I love Bill O’Riley! He’s a walking argument from ignorance. “Because I don’t understand gravity, tidal theory, general relativity, big bang cosmology, etc it has to be magic!”
We don't need faith, we need knowledge and understanding, but that requires applying our intelligence, and that's beyond the willful ignorance of the O'Reillys of this world.
That guy is shot ! How did the sun and moon get there ? Science ! Yes a thing we made up to understand the world around us lol and not rely of just coming to one conclusion lol
I'm proud that bill o'reilly looked up which part of his book of favourite fables to fact-check Bill Maher, Because about 99% of the time, facts are a republicans Kryptonite. They hate facts more than altar boys hate the confessional booth.
I was brought up Christian Baptist, and it was around the time that I was in high school that I started thinking for myself. I was going to two different places to learn, and they both were very different from each other. I started to contrast and compare what I was being taught. In high school, my history teacher would ask, “who is your favourite historical figure?” In Sunday school, I would be asked, “who is your favourite Bible character?” Very different wording. My history teacher would ask, “what is your favourite historical event?” My Sunday school teacher would ask, “what is your favourite Bible story?” Why would my Sunday school teacher use words like “stories” or “characters”? The only other teacher who would ask me about my favourite stories and characters was my kindergarten teacher. Then, I went home, opened the Bible, and read the last two words… “The End”. Suddenly, I became an atheist.
Which is core reason the right wing is trying to take over government in america, They are trying to change things back to when more people believed. they see themselves losing the control they have held for centuries. More and more people are waking up and questioning the Indoctrination of our nation. They want control of women, they want to destroy the education system in order to force religious teaching upon our children and dumb them down, since its the educated that are seeing through the fog. Why do you think the church has doubled down and clinging so hard to the MAGA movement???? If anyone cant see that religion is also a multi billion dollar yearly business where only the few reap any of the financial benefits then you cant see the cult like hold the church has on people.
@@kenlyneham4105there is some difficulty in justifiably ascribing the appellation 'dumb', inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information you communicated and the facts, insofar as they can be ascertained and demonstrated, presents epistemological problems of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language, a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear.
@rl7012 How else would someone have a concept of what they think God is? You have to create a concept in order to think about something conceptually.If you see a bear, you would have to know what a bear is and then decide to run for your life or play dead, wouldn't you. Don't play dead while you're alive when it comes to God. God wants you to enjoy life, but suffering is often unavoidable. Give your suffering to the Almighty, He's seen plenty and knows what to do with it!
Unfortunately, most will never have the self awareness to recognize it, but when I really talk to religious people about what they believe and why they believe it, I see a common theme, and that is the fact that religious people mislabel their "fear" as "faith." That fear is the only explanation for questions like "What if you are wrong?" P.S. - the idea that over 60% of Americans think that religion solves their problems is terrifying. I hate to say it, but if that doesn't dramatically change, then this country is hopelessly doomed.
That is a very ignorant comment that you wrote. It is full of wrong assumptions and shows how little you know. So please do not present your wrong opinions as if they were facts.
@@rl7012 I guess now you can see how annoying it is to live in a world full of religious people. You were clearly triggered by my comment, but you were triggered by me "spreading" my wrong and ignorant assumptions around as truth, when the reality is, that is exactly what religious people do. They have some horribly wrong and ignorant assumptions, and they spread it around as if it were all true. Just shameful. But the most shameful part is that when religious people start talking religion to me, I think to myself, "These are good, honest, smart, not bat shit crazy people. So why in the f#*k are they saying bat shit crazy things to me right now?" So just to clarify, IN MY OPINION, god did not create man, man created god. And in the spirit of being open minded, if there is a god, then there is also a devil, and religion is the greatest trick that the devil has ever pulled off.
it certainly won't change in a positive direction. as resources and farmable lands dwindle, and population continues to grow, i suspect fear/uncertainty/mass-migrations will propel many to double-down on faith while enlisting new recruits to bolster defenses. mr.'s rogan/corrolla are examples of pragmatic non-theists joining forces with religious zealotz to elect a disgusting old man with dementia. seems like they want to break up the USA. with hedge-fund-creeps being so pro-fascist, perhaps they intend to short-sell the entire Country.
I remember waking up one morning when I was about 16 realising there that there is no God. Am 67 now and have never changed. John Lennon's wonderful song "Imagine" says it all.
@@rl7012 *Prove a universe from nothing or an infinite regress* I don't know and neither do you. And that's an OK answer. There is no need to pretend that you know.
The indisputable fact is that we, and every other living creature that ever walked the surface of this earth, are all born atheist. It is the natural state of affairsWe only become religious when someone in supposed authority rams it down our throats and we better believe it OR ELSE!
You can never be wrong about the Flying Spaghetti Monster! The universal truth about the Flying Spaghetti Monster is simple, clear and eternal, and here it is heathens . . . Uhmmmmmmmmm Spaghetti! That's all you need!
Are you of the "fresh" spaghetti school or the "dried orthodox" faith? Freshies are heathens! Only the Dried will fly with the Monster! Praise be to His al Dente-ness!
Interesting thing about O'Reilly's derisive, anti-atheist comment about explaining where the moon came from. He says 'What, did it just appear?' Bill! That IS your explanation. Not ours.
@@bobanderson99 You atheists have no explanations. You believe everything came out of nothing and you do not recognise your own beliefs as beliefs. Atheists are the biggest hypocrites on the planet and very unscientific and believe absolutely anything but the truth.
Really? He actually learned something? I doubt it. He may be good at intimidating and steamrolling over people on his own show, but I think he never had an original thought in his head his entire life. The very concept of independent sceptical thinking is remote to him, so he is also not capable of becoming convinced of something through facts, evidence and reason. He's a fearful sack full of beliefs.
I don't go around threatening people with eternal torment for not believing in things that cannot be demonstrated to exist. However, that seems to be the Christian thing to do. According to Christianity, everyone is guilty of breaking laws that cannot be demonstrated to exist. Oh, really, Mr Christian? These people cannot prove that I have broken divine laws, because the bible's claims do not constitute evidence.
the guy at 4:27 overlooks the very obvious possibility that the either the universe or God has had billions of trillions of failed attempts at creating order, design and life, he overlooks the fact that the universe is also filled with chaos.
According to the general consensus of scholarship *(even critical Christian scholars),* YHWH was originally incorporated into the Canaanite pantheon as a son of the Canaanite high god El before inheriting the top spot in the pantheon and El's wife Athirat (Asherah) before religious reforms "divorced" them. El's pantheon in Ugarit (modern day Ras Shamra in Syria) is called the *Elohim,* literally the plural of El. Interestingly, the Biblical god is also referred to numerous times as Elohim. If you want to see if El is fictional, just read his mythology in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts. "The mysterious Ugaritic text Shachar and Shalim tells how (perhaps near the beginning of all things) *El* came to shores of the sea and saw two women who bobbed up and down. *El* was sexually aroused and took the two with him, killed a bird by throwing a staff at it, and roasted it over a fire. He asked the women to tell him when the bird was fully cooked, and to then address him either as husband or as father, for he would thenceforward behave to them as they called him. They saluted him as husband. He then lay with them, and they gave birth to Shachar ("Dawn") and Shalim ("Dusk"). Again *El* lay with his wives and the wives gave birth to "the gracious gods", "cleavers of the sea", "children of the sea". The names of these wives are not explicitly provided, but some confusing rubrics at the beginning of the account mention the goddess *Athirat (Asherah),* who is otherwise *El's* chief wife, and the goddess Raḥmayyu ("the one of the womb"), otherwise unknown." *"First, a god named El predates the arrival of the Israelites into Syria-Palestine.* Biblical usage shows El was not just a generic noun, but often a proper name for Israel’s God (e.g., Gen 33:20: “El, the God of Israel”)." "I should add here that it is very clear from the grammar that the noun nachalah in v. 9 should be translated “inheritance.” *Yahweh receives Israel as his “inheritance” (nachalah), just as the other sons of El received their nations as their inheritance (nachal, v. 8).* With this verb, especially in the Hiphil, the object is always what is being given as an inheritance. Thus, Israel is given to Yahweh as his inheritance. ((Here I’m indebted to Dan McClellan.)) It would make no sense for Elyon to give himself an inheritance. Moreover, as I’ve argued elsewhere, it is not just the Gentile nations that are divided up according to the number of the *sons of El.* It is all of humankind, i.e., “the sons of Adam.” This clearly includes Israel. And the sons of Adam are not divided up according to the number of the *sons of El,* plus one (i.e., plus Elyon). They are divided up, according to the text, *solely* according to the number of the *sons of El.* *Thus, that Yahweh receives Israel as his inheritance makes Yahweh one of the sons of El mentioned in v. 8. Any other construal of the text would constitute its rewriting.* A Sumerian hymn speaks to the goddess: “Nanshe, your divine powers are not matched by any other divine powers.” *Does this mean that Nanshe was the high goddess, that there were no gods above her? No, it does not.* Nanshe was the daughter of Enki, the high god. *In Sumerian mythology, as with Ugaritic, Israelite, Babylonian, and others, in the ancient past, the high god (Enki, in this case) divided up the world and assigned his children certain domains.* Nanshe was given a limited domain (the modern Persian Gulf) and was tasked with maintaining social justice there. *This is exactly what we see in Deuteronomy 32 with Yahweh. Yahweh is given a limited domain (Israel) and is given authority over his people, to punish them, as well as to protect and defend them against foreign enemies.* That Yahweh, like Nanshe, is said to have incomparable divine power *does not* mean that he is not subordinate to the high god who gave him his domain. *It is also of note that Nanshe, like Baal, Yahweh, and so many other deities, evolved over time. Her domain increased, and she was promoted in the pantheon (although she never became the high goddess)."* *"The Most Heiser: Yahweh and Elyon in Psalm 82 and Deuteronomy 32 - Religion at the Margins"* based on the *majority scholarly consensus.* (Written by Thom Stark who is a Christian) *"Michael Heiser: A Unique Species? - Religion at the Margins"* (A second response to Michael Heiser) *"Excerpt from “Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan” by John Day - Lehi's Library."* *"The Table of Nations: The Geography of the World in Genesis 10"* - TheTorah.com (Excluding the short narrative on Nimrod (vv. 8-12), *which appears to be a later addition,* Genesis 10 contains *70* names of nations or cities, a number that was symbolic of totality. Similarly, the descendants of Jacob were *70* in number (Gen 46:37; Exod 1:5), *as were the sons of the supreme Canaanite god El, with whom YHWH became equated.)* *"Polytheism and Ancient Israel’s Canaanite Heritage. Part V | theyellowdart"* (Of course, much of this [i.e., that Israel worshiped El and Asherah alongside YHWH] is really to be expected given that recent syntheses of the *archaeological, cultural, and literary data* pertaining to the emergence of the nation of Israel in the Levant *show that most of the people who would eventually compose this group were originally Canaanite. As the Hebrew Bible notes, the Hebrew language itself is a Canaanite language, literally the “lip of Canaan” (שְׂפַת כְּנַעַן; Is. **19:18**), and so it cannot often be distinguished by modern scholars from other Canaanite inscriptions on purely linguistic grounds.)* *"Ugarit - New World Encyclopedia"* (Ugaritic religion centered on the chief god, Ilu or El, whose titles included "Father of mankind" and "Creator of the creation." The Court of El was referred to as the (plural) 'lhm or ***Elohim,*** a word ***later used by the biblical writers to describe the Hebrew deity*** and translated into English as "God," in the singular. El, which was ***also the name of the God of Abraham,*** was described as an aged deity with white hair, seated on a throne.) *"Mark Smith: Yahweh as El’s Son & Yahweh’s Ascendency - Lehi's Library"* (Mark Smith is a Catholic) *"God, Gods, and Sons (and Daughters) of God in the Hebrew Bible. Part III | theyellowdart"* *"02 | December | 2009 | Daniel O. McClellan - Psalm 82"* (Daniel McClellan is a Mormon) *"Elohim | Daniel O. McClellan"* (Refer to the article "Angels and Demons (and Michael Heiser)") *"God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible - Almost."* (Pay attention to whose wife Asherah (Athirat) is in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts and how she became the wife of YHWH/Yahweh) *"Yahweh's Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden - Mythology Matters."* *"Asherah, God's Wife in Ancient Israel. Part IV - theyellowdart"* *"The Gates of Ishtar - El, was the original god of the bible."* *"The Gates of Ishtar - Anath in the Elephantine Papyri"* (In addition to Asherah (Athirat) being the consort of Yahweh, it appears some Israelites also viewed the Canaanite goddess Anat(h) as Yahweh's consort) *"Canaanite Religion - New World Encyclopedia"* (Refer to the section "Relationship to Biblical Religion") *"The Syncretization of Yahweh and El : reddit/AcademicBiblical"* (For a good summary of all of the above articles) Watch Professor Christine Hayes who lectures on the Hebrew Bible at Yale University. Watch lecture 2 from 40:40 to 41:50 minutes, lecture 7 from 30:00 minutes onwards, lecture 8 from 12:00 to 17:30 minutes and lecture 12 from 34:30 minutes onwards. Watch *"Pagan Origins of Judaism"* by Sigalius Myricantur and read the description in the video to see the scholarship the video is based on. Watch *"How Monotheism Evolved"* by Sigalius Myricantur and watch up to at least 21:40. Watch *"Atheism - A History of God (The Polytheistic Origins of Christianity and Judaism)"* (By a former theist) Watch *"The Origins of Yahweh"* by Derreck Bennett at Atheologica.
In my opinion. It doesn't matter if you are religious, spiritual, agnostic, atheist, or just not sure what to believe. At the end of the day. I believe that no body can know what really happens after death. Because only in death will we all find out what the truth is.
Let’s say you lived in the time of Christ. You have a mangled leg from birth, but Jesus comes and heals your mangled leg. Outside observers might say that this could be a magic trick, but you and those closest to know it wasnt a trick. Even though it would be anecdotal, is this not evidence to you of a divine power? Maybe not ultimate proof, but evidence?
That's funny. You say "no body can know what really happens after death" and in the very next breath presuppose that "only in death will we all find out what the truth is". Don't you see the contradiction?
Oh please, how exactly was his childhood story about catholic school an _insult_ to the rest of the speakers? ...all but one of which were comedians like him. "Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right. Offence is about feelings and feelings are personal." - Ricky Gervais
I wasn't happy about him either; he claims to be skeptical about religion but allows all sorts of kooks and wackos on his podcast without skepticism. It doesn't invalidate what he said here, though.
@@scottplumer3668 I'd rather listen to "kooks and wackos" on a skeptic's podcast than a worshipper's. Sometimes, you'll hear more of what a person really believes when they don't have their guard up. I haven't listened to him in a while, but he usually tried to avoid a confrontational tone. He was more interested in hearing what that person had to say than making sure they left following his beliefs. You don't have to like what they say, but it will be more informative than a tiktoc clip. "Know your enemy"
@@stu1037 Good point! I think I just feel like kooks and wackos shouldn't be given the biggest platform in podcasting. I'm thinking of flat-earthers, specifically, but I don't think his was the biggest podcast when he last had them on.
Why don't theists understand the simplest reason for them believing in God? They were told God exists... that's it. Social media has made them all forget what religious beliefs are based upon... FAITH. They all argue that God is real without understanding they don't actually know this, they just believe this... FAITH.
I don’t think social media has much to do with it, this has been the case since as far back as we can look. People believe not because of evidence but because of authority: someone told them.
I don’t think Rogan qualifies as an atheist anymore. He has gone full right-wing gonzo as of late. Schilling for Trump, moving to Texas, seeing truth in biblical guests’ nonsense, etc.
He always was a suspect character to me. I never trusted him because of his attitude, it always sounded fake. Like now he is playing up to the maga audience.
@13:00 Bill O'Riley on Exodus 31:15 (Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.) goes on to say: "the passage was based on Moses reporting to the Jews that god would handle the *_Sabbath situation_* ." So how does god handle a "Sabbath situation" in which someone works on the Sabbath day? The answer can be found in Numbers 15:32-36 where God, like a mafia boss, tells Moses to order his congregation to whack a guy (literally whack him to death with stones) for working on the Sabbath day. That is if you consider something as petty as gathering sticks, working. In a nutshell, god handles "Sabbath situations" not by smiting anyone, but having people do his dirty work. Great god you adore there, Bill!
@@DavidStowers-o7k Here is what I got when I Googled: "why can clergy work on the sabbath day" AI Response: "Clergy can work on the Sabbath day because their work is considered an act of service and worship, particularly when performing religious duties like leading services or providing spiritual guidance, which are seen as essential to the practice of their faith and not in conflict with the true spirit of Sabbath rest; essentially, their "work" on the Sabbath is considered an act of devotion rather than typical labor. "
Simple? Ya want simple? Well, simple is not asking for evidence for your most deeply-held convictions. Simple is faith, and faith is believing something that logic says just ain't true.
Either do the subtitles yourself or not at all. Every third word being wrong is beyond frustrating and just spews laziness and ai content creating at it’s worst.
@@musiclover9361 If it wasn't directed to you and couldn't understand the context of it, why did you and how were you able to correct it? That tells a lot already. LOL Anyway, here is a question for You! Do you require any kind of hearing aids? Edit: Sorry, you are right, I thought the OP commented back! My bad.
As an Ex-Christian. I personally observed Christians fall in love with the Jesus story. This is not about faith, this is about an a obsessive case of romancing the stories. They're in love with Jesus. Might as well be an Shakespearian story of Romeo & Jesus. All the other stuff with Sin, Salvation, Demons and Devils, Judgment... are all part of their obsession. My question is to everyone out there. Why do some of us (Ex-Christians) recognize the deception, leave and find the truth were really looking for? These are the people who get caught up in the 'Jim Jones and Paul MacKenzies' of the world. (Death Cults) and they become statistics on the evening news. When will they wake up and think for themselves?
I can tell you I am a person and I do think for myself. How I know god is truely good is he gives us a conscience and most importantly a free will to accept him or deny him. Satan on the other hand is playing for keeps. He wants people to inadvertently fall to darkness by feeding on their negative emotions like pride, thereby seering their conscience to the ‘real’ truth.
@@yungalucard9139 -----Sorry bud, but your god, in your case, didn't give you common sense or a brain to weigh your contradictions. Now, you say that god gave you FREE WILL to accept or deny him, then bud, think and reason, if he, your god, gave you free will to accept of deny him, then, why did your god create satan and hell?
I've no problem with atheists calling out religious zealots (being an atheist myself) but I don't like atheists being derisive of other people's beliefs.
I don't get it. What is the difference between "calling out religious zealots" and "being derisive of other people's beliefs"? Aren't "people's beliefs" and "religious zealotry" the same thing?
@@donthesitatebegin9283 No, they're not the same thing. Someone who believes in whatever deity, and practices that religion without trying to impose those beliefs on someone else, is not a zealot. Zealots are those that are banging on your door to peddle their beliefs at you. That type of thing. I've always thought those that are obsessively peddling their beliefs, are one of two things. They're are either a conman, doing it for personal gain, or a person who is insecure in their own beliefs, to the point where they need to try to influence others to reassure themselves.
@@rl7012 Why couldn't you answer a simple question? What does the scientific method is about? You claim that you know that science is a 'belief', then you ought to know how it actually work, isn't it? So I will ask for the last time. What does the scientific method says?
I was in my teens an atheist because I wanted to punish God. I’m now a devout Marian Catholic and my faith is certainly NOT blind. Everything we have is a gift from Jesus Christ who is God. If a person wilfully rejects the holy Catholic Church they are damned. (most soul’s in HELL didn’t believe in HELL when alive - they do now!!). If anything is blind faith it’s evolution though ironically evolution doesn’t bother me! If an atheist can explain what happened on 13th October 1917 at Fatima,when the three children saw Mary the mother of Jesus Christ who is God. Then watch Following Padre Pio - who shows the true beauty of Catholicism which is everyone’s true home! And the sole reason for so much HELL in the beautiful world Jesus has given us is because of atheism. God bless all atheist’s and agnostic’s.
*The Enuma Elish would later be the inspiration for the Hebrew scribes who created the text now known as the biblical Book of Genesis.* Prior to the 19th century CE, the Bible was considered the oldest book in the world and its narratives were thought to be completely original. In the mid-19th century CE, however, European museums, as well as academic and religious institutions, sponsored excavations in Mesopotamia to find physical evidence for historical corroboration of the stories in the Bible. ***These excavations found quite the opposite, however, in that, once cuneiform was translated, it was understood that a number of biblical narratives were Mesopotamian in origin.*** *Famous stories such as the Fall of Man and the Great Flood were originally conceived and written down in Sumer,* translated and modified later in Babylon, and reworked by the Assyrians ***before they were used by the Hebrew scribes for the versions which appear in the Bible.*** ***In revising the Mesopotamian creation story for their own ends, the Hebrew scribes tightened the narrative and the focus but retained the concept of the all-powerful deity who brings order from chaos.*** Marduk, in the Enuma Elish, establishes the recognizable order of the world - *just as God does in the Genesis tale* - and human beings are expected to recognize this great gift and honor the deity through service. *"Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation - Full Text - World History Encyclopedia"* *"Sumerian Is the World's Oldest Written Language | ProLingo"* *"Sumerian Civilization: Inventing the Future - World History Encyclopedia"* ("The Sumerians were the people of southern Mesopotamia whose civilization flourished between c. 4100-1750 BCE." "Ancient Israelites and their origins date back to 1800-1200 BCE.") *"The Myth of Adapa - World History Encyclopedia"* Also discussed by Professor Christine Hayes at Yale University in her 1st lecture of the series on the Hebrew Bible from 8:50 to 14:30 minutes, lecture 3 from 28:30 to 41:35 minutes, lecture 4 from 0:00 up to 21:30 minutes and 24:00 up to 35:30 minutes and lecture 7 from 24:20 to 25:10 minutes. From a Biblical scholar: "Many stories in the ancient world have their origins in other stories and were borrowed and modified from other or earlier peoples. *For instance, many of the stories now preserved in the Bible are* ***modified*** *versions of stories that existed in the cultures and traditions of Israel’s* ***older*** *contemporaries.* Stories about the creation of the universe, a cataclysmic universal flood, digging wells as land markers, the naming of important cultic sites, gods giving laws to their people, and even stories about gods decreeing the possession of land to their people were all part of the cultural and literary matrix of the ancient Near East. *Biblical scribes freely* ***adopted and modified*** *these stories as a means to express their own identity, origins, and customs."* *"Stories from the Bible"* by Dr Steven DiMattei, from his website *"Biblical Contradictions"* ------------------------------------------------------------------ In addition, look up the below articles. *"Genesis 1:1-2 --- not a creation ex nihilo"* - Dr Steven DiMattei (Especially the first six paragraphs) *"Yahweh was just an ancient Canaanite god. We have been deceived! - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"* *"Hammurabi - World History Encyclopedia"* (Hammurabi (r. 1792-1750 BCE) was the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon best known for his famous law code which served as the model for others, *including the Mosaic Law of the Bible.)* *"Bible Contradiction **#134**. Which Ten Commandments?"* - Dr Steven DiMattei *"Debunking the Devil - Michael A. Sherlock (Author)"* *"The Greatest Trick Religion Ever Pulled: Convincing Us That Satan Exists | Atheomedy"* *"Zoroastrianism And Persian Mythology: The Foundation Of Belief"* (Scroll to the last section: Zoroastrianism is the Foundation of Western Belief) *"10 Ways The Bible Was Influenced By Other Religions - Listverse"* *"January | 2014 | Atheomedy"* - Where the Hell Did the Idea of Hell Come From? *"Retired bishop explains the reason why the Church invented "Hell" - Ideapod"* Watch *"The Origins of Salvation, Judgement and Hell"* by Derreck Bennett at Atheologica (Sensitive theists should only watch from 7:00 to 17:30 minutes as evangelical Christians are lambasted. He's a former theist and has been studying the scholarship and comparative religions for over 15 years) *"Top Ten Reasons Noah’s Flood is Mythology - The Sensuous Curmudgeon"* *"Forget about Noah's Ark; There Was No Worldwide Flood | Bible Interp"* *"The Search for Noah’s Flood - Biblical Archaeology Society"* *"Eridu Genesis - World History Encyclopedia"* *"The Atrahasis Epic: The Great Flood & the Meaning of Suffering - World History Encyclopedia"* Watch *"How Aron Ra Debunks Noah's Flood"* (8 part series debunking Noah's flood using multiple branches of science) *"The Adam and Eve myth - News24"* *"Before Adam and Eve - Psychology Today"* *"Gilgamesh vs. Noah - Wordpress"* *"Old Testament Tales Were Stolen From Other Cultures - Griffin"* *"Parallelism between “The Hymn to Aten” and Psalm 104 - Project Augustine"* *"Studying the Bible"* - by Dr Steven DiMattei (This particular article from a critical Biblical scholar highlights how the authors of the Hebrew Bible used their *fictional* god as a mouthpiece for their own views and ideologies) *"How do we know that the biblical writers were* ***not*** *writing history?"* -- by Dr Steven DiMattei *"Contradictions in the Bible | Identified verse by verse and explained using the most up-to-date scholarly information about the Bible, its texts, and the men who wrote them"* -- by Dr. Steven DiMattei
Well unlike most “religionists”they don’t believe in a god, for starters. And that’s a pretty key difference given the definition of religion : _the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods._
Funny when atheists endorse evangelical political candidates though.... Like Joe Rogan. Too late for him to try and play both sides. Loyalty is most definitely FOR SALE! Whatever get you the audience, that is what you will pretend to believe.
Faith is believing in something that cannot be proven, and is the cornerstone of all religions including Atheism. I have yet to see one iota of proof that there isn’t a creative force that illuminates and moves the universe. There are many that would feel that it is necessary to label that force and give it a personality. They even give it a name and call it “God”. The thing is that “God” or whatever one would call it cannot be labeled , limited with a personality, and put in a box. In the Atheist religion, and yes it is most definitely a religion they deny without any proof whatsoever the very possibility that this force exists. That kind of single minded dedication requires a kind of faith that one only finds in religious fanatics.
First, the sharpest minds in the world are not celebrities/media personalities. Second, the opposite of atheist is not religious. A lot of the actual sharpest minds in the world do believe in God without being religious. I understand why so many people are anti-religion. Just don't equate God with religion or religion with God.
"the opposite of atheist is not religious." Then what? "A lot of the actual sharpest minds in the world do believe in God without being religious." Who, for example?
@@dorkception2012 The opposite of an atheist is a theist. Einstein, for example, believed in God and was not religious. Every atheist has a concept, a definition, of what God is, or what God would be if God existed. So in a sense atheists are correct. Their concept of God is something that does not exist. However, that in itself does not mean that God does not exist.
@elverdaderojavier Einstein didn't believe in a god. Stop lying. This is what Einstein wrote in a letter: "The word God is for me nothing but the expression and product of human weaknesses" You are also strawmanning what an atheist is. Atheism isn't the belief "there is no god". Atheism means saying "I don't believe you" when theists claim there is a god without providing evidence.
@elverdaderojavier Spinoza's god is not a deity. It's a summary of the natural forces. But you know what? Even if I gave you that Einstein believed in a god, that doesn't make any god magically true if there is no evidence to prove that god.
Read the title of this and consider that this is the mindset of people in the business of conducting research. ALL of them will live out their hopefully ninety-year lifespans within 50 miles of the earth's surface in this present time (without the ability to travel forwards or backwards), without the aid of equipment capable of visiting even our closest cosmic neighbors, much less see the far reaches of the universe. Not exactly a commanding position from which to gather all of the data needed. Add to that the problem of the lack of equipment necessary for detecting and measuring spirits. God claims to be a spirit. A tape measure or a tire pressure gauge won't help in this experiment. Consider what Maxwell and Hertz went through in the 1860s and 1870s. They couldn't prove radio waves existed. Did radio waves exist during Abraham Lincoln's lifetime? Yes or no? If you answered yes, then you must admit you have no proof due to the lack of technology at the time. That is a leap of faith. If you answered no, you must give a logical explanation as to why you refuse to admit that something as commonly accepted as radio waves must not have existed because of the shortcomings of the modern science of that era. Calling me names for pointing this out as the problem with modern scientists proves my hypothesis that this is not true science, but a cult.
my theory of evolution is that the earth built up layer by layer a computer to run intelligence and religion is legitimate human expression says it's the human soul riding the intelligence of the human body that the earth is actually growing
The problem with those who believe and disbelieve is that they politicize their viewpoint - i.e. in general terms, those on the Left are not religious, those on the Right are, with that mindset being particularly prevalent in the States. Not in any way, shape or form would anyone describe me as left-wing, yet I do not have any religious faith whatsoever, nor do I want any. Whatever you believe, or lack thereof, do it because you do or don't. Wrapping it up in political ideology is just being disingenuous either way.
Matthew 7:22-23 KJV [22] Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? [23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
@ You want me to debunk the nonsense that is being offered up by comedians? How old are you? It’s not up to nonbelievers to support their lack of faith that unicorns exist. It’s up to the people claiming that unicorns are real to offer their evidence.
@@drstevej2527Wow. That analogy is way off. Credible scholars engage with whomever they like. There are a lot of very intelligent and educated comedians that could very easily engage with "credible scholars". To compare that to geographers talking to flat earthers is not even close to an accurate comparison.
It takes unimaginable faith to help others of faith throw rock onto one of your closest relatives. More unimaginable, current cultures glorifying those as being the standard of morality of their era.
Joe Rogan is a curious figure to have on here. I have no doubt he could be turned into a Bible-thumping evangelical after one conversation with some crackpot on his podcast.
I won't be converting to Christianity. David, the Morning Star, rides the donkey. The bride of David rides the foal of the donkey. Blessed is the kingdom of our Father David that is to come! (Mar 11:10 NABO) Christ rides a horse - of many colors, aspects, or perspectives. White - The wine press I have trodden alone (Isa 63:3 NABO) Red - Do not think that I have come to bring peace (Mat 10:34 NABO) Black - I came into this world for judgment (Joh 9:39 NABO) Pale Green - Its rider was named Death - Christ rising up from the Abyss (Rm 10:7) - all of Hades is at his heel (Rev 6:8 NJB)
People... I'm not a religious man at all but one Major thing Religion helps with is LOSS of a loved one. When you do not have "Religion" what do you think? At least with Religion you can somehow deal with the sorrow.
Lying to someone is never okay, but lying to someone in grief is horrible. Telling someone that their loved one is not really dead but in a happy place all happy and they can talk to them is the easy thing to do, but that doesn't make it right. Instead we should look back at the life lost and honor the joys given and the lessons taught, look inside ourselves and think of what we would need in that time of grief, and try to focus on real actions rather than just saying God will take care of it. The truth forces you to confront difficult things, but that is so much better and more healing than a bunch of empty platitudes.
@@augsu Why do you automatically assume that religion is lying? Do you know any better? No you don't. You are shockingly ignorant and you boast about your ignorance on comments boards. Where do you think truth comes from? Where do you think Good comes from? Your religion of atheism's a joke, you all worship the sacred Nothing. But Nothing does not exist and has never existed. So you tell me where the universe and life came from?
@@rl7012 What makes you think that the universe came from somewhere? What evidence have you seen that it was created? How did you conclude that it wasn't always there?
@@BerLoon The universe cannot be eternal because it is ordered, and an eternal universe would be in huge entropy. An eternal universe breaks the 2nd laws of thermodynamics. Also time had a beginning, it is not eternal. Science also agrees that the universe was created and they call it the Big Bang. You should know that. What is your answer to the universe then? You think it magic'ed up itself from nothing?
@@rl7012 "Science also agrees that the universe was created and they call it the Big Bang" Science has not claimed there was nothing before that big bang. A cyclic or multiverse models suggest that our universe could be part of a larger system where entropy resets or is redistributed. How did you eliminate this possibility and conclude that this is not the case?
I was an atheist, but the more i delved into science and got more educated, i realized that there's a higher probabillity of a god than not a god. After giving religion a genuine chance for the 1st time i realized that christianity is the undeniable truth, if u have any questions or arguments i'd be happy to answer them. All I can say is be honest to yourself, and give religion a genuine chance and you'll see theres answers for all your questions. God bless
....i find that hard to believe. Science does not at all point to a god. It cannot. It can't say anything at all on tje subject, because it is outside the perview of the method as it sits today.
@@zombine555 That shows how little you know about science. I studied abiogenesis for three years and there is no possible way that abiogenesis ever happened. Science points to God.
@rl7012 you are either ignorant or a liar. Abiogenesis has quite a bit of evidence for it. And no, again, god cannot be examined by science. The tools do not exist. And no, disproving one thing, even if you were right, which you're not, it still wouldn't mean your claim is true. You have to provide unique evidence for your claim.
As a Black man I must say, The Problem Atheists have is, They Unnecessarily Overcomplicate it. God is simply the Existence of Love we all acknowledge. Everybody Believes Love exists Simple. But infinite in Power and Expression. To ignore the Reality of that Is not only Unfortunate It’s Shameful
You're too stupid to know, you're not black. I could say why you're not, but you just wouldn't understand. God has absolutely no idea (If he existed) what love is. Just as you don't. Tell me brown man, was it love when god had those 32,000 innocent prepubescent girls, sent into sexual slavery with the soldiers that had just finished slaughtering their whole families, including the baby brothers? Numbers 31.
If atheists really want to stamp out faith in a intelligent creator for their faith in dumb luck there is only one,way! Explain how millions of individual specified functioning protien machines could mindlessly build themselves. Then mindlessly build specified coded information to coordinate each one into a specified singular goal aka self replicating life! Concentrate on engineering a mindless pathway to building extreme complex functionality and your " lucky rabbits foot guide to reality will be golden!! Go! Hint: your task will be an excersise in utter futility but unfortunately, it's the only pathway you have...
@@hammalammadingdong6244I would never attempt to refute your totally meaningless reply. Let's let it sit and age like a rotten egg. Lol! You never fail to amuse stump I give you that..
@@bretherenlee1404 you haven’t answered my question yet. Show me one demonstrable act of creation by a god? Or explain the diversity of life. We have learned a thing or two since Darwin’s time some, one hundred and seventy odd rears ago.
ATHEISM IS A BELIEF SYSTEM. A BELIEF IN NOTHING. A FREE THINKER REQUIRES PEER REVIEW PROOF OF ANYTHING OR NOTHING AT ALL AND WE ARE WILLING TO ADAPT ACCORDINGLY.
Atheism is at best a position....and that position is that there is insufficient evidence to justify a belief in any god.....bring evidence not faith. And if at present the real answer is you do not know then say ...I don't know.....do not insert god into the gap of knowledge
No we are all born with innate truths and instincts in us. Babies are born with a sense of justice. Babies are born with everything already inside them.
@@Professor_Pink I don't need to prove it, as it is glaringly obvious. Just like babies are born knowing innately how to suck milk. They don't know it conceptually, but they know it innately. Truth and justice are also innate. If you don't accept this truth then please put forward your case as to why you believe that babies know nothing innately.
I love Bill O’Riley! He’s a walking argument from ignorance. “Because I don’t understand gravity, tidal theory, general relativity, big bang cosmology, etc it has to be magic!”
He has intelligence; he also has willful ignorance.
He seems to have doubled down on his "tide goes in, tide goes out" argument that he got so skewered for.
We don't need faith, we need knowledge and understanding, but that requires applying our intelligence, and that's beyond the willful ignorance of the O'Reillys of this world.
It sounds like he's trying to convince himself.
@@ziploc2000 Nearly everything you think you know is a belief.
O'Reilly sounds like he's never had a critical thought in his entire life
That guy is shot ! How did the sun and moon get there ? Science ! Yes a thing we made up to understand the world around us lol and not rely of just coming to one conclusion lol
I'm proud that bill o'reilly looked up which part of his book of favourite fables to fact-check Bill Maher, Because about 99% of the time, facts are a republicans Kryptonite. They hate facts more than altar boys hate the confessional booth.
I was brought up Christian Baptist, and it was around the time that I was in high school that I started thinking for myself. I was going to two different places to learn, and they both were very different from each other. I started to contrast and compare what I was being taught.
In high school, my history teacher would ask, “who is your favourite historical figure?”
In Sunday school, I would be asked, “who is your favourite Bible character?”
Very different wording.
My history teacher would ask, “what is your favourite historical event?”
My Sunday school teacher would ask, “what is your favourite Bible story?”
Why would my Sunday school teacher use words like “stories” or “characters”? The only other teacher who would ask me about my favourite stories and characters was my kindergarten teacher.
Then, I went home, opened the Bible, and read the last two words… “The End”.
Suddenly, I became an atheist.
All religions are man made and so is the concept of god. Every year fewer and fewer people consider themselves religious.
Which is core reason the right wing is trying to take over government in america, They are trying to change things back to when more people believed. they see themselves losing the control they have held for centuries. More and more people are waking up and questioning the Indoctrination of our nation. They want control of women, they want to destroy the education system in order to force religious teaching upon our children and dumb them down, since its the educated that are seeing through the fog. Why do you think the church has doubled down and clinging so hard to the MAGA movement???? If anyone cant see that religion is also a multi billion dollar yearly business where only the few reap any of the financial benefits then you cant see the cult like hold the church has on people.
@@goldwingerppg5953 except muslims
Was told at 7 there was no Father Xmas, worked out at 11 there was no god ( Christian ) guess which one really upset me lol
Proud atheist here. What if I'm wrong? That's nobody's business, that is my problem!
Bill O'Reilly is so dense that his brain has its own Event Horizon and light actually bends around him.
Would that be the same light that science claims is both particles and waves?
@rl7012 either way, it wouldn't get past. 😂
That's actually quite clever, for one so dumb.
@@kenlyneham4105there is some difficulty in justifiably ascribing the appellation 'dumb', inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information you communicated and the facts, insofar as they can be ascertained and demonstrated, presents epistemological problems of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language, a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear.
@musiclover9361
your verbal diarrhea is progressing well.
God was created by mankind not the other way round
You created god, but he's not God
So you think dumb chemicals accidentally invented highly engineered reproductive life?
And you know this how?
That's dogmatic to say because you won't be able to substantiate it.
@rl7012 How else would someone have a concept of what they think God is? You have to create a concept in order to think about something conceptually.If you see a bear, you would have to know what a bear is and then decide to run for your life or play dead, wouldn't you. Don't play dead while you're alive when it comes to God. God wants you to enjoy life, but suffering is often unavoidable. Give your suffering to the Almighty, He's seen plenty and knows what to do with it!
Unfortunately, most will never have the self awareness to recognize it, but when I really talk to religious people about what they believe and why they believe it, I see a common theme, and that is the fact that religious people mislabel their "fear" as "faith."
That fear is the only explanation for questions like "What if you are wrong?"
P.S. - the idea that over 60% of Americans think that religion solves their problems is terrifying. I hate to say it, but if that doesn't dramatically change, then this country is hopelessly doomed.
That is a very ignorant comment that you wrote. It is full of wrong assumptions and shows how little you know. So please do not present your wrong opinions as if they were facts.
@@rl7012 I guess now you can see how annoying it is to live in a world full of religious people. You were clearly triggered by my comment, but you were triggered by me "spreading" my wrong and ignorant assumptions around as truth, when the reality is, that is exactly what religious people do. They have some horribly wrong and ignorant assumptions, and they spread it around as if it were all true. Just shameful. But the most shameful part is that when religious people start talking religion to me, I think to myself, "These are good, honest, smart, not bat shit crazy people. So why in the f#*k are they saying bat shit crazy things to me right now?"
So just to clarify, IN MY OPINION, god did not create man, man created god. And in the spirit of being open minded, if there is a god, then there is also a devil, and religion is the greatest trick that the devil has ever pulled off.
@@rl7012 Don't just say he's wrong, prove it.
it certainly won't change in a positive direction. as resources and farmable lands dwindle, and population continues to grow, i suspect
fear/uncertainty/mass-migrations will propel many to double-down on faith while enlisting new recruits to bolster defenses. mr.'s rogan/corrolla
are examples of pragmatic non-theists joining forces with religious zealotz to elect a disgusting old man with dementia. seems like they want to break up the USA. with hedge-fund-creeps being so pro-fascist, perhaps they intend to short-sell the entire Country.
I remember waking up one morning when I was about 16 realising there that there is no God. Am 67 now and have never changed. John Lennon's wonderful song "Imagine" says it all.
You realised wrong then.
@@rl7012 Prove it.
@@benjalucian1515 Prove a universe from nothing or an infinite regress.
@@rl7012 *Prove a universe from nothing or an infinite regress* I don't know and neither do you. And that's an OK answer. There is no need to pretend that you know.
@@benjalucian1515 I didn't pretend to know. That said, I actually do know. Don't ask me for scientific proof but there is a Creator.
Who is going to tell Bill Venus and Mars have the same sun as Earth does?
The indisputable fact is that we, and every other living creature that ever walked the surface of this earth, are all born atheist. It is the natural state of affairsWe only become religious when someone in supposed authority rams it down our throats and we better believe it OR ELSE!
Many believe because Mama said so.
The Jews were, originally, polytheists.
Religion comforts...and cripples.
You can never be wrong about the Flying Spaghetti Monster! The universal truth about the Flying Spaghetti Monster is simple, clear and eternal, and here it is heathens . . . Uhmmmmmmmmm Spaghetti! That's all you need!
I worship at the Olive Garden 😂
Ya'll need to get right with "Bob."
Are you of the "fresh" spaghetti school or the "dried orthodox" faith? Freshies are heathens! Only the Dried will fly with the Monster! Praise be to His al Dente-ness!
Why use the term 'heathens' to refer to those who don't believe in a god religion, etc? Heathenry was/is a polytheist religion.
A FSM that grasps quantum mechanics and molecular biology to infinitely greater drpths than humans? Wow. Never considered that...
When things are explained to O’Reilly, he is the embodiment of sticking one’s fingers in your ears and singing la la la la la.
Not this time he isn't.
Interesting thing about O'Reilly's derisive, anti-atheist comment about explaining where the moon came from. He says 'What, did it just appear?' Bill! That IS your explanation. Not ours.
@@bobanderson99 You atheists have no explanations. You believe everything came out of nothing and you do not recognise your own beliefs as beliefs. Atheists are the biggest hypocrites on the planet and very unscientific and believe absolutely anything but the truth.
Tucker Carlson is the same way
@@ABigMetalFan Tucker Carlson speaks a lot of sense.
Atheism is growing, try and spread the truth if your able to
Everyone is born an atheist.
Ha!!! For some reason that had never occurred to me.
Not at all. To a newborn everything is a kind of God.
@@rl7012😂😂😂
If we are all born atheists, what went wrong?.........
@@michaelloach9461 people growing up and having an existential crisis and then indoctrinating children. Then it’s a never ending cycle
The tide goes in and tide goes out! 😂😂😂😂😂😮😮😮😅😅
Silverman destroyed billo.
Bill O'Riley how does sexual predator fit into your religion?
Probably as well as in his political views
So there are no sex predators in secularism then?
@@rl7012We don't worship and vote for them.
So there are no sex predators in secularism?
Secularism has no sexual predators then?
O'Reilly learned a tiny bit about the moon and tides since the time he said on his own show that nobody could explain the tides.
Really? He actually learned something? I doubt it. He may be good at intimidating and steamrolling over people on his own show, but I think he never had an original thought in his head his entire life. The very concept of independent sceptical thinking is remote to him, so he is also not capable of becoming convinced of something through facts, evidence and reason. He's a fearful sack full of beliefs.
Yes, Bill. We are incredibly lucky.
Ouch, every time Bill O'Reilly opens his mouth it dispels any doubt of his profound ignorance.
I don't go around threatening people with eternal torment for not believing in things that cannot be demonstrated to exist. However, that seems to be the Christian thing to do. According to Christianity, everyone is guilty of breaking laws that cannot be demonstrated to exist. Oh, really, Mr Christian? These people cannot prove that I have broken divine laws, because the bible's claims do not constitute evidence.
the guy at 4:27 overlooks the very obvious possibility that the either the universe or God has had billions of trillions of failed attempts at creating order, design and life, he overlooks the fact that the universe is also filled with chaos.
According to the general consensus of scholarship *(even critical Christian scholars),* YHWH was originally incorporated into the Canaanite pantheon as a son of the Canaanite high god El before inheriting the top spot in the pantheon and El's wife Athirat (Asherah) before religious reforms "divorced" them. El's pantheon in Ugarit (modern day Ras Shamra in Syria) is called the *Elohim,* literally the plural of El. Interestingly, the Biblical god is also referred to numerous times as Elohim. If you want to see if El is fictional, just read his mythology in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts.
"The mysterious Ugaritic text Shachar and Shalim tells how (perhaps near the beginning of all things) *El* came to shores of the sea and saw two women who bobbed up and down. *El* was sexually aroused and took the two with him, killed a bird by throwing a staff at it, and roasted it over a fire. He asked the women to tell him when the bird was fully cooked, and to then address him either as husband or as father, for he would thenceforward behave to them as they called him. They saluted him as husband. He then lay with them, and they gave birth to Shachar ("Dawn") and Shalim ("Dusk"). Again *El* lay with his wives and the wives gave birth to "the gracious gods", "cleavers of the sea", "children of the sea". The names of these wives are not explicitly provided, but some confusing rubrics at the beginning of the account mention the goddess *Athirat (Asherah),* who is otherwise *El's* chief wife, and the goddess Raḥmayyu ("the one of the womb"), otherwise unknown."
*"First, a god named El predates the arrival of the Israelites into Syria-Palestine.* Biblical usage shows El was not just a generic noun, but often a proper name for Israel’s God (e.g., Gen 33:20: “El, the God of Israel”)."
"I should add here that it is very clear from the grammar that the noun nachalah in v. 9 should be translated “inheritance.” *Yahweh receives Israel as his “inheritance” (nachalah), just as the other sons of El received their nations as their inheritance (nachal, v. 8).* With this verb, especially in the Hiphil, the object is always what is being given as an inheritance. Thus, Israel is given to Yahweh as his inheritance. ((Here I’m indebted to Dan McClellan.)) It would make no sense for Elyon to give himself an inheritance. Moreover, as I’ve argued elsewhere, it is not just the Gentile nations that are divided up according to the number of the *sons of El.* It is all of humankind, i.e., “the sons of Adam.” This clearly includes Israel. And the sons of Adam are not divided up according to the number of the *sons of El,* plus one (i.e., plus Elyon). They are divided up, according to the text, *solely* according to the number of the *sons of El.* *Thus, that Yahweh receives Israel as his inheritance makes Yahweh one of the sons of El mentioned in v. 8. Any other construal of the text would constitute its rewriting.*
A Sumerian hymn speaks to the goddess: “Nanshe, your divine powers are not matched by any other divine powers.” *Does this mean that Nanshe was the high goddess, that there were no gods above her? No, it does not.* Nanshe was the daughter of Enki, the high god. *In Sumerian mythology, as with Ugaritic, Israelite, Babylonian, and others, in the ancient past, the high god (Enki, in this case) divided up the world and assigned his children certain domains.* Nanshe was given a limited domain (the modern Persian Gulf) and was tasked with maintaining social justice there. *This is exactly what we see in Deuteronomy 32 with Yahweh. Yahweh is given a limited domain (Israel) and is given authority over his people, to punish them, as well as to protect and defend them against foreign enemies.* That Yahweh, like Nanshe, is said to have incomparable divine power *does not* mean that he is not subordinate to the high god who gave him his domain. *It is also of note that Nanshe, like Baal, Yahweh, and so many other deities, evolved over time. Her domain increased, and she was promoted in the pantheon (although she never became the high goddess)."*
*"The Most Heiser: Yahweh and Elyon in Psalm 82 and Deuteronomy 32 - Religion at the Margins"* based on the *majority scholarly consensus.*
(Written by Thom Stark who is a Christian)
*"Michael Heiser: A Unique Species? - Religion at the Margins"*
(A second response to Michael Heiser)
*"Excerpt from “Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan” by John Day - Lehi's Library."*
*"The Table of Nations: The Geography of the World in Genesis 10"* - TheTorah.com
(Excluding the short narrative on Nimrod (vv. 8-12), *which appears to be a later addition,* Genesis 10 contains *70* names of nations or cities, a number that was symbolic of totality. Similarly, the descendants of Jacob were *70* in number (Gen 46:37; Exod 1:5), *as were the sons of the supreme Canaanite god El, with whom YHWH became equated.)*
*"Polytheism and Ancient Israel’s Canaanite Heritage. Part V | theyellowdart"*
(Of course, much of this [i.e., that Israel worshiped El and Asherah alongside YHWH] is really to be expected given that recent syntheses of the *archaeological, cultural, and literary data* pertaining to the emergence of the nation of Israel in the Levant *show that most of the people who would eventually compose this group were originally Canaanite. As the Hebrew Bible notes, the Hebrew language itself is a Canaanite language, literally the “lip of Canaan” (שְׂפַת כְּנַעַן; Is. **19:18**), and so it cannot often be distinguished by modern scholars from other Canaanite inscriptions on purely linguistic grounds.)*
*"Ugarit - New World Encyclopedia"*
(Ugaritic religion centered on the chief god, Ilu or El, whose titles included "Father of mankind" and "Creator of the creation." The Court of El was referred to as the (plural) 'lhm or ***Elohim,*** a word ***later used by the biblical writers to describe the Hebrew deity*** and translated into English as "God," in the singular.
El, which was ***also the name of the God of Abraham,*** was described as an aged deity with white hair, seated on a throne.)
*"Mark Smith: Yahweh as El’s Son & Yahweh’s Ascendency - Lehi's Library"*
(Mark Smith is a Catholic)
*"God, Gods, and Sons (and Daughters) of God in the Hebrew Bible. Part III | theyellowdart"*
*"02 | December | 2009 | Daniel O. McClellan - Psalm 82"*
(Daniel McClellan is a Mormon)
*"Elohim | Daniel O. McClellan"*
(Refer to the article "Angels and Demons (and Michael Heiser)")
*"God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible - Almost."*
(Pay attention to whose wife Asherah (Athirat) is in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts and how she became the wife of YHWH/Yahweh)
*"Yahweh's Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden - Mythology Matters."*
*"Asherah, God's Wife in Ancient Israel. Part IV - theyellowdart"*
*"The Gates of Ishtar - El, was the original god of the bible."*
*"The Gates of Ishtar - Anath in the Elephantine Papyri"*
(In addition to Asherah (Athirat) being the consort of Yahweh, it appears some Israelites also viewed the Canaanite goddess Anat(h) as Yahweh's consort)
*"Canaanite Religion - New World Encyclopedia"*
(Refer to the section "Relationship to Biblical Religion")
*"The Syncretization of Yahweh and El : reddit/AcademicBiblical"*
(For a good summary of all of the above articles)
Watch Professor Christine Hayes who lectures on the Hebrew Bible at Yale University. Watch lecture 2 from 40:40 to 41:50 minutes, lecture 7 from 30:00 minutes onwards, lecture 8 from 12:00 to 17:30 minutes and lecture 12 from 34:30 minutes onwards.
Watch *"Pagan Origins of Judaism"* by Sigalius Myricantur and read the description in the video to see the scholarship the video is based on.
Watch *"How Monotheism Evolved"* by Sigalius Myricantur and watch up to at least 21:40.
Watch *"Atheism - A History of God (The Polytheistic Origins of Christianity and Judaism)"*
(By a former theist)
Watch *"The Origins of Yahweh"* by Derreck Bennett at Atheologica.
If I ever decide on my deathbed to worship ANY deity, it'll be the goddess Hylia from
The Legend Of Zelda video game franchise.
Ruck Fogan
In my opinion. It doesn't matter if you are religious, spiritual, agnostic, atheist, or just not sure what to believe. At the end of the day. I believe that no body can know what really happens after death. Because only in death will we all find out what the truth is.
Let’s say you lived in the time of Christ. You have a mangled leg from birth, but Jesus comes and heals your mangled leg. Outside observers might say that this could be a magic trick, but you and those closest to know it wasnt a trick. Even though it would be anecdotal, is this not evidence to you of a divine power? Maybe not ultimate proof, but evidence?
That's funny. You say "no body can know what really happens after death" and in the very next breath presuppose that "only in death will we all find out what the truth is".
Don't you see the contradiction?
@@Coastal1931 Stories aren't evidence.
@@donthesitatebegin9283 A story is only just a story if somebody else is telling it if it happened to you, it’s evidence to you.
@@Coastal1931Like when Jesus fixed your mangled leg (!?)
What happened to Joe Rogan?
And Adam Corolla
Funny, I got an ad for Dwell Audio Bible during this.
Boy Adam Corolla & Joe Rogan really chose $ over their honest beliefs/non-beliefs...
They keep deleting comments.
can you keep joe rogan out of these clips please? its an insult to the rest of the speakers and i have to stop viewing
Oh please, how exactly was his childhood story about catholic school an _insult_ to the rest of the speakers? ...all but one of which were comedians like him.
"Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right. Offence is about feelings and feelings are personal." - Ricky Gervais
I wasn't happy about him either; he claims to be skeptical about religion but allows all sorts of kooks and wackos on his podcast without skepticism. It doesn't invalidate what he said here, though.
@@scottplumer3668 I'd rather listen to "kooks and wackos" on a skeptic's podcast than a worshipper's. Sometimes, you'll hear more of what a person really believes when they don't have their guard up. I haven't listened to him in a while, but he usually tried to avoid a confrontational tone. He was more interested in hearing what that person had to say than making sure they left following his beliefs.
You don't have to like what they say, but it will be more informative than a tiktoc clip. "Know your enemy"
@@stu1037 Good point! I think I just feel like kooks and wackos shouldn't be given the biggest platform in podcasting. I'm thinking of flat-earthers, specifically, but I don't think his was the biggest podcast when he last had them on.
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Why don't theists understand the simplest reason for them believing in God? They were told God exists... that's it.
Social media has made them all forget what religious beliefs are based upon... FAITH. They all argue that God is real without understanding they don't actually know this, they just believe this... FAITH.
I don’t think social media has much to do with it, this has been the case since as far back as we can look. People believe not because of evidence but because of authority: someone told them.
@MrMattSax You're right of course. I guess I've just become more aware of it because of social media.
well look at your accomplishment. You settle an argument that has gone on for thousands of years in one YT post. ;)
@@Jay-md6fk I haven't settled anything. The fact that no evidence that God exists has settled this.
@@castleanthrax1833 what kind of evidence do you want?
I don’t think Rogan qualifies as an atheist anymore. He has gone full right-wing gonzo as of late. Schilling for Trump, moving to Texas, seeing truth in biblical guests’ nonsense, etc.
He always was a suspect character to me. I never trusted him because of his attitude, it always sounded fake. Like now he is playing up to the maga audience.
Atheism is not a political belief. Anyone can be an atheist. It’s only the stance that they “are not convinced there is a god”
@13:00 Bill O'Riley on Exodus 31:15 (Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.) goes on to say: "the passage was based on Moses reporting to the Jews that god would handle the *_Sabbath situation_* ."
So how does god handle a "Sabbath situation" in which someone works on the Sabbath day? The answer can be found in Numbers 15:32-36 where God, like a mafia boss, tells Moses to order his congregation to whack a guy (literally whack him to death with stones) for working on the Sabbath day. That is if you consider something as petty as gathering sticks, working.
In a nutshell, god handles "Sabbath situations" not by smiting anyone, but having people do his dirty work. Great god you adore there, Bill!
I'm curious, how come the clergy are allowed to work on the sabbath?
@@DavidStowers-o7k Here is what I got when I Googled:
"why can clergy work on the sabbath day"
AI Response:
"Clergy can work on the Sabbath day because their work is considered an act of service and worship, particularly when performing religious duties like leading services or providing spiritual guidance, which are seen as essential to the practice of their faith and not in conflict with the true spirit of Sabbath rest; essentially, their "work" on the Sabbath is considered an act of devotion rather than typical labor. "
“the most simplest one”? Apparently, “artificial intelligence” didn’t do well in 2nd grade English.
artificial intelligence?
That's a student from the Christian Liberty university asking the question, it's about 20 years ago and pretty famous.
Simple? Ya want simple? Well, simple is not asking for evidence for your most deeply-held convictions. Simple is faith, and faith is believing something that logic says just ain't true.
@@omelborpon3159 "The consequence of the epistemology of religion is the politics of tyranny."
-Leonard Peikoff- 1986
Either do the subtitles yourself or not at all. Every third word being wrong is beyond frustrating and just spews laziness and ai content creating at it’s worst.
Are you require hearing aids?
@@dorkception2012 the word is 'do' not 'are'.
@@musiclover9361 Thank you for correcting my mistake, English is my third language.
Why didn't you answer the question, tho?
@@dorkception2012 because the question was neither directed at me nor well-formed.
@@musiclover9361 If it wasn't directed to you and couldn't understand the context of it, why did you and how were you able to correct it?
That tells a lot already. LOL
Anyway, here is a question for You!
Do you require any kind of hearing aids?
Edit: Sorry, you are right, I thought the OP commented back! My bad.
As an Ex-Christian. I personally observed Christians fall in love with the Jesus story. This is not about faith, this is about an a obsessive case of romancing the stories. They're in love with Jesus. Might as well be an Shakespearian story of Romeo & Jesus. All the other stuff with Sin, Salvation, Demons and Devils, Judgment... are all part of their obsession. My question is to everyone out there. Why do some of us (Ex-Christians) recognize the deception, leave and find the truth were really looking for? These are the people who get caught up in the 'Jim Jones and Paul MacKenzies' of the world. (Death Cults) and they become statistics on the evening news. When will they wake up and think for themselves?
JustReed---Impossible. They can't think for themselves, simply because their brains belong to jesus.
I can tell you I am a person and I do think for myself. How I know god is truely good is he gives us a conscience and most importantly a free will to accept him or deny him. Satan on the other hand is playing for keeps. He wants people to inadvertently fall to darkness by feeding on their negative emotions like pride, thereby seering their conscience to the ‘real’ truth.
@yungalucard9139
"Satan on the other hand..." if real, deceived the religious ones royally.
@@yungalucard9139 -----Sorry bud, but your god, in your case, didn't give you common sense or a brain to weigh your contradictions. Now, you say that god gave you FREE WILL to accept or deny him, then bud, think and reason, if he, your god, gave you free will to accept of deny him, then, why did your god create satan and hell?
The end of your statement answered your question. They are not capable of thinking for themselves.
I've no problem with atheists calling out religious zealots (being an atheist myself) but I don't like atheists being derisive of other people's beliefs.
I don't get it. What is the difference between "calling out religious zealots" and "being derisive of other people's beliefs"? Aren't "people's beliefs" and "religious zealotry" the same thing?
@@donthesitatebegin9283 No, they're not the same thing. Someone who believes in whatever deity, and practices that religion without trying to impose those beliefs on someone else, is not a zealot.
Zealots are those that are banging on your door to peddle their beliefs at you. That type of thing.
I've always thought those that are obsessively peddling their beliefs, are one of two things. They're are either a conman, doing it for personal gain, or a person who is insecure in their own beliefs, to the point where they need to try to influence others to reassure themselves.
I did not know that evolution was spelled and pronounced "Luck."
I cannot stand Bill O’Riley. You could count on him to run into some harassment problems. An empty shirt that survives on bluster.
I dislike these titles. This title would NEVER get many theists to watch it and they are the very ones who need to see it.
Really? Look at the comments, all the butthurt theist scream and cry here
I don't want religion for myself, but I want religion for the herd.
You are part of the herd too sunshine.
Yeah, you're part of the problem
Herd religion is the worst
4:50 what a stupid argument. You don't know something so you automatically attribute it to an invisible undemonstratable god
Classic argument from ignorance and not understanding the burden of proof
One thing is true, is the evidence of science. So people should direct all their beliefs to science, not fairytales.
Science is based on fundamental assumptions. Most of science are just sets of beliefs.
@rl7012 Science is based on logic , experimentation and evidence. Religion is based only on faith and no evidence.
@@rl7012 Oh, really?
What does the scientific method says again?
@@dorkception2012 Prove me wrong then. Tell me what science for knows for sure, and is not a belief?
@@rl7012 Why couldn't you answer a simple question?
What does the scientific method is about? You claim that you know that science is a 'belief', then you ought to know how it actually work, isn't it?
So I will ask for the last time.
What does the scientific method says?
What a jerk Rogan is. Honestly US of America, please raise your game?
"What a jerk Rogan is"
Why?
I've never liked that talking meatball, he's a chud.
I never liked him but he seems to have gotten smarter to some degree.
@@thomasmayk Give me a fukn breakl🤮
I was in my teens an atheist because I wanted to punish God. I’m now a devout Marian Catholic and my faith is certainly NOT blind. Everything we have is a gift from Jesus Christ who is God. If a person wilfully rejects the holy Catholic Church they are damned. (most soul’s in HELL didn’t believe in HELL when alive - they do now!!). If anything is blind faith it’s evolution though ironically evolution doesn’t bother me! If an atheist can explain what happened on 13th October 1917 at Fatima,when the three children saw Mary the mother of Jesus Christ who is God. Then watch Following Padre Pio - who shows the true beauty of Catholicism which is everyone’s true home! And the sole reason for so much HELL in the beautiful world Jesus has given us is because of atheism. God bless all atheist’s and agnostic’s.
Then you were never an atheist
*The Enuma Elish would later be the inspiration for the Hebrew scribes who created the text now known as the biblical Book of Genesis.* Prior to the 19th century CE, the Bible was considered the oldest book in the world and its narratives were thought to be completely original. In the mid-19th century CE, however, European museums, as well as academic and religious institutions, sponsored excavations in Mesopotamia to find physical evidence for historical corroboration of the stories in the Bible. ***These excavations found quite the opposite, however, in that, once cuneiform was translated, it was understood that a number of biblical narratives were Mesopotamian in origin.***
*Famous stories such as the Fall of Man and the Great Flood were originally conceived and written down in Sumer,* translated and modified later in Babylon, and reworked by the Assyrians ***before they were used by the Hebrew scribes for the versions which appear in the Bible.***
***In revising the Mesopotamian creation story for their own ends, the Hebrew scribes tightened the narrative and the focus but retained the concept of the all-powerful deity who brings order from chaos.*** Marduk, in the Enuma Elish, establishes the recognizable order of the world - *just as God does in the Genesis tale* - and human beings are expected to recognize this great gift and honor the deity through service.
*"Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation - Full Text - World History Encyclopedia"*
*"Sumerian Is the World's Oldest Written Language | ProLingo"*
*"Sumerian Civilization: Inventing the Future - World History Encyclopedia"*
("The Sumerians were the people of southern Mesopotamia whose civilization flourished between c. 4100-1750 BCE."
"Ancient Israelites and their origins date back to 1800-1200 BCE.")
*"The Myth of Adapa - World History Encyclopedia"*
Also discussed by Professor Christine Hayes at Yale University in her 1st lecture of the series on the Hebrew Bible from 8:50 to 14:30 minutes, lecture 3 from 28:30 to 41:35 minutes, lecture 4 from 0:00 up to 21:30 minutes and 24:00 up to 35:30 minutes and lecture 7 from 24:20 to 25:10 minutes.
From a Biblical scholar:
"Many stories in the ancient world have their origins in other stories and were borrowed and modified from other or earlier peoples. *For instance, many of the stories now preserved in the Bible are* ***modified*** *versions of stories that existed in the cultures and traditions of Israel’s* ***older*** *contemporaries.* Stories about the creation of the universe, a cataclysmic universal flood, digging wells as land markers, the naming of important cultic sites, gods giving laws to their people, and even stories about gods decreeing the possession of land to their people were all part of the cultural and literary matrix of the ancient Near East. *Biblical scribes freely* ***adopted and modified*** *these stories as a means to express their own identity, origins, and customs."*
*"Stories from the Bible"* by Dr Steven DiMattei, from his website *"Biblical Contradictions"*
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In addition, look up the below articles.
*"Genesis 1:1-2 --- not a creation ex nihilo"* - Dr Steven DiMattei
(Especially the first six paragraphs)
*"Yahweh was just an ancient Canaanite god. We have been deceived! - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"*
*"Hammurabi - World History Encyclopedia"*
(Hammurabi (r. 1792-1750 BCE) was the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon best known for his famous law code which served as the model for others, *including the Mosaic Law of the Bible.)*
*"Bible Contradiction **#134**. Which Ten Commandments?"* - Dr Steven DiMattei
*"Debunking the Devil - Michael A. Sherlock (Author)"*
*"The Greatest Trick Religion Ever Pulled: Convincing Us That Satan Exists | Atheomedy"*
*"Zoroastrianism And Persian Mythology: The Foundation Of Belief"*
(Scroll to the last section: Zoroastrianism is the Foundation of Western Belief)
*"10 Ways The Bible Was Influenced By Other Religions - Listverse"*
*"January | 2014 | Atheomedy"* - Where the Hell Did the Idea of Hell Come From?
*"Retired bishop explains the reason why the Church invented "Hell" - Ideapod"*
Watch *"The Origins of Salvation, Judgement and Hell"* by Derreck Bennett at Atheologica
(Sensitive theists should only watch from 7:00 to 17:30 minutes as evangelical Christians are lambasted. He's a former theist and has been studying the scholarship and comparative religions for over 15 years)
*"Top Ten Reasons Noah’s Flood is Mythology - The Sensuous Curmudgeon"*
*"Forget about Noah's Ark; There Was No Worldwide Flood | Bible Interp"*
*"The Search for Noah’s Flood - Biblical Archaeology Society"*
*"Eridu Genesis - World History Encyclopedia"*
*"The Atrahasis Epic: The Great Flood & the Meaning of Suffering - World History Encyclopedia"*
Watch *"How Aron Ra Debunks Noah's Flood"*
(8 part series debunking Noah's flood using multiple branches of science)
*"The Adam and Eve myth - News24"*
*"Before Adam and Eve - Psychology Today"*
*"Gilgamesh vs. Noah - Wordpress"*
*"Old Testament Tales Were Stolen From Other Cultures - Griffin"*
*"Parallelism between “The Hymn to Aten” and Psalm 104 - Project Augustine"*
*"Studying the Bible"* - by Dr Steven DiMattei
(This particular article from a critical Biblical scholar highlights how the authors of the Hebrew Bible used their *fictional* god as a mouthpiece for their own views and ideologies)
*"How do we know that the biblical writers were* ***not*** *writing history?"* -- by Dr Steven DiMattei
*"Contradictions in the Bible | Identified verse by verse and explained using the most up-to-date scholarly information about the Bible, its texts, and the men who wrote them"* -- by Dr. Steven DiMattei
More talking heads, talking shit. The smell of fart is in the air. 😂😂😂
"The Aquarian Conspiracy" by Marilyn Ferguson is a must read. As well as "The Complete Idiots Guide To Astrology"😊.
I find it unbelievable that Rogan has the cerebral wherewithal to question something he's been told.
The high priests of Atheism somehow think they're different than the other religionists.
Well unlike most “religionists”they don’t believe in a god, for starters. And that’s a pretty key difference given the definition of religion : _the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods._
We don’t have priests, but thanks for playing.
They're not anyone special to atheists, so no, are not considered "high priests".
Funny when atheists endorse evangelical political candidates though.... Like Joe Rogan. Too late for him to try and play both sides. Loyalty is most definitely FOR SALE! Whatever get you the audience, that is what you will pretend to believe.
Faith is believing in something that cannot be proven, and is the cornerstone of all religions including Atheism. I have yet to see one iota of proof that there isn’t a creative force that illuminates and moves the universe. There are many that would feel that it is necessary to label that force and give it a personality. They even give it a name and call it “God”. The thing is that “God” or whatever one would call it cannot be labeled , limited with a personality, and put in a box.
In the Atheist religion, and yes it is most definitely a religion they deny without any proof whatsoever the very possibility that this force exists. That kind of single minded dedication requires a kind of faith that one only finds in religious fanatics.
But if you grew up in nature you would be busy hunting enjoying nature 😂🤣
Now Joe Rogan is gay for God, Texas did a complete 180 to him
First, the sharpest minds in the world are not celebrities/media personalities.
Second, the opposite of atheist is not religious. A lot of the actual sharpest minds in the world do believe in God without being religious.
I understand why so many people are anti-religion. Just don't equate God with religion or religion with God.
"the opposite of atheist is not religious."
Then what?
"A lot of the actual sharpest minds in the world do believe in God without being religious."
Who, for example?
@@dorkception2012 The opposite of an atheist is a theist. Einstein, for example, believed in God and was not religious. Every atheist has a concept, a definition, of what God is, or what God would be if God existed. So in a sense atheists are correct. Their concept of God is something that does not exist. However, that in itself does not mean that God does not exist.
@elverdaderojavier Einstein didn't believe in a god. Stop lying. This is what Einstein wrote in a letter:
"The word God is for me nothing but the expression and product of human weaknesses"
You are also strawmanning what an atheist is. Atheism isn't the belief "there is no god".
Atheism means saying "I don't believe you" when theists claim there is a god without providing evidence.
@@Lordidude "The more I study science," he remarked, "the more I believe in God." - referring to Einstein
He did not believe in a 'personal' God.
@elverdaderojavier Spinoza's god is not a deity. It's a summary of the natural forces.
But you know what? Even if I gave you that Einstein believed in a god, that doesn't make any god magically true if there is no evidence to prove that god.
I had to bail after 4 or 5 minutes because of all the clicking noises
The Last Of Us tv series has creatures called Clickers
Read the title of this and consider that this is the mindset of people in the business of conducting research. ALL of them will live out their hopefully ninety-year lifespans within 50 miles of the earth's surface in this present time (without the ability to travel forwards or backwards), without the aid of equipment capable of visiting even our closest cosmic neighbors, much less see the far reaches of the universe. Not exactly a commanding position from which to gather all of the data needed. Add to that the problem of the lack of equipment necessary for detecting and measuring spirits. God claims to be a spirit. A tape measure or a tire pressure gauge won't help in this experiment. Consider what Maxwell and Hertz went through in the 1860s and 1870s. They couldn't prove radio waves existed. Did radio waves exist during Abraham Lincoln's lifetime? Yes or no? If you answered yes, then you must admit you have no proof due to the lack of technology at the time. That is a leap of faith. If you answered no, you must give a logical explanation as to why you refuse to admit that something as commonly accepted as radio waves must not have existed because of the shortcomings of the modern science of that era. Calling me names for pointing this out as the problem with modern scientists proves my hypothesis that this is not true science, but a cult.
my theory of evolution is that the earth built up layer by layer a computer to run intelligence and religion is legitimate human expression says it's the human soul riding the intelligence of the human body that the earth is actually growing
I don't need God to tell atheist what to believe
The problem with those who believe and disbelieve is that they politicize their viewpoint - i.e. in general terms, those on the Left are not religious, those on the Right are, with that mindset being particularly prevalent in the States. Not in any way, shape or form would anyone describe me as left-wing, yet I do not have any religious faith whatsoever, nor do I want any. Whatever you believe, or lack thereof, do it because you do or don't. Wrapping it up in political ideology is just being disingenuous either way.
You from the USA?
Matthew 7:22-23 KJV
[22] Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? [23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
So many people are wishful thinkers and unable to understand the criteria of prophecy.
God is good and the devil is evil
You're a top shelf moron Paul!
Both are fictional characters.
@benjalucian1515 God and the devil are real fool
@@PaulYates-nf7vx Prove it. I'll wait.
@@benjalucian1515 I can't do that
Really? Comedians? That’s like debating a child.
Really, then debunk any of those! Chop-chop!
@
You want me to debunk the nonsense that is being offered up by comedians? How old are you? It’s not up to nonbelievers to support their lack of faith that unicorns exist. It’s up to the people claiming that unicorns are real to offer their evidence.
Have you ever heckled a comedian?
@
No and credible scholars don’t sit around engaging with comedians just as geographers don’t sit around engaging with flat earthers.
@@drstevej2527Wow. That analogy is way off. Credible scholars engage with whomever they like. There are a lot of very intelligent and educated comedians that could very easily engage with "credible scholars". To compare that to geographers talking to flat earthers is not even close to an accurate comparison.
I notice the JW bible being used a lot in the B roll. Ex jdubb? I am 🙌🏽
It takes unimaginable faith to help others of faith throw rock onto one of your closest relatives.
More unimaginable, current cultures glorifying those as being the standard of morality of their era.
Joe Rogan is a curious figure to have on here. I have no doubt he could be turned into a Bible-thumping evangelical after one conversation with some crackpot on his podcast.
Jesus is coming back and of course he’ll want to meet me…..
I won't be converting to Christianity.
David, the Morning Star, rides the donkey. The bride of David rides the foal of the donkey.
Blessed is the kingdom of our Father David that is to come! (Mar 11:10 NABO)
Christ rides a horse - of many colors, aspects, or perspectives.
White - The wine press I have trodden alone (Isa 63:3 NABO)
Red - Do not think that I have come to bring peace (Mat 10:34 NABO)
Black - I came into this world for judgment (Joh 9:39 NABO)
Pale Green - Its rider was named Death - Christ rising up from the Abyss (Rm 10:7) - all of Hades is at his heel (Rev 6:8 NJB)
LOL Bunch of nonsense.
@@dorkception2012You are welcome to believe in the Christian version. It doesn't make sense to me.
See Richard Carrier Collosians 2-8
Why? That has nothing to do with secular thinking. So what is the point of your comment?
Rogan's inclusion, questionable decision on your part. But O'Reilly? WTH is he doing here? He's speaking directly opposite to the video title.
People... I'm not a religious man at all but one Major thing Religion helps with is LOSS of a loved one. When you do not have "Religion" what do you think? At least with Religion you can somehow deal with the sorrow.
Lying to someone is never okay, but lying to someone in grief is horrible. Telling someone that their loved one is not really dead but in a happy place all happy and they can talk to them is the easy thing to do, but that doesn't make it right. Instead we should look back at the life lost and honor the joys given and the lessons taught, look inside ourselves and think of what we would need in that time of grief, and try to focus on real actions rather than just saying God will take care of it. The truth forces you to confront difficult things, but that is so much better and more healing than a bunch of empty platitudes.
@@augsu Why do you automatically assume that religion is lying? Do you know any better? No you don't. You are shockingly ignorant and you boast about your ignorance on comments boards. Where do you think truth comes from? Where do you think Good comes from? Your religion of atheism's a joke, you all worship the sacred Nothing. But Nothing does not exist and has never existed. So you tell me where the universe and life came from?
@@rl7012 What makes you think that the universe came from somewhere? What evidence have you seen that it was created? How did you conclude that it wasn't always there?
@@BerLoon The universe cannot be eternal because it is ordered, and an eternal universe would be in huge entropy. An eternal universe breaks the 2nd laws of thermodynamics. Also time had a beginning, it is not eternal.
Science also agrees that the universe was created and they call it the Big Bang. You should know that.
What is your answer to the universe then? You think it magic'ed up itself from nothing?
@@rl7012 "Science also agrees that the universe was created and they call it the Big Bang"
Science has not claimed there was nothing before that big bang.
A cyclic or multiverse models suggest that our universe could be part of a larger system where entropy resets or is redistributed. How did you eliminate this possibility and conclude that this is not the case?
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Jesus is Lord 🙌✝️
But Harry Potter is a bigger Lord! Period.
Superman's an alien 👽
jesus is mythical 🐂💩!
Interesting videos but crappy click-bait titles. Unsubscribed.
1 Peter 5:4: When Jesus appears, those who receive him will receive a crown of glory
Sure😂😂😂😂😂
Can I have a plastic rocket instead?
WTF I gonna do with a crown?
@hammalammadingdong6244 Why worry about something you'll never receive?
@@hammalammadingdong6244 No worries. You'll never receive a crown.
@@kac0404 good.
I was an atheist, but the more i delved into science and got more educated, i realized that there's a higher probabillity of a god than not a god. After giving religion a genuine chance for the 1st time i realized that christianity is the undeniable truth, if u have any questions or arguments i'd be happy to answer them. All I can say is be honest to yourself, and give religion a genuine chance and you'll see theres answers for all your questions. God bless
So you basically duped yourself. Congratulations.
....i find that hard to believe. Science does not at all point to a god. It cannot. It can't say anything at all on tje subject, because it is outside the perview of the method as it sits today.
@@zombine555 That shows how little you know about science. I studied abiogenesis for three years and there is no possible way that abiogenesis ever happened. Science points to God.
@rl7012 you are either ignorant or a liar. Abiogenesis has quite a bit of evidence for it. And no, again, god cannot be examined by science. The tools do not exist. And no, disproving one thing, even if you were right, which you're not, it still wouldn't mean your claim is true. You have to provide unique evidence for your claim.
Cool.
Quick IQ test...
Solve: 3, 5, 11, 29, ...
Matthew 7:15 KJV
[15] Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Really drank the Koolaid there kac😂😂😂😂
@longfellow5276 That's fine, sheep. Keep believing the wolf and see where he takes you. It's gonna be really hot.
@@kac0404 Why are you quoting a book we don't believe in? Would you listen if someone was trying to to quote the Quran to you? I think not.
As a Black man I must say,
The Problem Atheists have is,
They Unnecessarily Overcomplicate it.
God is simply the Existence of Love
we all acknowledge.
Everybody Believes Love exists
Simple. But infinite in Power and Expression.
To ignore the Reality of that
Is not only Unfortunate
It’s Shameful
You're too stupid to know, you're not black. I could say why you're not, but you just wouldn't understand.
God has absolutely no idea (If he existed) what love is. Just as you don't.
Tell me brown man, was it love when god had those 32,000 innocent prepubescent girls, sent into sexual slavery with the soldiers that had just finished slaughtering their whole families, including the baby brothers?
Numbers 31.
If atheists really want to stamp out faith in a intelligent creator for their faith in dumb luck there is only one,way! Explain how millions of individual specified functioning protien machines could mindlessly build themselves. Then mindlessly build specified coded information to coordinate each one into a specified singular goal aka self replicating life! Concentrate on engineering a mindless pathway to building extreme complex functionality and your " lucky rabbits foot guide to reality will be golden!! Go! Hint: your task will be an excersise in utter futility but unfortunately, it's the only pathway you have...
Seems like you don’t know what atheism is.
Hint: it’s not a stance on proteins.
@hammalammadingdong6244 brilliant reply stump! Your still the king of laying a goose egg. Thanks for the laugh!
@@hammalammadingdong6244brilliant input as usual stump! Your still the undisputed king of posting pointless buffoonery.
@ prove me wrong.
@@hammalammadingdong6244I would never attempt to refute your totally meaningless reply. Let's let it sit and age like a rotten egg. Lol! You never fail to amuse stump I give you that..
Mark 16:16 NKJV
[16] He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
Quoting a book with no backing does not support your claim.
@zombine555 Sure, it does.
2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV
(for we walk by faith, not by sight:)
So... Catholics only?
@@zombine555 The electronic construct used the same book to support his argument about that book. I doubt it's creator used AI when programming it.
Evolution is defeated 1043 scientists dissent
Defeated? We actually see it happening. But your post begs the question, how else would you explain the diversity of life?
Ever hear of the Steve project? Renders your claim moot.
@rickdelatour5355 when did you see some evolution because Darwin never did?
@rickdelatour5355 when did you see some evolution?
@@bretherenlee1404 you haven’t answered my question yet. Show me one demonstrable act of creation by a god?
Or explain the diversity of life.
We have learned a thing or two since Darwin’s time some, one hundred and seventy odd rears ago.
1 John 2:28-3:2: Those who believe in Jesus should have confidence when he appears
Bill Maher is so ignorant. Nearly everything anyone thinks they know is a belief. Atheism is a faith based set of beliefs too.
No it isn't. Unless you have evidence or a demonstration of your position, what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without it.
@@DesertedSocrates Tell me two things you know that are not beliefs.
@@DesertedSocrates It is impossible for anything to come from nothing. So you believe in an infinite regress do you?
@@rl7012 Are you going to give evidence for your position or not? I'm not encouraged given what I can see from your comment history.
@@rl7012 If it is impossible for anything to come from nothing, where does your god come from?
ATHEISM IS A BELIEF SYSTEM. A BELIEF IN NOTHING. A FREE THINKER REQUIRES PEER REVIEW PROOF OF ANYTHING OR NOTHING AT ALL AND WE ARE WILLING TO ADAPT ACCORDINGLY.
atheism is a lack of belief in a god or gods calm down.
No, it’s not.
False. Atheism is not a belief system. It is an answer to one question. "Do you believe in a god?" "No".
Atheism is at best a position....and that position is that there is insufficient evidence to justify a belief in any god.....bring evidence not faith. And if at present the real answer is you do not know then say ...I don't know.....do not insert god into the gap of knowledge
@@chamicels Atheism is a BELIEF that God doesn't exist.
Everyone is born an ignoramus.
No we are all born with innate truths and instincts in us. Babies are born with a sense of justice. Babies are born with everything already inside them.
@@rl7012Innate truths? Birn with a sense of justice?
I'm sure that can be easily verified with empirical evidence. Go ahead.
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Congratulations on being the biggest moron here. You do more to destroy religion than any atheist ever could. Keep up the good work.
@@rl7012 LOL Sweet Baby Cheesus. Professor Dunning-Kruger has arrived...
@@Professor_Pink I don't need to prove it, as it is glaringly obvious. Just like babies are born knowing innately how to suck milk. They don't know it conceptually, but they know it innately. Truth and justice are also innate. If you don't accept this truth then please put forward your case as to why you believe that babies know nothing innately.