Ok, I eat some of them..... but they don't know that.
What I don't do is drown them all in a flood because I'm having a hissy-fit, command them to commit genocide, command them to kill their babies, persecute the gay ones, infect them with incurable diseases, have them enslaved by Egyptians or send down plagues upon them when they're being disobedient. Now, I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I reckon they'd vote me higher than the Abrahamic god so many people are so keen on. He seems like a bit of a tosser, if I'm being honest.
Can I get in on this? I wanna be a god. But I want to be one of those Hindu gods with extra arms and stuff, are any of those spots open?
@@John73John I believe the Australian echidnas might have an opening for a god coming up........Do you have two penises and spiky back-hair? Like the Christians, they have the whole 'made in the image' ideology going on.
I started this vid thinking that it was a bad idea, don't give the troll any light...but halfway through, boy, the amount of nails in that trolls coffin was impressive. Well done mate. Love from London.
I now understand the cult of the saints of christianity.
Thanks for going through this martyrdom for us brother in reason!
When you get people who never want to be wrong under any circumstance, even when coming across new information, you get people who attack people who are actually right simply to avoid admitting they were wrong. It's the more advanced version of covering their ears and going "lalalalalalala" until the person who was right loses interest and goes away to do something more productive. Then they declare victory.
The spirit animal of denialists is an ostrich with its head buried in the sand.
Sounds like you really hate democrats
@@nathanfrancis9376 chimpanzee. Much messier.
It's not just that they don't want to be wrong, they are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves
5:31 I run a small channel that makes 0 money, editing some audio, and making a a video collage of Van Halen pictures per song and it takes a lot time…I can’t imagine how much time it would take to come up with original content, video editing, audio editing/filtering, and all the other things it takes to do all the things you do. Thank you for dedicating yourself to this. We need more people like you Aron
Lets keep proving them wrong
22:00 "End Quote". I felt the mic drop on that one!!! BOOOM
Some people; "There's _no such thing_ as a stupid question". Really people; have you not _read_ the comments?
Yes, that's one of those obviously false claims that keep being made. There are LOTS of stupid questions.
There are a lot of broken questions. And lots of ignorant and stupid ones.
One might say that in general, a sincere question in search of knowledge is not stupid, even if it's incredibly confused. "How did people poof out of rocks? [troll face]" though, is a stupid question.
Thanks for dealing with trolls where most of us are unable. The more outspoken fellow Texans we have, the quicker this state can stop being such a horrible place to live as a minority of any kind.
Thanks
i used to be a troll, it was a way to relive stress for me, to attack people, i try to distence myself from that old mentality.
Good on you, mate
@@legospaceskeleton i still struggle with anger problems but i try to have a good reason to critise or mock someone for something now.
@@shardinhand1243 where you were, I am now -- it's too easy to use the [relative] anonymity of the internets as a sink for IRL frustration and the thirst for revenge on those forces that make one feel powerless.
@@ErrantMasa its a nessicary danger, while it makes trolling bullying easier, it also helps protect people from the insane sharks of outrage mobs that would destroy peoples lives to feel relevent.
@kthompson641 @shardinhand1243 Thank you both. that realization hit me after a couple rather vivid dreams that signaled "fun's done. time to rest!"
There is one longer thread on Aron's "Insincere Pretenders" video where I wonder if I'd gone too far and just how far beyond that I took my own vitriol.
Love ya Aronra! Your channel gives me hope. Saw you on the Line with John Snow and respected the way you engaged and dismantled callers arguments. I learn everytime I watch! Thank you!
John Snow knows nothing...
@@tristanblackmore9772 ...and the head of jealousy sprouts.
@@UuxVerbKk2 LMFAO jealous? Of whom? You missed the joke...
@@tristanblackmore9772I don't think so. I thought jokes are supposed to be witty? Your comment comes off as someone who is angry. I watched several of Snow's podcasts and even though sometimes he gets aggressive with some callers his arguments a sound. Please give an example of where he said something uninformed.
@Ronnie Largent you definitely missed the joke. JIMMY Snow is the name of Aron's co-host on The Line. Jon Snow is the name of a character from Game of Thrones. ( If you are not familiar with the series, you won't get the reference.) The only anger in my comment is what you projected on to it...
"Aron, you call us dumb, but maybe it's you that is too smart! who's laughing now?"
Aron I've been watching your content for more than a decade, you are one of the smartest and well informed people I've heard.
Gee - ya don't get out much - do ya?
Nobody respects a gush of flattery.
That’s so sad. He gets debunked all the time
@@TheJoker-wr1cp
Evidence to support your spurious claim ?
Of course not.
Thanks!
I never get tired of seeing you break these losers down, keeping on going !!!
*break
'Break' is what you could do to your car if you don't brake in time.
Didn't religion already break them?
Any fool that thinks that there is an unimaginably smart being that wants to meet us but it insists that this happens while it hides like a coward and can't even introduce itself by saying hello, is totally beyond all help.
Hahahahaha gotta love that red-neck tone Aron uses when reading the questions! Thank you so much Mr. Ra for your patience and knowledge to educate us, cheers from Costa Rica, the whole world is listening to you!!!
The trouble with self-righteous trolls is that when they're not insulting you because you dont share their fairytale-based beliefs, they try to convince you that their bs is real by extolling the virtues of their beliefs and quoting bible verse. That's all the evidence they have of their one, true god.
“If you like what I do, please piss off this obviously envious critic…”
😂 Love it.
*Edit* Keep up the fantastic work, Aron. You’ve taught me so much.
I have have actually met Aron Ra. And I've even messaged him and had an answer to my query. I certainly cannot call him a *friend* but I count myself very lucky to have had the benefit of his knowledge to improve my own !
Aron replies while gods cannot.
It's neat being more powerful than all gods that have ever been suggested throughout all of time.
Regarding the "gut reactions can't be wrong" guy - reminds me of a scene in the original Cosmos show that was discussing the Rosetta Stone and how after it was found and folks were struggling to decipher it, one fellow did it in just minutes (incorrectly of course) and when asked how he announced "I avoided the pitfalls of prolonged reflection". That line has stuck with me ever since...
Why do all these people tell on themselves that they'd be running around being psychopaths if the Imaginary Big Scary Dude didn't tell them not to?
I actually feel sorry for these indoctrinated creationists. Every day; what they strongly believe, is being eroded by brute facts. I'm not surprised they kick back with such ferocity, as their god is being painted into a tiny corner. Keep up the brilliant work Aron. The work you do is invaluable. Thank you.
I totally dig your integrity. Thank you for being a voice for us critical thinkers out there.
Aron is 100% correct about TRADITIONAL religion. But...
>"Critical thinker"
>Accepts feels-based, evidence-free "gender", over evidence-based sex...
Pick one. They can't BOTH be true
"Gender" is just "the soul", with a new name, and different political garb.
- The claim that each person has an invisible, totally undetectable thing inside us, which is the source of our TRUE self, our REAL identity. In BOTH re-titles, this thing has a 100% absence of ANY empirical evidence... Yet believers claim it (somehow?!?) reveals an even GREATER TRUTH than mere, trivial, evidence-based reality. And in BOTH cases, this evidence-free claim is accepted SOLELY on the basis of "but.. but it FEEELS true, to me!!!"
(of course, "gender" does add one EXTRA evidence-free trait, on top if all the OTHER evidence-free traits it shares with "the soul"; Gender just adds "...and your soul/gender can ALSO have it's own male/female status, totally independent of your real-world, evidence-based sex... Or, if you're REALLY gullible/a devout believer, people's soul/"gender" can even be BOTH male AND female, or NEITHER male or female. Or switch from male to female, everytime Libra is ascending on a Tuesday...
There is EXACTLY the same empirical evidence for "gender", or "non-binary", or "transwomen ARE women", as there is for "chakras", "chi energy", "sin", "ghosts", "bigfoot", or "the magic of friendship". These concepts ALL share 100% IDENTICAL evidence-based validity...
And EXACTLY like every other religion, believers in "gender" know that THEY are ALWAYS morally superior (pay no attention to the irreversable chemical mutilation of unconsenting, healthy 9yo's... Or the cheerleading for biological males, who totes AREN'T incels, and who demand lesbians to "suck the girldlck"; Which isn't textbook homophobia AT ALL... Or the siding with convicted rapists, fully-intact males seeking access to captive women in women's prisons... or 1,000 other attrocities...) And that anyone rejecting their evidence-free claims, CAN ONLY be inherently evil, and a tool of Satan!!! (or "a hateful, transphobic, right-wing, bigoted nahtzee!!!"- The "gender"-believer's version of "You just hate god, and want to sin!!!!")
Aron ADMITS he knows nothing about the topic that he's endorsing in (self-admitted) ignorance. So he's just done what 90% of society did- Switched their brain off, and uncritically accepted this evidence-free ideology, 100% clueless of the resulting harm to society's most vulnerable- Children, (esp gay and lesbian kids, and those with autism and similar mental health issues. Or just kids who don't conform to sexual stereotypes- Children "gender" ideology actively targets, for 100% unneccessary, irreversable medical interventions, mostly harmful chemicals like puberty-blockers (Google "Lupron side effects", if you swallowed the provable lie of "harmless and reversable puberty-blockers". Spoiler- They're literally the drugs used to chemically-castrate sex offenders, and notorious for OTHER severe, irreversable side effect, too) and life-shortening wrong-sex hormones. But increasingly, surgical mutililation, too; Totally unnecessary double mastectomies of 100% physiologically healthy 14yo's are routine. And DO happen as young as 12yo). Harm to gays and lesbians (coz being same-sex attracted is DEFINITIONALLY "transphobic", now. Being gay/lesbian is virtually the same as being a naazi!!!) And women/girls. Because the rights/privacy/physical safety of the (evidence-based) female 50% of the population will ALWAYS be sacrifced for the all-important "VALIDATION"-feels of 0.2% of biological males...
Aron once said that "believing ANY claim without evidence is inherently harmful"... And I 100% agree... I just wish he PRACTICED WHAT HE PREACHES, in regards to the evidnce-free claim of "gender" self-ID, which (like ANY religion) is proven absurd and self-contradictary, with 5 minutes of honest, critical enquiry...
@@baconsarny-geddon8298 If you have no clue what you are talking about, just shut up.
@@David34981 Wow!!! You have such better EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE than those dumb religious believers!!! Where'd you get those amazing critical-thinking skills?
@@baconsarny-geddon8298 Aran (just like Pfizer employees) has a career which depends on squashing any dissenting views, and amplifying their agenda.
@baconsarny-geddon8298 wow, all of that to tell us you don't have a clue.
There is one belief that has the power to heal and move mountains: believing that you don't know the answer to a given thing. Believing that you have the right to say you don't know and therefore don't have an opinion to give, either.
It's unfortunate that the trolls willingly subject themselves to the curse of always being right, it guarantees they seldom are.
An excellent rebuttal of idiocy. I love the slow drawl when reading the questions. I so enjoy your presentations - thank you for all you do for those of us that actually think!
I'm pausing half way through the video because I'm once more absolutely floored by Aron's brilliance and clarity.
Well said sir.
👍
Imagine the guy who this is aimed at… if he’s honest… his world just changed
Getting through to them is usually just as easy as it'd be to pierce through 10 centimetres of armoured steel by shooting at it with an air rifle...
But being intellectually dishonest is a requirement for these particular beliefs... So no his world is fine, if anything it got stronger.
@@seanleigh Still, we can hope! If not that one, maybe others. Look at the many, previous YECs in the 'community', Paulogia, Seth Andrews,(Thinking Atheist), Drew of Genetically Modified Skeptic, etc., etc.!🥰✌
"if he’s honest… his world just changed"
If.
Agreed, but youtube copy/paste believers arent usually the type. Good thing is they werent the target. Far more likely Aron used this troll as a teachable moment to ppl heading down that road who havent went too far down that rabbit hole... There are many more honest ppl who can wriggle themselves out of religious victimhood, than there are religious victimizers!
I’m now a patron! Happy to support your work.
I hope i am not on the troll list, i respect you to much to troll. There is a long list of things you educated me on, shame you met me in the comments when i was on a downward curve in life, but i am on the upward side. just learning what happened to me in church was not my fault and i should not take my anger out on anyone. Now to watch your dog video. Thanks for all you do AronRa.
Wow! This was an excellent video! I heard you first speak in the troll's voice as you were reading his question, I laughed out loud and I almost couldn't stop myself!
Aron, you are one of the most articulate and precise communicators in this field. Your videos have helped to bring in to focus many of the doubts I had growing up as a scientifically minded person in a high control christian culture. I knew creationism didn't logically stack up but never had access to the evidence that supports our reality.
I struggled with the guilt and shame of walking away for years but have come to feel at peace that a god who would have me believe nonsense and ignore evidence is at the very least unworthy of my devotion and in all probably entirely fictitious.
Thank you.
Creationism logically adds up perfectly.
The problem is man's take on it being so varied and scattered
@@horustrismegistus1017 I have two degrees in Theology and Biblical Languages. 6 years of study, 20 years of active church ministry. Your assertion that I have simply not come across the "right" version of Creationism to be sufficiently persuaded is offensive.
@@horustrismegistus1017 no, it isn't. It doesn't even try to explain how life as we know it today exists (saying "god did it" isn't enough because that doesn't explain what god did and how that works)
@Timothy Hope Then you're a little smug. You have 2 eyes and 2 ears. What they happen upon is more a consequence of you reacting, out of curiosity, in pursuit of the understanding of whatever they happen across. Meaning they notice, you explore. Repeat.
Should you be offended that I have traveled to places which you have not, or tried things which you haven't heard of? Is it fair for me to be offended that you've seen species of animal I've likely not come across?
Of course not.
There are 2 year olds who've heard jokes I haven't. Same as you. Let's calm the ego a little
@Idan Iluz Sure it does. Life, ultimately, can only be about 2 things
Whatever you want
Or
How you treat people
Selfish
Or
Selfless
Regardless of your beliefs, you will leave here with nothing. If your ontological premise is chaos, then the ultimate conclusion is meaninglessness. Therefore, do what thou wilt.
If, instead, your ontological premise is a singularity, then it automatically follows that you and they are one, ultimately. Therefore, how you treat others, is how you treat yourself. Every bit of this is in the Bible, the Quran, and I cannot remember which Hindu text.. and is verified by science in all but Factor 1 psychopaths. It's called "mirror neurons" and empathy.
Science sets out to prove exclusively those two premises. Meaninglessness, vs Meaning
All philosophical endeavor is predicated upon this Division.
It’s funny to me how creationists fight against abiogenesis while they accept that their god made Adam from “soil”
I swear in every video there's a bit of alliteration Aron sneaks in. Like finding a little Easter egg
Aron always alludes at alliteration and analogies.
....albatross.
@@BaronVonQuiply absolutely astounding
@@donalddonald348 I admit, I must acquiesce to your admirable assay about my acceptable adequacy. Arranged alphabetically, of course.
@@BaronVonQuiply indeed, an ascendant array ameliorating astonishing accounts of accrued Apple Jacks cereal.
I hear you Aaron. They want to ask meaningless questions, not listen to the answers and refuse to answer you own questions to them. The hallmark of those who think their ideologies trump material facts.
So much good information here. Thrilled that you included the basalt water experiment as it holds, for me, special confirmation of a long held thought. Must check out more of your videos now.
I truly wish that I had the funds to support your work! Unfortunately, I am barely able to support myself.
I understand THAT!
@AronRa this is just a joke, but I am sure you will get a kick out of it. Because I can directly see your beard is blue, you must be a demi God. Are you sure your not a reincarnation of Krishna. Lol 🤣
If creationists couldn't lie, they wouldn't have anything to say at all.
Bravo! Remember getting into some philosophical argument with a cousin on our family whatsapp group. Eventually rest of the clan joined in and there was a furiously-typed back and forth happening and msgs were raining down as everyone had an opinion. I forgot what started the argument but the ending was very jarring - just about everyone sincerely believed that Morality COULD NOT exist outside of religion. I was plainly stunned - as i am the only openly atheist in the group. A couple of distant cousins are (closet) agnostics chose diplomatic silence as they have rather devout spouses. I do not have the intellectual heft nor the debating acumen to argue with religious people. So your videos are very helpful. Keep it up sir and thank you.
You're a good man, Aron, and I support you 100% in trying to educate others to question all the questions.
Love the moral argument, funny thing about that they never blame their pastor for being a child predator they always use the devil that made him do it excuse.
Those trolls are exactly like the Black Knight from Monty Python's Holy Grale 🤣🤣
Or Wimp Lo from Kung Pow,if you've watched it. It's funny as hell.
The whole "you don't have a real job" thing is the one of the most shallow and petty insults from insecurity that can be used. It's a self-insult for anyone who uses it more than it is for the one they regurgitate it onto.
Our good buddy Aron telling it like it is. 👍
As I see it, the creationists don't define ANY of the terms they attack us with: Kinds of organisms, micro & Macro evolution, et al. That "allows" them to use the words differently depending on what they want to assert at that moment.
excellent video Mr. Ra! I thoroughly enjoyed this
Greatest downside of the internet is the inability to get the punch in the face that the trolls so greatly deserve. It's a shield for the cowardly to hide behind.
I try not to derive too much pleasure when I ask a straightforward question of a troll.
Instead, I empathise with its fear as it feels that body temperature fluid running down its leg. Knowing I have given their mother a cleaning job and diaper change troubles me a little.
I do trolling. When people are so angry with me that they want to punch me. I won. Yup that is how I get me jollies.
@@VaughanMcCue
And may i know who are the trolls???
@@xPumaFangx By your reasoning, all the killed mosquitos and flies "won".
But you've got to remember that real life punches them in the face every day. They have no job, they have no partner, they have no real friends, they stink of B.O., they don't do anything of value for anyone and only their families can stand to be around them for more than a minute. They're miserable human beings with nothing to look forward to and nobody to share it with. And that goes for all of them; there are no exceptions. The ones who protest and say "Hey, I have a life!" are lying.
I’m a proud Patron of Aron. His work is very important. He helps so many people who don’t have the time or resources to learn about evolution at a college or university. He exposes the evils of religion in politics. He explains precisely why religion is harmful, and that if we want to advance the human race into the future religion has to die off. Learn to have an open mind and you might just start to appreciate the work Aron does.
Evils of religion!?! What’s that? Evil according to whom? If God doesn’t exist, then there is no evil! Mankind must attain what? Progress towards what? There are three choices: Atheism, Theism, and Pantheism! What you’re saying sounds like Pantheism as Atheism has no moral good to aim at. At least pantheism we’re trying to be God-like.
@@kenjohnson5124 I’m against slavery because it's evil...... Your BuyBull says it's ok.
You have a morality problem, not us.
*I can't help it if my moral standards are just higher than yours*
@@kenjohnson5124 atheists are infinitely more moral than any bible believing christian
I'm an atheist and I have horrendous writing skills lol. But now I know why quite a few of my comments have been bypassed lol. I don't blame you one bit! But I do appreciate the people who have pointed out my issues, cause i've taken them seriously and I simply want to try and make the corrections necessary lol. Anyway, even if I'm critiqued for my poor punctuation. Just remember I'm grateful for them all. Aron Ra, thanks again for all that you do.
A wise decision indeed. Finding ways to be wrong creates an opportunity to learn.
Stay wrong or learn or stay willfully ignorant and qualify as an apologist.
BTW. Your comment is very clear, and you made your point well. There is nothing wrong with your written expression.
I am sure your name came up on the Pulitzer shortlist-keep at it. 🏆
@@VaughanMcCue Smh! Awe shucks ☺. Thanks for the reply.
Great vid Aron. We all know these same questions have been asked and answered many times. Great job on answering them again, I especially enjoyed that you included detailed information on Abiogenesis. As for the question of transitional fossils, I've always been of the opinion that, all fossils are transitions because the processes of evolution are continuous and ongoing.
The truth cannot be the real truth if it is easily criticized.
But yet Christian’s and religion thrive on lies and have zero problems continuing their lies in daily life while shoving their lies down our throats. It’s disgusting. I had an ex from 30 years ago say that I need to seek the truth, which is what I did. Yet she continued with her religious lies and how she’d like to see me in heaven. I said I’d rather be in hell than be in heaven with a bunch of assholes that I’m around now and can’t stand. She didn’t like that. But the lies they believe in…….
@@Ex_christian Even to the point of killing and dying for these lies. It's absolutely appalling.
@@christophercarey3232 Exactly!
@@Ex_christian such types value the *appearance of* confidence in their leaders over any [more] admirable qualities that are of any substance. From a survival standpoint, following such a hollow leader might work short-term, at least until the group they lead either finds them out and replaces them, loses cohesion, or annihilates itself after mimicking something stupid/dangerous.
Everyone I've come across who asks questions like #5, coincidentally also turns out to be a diehard creationist. The Venn diagram of transphobes and creationists is practically a circle.
Love the way he pivots to arguing about transgender for some reason. Doesn't he know Gish Galloping only works in live debate? Writing it down defeats the purpose.
Trolly clearly isn't too bright, so I doubt he grasps such a simple concept.
Morality question rephrased: "If my god isn't real.... how can chocolate be your favorite ice cream, huh? You have no -objective- (my own subjective) standard!"
I just found out about you this morning, but i just wanted to say your respect towards others even when they disrespect you is jaw dropping. Thank you for leading by example, because if things had gone ever so slightly differently in my life, i would have ended up as blind as they are. Thank you
Self-projecting is the best detail of defeat. Once you commit this act, you lose whatever argument, discussion, etc.
As someone who used to be self employed, I know that you need to work 80 hours a week to get 20 billable hours. And you need to charge 3-4 times as much per hour as a full time employee, just to have the same amount of cash income (and that ignores health care costs)
Just got done watching the new video on The Thinking Atheist with Seth, Forest Valkai and Gutsick Gibbon all together in the same place, highly recommend.
The problem with these people is they are not open to the possibility they could be wrong. Ken Ham is a classic example. Which means they cannot be reasoned with no matter how much evidence or proof is given to them.
The problem with Ken Ham and Bill Nye debating is that they are often talking past each other with Ham stuck in a young earth view of theism and Nye thinking atheism has meaning!
This helps me feel better after a talk with a family member who wants me to change when I haven't done anything wrong but to them, I already did do something wrong by not believing what they believe. Every word to them has to have a double meaning and thier cherry picked beliefs always must "challenge" you, very tiring.
What are the odds the troll has an inmate number that I can't remember but am sure Aron still has memorized? Great video, thanks Aron
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, you're not Aron Ra...
There is a huge Increase in RW trolls on all the Bloggs…they are not looking for answers…they are bomb droppers.
Your series on Noah's flood is what sparked the beginning of my deconstruction, and your channel played a huge role in freeing me from the shackles of religion. Thanks for everything you do, Aron.
The down side of the doubled-edged sword of intelligence is the torment of having to navigate a world in which many are not so blessed. :-)
Thanks Aron, your videos are always exceptionally well researched and hit hard as ever!
It's as if these " believers " are having doubts .
I mean do they really want you to answer ?
The worst part of developing a ground breaking new theory is you will be spending the rest of your life trying to prove it wrong
Yep and chances are your hypothesis will not be truly Vindicated until you're probably already dead.
Beautiful.
I can guarantee he didn't get two minutes past your explanation.. because he didn't want to.
I used to be a troll, too... But it's chilly and damp under those bridges. 😂
POW, Another one out the park...... Great video, very entertaining. Could this be the start of a whole new series??....... Here's hoping. Cheers Aron, much love and appreciation from the U.K.
All I can think of to say is "well stated."
Never feel responsible to have to answer every question. I ignore them when I get lazy.
Lol 😂 I’ve got lots of time but I’m same an essay gets read to the first fallacy intentionally made or the first lie
The maladroits. Great work Aron. Love you.
Thanks for this excellent summary of some core concepts.
Well done.
About massive, uninterrupted walls of text: I doubt anyone reads them. I know I don’t.
The readings of Aron should be mandatory on every elementary school 🙏🏻
Lol what?
I live in Tennessee, I feel bad for them, sometimes. I remember how panicky I felt, thinking that those around me would burn forever, if I didn't do something. I really believed. It was crippling. They have to become callus to live with that kind of pressure. I understand wanting to help them out of that.
This is the reason I don't think most Christians really believe. If they truly believed their children, parents, coworkers, and neighbors were going to burn eternally, they couldn't help trying to convert them. Instead, most of them don't think about it or say they aren't ready. Look, I'm very socially anxious, but even I would damn sure yell at a guy over and over if he were standing in a train track and refusing to acknowledge the oncoming train. They don't because they also can't see the train, they just feel like it might be coming.
@@MrBevoRules that was exactly what started my wheels rolling. Our preacher talking about how it was their fault they were gonna burn and how almost happy he seemed about it. It was emotional whiplash.
Most of them cannot give up their lies because the truth causes cognitive dissonance and some of them are so conditioned the lies are their truth.
Not to mention your work is Making an actual difference with honest people around the world. While unless this unwiped ass will start taking the truths of our reality seriously, this will be the most people his words will ever reach more less help them with their subjective undersanding.