Daniel Dennett on Religious Belief and its Evolution

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 22 кві 2024
  • Atheist Philosopher DESTROYS Religion
    #shorts #christianity #islam #religion #god #science #atheism #atheist #danieldennett
    Thank you for watching!
    Please LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for more content
    DISCLAIMER - This is for entertainment purposes only.
    The views/opinions expressed within the content are solely the owner's and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of this channel or its affiliates
    In this video, we have tried to make a fun moment for our viewers. It is not meant to insult or hurt anyone. We respect all speakers involved and their work.
    No copyright infringement intended. The respective owners of the content reserve the copyright for it.
    The channel may use some copyrighted materials without specific authorization of the owner but the content used here falls under "Fair Use".
    #shorts #christianity #islam #religion #god #science #atheism #atheist #danieldennett
  • Розваги

КОМЕНТАРІ • 1,1 тис.

  • @roymenezes6298
    @roymenezes6298 2 місяці тому +900

    "There's simply no polite way to tell people they've dedicated their lives to an illusion"
    -Daniel Dennett

    • @adamcone6856
      @adamcone6856 2 місяці тому +23

      Not to be a jerk here, but I would think Mr. Dennett would know right now if he was correct.

    • @DarthRock
      @DarthRock 2 місяці тому

      He wouldn't know because he's dead as you will be someday and nothing else will happen afterwards.

    • @PramodKumar-gy8lb
      @PramodKumar-gy8lb 2 місяці тому +80

      ​@@adamcone6856Not to be a jerk but did you know anything before your parents met?

    • @RYSHU20
      @RYSHU20 2 місяці тому

      👍🏼

    • @esphilee
      @esphilee 2 місяці тому +15

      Some people dedicated their lives to Heavy Metal, and It is ok, as long as they don’t shove it down others’ throat.
      Today, there are people who believe Heavy Metal is the *only real music* , and willing to start a war with those who disagree with that.

  • @ernststravoblofeld
    @ernststravoblofeld 2 місяці тому +40

    Beer is not only older than religion, it's older than many religious people think the world is.

    • @FrikInCasualMode
      @FrikInCasualMode Місяць тому +8

      So is cheese. Viva la Camembert!

    • @stephenzaccardelli5863
      @stephenzaccardelli5863 День тому

      ​@@FrikInCasualModethe moon is made of cheese I believe 😋 some moons could be older than some planets

  • @jima8946
    @jima8946 2 місяці тому +85

    Sad to hear such a brilliant mind died in 2024. What a loss

    • @djmcwj7369
      @djmcwj7369 2 місяці тому +3

      He is just claiming one thing after the other without claims. Just his opinion without evidance.

    • @PastPresented
      @PastPresented 2 місяці тому

      @@djmcwj7369 No, he's just mentioning various things which have been discovered by specialists, which we can check up if we are interested.

    • @L_Lawliet1907
      @L_Lawliet1907 Місяць тому +6

      @@djmcwj7369Isn’t that just religion? There’s more scientific evidence to our creation and evolution than there is to religion

    • @djmcwj7369
      @djmcwj7369 Місяць тому

      @@L_Lawliet1907 no it isn't. Islam is based in reasoning, logic and evidence.
      It is the religion who says:
      "Bring your evidence if you're truthful"

    • @kingsman428
      @kingsman428 Місяць тому

      ​​@@djmcwj7369 Bullshit, Islam is just like every other religion that tries to assert the existence of a supernatural being with out any credible evidence. Delusion is a wonderful thing.

  • @BMTroubleU
    @BMTroubleU 2 місяці тому +41

    This is the first I'm hearing about Dan Dennet dying. Sorry to hear it. His memory lives on here and in our hearts

    • @gordonharper9126
      @gordonharper9126 2 місяці тому +1

      He will be forgotten

    • @BMTroubleU
      @BMTroubleU 2 місяці тому

      ​​@@gordonharper9126 look out everyone. The resident religious zealot is here to prove that his God exists, but none of the others do 🤡

    • @BMTroubleU
      @BMTroubleU 2 місяці тому

      ​@@gordonharper9126 funny, because noone ever knew or cared that you existed. So its like you never even lived

    • @9y2bgy
      @9y2bgy 2 місяці тому +7

      @@gordonharper9126 Of course. As do all things eventually.

    • @BMTroubleU
      @BMTroubleU 2 місяці тому

      ​​@@gordonharper9126 funny because noone ever cared you existed in the first place

  • @chancewallace47
    @chancewallace47 2 місяці тому +61

    Had no idea he had died yet so I was watching the whole time like "I love this man. What a gift he is." Hit way harder than if I had just read it. What a gift he has been.

    • @vinnyindigo7329
      @vinnyindigo7329 Місяць тому +2

      Had no idea as well, my heart sank when I saw the end of the clip. He was a brilliant.

    • @solidsnake9924
      @solidsnake9924 Місяць тому +1

      A gift from who?

    • @chancewallace47
      @chancewallace47 Місяць тому +1

      @@solidsnake9924 Just a figure of speech to express my gratitude and appreciation for him, his work, his overall contributions to society, and the powerful/positive impact he's had on my life personally. Certainly didn't mean God or some imaginary higher power if that's what you're implying but I guess I'd say he (and his work/contributions) is a gift to all of us mostly from himself as well as the people/places that influenced him and helped to develop/form such an incredible mind and amazing person.

    • @mr.nobody4529
      @mr.nobody4529 19 днів тому

      The universe😏​@@solidsnake9924

  • @Rachmanfan4life
    @Rachmanfan4life Місяць тому +23

    Of course, man invented God… Not the other way around

    • @acdfg3
      @acdfg3 26 днів тому +2

      Depends on how u define god tbh, if u define god as just a source of everything then god must exist

    • @DreadNawght
      @DreadNawght 20 днів тому +2

      weak

    • @karatekid7640
      @karatekid7640 17 днів тому

      ​@@acdfg3but if one can just take a word and define however we like it
      I might as well define Satan as the source of everything, as such Satan must also exist.
      Also I define rainbow coloured unicorn pig as the shiter of all the matter as such unicorn pig must also exist...

    • @wooshifgay462
      @wooshifgay462 11 днів тому

      @@DreadNawghtwith that pfp no wonder

  • @ah59817
    @ah59817 2 місяці тому +199

    When I was in undergrad I took a class called “the biology of hope and belief” that was all about how religions and faith systems have evolved over time. When my very Christian mother found out about it, she was upset and called it pseudoscience. I just told her to think of it as the study of how every other religion besides Christianity came to be- after which she thought the class was a great idea. The cognitive dissonance was mind numbing 🙃

    • @markspectre1234
      @markspectre1234 2 місяці тому +21

      Christianity is an evidence based religion, your class didn't go deep enough

    • @ah59817
      @ah59817 2 місяці тому +61

      @@markspectre1234 Sure pal. You’re very special

    • @markspectre1234
      @markspectre1234 2 місяці тому +13

      @@ah59817 No, just a guy who follows the evidence where it leads

    • @ah59817
      @ah59817 2 місяці тому +35

      @@markspectre1234 Hot dang you’re so right. I can’t believe neither I, any atheists, nor any other religion has ever thought of trying that 🤯

    • @markspectre1234
      @markspectre1234 2 місяці тому +3

      @@ah59817 you got evidence to present for your worldview?

  • @billmozart7288
    @billmozart7288 Місяць тому +8

    Music has been around far longer than religion. Drums and bone flutes are some of the earliest things ever discovered

  • @Ozzpot
    @Ozzpot 2 місяці тому +18

    Oh, I didn't know he had died 😔
    Such a great thinker and communicator.

  • @jackwaycombe
    @jackwaycombe 2 місяці тому +25

    Decades ago, as an atheist, I agreed to my sons, at a 'non-demoninational' school, attending comparative religion classes.
    I later withdrew them - physically - from a forced act of church worship!!
    And found that 'comparative religion' consisted of teaching what was right about Protestant Christianity and wrong about every other belief system.
    The head teacher admitted he was an ordained pastor, and regarded his rank dishonesty as a holy responsibility to god.
    Amazingly, he kept his job. The attitude of the local population was that no-one could possibly defy a pastor.
    But he didn't escape my unrelenting attention until my kids left that school.

    • @user-qq2vq4fv8b
      @user-qq2vq4fv8b Місяць тому +1

      Good on you 👍

    • @Hiss888
      @Hiss888 Місяць тому +1

      Stay on them. They cannot be trusted.

    • @Spacemongerr
      @Spacemongerr Місяць тому +2

      Well, "non-denominational" is almost exclusively used about Christian groups that are not part of a larger group(denomination). You really didnt know it was a christian school?

    • @doc7070
      @doc7070 Місяць тому

      You are an atheist sending kids to a religion school? I don’t get it

    • @Rocky-ur9mn
      @Rocky-ur9mn Місяць тому

      So you went to a Christian school and got mad that they were Christians💀

  • @Elaphe472
    @Elaphe472 2 місяці тому +67

    Let's keep him alive by keeping alive his ideas.

    • @jpstardom3375
      @jpstardom3375 2 місяці тому +2

      Nah, i have a better idea.
      Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei!

    • @GarthFodder
      @GarthFodder 2 місяці тому

      ​@@jpstardom3375 an undead Dan Dennet who can't be harmed and possesses unlimited chakra?
      This seems like a bad idea idk

    • @jpstardom3375
      @jpstardom3375 2 місяці тому +2

      @@GarthFodder a bad idea for theists...
      Imagine a dead guy, being resurrected and say there's no god, heaven or hell.

    • @GarthFodder
      @GarthFodder 2 місяці тому +1

      @@jpstardom3375 lmfaooo holy shit

    • @ianharper3213
      @ianharper3213 Місяць тому

      like Jesus? lol

  • @Archangeloftheandes
    @Archangeloftheandes Місяць тому +15

    What a great man. He made me an atheist and thank “god” for that!

    • @rizwanrauf4940
      @rizwanrauf4940 27 днів тому +1

      Dear when you are in extreme circumstances then we would see whom would you call for help when noone can help just a thought

  • @user-hx1du1er3k
    @user-hx1du1er3k 2 місяці тому +67

    He will be missed. A Great intellectual!

    • @bluesky45299
      @bluesky45299 2 місяці тому

      Quran says: “Allah:there is no deity worthy of worship except he”:The Neccessary life/consciousness,sustainer of life/consciousness.” Wire like neuronal structures that conduct electricity via ions/neurotransmitters in the CNS/PNS possess no attribute of thinking/life and yet that has “randomly” led to life. Consciousness/thinking is an innate idea(“Fitra”)that is distinct from carbon skeleton and yet the materialist scientist believes that chemistry turned into biology via “god of randomness”/”Emergent property”/”law of nature”. Consciousness can only stem from Necessary Consciousness (Allah-one/indivisible/All-loving/self-sufficient/infinite/ perfection.

    • @user-hx1du1er3k
      @user-hx1du1er3k 2 місяці тому

      God is dead! All Religions have lied to you for power and greed! Take some time out of your day and read more than one book simpleton!

    • @user-hx1du1er3k
      @user-hx1du1er3k 2 місяці тому

      @@bluesky45299 nobody gives 2 💩 about your religion!! Religion is a cancer on society!! Maybe pick up more than one book and educate yourself!!

    • @TheJimi103
      @TheJimi103 2 місяці тому

      His philosophy of the mind was good, his critique of religion is unfortunately childish, he never actually faced and argued with religious arguments, he just compared it to belittle it, I. This example a sweet tooth

    • @user-hx1du1er3k
      @user-hx1du1er3k 2 місяці тому

      @@TheJimi103 Religious belief is childish. It’s fear of death. Evolution presents evidence that far outweighs anything any religion has put forward period!

  • @stevewarren4813
    @stevewarren4813 2 дні тому +1

    And religion still ruins EVERYTHING.

  • @user-hw8tt1cs7m
    @user-hw8tt1cs7m 2 місяці тому +9

    This shouldn’t even be a surprise. Religion evolves. Look at the many branches of abrahamic faith like, Judism, Christianity, Islam, Mormon. If it didn’t evolve none of these distinctions would be here.

    • @justsomeguywithoutamustach3rd
      @justsomeguywithoutamustach3rd 2 місяці тому +7

      So if one group splits off that means the original group changed. That’s the world’s biggest fallacy.

    • @tokyo222dp4
      @tokyo222dp4 Місяць тому +1

      You are wrong its same but evry nation god send for it a religion wich differ from the previous only in laws but the core idea Steel unchanged wich is That there is no god exept the only great god

    • @Melvin-nt9xu
      @Melvin-nt9xu Місяць тому

      @@tokyo222dp4what makes you think god thinks you are important at all? Just think about the latest 5 EXTINCTIONS on earth. You are talking about the great god, well let’s talk about the great extinction that killed 70-96% of all life in the water and 70% of all terrestrial life. This includes fungi,plant and animals and the protist. Protists aren’t that remarkable but had to put it in anyways.
      Conclusion: God can’t be both all powerful and all good. If he is all powerful then why did he let this happen or that children get leukaemia? Also believing in god just is a denial of evolution and that’s a primitive thinking.

    • @s.novozhilov1856
      @s.novozhilov1856 Місяць тому +2

      Dude, you can't compare true church with bunch of herecies and tell it's evolution 😂

    • @Melvin-nt9xu
      @Melvin-nt9xu Місяць тому

      @@s.novozhilov1856 evolution is the wrong word (: evolve can be used as another word for change, evolution is from a biological standpoint 🤓

  • @smws569
    @smws569 2 місяці тому +20

    Rest in peace legend ( the 4th horseman 🏇🏻 of ⚛️) 😢

    • @omarabuabdullah4862
      @omarabuabdullah4862 2 місяці тому +3

      rest in peace???
      he died
      according to your beliefs he doesn't feel anything, in fact he is not aware of anything

    • @Tufan0
      @Tufan0 2 місяці тому +1

      @@omarabuabdullah4862 he didn't say that he's an atheist, even though it would be right

    • @InsiderBoy
      @InsiderBoy 2 місяці тому

      @@omarabuabdullah4862We’re not talking about the muslim “peace” here. 😂

    • @omarabuabdullah4862
      @omarabuabdullah4862 2 місяці тому +1

      @@InsiderBoy
      what peace then ??? "the nothing peace"

    • @InsiderBoy
      @InsiderBoy 2 місяці тому +1

      @@omarabuabdullah4862 Yup. I’ll take the Atheist Peace over the Muslim “peace” any day..

  • @echelon2k8
    @echelon2k8 2 місяці тому +4

    Oh, man, why is this the first time I've heard of his passing. RIP.

  • @rodomolina7995
    @rodomolina7995 2 місяці тому +23

    Rest in peace Daniel Dennet, a true free thinker and champion of rationality

    • @omarabuabdullah4862
      @omarabuabdullah4862 2 місяці тому +1

      rest in peace???
      he died, where is he spoused to rest

    • @rodomolina7995
      @rodomolina7995 2 місяці тому +4

      @@omarabuabdullah4862 My brain melted while trying to read that

    • @omarabuabdullah4862
      @omarabuabdullah4862 2 місяці тому

      @@rodomolina7995
      it's just a comma and an "h" missing, and you can't figure it out,
      no wonder your brain melted

    • @rodomolina7995
      @rodomolina7995 2 місяці тому +4

      @@omarabuabdullah4862 You edited it and still missed an error 💀

    • @omarabuabdullah4862
      @omarabuabdullah4862 2 місяці тому

      @@rodomolina7995
      it's still readable,
      stop acting like a freaking autocorrect bot !!!

  • @religionisevil8850
    @religionisevil8850 2 місяці тому +63

    I know atheists aren't supposed to have heroes, but Dennett was my personal favourite of the Horsemen. RIP legend.

    • @dangalvin3922
      @dangalvin3922 2 місяці тому +21

      Why not, a hero is just the extreme version of a good example. I have several - Carl Sagan, Leonardo, Copernicus, Newton, Darwin, George Carlin

    • @grimble4564
      @grimble4564 2 місяці тому +5

      I think having heros is fine so long as you never lose focus on their humanity. It's natural to be inspired by the lives of others, just don't take them so seriously that you become a fanatic.

    • @jinfin221
      @jinfin221 2 місяці тому +3

      Why not?

    • @119beaker
      @119beaker 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@dangalvin3922I don't like people like Dawkins who turn atheism into a religion.

    • @yaserthe1
      @yaserthe1 Місяць тому

      In order to rest in peace, something needs to remain. Given Atheists believe that nothing remains after death, you should not say Rest in peace z you should say something like , Cease to exist but your memory remains .

  • @grimble4564
    @grimble4564 2 місяці тому +19

    This might just be the most clearly enunciated thought I've ever had the pleasure of hearing

  • @Dudchy
    @Dudchy 2 місяці тому +4

    Very sad we lose people like this

  • @bthearen
    @bthearen 2 місяці тому +8

    Rest in peace, Daniel. You will surely be missed!

    • @kgallagher76
      @kgallagher76 Місяць тому +1

      Rest in peace? He was an athiest! According to his beliefs he's nothing anymore. Move on.

  • @nilanjanchanda597
    @nilanjanchanda597 Місяць тому +2

    RIP the philosophy legend. Your ideas will continue to stimulate intellect and enlighten us on our own nature and be cherished forever. ❤️

  • @HappyAtheist1976
    @HappyAtheist1976 2 місяці тому +7

    Yup. Also, there is a surplus of religion

    • @letsomethingshine
      @letsomethingshine 2 місяці тому +1

      Plus, they don’t give automatic tax and filing exceptions to atheist clubs, only to State Accepted false religions.

    • @kevinh2345
      @kevinh2345 2 місяці тому

      ​@@letsomethingshine"hey Google, what is a 501(c)3?"
      A tax exempt non-profit organization founded for one of the following purposes:
      Charities
      Religious
      Educational
      Improvement of child welfare
      Scientific or literary
      Public safety
      National or international sports competitions
      Prevention of animal cruelty
      Atheists decrying religious organizations for taxes is the most brainrotted opinion to ever enter the zeitgeist. It makes you as obnoxious as the answers in Genesis kooks with their ark in Tennessee. Grow up.

    • @gumter.
      @gumter. 2 місяці тому

      ​@@letsomethingshinewhy would an atheist club be exempt from tax?

    • @johnobeid67
      @johnobeid67 Місяць тому

      @@letsomethingshineindeed. After all, atheism is a type of religion.

  • @shahriyarmhm3424
    @shahriyarmhm3424 2 місяці тому +6

    Another treasure like hitchens is gone...

  • @bb21again.67
    @bb21again.67 2 місяці тому +2

    An amazing man who will be sadly missed by his followers.

  • @Mlaw
    @Mlaw 2 місяці тому +5

    RIP Dear Sir❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @williamwallace3257
    @williamwallace3257 Місяць тому +3

    Such intelligence!

  • @nmdale78
    @nmdale78 2 місяці тому +18

    I think if st. Paul walked into a catholic tridentine mass or an orthodox church it would feel ver familiar to him.

    • @FGP_Pro
      @FGP_Pro 2 місяці тому +1

      If dogs evolved from wolves, they why are there still wolves? lol

    • @Jesus.saves0174
      @Jesus.saves0174 2 місяці тому

      Maybe not all wolves evolved and stayed in the climates where being a wolf is beneficial ​@@FGP_Pro

    • @9y2bgy
      @9y2bgy 2 місяці тому +1

      @@FGP_Pro Having dogs doesn't make wolves go extinct. Not sure what you're trying to say...

    • @FGP_Pro
      @FGP_Pro 2 місяці тому

      So, we all agree, religion, like everything, evolves, just as Mr. Dennett asserts?

    • @9y2bgy
      @9y2bgy 2 місяці тому

      @@FGP_Pro Of course. Everything changes toward a specific direction. That evolution.

  • @royal_gambit_e4
    @royal_gambit_e4 Місяць тому +2

    Everything there is today evolved.

  • @Amanita._.Verosa._.
    @Amanita._.Verosa._. Місяць тому +1

    ReIigion changes when it's not allowed to get away with the horribIe things it got away with.

  • @greenimp111
    @greenimp111 2 місяці тому +10

    I was very sad to hear of his passing, Dan always wrote in such a companionable style

  • @frogpaste
    @frogpaste Місяць тому +6

    Whether or not religion evolved says nothing about whether it's true or not.

    • @robertcarsten4050
      @robertcarsten4050 Місяць тому +9

      Correct, nor is that argument being made

    • @frogpaste
      @frogpaste Місяць тому +1

      @@robertcarsten4050 I thought it sounded as though it were implied. 🤷‍♂️

    • @tomarmstrong3297
      @tomarmstrong3297 Місяць тому +4

      Yeah, Dennett’s belief in materialism evolved also, so what ?

    • @davidkirba3191
      @davidkirba3191 Місяць тому

      Still religion is a collection of claims with absolutely no evidence to support those claims.

    • @anthonykofron618
      @anthonykofron618 Місяць тому

      Well I mean if there's one all knowing God how would his rules change?

  • @user-sr5zl2ig2r
    @user-sr5zl2ig2r 2 місяці тому +1

    Kind of, but every Prophet had the same message. Worship 1 God, don’t worship Idols. But people have corrupted it🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @patbrumph6769
    @patbrumph6769 Місяць тому +1

    People come up with an idea and then build on it. Someone invented the automobile. Then people started improving on it. They added a windshield so insects weren't smacking them in the face as they drove. They added headlights to drive at night, windshield wipers to drive in the rain, a horn to warn pedestrians, etc. Every idea is like that. Get a good idea people immediately start improving on it. Religion is like that. Someone invented a god, then asked the question what is he like, what is the correct way to worship him. It works better with a priesthood. Then we must defend our religion against all the others.

  • @metalheadlass9868
    @metalheadlass9868 2 місяці тому +4

    Religious people will close their ears and eyes to the truth nevertheless.

    • @finaututone4502
      @finaututone4502 2 місяці тому +3

      What is this truth you speak of?

    • @metalheadlass9868
      @metalheadlass9868 2 місяці тому +1

      @@finaututone4502 anything for which there is evidence

    • @finaututone4502
      @finaututone4502 2 місяці тому

      @@metalheadlass9868 so anything with evidence is truth?
      How much evidence is required?
      How long does it have to be observed and collected?
      How often have our scientific endeavours found something to be the “truth” only later for subsequent evidence to disprove it?
      We are extremely limited by our cognitive human capacities to be able to explore this ever elusive idea of “truth”.
      What does a tree know about the depths of our oceans? In the same manner what do we really know about the mysteries of life?
      Empiricism has greatly benefited humanity however we would be painfully ignorant to think it has shown us the “truth”.

    • @Southernstereotype
      @Southernstereotype 2 місяці тому +4

      @@metalheadlass9868God is truth. Why would I look to anyone but the creator of everything for morality?

    • @luigimrlgaming9484
      @luigimrlgaming9484 2 місяці тому +1

      The religion itself never changed, none of the commands changed, only how we viewed and interpreted some of them. It’s pretty prideful to think we humans can understand all of God’s logic so no wonder we got so much wrong in the early days, since today with more modern discoveries, the Bible starts making a hell of a lot MORE sense than it would’ve in the dark ages.

  • @davidcunningham1786
    @davidcunningham1786 Місяць тому +7

    Imagine buying the worlds most powerful home computer and then putting Windows 95 on it. That's religion today.

    • @johnobeid67
      @johnobeid67 Місяць тому +1

      Wow, what an insightful comment! And yet the modern super brain can’t tell us what a woman is!😂. Thats atheism today!

    • @skagenpige88
      @skagenpige88 Місяць тому

      @@johnobeid67 What are you talking about? Atheism is just a rejection of god belief, it has nothing to do with social genders or biological genders discussions.

    • @johnobeid67
      @johnobeid67 Місяць тому

      @@skagenpige88 I know, but atheists often subscribe to the whacky ideologies of the day.

  • @chickenpants
    @chickenpants 2 місяці тому +20

    He will be much missed.

  • @Sammy-ur8kc
    @Sammy-ur8kc 27 днів тому +1

    What's the difference between a cult and a religion? In a cult, there's someone at the top who knows it's all bs. In a religion, that person has died long time ago

  • @philipnorthfield
    @philipnorthfield Місяць тому +1

    The sum of his, like all of our actions out live us, his contribution was far greater than most.

  • @totaltechcanada451
    @totaltechcanada451 2 місяці тому +21

    Religion. Either you are against them ALL or complicit in the evil done in ANY of it's name

    • @aritromunsi2445
      @aritromunsi2445 2 місяці тому +5

      Nah, that thought is only Western thought, Western phenomenon. "Western atheism" has developed such type of ridiculous idea.

    • @thewhiteguar959
      @thewhiteguar959 2 місяці тому +8

      @@aritromunsi2445
      That's just anti-theism. There's plenty of us. Religion in any form is harmful.

    • @aritromunsi2445
      @aritromunsi2445 2 місяці тому +3

      @@thewhiteguar959 that's da notion I referred to as 'Western Culture'....tagging all religions, even which hav no Western link, as "Harmful"....& directly opposing people's faiths. Actually, Atheism is also an ideology.

    • @thewhiteguar959
      @thewhiteguar959 2 місяці тому

      @@aritromunsi2445
      An ideology isn't a religion.
      All religions are bad because they undermine the respect for evidence and rational thought. People who believe incorrect things will harm people for incorrect reasons.
      Not a single religion can use evidence to prove its claims. Therefore they're all wrong, therefore they're all bad.
      I do not respect people's faiths, nor do I believe that faith is at all helpful or useful to anyone, and only serves to perpetuate ignorance.

    • @rumple7551
      @rumple7551 2 місяці тому +8

      ​@@aritromunsi2445the lack of belief in something is an ideology? 😮

  • @jasoncalvetti1983
    @jasoncalvetti1983 2 місяці тому +11

    Jesus is alive.

    • @Jamhael1
      @Jamhael1 2 місяці тому +2

      Where?

    • @user-eh9lx3um6n
      @user-eh9lx3um6n 2 місяці тому +4

      then what did he actually sacrifice? Seems like he just had a bad weekend.

    • @Jamhael1
      @Jamhael1 2 місяці тому +1

      @@user-eh9lx3um6n well, you know, he LOOOOVES a good wine...

    • @user-eh9lx3um6n
      @user-eh9lx3um6n 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Jamhael1 yes, thats his blood that these delusional religious nuts drink

    • @Ephesians_6.10
      @Ephesians_6.10 2 місяці тому +1

      Amen

  • @balderbrok6438
    @balderbrok6438 2 місяці тому +1

    Maybe it didn't "evolve" but rather "devolved"... just like how christians can think of the church as gradually descending from it's peak with Christ to now have become a secularized bastardization of it's origin. The fact of religion changing does not contradict in any way shape or form with religion itself.

  • @Tbone.357
    @Tbone.357 Місяць тому +1

    The thought of living forever in a paradise with loved ones and pets that have passed is like a shot of sugar.
    But just because it makes us feel good, doesn't mean it's true... Or beneficial to us

  • @Osterriech0707
    @Osterriech0707 2 місяці тому +12

    Christ is king!

    • @user-vg1cn4if4x
      @user-vg1cn4if4x 2 місяці тому +2

      Amen - folks get mesmerized by intellectual people using big words and equating belief in God to be harmful like a sweet tooth…

    • @Osterriech0707
      @Osterriech0707 2 місяці тому

      @@user-vg1cn4if4x Jesus is the truth

    • @Osterriech0707
      @Osterriech0707 2 місяці тому

      @@user-vg1cn4if4x Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life

    • @JAA949
      @JAA949 2 місяці тому

      ​Because they make sense with the words they use. Not all belief in a god is harmful of course.

    • @bokononbokomaru8156
      @bokononbokomaru8156 2 місяці тому +2

      Because... magical zombies...

  • @truthisaquestion
    @truthisaquestion Місяць тому +4

    If you don’t think atheism is a religion then read the comments. For these folks, this guy is assigned all the functionality of a priest and even elevated to the status of prophet.

    • @CultOfMajora
      @CultOfMajora Місяць тому

      Liking someone’s ideas and thinking someone is a profit are two totally different things

    • @kyle--859
      @kyle--859 Місяць тому

      Ahh yes, atheism is a religion, just like not collecting stamps is a hobby and not playing baseball is a sport

    • @XEndlessSteelX
      @XEndlessSteelX Місяць тому

      Typically, agreeing with informed opinions based on evidence and reason is the antithesis of religion.

    • @truthisaquestion
      @truthisaquestion Місяць тому +1

      @@kyle--859 a person doesn’t need to collect stamps to believe in the mailman or play baseball to cheer for a hitter.
      One may think he is not participating, but his faith and worship are focused on what can never fulfill and elevate.

    • @truthisaquestion
      @truthisaquestion Місяць тому

      @@XEndlessSteelX typically, atheists misrepresent, or purposely conflate historical reports with myths. The evidence for Jesus is overwhelming, but we both know evidence is not the real issue.
      We all believe in many things without any evidence at all.

  • @OddwicMusic
    @OddwicMusic 2 місяці тому +1

    This man helped shape my mind as a youth. I will carry his wisdom with me for the rest of my life.

  • @SharedPhilosophy
    @SharedPhilosophy Місяць тому +1

    Man, I wish I had known about his work earlier. Rest In Peace. We will make sure your ideas live on

  • @enlightenednomad8807
    @enlightenednomad8807 2 місяці тому +3

    All religions are fine just don’t bring into politics and laws or force upon people

    • @DH-rj2kv
      @DH-rj2kv 2 місяці тому

      Faith is fine, religion usually isn’t

    • @mikitukka
      @mikitukka Місяць тому

      @@DH-rj2kvfaith is the worst part.

    • @kelpermoon23
      @kelpermoon23 Місяць тому

      @@DH-rj2kvhow is Christianity bad?

    • @DH-rj2kv
      @DH-rj2kv Місяць тому

      @@kelpermoon23
      Hundred thousands heathens burnt and millions of indigenous people with their cultures destroyed would like to have a word.

    • @DH-rj2kv
      @DH-rj2kv Місяць тому

      @@mikitukka
      You can have faith in whatever makes you happy. As long as you don’t enforce rules and expectations of your personal faith on others, that’s of no concern to anyone.

  • @jasoncoomer1226
    @jasoncoomer1226 2 місяці тому +4

    When science can tell me how something came from absolutely NOTHING....maybe I'll listen.
    Until then it's just faith....
    Much like Christianity only with less comfort, peace and eternal salvation.

    • @JAA949
      @JAA949 2 місяці тому +2

      What if there always was something?

    • @luigimrlgaming9484
      @luigimrlgaming9484 2 місяці тому +1

      @@JAA949Then physics has a lot of explaining to do.

    • @JAA949
      @JAA949 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@luigimrlgaming9484 I think physics has alot to explain if it comes from nothing aswell. Perhaps we will never get a final answer to how the universe came about.

    • @Detson404
      @Detson404 2 місяці тому

      Strawman

    • @luigimrlgaming9484
      @luigimrlgaming9484 2 місяці тому

      @@Detson404 Just didn’t know? We told you so you would!

  • @georoll123
    @georoll123 2 місяці тому +1

    Oh this is good and it is also why I no longer believe in any god

  • @peternjenga4420
    @peternjenga4420 2 місяці тому +2

    Rest in peace Dan.

  • @chriskelly3481
    @chriskelly3481 2 місяці тому +1

    Such a wonderful, loving, brilliant man. And a magnificent communicator. A fine role model.

  • @Nate-dv5dp
    @Nate-dv5dp 2 місяці тому +1

    R.I.P. Daniel Dennet, one more of the great horsemen of rationale thought has passed. He will now live on in our memories and through his work, just like Christopher Hitchens.

  • @suvanshgupta8079
    @suvanshgupta8079 Місяць тому +1

    That makes sense! Now is more shittier than ever and we are fighting and killing over it. Although peeps wanting/begging everyone to convert to their religion remains the same.

  • @HuwPewPew
    @HuwPewPew Місяць тому +1

    In the same way that religion has outlived its usefulness.

  • @Maggie_n_Mitch23
    @Maggie_n_Mitch23 5 днів тому

    No TV , no Netflix , just story tellers .🤔

  • @RonnieMyers777
    @RonnieMyers777 18 днів тому

    Cool lore + some good lessons
    Doesnt matter that its fictional, its an easier way to control large groups of people without brute force

  • @MrJimiJK
    @MrJimiJK Місяць тому

    RIP to a legend.

  • @kuma0002
    @kuma0002 Місяць тому +1

    RIP- Dan. I always disagreed with you on free will, but you were a fantastic human being.

    • @mnrsteeljoutafel
      @mnrsteeljoutafel Місяць тому

      Was he?
      By what measurement and standard are you holding him too😂

    • @kyle--859
      @kyle--859 Місяць тому

      ​@@mnrsteeljoutafelOh I'm sorry, I forgot that everything is worthless to you unless some God says otherwise

  • @rossmanmagnus
    @rossmanmagnus Місяць тому

    yeah as long as he's saying that religion evolves no muslims or christians can be on the same boat with him because that's not what their religion teaches

  • @theunusual4566
    @theunusual4566 Місяць тому

    Hinduism is Eternal with No Founders, it talks of something Which was always there, is, and always will be.

  • @brindlebriar
    @brindlebriar 5 днів тому

    This argument presumes that 'the world'(his term), as it is, is 'correct' - the current world culture - and that the natural inclination to like sweets, is _therefore,_ 'no longer correct.'
    Let's use some logic on that: If there is a conflict, for us, between A(sugar liking) and B(culture), there is no way to tell, implicitly, whether A is incorrect, B is incorrect, or they are both incorrect.
    One can only infer that _at least one_ of the two is 'incorrect.'
    One way to approach resolving this question is to ask: assuming we wish to resolve the conflict, would it be *easier* to 1) Change our genetic proclivity to like the taste of sugar, or 2) Change whatever aspects of our recent culture conflict therewith?
    It seems intuitively obvious, to me, that option 2 is the easier(and safer) resolution to the conflict.
    Therefore, that it is not the predisposition to like sugar - and by analogy the predisposition to religiosity - that is best regarded as 'no longer correct.'
    Rather, it is the recent and malleable culture which stands in conflict therewith.

  • @khalilkansou
    @khalilkansou Місяць тому

    So simple, so clear, so common sensical, and yet so powerful!

  • @monton206
    @monton206 2 місяці тому +1

    We lost one of the greats.

  • @jima8946
    @jima8946 2 місяці тому +2

    You will be truely missed Sir

  • @colinthompson5078
    @colinthompson5078 Місяць тому +2

    ...all true.....the God Delusion....👍

  • @EsaelPaggin024
    @EsaelPaggin024 Місяць тому +1

    RIP Daniel Dennet. 😢

  • @tomarmstrong3297
    @tomarmstrong3297 Місяць тому

    Science evolved too, so what? Dennett wrote a book called “Consciousness Explained” which explained nothing about how consciousness arises. I think he was fundamentally wrong, but was a very intelligent, challenging voice.

  • @grahamluna6935
    @grahamluna6935 15 днів тому

    Many of us go through this type of thinking and if your lucky... U may get to feel the eye of your heart open.

  • @leebode4643
    @leebode4643 2 місяці тому +2

    Great man. I would have loved to have had the pleasure of speaking with him.

  • @user-gf4dh3ug1n
    @user-gf4dh3ug1n Місяць тому

    Why we found and follow religions,for peace or killing one another for perfect reasons..

  • @davesuper4572
    @davesuper4572 Місяць тому +2

    Some people need to be controlled and for that reason religion is important as the air we breath

    • @tokyo222dp4
      @tokyo222dp4 Місяць тому +1

      The majority is Some? Why you dont say People actually think logicaly that they are created by the great god and naturally would worshipes him

    • @kelpermoon23
      @kelpermoon23 Місяць тому +1

      Everyone needs religion, this who think they are in control when they detach, are, in almost every instance, out of control or following a different, “unofficial” religion

  • @iypedrocai9854
    @iypedrocai9854 11 днів тому

    Catholic faith is the exact same as 2000 years ago. What is he even saying...🙄

  • @aibarra4141
    @aibarra4141 Місяць тому

    When you’re so right about religion, you start pseudoscience. Agriculture is older than religion is straight bollocks

    • @robertcarsten4050
      @robertcarsten4050 Місяць тому +1

      I mean we can prove humans were practicing agriculture abkut 12000 bce . While the oldest provable "religion" is only about 5500bce.
      So the evidence supports dennets claim while anything that would be counter (currently) is speculation

  • @najis1849
    @najis1849 2 місяці тому

    Another way to see it: We get thirsty and it turns out there is a thing called water. We have a longing for some supernatural concept, maybe there is such a thing

    • @elvisd3947
      @elvisd3947 2 місяці тому

      Do we though? Isn't the supernatural answer always a response to a natural need or thirst?
      Scared of dying? Afterlife
      Scared of noises during the night? Ghosts
      Scared of loneliness? Personal Jesus.
      Scary natural phenomena? Must be god.

  • @TrackinDaMeta
    @TrackinDaMeta 2 місяці тому +1

    RIP always loved this guy

  • @RaimusValsondra
    @RaimusValsondra 6 днів тому

    Another horseman falls

  • @loudrimshot
    @loudrimshot 2 місяці тому +1

    I've been saying this to my wife for years.

  • @scottmartin8380
    @scottmartin8380 Місяць тому

    We don’t have to indulge any religion either.

  • @Goodgollybenholly
    @Goodgollybenholly Місяць тому

    It’s not that Good doesn’t exist, it’s just you haven’t experienced him yet.

  • @turnersawman
    @turnersawman Місяць тому +2

    Religion is the worst thing to happen to this world.

    • @koonwong8582
      @koonwong8582 Місяць тому

      Religions had their usefulness in ancient times for uniting tribes against enemies and natural forces. Similar to sugar, human needs to reduce its influence on use.

    • @OldTaima
      @OldTaima Місяць тому +1

      Hitler? Stalin? Mao? You need me to continue?

    • @turnersawman
      @turnersawman Місяць тому

      @OldTaima all religious nutbags so what's your stupid point?

    • @turnersawman
      @turnersawman Місяць тому

      @koonwong8582 no use what so ever in religion except control of the gullible.

    • @turnersawman
      @turnersawman Місяць тому

      @koonwong8582 The enemies were non religious or other religions, so that is also a stupid excuse for stupid religion.

  • @mardy3732
    @mardy3732 27 днів тому

    The bible hasn't changed in 2000 years but they way people interpret it has. The worldview of even christians is mostly shaped by secural reasons.

  • @zechariahzen.6364
    @zechariahzen.6364 19 днів тому

    Tell this to the spirit that invaded my home, and to the authors of the scripture that ended up being the only thing that got it to leave, to the thing that clawed my friend, pulled my mother underneath her covers and left a soft purple hand print. Or the wierd thing that stalked me and my brothers around home. God is real folks, more real than you or I.
    And the only way to him is through the way he gave us in jesus christ.

  • @silvioi9061
    @silvioi9061 26 днів тому

    RIP Dan ❤

  • @brandonwilliams4991
    @brandonwilliams4991 2 місяці тому

    Sure some religious beliefs change to varying degrees for one reason or another, that doesn't mean they all do nor does it mean God doesn't exist

  • @natepeace1737
    @natepeace1737 2 місяці тому

    RIPto one of the Four Horsemen. Along with Hitchens. Now only Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins remain!

  • @user-ds7mr9wt3c
    @user-ds7mr9wt3c 2 місяці тому +1

    Religion evolved to keep the con game going 💰

    • @kelpermoon23
      @kelpermoon23 Місяць тому

      May god cure you

    • @user-ds7mr9wt3c
      @user-ds7mr9wt3c Місяць тому

      Sucker born every minute. All religions are con jobs for money, power and position in the community. None of the gods have cured anyone. The goodness in this world and the evil in this world is through mankind.

    • @user-ds7mr9wt3c
      @user-ds7mr9wt3c Місяць тому

      Hmmm censorship. I commented none of the almost 3000 documented gods have healed anyone. The goodness in this world and the evil in this world is through mankind.

  • @psychedandelevated2854
    @psychedandelevated2854 Місяць тому

    Yeah something rather revolutionary happened 2000 years ago.

  • @chrislangdon5473
    @chrislangdon5473 25 днів тому

    Wrong religion was here from the time of Adam.

    • @spatrk6634
      @spatrk6634 14 днів тому

      there are religions older than Abrahamic ones.
      so no

  • @lamsonian
    @lamsonian Місяць тому

    I don't know what he's thinking about sweets being outdated. Last I checked, it was a necessity for all living creatures.

    • @wysonlegion5398
      @wysonlegion5398 Місяць тому

      We like sweet because they are dense in calories, like natural honey. It benefits us because food was rare back in the times before civilization. Not the case anymore, so the brain doesn’t need to be rewarded for finding it.

    • @lamsonian
      @lamsonian Місяць тому

      @@wysonlegion5398 Okay, fair enough. That may be your opinion.
      However, I "like" sweets because sugar (in its natural form, aka fructose - like honey, as you mentioned) is fuel for the immune system, the brain, and every organ in the body. And, because of that fact, it will never be "outdated", particularly for the body's sake. Any body, human or other.

  • @forestfire2670
    @forestfire2670 2 місяці тому

    Religion evolving is its issue. The point of religion is to have a belief in a set of unchanging morals that are fundamental to providing the best existence for humanity like thou shall not kill. As they are given by God, they can’t change and perverting those ideals in an attempt to conform to society rather than society confirming to those values is ultimately going to be every religion’s obsolescence.

    • @Detson404
      @Detson404 2 місяці тому

      God may be unchanging if he exists but that doesn’t help us since we apparently can’t access gods mind directly, or at least everybody who has claimed to be able to do so so far has disagreed about what god really thinks. What theists actually do is just gesture towards some axiom or other to ground their beliefs, same as everybody else, they just attribute the axioms to their god.

    • @forestfire2670
      @forestfire2670 2 місяці тому

      @@Detson404 You don’t even need to believe in God to believe that a religions values are sacred and static. My point is religion can’t evolve otherwise it contradicts itself. If a God is unchanging the religion will be as well. Religion’s principles evolving is based on individualistic axioms but the foundation (assuming God spoke to Moses or Mohammed, what have you) is based on God therefore it is truth. Even if God wasn’t real, I think most people agree there are universal truths of “good and evil” and those are biologically programmed into us, whether you credit God or not for that.

  • @aissamoudafi2971
    @aissamoudafi2971 2 місяці тому +1

    Rest in peace

  • @LosAngelesDrummer
    @LosAngelesDrummer 2 місяці тому

    He will be deeply missed 😔

  • @jmaniak1
    @jmaniak1 Місяць тому +1

    Just like sugar god has outlived his usefulness.

    • @mariemarie3614
      @mariemarie3614 Місяць тому

      ...yet without sugar our bodies couldn't survive.

  • @chickbowdrie4750
    @chickbowdrie4750 Місяць тому

    Unfortunately, its often the wisdom of this world that keeps men from knowing the true and living God.

  • @BridgetWalker-xu8sw
    @BridgetWalker-xu8sw Місяць тому +1

    Having an omnivorous diet disproves the vegan origins of the creationist story.

  • @wdthompson1234
    @wdthompson1234 Місяць тому

    He's missed already.

  • @aydinghanekh
    @aydinghanekh 9 днів тому

    Well said, sir. Very well said.

  • @cccumberr572
    @cccumberr572 Місяць тому

    Of course, all religions