"How can you still be an Atheist?" That's like saying, "You saw David Copperfield, and you still don't believe in magic?"
@lindenstromberg6859
Ай бұрын
Sure! Genesis 1 could use some updating, but it's accurate, right? In the beginning, 13.79 billion years ago, God created the heavens, but the Earth would take about 9.2 billion years longer, and before then the Earth was formless, because its matter was being formed by fusion reactions in the cores of stars, much of it would be scattered in supernovas. But anyway, in that hot dense period when there was just hydrogen, some helium, and a small percentage of lithium, God said "Let there be light!" But it would take millions of years for the light to shine, because it was blocked by the particle cloud. Fast forward, 9 billion years later, when earth became a ball, God saw it was good. So after about 200 million years God created life... of course, and put it in orbit around one of the 1-250 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, much like he had done with trillions of other planets in the galaxy. "Let there be day and night" so God spun the earth, and because he was bored, he mostly spun the other planets the same way, except Venus and Uranus. Uranus was created by God so people would debate whether urine or anus is the more offensive word. Then about 3 billion years later, God's life evolved cell organelles and Eukaryotic organisms were born, from which the first modern multicellular lifeforms came about, but it took them another 800 or so million years, because God accidentally caused a bunch of climate disasters from organisms processing too much oxygen, or some other element. So, some 4.5 billion years after God's favourite planet was made, and after about 4.3 billion years of life, God's creation, man, came to life. After 174,400 years of man, God spoke to the prophets using Logos, a Greek concept meaning "WORD", to use his divine voice to give direction. The people misinterpreted it and screwed up. So then 175,000 years after the creation of man, God sent his only begotten son, Jesus, who really wasn't so much his son but the incarnation of the Logos/WORD itself to point out the foolishness of the law and religion. But that wasn't quite right, so then the apologists, the Church, and Mohammed came to make corrections to Jesus, and we've been fighting over religion ever since.
@glenbateman5960
Ай бұрын
I have been given no reason to be anything else. By anyone. Ever.
@jovashade
Ай бұрын
As a passionate theist, I must say you really are making great points, I would use some of them against many pseudo theists. For however many life forms exist in the universe, who is to say only one of them is true while all the others are false? It would take all forms of life and their beliefs to come together and sift through all of it to find the real Truth. Theists who claim otherwise don't seem to care about what is true, more they care about being right, even if they don't admit it. You got a really good head on your shoulders. I wish you the best of luck
@valinorean4816
Ай бұрын
Hi! As someone from a Soviet culture (now an immigrant in the USA) I believe that the resurrection was staged by the Romans, as explained in a popular book where I'm from - "The Gospel of Afranius"; like many others, I read it in childhood and never thought about this question again - until coming to the USA and noticing a stark contrast in the discussion of this question. What's wrong with that explanation? Also, I believe matter is eternal - it can only move and change but not appear from nowhere - seems like common sense to me, but apparently not here in the US, what's wrong with that?
@nosondre
Ай бұрын
If we’re all there is, why bother with a solar system, a galaxy, other galaxies or a universe in general? Seems like an awful waste of space. I’ve always (even when I was little kid) felt that religious people were delusional and that made them a little scary to me. They haven’t gotten less scary (see Gaza).
@Shoomer1988
Ай бұрын
There is a much simpler answer - there's no evidence for the existence of a God(s).
@derekardito2032
Ай бұрын
Exactly.
@andrewfrank7222
Ай бұрын
And everything about me screams "ape without lots of hair... and as much muscle"
@JimCastleberry
Ай бұрын
Except your claim of no evidence for God is absurd and obviously false. Liar.
@tajwils
Ай бұрын
@@JimCastleberrywhats the biggest evidence for god?
@Shoomer1988
Ай бұрын
@@JimCastleberry Ok. Present your evidence. Actual evidence.
@rodkoehler
Ай бұрын
As an atheist, I just put the burden of proof on the person making the claim. I don't understand why you believe the numbers of habitable planets would disprove any god. Believers can ultimately fall back on their god ruling other worlds... After all--he's god...
@JimCastleberry
Ай бұрын
That's just intellectually lazy and weak, but your atheist indoctrination is in full view.
@camh1149
Ай бұрын
Simple, because THAT doesn't prove or explain the existence of a deity.
@somersetcace1
Ай бұрын
It's a simple question with a simple answer. I have yet to hear or think of a god concept that I could say, "I believe that exists." What more is needed? Sure I could spend hours talking about the unsubstantiated, contradictory/inconsistent, inexplicable claims of differing theologies, but it's essentially irrelevant. I'm not compelled. It's that simple.
@Simple_Minded
Ай бұрын
oh no , if only we know of a religion that is authentically documented .... right ? question it self, is not concerned with any religion to begin with, so this is more of a reply to one religion, as oppose to replying why not believe in god, the answer is pretty much shifting the topic form why not believe in god, to why not believe in christianity. cuz you need to answer that before thinking which religion.
@HarleySLA
Ай бұрын
God is good 😊 We all get lost, but we'll all find our way home, I believe. Love and cheers to all.
@dancedecker
Ай бұрын
You firstly have to PROVE he even exists before you can say what he could be. We'll wait. Lol.
@nebulous6660
Ай бұрын
@@dancedecker Actually he doesn't. That's not how it works.
@dancedecker
Ай бұрын
@@nebulous6660 NO. I'm sorry. But he DOES. That's EXACTLY how it works. He's made a claim. God is good. Okay. Great. Now they HAVE to PROVE it. It's called the infamous "burden of proof ". So, off you go. Prove it please. Again, we'll wait. Tum tee tum...
@nebulous6660
Ай бұрын
@@dancedecker No, because he said "I believe". Stating his beliefs requires no proof. If you state your true beliefs as beliefs then it's an objectively true statement. Learn to read more carefully.
@dancedecker
Ай бұрын
@@nebulous6660 No, muppet, YOU learn to READ more "carefully ". My requirement for proof clearly wasn't relating to that. It relates to the claim that he made, that "god is good". Now, if he'd said "I believe that god is good", I would absolutely agree with you and I wouldn't have commented. But he didn't do that, did he? I have absolutely NO interest whatsoever in what that muppet "believes", as if it includes an invisible "sky daddy ", he's already proven himself incapable of rational thought. Lol.
@melodyinwhisper
Ай бұрын
Kind of a weird argument. Why could the Christian not just respond with, Jesus is the way for earth people to get to Heaven. If God has other systems in place in other parts of the universe, fine, who cares? But here on earth, this is how god wants people to be.
@joshuamartinpryce1237
Ай бұрын
My answer there are no atheists, everyone acknowledges God. The fact that you made a video, shows you believe God exists. God exists in the mind of everyone in the form of conscience.
@rickb.4168
Ай бұрын
Because I grew up.
@nebulous6660
Ай бұрын
God is a concept that is far more complex & integrated than most self-proclaimed atheists give it credit for. It functions as a vessel that carries a lot of baggage & utility so it can actually be a secret code word for emergent truths we are less consciously aware of. In the eyes of nature things are what they do & the term God does A LOT on all levels of human interactions. So in the proper context it can be said God exists, and to say you believe in God can be to say you believe in all the utility the term offers/represents.
@speculativebubble5713
Ай бұрын
When you say "God is a concept...", right away you're not talking about an existing being, which is what 99.999% of god-believers (I didn't want to use theist, but essentially, yes, theists) consider God to be. In essence, you're re-defining the word "God", which is fine, have it your way, but then you're no longer talking about the same thing that 99.999% of god-believers do. As an analogy, I can say that is a concept that ... (and then I go on to describe whatever attributes I want to give this concept in my head. I can do that, but then I no longer talk about the same cat that you picture in your mind when you hear the word 'cat'. And I'm not even going to address all the other problems with what you wrote, such as "self-proclaimed", "vessel", "emergent truths", etc... In short, you put together a word salad that means absolutely nothing.
@Capt_Caveman205
Ай бұрын
Nah...
@danielkeizer4174
Ай бұрын
Nope you just presupposed a necessity you have yet to give supporting evidence for. So it's a generalization fallacy, a god of gaps fallacy and special pleading with a touch of incredulity... incredible.
@Capt_Caveman205
Ай бұрын
@@danielkeizer4174 beautifully said
@nebulous6660
Ай бұрын
@@danielkeizer4174 You demand evidence without presenting any yourself. I'm simply stating my opinion as you are. We're not in front of a grand jury here. This is not a new idea I am presenting, and it has been supported by evolutionary biologists.
@jonfscott
Ай бұрын
My question for theists is if a god created this world and universe couldn't it have created a simple book protected and that could be read by anyone. It would glow and not decade and angels clearly guardians for it through the passage of time. No this god created the sun and earth but wouldn't leave an undiniable message.
@JimCastleberry
Ай бұрын
The creation is evidence. You ignore the evidence and pretend to assume what God's ultimate purposes are. God is understood as Spirit to be engaged in spiritual relationship, not known as an brute object.
@antoinebartolemo2088
Ай бұрын
what would be the point of having FAITH if we had undeniable proof? Then this existence wouldnt be a test and we would just be puppets.
@rodkoehler
Ай бұрын
@@antoinebartolemo2088 High on your own supply, Buddy.
@jonfscott
Ай бұрын
@@antoinebartolemo2088 Faith as described by religion is not a virtue..
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