An Atheist Visits the Holy Land
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- Опубликовано: 30 дек 2019
- I'm an atheist. I visited Jerusalem, and this is my honest reaction to what I saw/experienced. Watch an atheist in the Holy Land reacting to religious traditions and rituals.
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Great job! I'm really loving your content! Keep it up!
Jesus endorses secularism
Well, if Jesus is endorsing his content then ...
Nice to see you. Good luck with becoming a lawyer, and wish you a happy new year in Portland.
Thanks, Jesus.
Jesus Christ really does exist, but without proper evidence, he still approves of the skepticism. What a legend.
This is exactly how I felt when I visited the Vatican. The merch was everywhere.
I regard the Vatican as a museum collection of fraudulent religious merch.
@@LudosErgoSum Total hypocrisy, do as I say not as I do.
Yeah, the throngs of merchants selling catholic tchotchkes, made in China. My favorite was a big lenticular picture of Jesus on the cross, close up. Depending on how you held it, the eyes would open and close. It was hilarious and depressing.
I left St Peter's Basilica feeling very depressed, angry and saddened at the magnitude of the vulgar ostentation created in the service of swindling and exploiting the masses with a grand show of power, so that those poor, illiterate people over the centuries had no choice but to stand in awe of the facade that is christendom or be obliterated for not believing. Poisons everything indeed!
Same for me when I visited Fatima on a tour of Portugal. The shops selling religious tat left me unmoved and depressed.
“The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nice quote
A self fulfilling prophecy.
peopleon his of thousands killed and atheistan Stalin wasn't Actually
Actually Stalin killed thousands of his own people and he was an Atheist
The wrench: Stalin, like many dictators, killed many because he was an irrational, narcissist madman. Not because he was an atheist. Believers, on the other hand, have a history of killing in the name of religion.
Religious wars = fights between grown ups about wich one has the cooler imaginary friend.
Kids: "My dad is better than your dad!" Teenagers: "My video game is better than your video game!" Adults: "My god is better than your god!" Fanboy mentality 101...
True, true.
Yes very sad religion will be our undoing
I see arguments between muslims and christians as arguments for which one is more real: Star Wars or Star Trek.
SmashEX Entertainment Same
I was in Jerusalem in 2004 and I saw exactly what you did. It’s Disney Jesus everywhere, be sure to get the t-shirt and commemorative mug.
and the Mickey ears with the crucifix on top!
Sry I ruined your 69 likes
It's obvious why Hollywood always depicts the story as they do; and their interpretations haven't helped any fields...
Anyway, with the crucifixion site being so close to the tomb, which is cost effective, no way any grave robbers theory could be why the body was missing; no way there wasn't constant eyes the entire time - this only supports the accounts written in the Acta Pilate; it also makes sense as burying the body any distance away would only bring droves of mourning and angry masses that no leaders would want; the body surely wouldn't make it to the burial site, the city would be brought down like Jesus predicted.
Now that we see why the body had to buried close to where the crucifixion took place, why would a real tomb actually exist at all for an imaginary figure? Yea, because we know where Thor and Odin are buried, right? The people back then coined all the terms like corruption, conspiracy, and control, no one trusted their leaders, everyone was stealing to the point the empire would crumble, drawing penises on everything was cliché; therefore:
Had the story of Jesus indeed been just a story, no way any of that stuff even gets built in the 1st place; I mean, the elite only wanted him dead because they despised him. If it was a fraudulent story, there would be countless evidence showing how it was a 2000 year old Disneyland, defrauding it would be commonplace in all Roman literature - instead of carving weeners in stone everywhere, you'd see carved mockings of the crucifixion everywhere - those people were allowed to call bull and loved to, they didn't...
Deductive Reasoning So you ration that because they drew penises that it must be true, even if the chapel he rested on was built millennia after he died.
@@deductivereasoning4257 How can you prove a random site that happens to be close to the story one is the "true" one?
Case in point Juliet's balcony from Romeo and Julia (spoiler alert they never exited) ruclips.net/video/QG1ETizQhYc/видео.html
I know what you're talking about. I feel the same sympathy for my mom and her congregation when I I occasionally attend church with her. Knowing what could have been accomplished if all the money spent on religion was used to actually help people.
I bet your mom's church gives out free food to the poor in your community.
Many years ago. They're about to go bankrupt keeping their 100 year old building from falling apart around them and 90% of the members are over retirement age.
Hi Ken, I think the feeling is mutual, unfortunately. Your relatives also feel sorry for you for failing to see the light and therefore headed for hell far eternity. :)
The worst part is they all believe so dearly that all their church money is going to charity.
@@alquemist7532 Did you just insinuate that Ken is going to hell and end that statement with a smiley face?? WOW!! l think if anyone deserves hell, it's you for making such a moronic statement.
As a born again atheist
All I can say is keep preaching brother for you speak the truth
Poor sheep
Even when I was Christian I knew that all of this extreme worship was just ridiculous and a waste of time.
Slam_24 I use to be like you but then I came to know God without religion
@@harrytaylormusicproductions yea and still this believe wont change your life or "afterlife"
idon tgetit bro Im just tryna live a good life and focus on my goals and ambitions I was done with this conversation ages ago. Take care man enjoy yourself. Everyone has their own beliefs and I don’t ridicule or insult people for their own free will. Whatever works for you
idon tgetit I don’t have any strict beliefs so your wrong Im just focused on grinding loving the people around me / inspiring people. Stay safe bro and enjoy your life
"I felt relieved of spiritual binders. Relived that, I don't need a savior because I'm not lost. I don't need to be fixed because I'm not broken. And relieved that I don't need a religious shepherd because I'm not a sheep. No, I didn't feel depressed to be excluded. But I felt sad for them." These are words needing to be immortalized in stone. Much respect to you sir and your "Harriet Tubman" style of freeing those imprisoned even if they don't know they're enslaved. Signed---One formerly enslaved by the WB&TS, currently shunned and recently enlighted and now, joyously free.
Thank you. I feel relieved, free and oh so lonely. I don't know how to stay strong in such a world. I feel depressed for very different reasons.
@@julianparsons3027 ; I don't do any social media. But I do e-mail. Would you like to talk w/a stranger, yet one who can empathize? If so let me know here and I'll insert my e-mail address.
@@greatdayn4651 That sounds wonderful. But I wonder if that is safe for you.
@@julianparsons3027 ; I can put it in, have you reply that you've got it...then I'll retract it.
Glad to see you made it out of the JWs. I left in 1987. My father is in. My sister and her husband are ex COs and still in. I figured things wouldn't even last to 1994 (80 years after) back then. But here we are 2020. I suppose the overlapping generation will become the triple and then quadruple, etc
I was a U.N. Peacekeeper in Cyprus and on my vacation, I visited Egypt and the Holy Land as an atheist. Most of the people on the tour were very wealthy Evangelicals who took it very seriously. When people talk of books being written decades after Jesus died, or Holy Relics being tracked down after hundreds of years, I am reminded of Ronald Reagan. He was president in a time of incredible literacy. His time in office was covered by innumerable journalists, both print and television. His time in office ended about thirty years ago. The stories about his time as president vary so widely that you might almost think he was a fictional character. In one, he was the great communicator, firmly in charge and ruling over a great time in American history. In another, he was a disinterested, demented person who just wanted to watch westerns and had to be guided through every event like a trained puppy. Using movie techniques to have him stand on his mark and read from cue cards. Imagine the same events with an illiterate population and no television. How can we trust any of it.
Don't forget tRiCkLe DoWn EcOnOmIcS
This comment is important. Well said, ambassador
Thank you for this post. I am continually amazed at what people believe without evidence or against all evidence.
@ConfusionFusion Thanks you for mass murdering children during illegal wars like Iraq and Afghanistan? What about the Vietnamese children burned to death with napalm? Or the torture of Innocent people based on a rumor? Each time a American vet commits suicide its justice for those Innocent people.
@Harry Denny Thanks for helping to make my point. Despite there being a really good record of who he was, people have radically different images of him. Conservatives think he was some kind of almost demigod and others think he was an easily manipulated, demented fool. Imagine the same scenario with an illiterate population and no T.V. or radio?
Holy crap that “I don’t need a savior because I’m not lost, I don’t need to be fixed cause I’m not broken, and I don’t need a religious shepherd because I’m not a sheep” part was seriously super powerful
ArcJunkie never be a sheep correct stay true to yourself and what God wants from you
Speak for yourself! I was clearly born broken.
I'm not sure how this is powerful, it just sounds like denial. I used to watch Holy Koolaid when I was a fedora tipping atheist who wasn't alive long enough to know any better, but anyone with a brain understands God must exist, and although I believe that is the God of the Bible, you must at least assume there is something out there that created the universe. After all, it is only natural that there is a process which started energy/matter in a closed system universe of which no energy can enter or leave. Anyone who understands thermodynamics understands that something cannot come from nothing. My main skepticism of this argument was the origin of God, however I realized the answer is quite simple. If God created the universe, it's safe to assume that the systems within the closed system do not necessarily apply outside of it. I also find it difficult to explain why hundreds of Christians went to their bloody doom in the early first century claiming they saw Christ risen after three days. I mean, I could understand a few people or a few false accounts, but hundreds of people all going to their brutal death at the end of Roman spears and crucifixions (which did exist historically despite what some have said...) for a lie created by ancient desert dwelling people so they can extort shekels from the populace? What good are shekels if you're dead? And the reason I even bring this up is because these accounts aren't the same as some Christian going to his death in Palestine in the modern day, these Christians claimed to have actually seen Christ raise from the dead.
ArcJunkie
I felt those words strongly myself. Never mind the arrogance and zealotry from the other posters. Wolves don’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep.
@Shameless Papist says the guy who worships a slave driver. Wolves at least know the taste of freedom, instead of being used for wool, food, or killed in sacrifice that has nothing to do with them. Might as well be following some ancient Kardashian. If there 8s a god and devil, then the Bible is written by the devil.
As an Atheist, I had the pleasure of visiting Jerusalem I was at awe at the aura of the place simply because of the historical significance she represents.
But there is little or no historical significance to Jerusalem.
“‘King’ David-the vagabond, the racketeer”
“The chieftain (David) moves his extended family to the main homes of the Jerusalem VILLAGE, and settles in one himself-a palace, some might call it, though there is nothing extravagant about it. He rules over a neglected chiefdom of pastoralists and outlaws. His name is David.”
Prof.Israel Finkelstein.
From 1976 to 1990, Finkelstein taught at the Department of Land of Israel Studies, Bar-Ilan University, beginning as a teaching assistant. He spent the academic year of 1983-84 in a research group led by Prof. Yigael Yadin in the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. In 1986/1987, Finkelstein taught at the Department for Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. In 1987 he was appointed an associate professor with tenure at Bar-Ilan University and in 1990 moved to the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations at Tel Aviv University. In 1992/93 Finkelstein spent a sabbatical year as a visiting scholar at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University. Since 1992, he has been a Full Professor at Tel Aviv University. He served as the chairperson of the Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies (1994-98) and as Director of The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology (1996-2003). In 1998-99 Finkelstein was a visiting scholar in the Centre de Recherche d'Archéologie Orientale and the École Pratique des Hautes Études in the Sorbonne, Paris.
"the religious solution to save you from a problem, that only the religious have".....that's deep on so many levels. It's all kinda funny, and yet very sad...
If somebody asks you what the meaning of life is, just answer, "42." Their problem. Not ours.
@A C Jack John has a God your mother created you lol😆
@@BlackEpyon hi BlackEpyon, what is 42?
@A C Jack John has a God Surely not as sad as believing in a being that doesn't exist. Santa Claus isn't real either.
@@alquemist7532 The meaning to life, the universe, and everything. It's a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference.
It makes me depressed that so many people have logic and reason and willfully refuse to utilize them.
Erium facts bro
Enjoy and Travel The World! Facts I don’t believe in fairy tales
Over half the population still believes in things like gods, ghosts, psychic powers, speaking with the dead, and other such horse shit. It absolutely baffles me how a person with a working brain and the ability to research, rationalize and use reason is able to silence that part of their consciousness...it must take so much more energy to do so than to use the intuitive logic you were born with and it makes zero sense to me
@@miaouew : we have to accept that the human brain, despite all the amazing achievements it is capable of, is still very much flawed on many levels.
The discomfort most people usually feel when they don't have an explanation for something may often be the reason for irrational beliefs.
@Enjoy and Travel The World! Do you know what indoctrination is ?
Monty Python's "The Life Of Brian" pretty much covered it all.
That's what the gospels are according to Joseph Atwills book CAESAR'S MESSIAH. very interesting read , the gopel contradictions make sense when read as Roman propaganda ,all points to Rome.
You got it.
"Look to the bright side of life"
How can you say that .....you're a very naughty boy.......oh, wait.....
As a Brian, I love this movie too.
This is just how I feel when I see my close friends and family. They think I'm crazy and I told them dont feel sad for me. Cause I feel very sorry for them. It's so sad to me. I understand though I was a christian over 30 yrs.
welcome to the sane world, fellow human! some ideas about your friends. asking / saying things as you see fit with them.
why is their god so late? our species is at least 200 000 years old. motherhood was pretty common at the age of 20 not so long ago. so at least 10 000 generations had no chance to know Da Trooth of Da Lawrd. roughly 100 generations had some chance to become christians. denying any chance of christianity is... weird from an allknowing, timeless god.
and why do they want said god in charge at all?? space daddy and junior are horrific monsters in their OWN books! not even the most horrible criminals are evil in their OWN books, they all need independent or hostile sources to show them as evil. the christian god (and many other gods) don't. based on their behaviour in their OWN books, I don't want those gods to manage an ant farm, let alone the universe. So why?
you probably won't be able to reason them outa their religion. because it was not reason and common sense what put them in that brainwashing BS.
but it might be entertaining / interesting.
@@istvansipos9940 if I can draw a few to use critical thinking or to study beyond the bible then that would be good enough for me. After all I came out and I was one for over 30yrs. So it's possible. But I at least want them to know that I didn't just wake up one day and say the bible is bullshit. That I just pulled unbelief out of my ass. I want them to know that I really studied it and its proof its man made. If they can just look at that fact. I would be ok with that.
The truth has set you free.
I felt the same way when I visited Jerusalem. I had the same thoughts.
But I was interrupted when I had to run away from gunfire in a mall.
"Just how low are your standards of evidence?"
I see the religious all the time digging holes for themselves, perhaps they're trying to find the bar?
I believe James Cameron set out to find the bar. He traveled deep, to the bottom of the ocean. But, alas, even the mighty James Cameron was unable to recover the bar (despite what you may have seen on South Park).
I think, perhaps, they have found the bar and really should sleep it of before they tell any more stories. :)
God: I'm going to kill you
Also God: I'm going to save you
Also god: I’m gonna come down and live among you so I can sacrifice myself to myself to save you whom I created from punishments I created from crimes against me I also made up
Bryan Miller both incorrect get your information right
Taylor Music seems correct to me
@@harrytaylormusicproductions Granted it's just a summary, perhaps you could point out where he is wrong? I will be waiting.
iAnarchist Incorrect blocked
"I don't need to be fixed because I'm not broken." Hit me right between the eyes......loved this video and always learn from and enjoy your content. Thank You....
It makes me so happy to know there are Atheists in Israel.....Fills me with hope for humanity.
They're pretty awesome too!
You'd be surprised then... out of the Jewish (ethnic) population in Israel 25% are "traditional" (vaguely religious) and 42% are secular (including atheists), with only 25% religious or orthodox and 8% ultra-orthodox.
first off jews are gods chosen people, still have hope
^ wow, two prime examples of what religion does to people. One thinks god has chosen his group to be superior to everyone and thus entitled to some cosmic eventual payment, another indoctrinated into hating that same group, a numerically insignificant minority that has been persecuted and ravished by countless nations for the past 2 millennia.
I hope most people reading this thread can stop to appreciate what bad ideas such as religion can do to people.
Ronen Shtein I am an Atheist and doesn’t understand what you writing about , I don’t hate Jews I have respect for their culture but not everthing what they claim is original!
Way to cap off 2019! So well tied up at the end!
Thanks!
i'm an atheist who was born in Jerusalem, i feel here like an alien all the time..i don't understand how people can still believe and live there life according to this bs . and the worst thing they are in positions of power and affect my life directly.
thumbs up for your work!
Stay strong bro
The library is "the graveyard of the gods"
Which library is the library?
@@ghenulo imaginary supernatural been who never existed and supertious claims that never happened evil genocidal racist maniac from the zionist bible. All religions are pagan and there imaginary been talk to people in their head. Never ever speak for itself never existed could have gotten away with this couple of thousands years ago now in the year 2022 keep going round and round in a circles of evil lies for this Imaginary been who never existed and supertious claims. No historical evidence zionist bible was written by anonymous authors that says a lot.
This video is inordinately beautiful. I'm happy to have celebrated the new year with you!
Hey Thomas, I am really digging on your channel more and more. The amount of work that you have put in, to get you where you are, is extremely apparent. Much props!
-Father Badger
I visited the Holy Land and purchased some really cool Biblical Action Figures that came with their own little knives and guns. Awesome!
I remember going to the Vatican and being so utterly underwhelmed and bored
Exactly the same feeling I got visiting Jerusalem. I felt like an alien among people I pitied.
It's a crazy place filled with people searching for something that is not there.
This reminds me very much of Disneyland, where people return again and again to recapture theis feelings of wonder when they were young..
Thank you for the wonderful holiday gift. A lot of work and a stirring speech.
Here's to a more rational decade.
Jes.e B. For the future generations has come blind to the true God
Taylor Music It wouldn’t do any good, but I can point to 450 year old manuscripts that tell of great destructions across Europe being attributed to the people being disobedient to and ignoring god/god’s word.
It’s like it’s perpetual or something.
thanks for coming to visit, loved your talk at Machar and hope to see you again soon!
Amen to all of this brother. I feel the same way whenever I see someone struggling and they actively try to reassure themselves God will help them. It breaks my heart because I know from personal experience that won’t happen and that idea only holds you back from helping yourself. Thanks a lot HK for doing this kind of thing. Your videos, as well as other similar RUclipsrs, are always a comfort to me when I feel lost and entertaining when I feel sad. So cheers and have a great new year
This is probably one if my favorite videos of yours
Great vid, great to hear the same things I think spoken and shared widely.
Now this is how to start the year in style! Great video dude! Loved it. Very articulately done.
You are describing exactly what I am feeling all the time when confronted with religion and religious people. Flabbergasted at the fact they can not see they are being conned. How nice would it be when humanity starts occupying itself with reality....
Back when I was still a church goer I thought it would be cool to go there. I still do. But now to learn about possible historical places
Agreed, I would love to visit for the same reasons.
Thank you for speaking the truth about our mighty egg fart Lord. May his fumes be with you🙏🏻
The reek shall inherit the earth.
Hell yeah. More true words have never been spoken brother. Thank you. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
So beautifully said! I’m so happy to see, that people like yourself are exposing your findings and beliefs for those who need a nudge to open up to the reality of it all, and see it as a myth. I wish I could explain my feelings and beliefs as clearly as you do.
Wait....tell me more about Egg Fart Man. I'm ready burn heretics alive for doubting Him.
Egg fart man convert here, and I am ready to lie about how I have witnessed his glory!
Unbelievers are one thing, but heretics are those who pervert the message and say we should eat scrambled eggs instead of hard boiled. Death to Scramblists!
@@Dracopol I'm a Fried Eggfartman's Witness.
Would you like to talk about our lord and savior?
He claims to not believe in Egg Fart Man just so he can sin.
Make sure you burn them alive by lighting your farts on fire or egg-fart man will be displeased.
This is the best atheist video I've ever seen.
Excellent video. Brilliantly structured and written. Highly commendable.
Another absolutely amazing video! Keep up the good work!
I was raised Mormon and up until about 8 years ago I still believed the story of the church. I wasn't orthodox but rather a culture Mormon. My family was part of the pioneers that settled in Utah so it was just a way of life for everyone even if you didn't go to church. Once I started looking behind the "curtain" things fell apart quickly.
"The graveyard of the Gods" nice
Awesome content, sir. Thanks for producing stuff like this
Beautifully done!! I felt the same pity for fellow humans and the same flood of old emotions remembering the religious me of days gone by. It brought tears to my eyes!
Holy Koolaid, my friend, you are an essence of the great Christopher Hitchens. I wish you luck in making more great content. Keep it up!
One of my favorite quotes about splinters of the true cross: If they were all put together you could build Noah's Ark . LMAO
Hey man, I am really digging on your channel. You have obviously worked hard to get your channel up and where it is. Much props.
Another brilliant video from Holy Koolaid!
You've been putting together some really good stuff as of late man, well done!
Our Lord and savior, harambe!
Ive just discovered your channel today, loving your passion an enthusiasm.
Very well done. Thank you for sharing your opinions which are common sense to me and what I have always believed. Happy New Year to you.
"It would have made Jesus holier than Swiss cheese" XD that had layers
So did you buy a piece of the One True Cross?
Ali has them on sale for 19.95$
@ only for prime members, otherwise 2.99
@Dan Ryan someone showed me a picture of a dog's butt that looked like Jesus. That wasn't good to see.
Plus tax ? Unless of course you’re a certified, registered church preacher pastor guy. With a tax number.
I love your videos in general, but this has to be one of your best!
Love ur channel, nice to be understood!
Truth up. Went into a couple churches in Iberia. Amazing amount of energy, time and life spent in building those places. Felt no divine inspiration at all; did find the confessional & wonder at how much energy I wasted waiting to get to that when I was a believer. After that it was a joke.
Amen, brother! I agree with every word you said in this video. 👨💻👍
@Holy Koolaid I just subscribed to your channel. Keep them videos coming man!
Great video and very well narrated. I agree with you whole-heartedly.
Simon of Cyrene: a festival visitor, picked at random, by some otherwise unnamed Roman soldier, to carry Jesus' cross. A total stranger whose name and place of origin are somehow known to the author of the first gospel narrative - as well as the names of two of the "stranger's" sons.
Remarkable!
I felt the same way when I visited Mount Athos in Greece. Pilgrims kissing relics and monks in constant prayer. I've been there 3 times, but mostly go there for the nature..
Great video. I love the emotion you put into it.
Glad to have found you. Great vid.
Every word you said: ditto. Bravo.
I love you! Science! Reason! Technology!
.Thanks for the great job you do. You have helped me remain sane (I think). Seriously, your work is important, and it's appreciated..
Powerful and impassioned! Lovely stuff
Thanks for sharing this, my good fellow. I absolutely hear you when you felt saddened by what you were seeing. I have one sister that still believes the bs but it is most reassurring that out of eight siblings still alive, AFAIK she is the only one that still believes the catholic nonsense. Her excuse - she likes the singing. Her other beliefs include rejecting climate change and anything that means she has to be mindful of her actions. Funny that.
annakeye IKR? Science? That’s the devil’s work, but I believe in god because the choir sings good.
My brother is a baptist preacher.
I love him, but I pity him.
Annakeye, Catholics don’t dispute science or the the theory of evolution. It sounds like your sister doesn’t know that.
@@wallihaley5194
The problem is, like all such nonsense, is people such as my sister, interpret however they choose within their own biases. Thankfully, the latest pope is a little more forward thinking however, he is still a believer on faith, as opposed to evidence. Yes, he accepts evolution but that's a big whoop, when they won't accept a woman's right to sovereignty over her own body. Considering the Roman Catholic church's history, it is disappointing to see anyone continue to choose such a world view.
It's a cross generational game of "My Dad can beat up your Dad" and in the nuclear age, all our lives are on the line.
It was the perspective of ‘Spectator’ that finally opened my eyes from the rose tinted glasses. It hurt, the feeling of what you’ve describe in this video. And there’s nothing I can do to open anyone else’s eyes other than tell my story, but that’s not enough to convince anyone other than me.
I love how you speak and the content of the convo.
I enjoyed my time in Israel. It was a lovely place with lots of diversity in topography, ethnicities, religions, and culture. But as has been noted, it was also very commercial in that all of the “holy” sites were peppered with souvenir stands. The only thing that I purchased was wine and a bunch of little plastic bottles that I filled with water from the Jordan River. Needless to say, gift giving was easy that holiday season.
This is how I felt when I visited The Vatican with my still religious family.
Excellent video... everyone should be required to watch it. Thanks!
You really help in getting people of different conviction come together. You are a class act.
Tbh I’m surprised a lot of my fellow atheists here are so negative about all of this in the comments? Maybe it’s just me, but I find the idea of learning about the history behind all of the mythological mumbo jumbo as a worthwhile thing to engage and learn of while romping around the place.
With religion, it brings other facets of what makes people and cultures who and what they are. I genuinely would not be surprised if for every token run of the mill believer that there’s probably quite a few wannabe archeology, sociology, anthropology, or historian visitors gawking at whatever else the place has to offer.
I mean all of this stuff is super duper old; it’s been around for a hell of a long time and still kicking. And that art and craftsmanship from all the paintings and gold thingies!! Maybe I’m easily impressed, but the fact that people just like us from who knows how long ago but with much less technology made them all so well is just really cool!
And even though I 100% agree on religion being a reason for how completely shit everything there is; I bet you my bottom dollar that mankind would find a way to be extraordinarily petty over something to the point where needless bloodshed goes down. I mean people in history always loose their greedy shit over any form gold takes, and as they say... money’s the route of all evil. 🤷🏻♀️
Still another good watch though! Hope everyone here watching the video or reading comments has a wonderful new year. Let’s make it a good one in honor of our true spiritual god-king, The Flying Spaghetti Monster. Ramen!! 🙏🍜🍝🎉
Its fairly old tho most countries have stuff a lot older that for me are more impressive
Hey, just wanted to say you're the shit, dude! I really enjoy your subject matter, your animations, your commitment, and your channel as a whole. You even got a catchphrase! "Don't drink the Kool-Aid". I fuckin love that! As someone who was raised as one of Jehovah's Witnesses and then broke away and shoved my head in other foreign sands afterwards, I totally relate to your background. Conspiracy theories, New Age, you name it. I've fallen hook, line, and sinker for it in the past, but once I decided to challenge my beliefs with philosophy & science, I started watching you, Rationality Rules, Cosmic Skeptic, and GM Skeptic. I also started studying the big bang, abiogenesis, and evolution along with all things supernatural in philosophy and read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins(which is a great read but was just a rehash of what I was already learning from philosophy & science at the time) and shit just makes sense, man! I wish more people were like you and saw the value and importance of having epistemic responsibility. I'm gonna see what I can donate to your Patreon, man, cause though many may not see the worth in what you're doing, we do. And this shit is imperative. I've been thinking about uploading subject matter like this for awhile but you guys are already kickin fallacious ass out here so... Idk, we'll see haha.
I'm hooked, bro!
Thanks! I'm glad you were able to make it out, and I'm happy to hear that my videos have been useful to you. Oh, and thanks for the support. Happy New Year!
Great video! Thank you for your adventures!
Just found your channel and loving it, glad you had a great time here in israel.
My friend recently started going all in with religion and i just see the exact thing youre talking about, how the religion giving her the cure to the disease it caused, mindboggling
All gods are man made.
@Juan Santiago Salariosa What evidence are you referring to?
Asking for a friend...
Maybe
@Juan Santiago Salariosa Then God needs a creator.
@@jamiearnold1711 I am reasonably confident that Juan Santiago Salariosa will be unconvinced by your valid and rational logical entailment. The mere fact that he advocates the teleological argument, illustrates his incapacity to correctly understand syllogistic deductive propositions.
@Juan Santiago Salariosa Who created god then ? there simple huh
"People born in hope die in hope" U G Krishnamurti
Best video ever! Thanks and congrats!
So, so ,so well put!!!
Thanks for tuning in everyone. If you liked this video, you might also like this one (I filmed part of it in Israel too): ruclips.net/video/Iep4gnmJeRE/видео.html
Be safe out there, and have a fantastic New Year! :)
Thanks for the content! If only more people would wakeup to this. Unfortunately they won't. Its hard to make change when people believe in what they want to despite the dangers. They just make excuses bc it makes their lives what they want it to be. Its really sad like you say. It sucks being in the US and being surrounded by people who just blindly believe and will not research what they believe.
Thanks again
All hail egg fart man and his smelly son butt burp!
Amazing video man.
I bought the story of Eggfartman hook line and Stinker!
Happy new year!!
How dare you blaspheme Egg Fart man, I’m now so offended I’m close to being triggered! ;)
Very well done sir! A very good video. Maybe one of the best I've seen on RUclips!
Love this video! Well said!
Heresy!! Cabbage fart man is the one true profit!
See his power when you let him speak through you in the elevator, and I love how he availed himself to Koolaid. The one true prophet knows best
Plus, he's vegan.
Hi Burt Bachattack. Did you mean prophet? But never mind. Prophet = profit.
Not profit or prophet, but profart...
@A C Jack John has a God Which god would that be?
Damn it, the chat cut off before I could make it clear I was joking and referring to MCU Thor at the end... 😅
I'm just glad that he paid his respects to Harambe, even if RUclips doesn't allow dicks out.
man, hearing your emotion in this is amazing. the fact you are hurting because of the lies that so many believe shows your compassion.
Thank you. Great video. Much appreciated.
"I felt like a time traveller or an alien looking in on a foreign species"
Hey that's not so bad
I see you journeyed to batshit crazy land. Land of the abrahamic tribal war god. One of the best days of my life is when I became an atheist. I was agnostic for a long time that is until I met Aron Ra. Since I went atheist I haven't looked back.
Love this channel!!
Great video, I agreed with everything you said. I have felt the same way about the con of religion for many years now. It is good to see people that do not follow the flock like sheep but rather open their eyes to reality. Keep up the great work!