I Ask An Atheist 10 BIG Questions: Emma Thorne | OTE Podcast
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
- Atheism activist Emma Thorne is on the timer for this quick-fire round of questions about being an atheist. She tries to work out if I'm an atheist or agnostic, as we delve into the facts, the beliefs, the faiths and everything in between during my 10 questions for an atheist. They're all answered by the female atheist UA-camr known for her littleduck streams. We discuss the subjectivity of morality, and all the top questions that believers tend to ask of atheists.
#atheism #religion #philosophy
Emma was a brilliant guest, so show her some love on @EmmaThorneVideos !!!
• On the Edge with Andre...
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:30 1. Am I atheist or agnostic?
4:30 2. Is God like the Tooth Fairy?
7:20 3. Did you believe in lizard people? / Kanye West
15:30 4. Do you bash Christians? Why not Islam?
21:00 5. Are you targeted online?
24:40 6. Are angry atheists just as evangelical?
30:00 7. What to tell a mourning child?
32:00 8. What happens when we die?
39:50 9. Where does the universe come from?
44:40 10. How do we know right from wrong?
56:40 BONUS QUESTION - Розваги
Where do you stand on the spectrum? Atheist, Agnostic, Theist?
ATHEIST
Autistic!
Shit scared.
Andrew guest a little bit like controlled mind slave mirror lol 🪞 the mainstream narrative I subbed her out of interest
Emma's popular 300-400k views on some videos on alignment with elites agenda perhaps!
@@jacqui7672 shit scared of what?
How does this interview have so few views? This needs a definite boost, gotta love Emma!
I don't know why this one totally tanked compared to others, because she was absolutely brilliant! Maybe I have too many believers who downvoted it because she's an atheist.
@@AndrewGold1 Well, I'm a believer and I absolutely love Emma.
@@AndrewGold1 This interview only just now showed up in my recommendations. That may say more about the algorithm and analytics young Mr. Zuckerberg uses than it does about anything else.
Man Emma's popping up everywhere these days. She deserves the attention, her channel is great
About the kid and the dog: Death typically implies being in pain before those last moments. I remember losing a cat due to internal bleeding after a dog caught him when I was about 14/15 years old (ik, much older but you still suffer their loss) and I saw him looking for my company and being certain that he was in intense pain even though I didn't know what happened to him, but I also remember the next day at the vet when my dad told me "at least he isn't suffering anymore".
Feelings aren't exactly logical, and it's completely normal to have conflicting feelings like being really sad about losing your cat, but at the same time being happy that they aren't suffering anymore, and that you didn't extend their pain. We as parents can always try to find the bright side to those sad moments in life to help them cope with loss.
PD: yes, I cried a river while writing this.
Well said
Same experience. Watching your pet dying and in pain is devastating. When it finally dies, it's a bittersweet sensation: it is gone, but also is the pain.
The worst thing about death is not your own death…you wont be there for your death, you’ll be dead..it’s the death of someone you love, that’s the worst thing about death..
“I’m not afraid of dying. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” - Woody Allen
That's because we miss the people we love whom we've lost in death. On the other hand, I'm glad that my parents, for instance, no longer have to deal with the sickness and pain they experienced during their final few years even though I wish they were still around.
Well ... I certainly plan on being there for mine. (As for afterwards, I'm open to suggestion, but please keep it seemly~!).
The death of someone you love has to be the worst pain. Thank God I'm an atheist ...
All I have to say is that blind faith is dangerous and robs you of critical/logical thinking. Someone else once said something like "If you can believe in ludicrous things, you can commit atrocities".
Absolutely. I do like to talk to religious people though. Sometimes they will ask me something, and toss my question back at me, "why do you believe that? Is the evidence to support X strong?" And I'll realize I just kind of went.. oh, I guess I just kind of accepted x was true/false or whatever. I love to discover I'm wrong, it's like a eureka moment, then ya go all nuts deep diving it.
ALL HAIL OUR LIZARD OVERLORD RULERS!
@@Subfightr Yes, they answer a question with a question.
@@roxy5154 "well if evolution is true then why do monkeys still exist Mr smart guy?" (bonks head) ooooh nooooo! why didn't we THINK of that?! 💡 .. oh wait.. cause that would mean we have no understanding of evolution at all.
I'm reminded of the line from Carroll O'Connor, who, in the character of Archie Bunker, said: "Faith is believing in things no one in their right mind would believe." That is actually the most accurate summation of religious belief I've ever heard. Or, as Samuel Clemens would put it: "Faith is believing what you know ain't so."
This was a delight, wonderful conversation. Thank you!
Was so exciting to catch this live today, 🤠💯 can't wait to check into all this information.. thank you.. awesome interview as always.
Not live...premiered 10hrs ago.
@@jacqui7672 live chat
@@jacqui7672 I know but present in the chat.. that was fun. I'm sorry I couldn't stay..🙃 I really love your topics and your questions.. guests are always interesting. really an amazing channel..
👍💯 & Atheist BTW !!
@@josephlloyd9636 🫂
This was actually really good. I was a hardcore apologist and studied theology for a decade before leaving it behind. It's one hell of a process, but at least now I'm really really good at religious debates/discussions.
Theology is Ontology *ON BLACK ICE*
Teleology is Metaphysics *ON BLACK ICE*
I feel that most conspiracy theories are popular with people who want simple explanations for very complex issues.
oooh I'm so glad to see this video, because I'm so happy to learn about Emma, and I just subscribed to her channel as well.
What a lovely young lady, a pleasure to listen to you both on this compelling topic
This was really interesting. The thing I find fascinating about atheists, agnostics and people who don't believe in a specific deity is the consideration, which was shown here in this interview around, protecting people's rights, respecting people as they are regardless of their beliefs and being generally kind. Which I know is different and non-existent for say, Christians. My boss is a Christian and he professes it all of the time, yet he is the cruelest and most judgemental human being, who will throw anyone under the bus who doesn't believe exactly what he believes. Yet, us other kids are all like "I'm hear to listen and accept you without judgement". Which fundamentally is more Christian than Christian.....
Not everyone who says he is a Christian is actually a follower of Christ and His teachings. If he were, he would not be the way he is. These kinds of people give actual Christians a bad name.
@@sherryleary7972 Agree with you. However, my boss does constantly profess to be a follower of Christ. If someone, say me, said in passing, 'the universe is giving me a sign to have a break', he would say 'there is no universe only god,' This is vanilla response from him, but constant. He definitely professes to be a follower of 'god's work'. Which is unfortunate. He definitely gives Christians a bad name. He also has a band of friends/devotees who are exactly the same and their expanse is quite far reaching, which again, is unfortunate.
@@FloweryPrint If you read my comment properly, you'll see I'm not speaking poorly of Christians at all. I was complimenting atheists. Also, I think you judging me proves my point about Christians being judgemental (assuming you are a Christian). Also, before discussing my job siuation with me, maybe put some thought into finding work in the current economic climate. Or in other words, think before you speak. And, in truth, I don't hate my boss at all, I respect him greatly, which is why his horrible statements about me, really cause me distress. You might be very fortunate and not need to work a job or with people you dislike and for that I'm really happy for you. Maybe show empathy (like a good Christian), for people less fortunate than you. Your comment says more about you (and not in a good light) than me.
Sherry, that’s most christians. Christian give Christians a bad name, hardly isolated situations or one offs from people such as this man
If you have faith the size of a mustard seed then you can move mountains…as a kid I tested my faith by jumping off a 7 foot stoop- broke my collarbone; it was all downhill from that point 😊
I would have to disagree when she says that a belief in life after death prevents people from developing coping skills to deal with grief. That belief is ONE of the coping strategies, but it doesn't mean that it is the ONLY coping strategy people of faith use. Belief that the person continues in some way doesn't negate grief. One still misses that person terribly, one still has a huge void in their life and a variety of coping strategies need to be used to process that very real emptiness. I disagree with her assertion that teaching a child that we continue in some way beyond death will prevent them from developing other effective coping skills or that an atheist's coping strategies are superior. Grief is a deeply personal thing, and every person uses a variety of coping strategies that work for them. I've personally never come across someone who is frightened to leave their belief system because of fear that death is the end.
Love Emma's content! She is so smart, witty and so informative.
After the first minute and the first question the question I might ask is what purpose is their if it all begins and ends with nothing of consequence in between?
I'm glad to see this on UA-cam, I was afraid it might not be considered advertiser friendly. I lost my UA-cam partnership due to "your friendly neighborhood atheist" being considered hate speech at the time.
interesting discussion. There was a time when I would have rejected atheism in its totality. Now I appreciate its logic and a true atheist's non-religious perspective. I agree with Emma's perspective: We just don't know. And if we ever want to learn to get along as a society we have to accept our limits while at the same time respecting others' needs to hold to their personal beliefs - while not tolerating imposition of others' beliefs upon our own selves. Tricky to balance and maintain peace.
I absolutely love this woman. Thought I was agnostic but I’m maybe both. I completely share your view that I value being alive far too much to handle death and could maybe accept more it if I was miserable. I’m hoping Emma’s philosophical sense will help me die better!!
Love this! Thanks!!
Both of you do have such a lovely personality 💕 I could listen to you for hours and days
What a great interview, I think she’s great
I never realized how many older women follow Andrews channel and often comment, live or in this section. No wonder this is such a great community.
Art Bell was the woo-woo AM radio host back before the internet. His show was called "Coast To Coast" and he was on hundreds of little AM stations, so everyone could hear his shows. He interviewed anyone and everyone who had stories to tell about politics, UFOs, Bigfoot, crop circles, ... you name it. He also took phone calls from listeners, so it was a really lively show. Unlike Alex Jones, he didn't usually take sides in the debate. You can find many of his shows archived here on UA-cam. Art Bell was a much more pleasant and polite voice than sceechy Alex Jones.
Art Bell wasn't just on small stations. His program was also on stations in major markets, most of which were owned by, at most, a handful of corporations and conglomerates by the time he reached his heyday.
Of course, I always had the impression that Bell knew there was more to life than his giving a platform to the "out there" stuff. Regrettably, the same can not be said for Alex Jones. Jones eats, drinks, sleeps, breathes his auditory bovine excrement-and that to such an extent that he's having to put himself in hock to the Sandy Hook survivors. A clean version of the popular saying applies to Jones: He messed around and now he's finding out. Maybe it's just me, but I can't picture even Art Bell calling the children of Sandy Hook "crisis actors", in effect, accusing them of faking their own deaths.
I feel too many people don't look at what Islam actually teaches & judge the religion based on radical Muslims The same way people judge all Christians on the basis of what extreme Christians do. Loved this video, by the way.
Excellent interview. I loved listening to Emma answering your questions. How would she answer about haunted houses, apparitions, and paranormal activity? How does she answer about the Book of Revelations? Obviously, I am a believer. But I see the Atheists failing at explaining away God.
She's on UA-cam. She has tons of videos on nearly every topic under the sun. I'm sure you can find a lot of answers there. 😊
I am not a believer, I haven't added anything that needs defending. There's simply put nothing to prove.
I'm a Christian and I don't believe in apparitions, ghosts or paranormal activities. I believe in life after death but not in the "floaty soul thingy". That's not based in Christianity but more of a thing of non Christian beliefs that got incorporated into it. Also I wonder why the book of Revelations should worry any atheist.
I'm the ultimate skeptic. I don't believe in anything except that we're here and we die just like our pets.
Apropos. When I lived in WV, I went to a church baptism for a dog. It was the oddest thing. It was like living an episode of The Twilight Zone.
And farm animals and deers in the forest
we are from the ground and we return to the ground
There are those who believe that animals have an afterlife too.
Wonderfully thoughtful, calm, rational discussion. A pleasant relief from the usual angry, mocking criticisms.
I consider myself A-Theist. I also think of myself as a believing agnostic. While I have no proof beyond a reasonable doubt, I believe that we live in an IMPERFECT AND EVOLVING universe brought into and sustained in existence by an IMPERFECT AND EVOLVING creator. Note: all caps for emphasis not yelling. ☯☯🕊🕊☮☮🙏🙏🎉🎉
An American "baby car" is called a "stroller". Also I enjoyed this video. This channel is on a roll!
Emma is great!!
what a breath of fresh air.!
thanking you both
for sharing.
throughly enjoyed.! ☺️😊😃
✌🏻🇦🇺🌏🤘🏻
~claire the agnostic~
lol 😜
I strongly suspect that if personal physical immortality became possible, it would lead to the stagnation of that individual. And if that immortality was held by a ruling group within society, it could lead to both political and cultural stagnation. Death goes hand in glove with change.
Ayyyyy I love Emma I never expected to see her here lol
I'm both athiest and agnostic, depending on my mood. I was raised as mormon and was raised in an abusive home (which gave me CPTSD, and is part of my trauma), and my beliefs change depend on where I am in processing my trauma. If I'm struggling with the brainwashing and trauma then I'm agnostic, and if I'm on top of processing it all then I tend to be athiest.
I think the need to dictate to people that they have to be labelled with one type of belief is unhealthy, as we all have different moods and ways of processing information, and depending on how we're thinking and feeling at any given time can dictate what label we relate to. Questioning is natural, and demanding that someone needs to take on a specific label when they aren't in a place to connect with that label is dangerous, especially to people like myself where their relationship with religion and spirituality isn't as simple as what a person believes!
What really troubles me with this conversation though is the fact that people are labeling Andrew's beliefs for him! That's not just rude, but from my already traumatized perspective, that feels exactly like the religious and spiritual abuses that I suffered! Only allowing someone to interpret and believe their own beliefs as defined by someone else is toxic, and abusive! I'm the proof of that! I can understand respectfully debating the differences in beliefs and interpretations (so that you create an environment of open-minded discovery and learning on all sides of the debate), but outright dictating to someone what they believe and how they are allowed to define that belief is toxic and dangerous!
I first read the whole Bible - in English! - when I was aged 10. Also aged 10 I read a very good book called COSMOS, which was written by Dr Carl Sagan, as his own personal history of Science. In one section in which Sagan was discussing the Ancient Greek philosophers from the Ionian Islands in the Aegean Sea, and how they looked at Greek beliefs in Zeus being the king of the heavens, whilst the Persians argued that Marduk was the king of the heavens, someone somewhere was not telling the truth. And if one set of priests were promoting a false belief, perhaps all religions worshipping a king of the heavens were promoting a false belief. Culturally speaking I am a very lapsed Roman Catholic and a deeply reluctant atheist. But as an atheist ex-girlfriend of mine once quipped in a discussion about the difficulties of being a lapsed Catholic. 'The Roman Catholic Church is the Hotel California of religions, you can check out, but you can never leave!'
If religions were true they wouldn’t have to threaten us…
...or bribe us
My dad died when my kids were young. They didn’t ask where he was till people started saying he was in heaven pointing to the sky so I was forced into asking them if that made sense, like floating in space or whatever. Kids just accept whatever you tell them and I always find comfort in facts. Even as a tiny child I thought the whole God explanation really dodgy.
Did you tell you kids that grandpa was buried? Isn't that the truth?
@@matilda4406 actually he was burnt so I didn’t go into those details but I did discuss the dead mice our cat used to bring us and how bodies decompose generally. It’s all natural. Asking my adult kids now about it they said they didn’t understand death was permanent at the time anyway.
First of all, I'm very sorry for your loss.. if he would have been alive and healthy for most of their life, what do you imagine him and your kids creating fond memories of? This odd question is causing me to resist tearing up, feel free to ignore it.
I had a friend who lost his father when he was around 10 years old his5 sisters 8 and 7 years old. His grandmother told my friend and his siblings that their father watches over them in the form of a dandelion. I know she meant for it to be a beautiful thing. But it backfired IMO and she never came clean. Over time their entire yard was FULL of dandelions, like, it was ONLY dandelions. They were even on the news for it at one time. (Slow news week I guess) The children would freak out if anyone cut the "grass" or plucked and blew on the dandelions in their scattering state. This belief/behavior continued at least up until I last saw them all together when he was 17. I'm sure they got all sorts of fines for it. I stopped hanging out with them around that time because I knew I was gonna give them the ole "you realize Santa Claus isn't real...right?" Sort of talk. I didn't feel right with them believing in such nonsense but I didn't want to crush/piss off their grandmother, I also didn't know if it was my place. I feel I made the cowardly choice, I lost them as a friend anyway, would I have made a difference in a positive or negative way? Now I'll never know. The two daughters have ok lives from what I can see, one is EXTREMELY religious. My friend, I saw 10 years ago, he would have been 30 at the time. No teeth and filthy, smelled like a cigarette trash can, he had a bunch of children with several different women. His grandmother raised some of his kids until she died... Alone.. I feel like I failed them to some extent. Is all this because of a BUNCH of dandelions.. I'm guessing no, but it probably didn't help in the long run. What would you have done if you were in my position all those years ago? Is it ok for people to believe nonsense even if it SEEMS to have a negative effect, but it makes them, happy? Or does it keep them in a perpetual mode of unhappiness because they seemingly never learned how to cope with loss? AGH I DON'T KNOWWWwwww!
@@Subfightr well my father died 15 years ago so no need to be sorry. If i had been friends with these kids I would have been my true authentic self and said it was nonsense. That probably would have ended the friendship but for friendship you have to share the same values and as I value rationality very much it wouldn’t have worked out to be more than good acquaintances at most. Be your authentic self and if people don’t like it then find people who do. This only applies to countries where you have freedom and you won’t be killed for being atheist of course.
@@Subfightr Lying to children WILL backfire. It is the fool's way to go. Give them the truth every time. Even if you don't know the answers as none of us have all the answers, then say that. The appropriate question may be, "can we live again"? Can we be re-created to live again? Whether we are cremated or buried, we all return to the ground, to dust, for out of dust we were made. That's the scientific truth. (Job book of the Bible, chapter 14, verse 14).
Those childhood beliefs are very cruel to unprivileged children. I’m the number 7 of 11 children, growing up very poor in Mexico where just putting food on the table was a struggle, I never understood why Santa Claus will bring toys to the rich kids on the block but never to me and my siblings. I have four children and never allowed them to believe in those fairytales because I really believe all that nonsense should be abolished. (It really hurts a lot of children)… Must say that my my children didn’t appreciate my opinion on this matter and forbid it 15:47 my to mention it to my grandchildren…
If you wanted to know what was right or wrong...
Ask my mother !!!
The definition has changed in recent decades. When I was in college studying Western Civilizations, we were taught that the "a" means absence, but it was absence of a deity, not absence of belief. When you look at the etymology of scientific terms, "a" often means a thing does not exist. Apod, for example, refers to an animal that has no feet. I never heard anyone back then saying absence of belief one way or the other was atheism. I think agnostics were divided into those who were open to "evidence", and those who thought knowledge of ultimate truths are simply beyond our ken. But it could be the latter "group" was just me applying my own belief to others. I still believe we can't know - with religious fervor. I also tend to believe religiosity has an evolutionary advantage.
Please explain the evolutionary advantage a little more.
@@alandeon Part of it is that as best we know, all civilizations in history seem to have had one or more religions, and it's unlikely they don't serve an important purpose. The explanations about supernatural beliefs being some psychological byproduct don't really hold up. Studies seem to show religious people are happier. As I've grown older I've become more and more convinced that we tend to need something to impose order, to rein in our natural inclination to overrate our own intelligence and capabilities, and to be blind to dangers that could doom us - to keep us humble. I look at my own wild (and godless) youth and am amazed I survived it. Then I look at children in religious families, and see far less risk taking, far healthier living. It just makes sense to me.
If you want to be picky (and ok I'm a bit pedantic =o) ) , think of Theism = belief in God, then A-theism is absence of belief in God. It's not Atheos, absence of God. A lot of things get mis-taught, like I was taught at school that in Columbus's time everyone thought the earth was flat - which isn't right. I was also taught that Agnostic referred to a group who believed that it was impossible to know God, so yes definitions are very fluid and arguable. Which gets very confusing and leads to arguments !
If you grew up in the USA, I find it very hard to believe you were taught that people in Columbus's time believed the earth was flat. That was known long before Columbus lived. Hell, he was still alive when Copernicus proposed that earth wasn't the center of the universe And yes, at least when I was growing up in the 1960s, atheism was defined as a belief that there is no deity. Believe whatever nonsense you choose, but passing yourself off as learned just makes you look silly.@@tezzerii
@@bjs301 no I didn't grow up in the USA thank god, and I have no clue what you're ranting on about.
My answer for the Bonus Question. No. Part of what it means to be homo sapiens is to make up answers to that we don't know. We are meaning making machines. So, current religions will but religion won't. Where people have existential questions, there will be group-think answers.
She is so darling and very easy to listen too. Spot on. HEY here in Cataluña we have the Pooping Log at Christmas as well….then. there are the THREE KINGS after the pooping Log.
What's the pooping log?
@@yvonne3903 it is a log with a face that is covered by a blanket. Each day presents are put under it. On the Christmas Day children are permitted to lift the blanket to see what the log has popped. GIVE IT A LOOKON GOOGLE, PERHAPS A BETTER EXPLANATION.
Depending upon how the questionnis framed, and sefinitions agreed upon, I could classify as an atheist, agnostic, anti-theist, nihilist, materialist, religionist.
Brilliant conversation.
All religion/spirituality/even agnosticism and atheism and the human condition ^should ^ be reduced to 6 words.
Think correctly
Act correctly
Speak correctly.
What Emma Thorne would do in the future, if religion dies? I know what you should do, Emma, no matter if religion dies or not. You should continue speaking up for education! Not by involving in politics, but as an influencer.
I would like to see this same interview with Emma when she is 70. When the fact of death is statistically much more relevant will she feel as blase about actually dying? I wonder. I am 66, have lived a great life but am not ready to just go to bed and close my eyes and that's that. I think you will find as you grow older that instead of life having less and less value to you, that the opposite is true. That you have more appreciation for the wonder of the natural world, that you have gained wisdom about your own journey and, even more importantly, the journey of others. And instead of saying there is a finite point where I have had a great life and I don't much care if I die today or tomorrow, you are insatiably curious about what comes next, what more can you learn, how much more can you contribute, what more is there to make you stop in awe and be grateful.
Totally agree and she's still very young...I feel my soul inside me and I hope she does too in future when signs from our dead loved or things we can't explain happen..very dull mind and boring
I felt she took great care to highlight that she appreciates life and hopes to live a full one, while recognizing why an eternal conscious existence might be unbarable, especially given that we don't know what, if anything, comes next.
Dying frightens me way more than death, but my inability to help loved ones through their grief worries me most. (Blood doesn't make people family)
Nice easy comfortable answers...lies! People lie to themselves out of fear , or are incapable of living with uncertainty (religions)
I’ve always called myself Agnostic Theist because I’m not sure if there IS a god/gods but I’m absolutely sure that human beliefs are false on the matter. If I were to be pressed I’d lean towards there being “something”, or more specifically many “something’s”, but I also don’t particularly think that it’s required either. If it is something that is real though it’s almost certainly a race rather than an individual though…
On a separate note in regards to the last topic. If I were to guess what I’ll be considered horrible for will be my enjoyment of meat. Not a vegan or vegetarian but I can easily imagine that picking up more cultural relevance
(Oh, by the way, 'prams' are called strollers in America.)
Disappointing that Dickie Dorx's photo was used to get me sucked in. May as well use the page three style and stoop a bit lower.
My Grandpa used to say "The most interesting thing that will happen in my life, will happen after I die" ...He died in 2016 at the age of 95... I hope he saw the interesting thing... But I don't think it's likely. 😞
I like to call myself an atheist but I'm considering im more inclined to be agnostic. Reiki does actually help. I have several people I've helped. It's sending energy to the person, everyone knows it's not a cure for cancer but it Can help with the pain.
I would assume most of us are "agnostic atheists" where we don't KNOW there is no god but if we're being honest, do we believe a supernatural all powerful deity exists? Mmmmm. Naw. Agnosticism seems to make people think you gotta walk right down the middle line, 50/50, people want you to pick a side unfortunately, so if you're 49 percent leaning agnostic and 51 percent doubt there is a god "OMG WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR MORALS FROM THEN?! So you worship the devil and see no problem with someone shooting a child in the face ... Y'all need JESUS!"
I was a massage therapist for 10 years, I walked away because people wanted the more unique things like Reiki, or some modality that had bigger claims then my typical "well, I can probably make some of your aches and pains die down for a while, deal?" Imo Reiki seems more... "Special" like a placebo shot is more effective than a placebo pill. I think there is something to someone putting time and effort into another person, feeling cared for etc. It's like... A "nice" feeling, this person tried to help me for an hour. Is that what you mean by energy, effort? I fear this may come across as offensive, if so I deeply apologize. I just don't run into many atheistic reki practitioners. I'm extremely glad to hear you say it can't cure cancer etc. Most in my town very strongly implied that it could "improve cancer outcomes" "get rid of toxins" help with fertility etc. Hell our instructor claimed she caused a blind man to see (that might have been a reflexologist now that I think about it.. but still) are you working in America? Cause those beliefs seem to be rampant here, in the Inland Northwest anyway.
@@Subfightr i keep trying to reply but UA-cam is being painful
If this short reply works I'll try again later
@@Subfightr i draw my energy from the Universe. I don't have a deity but i believe they're all one. It probably doesn't make much sense to you. I'd need 2 hours and a cup of tea to explain properly. As a massuse you're not much different than a reki master. You're exchanging energy. I'm in Australia and I also teach reiki. I teach traditional and what I use is energy I draw from the Universe.
@@pixie3760 I might understand.. is it in the same vain as something like "we are all star stuff" -Carl Sagan. Or like.. I have what I can only guess is a spiritual feeling when I think about how all life shares a common ancestor? I think I'm just vaguely saying words. I appreciate the response very much even if it likely went over my head, which is not hard to have happen when you're only 5'4.
I guess I don't understand the word "energy" here. My understanding of energy is that it is something measurable. In massage, I made people feel better by loosening up their muscles, basically making micro tears in their muscle fibers, thus lengthening the muscle, it can't contract as well and feels more fatigued, relaxed. It doesn't sound very nice when put that way though... Is the effort I put into that energy? The calories I consumed to have the physical ability to perform such a task came from life, plant or animal, which exists in the universe.. and? .. thus... I Umm.. ? I gathered energy from the universe, and focused it into them? (Lowers head)
... I'll go make the tea..
Thanks for supporting our boy here btw.
In America yeah we start that way🙏.. but then we grow up. The wealthy believe & the poor have to believe ..but we all know better. OK on w the show!🇺🇲.
Andrew, will you now have a Christian on your show?
I believe in an afterlife but no deity. That’s why I have never called myself and atheist. I follow Pantheism. Another great video, thank you 💖💜
Oh oh oh! May I talk to you about this? For myself as a person who lacks a belief in a deity, I THINK that pretty much sticks me into the atheist category. I have met a few individuals who also don't have a belief in a deity yet they believe in the afterlife and ghosts. This as always blown my mind, but they were never willing to talk about it.
Can you tell me the story of how you came to this conclusion?
To me it’s logical, when I die my body is no longer animated with my essence so therefore I have gone somewhere else. You can not see my soul but it’s there. The fact that you need to understand my perspective is an example of a being understanding themselves through their experience of others. From another point of view, you could see that nothing ever ceases to exist. If you look at something physical like our bodies or even a plant, there are different stages of its existence. When they are at the stage of death, they continue to decay and go back into the earth to feed future forms of life, to become something else. The non physical has its own path. Do you remember where you came from? I don’t but here I am, a self aware being. So when I die, I will go back to where I came from and go on other adventures. I hope that helps you understand my perspective
@@arwenmoon9815 oh, ok yeah I can dig that. :) Thank you
When the functions that make me Me seize, as my body fails, i'll "live on" in the memory of the people who knew me, until they're gone too.
My favorite response of Emma to mind body dualism is "where does the flame go when a candle is blown out?"
@@bazingaburg8264 Good point, the flame goes out, but the energy takes form of another purpose and so on. Energy doesn't die, it just changes form.
I feel that someone should point out that in The States, it seems like the default is not necessarily to the Christian god, but more like, "I dunno; there's something."
i.e. agnosticism of a sort.
This is tough, knowing that this video posted a year ago, and that I'm talking to myself here, but: the whole "why you mean to christian, not mooslim?" question. Yeah, I've never been accused of being Jewish, but for some reason the straw man there is that I'm somehow in the bag for Allah. No. I just can't not notice that all the people who hate Islam tend to hate brown people. I'm no fan of Islam, but I know what side to take in the overall disagreement between militarized capitalist religion and the many brown folk who die under its wrath.
I like the live forever thing but you don't got to be a zombie or vampire 😆
I don't think my belief has a name. I believe people get what they were believing. I mean I believe the soul of my mum still exists and my father is just ashes. I know, strange.
I like Emma's way to see life. She seems to be a really nice person.
Andrew, in your interview on her channel you defined yourself as linguist. 😳
I obviously knew you were polyglot but I didn't realise you studied linguistic.
wise Emma! Rational girl! Rational people search for truth and accept that the one does not know everything and does not try to give easy unlogical answers.
I am an Atheistic Agnostic because I trust in science, (you cant rule out the possibility of a god, I just dont have evidence that you need a "God" )
Ricky Gervais has said he is an Agnostic Atheist. Just Saying...
Yes Ricky also says ' there are numerous gods and it's ok for people not to believe in them but they get up in arms when people don't believe in one god. Not exact quote here so apologies to Ricky but that is the gist of what he is saying.
Too many have forsaken knowledge in favor of belief.
Whenever an old religion dies another takes it's place. Not until scientists can demonstrate the how and why of existence completely will the thought of a God go away.
Can you imagine how over populated heaven and hell must be if everyone who has ever lived goes to one of them. I'd be like the first day of the Primark sales. I can't imagine anything worse! :D :D :D
She has had a joyful, amazing life, and it was all worth it. That's genuinely great. But what about when someone you love dies who has had a horrible life (through no fault of their own) like a child who is beaten to death by their parents or someone who is betrayed and abandoned by everyone they trusted or cared about? How do you cope? I'm sincerely not trying to be accusatory. I would like to hear atheists thoughts about it.
That's not really a question for just a random atheist to answer, that's a question for a psychologist to answer (atheist or otherwise).
The American English version of pram is a 'baby carriage.'
Atheist/Theist is the X Axis of the graph and Agnostic/Gnostic is the Y Axis.
When I was a child Peter Pan was more real to me than a "diety" Still is and I m 74 years old. LOL :)
I'm not religious or particularly spiritual. But I do like a crystal 🤔...I'm so messed up 🙃😂
What is it about the crystal? Does it have to be a specific crystal? What do you suppose influenced this?
@Justin Lelbach sorry just spotted your Q. I'm not sure if I'm a bit of a magpie with sparkly things or if it's a leftover from my Catholic upbringing...believing that a certain 'thing' will help you in life 🤔. They are pretty though so there's that too.....
Boxes are not all inclusive
Btw,I always say ,I am an atheist thank God.
Raised Mormon. Got out and tried different denominational and nondenominational Christian churches. I’m agnostic now. Not sure if there is a god or not but one thing I am sure of is the god of the Bible and the god of Mormonism if they do exist are not worthy of worship.
We all have irrational beliefs that keep us from being overwhelmed by anxiety. For example, the belief that "it will be okay". It is wrong to dismantle people's beliefs because it protects them from anxieties. But not only. For many people there is a connection between their conscience and their faith - and we don't want to hurt their conscience.
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At the same time, there is a difference between faith and religious institutions. Just as there is a difference between an experience of something holy and the Bible. And it is possible not to harm people's faith and still show them that the religious institutions they believe in act in a way that goes against their own conscience. This does not destroy their faith in God or in most of the important things in the Holy Scriptures... and at the same time, it helps to discern the real problem. The religious institutions. Not people's faith in God.
“Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone." (J. Krishnamurti)
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You don't have to believe it... it's still the most compassionate thing you can say to your friend on their death bed... And can tell you, that when love someone like that... it's true.
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Something in you dies and goes with them - so they will never be alone... And something from them lives inside you... and then you understand that we are all one living tissue...
Given the epidemic of narcissists and psychopaths in the western world... there is a chance that religion kept them in check in the past, but it's not working well in our days.
@Efrat Lia Shahaf if you delete all your social media accounts, you will most likely experience a lot more compassion and positivity. And more time to do stuff you love.
@@charisma-hornum-fries I do not understand. Did I complained about a lack of empathy or wrote something that you just can't comprehend? Did I ask for your advice? I don't think so. I suggest you delete your account because your comments are unnecessary, and not smart to say the least.
Andrew, meet Emma. Only in YT (and all of the other horrible microwave devices) and yes, I have magical solutions to microwave irradiation. Everybody welcome to the World of Intelligent Semantics. Kidding. Emma is a gift. A Brit gift, say that ten time fast.
I would think if your central theory is just “I don’t know “, then you are agnostic.
Oxytocin is a hell of a drug. 😂😂😂
Believe or not to believe ⚖️ but wholesome content is different than that.. I'm a little disappointed, Andrew...
When I pass from this world, I’ll turn into a particle that travels with light and my clock will stop
maybe
Or I’m going to where I came from
I like to go to sun when I die
How the universe started is never going to be answered for anyone who believes there has to be a cause. Causal chains are infinite. So arguing that there has to be a cause is illogical. At some point something must have no cause. So who knows if our present universe was caused by something else. I’m quite content with the idea that it always was without a creation or start point.
If you believe in nothing, is there no objective truth?
Where then do you get your objective truth?
"Tick this box to prove you're not a robot" Is it racist that we don't let robots on the internet?
The 🦷🧚 isn't real?😨
Is there any need to maybe talk to someone who did not deconvert but always was an atheist and only very lately realized that people actually believed in a religion? that seems like Gold's position
39:47 The way I see it, having 'the answer' is just too boring. It leaves no room for wonder, contemplation, and imagination. I get that some things do need to be answered (i.e., how to prevent/cure all types of cancer with 100% effectiveness), but I don't get how anyone derives comfort from picking a solid answer for this question. Like, 'whoop-dee-do, you solved the big mystery; now what?' There's nothing. It solves nothing. It changes nothing. We're still here regardless, and it shouldn't matter how it all started. From a deity, not from a deity, pure science, a mix of everything... So long as nobody tries to force me to live as if their answer is 'the answer', it's fine.
It's a bit annoying after all this time to see that atheists carefully navigate the terrain to avoid interacting with the strong Christian intellectual tradition. The people often considered fundamentalist comprise a fraction of Christianity as a whole. There's nothing brave about making the minority a caricature and extrapolating it over the whole of Christianity. Any atheist who doesn't engage with best of Christian apologetics is hardly worth listening to. How about interviewing someone like a William Lane Craig or Dinesh D'Souza for some counter perspective? Both are great speakers to popular level audiences. Just a suggestion
Dinesh D'Souza is one of the most intellectually dishonest people I have ever heard speak. Come on, now. And WLC, while very well-educated and knowledgeable, has recently said of his own volition that he would much rather _lower_ the epistemological bar for belief in Christianity as far as he possibly can, which is not something you want to hear from someone who claims their interest in the pursuit of truth.
@@cobrasys the comment on Dinesh is mere name-calling. You took WLC's comment out of context, meaning you had to have only heard it through a critical (dishonest) filter. Primary sources are key to good research.
@@krisf2652 Dinesh made an entire "documentary" about how the election was "stolen" that's filled with lies and outright conspiracy theories. An intellectually honest person wouldn't do that.
As for WLC, the comment is entirely IN context. I listened to that entire part of the podcast where he made the comment, which was in response to a listener who said he was doubting his faith, of all things. And when WLC was (rightly) called out on it by several people, he then doubled down, confirmed it and said that's what one ought do. Sorry, but has no leg left to stand on when the subject is the search for truth.
It looks to me like _you_ need to go to some "primary source" research yourself. Maybe try to find a source that *isn't* entirely biased towards what you already believe this time?
People make their own problems, ergo theism.
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A great channel to learn about Islam from is an ex-Muslim called Apostate Aladdin.
You were talking about Islam fundamentalists and some stereotypical view of what fundamentalism is, then you used the attack against Rushdie as a straw man against Christians. Why?
A christian, by definition, believes that God became man to sacrifice himself for sinner's salvation. You can't be a christian atheist. They just aren't christian beleivers. There are people who go to church but aren't christian on a personal level. Since your father is born-again, I'm confused about how you would say christians can be aithiest.
Baby stroller
Shows like this are cruel as they spread misunderstanding and fiction. Everybody knows the tooth fairy is real.
I was extremely scared of the tooth fairy as a child. The idea of a stranger going into my room, getting so close to my head, under my pillow, and messing about was the worst imaginable horror. I went so far that I wrote the tooth fairy a letter in a bag with my tooth, saying that and I hang it outside my door knob. The morning after I had a long fairytale about the life of the tooth fairy and money for my tooth. Of course, she's real.
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A pretty scary dream since you had all your secondary teeth. Nocturnal dentistry. No way- and in the dark.
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Emma, you don't want children? Nonsense. We need your genetics in our world. Have as many children as you can manage. 💙
Part 2 - It's really unfortunate that the Internet age has brought on many perceptions and "en vogue" thinking that is really potentially destructive. It has resulted in many people fall asleep claiming to have knowledge and/or experience brilliants when in fact they're totally ignorant. For example, I constantly hear people being interviewed who claim to have been "raised Catholic" when in point of fact they have absolutely NO knowledge of the history, traditions, history, functions, or doctrines of the religion/faith... In other words, they are totally ignorant! I could say the same about people who claimed to have been raised Jewish. While I realize that it is culturally better you beneficial to claim to be atheist and the media world, I believe that the topic is too important to leave it to ignorant people. I have no problem if people actually STUDY the concept of "God" and the history and varying doctrines of the various religions and then claim to be "atheist". (As opposed to agnostic which I think is actually more accurate for most of them.) The whole concept has been popularized by false media reports of massive issues with the leaders of major religions. Let's face it, there will always be bad Pastors, ministers, priests, etc. because they are all flawed humans. Bit, I think it's sad that so many people, who are totally ignorant, sprout the most absurd nonsense and think that they know what they're talking about. It would not be hard for you to invest in some basic journalism courses to teach you how to be a better journalist. (Sadly, many self-proclaimed journalists need this as well!) I realized that the financial and ego benefits of clicks and the associated rewards can overwhelm our integrity. This has become the norm in media journalism. I think you're better than that. I hope that I'm right. Don't seek the false experts that are as ignorant as you are on this topic. (Your comments alone expose the fact that you are totally clueless regarding the actual histories, organization, and doctrines of the major religions.) Any "organization" can be turned into a cult as long as the leadership allows it to happen. Over my 65 years on the Earth I have seen it happen in many different types of organizations... even civic organizations!!! While the media focuses on religious organizations, there are many other types of organizations that are possibly even more dangerous simply because they're less obvious. Then again there's the issue with "cult versus humanist" when you're talking about religion or religious organizations. (There are dramatic differences, but both types can be extremely destructive.) I think it was beneath you to interview someone who is almost equally clueless and this you that the discushion can yield any intelligent results. We are all "ignorant" in some ayes which is why I hope you realize that this is not a criticism of you as a person. You are capable of learning but for some reason are unwilling to make that effort regarding religion. To learn you must seek "qualified" experts and material to seek the truth. (You will not get it with a Google search or off of UA-cam.) For example if you are interested in the mormon cbitch look into their available Literature, Including their version of The Bible the book of mormon and/or the Pearl of great Price. When I study this religion I read all of these books spoke with numerous bishops and read opposing viewpoints from other experts. [There is an interesting "under-the-table" book that was written by the (then) son of the president of the church. It includes documents that he obtained from his father's office that are quite revealing! I would not have given that book any credence unless yes it had those actual "church" documents. (Never accept input from non-experts or anecdotal evidence!) There are so many lies and false comments being made about many different religious faiths and individual churches. Please remember that every religious faith operates in different ways and gives different levels of authority to it's ministers. Again there will always be "bad" people in every position. One needs to separate the people from the religion as they are very very different. A legitimate religion can have very bad clerics or ministers. A very bad religion can have very good clerics or ministers. I hope this makes sense to you as those 2 instances are very different in terms of evaluating a religion and an individual church!!! I began studying the histories and doctrines of various religions at the college level 50 years ago and I still do not know-it-all! Few people understand the tremendous differences in doctrine, histories, logistics, and operation of the various Christian religions! [Thankfully I have many close friends who are pastors, ministers, rabbis, et cetera that help me all the time!] The differences are far more complex and important than you realize. Also, the dangers of the cults and humanistic religions are also not understood or respected by the current culture. Those who leave colts are far more at risk as they often do not understand nor appreciate the damage has been done to them emotionally or spiritually. They often think that they understand when in fact they do not! This type of arrogance is extremely destructive. It is often a common problem with people who have left Christian cults, Eastern/Pagan cults, or cults such as Scientology. I hope and pray that you accept this with my positive intentions (Not as criticism) and seek the truth. If you will take the time to read and understand what I've written, I think that it can help you to become a very constructive and productive journalist. (Not to mention improve your understanding of our true spiritual nature) I wish you well!
He's already a constructive productive journalist. No need to ouch anything on anyone
The written word, films, music, gossip - can all lie. My eyes.. not so much.
Our senses are all notoriously easy to deceive, even without someone else actively trying to do so. Our eyes tell us that the world is flat, for example, and that the sky is actually blue. Not to mention all the optical illusions we know of and can very easily reproduce.
atheist or agnostic...first you should point out that they are not mutually exclusive
Atheist
Scared
@@jacqui7672 SCARED of what