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- Aron Ra is a vocal critic of theism and creationism and an advocate for the inclusion of evolution in science curricula, Ra produces UA-cam videos on the topics of skepticism, free thought, and atheism. Among the video series he has released are Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism, Refuting the Irrefutable Proof of God, and How Aron Ra Disproves Noah's Flood.
He has engaged in live debates with young Earth creationists, including Ray Comfort, and presented at skepticism conferences in Europe. As a member of the Unholy Trinity, he toured the United States and Australia with fellow atheist activists Seth Andrews of The Thinking Atheist and Matt Dillahunty of The Atheist Experience.
He appeared in the documentary films My Week in Atheism, directed by John Christy, and Batman & Jesus, directed by Jozef K. Richards. He published his first book, Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism, in 2016.
Ra is the creator of the Phylogeny Explorer Project, a free, volunteer run, online encyclopedia of the entire phylogenetic tree of life that is currently in progress.
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@Golden Age Creation No, math does not prove god. If it did there wouldn't be apologetics.
And heaven sounds horrible. It's like living with an abusive step-father who can read your mind. No thanks.
@@GuitarDog_atx id rather just be dead
@@ogreman-lll-957 Agreed. Who doesn't like a good night's sleep?
"If you can't show it then you don't know it." - My favorite Aron Ra quote. RockOn, Aron.
Also "Science doesn't know everything, religion knows nothing."
Gross materialistic mind at work
My favorite quote is
God works in delirious ways
@@kinglyzard That's a good one. Im going to use that.
Im gonna get a tattoo of that on me lol
Fantastic interview. As an atheist who appreciates philosophical arguments, I got a lot out of this. I wonder if it's just metaphysics that Aron doesn't have time.
You got a good channel going too keep it going man
He's what happens when you selectively breed together Albert Einstein with a Hells Angel - Aron's the next level Superman. I'd give my right arm to have half as many IQ points as this guy. You can't help but listen to this man and not be engaged by him. If I ever have kids, I'll home school them, put them in front of AronRa's videos and let nature do its evolutionary magic. Common sense mixed with decency and authenticity, it's a winning combination. A wonderful guest Derick. Another 10/10 for MythVision. :)
@Michael Dante Poet
I got the Einstein part. The Hells Angel, not really, since they’re Christian & pray in every event that they hold.
Home school using Aaron Ra using? That’s child abuse.
Why because he shares the same contention towards people as you?
@@VaticansHolocaust Obviously, I was joking when I said that - I meant it tongue in cheek.
@@budgetsquid0639 That's unlikely. I am a deist which means I believe in God whereas Aaron Ra is an atheist. I like Aaron's attitude, he's a good speaker. I'd certainly agree with him about evolution - the fossil record seems to confirm this. I don't believe in a God that is political. I like Jesus's teachings but I don't believe he 'died for my sins', it seems he was martyred for speaking out against fanaticism... So, I have quite different beliefs to Aaron but all the same, I enjoy listening to him. I try and keep an open mind... Some of the some stuff I said in my comment were a bit tongue in cheek. All the best from the UK.
I really needed to see this today. Dealing with a believer trying to convert me lately, it's been very upsetting because it dredges up bad feelings from youth.
Sorry you're dealing with that.
Hey, maybe if they persist you can find a way to turn the tables on them and get them to start questioning their misguided beliefs.
Turnabout is fair play after all.
Do not underestimate the power of the Holy Dopamine Ghost via Placebo Faith. 🙏👉🧠
@@rainbowkrampus I may join them in prayer and when it's my turn to pray I'll pray to satan. Then I'm going to tell them that as uncomfortable as they were while I did that is how they make me feel every time they insist I pray with them.
@@bleirdo_dude
You may have touched on something here.
Fear of eternal hellfire might just have reigned in such people as Jeffrey Dahmer and Ed Gein.
Prayer for the believer is rather cathartic in time of need, whether it works or not.
However, unlike sugar pills, these placebos have some unfortunate and unwanted side effects.
@@kinglyzard Reel them in? Or make them worse. Like Albert Fish, who committed heinous crimes against children. Albert Fish was a believer, who interpreted the scriptures as instructing him to commit horrendous acts on innocent human beings.
Aron is just an outstanding human being.
Most religious people are most fake and loveless people are 🥵
I've figured it out ... he's a Time Lord.
I'll second that.
@@okhuibutala1640
Their religions are fake and loveless, but there are more moderate followers of those given faiths.
I am proud to be a member of the curious herd of cats! Understanding nuance is what makes life fascinating.
i was raised catholic and was raised to be honest and value honesty, which lead me to leave religion behind, so instilling a need for honesty in other is the best thing you can do for them.
and sadly people to often take questioning a belief they hold is an attack on them as a person.
I remember a John Lennon song, "Gimme the truth... no son of Tricky Dicky gonna lie to me..."
The first 2:55 of this video is extremely important... Aron is completely correct and what he says could be the downfall of democracy and freedom. There isn't a straightforward message or group consensus for atheists and liberal thinkers... the very definition of being a critical thinking person is having independent ideas. We need to form a better and more cohesive message and partnership to stand against the single-minded right-wing culture.
"to stand against the single-minded right-wing culture." How about standing against single-minded left-wing culture, which is far more dangerous because it's far more ubiquitous in this culture. You can see it in the "woke" mentality that rules most college campuses these days; you can see it in the news, and it's pervasive in Hollywood. College professors and dare to utter politicallly incorrect opinions quickly get villified by the spineless college administrations.
Example: when Ben Shapiro was scheduled to speak at U.C. Berkeley, the college had to spend over a million dollars in security measures, with the speech being cancelled anyway for "security measures." Charles Murray was attacked when he appeared at "sedate" Middlebury College in Vermont when students rioted over his appearance; not his ideas, mind you, just his appearance on campus. This pervasive fascist mentality is coming from atheists, mind you - people who call themselves "anti-fascists while practicising fascist behavior, i.e., the denial of free speech.
Aron Ra, whom I admire greatly, having watched him take on the likes of Kent Hovind et al, is mainly commenting on the Bible-thumping right-leaning yahoos he deals with regularly, but I suspect he's got tunnel vision and doesn't want to see the more dangerous and pervasive anti-democratic ideas coming from the left these days. I say far more dangerous, because they control intellectual discourse in academia, the arts and the media.
Take a stroll through history and find the place in time where the fanatic, radicalized, Jihadist Right wing were overcome by a message or an idea instead of steel.
I'm 68 years old, not in great health and I want to die and leave my only grandchild a peaceful, functioning country but considering how unreachable the White, Protestant, Evangelical mob is with reason, patriotism, compassion or even common sense......well, I'll say no more. It's a fool who thinks he can talk a rattlesnake out of being a rattlesnake. Very sad and dangerous time we live in.
@@MrRezillo Bro, you forget to use the echoes with all that echo posting.
Fall of Christianity- means end of democracy in the west! Wait and see another few years!
@@truthprevails5173 you do know the first democracy in the west, Athens Greece, was not Christian right?
Christianity is not necessary for democracy. In fact, Christians in America have been actively opposing democracy. I seem to remember a whole lot of Christian's rioting at the capital in order to try and over throw our democratic process. They don't care about democracy, they want christianity forced on society. They want theocracy.
I thought I'd always be a theist. Aron Ra was the catalyst for not only my new world of rational thought, but also opening the door to many different sciences..He changed my life. Thanks for the upload
Was there any specific info or moment you recall that started tipping the house of cards ??
Always interested in the path and speed of waking up and getting out.
@@stultusvenator3233 As a wannabe theist who wanted to argue against evolution, I made the mistake of finding out what it taught, what the evidence shows, but it was our DNA link to our fellow primates that did it for me. There's only so much evidence I could take, I had to admit I was wrong..
Left me feeling like a bit of a dickhead to be honest, but better a bit late to the party, than not turning up at all..
First impression of Aron was that he spoke from a position of arrogance, but within a week or so it was plain that I had the arrogance..
From Aron came Hitchens, Dawkins, Penn Jillette, Dennett, Dillahunty, Andrews.. For catch up with science, apart from Aron, De Grasse-Tyson, Lawrence Krauss.. the list goes on, main mission for me is to learn as much as I can while I'm here now.. Since there's no grand plan for me after all.. But I can live with that.
@@jasem222
Thanks, being conned is no shame that's what they do and have been doing for millennia. They are very good at it.
I kind of went the other way always enjoyed science and read beyond my pay grade, when I came accross creationists and apologists clearly lying and straw manning the science, so I dug in to the research and the whole thing collapsed. I have learned so much and only regret I don't have 100's of years more to learn even more. Life is better and I am a better person too.
The Man, The Legend; King 🤴 AronRa!!!
Mark my words, one day we will say: 'we are the privileged generation to have lived in the days of King AronRa'.
This guy is in my opinion 1 of the greatest atheists ⚛.
And there's exactly how we have cults and religions, lol.
@Robert Mcgee
Idol worship is more your.....thing.
This is more like respect and admiration for a great mind as we all gain from his knowledge.
That's what makes Homo sapiens great, the ability to learn from each other.
Aron is a teacher, not prophet.
@Robert Mcgee
As for finding ancestral forms in the same layers as their descendants, it is very possible for the ancestral species to survive into the times of their descendants.
Dogs came from wolves, right?
As for supposedly idolizing _anyone_ that is *your* game.
I idolize no one and nothing.
Respect and admiration for my better humans is quite another matter.
You should try it sometime.
@Robert Mcgee
That's right. Science changes a bit with each new discovery. That's how science works.
The basic theory of evolution never changes, but the placement of who's-who in the family tree is adjusted as new information comes in.
A stubborn person who won't change his mind in light of new evidence is wrong all the time.
@Robert Mcgee
Are you referring to Grecopithecus, which was a hominin, but not a direct ancestor?
I try not to have role models in general, but if I did: Aron would be one of my top choices.
Role models are cool, if you fashion yourself after someone worthwhile.
Standing on the shoulders of giants is what makes us the world's most successful Mammals ever.
I see Aron ra, I hit the like
Mr. Aron ..... Good Morning, Derek , have an Excelent day
Aron hit the fundamental nail on the head on several points. When you go to "war" dehumanizing the "enemy" is step one. You can never look at the opposition as human. This was a very good interview. I've seen other Aron interviews but I really like this one.
Get Aron's book. Fundamental Falsehoods of Creation. It's great !
I was very honoured to meet the great man three years ago in Manchester, England.
2012 In Australia, I wish I could have had a long conversation with him but proudly have a selfie.
I hate that argument that we come from rocks, but that is exactly what they believe. Adam was made from dirt/dust (fyi, a pulverized rock is dirt/dust).
They are right about it being a stupid position though LOL.
I admire this man! He is so, so right! I would add that it stunts intelligent growth as well.
There is actually a guy who teaches that humans evolved from rocks, and that rocks were giants. His name is Roger and his channel is Mudfossil University.
The longest war has been the 2000 year old christian war on sinners.
The longest war has been the 2000 year old christian war on truth and reality. See Sectarian violence lists for body count.
The more I listen to Aron, the more I'm intrigued by him. I'm so happy you had him on again!! He's really helped me understand evolution the way it should be. Now with him, Gutsick Gibbon, and Forrest Valkai I feel more in the loop. They definitely make learning that much more fun and engaging.
Discernment is most important
Derek I really enjoyed the interview. Your point about fundamentalists having been one myself I have said for years that it is easier for a fundamentalist to find their way out than a liberal christian. Like Aron said ll it takes is removing one card and the whole house falls.
Aron Ra is one of the first Atheist UA-camrs I started watching. Absolutely love him.
I’ve always loved Aron’s desire for truth.
Nonsensical to believe can find god without truth, ancient common sense, been deviated and now twisted
@@eddybrevet6816 huh?
Any believer cannot but profess their god represents the sum of all things, truth, and lie like hell to uphold it
Aron’s desire for truth? 😂. Using nothing but lies to promote the evolution religion is not desiring the truth.
Atheists need to be as cocky and self-assured openly and self-unaware of how they appear to others as theists have always been.
That is how you gain power + respect.
Aron is like that scary uncle with crazy stories. Am a fan.
There are only two types of people. Those who think they live in "the world" and those of us that know we do.
As Pilate put it, What is the truth?
Messiah said I am the truth and life and resurrection
@@okhuibutala1640 and Gandalf said "You Shall Not Pass" both made up characters
Great interview with Aron.. it helps people see the other sides to him that not all see in his videos and content.
Thanks for sharing.
I started this video thinking ... "hmm ima watch couple minutes move on to a better video" .. I was was sorely wrong I stayed for the full video and glad I did. Amazing interview. I'm so happy to have people like AronRa to listen to and learn from. Thanks for teaching me to be a critical thinker in my life.
Fundamentalist mentality seems to be that anything you do or say is justified as long as it is done in the name of Jesus.
I see Aron Ra and I click like during the preroll ad.
The both of you helped me with severe cognitive dissonance about religion. I really am grateful.
We love you Aron!!
As I'm listening to Aron speak of nuance, the soundtrack in my head is playing Live's Beauty of Gray.
What steperates us is a lie, and we never ask why.
"This is not a black and white world, to be alive the colours must swirl..."
I understand he's a Teddy Bear. But come on people this man was born to be the villan in a Bond movie.
Dishonesty is injustice 😊I agree 👍
More of Aron, please. I love his passion and his mind.
@ 23:29 One of the things I find incredible is, we live with dinosaurs, and we put them on our dinner table all the time. It's just, we don't call them that, we call them birds.
A truth doesn't have to be demonstrable.. But to convince others of a truth.. That has to be 'hopefully' demonstrable.
Yeah, I believe we 'came from a rock' a massive one with oceans swirling around it. Great show
Aron is a beacon of light for humanity. Thank you for all you do.
This was so very good!
You are correct on every level of your arguments Aron, EVERY SINGLE LEVEL!
Hi Guys, I enjoyed the chat, it's was very informative, 🍷Cheers
This popped and it was good to watch it again. Is Aron Ra the Htichens for our times? I think he may be. He combines eloquence with passion and deep knowlege and is a serious contender.
Thank you Aron
Legend
To give the extreme religious types the benefit of the doubt. When they(the extreme religious types) say we come from rocks, they are right but the example they use is wrong.. We come from the basic building blocks of nature(the extreme religious types call this 'humorously' rocks).
Yep make it sound like a ridiculous position, then ignore their bible says Adam was made from Clay (crushed rock) ?? LOL 😂😂
He’s an inspiration of mine.
Another way they are hurting ppl is filling their heads with falsehoods and they are confident in their ignorance and they are making them that way and setting them up to look like fools when they go up against someone that knows what they are talking about like Mr. Aron Ra
He's surely one of The Men around these parts....
I just want to thank Aron for walking me out of my delusional ❤
This video should have more likes 👍
Imagine if you will an athiest stuck at green light behind a car with a " Honk if you love Jesus. " bumper sticker.
Hi guys,sorry Aron but I also used to think you're a Satanist when I was a believer.You are one of the people who changed my mind and I thank you for that.Thank you Derek for what you are doing,I watch most of your content from South Africa.Love you guys for what you do.
Was there any specific info or moment you recall that started tipping the house of cards ??
Always interested in the path and speed of waking up and getting out.
@@stultusvenator3233 Hi, man I think Satan lead me to all these videos hahaha. I stumbled on different people's videos and started to see what's going on in the Bible,things you don't hear in Sunday school or church.So I watched more content from guys like Aaron, Dr Price, Dr Josh, Dr Carrier and so on. It blew my mind open. I just can't believe anymore thanks to all of them
@@andrevantonder3443
Yes thanks for that.
It surprises me often how little Christians know about what is in the bible and how it was constructed, number of versions etc as they claim to read it and can roll of memorized passages with apologetic scripts. I would have thought by accident they would come accross things that would raise questions.
I recall a street preacher group doing a prayer before annoying passers bye, I ask one and said the bible says NOT to pray in public NT Mathew, not even OT. He looked blank and said I don't think that is in there, I thought and said you have not read even the NT and your out here peddling it .....
Offered to show him but he ignored me then. Sigh.
I can't say I'm a good man but I recognise one when I see one and Aron Ra seems like one to me
Do you see the world in black-and-white? Take the scales off of your eyes And see
HAIL SANTA!
Great interview! (“I used to hate you.” 😅)
People often mistakenly assume things about someone that are completely untrue and cause a lot of hurt. I thought Aron Ra was a neat guy from the first time I heard him speak and very knowledgeable about his subjects BUT I don't like his music.
"I don't need to exist forever" wow, awesome. This delusional necessity to is yet another burden imposed by all faiths and one monster of a burden.
👏🙂
Does the phenomenon of “punctuated equilibrium” disprove Darwin’s core claim of “evolutionary gradualism?”
😮
Ramen! Aron Ra is a LEGEND!!
Yea 😅
One of my favorite YTers! AronRa! If I were a different person, and he were single... _~sigh~_
_~ahem_~
Anyway, I watch anything of his, and try to catch any and all things he's in, too! I really enjoy watching him eviscerate the creationist idjits¹!
The ads on you tube are just too many and so annoying. Is this a Xmas thing?
You forgot your tagline.....What am I gonna do??? I don't know who WE ARE anymore! Derek, help!!!
How about that? Someone actually cares about the truth. I respect AronRa for that. Problem is many have caused the definition of the term "truth" to be ambiguous and of all the terms that are, that one is the most important not to be since decisions that can seriously effect us all are based on it actually meaning what it is supposed to mean..
AronRa just tells it like it is.
@MythVision Podcast
If you’re going to mention Orthodox Christians, then you should give some concrete examples. Thanks
Scar: The truth is in the eyes of the beholder
The origin of human race and space ,man's own quest to find the answers
why am I here breathing air and looking into the night sky .is there anybody out there
do you really care
if I die before I wake
without the answers
my life was a mistake
Raised under fundamental thumper bs lies. Don’t waste my life if you can’t bring the evidence. Truth is my compass too. Also compassion will always accompany deep truth.
I’ve been wanting to write a fan letter to him for some time now, because he just comes across as *angry.* I finally understand the meaning of the old saying that you can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. I never wanted to catch flies so I didn’t think much of it, but now I think it just means to attract others to one’s ideas. Again, his persona is too abrasive to become popular. What he doesn’t like about religion *is also true of secular institutions that call themselves “scientific.”* Ditching one priesthood for another *is never a good idea.*
Rather than focus on "anger" you perceived, or "abrasive persona", try to listen to his messages instead.
Curious: What are some of those "secular institutions that call themselves "scientific"?
Most scientific institutions are secular, and for good reasons.
@@campfireaddict6417 I don’t need to be told in a condescending manner to try “to listen to his messages instead.” I have, and I’m not even his target audience. I’m a survivor of evangelical abuse in childhood, who just so happens to have never believed I needed a savior to save me from my “sin,” *especially one named Jesus.* What was being offered is known as *constructive criticism.* He was lied to about religious and mythological matters and *he’s clearly still upset about it,* since you have a problem with the term “angry.” The application of technology does not equal “Science,” as in the idealistic search for empirical facts. The application of technology *for profit* is being passed off as “science” so often these days, but the choice about what the best course of treatment for cancer (medical industry, for instance) actually *is* we don’t know because of all of the competing profitable interests. Our institutions resemble orthodox priesthoods that determine what even gets to be called scientific in the first place. Aron Ra is clearly a disgruntled person, and anybody who actually matured during puberty (and didn’t get stuck like so many of us did) is not going to find his way of presenting very informed *or* informative of anything, just pissed off. Really, most of what he presents and points out I figured out *on my own* by the age of twelve, so I think he’d get a wider audience if he had a different style of presentation. Constructive criticism, see? He’s smart as a whip, that’s for sure. It’s a social phenomenon that anyone still believes the Bible stuff, not one of lack of logical examination. The secular institutions are *materialistic* and function accordingly, subject to the same types of failings that religious institutions do: corruption. I really am a fan of his, and maybe his schtick is just exactly right *for his audience* which clearly wouldn’t be me. (I have *total sympathy* for his betrayal of *being lied to by his family when he asked them point blank for the truth.* The pandemic we’re in is one of lying at all levels of administration of society, including those secular institutions that declare themselves to be the authorities of “Science.”)
The fact that theists can't fully agree what is or isn't metaphor shows they're cherry-picking.
Unfortunately, most people need religion. Or at least the structure that comes with it. This need might even be genetic.
Which is part of why I wouldn’t advocate for an end to all religion. Common cultural rituals and things like that can be healthy and meaningful. But there’s a difference between that and the many outright harmful religions we see.
Nah. People need food, shelter, water and a meaningful way to engage with society.
Religion offers a simulacrum of that last bit by orienting a group to engage with each other around a work of fiction.
Anything can replace the function of religion. A book club can replace religion. A weekly board game night can replace religion. Going to concerts can replace religion. Watching videos about why religious claims are hogwash and discussing the findings in the comments can replace religion.
None of those things rely on the dissemination of falsehoods in order to achieve what religion does.
We're a social species. We need meaningful engagement with society in order to continue functioning properly. The fact that people aren't always getting that engagement is a sign of a breakdown in our society not a sign that we need religion. We should be striving to ensure that everyone has equal access to society rather than prop up stone age band aid solutions to our lack of understanding of the world like religions.
@@rainbowkrampus I just don’t see any reason to scrap something that can help people and doesn’t cause any harm 🤷♂️ that’s why I explicitly contrast that with the harmful religions we usually think of. There’s plenty of religions that teach people respect for each other and the natural world, give them a sense of community, and encourage compassion, all without putting them down as defective and sinful. Not all religions feature a crazy sky daddy and an abusive science denying clergy.
Great video. I must add that not only religious people are on Kool aid. There are a lot of people that are not religious that are living in their own illusions as well. Basically that is what human beings are doing. The question is how does anyone stop living their life in illusion.
Aron couldn't be uninteresting if he tried!!
i know you hate kent right? lol. but i think hes basically an actor, u agree? lol. hes fun tho. the non seq debate with kent and aron was awesome and i still watch it once a week or maybe 3 weeks.
Kent isn't an actor. An actor's make believe is consensual with the audience's willingness to suspend disbelief.
Kent is just a liar and a grifter.
As Aron put it, Kent and others like him employ rhetorical violence to mislead people.
I see nothing to like about such a person.
I pulled that one time in a bar... I almost got my ASS beat... Lol. This wannabe pastor guy made a claim about the bible that I politely disputed... I told him it's objectively verifiable, just find in the bible where it says that and I'll be wrong. Guy disappeared for 20 minutes, came back and changed the subject... 🤣. He became increasingly more belligerent and spoke openly about hurting me... But nothing happened in the end... I got lucky, he was pretty huge lol
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I know what Aron was trying to express, but as someone who lives with felines, I have learned that, if you want to herd cats, offer them all some food! Maybe we can figure out a way to offer all the nuanced liberals something they all like, we could get everyone moving together. 😉
Do we need everyone to move together?
We need an electric can opener, so to speak.
Dude, it's his fu manchu and alchemist jacket and hat. There's more to it than just the religious side...
Still, he reminds me of an uncle figure or something
Fundies want to know what else is false? Never heard that before. I know no fundie, no matter how educated that thinks beyond being a fundie.
Arrrrrron could not handle the TRUTH,lol!
He is so right what he is saying
AronRa is my favourite , even though he looks like a demon, truely.
Not related to religious claims, but Aaron Ra's claim that no one has a right to believe anything unless they can prove to _him_ that it is true, is quite arrogant. Aaron Ra or anyone else is _not_ that important to everyone.
Everyone has a right to believe anything, including those that cannot be objectively demonstrated, as long as such beliefs don't come into conflict with reality and are not imposed on others.
For example, everyone is free to believe their partner loves them without having to demonstrate to all and sundry that it is so.
Your statement "everyone has a right to believe anything --- as long as such beliefs don't come into conflict with reality and are not imposed on others".
That's the whole problem.
Someone who doesn't believe in wearing a mask and accidently coughs on another is imposing on them.
Someone who believes in Noah's flood and tells children this is true is imposing on them AND conflicting with reality.
Someone who believes their wrongdoing to another will be "forgiven" and is justified is imposing on their victim, such as the 9/11 attacks.
Someone who believes abortion should be illegal is imposing on the whole world, and primarily on all the unwanted throw-away babies.
@@campfireaddict6417 I specified conditions when someone's beliefs should become others' concern. Aaron Ra didn't. He claims that no one has a right to believe _anything_ that they cannot prove to him.
Neither he nor anyone else is that important that every belief a person holds must be justified to them.
If someone believes in the many worlds interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, is that person required to justify that belief to the satisfaction of you or Aaron Ra? I don't think so.
@@campfireaddict6417 if someone believes in evolution and tells children that it’s true is imposing on them and conflicting with reality.
Triple H of Atheism
"God is a lie" is a positive claim. How do you go about proving that claim?
The Christian god you can show thats not true. A basal god is not possible.
Watch aron RA chat with thought adventure podcast the dude got completely recked he’s not willing to look at truth
At the beginning of this video, I want to know as many true things as possible, and exclude as many false things as possible. I got to talk to Aron about 2 weeks ago, and it was amazing.
@ 0:51 Aron may look like a Klingon but yes, he is a teddy bear.
@ 1:15 Aron will tell it like it is. He's the guy who will tell you what you don't want to hear, not to shoot you down, but because he want's you to succeed.
@ 4:58 Living is a fairy tale get's people killed. I know this to my sorrow.
@ 5:39 About 2 weeks before my mom died, we were supposed to go to Hell (Michigan) together. After the funeral, my brother and his wife took me there. I love that they took me, but I still wish mom had been with us. It was supposed to be all of us together.
@ 6:27 One of the most insane things, that makes no sense to me is judging someone by the color of their skin. You don't choose your skin color. I have cousins with dark skin. Their mother was Mexican. They did not choose their skin color. Just so you know, my aunt asked me if I thought she was a foxy lady. Now, that is what you call a loaded question. I mean really, I'm not supposed to think of my aunt that way. Anyhow, I said yes.
@ 10:46 I understand only too well where this question comes from. What I tell people, and I heard this from Aron, I don't expect to be any more bothered by my non-existence after I die, than I was by my non-existence before I was conceived
@ 13:35 Just 3 years ago I was a fundamentalist young earth creationist. I'm happy to say that I was never a dominionist (sp). I believed Saturday was the holy day. I had no desire to live in a theocracy that would enforce by law Sunday.
@ 15:28 In support of Aron Ra, all species, including us, are transitional.
Just a fun fact here, My pastor, who I love (You can look him up, his name is Brian Danese), invited me to go fishing with him. I told him "No way, you're idea of fishing is too much work and I don't wish to spend 23 hours per day 6 days a week hauling nets. Now, that would have paid enough in 3 months for me to live the next year just on that income alone, until the next fishing season. One thing I tell people is life is choices. You look at the advantages and disadvantages and make your choice which set you want to live with. Yes, I've de-converted. Still, he was my friend for many years, and I have no reason to take that back.
Nuance? Yeah, America has always been famous for its acceptance of nuance.. lmao
"I want to believe the truth."
Noble, but irrelevant. Belief isn't a choice.