The Game That Induces Existential Crises
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This game will induce an existential crisis.
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Flappy Bird meets The Stanley Parable
Good comment
'This is the story of a bird named Flappy.'
@@EddieGaster And Flappie find himself on stairs.
I eat the cotton candy from my walls
@@Beanzops yummy yummy
I don’t have any personal experiences of “being excited” for heaven myself, but just before my grandma passed away on hospice, she told us how she was excited to see her mommy and daddy again. Like a little kid who had just been away at camp for a week. It seems like a lot of people have this eerie calm and acceptance just before it happens and it’s honestly made me feel slightly better about it.
That's such an interesting experience. I'm happy she passed peacefully.
When my ex passed many years ago, very suddenly (aneurysm) he stopped what he was doing, looked up right as it was happening (he died in my arms) and idk what he saw, but I know it was peaceful and I am positive he saw someone he knew. Both his parents (had) already passed and one from the same thing, I found out later. That experience always helped me, even in times of unexpected trauma. Something is there. Whether our brains or something else idk...
My mom was experiencing terrible stomach cancer and just days before she passed, she couldn't wait to die and go to heaven, Which is not something I ever heard my mom ever wanted or say but she is religious which makes sense. She believed in the afterlife in heaven, and while she was suffering through cancer which I can imagine has been a painful hell only exasperated the decision to leave even more.
I personally not sure what will happen when we die. Maybe there is a heaven and a hell or maybe it's just a dark black void forever, or maybe there is another calming, drifting experience into the stars or some new life as a ghost/spirit, or perhaps reincarnation and return to life in another body and mind. It's scary, there is nothing certain and death in itself and the purpose of life is very mysterious. I only hope that when we die that it isn't scary or completely nothing. My currently belief for now is that when we do pass, it's all black and nothing. A permanent void of floating in nothing space to sleep forever. But I seriously hope that I am wrong on that.
That is such a sweet story to share, thank you. I really liked the way you phrased that like a kid away at camp. That's a very nice and soothing way to look at it. Especially as you lose so many over the years and just want to be with them again.
@@FIRE-LOTUSI unfortunately feel that way about life after death, that's it just nothing, but hope I am wrong as well.
Killing a god to make a better world? Sounds like your average JRPG plot.
Literally same plot of any smt games tbh
@@ignasiusbernadi6085because it literally is.
Reminds me of Dishonored as well
Xenogears
Observer: Blind obedience is bad.
(Burd defies the bird god)
Observer: You ignorant fool.
Because the bird was blindly doing what the observer told him?
well done, you just summed up "nuance" in three sentences
You shouldn't listen to everything in the bible, because that would be stupid. But you should also listen to some things that are said in the bible, because they are worthwhile.
Look up the word "Lagom". That's probably the best description of how to live your life. Not too much, not too little. Such as with the left and right. We need progression, but we also need to conserve what our ancestors have granted us.
@@nicklasvevaactually the Bible believe it or not (I’m agnostic) makes a lot of sense in philosophical and even spiritual level. If you read the Old Testament the ancient Israelites didn’t believe In hell or heaven. They believed in Sheol which is Hebrew for death or grave. In the original Hebrew Bible heaven as a paradise is never mentioned hell as a place of eternal punishment isn’t either. Sheol was then later translated to “hell” and “hades” in the Greek and KJV versions same with Latin. The book of Matthew’s in the New Testament was also first written in Hebrew until luke and Paul and I think Peter also translated it into Greek due to ancient Israel being heavily influenced by Hellenists under Roman occupation after the Macedonians conquered Israel. Jesus also never taught in the concept of heaven or hell. He was a first century Jew and like a first century Jew he didn’t believe in an afterlife. He believed once you died your dead. The Jews till this day are pretty vague and nihilist when it comes to the afterlife. Jesus also never went to “hell” and preached. He was in the grave “Sheol” until god resurrected him. So according to the Bible it’s pretty accurate on the afterlife. There isn’t one. Only death. It’s not when I’m the second coming of Jesus when everyone who died even those who drowned in the sea and were mutilated by beasts will be resurrected and judged and live in “paradise” here on earth for eternity.
These kinds of games are make by pretentious college social study grads; all they know is one-upmanship. Make them bankrupt
Love your 2014 vibe, I don't know how to explain it. Feels like I'm 10 years old again, please never change your vibe, feels way better.
exactly
I eat the cotton candy from my walls
Same! I’ve been watching creepy internet videos like this since late elementary school, and they still bring me so much joy almost a decade later.
On the same boat as well. Used to watch him since 2017/2018. I was 9 or 10 years old that time
I hate zoomers
As a disabled and mentally ill person who can't contribute monetarily to society or to my own family, I at least try not to add suffering to the world. I also try to make someone's day better when I have the resources and energy. Put love out into the world and do as little harm as possible. That has been my answer. I know that if I were to end my own pain, my family will suffer, which is also why I can't escape the pain. So I stay so that they can at least not have that pain in their hearts. I try to be there for others when they are hurting too.
We live in a system that constantly tells us that our productivity is what dictates our value as human beings, and in the rush of day-to-day life, sometimes the people around us may forget to say how much we mean to them, but don't let that make you underestimate how important you are to your family, friends, pets.. even to someone such as myself who read your UA-cam comment and felt compelled to respond, me having my own issues that make me not as productive as I'd like. I sincerely hope you have a beautiful life.
@@BeeMarzipan Thank you so much! Yes, the capitalist voice very often comes into my head telling me that I am useless. It's so hard to stop listening to it. I have been practicing telling that part to shut up because we are not here just to produce monetary value. That is not life. Life is people. (this of course also includes pets because animals are amazing)
I hope you too live a beautiful life filled with love.
@@shroomyk never listen to the capitalist voice, it has no humanity
I'm in the exact same boat there. Glad to not be the only one feeling the same way ...
@@shroomyk we don't listen to the capitalist voice, it lacks humanity
its like christmas for the mentally ill
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Yes and I’m loving it
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God I remember playing this game ages ago. "You can't make it to heaven, you don't know how to get there" has stuck with me forever
I'm not religious, but I know a priest that it's an extremely nice guy and sometimes I talk to him. A few weeks ago I asked him:"you're a priest, but how do you know you'll go to heaven?". He started laughing and said:"That's a very good question actually. We only have our faith to cling to and the word of God. But the fastest way to get to Heaven is by being a good person".
I don't get people.
"Nothing matters" is the most motivational phrase to ever exist.
Because at the end everything will be lost.
TBH, it kind of sounds like potential suicide fuel to me
I have the same opinion as you! Hooray for impermanence 🥳
“Game that induces existential dread”: Me playing Halo Reach
Objective: Survive
If I want existential dread and nilhislm I'll watch Bojack horseman 😂
actually tho
NieR Automata anyone? Lmao
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@darius4405 *stop, get some help*
@@darius4405you're part of what is ripping the psyche of humanity apart 😂
People think that after death there’s nothing but emptiness, but since we came to existence from emptiness why is it so hard to believe we can exist once again, or exist forever ?
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I believe in life after death. I believe the consciousness can withstand the physical decay of death. As long as a part of you exists in another form, it remains.
Yeah, this is something I think about sometimes that gives me a bit of comfort.
Just as life is not improbable on the right conditions such as earth's - your self aware consciousness existence is already evidence that you are a part of reality and the universe, and therefore the odds of -you- happening again rather than just a one off spontaneous event in the string of infinity is way higher. Mark Twain's famous before birth quote is misguided and even non-scientific.@@ScareTheater
There’s that depressing saying where you die twice.
The first is your physical death, and the second death is when the ones that knew of you and remembered you speak your name for the final time.
just realized i’ve been watching you for the 9 years you’ve posted. Keep it up man. My favourite notification since i was 14
lol you JUST realized after 9 years? wow
[if nothing matters] ….[why not let there be love?]
That made me cry 😭
[if nothing matters] ….[why not let there be love?]
Because it doen't matter.
@@kintsuki99it’s okay bro 🫂
I've found that the concept of death was a dark cliff side we're constantly walking toward, but backward. Once taking that plunge, the light fades, and yet it's the only fall that doesn't end in a crash. It doesn't end any way. The concept, the basic understanding of falling, darkness, life, and death become inaccessible. But in that placid darkness, fear also doesn't exist, no pain, agony, no stresses from your life can follow. No registration of anything, no ability to mourn, regret, hope, or wonder.
In the last seconds of your ability to wonder, fear, love, and imagine, you'll be freer than you ever have been.
What's it like? Much like going to sleep. You're not concisous of the moment you finally nod off. The world becomes undetected for the briefest of moments, and you aren't dreaming. There's no guarantee you'll wake, you may not, but that doesn't scare you. You're just going to sleep.
What's beyond life? No one knows, no one can know. Anyone who says they know only hope they do, only hope it's true. It's a sleep, and perhaps, perchance, there are dreams to be had that are more than our material universe.
The one thing we know, or can say for certain, that happens when we die is...the ones who love us...will miss us.
This is a great comment. Reminds me of the quote from Jacob's Ladder: "But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth"
Also weirdly enough sometimes I do actually get scared right before sleep. Knowing I can't experience that transition into sleep, it's unknowable what it's like to fall asleep. How my brain probably has to do a bunch of complicated things to be able to get into sleep mode and then wake me up after a few hours. What if it fails? What if something goes wrong? But it never does, I always wake back up. It's kinda terrifying in a way, an unknowable experience that my life depends on.
Yet I look forward to this rejuvenation every night. Maybe that's also what death is like. A rejuvenation and freedom from life.
I See death in a different way, but I still agree with you. How I see death is, everything we feel, see.. everything, is just chemical reactions in our brain reacting to make us feel emotions. There’s things in our body that make us alive. We are like animals biologically. When you die, those stop. Without those chemical reactions, you can’t think. I think death is just the absence of everything, your body is disconnected and everything goes blank. When a bug dies, the same thing happens. You don’t question where the bug goes when it’s dead, it’s just gone. You can’t think with the lack of a body and brain. I think this is comforting to me, even though it is the end, because with even with the lack of sense, the lack of everything after death, it doesn’t mean you can’t lead a meaningful life. It doesn’t mean you can’t change. It’s comforting because.. even when you’re gone you can still rest. Even with the lack of everything, there is peace.
I try to be a good person, not for the benefits of what comes after death but because it’s the right thing to do.
In Christianity according to the Bible there is no thing as a "good person". We all deserve to be in spiritual death over any sin. But having Jesus in people saves them from that persecution if we try to be like Him and not be in constant sin. I'm not condemning you I'm just telling you what would happen if God existed
But doesn't this prove that there is objective morality?
Virgin nothing matters, there is no hope Vs. Chad I make things matter and forge new paths for hope.
VS Absurdist philosophy enjoyer.
@@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378Camussy
Thad "Jesus is King"
And the entitled narcissists that take everything from everyone else and make it their own.
Literally Gundam Unicorn
"You pray so badly for Heaven
Knowing any day might be the day that you die
But maybe life on Earth could be heaven"
I heard somewhere that since you can't experience non-existence you actually exist forever, assuming that the time and universe is in fact infinite. After an infinite amount of time all the atoms that you were made out off and of everything that ever was there have to at some point get back together, even if that moment will happen after an infinite amount of time. And since you can't experience not existing it's kinda lika a cut out section where you instantly get back to the existence again. Idk maybe that's not how it works but this idea is kinda comforting to me lol
Just wanted to let you know personally this comment is my favorite. Its a concept ill be doing alot of thinking on. Thank you.
@@NicksGameVidsagreed!
I have thought of that. And if the multiverse theory is correct, there is "another" you who continues life from the same point with the same memories such that death is just like a long sleep.
Hmm ok but how exactly since your body is dead? Is this a form of reincarnation in a way?
@@CyberWarezz05 Yeah I simplified that a lot lol. It’s more that your next experience is the first one that will be possible. An infinite amount of time will pass and you will only experience the next moment that’s possible as you can’t experience time passing while you don’t exist. Given an infinite amount of time, there are infinite chances for you to return to your original state. It’s just probability stuff tho so I know this concept has a lot of holes
Loved writing the music for this, Awkward Silence Games never misses. Link to the game is in the video description FYI.
What I've always found about death is one thing. If my consciousness was meant to cease to exist upon death. Then why is my now so certain. If all my memories and thoughts and everything was meant to dissappear then why hasn't it already. That's what brings me comfort. The idea the my consciousness will exist. And if it doesn't. What am I gonna do? Complain?
the soul lives forever once its created. consciousness will not end.
Well, that's the thing, your memories and thoughts do disappear. You don't remember everything and every thought you had yesterday, or even 10 minutes ago. Even if you make a note in your head "I will remember this moment" the moment you remember won't be complete. Something will be missing.
Your consciousness, along with everyone (and everything) else's, is simply a result of memory. When the brain dies, all memories die with it through the loss of neural connections. That is simply the way it has always been.
I always found this interesting because I've seen people say they were someone else in a past life before they were born, and I have had this experience as well before I was truly born.
Though, I always hear about this eternal slumber idea that you'll forget about everything (the Bible puts a twist on this funny enough, acknowledging that you do lose consciousness before the 2nd coming).
But idk, I always felt like I was someone else before I was born, coming from a Christian myself. 😬
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I think this is a testament to how far astray organized religion has gone. I have recently rediscovered religion, and I agree with the moral of this story, but I also feel like that is the true message of Christ. The goal is to seek not just any kingdom, but the heavenly kingdom, and to make life here on Earth as it is in heaven. The moral is that through love, we can participate in the heavenly kingdom. It's not "behave so you go to heaven when you die", it's if we all could learn to love our neighbors and existence itself, then we would be in paradise.
That's what Scripture tells us. When Christ comes again, it will be in a time when actual faithful believers are back go being the minority and tiny group it once started as.
The more I study about Christ and God and the Bible, the more I believe in it and the more I’m spotting out “fake Christian’s”
"There are no atheists in a foxhole." There's a second half of that phrase, "It's not an argument against atheists, it's an argument against foxholes."
I never heard that second part before, but I agree with it 100 percent
I think the USSR vs the west or communism vs fascism showed us religion wasn't the problem. War is just an eternal aspect of humanity sadly.
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Well this game is already stupid
I don’t need a game for that I can do that all by myself
The feeling is mutual haha
1 minute. 60000 views. Bro fell *ON* 😅
In my mobile it shows around 400 views (3minutes )
15 minutes ago, 2.5k views
This is what teenage Frederick nietzsche would play if he was gen z ...
"God is dead."
"Okay, Nietzsche."
@@androgynylunacy And Humanity had killed it.
@@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 okay neatzsche
@@androgynylunacy "Pls obey me or I will kill more people than austrian painter"
"Okay, invisible Sky Daddy"
Although Nietzsche was a hardcore nihilist, he still found the removal of religious values, purposes to be extremely problematic for society.
Unfortunately, i can relate to most of what you said about struggling with this type of negative thoughts..
I would recommend reading Dr. Viktor Frankl's books and his concept of logotherapy..
helped me more than any antidepressant...
And i just realized you have more than a million subs its strange because i remember watching your videos since like 30k subs , much love and respect for the entertainment you brought to my life. ❤
I'll check that out. And thanks for sticking with the channel so long. I appreciate it
I’m still a Christian but I broke away from organized religion for a variety reasons. The biggest two being: I was constantly asked to give money to pastors with the promises that I would be blessed with more money. That never happened. The second reason being that a Christian organization refused to give me a job because I was Baptist instead of Catholic. While I still love The Lord, I don’t go to Church, listen to pastors preach something I’ve already read cover to cover and I no longer give my money to charities since I know it isn’t going where it’s supposed to go. I follow a more natural, in touch with the Earth, spiritual path as I believe God created us to love and be free.
The first reason is called a prosperity preacher and a false preacher right?
I’ve heard False Preacher but not Prosperity Preacher. I specifically remember this one I use to watch: Rob Parsley, he couldn’t get through literally one minute of his sermon without asking the viewers to donate thousands of dollars to his church. He was the worst in my opinion. At least the other pastors typically say: “Give what you can.” He would ask for insane amounts of money in exchange for blessings that never came or some dollar store trinket that he claimed was holy.
Holy Orthodoxy is the True Church. Please look into it
I think human actions are to blame here, every human has a different interpretation of the religious scriptures. Stalin was an atheist, wasn't religious, and sacrificed millions for his idiology.
I started uncontrollably shedding tears at the end. Not crying, just...tears coming out. Very weirdchamp, but I think it's because of the relatability with the story of this game. If life means nothing, why not there be love is kind of the motto I've, whether intentional or not, lived by almost my entire life. I'm selfless to a point of it negatively impacting my life because I know I'm not happy and haven't been in 15+ years, so why not make somebody else happy? This video was a weird experience but a welcome one, thanks for that Scare.
I was the type of person that didn't really care about death or what happens after until I was 20. Then, I had some health problems and trauma that gave me panic attacks and thanatophobia. Since I was an atheist, I didn't have a God I could pray, but ironically, I was terribly afraid of non existing/the void.
I don't usually write YT comments anymore since I tend to turn off my brain in this site haha, but this video does the opposite of that. It's kind of a creepy coincidence that you just happened to upload about this topic during a period of my life in which existential crises plague me daily, and I actually avoided this video until I was more mentally put together. About my thoughts on heaven, it was actually the opposite of yours, where instead of getting excited over the concept of eternal paradise, I dreaded it. I remember this was one of the early reasons to why I started distancing myself from religion, because for some reason child me disliked the concept of living forever. Whenever it be burning in hell or celebrating in the skies, it seemed exhausting. Even now I guess it's created a rift for my feelings on death, because on one hand I am comforted that one day I will be set free of everything, like a dreamless slumber, but on the other hand I am pretty bummed out that everything I've accomplished will eventually be forgotten.
I grew up Christian as well and the first experience I remember was my mom telling me about not heaven specifically but the rapture to heaven, I feared it so much. I was around 5 and all I cared because I was 5 was my cat and my favorite TV shows. So I asked will my cat be in heaven? No. I can I watch my favorite TV show in heaven? No. I was terrified of it for years. And anything to do with the world ending (which is basically what the rapture is) absolutely petrified me. I only stopped worrying when I realized the world didn't end in 2012 and all this world ending was BS. But that took about 20 years to let that fear go.
Oh the world is gonna end if it that way or naturally it's gonna end
Does the world really need more nihilism right now? That's hardly in such short supply.
That's what I was thinking.
To me, the game seems like a journey from depressing nihilism to hopeful humanism.
I think it’s meant to urge the viewer player to act in this life to create a better future rather than simply wait for one in the next.
@@snood4743 It seemed more like "everything is meaningless, but let's just sprinkle some love on it and call it good." That ideology is popping up a LOT in Western media (much to audiences' dismay, it would seem), and yeah, it's basically sugar-coated nihilism, or what Nietzsche would call "staring into the abyss until it stares back at you."
In Christianity, serving God means doing good to others and nothing else. Doing good with a pure Heart and not for anything in return.
Hell in Christianity consist in choosing to be distant from God, that's the torture, that's it, no devils torturing you or burning in fire
Since this video is about religion in general, I thought I'd share some thoughts.
Remember to not judge a religion or an ideology for the actions of some men. In the same way you dont choose dictatorship over democracy because of some presidents
Well said!
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I grew up Catholic which pushed me away from religion. When I got to my teens I realized I am a very logical person. I grew very interested in science and the universe. I was convinced there was no afterlife and no God because I thought I knew enough about the universe and as a species we had outgrown religion. I later realized that the only reason I believed that was because of how little I knew about the bible. I believed what the world had told me that science and the bible could not coexist which is far from the truth. When I started to read the bible I was suprised to find out that everything we know about the world doesnt contradict anything the bible tells us. My biggest realization was that it takes much more faith to believe there is no creator. I used to have trouble sleeping I was only sleeping like 3 to 5 hours a day, constantly anxious, and stressed out all the time. My life has improved 100% by accepting Jesus and if anyone has the same issue I encourage you to look for the truth yourself. If you look for it with an honest heart you will find it!
This game has Imaginedom feeling.
I'm happy Imaginedom is doing well now and puts their energy into animation instead of edgy videos.
@@morbidhime
I'm also glad about that, but IMO those videos didn't really seem like some edgy clips, but a product of a troubled mind.
Great video but something I feel that this game doesn't touch upon is how you can have both good endings. If there's an afterlife that people believe in, good things can be done and people can go to heaven. If there isn't an afterlife but people believe in one, you can still do good things and create a better future for the world. Not all the worms have to go to the god nor the hatchlings
To be honest, media that is social commentary on religion just makes me cringe. It never says anything new and considering how lonely people are with no communities that existed when people were part of religious groups, it's almost damaging to keep pushing what is essentially propaganda.
Watched about a quarter of the video before deciding to download the game myself and play it live- this sounds incredible!
Enjoy the experience!
Where did you download this game? I can't find it anywhere
"You made very different choices, but the outcome seems to have not changed much." TellTale games in a nutshell
Games like these need more recognition. Such a beautiful and powerful message in this age of humanity.
Existencialism used to make me dispair, now a days it just makes me cringe.
I really never understood how some people REALLY spiral down into existentialism, it must have something with obsession because if you got anything to do you won't really think about it (except once in a while)
@@tandeath. I mean personally I can switch from nothing matter into everything matters and no matter which binary I choose I always am optimistic about life and mostly I got a lot to do.
Still if God wants me to have an afterlife then good if God decides there is no afterlife for me then I could use some rest after I tried my best.
@@camilguzman6488 those thoughts aren't uncommon, i'm referring to the people that have panic attacks because of existentialism. It really sounds like an unhealthy obsession with the idea
@@tandeath. I take it as a lot of fear to the unknow as some people can't count to infinite because we can't grasp it, now trying to dimension the eternal void of darkness, is not confortable because we as humans arent able to quantify it, so we associate it with fear because we simply can not comprehend it.
SMT if it was mid as hell
I really remember when I realised that death was inevitable. I was 10, in the London tub, and I never had a day without an existential crisis since. I grew up in a Catholic family so I should have known there would be an heaven but I couldn't be sur and it was killing me.
Once in the army I asked our priest about the possibility of no heaven or hell after death, what if there is nothing. He then told me that is probably what awaits us. I was speechless. He then told me that hell is living a life knowing it will end and that nothing will matter in the end. Heaven is enjoying life knowing it won't last eternally.
So yeah, I don't know where they find their priests in the army but they are a special kind of wonderful people.
Love each other, find joy in little things, pet your cat, take care of you and your loved one. It's hard to know it will end but that doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy the ride.
Coming to terms that we will most likely forget ALL of this when we die was one of the hardest things I had to overcome. But then it dawned on me. If you could remember everything from your life............forever and ever.................for eternity..............on and on and on and on and on and on, would people really want that? That would be like playing the same video game with no dlc for the rest of eternity (for my fellow video game enthusiasts).
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Religion = christianity okay dude
Exactly man, whenever I hear anti-religious sentiments from someone, they always acknowledge that there are multiple religions whilst only having in-depth knowledge about one, yet the arguments that they form are always oriented on Christianity, as if that can just be generalized to religion as a whole? Ironically it shows that they're actually unequipped to debate religion since they can't assess differences between even just two religions, and they really just end up "debunking" their own former faith. See a lot of it on r/atheism lol (not that scaretheater is at that level)
Religion is Catholic bureaucracy, evangelical homophobia, prosperity preachers, and a light sprinkling of what the US government tells us Muslims are like. No other religions exist.
I enjoyed this, it's thoughtful and interesting. I like the fact that you will sometimes do these sorts of videos, rather than the typical videos found on other "scary" channels, which are basically "Here's some people who claim they saw Bigfoot, ooo, spooky."
"ScareTheater thinks too deeply about a game to tell you he's atheist for 14 minutes"
I'm not sure I'd call myself an atheist. Not totally sure how you got that idea. Thanks for watching though
@@ScareTheaterHey pookie
@@ScareTheaterall you can do is thank someone as narrow minded as this considering you never mentioned being atheist
If nothing matters, everything matters equally.
As a muslim, this game is quite interesting except god is always merciful in our case, so the concept is quite different you can always repent back and do good actions..
Must be a video about Fun Math Games. Lol jk.
Really strange take using a video game in order to justify half-baked zoomerish critque towards religion just to take it back in the end ("nah jk, religions are cool if they are not organized and even organized ones are totally fine").
I don't think he meant it that way. I think he was criticizing the blind faith of those who claim to speak for god, rather than embracing the truth. Whether that is a godly presence or lack of one is up to the individual.
This is the result of inclusive leftism. Backpedaling any opinion that could be interesting to not offend.
@@LFLucifear What does this have to do with politics?
When I used to be an atheist, my philosophy was: "If nothing matters, then the idea that nothing matters itself doesn't matter." Which is very comforting as funny as it sounds
What made you stop Being an atheist?
@@jakespacepiratee3740 I read ancient history.
@@randnew1 of which none of it proves anything?
@randnew2900 I know I'm not the original responder but I was wondering if you wouldn't mind elaborating? Been reading and studying a lot on religions consciousness etc because of existential anxiety recently and I'd love to hear what you found
Modern day neo-atheism is bankrupt both intellectually and philosophically. Its an appeal to emotion.
If nothing matters then don't worry about you ruining things in the long run, enjoy life as much as you want.
This helps a lot because I do have a fear of dying and I have my own way to cope with it but this makes it a lot better for when I'm old and dying, to think of the life I had and the fun I had to and it makes me love life that much more
Game falls apart logically really. Intro is birds are told about following their GODS, plural- pagan. Obviously archaic pre-judaic religions were brutal we know this. But begin the game and it's one god, and this observer fellow, which cannot be equated to this god figure. You follow every command either way and nothing happens. A benevolent god wouldnt let a heaven not exist here. How does this observer the one to judge the character in the end? mega church bad catholic church bad these are the entities that have smeared the good gospel and turned people to pitiful ideas like Nihilism and hedonism. Which ultimately in the end is not what you want. Then you just od on fentanyl. RIP twomad. Please read of pascals wager. Be the average hope enjoyer. Not the soy nihilist.
oh and the game is a total im14andthisisdeep
you're like if a redditor and a 4chan user had a baby
I don’t need this game to give me an existential crisis, life already did that on its own
That last line really stood out to me. In a sense the game does have a point. There's no reason to be hateful unless something broke in you then I don't blame you for being the way they are. Sometime we're all dealt with bad cards and our first instinct is to hate back at the world for it but it doesn't always have to be this way. I believe that people can learn to put their indifferent aside and learn to make peace with our demons, I believe there are plenty of good, caring people but we never see them behind all the negativity. However deep down as childish as it sounds. I hope that someday someone can reunited those people into one collaborative community against the negativity in the world. That someday. I could be living among such a charitable and caring community. A thought like that is really comforting for me. As Bertrand Russell once said. "Love is wise and hatred is foolish."
Oh dang I remember this one! Nice!
9:00 Surprisingly, I had the opposite response at the same age. The concept of infinity is what terrified me. But oblivion also terrified me.
Right now I don't have the mental capacity to wrangle with it while the world is on fire.
The game that includes existential crisis. Oh so you mean waking up?
I had the opposite as you Eric, I grew up religious but was terrified of death. Terrified of the rest of the world burning when I could have done something to save them. I'm still spiritual and still believe in a God, but a God that is closer to the Observer in the game. I don't fear death anymore because I have gotten to a point where I recognize that it is the most natural part of life. I'm dealt with fear of death my entire life and I know this will get lost in the comments but if you ever need to talk about it, I'm an open ear.
Nihilism and existentialism are just illogical ideologies for edgy teenagers with too much time on their hands.
Yea this game feels like baby’s or redditor’s first attempt at understanding nihilism/ existentialism.
Yeah, i have existential Crisis like at least once a day and feel like im wasting my life away, and then the more i think the worse it gets and i get anxious. Is there a god? Is there literally nothing after we die? Is this a simulation? Will i live till humanity finds out what happens after death? Will something or someone tell me and comfort me that there is actually something after death? Is reincarnation a thing maybe? Are the choices i make good or bad? Does it matter at the end? ...
And then i just start doing stuff, shrug it off saying "it is what it is" like i wasnt about to have an emotional breakdown thinking about it.
So, how's your day been going?
It be like that 😂 my day is alright, but usually i get high so i don't feel like that, when that high comes down my head goes to very dark places
Why is nothingness after death something to fear? Were this the case, It'd be just like before you were born; nothing to be scared about. Caring for others and oneself is enough of a reward for me.
@@Lorenzo_I. Before you were born you did not exist. After you were born you exist. For those willing to believe there is a lot of proof of an after life. Like how Alzheimer patients remember everything right before they die. Or how Christianity is under attack from all sorts of people all around the world at all times, but other religions are given a free pass.
@@Lorenzo_I. why did i even type that? my comment is most likely gonna get censored anyway
@@Lorenzo_I. I think the fear lies in how you do not remember anything from when before you were born. You just kinda appear, and then you just kinda disapppear. I do like your thinking tho, that caring about someone is a reward, though sometimes its hard to believe that given that sometimes the people you care about "kinda disappear" too. But thats a different topic in its own.
tbh the game comes off as "i'm 16 and this is deep" and reeks of the whole "nothing matters but i want things to be good but nothing matters but i- etc etc etc" also religion is not there for "coping" it's there for those who believe in a higher state of being and are naturally spiritual, nihilism is anti-spiritual
what you explained *is* coping
believing there is more to life than what we know
I feel like you are misunderstanding something here.
@@midorithefestivegardevoir6727No he’s not. This is totally “I’m sixteen and this is so deep!”
@@midorithefestivegardevoir6727 I think kings is right
When I was about four years old and first told about God and Heaven the ideas scared me just as much as death. I lost my faith around the time I was 13 or so and because mostly agnostic. Some life circumstances and experiences have caused me to believe in God again. I wouldn’t say it’s comforting really. It’s almost more of a burden to know that things do matter.
Don't worry, you are on the light side now. God isn't going to abandon you
Theoretically speaking, it may be possible God does not care for what you have/haven't done, and simply exists to create.
If I was religious, this would probably be my way of thinking.
To me. Ever since I became an atheist when I was around 11. I realized there wasn’t a meaning to life. But I never thought of that as bad. I actually find it comforting. We live in a sandbox just like Minecraft lol. You can do whatever you want. That’s the beauty of this meaningless world.
sadly we are now slaves to money
I’m autistic, and is a little kid. I thought that heaven was the water tower downtown. I thought that when you died, you went and lived in there.
I was told that heaven is "a paradise that lasts forever." It terrified the hell out of me and I'll never forget it. I was an 8 year old trying to reconcile with eternity. It didn't matter what the conditions were, the idea of forever was something I found unbearable to try and contemplate.
Hey man sorry to hear about the depressing thoughts, I've definitely been there. You mentioned being Christian when you were younger which is something I relate to in a way just diffrently. I actually grew up in a Catholic household myself but became pretty agnostic over the years although recently I've found myself coming back to Christ. Reading the Bible now as an adult and getting a taste of life, I assure you his teachings come to fruition, you just gotta be willing to let him back in. God bless you.
Did you choose a different denomination or something or are you still Catholic?
@@DiamondWorldUA-cam I'm a Orthodox Christian now, although, I encourage either as long as you're with God.
I wasn't raised religious (in fact my parents were really against me learning about religion, which was kinda weird), but in a Christian dominant society you can't really escape it. I remember learning about heaven and finding it both a pretty idea but utterly horrifying. I didn't know why it distressed me so much, and while I have ideas about it now, I don't know if I'm applying my current state on my younger self or whether I found the idea of selective reward for a life lived uncomfortable even then.
I'm 8 minutes in and this game kind of reminds me of Thomas was alone. You play as a variety of different shapes that are allegories of people. Each shape has its own ability/personality. The levels are all structured as puzzles and you have to bring all the shapes to the end point.
Edit to add: 13:21 reminds me of a song I use to sing when I was younger. It was titled "Live Alone" by Japanese Artist Kokia.
"澄み渡る青い空にただ一つ信じたい
愛は地球を救うのかな"
(I believe in one thing and that's the clear blue sky
I wonder if Love can save the earth).
This reminds me of the keikergaard idea of the teleological suspension of ethics. Meaning, can God tell you to break the ethical code He previously gave and you know to be correct.
imo the answer is no
gosh western philosophy sucks,nihilism literally cant exist. love you tho scare theatre
I never tought about "life after death" when i was younger, my household was not religious and there was never a debate about "Oh youll go to heaven", on best scenarios "someone died, theyre in a better place now". Now for me the idea of dying is terrifying, because since it was never taught to me how good heaven was, i now only believe there is nothing after death, and the idea or a paradise is too good to be true and im scared of just dissapearing into nothingness.
I grew up religious, and I realized how weird religion was and stop believe in the church never felt contected to begin with as a kid. Just nice to see a game kind of like this I don't know if this makes sense, I still do believe in God but churches are just so idk werid.
Tbh idk if i believe in god anymore
@@plainbubble I don't blame you tbh
@@plainbubblewhy is that?
Most boring bootleg unoriginal fallen off horror youtuber ever
Thanks for covering this unique and philosophical game scaretheatre I had my own existential crisis last year and I’m working on making meaning in my life
I wish ScareTheater would debunk/analyze creepypasta like stuff again. Like his Polybius and American national anthem subliminal message videos
"Treat others as you wish to be treated" and "Love thy neighbor". Am I missing something? Why do we hate God again?
The LGBTQ community drama idk
People generally criticize their practice rather than their preaching. Among the dozens of admonishments of the wealthy abusing the poor, the loudest Christian voices are obsessed with the two mentioning homosexuality and the vibe that God wouldn’t like trans people.
If the dominant experience people had with Christians was actually Christlike, I don’t think we’d see much criticism aside from modern Pharisees and the money changers whose tables are getting flipped.
As an ex-christian, it's because modern Christianity is nit-picking what you want to believe, and condemning others for not agreeing with you. My grandparents do this to me daily.
@@Bumblebeerocks23 Do we judge a person’s teachings by what they taught, or by what their followers do?
Jesus said by the same measure you use to judge others, then that same measure will be used onto you.
Isn’t that nice? Isn’t that what you want? Not to be judged all the time? But then why do you walk away from him just because others aren’t obeying his laws?
Judge the teacher’s teachings by his words and actions, not by his students.
Death is something I struggle with a lot being my mother and father had passed away before I was 21 and the whole idea of god wasn’t my thing but my mother was so strongly in her faith, mind you she was fine with me being who I am she never judged me for any thing, her faith and passing brought me to wanna spread that faith for her and I feel that gave me faith. I miss her a ton same with my father they shaped me to be who I am today and it’s been nearly 7 years for my dad and 5 for my mother without them and it still seems hard to not wanna just drop the ball on everything and lose it ya know I’m almost 25 now and I’m celebrating 7 years without my father on the 30th of this month its hard to think about for real I remember the first person I told about it all wasn’t sympathetic at all, he was just a dickhead about it and it kinda had me put up this wall from it all and I held those feelings back too long and now learning how to cope has me thriving with the emotions. Remember love those around you and don’t be afraid to hug them you never know when it’s gonna be your last time
This video made me cry
not sure If it's because of the birds who needed help, or I'm just someone who is searching for meaning
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Jesus Christ can give you meaning
Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Holy Spirit Can give you peace guidance and purpose and the Lord will
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
Eric, you silly bird. Everyone knows that pastors need to ride in style while spreading the love of God. Limos, jets, nice suits & all...
Those are false preachers and not real preachers. It's the wicked twisting God's church to benefit themselves. That's not all preachers and is a propaganda technique
Games that induce existential crises? My kind of video
I remember watching another video (I cant remember which one) where you talked about dealing with existential dread before.
Has anything you've ever done helped to alleviate this?
I literally always go back to fearing nothingness, its like my life is a loop per say and I've never found a way to comfort myself.
idk
ST, check out what happened in Gomel, Belarus. The "Spice Tragedy". Really f-up story worth reviewing
Belief causes war, not religion itself. War is an issue emergent from human psychology.
WWII had little to do with organized religion but rather, secular ideologies.
Additionally, if Billy gets a toy and Bobby doesn't, Bobby might just hurt Billy.
nihilism is cringe lol
religion is much more cringe
Oh wow this game is... a bit pretentious ngl
"Erm did you know that organized religion is.... le bad??"
"Bro... nothing matters lol."
These are not even remotely ground breaking concepts dude
I feel like I know exactly the kind of person that would make something like this.
a redditor?
"If nothing matters, then why not let there be love?" - Well, what is love? By what standard do we conduct ourselves this way? For Christians, Christ is our standard. He is love, and thus, the Cross is the Greatest Expression of Himself for us.
interesting that you focus on Christianity/churches but don’t seem to apply the same scrutiny to Judaism/synagogues or Islam/mosques. spread out the skepticism m’boy.
Christianity is the most spread out religion, so talking specifically about it makes it the most relatable and understandable to viewers imho.
It's just the religion he knows best I'm sure, either way they're all bad
Jesus Christ, the way, the life, the truth.
I'm christian, i do sometimes have fears of what the afterlife could be like, though this mainly comes from a place of fear for hell
Hell is a place we choose through disobedience and rebellion. We can avoid Hell by Repenting from Evil and staying in prayer.
We repent because we cut ourselves from things that displease God. And these same things that displease God also either mentally or physically harm you. God does not want you to harm yourself. It can happen with Gluttony, Lust, Drunkenness, Sloth, Gossip and more. All these concepts have throughout history negatively affected the human.
The fear of Hell becomes less, the more obedient and self-controlled you are. God bless you!
thats how they get ya
I'm christian, but I figure, if I go to hell, I'm going to hell doing what's right.
@@thepinkestpigglet7529 Which is????
@@thepinkestpigglet7529 If you go to Hell, you did what was wrong!
I feel like I’m the same way as you ScareTheater. I was taught young the concept of heaven and hell and as the years progressed and I’ve gotten older… I wouldn’t say my faith in heaven or (God for that matter) has diminished… rather the idea of seeing eternal blackness forever… while being concious once you die has popped into my head. Close your eyes and imagine that… being the afterlife for eternity… is terrifying to me. I truly hope heaven is something like the ending of Iron Claw :P