Will Atheism Destroy Science?
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Richard Dawkins recently quit an atheist organization for being anti-science. This comes shortly after Jordan Peterson explained to him how the abandonment of certain religious ideas is undermining science. If the trajectory continues, will atheism destroy science?
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“Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.”
~Sir Isaac Newton
@@apologeticsroadshow Most professors of today are atheists or agnostics. Newton just belonged to a generation where it was common place to identify as Christian. Not to mention how much was not known in his time compared to today.
@@apologeticsroadshow Most professors of today are either atheists or agnostics.
Apologies if you have ever addressed this in prior videos, but in mentioning someone like Newton and others like him in that era, do you believe it may be the case that deism was something of a precursor or proto-atheism? Or are they not meaningfully related? I can’t help but wonder if deism was a baby-step toward our modern day landscape of beliefs (and lack thereof).
@@apologeticsroadshow Ironically most professors of today are either atheists or agnostics.
@@apologeticsroadshow Newton died in the 18th century.....
"If you lack a child bride, you're definitely not the prophet Mohammad" :)
Police Be Upon Him.
I giggled at that one!!! Def wasn't expecting momo to enter into a conversation about atheism 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@MetroMan13 how are you everywhere????
The Prophet Muhammad didn't marry a 6 y/o BECAUSE he was a pedophile, the Prophet Muhammad was a pedophile BECAUSE he married a 6 y/o girl!
Don't mock mohammed (pedo bisexual unitarian hatemonger)
"If you lack a child bride, you're definitely not the prophet Muhammad"
I am still smiling at that one!
"If multiple men did not screw you on the cross, you're definitely not Jesus" :)
BRUH... LOL
Police be upon him 😂
While the Christian world was busy developing and constructing society and civilization for it's betterment through all its trials and tribulations, along come atheist to take credit for it all.
Peace.
God Bless
I think it was Alex O'Connor who claimed that "secret humanists" were the reason European society developed during the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
I wondered how he knew that if they were "secret".
Christians were busy reading the Bible. Non-Christians were busy developing Science.
@@FarSeeker8 what he said isn't really false though. Secular individuals like Einstein were pressured to appear religious at that time. The same thing happened during the Islamic golden age. The scientists and innovators were mostly agnostic types but had to put on a Muslim public image as apostates were very undesirable in society until the last 20 years.
@@JUNAID187 Einstein is a modern figure, not renaissance or enlightenment. The whole proposition is especially preposterous when you consider that most if not all of scientific research in Europe was done not just by Christians but by the clergy. The oldest standing scientific institutions in Europe are located at the Vatican.
The "Christian World" so Loved Jesus.....that THEY started and created "Endless" WARS amongst themselves....AND then THEY went into the NEW and pushed "War" and "Conquest" on the Various Indigenous peoples.....in Africa, and South, Central and North America!.....
Ohhhhhhh Jesus.....YOU need to DO better(Much Better!), and Tell your cowardly "Flock"....to STOP being brainwashed by Your Lukewarm...."Teachings". :)
With the death of God comes also the death of science. To be "scientific" you first must believe that there is a truth to it, you must believe that it's inteligable, you must believe that truth is good, you must believe in such a thing as good. All those are metaphysical claims and science can't exist without them.
I was not expecting to see a Star Wars lore channel in a DW comment section. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
rubbish.
@@thesub-5man725Then provide a logical justification for any of those things apart from God. We'll wait....
What a load of bullshit as usual by the religious!
perfect comment
ATHEISTS FOR 25 YEARS: "Religious people are anti-science!"
ME FOR 25 MINUTES: "Atheists are anti-science!"
ATHEISTS: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I guess the saying is true: Hunting's no fun when the rabbit's got the gun.
big trouble in little china... what a nerd! - some wingaling somewhere
Good video!
Hilarious! Well done.
I must say that I partially agree with you (as an atheist).
In my opinion, religion is a very important thing in human society for many reasons that you yourself said in the previous video on the subject (at least I watched it),
But it is important to remember that there is a real problem sometimes with religion, (which you also mentioned in the context of Islam) that it is forbidden to follow it blindly and it is forbidden to say that because this is what is written, it is the truth,
During the Dark Ages, there were many scholars who were punished by the church because they did not agree with it, this is something that some people in the world fear that the world will return to that period.
It is also important to remember that many of the atheists' claims come from the same perspective as what you often say about Islam, they think that they were originally trying to do you a favor by trying to show you that (in their opinion) all the things about God are nonsense (in their opinion - I do not believe in God but I do have respect and appreciation for religion).
It also seems to me that the problem (which I also have) in the context of religion for atheists is the fear that because research contradicts faith or creates a problem of faith, it will not reach the general public and there will be those who will deny it:
A good example is what happened in the Dark Ages when there were studies that the Earth revolves around the Sun, but because it contradicted the Church, the researchers were put on trial.
Also in addition to your claim on the subject of religion and science, then as you really said, there were many Christian inventors and geniuses (some even priests) - but there were also non-Christians who also created amazing inventions (for example, the Chinese who invented gunpowder and the first guns), or the Greeks and Egyptians and other nations before the rise of Christianity.
But it is also important to remember that many of the things there did not contradict religion, and when people began to answer questions related to the claims of religion, then problems began to arise.
For example:
What if a biology doctor decides to test the DNA of Jesus' remains, among other things, to see what part came from the father and see what was there? Such a thing would create religious problems no matter what the result was because it could be that Jesus was not the son of God because they would discover another person's DNA, or that God's DNA was there!
And also in the context of your claim that atheism cannot be used to find anything, it is important to remember that it only means that you do not believe that there is a cosmic entity that can control the universe however it wants, in fact because of this there are many problems that it manages to arrange (with the knowledge we have) much better, such as if there is a God who created the world, how could he create matter? And how could he move cities without consuming any energy (and if he does, then how?)
By removing this obstacle, it meant that you do not have to get involved with the complexity of entities with powers to change the fabric of reality that we are currently unable to explain.
We still believe that there is law and order in the universe, we We simply look for it at smaller levels of existence, and this search also stems from a desire to find order, sometimes scientists have discovered that this order is limited (quantum mechanics), and also from an inner hope that there is order because without order then the world would no longer be logical.
But I completely agree with you on the subject that science has deteriorated because the WOKE who decided that what they say is the only truth.
@@apologeticsroadshow *
David you and bob from speakers corner literally saved me from becoming a muslim and guided me to christianity instead and for that i am forever greatful💪❤ amen
"Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Luke 15:10 (ESV) Hallelujah brother and God Bless!
Halleluyah
Wow amen. God bless
God is good.
David's impression of Dawkins is so perfect. Even Dawkins himself can't do it so perfectly😂
You know I just have to say David you have a knack for making a 25 minute video feel like 5 minutes, in the best way. Also your Richard Dawkins impression is on point my guy 😂❤ God Bless ✝️🙏
Agreed, infotainment is my favorite genre & David Wood is one of the best in the genre, being funny helps us retain the information your trying to teach, plus the great personal back story of DW is unparalleled. All the atheists who see being vegan is of high moral virtue as a duty, but David Wood is as ORGANIC as ORGANIC gets !
@@joshuawoodin more like you like Ohio and he is as Ohio as it gets from Ohio fidget spinner wUt Da HeLlLl
He also has a knack for lying.
@@kajsorensen1207just because you disagree doesn’t mean he’s lying. I mean you heard it from Dawkins himself. David is a theologian, so I’d rather listen to him than a rando on UA-cam. No offense.
@@Powerinchrist111 i call him a liar because he purposefully strawmans any and every argument, he even made up an entire "faction" of people that claimed to be "the champions of science". which isnt a thing.
As a former angry, bitter Atheist this is all true, my eyes only opened once I learned the truth about science and how Atheist have used to push their religion.
What are you now?
@@Eric19877 somewhere between Agnostic and Deism
@ I see, look up, All the way my Saviour leads me, (Walter and Sonica) 6 part playlist, just give it a listen and see what you think.
Brother I highly recommend you download the free book "More Than a Carpenter" by Josh McDowell. It's about an unbeliever of Jesus Christ who was determined to prove to his Christian colleagues in the world of academia that they were wrong about Jesus and by the end of it he is a devout Christian spreading the good news.
It doesn't take long to read and I promise you will learn some things at least. God Bless ❤
Or The Case for Christ by Lee Stroebel
Atheists: If God is just and Almighty why didn't he remove all the evil people in this world?
God: Commands Noah to build an Ark
Atheists: I could not believe a good God would do that
The bad people had thousands of innocent babies tho
The notion that it was removal of evil by god is preposterous. Noah's ark makes nazi Germany crimes mild in comparison.
@@rexsceleratorum1632 unless they ate them alive
Problem, geological science shows no flood
@@rexsceleratorum1632Those bad people had a chance to go on the ark with their babies or to place their babies on the ark.
If there's a town below a dam and due to the poor condition of the dam the leaders decide to destroy it, as long as they warn everyone and give them enough time to evacuate, then the mother who decides to stay behind is responsible for her children's deaths, not the leaders.
"Atheism+, the hammer that destroys everything, but builds nothing." - Paraphrasing a man ironically named Dr. Sledge.
Sheer idiocy, Christians have murdered and destroyed on every continent but Antarctica. It's by far the most violent and destructive religion in history.
The only motivation of Science is to exploit something else to the advantage of humans. What you call progress is a destruction or break of something else.
What does it destroy? Other than the hate believing God hates things gives you. I'm sorry you're so attached to your fairy tale just the idea of paying attention to reality is offensive to you
@@MichaelVandeventer-c3q Try again because that was incomprehensible.
@@lmm8960 then try hooked on phonics learn how to read. If you can't read that how the hell do you think you read the Bible? Just so you know I used to be Christian until I sat down and read the Bible for myself tried to ask my church questions boy churches don't like questions and actually researched where the Bible came from you should do that you should learn about your religion instead of mindlessly believing it
Atheists should stop destroying science, because it was never theirs to destroy.
Have you seen Bahnsen vs Tabash debate? Excellent complement of this insight
@apologeticsroadshow everyone has their own opinions, and not all atheists agree with one another. The same applies to Christians. But, you look foolish to those who know better.
Great video David ! Make more of those, please ! Watching atheism get destroyed is surprisingly therapeutic.😅
@@apologeticsroadshow atheist ⚛️ future is horrible 😢
Non of what atheist believe is proven by Scientific Method, but religious believes covered by Logical Fallacies and Cognitive Biases. Heliocentric Pseudoscientism is a Cult, aka Satanism. And slavery didn't end, we are all slaves pretending to be free.
Postmodern conclusions of Neitzche prove this to be the case. Rationalism breaks down under consistent atheism into mere acts of will. So much for intellectual.
beautifully put
Hi User. Even tho I disagree with your sweeping assertion, it is very interesting: consider uploading a vid in which you further elucidate your thoughts.
Sure if you redefine what atheism is. Overall you are being dishonest just like this channel.
@@kajsorensen1207 it seems to me there are 3 general answers to the question "does God exist?" Is yes, no, I don't know. Doesn't it make sense to have 3 words for people in those groups?
If an atheist wants to shift the burden to a level of agnosticism, just identify as agnostic. Why try to redefine atheism? I can speculate, because the arguments for atheism are just bad and unconvincing. So a good tactic is to shift the burden you have for your beliefs.
@@kajsorensen1207 in what way is the dishonesty here
Atheists: we may not have that answer yet, but in the future someone will!
It’s almost like they’re waiting for their messiah…
I think there's beauty in admiting that we dont know 'that', it leaves room to trying to understand/find out 'that', I get why you're saying its like we're waiting for our messiah, maybe its the same concept just that were waiting for that one brilliant scientist that will bring the next big change that will proppel humanity forward. Not many of us (myself included) have the capacity to go and be that 'scientist' or atleast dont think we have the capacity for it. Who can say if being an atheist makes it less likely for someone to be that 'scientist'
Its just food for thought
Spoilers: they become Muslim because "muh cultural/moral relativism therefore we can't criticize Islam" and then they kiss the stone, which as Christian Prince said, is shaped like a private part
@@gingerplague4631 It does.
Most scientists are religious.
@@tonyravioli1982 ah huh 🤔
except everything used to be attributed to gods, like the weather. then when the weather was better understood, there's no need for god. if you've noticed history you know that we know more than we did, so it makes sense that we'll know more in the future.
like how christians keep reinterpreting the bible to fit the modern world. lol
An atheist quits an atheist organization 😂.
To be fair to Richard I have quit two Churches that were teaching heresies. At least he was able to recognize this is an issue and get the heck out. Not a fan of his but I stand 100% with him here.
Yes, and? He is still an atheist.
@@MJtheBaptistexcept Dawkins doesn't concede that Atheism is just another religion.
@@MJtheBaptist If atheism has no positive claims, then the comparison to heretics is unfounded. While I'm glad he left an organization so insane, the comparison really doesn't hold from the view of atheism being a negation of theism.
Atheists don’t have a justification to invalid transgenderism
I was born in the USSR - the most atheistic country in the world. It was a terrible country. No freedom of science or arts except what aligned with the party lines. Becoming a Christian was the most freeing thing in my life. I felt I can explore the world without being forced to align my views or discoveries with predominant views. And it is rewarding. But then the new atheists culture came in and produced emptiness that is filled with magical absurdity on one side and gender absurdity on the other. So the new atheists (as I see their influence on culture) brought the constraints on the research and truth.
The truth shall set you free.
actually no, the most anti religion atheistic nation in the world is mainland China. Their deity is money.
I don't want actual clips of Peterson and Dawkins but instead want David's voiceover impersonation of each. Thanks.
Debate between Dr AP Peterson and dr David Dawkins would be hilarious
Loving the shade and the fruit, but hating the tree that provides it, and then acting shocked when those things go away when you chop said tree down.
That's from Jonah right?
that's deep, like down to the soil soul of the heart of the matter.
Donkins the apple eater, but apple tree destroyer.
You (probably) have the best channel on UA-cam. From charitable works, to factual reinterpretations of fake news, you’ve got the whole shpeel down. Keep up the good Work Dr. Wood 👏🏻
Wood is a truly wise man
@@PRodriguez98 you enjoy lies that much?
@@kajsorensen1207 please be prepared to cite your sources and references before engaging with someone about “truths”
@@PRodriguez98 sure. Do you accept logical fallacies as an argumentative source?
@ I don’t see any flaw of his reasoning in his arguments, so no lol
For all this talk from Atheists about how they're the great and mighty gate guards of science, we still haven't seen any sign that Atheism has ever actually done anything for Science.
Wel, besides ranting about how famous pioneers of vital science fields might've been Atheists 😪
Atheism doesn’t have anything to do with science.
The only thing it can do is stop the conclusion “because god”
I don’t think you know what atheism is.
Did a great job of poisoning the well. Peer Review, in particular, wastes millions of hours a year and results in >50% of studies being unrepeatable, fraudulent, or methodologically errant.
@@GhostBearCommander that’s because atheism isn’t the guardian of science. It’s called a straw man. The only thing atheism could possibly do is stop the fallacy “appeal to authority” (god) from being an explanation or conclusion in the scientific method.
@@kajsorensen1207 you stopped one step to soon. What do you ground the scientific method in? The idea that truth is objective, the universe is going to be the same tomorrow as today, pursuing truth and understanding are better than being ignorant, etc. What do you ground these ideas in?
Essentially, Atheism is sawing of the branch it sits on.
Stupidity will destroy science
It has been highjacked by idiots
Science EXPLAINS observed facts, it CANNOT create it!😮
More like it's been hijacked by religious extremists.
No. Science is a process. I can not be destroyed or hijacked. Worst thing it could happen to it is to being ignored. Which always backfires hilariously.
Notice how nothing can destroy christianity for more than 2000 years and every force on this earth did try to do it
@@sojkovec typical nonsensical argument hiding behind the dictionary definition of "science." The problem isn't the "scientific method." It's the religion of scientism and academia that operates under the guise of "science." Ironically, nobody ignores "science" more than the religious zealots who always cry "tRuSt ThE sCiEnCe."
David knows how to make videos that makes my brain release dopamine
They do have that calming and enlightening effect!
I was impressed when at 6:23 you lifted up Mike Winger with one arm.
The Soviets were atheists. That worked out great.
Don't tell that to Sam Harris. He has meltdowns over that fact.
and the nazis were christians, that also worked out great
The soviets were communists, a dogma just like Christianity.
And now they’re Christians again and just as barbaric as ever!
What about Trump and Elon?
David, you need to form a team to edit anti-Christian propaganda on Wikipedia, starting with the Slavery page.
Impossible to execute, as Jimbo is a Class 1 atheist
@@KarloSiljeg-ci6wg who?
No "team" will ever cut it, it can only be achieved by changing the hearts and minds of millions of people. After that little job is done, Wikipedia will change all by itself and nobody can stop it.
@@KarloSiljeg-ci6wg sorry, who is Jimbo?
You should do more of these rants. I miss them.
Im so delighted that David Wood is part of the kingdom of The One True God of all the world.
Thank you so much brother for all your stunning work and contributions to educate, inform, entertain and support to your audience.
God bless you and keep you with your loved ones protected always.
Amen!
Many people fail to realise that. Isaac Newton wrote more about religious stuff than even scientific ones
free from religion, now enslaved by woke insanity🤣
Huh? I don’t know what you mean at all.
@@kajsorensen1207 The people who shouted to be freed from religion, or now enslaved by the woke mind virus. What is there not to understand? When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
If you simply repent of your sins and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior you can know for sure Jesus and the Bible are true when you become born again
As an atheist, it's frustrating to see how tightly the wokesters cling to their ideology.
@ so i have to believe it before i can believe it?
These same arguments came to my mind when I was going through a tough phase in terms of health. I was stuck in a bed with permanent migraines for a year, I always liked philosophy and history, so I just intellectualized my way out of the pain. But once that boredom and introspection kicked in, that in combination with what I was learning, it just made me think of how we rely on underlying assumptions based on a Christian moral basis, the argument against slavery, human rights and equality; such instances in which it makes no sense, from an atheistic/naturalistic mindset, to be against. At one point one must abject that the existence of God is more plausible and easier to argue for than His non existence. I just love Christianity, man.
Time to know the Christ of Christianity.
The surprised face when the calculator “speaks” is hilarious 🤣
That and the "I speak drill" bit got me 😂
@MJtheBaptist I had to pause I was laughing so hard
Simple minds are easily amused.
@@andrewc1205 If you're so intellectually superior, why bother watching this video? Can you refute a single argument from the video itself, or are you just here to insult people in the comments?
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David, I have been waiting all my life to hear someone lay it out like you just did. Your intelligence is so refreshing.
Thank you 😊
It would’ve been so much fun to see you debate Alex, it’s a shame he backed out
Why did he back out?
Yes, why did he backed out ?
@@joelfenner9179 If it's true, its probably because he's skittish about debating people who might know as much or more than him.
@@joelfenner9179 there were threats of Islamic terrorism at the DebateCon where the debate will be held. Alex, in concern for his safety, backed out because of that.
At least that’s why Alex said he backed out.
Did Alex actually back out? I was pumped to watch it. Granted islamic terrorism is no joke.
I'm again reminded of that show Bill Maher did where - in the same sitting, I think it was? - he both rejoiced that America was becoming more atheist, and lamented that the newest generation was, so far, seemingly the dumbest generation yet.
And somehow, he didn't connect the dots..
of course he didn't because there are no dots to connect there. only people afraid their made up stories aren't true want to see connecting dots all around them. wood himself along with ap just recently had a stream about a "woke bishop". that's woke, as in all that's stupid about the newest generation according to your view and bishop, as in clearly not atheist. not to mention the us lags substantially in atheism behind many other countries, while at the same time being ahead of them in _wokeism_. but who cares if when looking at all dots the pattern doesn't at all emerge, when we can simply cherry pick the dots and connect them to confirm an a priori conclusion.
Thinking themselves to be wise, they became fools. Someone once said...." the eye that alters....alters all". How true.
Great Dawkins impression at 10:46!
@@FranzAntonMesmerBrother the time you are referring to is where he says sky daddy a bunch of times.
If the premise of atheism was simply "I dont believe in any gods" then I wouldnt care. However, this is never the case. Its always followed by "the world would be such a better place without christianity, we would have a scientific utopia". That's where my conflict is and I know this is a motte and bailey tactic.
Richard Dawkins says the exact same things that Bertrand Russells said so long ago, who said the exact same thing that Voltaire said before him and this should have been tossed out the window after the first french republic which killed more people in ine year than the spanish inquisition did in several centuries.
You can say I believe in fairy tales but you believe in one worse and more damaging than mine. This belief in utopia, where everyone holds hands and sings songs and bring about some star trek future is not only nieve and childish, its demonstrably false yet at the edge of every atheist argument hints those enlightenment lies.
Anyone who says that is just as dumb as the person believing the person who said it.
Nope - being atheist doesn't mean believing in utopia .... Christians are just as liable ... and you believe in heaven.
I dare say that progressivism is the root cause of our problems. Atheism - the toxic kind - rests up on progressivism. And so you have a one-dimensional thought system informing everything that rests upon it. Progressivism ruins everything - even atheism!
The lie in Eden constantly refashioned.
@@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pidvery observant...every generation of new atheist offers the same fruit, different approach, but still the same fruit. It all goes back to Genesis doesn't it?
This video should come with a warning label to avoid hurting atheist’s feelings
Some of us are able take the critisism at face value, yup it hurts cause he's mean about it and it slaps the nerrative I currntly have but he's not completley wrong, the type of atheists he's mad about do exist and they are dealing damage to science, it should definatly be called out
@@gingerplague4631 I respect your opinion! Many hatheists out there, but the ones that are just normal good atheists really stand out and are enjoyable to talk with
@@afiron4856 ayee mate pleasure to make conversation with ya
@@gingerplague4631 you too!!
When you misrepresent things so it’s just a giant straw man, yeah it’s a little offensive. I still don’t care that much, it’s just another hit piece showing how incorrect they are. That’s normal.
Ironically, asserting that you have a lack of belief is, in itself, a belief.
It's fundamentally incoherent on many levels. If Atheism is a lack of belief, how can it have the truth value of being true?
If it's a lack of belief then there simply isn't any cognitive content there, it's the absence of a particular idea, and thus Atheism is a cognitively empty word.
Things are true when they correspond to reality, and false when they do not; so a statement is true when its cognitive content corresponds to reality, and false when it doesn't. If Atheism is an absence of belief, then it lacks cognitive content and there's no thing to correspond with reality to have a truth value of true. An Atheist who claims it's merely a lack of belief can therefore never coherently say that Atheism is true.
In reality this is all a diversion so the Atheist never has to positively justify their belief, kinda like how Muslims will only debate the Trinity or the reliability of the Bible, and never the moral character of Muhammad, the historicity of Islam, or errors in the Quran.
No a lack of belief is simply a lack of belief. When confronted by a statement you can believe or not believe. The choices are distinct!
I have an understanding that god is an imagined being, based on observation and (lack of) experiences.
@@andrewc1205how did you observe God?
Ironically, despite claiming no beliefs, they all make the same baseless assumptions (eg consciousness came about by unconscious forces in billions of years of anti-entropy), they appeal to the same authorities, and come up with the same objections..
Man, it's tough being a Christian- we have to fight Parasites and Cancer at the same time. Thank God we have God on our side though because such fights would be futile without him.
You aren't "fighting" anything.
Surely you do realize there is quite a considerable number of conservative atheists right?
Interesting that atheistic scientists can use their observational skills and draw logical conclusions in their scientific endeavours but cannot apply the same skills to evaluate the results of their social experiment of doing away with God.
Dawkins is way too old to be historically ignorant. It is by choice and malice.
I shook my fist while i read this.
GOSH DARN IT RICHARD!!!!!
Dawkins is an actual living artifact of history that denies history.
Im sick of narrow minded and philosophicaly bankrupt opinions coming from atheist that claim they know what doesnt exist. Like who are you to know all the extends of existence... Literal children in philosophical maturity.
Well you can't prove something doesn't exist. YOU have to prove this thing exist and this might be what bothers you. This is very basic logical reasoning. Another way to be certain that something doesn't exist is that if we can prove that what this thing is suppose to do or know is false. For example if you thing something create a flat earth 6000 years ago, because we can prove it's not true, we can say no YOUR thing doesn't exist. that doesn't mine superior being or god like entity can't exist, he just mean YOURS don't exist.
@@arnaud6051I'm not talking about proving anything. What you say has been discussed to death. I'm talking about the arrogance of people claiming to know what doesn't exist when they as human beings are extremely limited beings can't possibly explore all the extent of existence to say X doesn't exist. There's overwhelming evidence and witnesses that indicate the existence of the supernatural. Whether you chose to believe in one God or another is a whole other discussion. I'm not even going to get into that.
I think in general scientists make for the worst philosophers.
Most athiests are athiest/agnostic . Noone knows what exists beyond the universe or in other dimensions . Unless we can access higher dimensions etc or gain access past the singularity . These questions will always remain questions till heat death of this universe .
@@AliHamza-sv4ni That's where I'm getting at. It's more intellectually honest and smart to say I'm agnostic and I don't know or can't claim to know if X exist than abruptly say X doesn't exist like I know everything. Now I disagree that those won't be answered until the end. Because we can't know the future and we can't know what's gonna happen and how.
Jesus Christ is Lord ✝️
0:48 Mohammed Catching Strays😂😂
i know, right?😂
Got me choking in the first minute. 😂🤣😭
It wouldn’t be a David Wood video if he wasn’t.
The Swedish people attacked there previous generation and remove there belief of Christianity from everywhere and it was very very common to mock about Christianity in high school and university.
Now when they found out its other worldview who is very extreme such as Islam and lack of belief as atheism.
I see alot start too speak highly of Christianity and value it mutch mutch more then what they used too.
I walked past a youth church in Stockholm that church was packed with people who have come to Christian faith. This country truly need revival too change the way.
That's right Sweden is cooked... no wonder how many vandalism videos we see on X done by immigrants 🏳🌈🤦♀
A return to Christ is the only hope for Sweden. Political solutions are no longer on the table
I don't know if it is a good thing to bring up sweden, considering that in Scandinavia the conversion from paganism to christianity was a forced and bloody conversion in the first place, several wars, several convert or die. With destruction of everything to do with paganism, temples and so on. There is hardly anything left about the pagan religion, we don't even know really how they worked. It is not a good example for christianity is so peaceful, good and tolerant.
Sweden failed because of a socialist governing system and not religion. In fact, the less religious the better
@sina3839
You talk about thousand of year back. I just speak about this century.
Maybe, your best video! Science never developed and became a sustainable discipline in other cultures before it did in Europe because those other culture lacked the metaphysical foundation to support science. Islam advances the god of nominalism, Hinduism posits everything is "maya" illusion, Buddhism believes the world is pain and adherents should strive to separate themselves from the world. As you point out, only Christianity possesses the metaphysical foundation needed to create and sustain science.
Well I think you are misunderstanding a bit what science is. China and Japon developped knowledges before, during and after science developped. India developped mathematical concept that were very useful for scientist, Muslim are responsible for the conservation of antique grec knowledges and their transmission to the christian world. What I would say is that christianity was a good subsract because it allows to be contradicted by science. Also the development of science was also corelated with the disparition of christianity.
This argument of the uniqueness of christianity is wrong. You can atually prove that Science couldn't have developed differently and somewhere else. And the discoveries of science are responsable for the dawnfall of christianity.
@@arnaud6051 No, I understand what science is, however, you seem to lack reading comprehension skills. Note this quote "Science never developed and became a sustainable discipline in other cultures before it did in Europe" note my use of the word "sustainable" Please take your condescending and patronizing attitude elsewhere.
@@arnaud6051What scientific discoveries brought down Christianity?
@@arnaud6051 You don't even define science, and how you use the word is to mean a body of knowledge and not the empirical method / natural philosophy. You are uneducated and ignorant; a powerful combination. Your statements are disprovable. Islam burned the old world; burned the old knowledge.
What was said: "IF it's not in the koran BURN IT".
@@arnaud6051 Hey, arnaud6051. Tell me you don't know what you're talking about without telling me you don't know what you're talking about. Just about everything you said was wrong.
Well said. Atheism = Emptiness, and there's a very strong correlation between evil and emptiness/darkness.
Not if you are a member of a vibrant and inclusive culture
Atheism = lack in a belief in God or gods. That is all.
Any other interpretation is wrong.
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But not the comment😢
I like how you say “science now bows to the whims of the mob who squeals the loudest”
Even when I was in my agnostic phase, I never understood the so call "science vs religion" debate or more specifically christianity.
No views, 11 likes, 3 comments. Checks out with youtube's logic.
EDIT: Holy crap why are people arguing?
People can like and comment before they watched the video
@@Jesuslordoflords-y4m can they comment????
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@philosopher-2007 yep. I didn't finish the video and I am commenting right now.
@@Jesuslordoflords-y4m you don't have to finish a video to be counted as a "view"
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Let’s understand that science isn’t the ‘possession’ of atheism, neither is mathematics or any core concept that comes to mins
science is a tool to understand God's creation it can not be ignored.
As you are typing on your phone 😂 what a moron
@@PrashasyaGautam That's correct, as David said all scientists historically were (very strongly) religious and all scientists that built the foundation for modern science were christians. Even the big bang theory was proposed by a catholic priest. Scientists in the past spent decades to understand the world more in other to glorify God. They would have never done this if they were atheists. Even education and the formal language exists for religious reasons. Without a belief in God we wouldn't have anything that we have in the modern world. Everything is built upon the faith that God exists and that God is good.
David. What happened during the enlightenment is (as scripture says) "Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up". The more people understood their world thru scllience, the more proud they became. They figured they didn't need God after all. Forgetting the very One Who gave them Life, Breath and Everything else.
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Atheists caught lackin'
"The lack is surely lacking with this one" (Star Wars reference)
As an atheist I can clearly see there is no society without Christian values! And no science with atheism, which is so weird!
It is true that Cosmic Skeptic (Alex O'Conner) back out from Debate Con due to the Islamic threat?
Indeed. What a coward. 🫣
@@AP-di6gu I mean sure, but islam is an actual threat. I understand why he wouldn't want to end up murdered.
Why can't he hire some of his subscribers to protect him since he is their messiah ?😅
So AP gets threatened but Alex is the one that runs?
😂😂 Seriously what is Alex afraid of If he is unalived there's no afterlife it's just nothingness 🤷
Dr. David Wood literally sounded like Dawkins 😂😂
I'm an atheist, but I enjoy your videos and generally agree with your points. I don't subscribe to the secular humanist perspective; instead, I'm a nihilist, as I see it as the only logically consistent position given my lack of belief in anything beyond the material world. I'm the "lacks a belief" type of atheist, rather than the "claims there is no God" type.
That said, I believe a Christian nation would be a good thing. From a scientific standpoint, the data actually supports this. If you look at outcomes related to happiness, prosperity, and peace, it's clear that Christianity has been a positive force. Unfortunately, many people who claim to be "pro-science" are only supportive of certain branches of sociology that align with their preselected views. These studies are rarely required to be replicated - despite sociology as a field facing a replication crisis - but we're expected to ignore that. Go figure.
I was taught long ago to find a worldview that aligns with the evidence, rather than seeking evidence to fit my worldview. As an atheist, I would support a Christian nation, and I’d be content to quietly remain an atheist. My personality prevents me from truly believing in theology or the supernatural, but I also don’t find it particularly relevant.
Also, atheists not understanding how their moral ideas are all relative and informed by society and culture is so laughable. If these people had been born back when stoning gays was a way of virtue signaling, they would have been doing it. Because secular morals are just about trends. As an atheist, I do think morality is just a social construct - but a lot of atheists acting like there is something like a secular objective morality is asinine. It's insane mental gymnastics, and it baffles me every time.
I am stuck with these three questions in my mind. question one: can you get saved without God the father revealing himself through Jesus Christ? question two: the bible says we are all dead, tresspassing in sin, how can we believe in him, cause we're dead spiritually from the moment Adam took off the fruit you will die. question three: is a follow up to the first two) my own personal salvation was God revealed himself to a dead person lost in all my ways without God the father revealing there was no way i was going to believe at best God would be a great concept to make up religions to serve man. the bible makes it clear to me many are called few are chosen. In the words of Paul the Apostle every man work out his own salvation with fear and trembling i am so sad to see the church so broken, so deluded, so bastardised, i wonder am i in the end times. Question??? what has the ultimate authority, the Bible God's word, or the church . To ALL born again Christians, and born again is important here, we came to the knowledge of the truth, by the Holy Ghost who brought us to Christ. we have no high priest, or Bishop, or father, Jesus Christ is our mediator? on him alone we trust. Richard Dawkins is a low IQ man, with his YES MEN, (atheism) Brooke the United Kingdom and nearly destroyed the western world. Can you get saved, without God the father revealing himself through Jesus Christ? Alex O'Connor believes God is a concept, to make up religions to serve man.
As an atheist myself , I dont support a christian nation
I support a nation that lives in truth , even if it harm the society
Personally , I dont care if the entirety of humanity goes to shit , were just an insignificant speck of stardust anyway
@blue-5
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"Intellectuals" always take things so far you go into the retarded side
"...I see it as the only logically consistent position given my lack of belief in anything beyond the material world..."
That is scientifically false. Information, not only doesn't have mass, it is also a neither a physical phenomena nor a chemical phenomena. It is something immaterial. We know that it is supernatural because all of biology, chemistry and physics exists because of immaterial biological genetic information and immaterial physical laws that makes life and the entire physical universe possible. It was because of scientific predictions based on the lawgiver in the Bible made by scientists like Isaac Newton, we know that there are laws beneath all of physics. And laws require a law giver. The Scientific laws are prescriptive and are not descriptive because of the problem of induction. We can objectively observe and measure information.
@@Blue-5 Information is neither a physical nor a chemical phenomena.
Atheism: calling yourself a champion of truth while gutting yourself of the metaphysics necessary to impose a duty to believe the truth.
it's that meme with the bronze medalist celebrating as if he's won....
Atheism isn’t tied to truth and science.
Lmfao thats true actually
From an atheistc perspective , who tf cares if you believe in truth or not , life is meaningless anyway
@@Blue-5 that’s nihilism, not atheism
@@kajsorensen1207 It is atheism lmao
Why whould someone who lives in truth be better than someone who doesnt
The problem with atheists is not a lack of belief in God but rather a lack of honesty.
I am convinced that atheists know God exists but they keep repeating their atheist mantra like a criminal who has been caught an keeps saying "I didn’t do anything" Because they know it would be best for them if God did not exist.
I mean...that's just not true lol. I don't believe he exists.
@@stubbwinkley4015 Any human being with even the slightest reasoning ability knows by nature the truthful Latin phrase Ex nihilo nihil fit "nothing comes from nothing." This SCIENTIFIC principle is also known as the Law of Causation. If nothing existed before the universe, then nothing would exist now.
You yourself are proof of my earlier point. The atheist mind is the repetition of a denying mantra against one's own conscience, despite the intrinsic evidence.
B.t.w. I know you keyboard warriors are used to write "lol" at the end of any sentence when out of argumentations. But "lol" isn't at argument neither makes any argument true.
Atheists can't be logical for a second. They say God doesn't exist but blame God for anything wrong in this world. They know things don't appear from nowhere yet they want to proclaim that suddenly one day at 3 o'clock the universe exploded to existence. They know that humans have a higher value than animals that's why you don't get jail time if you run over a deer but you're charged with involuntary manslaughter if you run over a human. That's why you can buy a horse but not a human or you can chain your dog but not a human. Yet they say humans are animals
@@g.o.4387I don’t blame God for anything in the world. I do blame a lot of stuff on the people who believe in him though. You’re also wildly misrepresenting the Big Bang theory. And yeah, we know humans have a higher value than other animals because that’s our species and other animals are not.
You don’t actually think those things do you?
@@MartepieceWell, what you’re saying is a really watered down description of the Big Bang, or at least of what scientists say about nothing or about the origins of the universe. Nothing comes from nothing is a philosophical principle, not a scientific law. The idea of nothing, or things arising from nothing, especially when dealing with quantum physics, is actually a highly debated concept in science.
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As an agnostic atheist, I have only recently realised how much of our ethics we get from christianity, especially if you compare Western ethics with Islam. I just took so much for granted. This became so clear to me from watching the series Chosen of all things. I recommend it, btw. There is this powerful scene where Jesus and his apostles help roman soldiers carry their equipment. It really got me thinking that ethics doesn't have to look like this. Our ethics is truly a result of Jesus's revolutionary paradigm.
if you are agnostic atheist, i recommend watching Jay Dyer and Fr, Dcn. Ananias explain TAG. They have videos regarding common refutations as well if you already know about the argument. I notice that most people who object to the argument haven't looked into the refutations of.. their refutations. However, if you don't know of the argument, those two are great explanations for it.
Actually, science has already destroyed atheism.
Recent books like “The Return of the God Hypothesis” have pretty much closed down the atheists religion.
Atheist... religion. Pick one (besides Budhism).
Presuming that God does not exist without any reason to believe so is not an example of "lacking belief". To truly 'lack belief', you would need to lack both positive and negative beliefs, which is more akin to agnosticism than it is atheism. Belief in a negative is not the same thing as lacking a belief, but rather, positing that scientifically unverifiable concepts like God or aliens do not exist without any reason to think so is more of an example of an 'argument from ignorance' fallacy. Argument from ignorance fallacies are a double edged sword.
aliens are verifabile, we just didnt get there yet, if they dont exist or not we can never know, but they are verifable if they do exist
Believing that no god like the known gods exist due to the lack of evidence, but being agnostic about hypothetical deities does make you lack a belief in gods.
I'm sorry but that's just dumb nonsense talk.
Why make it difficult for yourself when it's all so easy obvious to us?
@@Boris-1982 you're an idiot. What he said makes perfect sense. If you can't get that, then I'm sorry for you.
@ If you're referring to the age old argument of "which of the many gods in history are you referring to", to that I simply respond by saying that you don't know enough about world religions to say something so limited.
Polytheism is figurative, metaphorical, based on personifications of entities, archetypes, frequencies and energy rather than literal flesh and blood beings as you think polytheists believe. They are spiritual entities, but you would've already knew this before you commented if you actually knew anything about world religions beyond a surface level understanding.
The Bible gives some credit to this idea:
Psalm 115:4-8 KJV
"Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: Eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: Noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: Feet have they, but they walk not: Neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them; So is every one that trusteth in them."
So when you refer to "which God", I don't know what you're talking about. There was only one man who claimed to be God incarnate who allowed himself to be shamed and die and rose from the dead 3 days later.
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The 2Short thumbnail freaking hilarious! Great talk as always David, thank you.
Promoting an ideology that fundamentally denies the social construct leads to the dismantling of the social construct, shocker!
One of the best voices against atheism out there! It is a pity that the channel's subscribers don't number in the millions. It would be a better world, to be sure.
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You're so hilarious and full of wisdom. May God bless you with everything that you need brother!
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You see Alex O Connor Back Out Because you are sooo POWERFUL
He just doesn't want to get killed by some j.hadis.
He doesn't believe in afterlife,why should he risk it?
Truth tending toward a unity ... I believe means that there is a hierarchy inside truth that all fits together in a unity, and the unity actually exists above all of the mini-truths in the hierarchy. One might even say outside of the physical world over which it applies.
Interesting. Or in other words, God is THE principle of all principles
Richard Dawkin's said that evolution made it possible for him to be a intellectually fulfilled atheist.
Dawkins believes in a naturalistic world view because he is an atheist, not an atheist because he believes in abiogenesis.
He believes in a naturalistic world view because Christianity teaches that God created the laws of nature and those laws are good and active. So, Dawkins just needs to look behind those laws at the Creator.
@@Chris-dt5td So said the 'Cultural Christian'.
I am stuck with these three questions in my mind. question one: can you get saved without God the father revealing himself through Jesus Christ? question two: the bible says we are all dead, tresspassing in sin, how can we believe in him, cause we're dead spiritually from the moment Adam took off the fruit you will die. question three: is a follow up to the first two) my own personal salvation was God revealed himself to a dead person lost in all my ways without God the father revealing there was no way i was going to believe at best God would be a great concept to make up religions to serve man. the bible makes it clear to me many are called few are chosen. In the words of Paul the Apostle every man work out his own salvation with fear and trembling i am so sad to see the church so broken, so deluded, so bastardised, i wonder am i in the end times. Question??? what has the ultimate authority, the Bible God's word, or the church . To ALL born again Christians, and born again is important here, we came to the knowledge of the truth, by the Holy Ghost who brought us to Christ. we have no high priest, or Bishop, or father, Jesus Christ is our mediator? on him alone we trust. Richard Dawkins is a low IQ man, with his YES MEN, (atheism) Brooke the United Kingdom and nearly destroyed the western world. Can you get saved, without God the father revealing himself through Jesus Christ? Alex O'Connor believes God is a concept, to make up religions to serve man.
@@1968gadgetyo I’m a committed Christian. Spent time in other faiths including Islam and grew up exposed to paganism (witchcraft). I chose Apostolic Christianity. I wasn’t born that. The universe testifies to a Creator.
@@Tsalagi978 The universe testify to whatever we can't understand. It could be 20 creators, a alligator like creators, a magic cloud etc.
David Wood, you are truly one of the most interesting voices on UA-cam! Love yer testimony!
The Dawkins mimic was... wildly entertaining 😂
Im atheist. I dont believe in god thats it thats all. Simple as that i dont believe in a god. Why do Christians and other religious people act so superior to others who dont believe what they believe
scientism is definitely being destroyed by materialists! (Hallelujah!)
Went from Atheist for 18 years. Then heard about pre-conditions for the first time. Jay Dyer, tag and now i see homie here. This is the most convincing argumentation. By FAR. Over evidence stacking. This is a killshot argument. Look at the Church Fathers body atheist talking points thousand years ago.
"This is the most convincing argumentation. By FAR."
this only tells us how much worse all the other argumentation is relative to this, not how good this one is in absolute terms. and it actually isn't good at all, because even if you swallow "pre-conditions" hook, line and sinker (can't see why you should, but lets say you do), this only tells you something about the utility of these pre-conditions, but absolutely nothing about the veracity of the whole story around them.
@ ultimately your worldview is dogmatic. Whether it’s scientism or pure naive empiricism. You’re not outside of the circulatory that Hume brought to light. Thats why the answer out of that logical failure necessitates a god that puts those categories into theological context. The Orthodox paradigm no other actually fully accounts for all the metaphysics and or logic entailed. No other worldview does. Protestant, muslim and atheist are all in the same category of dogmatic belief on the paradigm level.
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as an atheist i found this video hilarious, keep it up!
You smashed the Dawkings impression 10:44 !!! 💯 😂
Nope.
Socialism is a religion.
Incorrect, it's an economic model.
@@Deridus it's usually both - an ideology of 'what is' but also claims 'what ought to be' and 'what will be'
@@moodyonroody5313 Nah, still just an economic model. While Marxists might have an almost religious zeal, if there is no worship or metaphysical veneration (not a required precept) than it's not a religion.
The point of an atheist take on science is to remove the fallacy argument from authority, same for royal decrees.
I have a friend who is agnostic and a Professor in Philosophy. Seeing him trying to navigate the world with the insight of philosophy, minus a belief in ultimate truth is funny and sad. Humans need belief in Something more than ourselves, otherwise we fret, we become illogical and life becomes meaningless.
Why does life only have meaning if there is a God?
This is just one non sequitur after another. It is amazing to me that so many people can turn off their brains and listen enthusiastically to this tripe.
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I laughed so hard at that
These are my favorite Dwood videos. I do have to wonder what AP thinks about when he watches these
God encourages science. Ecc 1:13 And I set my heart to seek and search out by WISDOM concerning all that is done under heaven. This burdensome task God has given to the sons of men by which they may be exercised
The idea that a mass conversion to atheism would pave the way for free science was a hypothesis. When there was, in fact, a mass conversion to atheism, that experimentally tested that hypothesis. The results of that experiment massively disconfirmed that hypothesis. Thus, following the rules of the scientific method, that hypothesis has to be thrown out, and anyone still clinging to it is doing so in denial of science.
I lack the belief that God doesnt exist.
I just havent seen any evidence for it.
What I don't understand is why he feels the need to conflate atheism with unrelated world views. It's like saying socialism is a religion or not eating pies is a hobby. He's essentially just making category error after category error.
@Deridus
What world view(s) would you say athiesm and agnosticism relates to?
@@tearren1 Well, closest thing I can come up with is, 'Since x deity doesn't exist, any and all laws/rules/taboos related directly to it are void. If new ones are created that resemble the old, it is because of their utility, not their metaphysics.
I could say more but it seems rather succinct as a.
9:34 Dawood just claimed "Allah of Nature" !!! Alhamdulillah!!! YOU SEE?? He is a Muslim! Case closed!
You can not claim that truth is relative and then say that science is irrefutable because that's a truth claim.
It's actually more than just a truth claim. It's a claim that there is absolute truth. The problem lies in the irony and self deception.
0:21 atheists boutta say “it’s a battery powered drill”