People Accept The Old Testament, So That's Proof Of God!? | Talk Heathen: Throwback

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 108

  • @ChristianIce
    @ChristianIce 11 днів тому +40

    When they ask "can I ignore you and finish myscript" the answer should be always and only *NO*

  • @MooseMaunu
    @MooseMaunu 11 днів тому +30

    Ladies and gentlemen...you gave "Bernard" waaayyyyy too much time for his kindergarten philosophy. We are all dumber for having heard his babble.

  • @UnintelligentDesigner
    @UnintelligentDesigner 11 днів тому +19

    No, Bernard, YOU are missing the point. Some people believed a specific mythology. Woo-hoo, yippee-yahoo, Book Club has been stuck on one shitty fairy tale collection for MILLENNIA! Literally EVERY religious person does EXACTLY what you are doing to justify their addiction to imaginary worlds and ideas -- you aren't special just because you keep insisting you are and refusing to listen to reality.
    How about this: my book -- that LOTS of people accept as 100% true and representative of reality -- says that your book is 100% aged horseshit masquerading as lasagna. Now what?

    • @mistylover7398
      @mistylover7398 7 днів тому +1

      Just because you like something in a book doesn't mean you can have what's in da book happen in reality. Dats wha crazy people want.

  • @tekbarrier
    @tekbarrier 11 днів тому +19

    "If you just give me five hours to explain..."

    • @nuclearsimian3281
      @nuclearsimian3281 10 днів тому +1

      Then if you ask a question, at all, the asshole just talks over you, insisting he's right.

  • @Devious_Dave
    @Devious_Dave 10 днів тому +6

    Bernard believes the story because the story is what he believes. It's thought-free, methodless, impenetrable. "You cannot reason people out of positions they didn’t reason themselves into." (Goldacre?)

  • @Ghalaghor_McAllistor
    @Ghalaghor_McAllistor 11 днів тому +12

    Fun fact: the bible borrowed myths from much older religions that existed long before Jesus.

  • @Montaq_
    @Montaq_ 11 днів тому +11

    Asking how if Mount Sinai didn't happen how were the people it happened to convinced is like asking if the Harry Potter didn't happen why was Ron Weasley convinced he's real.

  • @alamunez
    @alamunez 11 днів тому +12

    The reasoning skills of a None Given caller on full display 😄

    • @tiltingwindmill
      @tiltingwindmill 11 днів тому +3

      Guess ol' Bernie here didn't learn English or common decency whilst growing up.

    • @blitzkreg182
      @blitzkreg182 11 днів тому +3

      @@tiltingwindmill what do you expect, there’s no hate like Christian love

    • @reefhog
      @reefhog 20 годин тому

      @@blitzkreg182He’s not christian. He stated that right at the beginning of the call.

  • @Rage867
    @Rage867 11 днів тому +9

    You are never going to believe this but Bernard never provided any of the evidence he said he would provide.

  • @clemstevenson
    @clemstevenson 10 днів тому +5

    There has never been any supporting evidence for any claimed contact with god, yet the religious take these claims seriously....accept, of course, for the claimed contacts with god that they object to. It's amazing how they clutch at straws, rather than accept the fact that there is no evidence.

  • @RealHooksy
    @RealHooksy 10 днів тому +6

    I’ve heard plenty of ridiculous arguments for god, but this one is near the top of the ridiculous list

  • @mdug7224
    @mdug7224 11 днів тому +5

    All the people were shown how to use fire by Prometheus. The Greeks believed Prometheus was a god. Therefore, it is true that Prometheus fashioned people out of clay, gave fire to humanity and was crucified on a mountain, where birds peck out his liver every day.

  • @markewing10
    @markewing10 10 днів тому +2

    This guy’s logic in real life: The leader of North Korea golfed a perfect game the first time he played. We know it’s true because the entire surviving population of North Korea accepted it as true.

  • @porkyboy4226
    @porkyboy4226 10 днів тому +1

    It's amazing how much help god gave to his chosen people at every turn 3000 years ago, and now he couldn't give a fu*k!!
    It's almost as if he doesn't exist!🤔

  • @BKMiller1970
    @BKMiller1970 11 днів тому +7

    Hard core indoctrination.

  • @Rusticrogue17
    @Rusticrogue17 11 днів тому +5

    How many times can you make the same point in different ways while he continues to ignore it?

  • @martinperry1843
    @martinperry1843 10 днів тому +2

    It's the most rational explanation, talking snakes and impossible floods and magic spells, it's just rational and logical.

  • @Adam.Langton
    @Adam.Langton 11 днів тому +5

    There must have been some mass bible misprint that included a list of common logical fallacies, and all these guys read it, and thought they were supposed to follow it. Honestly.

  • @malevolyndrgn739
    @malevolyndrgn739 10 днів тому +4

    It is so frustrating when they allow the person to just keep babbling while they are talking, I hate hearing people talking over each other 😮‍💨
    Use the damn mute button!

  • @thecatattheend2250
    @thecatattheend2250 8 днів тому

    Does Katy have a channel where she just reads stories all day?

  • @CycocelVocalist
    @CycocelVocalist 7 днів тому

    "Whatever you're saying I understand!" Bernard can't listen.

  • @SofieSybella
    @SofieSybella 9 днів тому

    I’ve read the Spider-Man comics, and in the New York of the comics, everyone knows Spider-Man is real. Therefore, I know Spider-Man is actually real.

  • @russellmackinnon1253
    @russellmackinnon1253 День тому

    So, could God roll a joint so large that even He could no smoke it ?

  • @johnmeyn8802
    @johnmeyn8802 10 днів тому +2

    They didn't have the book back that then.

    • @davidszeremi1786
      @davidszeremi1786 10 днів тому

      This right here! There was not a complete book to go handing out much less to the 3 million people who weren't there

  • @tedgrant2
    @tedgrant2 7 днів тому

    As we all know, God is outside space and time. He can't hear you !

  • @Roman-Bellum-et-Pax
    @Roman-Bellum-et-Pax 11 днів тому +4

    A Nice Calico Cat....And it is Healthy and Happy(and Loved) without "God's" Word.....or Help!!!. BRAVA Katy and her Kat!!!!!.

  • @ObiePictures
    @ObiePictures 7 днів тому

    The Jews in Egypt were actually a bunch of professional wrestlers and the Bible is just kayfabe…which is why they accepted it as true.

  • @reefhog
    @reefhog 20 годин тому

    Sounds like the caller doesn’t know that the Old Testament was written by multiple authors over many centuries.

  • @asyetundetermined
    @asyetundetermined 10 днів тому +1

    Every interaction with Bernard must be an absolute nightmare. What an insufferable windbag.

    • @nuclearsimian3281
      @nuclearsimian3281 10 днів тому +1

      He refuses to let anyone else speak. He refuses to listen.

  • @jarellgreen548
    @jarellgreen548 10 днів тому

    His lack of comprehension is impressive…. 😂

  • @FoSheezzzie
    @FoSheezzzie 10 днів тому

    I don't love it when you let them preach at you for so long.

  • @anthonysmith8800
    @anthonysmith8800 11 днів тому +1

    Way too long on a pointless, unproductive, incoherent call. Àaarrrrggggggg!

  • @NewtonDynamics-j2j
    @NewtonDynamics-j2j 10 днів тому +1

    He is just interested in preaching.

  • @tlebeck
    @tlebeck 11 днів тому +2

    Bernard is not a mensch

  • @markeastlack4180
    @markeastlack4180 11 днів тому +2

    WOW😂😂😂😂

  • @theclocktower3258
    @theclocktower3258 10 днів тому +1

    Dude tried to explain an entire story in the bible that most everyone already knows all so he can say "the people in the book believed the things in the book they were in"
    Like yea dude Harry Potter genuinely believed in Voldemort but that doesn't make any of it true lol
    You trying to tell me that the people who wrote Harry Potter made everything up and Harry didn't catch that? That book was ABOUT him how could be believe something about himself if it was all a lie???? Checkmate: Avoldemortists

  • @topgunaudio7983
    @topgunaudio7983 10 днів тому

    No one ‘accepted it’, they were taught to follow it blindly and without question - that is a massive difference. God did not lie??!! For told the first lie in the bible when he told Adam and Eve they would die that day if they eat from the tree!

  • @mikeinmelbourne9491
    @mikeinmelbourne9491 10 днів тому

    The book is true because the book says it's true.... I don't think the caller has the capacity to understand basic logic. They also lack any semblance of self reflection.

  • @allendesomer
    @allendesomer 10 днів тому +3

    I didn't enjoy this conversation as much as I usually do. Around 9:30, the caller was finally allowed to make his point. His entire argument was very specific. He asserted that the people mentioned in the Old Testament were real people who had the opportunity to reject the story written about them. Nothing else he said was a premise in his argument, but the hosts beat him up at every turn as if every one of his dubious statements were central to his argument.
    Somewhere after 20 minutes into the conversation, the caller repeated his claim that the people being talked about in the Old Testament had the opportunity to reject the story if it wasn't true. To me, the only worthwhile thing to discusss at that point was the span of time between the writing of the story in the Old Testament and the actual people being written about. If it was a large time-span, then the caller's arguments would be entirely baseless.
    I'm just one person listening, so my desire for a certain flow in a discussion isn't an objective critique.

    • @martinboyd447
      @martinboyd447 10 днів тому +1

      Your comment is pretty baseless.

    • @allendesomer
      @allendesomer 10 днів тому +1

      @martinboyd447 I'm glad to hear from you, but I don't understand. If you have a reason for your comment, I honestly want to know it.

    • @reefhog
      @reefhog 20 годин тому

      He asserted that people written about were real. So what? He has no way of demonstrating the truth of his assertion. You and the caller, don’t seem to understand the Old Testament was written over the course of between 7 to 11 centuries, and was only compiled into one book, around 165 BC. Also, most people couldn’t read or write in those times.

    • @allendesomer
      @allendesomer 18 годин тому

      @reefhog Of course, you're right. 👍
      My complaint is that the hosts waited too long to address the caller's actual bogus argument. Sometimes, when you really listen to a caller's bad argument, there's something specific the caller is fixating on, and it's pointless to talk about their other weaknesses.
      Yeah, I was ranting, but I'm generally a fan.

  • @ChixieMary
    @ChixieMary 11 днів тому +1

    Obtuse is the word.
    🤪

  • @davidszeremi1786
    @davidszeremi1786 10 днів тому

    Pretty sure God lied in Genesis or isn't all knowing or Omni present

  • @MrBozoOzo
    @MrBozoOzo 4 дні тому

    Old guy who is used to being listened to and unable to listen to others. Horrible caller. And it gets worse as he exposes that he is very weak minded, unable to use his brain. LISTEN TO THE HOSTS! They point out the problem with your crap reasoning!! Bernard is the prince of circular reasoning.

  • @michaelmcaree6296
    @michaelmcaree6296 9 днів тому

    This guy is not smart enough to understand the counter arguments.
    "The book itself says how it was accepted!" Yeah but the book was written long aftter the alleged events. "Yeah but the book says that the people accepted it!"

  • @Skeptic236
    @Skeptic236 10 днів тому

    So, the Old testament could have been written by God...did he use MS Word, or a quill dipped in tar? Bernard falls into the usual apologist hole... don't answer questions.

  • @Chrisrpg1980
    @Chrisrpg1980 10 днів тому

    I feel bad. This person is delusional or just EXTREMELY gullible.

  • @golach420
    @golach420 11 днів тому +4

    Ben has the naivety of a child. How sad, as he sounds 60+. He appears to never had his faith challenged.😂

  • @YoutubePremiumMem
    @YoutubePremiumMem 10 днів тому +1

    It looks like an alien bug. I wonder what she looked like before.

  • @phillace
    @phillace 10 днів тому +1

    Yet another theist using the bible to prove the bible , how absolutely brainwashed do you have to be to talk like this , ask Bernard .

  • @Mark1615-zi4er
    @Mark1615-zi4er 11 днів тому

    Repent of your sins. Believe in Jesus for salvation and be born again, becoming a new person in this life. Luke 24:47, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV

    • @albaniahenry-franklin2829
      @albaniahenry-franklin2829 11 днів тому +10

      My absolute favorite thing about being a secular agnostic atheist to *ALL* religions and their associated mythology based "holy scriptures"....especially the Christian Buy-Bull...is that I do *_NOT_* have to blindedly believe and make apologies for _ANY_ of their delusional superstitious *_bullshite_* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Ghalaghor_McAllistor
      @Ghalaghor_McAllistor 11 днів тому +6

      You keep ignoring my question. Do you think that slavery is wonderful? *Leviticus 25: 44-45 KJV* Both thy bondmen (archaic for male slaves), and thy bondmaids (archaic for female slaves), which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
      This bible verse tells you that it's okay to buy slaves from other nations as well as foreigners who live among you. Do you think that slavery is moral? If no, then why didn't your god simply say "Thou shalt not own humans like property"? Not to forget *Numbers 31: 17-18 KJV*

    • @iemy2949
      @iemy2949 11 днів тому +4

      I gave myself to Jesus, but now he never calls.

    • @TheSkipAd
      @TheSkipAd 11 днів тому +1

      is your religinut kool-aid on an IV drip?

    • @golach420
      @golach420 11 днів тому +4

      Awa and bile yer head, min! There is no jeebuz.

  • @juseschrustfush
    @juseschrustfush 11 днів тому +1

    I stopped listening to anything hoomans were saying at 5:30

  • @matthewwakeman5047
    @matthewwakeman5047 8 днів тому

    How stupid was Moses that he got lost in a relatively small desert for forty years?