I'm 53 and have come to the point where I think the most interesting behavior of humans is this ability to confidently make things up and confidently misunderstand. Who is this guy? He's kind of off the charts!
I suspect he's not making it up but mistaken. It sounds like he has received "little bits" of information from poor sources, and over time, he has stitched them together.
The moment he brought up Nicea and you had THAT look on your face I knew this video would be gold! Thank you for debunking all of this incredible nonsense, time after time.
I actually laughed aloud when you said "Well, none of that's true" cause there's just nothing else to say at that point XD It's astouonding to me how people come up with this kind of stuff, but I'll be here to watch you explain the actual history every time :D Edit: I just noticed that dude's subtitles rendered "Horus" and "Horace" after he referred to "Horace" as a god... I thought he was talking about some guy named Horace at first, which is, of couse, equally possible XD
I am generally optimistic by nature and confident about our future, but then I listen to people like this. How many people listen to this codswallop without a critical ear? Thanks again, Dan, for your indefatigable efforts. Keep up the good work.
I was trying so hard to figure out who the god "Horace" was until Dan's stitch came in with Horus. I was so hoping there was some ancient greek god named Horace.
I was really surprised there’s a actual history behind the H in Jesus H Christ. I always figured someone just said “Jesus H Christ!” one day for no particular reason and it just stuck.
I find it hysterical when these misinformation conmen tell their audience to “look it up.” They add that in there because they know that’s the last thing their audience would do.
It really is stunning to see someone spout such ridiculous nonsense with such confidence. I also find it hilarious when he says several times, "Go look it up". Yeah, maybe HE should have taken some time to look some of this stuff up BEFORE commenting about it.
I am a conservative, fundamentalist Christian. But I’m also an academic. Personally, I really enjoy your content. I find it challenging to much of my Christian faith, but I like it nonetheless. Many of these kooks you address are quite representative of the Christian community. Of course, you’d probably think I’m a kook, but that’s ok. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that not all fundamentalist Christians are like this guy. And I’ve been watching many of your videos and have enjoyed them. Thanks.
I suppose I could define it by reference to the 12-volume collection of essays entitled “The Fundamentals” published in the early 20th century in America. I probably believe pretty much exactly what you thought when you read the word. But I have enjoyed each of these videos by Dan. I disagree with some of them of course. But they are always challenging. Probably one of my biggest issues with them is the constant refrain that the majority of scholars believe this or that. We all know that’s quite the oversimplification. What he means is: the majority of critical scholars believe this or that … not the majority of all biblical scholars. And we all understand that the consensus was considerably different, say, 50 years ago than it is today. And, likewise, it will be different 50 years from now. As an academic myself, I understand that scholars have agendas just like everyone else. Dan and Bart have a particular agenda. Simon Gathercole and Michael F. Bird have a different agenda. But all of them bring valuable insights for understanding the Bible and what it means for us today.
Can we appreciate Dan's ability to keep a straight face the entire time? The levels of ignorance and asinine from this tik tok video would have warranted several face palms, visages of rage and confusion and probably equal levels of snark. I leave such antics to Mr. Micheal Jones from Inspiring Philosophy lol.
Love the beautiful blend of confidence, ignorance, and creativity. Scary to think there are preachers who are equally unconstrained by fact or reality.
When people laugh, giggle and smoke cigars while they try to drop knowledge is a sign to me that they know they are making it up as they go along and trying to convince theirselves that they are convincing others with their nonsense. Thanks for your work Dan.
Seriously - how does one manage to pack that much completely off-the-charts batshit crazy wrong information into such a short video. I can only imagine that Dan had to wait a while before responding, so the palmprints would disappear from his forehead.
Rarely have I ever seen someone to arrogantly wrong. Dude is convinced he’s the smartest guy walking around while getting nearly everything he says wrong.
I’ve heard enough from actual experts about what happened at Nicaea, that if any other person says “Constantine at Nicaea said…” I automatically know they’re wrong.
Gimme a spark notes of the Bible history, a 40 oz of Old E and I could probably come up with one of these conspiracy videos. My favorite is still "Oh Jesus is the Son, like the SUN get it?? Sun worship!!".
And here I always thought Jesus' middle name was Howard. 😆 Seriously, I always wondered how they came up with the H in the expletive. Thanks for letting me know.
I'm pretty sure this dude is an invader from planet Cringe. On a serious note, can you imagine having to deal with this dude on a daily basis? Like how about the living hell of him being your boss? Jesus Horus Christ that's horrifying!
But is it? Not everybody is a biblical scholar or has time to do indepth research. I didn't know about Jesus not being Joshua and I was telling something that my pastor had said during a baptism for a Joshua. There's a lot of material out there and no one person knows all of it.
Hey I love your videos and I'd like to just mention something in case it helps. It's clear you've studied word use extensively and I know you're making an effort to speak compellingly and engage with your listeners, and one way people do that is by varying word use. So I'd just like to point out that the word "baloney" exists, it's free, it's out there, and you can use it anytime you want in any of these videos. I'm not sure why you've avoided the vast number of opportunities you've been presented with to employ it, but it's there just in case you're looking for something succinct and precise.
I had a teacher in High School say a couple of things really crazy. I asked why he would say such wrong things. He said, "If they believe me, they deserve to believe wrong things". Makes me wonder if this guy has spent a lot of time talking to that teacher. By the way, since having that teacher I never took any teacher's (or anybody's) word for anything. If I couldn't confirm it in another source (or two), I would always have my doubts.
The Maha Mantra of the "Hare Krishna" people comes from its chant - Hare Krishna - which devotees repeat over and over. It was started in the 16th century by Sri Chaitanya of Bengal (1486-1533). Th council of Nicaea? Wow!
Whenever someone says “look it up” i know that they havent looked it up and havent understood the first line of the wikipedia page they read about the subject.
Fun Fact: The "H" In Jesus H. Christ stands for "Hank". In early Christianity, people just assumed there was a Hank and that we should be kissing his A@@.
One day, Little Johnny came home from school and told his Mommy that he knew Jesus's middle name. Mommy was a little surprised. So playing along, she asked a Little Johnny what the name was. He promptly answered, "Harold". Naturally Mommy was a little confused. So she asked Little Johnny how he knew the name. Johnny quickly answered, The Lord's Prayer. Still confused, Mommy asked for clarification. Our Father, who art in Heaven... HAROLD be thy name. 😉😉😉
My understanding is that the Council of Nicea didn't really resolve the Arian controversy. The majority of Christians were still Arian for another hundred years or so before the vocal minority of bishops started causing schisms.
I'm 53 and have come to the point where I think the most interesting behavior of humans is this ability to confidently make things up and confidently misunderstand. Who is this guy? He's kind of off the charts!
A frightening apt observation. 👍🏻
I suspect he's not making it up but mistaken. It sounds like he has received "little bits" of information from poor sources, and over time, he has stitched them together.
Its jesus and the bible it is made to make shit up to fit your fantasy
I'm in awe how this guy climbed Mount Dunning-Kruger and built a shack to take up long term residence.
I bow in awe at your comment, please accept my thumbs up.
Love this comment
Brilliant!
Shack? More like a mansion…
Astonishing the lack of fact checking in his video
Yeah he’s kicking’ back in that lazy boy armchair. Flyin that flag on the little hill he’s calling Ever-something-whatever-rest-my-case
Dies at the Princess Bride reference, 'Truly you have a dizzying intellect'. LOL
Wait til he gets going.
@@VulcanLogicwhere was i?
This guy Brad Lea has over 2M followers… sometimes I lose faith in humanity. Thank you Dan for the battle against misinformation.
2 million followers !!!
😮😮😮😮
Wow, it just shows how gullible some folk are 😵💫
This guy has the kind of confidence that only comes from genuine ignorance
Sadly he kinda reminds me of myself. 😟
As my dad would say - "don't let the truth get in the way of a good story".
And Gaelic Storm
I mean, it's not like "Christ" was his last name, either.
@@MrMortal_Ra The dude was talking about "H" being Jesus' middle name, when "Christ" is a title rather than a name to begin with.
Yehoshuah bar Yosef
“Go do the research, that’s a fact.” That’s code for “no amount of evidence you show me will ever convince me my conclusion is wrong.”
The "Harry Krishna's" bit had me rolling on the floor 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I laughed out loud at Dan's responses numerous times. 😂🤣🤣 He made this guy look like an idiot.
To be fair, Dan didn’t make him look like an idiot. He did that all by himself. Dan just reacted to it honestly.
That guy definitely made himself look like an idiot 🤣 😂
I am pretty sure this guy excels at being an idiot to the point of being impressive at being stupid.
Actually, he didn't need Dan. 😂
I swear that guy just started talking and he had no idea where he was going to end up. He was as much along for the ride as the rest of us.
I am honestly concerned for this man’s mental health and sobriety.
The moment he brought up Nicea and you had THAT look on your face I knew this video would be gold!
Thank you for debunking all of this incredible nonsense, time after time.
I actually laughed aloud when you said "Well, none of that's true" cause there's just nothing else to say at that point XD It's astouonding to me how people come up with this kind of stuff, but I'll be here to watch you explain the actual history every time :D
Edit: I just noticed that dude's subtitles rendered "Horus" and "Horace" after he referred to "Horace" as a god... I thought he was talking about some guy named Horace at first, which is, of couse, equally possible XD
I am generally optimistic by nature and confident about our future, but then I listen to people like this.
How many people listen to this codswallop without a critical ear?
Thanks again, Dan, for your indefatigable efforts. Keep up the good work.
All I can says is “Jesus H Christ” was that hilarious and hard ti get thru lol.
Good work as always. Keep it up.
I was trying so hard to figure out who the god "Horace" was until Dan's stitch came in with Horus. I was so hoping there was some ancient greek god named Horace.
@@bskec2177 I thought he was just making one up.
@@jeffmacdonald9863 He might have been, and Dan gave him the benefit of the doubt with Horus.
I was really surprised there’s a actual history behind the H in Jesus H Christ. I always figured someone just said “Jesus H Christ!” one day for no particular reason and it just stuck.
Quick tip: Whenever the video starts off talking about Emperor Constantine, you don’t need to see it. It’s going to be wrong.
Drunk uncles on a rant about things over their head have always existed, just like abuse of power, it's the cameras that are new. God bless you Dan.
I know it's a very high bar, but this might be the wildest and most uninformed video you've ever responded to.
I had to tap out.
I can only stand so much preening narcissism before I start blacking out.
I find it hysterical when these misinformation conmen tell their audience to “look it up.” They add that in there because they know that’s the last thing their audience would do.
It really is stunning to see someone spout such ridiculous nonsense with such confidence. I also find it hilarious when he says several times, "Go look it up". Yeah, maybe HE should have taken some time to look some of this stuff up BEFORE commenting about it.
Dunning-Kruger effect on full display there.
And he also rode a dirt-bike backwards to Athens and fought a cyclops and a minotaur...at the same time!
Now that is a Jesus I can believe in ,was it a hall Minotaur.
I am a conservative, fundamentalist Christian. But I’m also an academic. Personally, I really enjoy your content. I find it challenging to much of my Christian faith, but I like it nonetheless. Many of these kooks you address are quite representative of the Christian community. Of course, you’d probably think I’m a kook, but that’s ok. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that not all fundamentalist Christians are like this guy. And I’ve been watching many of your videos and have enjoyed them. Thanks.
Gentiles are obligated to keep the 7 Noahide laws and they are not allowed to create new religions.
What does fundamentalist mean to you?
I suppose I could define it by reference to the 12-volume collection of essays entitled “The Fundamentals” published in the early 20th century in America. I probably believe pretty much exactly what you thought when you read the word. But I have enjoyed each of these videos by Dan. I disagree with some of them of course. But they are always challenging. Probably one of my biggest issues with them is the constant refrain that the majority of scholars believe this or that. We all know that’s quite the oversimplification. What he means is: the majority of critical scholars believe this or that … not the majority of all biblical scholars. And we all understand that the consensus was considerably different, say, 50 years ago than it is today. And, likewise, it will be different 50 years from now. As an academic myself, I understand that scholars have agendas just like everyone else. Dan and Bart have a particular agenda. Simon Gathercole and Michael F. Bird have a different agenda. But all of them bring valuable insights for understanding the Bible and what it means for us today.
I've been online for decades...somehow this source video still made me speechless. wtf.
Can we appreciate Dan's ability to keep a straight face the entire time? The levels of ignorance and asinine from this tik tok video would have warranted several face palms, visages of rage and confusion and probably equal levels of snark. I leave such antics to Mr. Micheal Jones from Inspiring Philosophy lol.
Hah! Love the Princess Bride reference. "I do not think that word means what you think it means" would fit in several places too.
This is one of the funniest videos yet. The guy is nuts, and Dr. Dan is having a field day!
"They used to sacrifice babies to Horace."
🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for patiently and succinctly addressing each point, even though they were all pretty absurd…
Love the beautiful blend of confidence, ignorance, and creativity. Scary to think there are preachers who are equally unconstrained by fact or reality.
When people laugh, giggle and smoke cigars while they try to drop knowledge is a sign to me that they know they are making it up as they go along and trying to convince theirselves that they are convincing others with their nonsense. Thanks for your work Dan.
What he doesn’t know is I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.
Seriously - how does one manage to pack that much completely off-the-charts batshit crazy wrong information into such a short video. I can only imagine that Dan had to wait a while before responding, so the palmprints would disappear from his forehead.
"Truly you have a dizzying intellect" is going to be my new favorite insult 😂😂
Rarely have I ever seen someone to arrogantly wrong. Dude is convinced he’s the smartest guy walking around while getting nearly everything he says wrong.
"We're not celebrating his resurrection on the right day "
This is a surprise? Easter is a different day every year 😂
I’ve heard enough from actual experts about what happened at Nicaea, that if any other person says “Constantine at Nicaea said…” I automatically know they’re wrong.
His intellect truly made me dizzy
Dan's hair & beard are on point in this one
This creator is an example of what you get when you conflate QANON with the Q source.
Some people are being chased by wisdom, but they are always ahead of it...
You are always so patient. Your knowledge and patience are impressive. Thank you for your videos.
I had an uncle like that. Thanksgiving was never the same after he ran away with a local stripper to Mexico City.
But my favorite is the cheap cigar and the unseen sidekick. Thanks, Dan. That was awesome.
"Truly you have a dizzying intellect." 🤣🤣
Gimme a spark notes of the Bible history, a 40 oz of Old E and I could probably come up with one of these conspiracy videos. My favorite is still "Oh Jesus is the Son, like the SUN get it?? Sun worship!!".
Glad you’re back to what made us all take notice ….”alright let’s see it.” Change is not good. 😂❤
Even a broken clock is right twice a day… he was right on accident.
And here I always thought Jesus' middle name was Howard. 😆
Seriously, I always wondered how they came up with the H in the expletive. Thanks for letting me know.
The Princess Bride quote was appropriate as hell
The bravado of the ignorant is exasperating. 😒
I'm pretty sure this dude is an invader from planet Cringe. On a serious note, can you imagine having to deal with this dude on a daily basis? Like how about the living hell of him being your boss? Jesus Horus Christ that's horrifying!
I never knew the H thing until just now lol
DUDE! Extra points for the _Princess Bride_ reference!
How do people talk so much shit with so much authority. Big fan Dan. Love how you debunk the absolute crap these people say.
I feel like I just watched Archie Bunker explain Christianity.
The princess bride quote! 😂😂
Lol dizzying intellect. Dan yer killin me😅😅😅
Thank you. Please continue with exact attendance to provable truth. Onegaishimasu!!!!
I've never heard the origin of the "H" before! I always figured it was just a gag(my fav version of it "Jesus Hubert Christ")
When this guy mentioned Hare Krishnas I died laughing.
This was awesome, Dan is savage af with his stoic demeanor in the face of mind blowing stupidity!
it's very depressing how many people are comfortable with confidently spouting unsubstantiated bullshit.
True, it's crazy how passionate people can be about fictional characters and events.
But is it? Not everybody is a biblical scholar or has time to do indepth research. I didn't know about Jesus not being Joshua and I was telling something that my pastor had said during a baptism for a Joshua. There's a lot of material out there and no one person knows all of it.
Really enjoy your videos. You have such a great amount of knowledge and your delivery is so captivating!
Horace was an Egyptian deity? I am profoundly stirred... 😂
It’s amazing how confident and self-assured a person can be in a soliloquy of pure BS.
Usually whenever I hear someone going off on this type tangent, they are extremely drunk or stoned.
Hey I love your videos and I'd like to just mention something in case it helps. It's clear you've studied word use extensively and I know you're making an effort to speak compellingly and engage with your listeners, and one way people do that is by varying word use.
So I'd just like to point out that the word "baloney" exists, it's free, it's out there, and you can use it anytime you want in any of these videos. I'm not sure why you've avoided the vast number of opportunities you've been presented with to employ it, but it's there just in case you're looking for something succinct and precise.
Bonus points for the princess bride reference. 👍🏻
I had a teacher in High School say a couple of things really crazy. I asked why he would say such wrong things. He said, "If they believe me, they deserve to believe wrong things". Makes me wonder if this guy has spent a lot of time talking to that teacher.
By the way, since having that teacher I never took any teacher's (or anybody's) word for anything. If I couldn't confirm it in another source (or two), I would always have my doubts.
The dead eyed stare in response to yet another Emperor Constantine/Nicea misinformation video 🤣
This is the very definition of “what is blud yapping about?”
I’ve missed this type of content. Some of the other videos are just kind of sad or disturbing but this is just hilarious.
The nonstop deadpan responses 😂
was that Joe Rogan's even more credulous brother?
There are two men talking in this video. I aspire to be like one of them.
"Dizzying intellect" Ha! Inconceivable!
I really admire Dan's patience.
"The garden of Jiminy or whatever"
The dude starts with Horus and ends up with Horace. I think "Jiminy" is OK.
Can't wait to see this creator's response to Dan's response (getting the popcorn ready). 😅
The Maha Mantra of the "Hare Krishna" people comes from its chant - Hare Krishna - which devotees repeat over and over. It was started in the 16th century by Sri Chaitanya of Bengal (1486-1533). Th council of Nicaea? Wow!
Love the princess bride quote!
Whenever someone says “look it up” i know that they havent looked it up and havent understood the first line of the wikipedia page they read about the subject.
thank you Dan, much respect for your work.
"nunnathats true" broke me
Before you smile -what this guy is saying is not that removed from what some "informed " Christians are saying !
Fun Fact:
The "H" In Jesus H. Christ stands for "Hank".
In early Christianity,
people just assumed there was a Hank
and that we should be kissing his A@@.
Absolutely fascinating!!!
Anytime someone says "Yashua", they've already lost me.
Guy smoking his victory cigar was the best part.
One day, Little Johnny came home from school and told his Mommy that he knew Jesus's middle name.
Mommy was a little surprised.
So playing along, she asked a Little Johnny what the name was.
He promptly answered, "Harold".
Naturally Mommy was a little confused.
So she asked Little Johnny how he knew the name.
Johnny quickly answered, The Lord's Prayer.
Still confused, Mommy asked for clarification.
Our Father, who art in Heaven...
HAROLD be thy name.
😉😉😉
This is literally a case of a clock being right twice. 😮
The Harry Krishna's 💀
Thanks for the comic relief.
Is he smoking a joint while making these wild assumptions?
Hail Zeus that is a great name for a band.
My understanding is that the Council of Nicea didn't really resolve the Arian controversy. The majority of Christians were still Arian for another hundred years or so before the vocal minority of bishops started causing schisms.
Do you think in his towering intellect hes got Horace the philosopher mixed up with Horus the Egyptian god, son of Osiris?
Love the Princess Bride reference 😂