Prayer = "I'm not going to do anything that would really help, but I wanted to just say how little I think of you"
@eddieking2976
10 жыл бұрын
My life as an atheist has not gotten easier, but it has been more rich and rewarding. Great speech Seth.
@freddiealcala2986
9 жыл бұрын
I always love Seth Andrew's speeches. He can really tell a story and makes a lot of sense. Plus he's got a good storytelling voice.
@sherrymiller7463
9 жыл бұрын
His last spoken sentences conveyed to me how much he loves his fellow human beings and the sadness he feels for them that they fear living a life of questioning. That they are missing the ultimate purpose of consciousness.... I also feel his sadness.
@ScottWorthington
8 жыл бұрын
Yep. I would listen to Seth Andrews read from the phone book.
@rhondah1587
10 жыл бұрын
Wow!! That was a fantastic talk by Seth. Very moving. I hated that it had to end.
@RBdreams1961
10 жыл бұрын
I always love this guy's talks. So inspiring and great to listen to.
@ksturmer5388
6 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that when this video was made, I was still a devout, 'born-again' Christian. (Face palms myself.) I wished I'd have seen this video back then. It would have hit it home to me. This is such a brilliant but so simple, public address talk by Seth. (Now one of my favourite free-thinkers, which now includes The Hitch, Aron Ra and Carl Sagan.)
@randomhumanoidblob4506
5 жыл бұрын
Don't face-palm - applaud yourself. Atheism is easy for me because it's my societal norm, but I truly admire anyone who has "deconverted" because it takes real balls to even entertain the idea of doubting the foundations of your very existence, especially if you're somewhere for which a specific religion is absolutely beyond question and there may be very real consequences for doing so. We may not kill apostates, but we most certainly ostracise, judge, hold prejudice against and all the rest of the nastier human behaviours. None of that's much fun to be at the centre of. Losing faith can be a hideous, traumatic experience and there's often nowhere to turn. Your inner world is knocked of its axis and there can be some very real, hard knocks from the wider ripples. It's a huge thing to do. Tl:Dr pat yourself on the back and have a beer!
@barkYdarkATFB
4 жыл бұрын
@Random Humanoid Blob Good words, Blob.
@teaohar2
10 жыл бұрын
Love you, Seth. Thanks for your wonderful work.
@JosephNordenbrockartistraction
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you Seth Andrews. You have that voice that makes me feel sleepy, but I love what you are doing for so many openly hated people that simply decided to think for themselves what is moral without any distractions of hand-me-down supernatural claims. My eyes are no longer locked onto that swinging hypnotic golden crucifix. No one can come close to replacing the amazing Christopher Hitchens, but we don't have any real need for more than one of him. We all still have good people like you and the recorded debates of the great HITCH with his books to share. I (for one) will continue to mention the late great HITCH every once in a while. Take good care of your health.....Joe
@jackmabel6067
5 жыл бұрын
Christians have been threatening other people with hell for almost 2,000 years. It seems they never tire of making such threats. Such love!
@josephmiller1596
4 жыл бұрын
Jack Mabel you pick on Christians because you haven’t got the guts to affront Islam. Brawk brawk.
@koltirasrip5775
10 жыл бұрын
27:00 Seth mentions the mother and infant being sucked out of their car and the rest of the family seeing it happen. I think if I saw that happen to anyone in my family, I'd totally lose my shit. I'm upset even thinking about that. My heart goes out to those folks, seriously. Wow...
@dtdyvr
10 жыл бұрын
awesome talk - thanks Seth. your great work is immensely appreciated!
@8698gil
10 жыл бұрын
It is so great when a believer opens his/her eyes and sees what a crock of shit and lies they have been told all their lives. Too bad it doesn't happen very often. Childhood indoctrination is a very hard obstacle to overcome. For some people, this is so strong that nothing will ever change their minds, despite all the discoveries and advances of science.
@godlesshelp8503
9 жыл бұрын
It's inconceivable to me that any gods exist .... ~ Chinese Proverb ... Live every day as if it were going to be your last; for one day you're sure to be right. ....
@fiveredpears
9 жыл бұрын
Live everyday as if it were going to be your last? You mean run around screaming, "I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"
@citiwoman5368
10 жыл бұрын
Prayer is what you do if you are too lazy or cheap to actually do something useful.
@TechRock2020
10 жыл бұрын
The sadness of religion.... makes a person a battered person
@Wildcard120
8 жыл бұрын
been a believer for 35+ years. no battering for me. keep watching!
@DavidSmith-xs3or
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Ricky Gervais. An independent voice of reason in a crowd of bleating sheep.
@EnduranceSwimmer
10 жыл бұрын
A very well deserved standing ovation. Brilliant talk. Inspiring and informative. I've watched all your presentations and this was one of the best. Many thanks Seth for the great job you do.
@petermetcalfe6722
9 жыл бұрын
What an amazing talk, and what an amazing voice Seth has.
@lilkitten4839
10 жыл бұрын
I found this to be profoundly moving. Thank you!
@_barm
10 жыл бұрын
My atheist grandfather fought on Guadalcanal. He said the foxholes were full of people who were praying when they died.
@somethingclever4563
7 жыл бұрын
〉Barm Exactly. Ppl always talk about "answered prayers". They leave out the 99.999% that aren't answered or use the "divine plan" cop out
@somethingclever4563
7 жыл бұрын
mPky1 I think you missed the point of the comment... The O.C. was pointing out the flaw of the "no atheist in a fox hole" line. That yeah they may be praying but it doesn't keep them from dying in said foxhole lol
@shanejohns7901
6 жыл бұрын
Adult men will also cry out for their mommies when they're near death with their guts flowing out...
@DavidSmith-xs3or
8 жыл бұрын
Seth Andrews should do more voice-over work, like animated cartoons, video game characters and documentaries. But, I can imagine that the Thinking Atheist takes up a lot of his time.
@AriMalatesta
6 жыл бұрын
Just the coy intro is worth a like. And then it begins. Enjoy!
@charlenekelley7268
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this enlightening talk. Love your podcasts.
@realisticclearmind3531
7 жыл бұрын
I love your letter Seth. it brings up what i tell all people science 30 years.Nearly 90% People do not live their own life even they think they do. They live the life of others. Of those they tell them this is the right way. I never done. I always follow my own way. And iam proud of this.Even sometimes i feel lonley with my thoughts on this planet. But people like Seth and i found many others here on You Tube proof me wrong. It seems there is still hope, once a part of time religion will disapear from this planet and maybe, just maybe the humans begin to use their brain, their own brain and focus on much more important things than believing in ridiculous things.
@KaiHenningsen
9 жыл бұрын
This made me really feel the cultural difference between Germany and the US. In my whole life, I think not once was I told that there are things I'm not supposed to know - except when that would violate someone else's privacy. So it seems there's no ultimate question for me. Which is actually fine. I'm not much a fan of ultimate anything.
@JJPHILLYLG
10 жыл бұрын
Theism deserves to be mocked.
@TheRealLucifer_Morningstar
5 жыл бұрын
Loudly and often. 👍
@haroldrole615
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Seth I too have come out of Christianity, for the same reasons, would really enjoy talking with you
@maxdoubt5219
6 жыл бұрын
Joyce Meyer in attacking reason is carrying on an old Christian tradition. Martin Luther wrote “Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has." "Reason is the Devil's bride; a beautiful whore and God's worst enemy." He believed that all reason and sense should be "trampled underfoot" by faith.
@tofu_golem
10 жыл бұрын
24:15 How can he say tectonic activity is required for life if he doesn't have data on lots of planets with and without tectonic activity and with and without life? If he is a scientist who has published anything, then he knows not to make arguments like this while presenting a paper, because the other scientists would chew him up before spitting him back out on the pavement for making an argument that bad.
@Weaseldog2001
9 жыл бұрын
+Paul T Sjordal I thought he was clear. Earthquakes are required to create and sustain life. Corrupt governments are the source of earthquakes. Corrupt governments create and sustain life.
@tofu_golem
9 жыл бұрын
Jack Dingler That's hilarious!
@truthtrumpsdumbness638
8 жыл бұрын
Marvellous presentation - someone hasn't been doing their job by keeping this from me as a recommended vid on this channel :))
@origamiswami6272
5 жыл бұрын
The defense that earthquakes are required for life is curious, because it implicitly states that God could not (or would not) make a world where earthquakes are NOT required for life. Interesting limit for an all-powerful being.
@itsjustameme
9 жыл бұрын
Beautiful speech at the end...
@secularfoundingperiodhistory
Жыл бұрын
It is Jefferson that teaches us that there is comfort and ignorance , I bet you didn't know that.
@kd1s
6 жыл бұрын
Regards 1 Timothy I think we need to examine it in context: 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. Yeah - old Saul of Tarsus was a misogynistic bastard.
@sclark9011
3 жыл бұрын
"Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety". i have known many a good, faithful, loving, holy and tetotal mother who wasnt saved in childbearing and had an absolute painfull and shit time of child bearing.....does the bible tell lies????
@Wistful77
9 жыл бұрын
A friend of ours, A. McClure, died in the Moore OK tornado.God couldn't save him from the winds. God blessed Moore, alright.
@Wildcard120
8 жыл бұрын
that was a dangerous prayer. keep watching!
@TheRealLucifer_Morningstar
5 жыл бұрын
5 years later and make believe Satan still hasn't done a damned thing. I call bull💩.
@flylord4361
4 жыл бұрын
He should have done what George Carlin did on Satan. That was awesome.
@simonhagebolling3571
4 жыл бұрын
Please make a video on Paula White!!!
@sammysam2615
5 жыл бұрын
A prude woman who gave birth to a bearded baby that moonwalks on water...what's not to believe LMAO
@Aragorn.Strider
9 жыл бұрын
The ultimate question is of course: what is 7 times 6? The answer can be found in the Hitchhikers guide, or with your calculator, or just knowledge from kindergarten. LOL
@GuerillaBunny
9 жыл бұрын
+Aragorn Strider Actually, and I just checked this from the book, it's implied that the ultimate question is: "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" Or maybe it's just a coincidence. Of course, it might be A question, but not THE question. Or maybe it's THE question for a different answer. (That's from the end of the second book. I don't think the 3rd book touches the subject at all, can't remember 4th and 5th.)
@Brickerbrack
8 жыл бұрын
+GuerillaBunny As I recall, the Earth's program hadn't finished when Arthur drew the question, which is why it didn't make sense relative to the answer.
@GuerillaBunny
8 жыл бұрын
DrawnSteelHero That is true. I never even considered that. So many possible explanations but no way to tell which, if any, of them is the right one.
@gregzillah6868
5 жыл бұрын
The Christers actually believe that Adam and Eve were Betty and Barney Rubble... (lol)
@daviniarobbins9298
3 жыл бұрын
Did you know the salvation prayer all these Christians are so keen to get you to say is not even in the Bible? You won't find it anywhere in those pages. In fact you won't even find the wedding vows that priests insist on a couple getting married to recite in the Bible. In fact the Bible forbids you taking oaths or swearing on the Bible. So when you appear in court and they ask you to swear on the Bible trying telling them that that book says to swear not or take an oath.
@daviniarobbins9298
3 жыл бұрын
What do you get if you multiply six by nine?
@gregoryhurd
10 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@FarmyJoe76
10 жыл бұрын
Masterful!
@drstrangelove09
9 жыл бұрын
I feel that frustration.
@taxidude
3 жыл бұрын
God help those caught helping themselves!
@jacopman
10 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure to meet an underwater natural artist who was part of the only team state sponsored to search for the Loc Ness Monster...........he told me of a story being 100 ft down and a long tubular creature rubbed across him. He is convinced that is what is referred to as Nessy and is in fact an yet classified deep fresh water eel...............He didn't get a good view in the dark but knows there is a creature there but is very much part of species variation of today not of the past.
@donaldhawkins3456
6 жыл бұрын
well done
@dod-do-or-dont
3 жыл бұрын
22:43 Slavery and Dependent compacted definition of Christianity
@lartele9517
5 жыл бұрын
Makes two of us for kidnapping Seth to make him read for us... Fortunately that's not necessary as he is so prolific in producing shows or lecturing at events. All the best!!
@mrpieceofwork
4 жыл бұрын
I feel like a soda...
@RafaelRodrigues-rx9ry
3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Seth Macfarlane speaking!
@sclark9011
3 жыл бұрын
great work Seth!! thankyou for broadcasting truth. The only thing missing is a plea for money or a promise of healing if you send money or a promise of blessing if you send money, i will love you if you send money, i will find your keys if you send money, i will bless your food if you send money, i will protect you if you send money, i will open your eyes if you send money, i will teach you if you send money, i will give you eternal life if you send money, i will send you an authentic original piece of wood from the cross,send money. i will send you some original threads from jesus' shroud direct from Turin, send money, i will take you on a tour of the holy land..give me money , be blessed in my empty church of an imaginary god , give me money. i will fill you with the holy spirit.more money....didn't jesus himself get angry and scourge the money lenders out of the temple?? and the scribes and pharisees who made merchandise of the things of god???? ooops wakey wakey beautiful poor deluded imaginary superhero people.
@ScattershotKiller
10 жыл бұрын
23:30 - 24:45 The point about corruption and earthquake deaths was that corruption lead to unsafe buildings build which killed people who were inside. He didn't say at any time that corruption caused these earthquakes. Although this doesn't prove any correlation to god I think you should be fair if you quote people.
@hypothetical459
10 жыл бұрын
Humans do not currently have the technology to build an earthquake proof building. It was a pure strawman attack, period.
@ScattershotKiller
10 жыл бұрын
Hypo Thetical As much as I like Seth Andrews - rephrasing "corruption caused deaths" to "corruption caused earthquakes" is pretty much the definition of a straw man argument. And while you can't make a building 100% earthquake proof there are materials and methods that make a building more resistant to seismic activity. Since these materials and methods are often more expensive some people want to save money there and bribe officials who should inspect the correct building materials/methods.
@DAVIDFERNANDEZ-jx4fb
6 жыл бұрын
how if someone so diluted in religion wake up from it and the others don t?
@dongdestroyer6077
10 жыл бұрын
his delivery is like that of George Carlin
@stan1027
6 жыл бұрын
Did you say "EFI twister"? It's EF-5
@CrimsonVoid
9 жыл бұрын
Wait, those aren't the 10 commandments.
@abloo3927
10 жыл бұрын
After his satan chant i farted.
@michaelkennedy19
8 жыл бұрын
Are you on drugs or just religious? Get off drugs and religion and try again. Stupid!
@gab31282
Жыл бұрын
The Shroud recreation was pathetic compared to the original. It doesn't have the 3D properties or characteristics of the original.
@markthompsonst45
6 жыл бұрын
Seth you kind of stole a page from their playbook by interpreting the guy as saying earthquakes were caused by moral failings...that's not a fair interpretation...however ludicrous his claim. Let's keep to that high road.
@fancypants1523
4 жыл бұрын
"Ill pray for you." When someone says that they are convincing themselves they are good. This is what they are saying. "Im going home to talk to myself, thats what is going to make the difference." Maybe prayer is just really slow to get to god. Cancer, fire, tsunamis, famine, serial killers are just too fast.
@TheMindIlluminated
3 жыл бұрын
On the one hand, I admire seth for coming out and doing his part to fight against evangelical biblical literalism and against them teaching anti-science in schools. On the other hand, his screeds on Christianity writ large are just strawmanning and filled with arguments that make it clear he doesn't really understand how exegisis of religious texts work. He seems to read the bible still the exact same way that his Fundamentalist parents taught him to, without bothering to do much deeper research on religion.
@yaheffwalter5039
4 жыл бұрын
I would surely hate to be this guy on judgement day, The Father Creator of the so called old testament is REAL, but the new testament was created by the Roman Catholic Cult, The Father radically changed my life back in 1999 so I know he is REAL, and I praise Him, and thank Him for radically delivering me from a life and a slave to sin, thank you Abba Yah
@mike112769
8 жыл бұрын
Left as soon as he said he was a christian. Nope.
@mikean7074
8 жыл бұрын
+mike112769 You won't listen to any atheist who was once religious?
@CoffeeNCardio
8 жыл бұрын
Right? That's MOST atheists. How would you even explore the atheist community without listening to former believers?
@grapiken7766
8 жыл бұрын
It's too painful to stop and listen to your inner voice isn't it. Block it all out.
@Therightofselfdetermination
8 жыл бұрын
could anyone tell me which ACTG-GTCA genome set, outta the 3 billion base pairs in the DNA...actually turned on "my inner voice"...cause I want to shut mine off.
@grapiken7766
8 жыл бұрын
Matrix Solutions As you know your inner voice is more complex. A result of conscious and subconscious data collection over time that forms a gut instinct.
@galidorn1
9 жыл бұрын
I'm sure it probably seems entertaining but....admissions fees....atheists please DON'T pay $20.00 a head to creationist ffs....
@randypacchioli2933
10 жыл бұрын
We all will have to meet God someday.Even the atheist.
@hypothetical459
10 жыл бұрын
Yeah, sure. Boy, if the Christian god is the right one ( absolutely impossible, but let's pretend here) he sure has a ton to answer for. Can't wait to meet him.
@randypacchioli2933
10 жыл бұрын
mPky1 Christ will judge both the living and the dead.
@randypacchioli2933
10 жыл бұрын
mPky1 Christ will judge both the living and the dead.
@randypacchioli2933
10 жыл бұрын
mPky1 You couldn't match my knowledge about scripture or theology or history for that matter.
@randypacchioli2933
10 жыл бұрын
mPky1 Your comments show you don't know what the Word of God teaches.
@Rude1Jesse
10 жыл бұрын
You arent winning anything exept wasting your time.
@jimrobertson5386
10 жыл бұрын
I'm just curious as to why the people listed below this line find this guy 'inspiring'? What is so inspiring about some one leading his friends down the pathway which leads to Hell? That is the ultimate mistake. Mocking God and the Bible is not a good strategy. If anyone so wishes, I say BRING IT ON! I will debate against every atheist on this page and win. God's Word destroys ignorance and provides the confidence one needs for the future inn this failing world. Our friend in this video can mock at his own funeral one day unless he repents and turns to Christ for salvation.
@Ghoulette28
10 жыл бұрын
lol
@Strengthoftenmen
10 жыл бұрын
Dear Jim. People are allowed to believe what they want. You have your beliefs and opinions while others have theirs. You can't change that. Inspiring means something is exalting to the spirit. Something Seth has said may have struck a cord with some people. It's brought them momentary happiness and reflection. You see the world as failing. To me that's negative. Everyone is a child of God/creation the biggest thing we must learn is self control and acceptance. Good luck with everything. Love and peace.
@jimrobertson5386
10 жыл бұрын
I will attack atheism every chance I get! Time is short before the Lord comes to evacuate His church and herald the beginning of the Tribulation. The best thing to do right now is to wake people to this reality even though the supernatural seems like unreality. I understand. I have personally witnessed angels and spirit entities So I know what a skeptic is: I used to be one too!
@hardinmichael1981
10 жыл бұрын
You said "Hell".. hahaha.. that's FUNNY!
@jimrobertson5386
10 жыл бұрын
You will not be laughing if there is no repentance.
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