As a currently homeless person, I want to say thank you in behalf of the people you help with those bus passes. I'm very close to having my own place again, but there are so many people who need those bus passes to get to the jobs that will help change their lives! Great work!
My friend your supposed to be homeless as god instructs as to do so. But don’t worry you’ll have eternal reward so it’s worth it. Think about it an eternal reward is better than all the riches in this world
You guys are the best. I'm from South Africa, and talking against religion is still taboo and people look at you funny. You guys have made my journey a little more easier. Thank you for the wonderful show, keep up the good work
It's the same in Brazil. Brazil is very similar to SouthAfrica in many, many ways. Keep the fight. I no longer live there but I know what is like. Yearly a couple people get killed from mobs killing them because there was gossip about them doing witchcraft. Which is horrendous and shouldn't even exist. All because of religion Is religion getting mire fanatical there or has it been getting better in S.A. ?
That's because they don't follow Jesus. He says everything can be forgiven accept denying the holy spirit which in John is called the spirit of truth. Try being more informed than them by reading 1st 4 books, Matthew Mark Luke and John. Some shit has been doctored by Romans, but lies are easily spotted when you look between the lines using your third eye.
Regardless of what he does or doesn't get up to at other times, I don't think Matt gets stoned to do the show. He's very dismissive of callers he suspects are high and from experience I find pot makes you more likely to miss or avoid points of contention.
@Lucky Catnip I believe he has said before that he does not because he doesn't enjoy the feeling, but he doesn't care if other people want to do that. I think most of the people who watch the show don't want to see someone who is high ramble on about God (it's hard enough with someone who's not intoxicated), so that's why he gets so dismissive about it on the show.
I've noticed this as well. Maybe since like two weeks ago he's been restraining himself much more. I think it helps his superior logic stand out more when he doesn't go off the rails as much.
@@HalfricanItalian Yeah the content is certainly better for both the callers and the listeners when he doesn't curse people out. I like it when he goes through the steps of logic and methodology. I think its a lot more helpful to some of the callers when a more gentle approach is used to guide them through the process.
Found pi in the Bible?? Whenever pi appears, it's because somewhere a circle is involved. In the Bible, pi appears because of all the Circular reasoning.
Thanks all again for taking my call. --The call screener was doing a sound-check with me when Matt announced it was Jim's birthday, so I'm sorry I missed that! Happy birthday Jim! And cheers both for your thoughts and time. :)
And also it gives us so many laughs I am getting more and more impressed by Jim and his knowledge and ability to construct arguments I am glad that Jim is a regular on the show
I was a little surprised actually. Was expecting to hear "no, no, nope you're done," "I'm putting you on hold." "Will you shut the phuk up an let me finish" a lot more 😎
Sal K, Zen is actually not about being 'calm', it is about non-reaction, which is the opposite of what all humans are conditioned to be - all humans react, either positively, or negatively. So firstly, we need to realise that we react, and it doesn't matter if we react positively, or negatively, with like, or dislike, because both are reactions which will manifest in our mind/body phenomena. Zen is about the state of mind, that is non-reactive, it is about letting the mind be at rest in the present, instead of allowing it to jump into the past, or the future. In our day to day life, we are dealing with numerous impressions, and our reactions to them. So Zen is more than anything else, about meditation. Only through the consciously not allowing the mind to jump into the past, or the future, which is what our mind is conditioned to do, will we be able to stay in the present moment, and only then, are we able to allow a kind of purity of thought and how it connects inside the body. The body and the mind are one, they are not in a state of dichotomy, they can not be separated, and therefore mind can always be over matter.
@@christastempel5577 Hear, hear-I would slightly amend to "It's about noticing one's reactions, allowing that to occur and dissipate." So that the action is full of energy and awareness, whereas non-reaction suggests total placidity. :)
Anyone who says christianity in any form is family friendly has forgotten or omitted that jesus said if you choose your son before me you are not worthy of me and if you choose your father before me you are not worthy of Me.
@@redeemedone8553 Now just prove that what is written in the bible is true. BTW I reject the notion of your god, but I don't hate him. Because I can't hate something, I don't believe exist. So your john 15:18 is already wrong!
@@redeemedone8553 On the other hand, there's Luke 6: 27-36 about loving your enemies, the Golden Rule, and how EVEN sinners love those who love them (which kinda makes me wonder who Jesus thought were not sinners, but that's a whole 'nother mess). As usual, there's a verse for everything.
@@redeemedone8553 The prove is on you. You claim a god exist, you have to prove that. You haven't, so I reject the existence of your god. Also john 15:18 is still wrong, I don't hate your god but I reject him. So your bible is also wrong. Sorry... I also don't hate his followers... I pity them.
one further word on Alvin's patterns... it's not even an approximation of Pi. There's no decimal point. The answer he is getting is 31415, NOT 3.1415. He put that decimal place in arbitrarily because that's where he wants it... confirmation bias in it's grossest form.
@@martifingers I do not think so. Not like, numbers with decimal places... at least I have never heard any such thing, and I used to study Kabbalah. On the other hand, they did of course use a decimal number base, just like pretty much every other civilization (except possibly some of the ancient south American indigenous tribes I think the Mayans used base 12)
22 divided by 7 is the school boy approximation of pi to 3 decimal places. So all you have to look for is 7 and 22 anywhere and call it a divine number pattern.
I’m from UK, and am a avid viewer of Countdown. I love the fact that Matt knows this UK programme. They should make a US version, you guys would love it.
Every time someone says something like: "you are just as bad as Hitler", it is disrespectful to all solders and civilians, who died in World War II, who would disagree vehemently, if they could. There may exist worse peoples than Hitler, but not a lot, thankfully. I hear this sentence way to often and it makes me so angry. And not only because I am a German who lost both grandfathers in WWII. It is ignorant and dumb and so... I am lost for words. I could never be as patient as Matt and Jim, Buddha could learn from you two. Lots of love from the other side of the world!
Every time I hear someone say "You are worse than Hitler!", unless I have committed mass murder or something (completely hypothetical), I will immediately think projection on their part.
@@redeemedone8553 What are you talking about? I agree with you 100 % on the fact that Hitler was evil. I pretty clearly stated that comparing people to Hitler, just because you disagree with them, is disrespectful to all the dead of WWII (american soldiers included) and downplaying the evil things he has done and has been done in his name. Is my English so bad? How could you misunderstand my intentions so much? My relatives died for a monster, that makes it even worse.
@@redeemedone8553 Yes, I agree with everything you said. The point that I am making is that Matt is not evil. The caller called him evil for no reason other than they disagreed on something or because Matt asked some uncomfortable questions. Matt is not a mass murderer, so the comparison makes no sense. I am not triggered by the mere mentioning of Hitler. I am just arguing that it is not OK to compare someone to a mass murderer only because you have different opinions on a topic. Maybe I shouldn't take this caller so seriously...
@@redeemedone8553 He never said they died for the cause. They could of died from an air raid or a stray artillery shell or a thousand other ways people died in Germany.
Fellow Utahn, and former Mormon here. (formon). It's tough dealing with family members when you leave the church. My stepson went on his mission, and came home early, due to health concerns. Turns out he's gay, and his mental health deteriorated so badly on his mission that he got sick, and had to come home. We know it's a cult, but the members think they are in god's one true church. I used to not see the damage caused by the church, now I can't quit seeing it.
Matt is the best debater and realistic currently I believe today! He has incredible knowledge and intelligence with the utmost honesty. He will trap you and your nonsense ideas and beliefs with precision. Unbeatable today
The first sentence of Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming Vol. 1 Second Edition has 37 words. So that's both 3 and 7, making it extra magical. I wonder how many other patterns I can find in that.
I don’t want to sound like a fan boy, but in my humble opinion, Matt is one of the best thinkers we have today, and is a tireless warrior for humanity and truth. Regardless of his style or presentation. P.S waaaay to much time on Alvin.
holy crap... Alvin's resource is his own website, where he advocates for some unexplained "patterns" in the bible's wording, and we should trust this coming from a guy who can't even spell in English
@@Fraterchaoraterchaos confirmation bias is one of my favourite fallacies cos it's so common but folk don't see it when it's them. Must encounter it many times a day.
@@nickydaviesnsdpharms3084 yep... it's so pervasive that we all do it, even me... I try to be constantly on guard against it, but it's really difficult
Alvin's patterns in numbers in the bible site is so funny. Thanks, Alvin, it really cheered me up. Can you make a site that finds patterns in the Lord of the Rings books? That would probably make more sense...and it will still be funny.
@@alangarland8571 Or autism. People on the autism spectrum are obsessed with finding patterns. I reckon I could start a website about patterns in washing hanging on people's clotheslines.
Hi Alvin! Did you know that the first semantic break of Genesis 1:1 ("In the beginning God created the heavens") = 666 + 666 + 666? What does that tell you?
Nothing. It means absolutely nothing. Besides, most Christians are blissfully unaware that there are no single texts of "The Bible" as "written" just after Jesus's death. Instead, what we have are copies of texts that are themselves translations into Greek and Latin. Commonly, there are 3 different sources for what most Christians accept as "The Bible". Two of those sources, the Greek Manuscripts and the Byzantium Manuscripts, clearly identify the number as 666 (χξς:). Two Papyrus scraps from untranslated sources state ἑξακόσιοι δέκα ἕξ, hexakosioi deka hex, 616. And so what? Well, if you are a normal "I go to church now and then but don't really look for a 2nd coming" type of Christian, it's just an interesting fact about the nature of the Bible and how it was translated. If, however, you are trying to predict the End Of The World, or assign Anti-Christhood to particular people, or groups of people and you believe that the Bible is inerrant, it suddenly matters a lot. The Latin for "Caesar Nero" can correspond to the number 666 in Hebrew, while the Greek for the name of "Emperor Caligula" can represent the number 616. The Emperor Domitian's name can also fit into the number 666, and it goes without saying that every word in the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan is 6 letters long. Nero died in 68 CE and no worldwide cataclysm followed. The other Roman Emperors and Ronald Reagan died similarly without the world falling apart.
@@AC-gb7do yeah it's all silly. My favorite is, if you apply the Hebrew numbering system to the English alphabet, "Make America Great Again" = 586, and Q (ie QAnon) = 80; add them together and it's 666. I think what Alvin really needs to ask himself is, is it possible to find anything in a passage like Gen 1:1 that would demonstrate it was written by a human? If not, he has an unfalsifiable hypothesis and is just wasting his time finding things in support of an idea that he's already decided must be correct
@@AC-gb7do silly?! Are you saying that you can't prove a book about a magic genie who had a carpenter wizard baby using the first 7 words and pie?!! Good day sir.
This is on his (Alvin in NC) website: "I feel confident in saying that the United States Supreme Court will rule in "FAVOR" of this theory in government owned public schools with the condition that teachers are not allowed to say that God did it, but can only prove mathematically that the '37 primary patterns of Genesis 1:1 ' are extremely mathematically significant." "Dr. Kent Hovind does an exellent job explaining the creation proof." The man is mad! I read so much of it, and it is just insanity-.-
would somebody PLEASE ask Alvin to define "patterns" He keeps talking about these "patterns" but frankly, I have no actual idea what he means by that. He's never once explained what a "pattern" is.
I would define it as "fabricated numerical connections”. Check out his website. He connects the number of the devil to Joe Bidens campaign text message number as an example-by arbitrarily dividing 2020 by 666 and then cutting the number off where he needs to. Yeah, it’s that bad.
I'm glad he was so receptive though, He was respectful and listened to matt and jim's point of view, that was probably hard for him to do with his belief structure.
Okay Matt you said you would give Jim the show and the callers,but yet you did most of the talking. Love the show soooooo much and its common sense about the real world not the fantasy world.
Thanks, we need it. There is too much propaganda being spread by the mainstream media here, that clearly biases one side, which is emboldening people to go out to riot and cause said chaos.
Thanks. It is crazy over here, with no good federal response to Covid, white nationalists gleefully wanting a civil war and a president who never learns from his many mistakes and who denies science. Hopefully the rational folks will vote!
@@yarnpower "with no good federal response to Covid" - You should learn more about your government. Those with the ACTUAL power to do anything about the virus are the STATES. Perhaps you should be asking "Why are the state governors not doing more to help people." The tenth Amendment gives any powers not explicitly stated in the Constitution to the states. They are not doing anything because it fuels the narrative and fools the uninformed. "white nationalists gleefully wanting a civil war" - Im sorry but you are misinformed. The BLACK supremacists are the ones that have duped the American people, by projecting their racism onto others, and are the ones rioting and destroying property. Also, it is just you asserting these people are "white nationalists". There is no indication that any of the people opposing the radicals are anything other than "Americans". They have not claimed to be white nationalists, and the actual white nationalist groups are not involved. Why are you lying?
Could we stop wasting time with Alvin the patterns clown? That guy isn't reachable and there's probably a very insignificant number of people even swayed by that nonsense. Also I'm pretty sure he doesn't understand what a pattern is.
Poor Alvin... He just got his a$$ handed to him. That is a voice of a man that just got his proposition tossed into the scrap head of nonsensical ideas.
To be fair, despite the misplaced cognitive bias I believe he suffers, his personality may simply be laid back, undemanding. Some are simply not arguers by nature.
@@SkeptiQuest This is a man that is fixated on concept and when challenged his scheme collapsed. He voice shift and tone is that of a man that realizes his work has huge holes and may well be worthless. Laid back? Probably. Undemanding? Questionable as he attempted to poorly defend his efforts. Flawed concept, execution fail, deflated man.
Brilliant episode - love the references to countdown and 8 out of 10 cats does countdown and Alan Carr 😎✌️🇬🇧 almost as good as the time Matt referenced Oasis 😎✌️🇬🇧❤️🎶
Be honest throughout your entire life. And if people don't ask don't tell. But if they ask be honest. That's exactly how I live my life. When it comes to politics Life religion blah blah blah and yes I am an atheist
Like the caller was saying, Matt can get aggressive at times. But also like Matt was saying, they're justified most of the time. I became an atheist largely because of Matt. I didn't know about Matt when I was searching stuff about religions and I was watching Christopher Hitchen's debates and fell in love with him to only find out after a few weeks that he passed away 5 years prior. I felt loss that I may not be able to find someone else like him. Then I got Matt as a suggestion, I watched a few videos of Matt in the AXP and I found my home. I love his logical mind, his confidence and he's not wrong very often. So there are different styles to convey messages, his is one of them and I like it. So keep it up Matt!
As a currently homeless person, I want to say thank you in behalf of the people you help with those bus passes. I'm very close to having my own place again, but there are so many people who need those bus passes to get to the jobs that will help change their lives! Great work!
Go Jason =D Just a few more steps to take
My friend your supposed to be homeless as god instructs as to do so. But don’t worry you’ll have eternal reward so it’s worth it. Think about it an eternal reward is better than all the riches in this world
Sorry to hear you are struggling at the moment glad that you are seeing the end point soon. Take care.
@Jason Sabbath
It's been two years since you posted your comment. I hope things worked out for you.
@@francismanalese7337I hope you're homeless.
You guys are the best. I'm from South Africa, and talking against religion is still taboo and people look at you funny. You guys have made my journey a little more easier. Thank you for the wonderful show, keep up the good work
It's the same in Brazil.
Brazil is very similar to SouthAfrica in many, many ways.
Keep the fight. I no longer live there but I know what is like.
Yearly a couple people get killed from mobs killing them because there was gossip about them doing witchcraft. Which is horrendous and shouldn't even exist. All because of religion
Is religion getting mire fanatical there or has it been getting better in S.A. ?
@@amandarios448 Albino im glad u realize this about our home south Africa
That's because they don't follow Jesus. He says everything can be forgiven accept denying the holy spirit which in John is called the spirit of truth. Try being more informed than them by reading 1st 4 books, Matthew Mark Luke and John. Some shit has been doctored by Romans, but lies are easily spotted when you look between the lines using your third eye.
@@gregorykelly8000 Why should we believe ANY of the baseless supernatural claims in the bible??
@@gregorykelly8000 Thanks for the tips. So how do I open my third eye?
Holy crap. Matt, I’m proud of you. He has clearly been working on his zen technique and he was able to keep it together for most of the show.
It helps if you smoke a blunt before the show.
Regardless of what he does or doesn't get up to at other times, I don't think Matt gets stoned to do the show. He's very dismissive of callers he suspects are high and from experience I find pot makes you more likely to miss or avoid points of contention.
@Lucky Catnip I believe he has said before that he does not because he doesn't enjoy the feeling, but he doesn't care if other people want to do that.
I think most of the people who watch the show don't want to see someone who is high ramble on about God (it's hard enough with someone who's not intoxicated), so that's why he gets so dismissive about it on the show.
I've noticed this as well. Maybe since like two weeks ago he's been restraining himself much more. I think it helps his superior logic stand out more when he doesn't go off the rails as much.
@@HalfricanItalian
Yeah the content is certainly better for both the callers and the listeners when he doesn't curse people out. I like it when he goes through the steps of logic and methodology. I think its a lot more helpful to some of the callers when a more gentle approach is used to guide them through the process.
I love that Countdown has been used on The Atheist Experience. That's brilliant!
Found pi in the Bible?? Whenever pi appears, it's because somewhere a circle is involved. In the Bible, pi appears because of all the Circular reasoning.
Thanks all again for taking my call. --The call screener was doing a sound-check with me when Matt announced it was Jim's birthday, so I'm sorry I missed that! Happy birthday Jim! And cheers both for your thoughts and time. :)
I’m so thankful for this show and the callers who remind me of what I know is true: nonsense is rampant and looks like no end in sight.
44:08 Countdown is brilliant! I love these humanising moments where we get an insight into Matt's life.
Im glad this show still exists after so many years and gives us such a great callers.
And also it gives us so many laughs
I am getting more and more impressed by Jim and his knowledge and ability to construct arguments
I am glad that Jim is a regular on the show
@@russianbot3411 The absolute truth,and he makes so much money from it.
That episode is actually the most calm (Zen) that I've seen Matt in a long time.
I was a little surprised actually.
Was expecting to hear "no, no, nope you're done," "I'm putting you on hold."
"Will you shut the phuk up an let me finish" a lot more
😎
Sal K, Zen is actually not about being 'calm', it is about non-reaction, which is the opposite of what all humans are conditioned to be - all humans react, either positively, or negatively. So firstly, we need to realise that we react, and it doesn't matter if we react positively, or negatively, with like, or dislike, because both are reactions which will manifest in our mind/body phenomena. Zen is about the state of mind, that is non-reactive, it is about letting the mind be at rest in the present, instead of allowing it to jump into the past, or the future. In our day to day life, we are dealing with numerous impressions, and our reactions to them. So Zen is more than anything else, about meditation. Only through the consciously not allowing the mind to jump into the past, or the future, which is what our mind is conditioned to do, will we be able to stay in the present moment, and only then, are we able to allow a kind of purity of thought and how it connects inside the body. The body and the mind are one, they are not in a state of dichotomy, they can not be separated, and therefore mind can always be over matter.
@@christastempel5577 Hear, hear-I would slightly amend to "It's about noticing one's reactions, allowing that to occur and dissipate." So that the action is full of energy and awareness, whereas non-reaction suggests total placidity. :)
I just figured he had finally relapsed on the nicotine addiction! lol ;)
Anyone who says christianity in any form is family friendly has forgotten or omitted that jesus said if you choose your son before me you are not worthy of me and if you choose your father before me you are not worthy of Me.
@@redeemedone8553 Now just prove that what is written in the bible is true.
BTW I reject the notion of your god, but I don't hate him. Because I can't hate something, I don't believe exist. So your john 15:18 is already wrong!
@@redeemedone8553 On the other hand, there's Luke 6: 27-36 about loving your enemies, the Golden Rule, and how EVEN sinners love those who love them (which kinda makes me wonder who Jesus thought were not sinners, but that's a whole 'nother mess). As usual, there's a verse for everything.
And the practical joke God played on Abraham when God told him to kill his own son.
@@redeemedone8553 So Jesus meant even sinners as opposed to odd ones. Well allrighty then.
@@redeemedone8553 The prove is on you. You claim a god exist, you have to prove that. You haven't, so I reject the existence of your god. Also john 15:18 is still wrong, I don't hate your god but I reject him. So your bible is also wrong. Sorry...
I also don't hate his followers... I pity them.
Remember, if you're playing street countdown, the first rule of street countdown is to wrap up warm. It can get quite cold.
one further word on Alvin's patterns... it's not even an approximation of Pi. There's no decimal point. The answer he is getting is 31415, NOT 3.1415. He put that decimal place in arbitrarily because that's where he wants it... confirmation bias in it's grossest form.
Just a thought - did ancient Hebrew's have decimal notation?
@@martifingers I do not think so. Not like, numbers with decimal places... at least I have never heard any such thing, and I used to study Kabbalah.
On the other hand, they did of course use a decimal number base, just like pretty much every other civilization (except possibly some of the ancient south American indigenous tribes I think the Mayans used base 12)
@@martifingers Nope.
22 divided by 7 is the school boy approximation of pi to 3 decimal places. So all you have to look for is 7 and 22 anywhere and call it a divine number pattern.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM! Thank you for all you do, and your continuing help to the atheist experience!
Happy Birthday to Jim!
Another great show, thanks to Matt, Jim and the wonderful crew.
Happy birthday Jim!!! You're my new favorite guest host.
I’m from UK, and am a avid viewer of Countdown.
I love the fact that Matt knows this UK programme. They should make a US version, you guys would love it.
American here. Is that an actual TV show that your country airs having to do with Atheism?
@@tman2953
No, it’s just a anagram and math game.
Man I have to say I am so proud of Matt today. He is far more measured but still makes his points brilliantly.
The breaking down that of that “biblical patterns” claim was my favorite part of this show.
@@ookeekthelibrarian lol thanks my friend! Can you post link here?
I get so sad when the show comes to an end. Thanks all you guys who make this show possible
Brilliant session. Jim & Matt make a great team.
Happy birthday Jim
Happy birthday Jim!!!!! Hope you had a fantastic day!!!!! 🎉🎊
Happy birthday Jim. Great show as always folks.❤
Every time someone says something like: "you are just as bad as Hitler", it is disrespectful to all solders and civilians, who died in World War II, who would disagree vehemently, if they could. There may exist worse peoples than Hitler, but not a lot, thankfully. I hear this sentence way to often and it makes me so angry. And not only because I am a German who lost both grandfathers in WWII. It is ignorant and dumb and so... I am lost for words. I could never be as patient as Matt and Jim, Buddha could learn from you two. Lots of love from the other side of the world!
Every time I hear someone say "You are worse than Hitler!", unless I have committed mass murder or something (completely hypothetical), I will immediately think projection on their part.
@@redeemedone8553 What are you talking about? I agree with you 100 % on the fact that Hitler was evil. I pretty clearly stated that comparing people to Hitler, just because you disagree with them, is disrespectful to all the dead of WWII (american soldiers included) and downplaying the evil things he has done and has been done in his name. Is my English so bad? How could you misunderstand my intentions so much? My relatives died for a monster, that makes it even worse.
@@redeemedone8553 Yes, I agree with everything you said. The point that I am making is that Matt is not evil. The caller called him evil for no reason other than they disagreed on something or because Matt asked some uncomfortable questions. Matt is not a mass murderer, so the comparison makes no sense. I am not triggered by the mere mentioning of Hitler. I am just arguing that it is not OK to compare someone to a mass murderer only because you have different opinions on a topic. Maybe I shouldn't take this caller so seriously...
@@redeemedone8553 He never said they died for the cause. They could of died from an air raid or a stray artillery shell or a thousand other ways people died in Germany.
Thank you for this admirable comment.
This show has given me far more support than a worn out religion. Far more.
The only barbeque Matt Dillahunty will have is in his back yard. Same thing here.
Fellow Utahn, and former Mormon here. (formon). It's tough dealing with family members when you leave the church. My stepson went on his mission, and came home early, due to health concerns. Turns out he's gay, and his mental health deteriorated so badly on his mission that he got sick, and had to come home. We know it's a cult, but the members think they are in god's one true church. I used to not see the damage caused by the church, now I can't quit seeing it.
That couldn't have been easy for him, I hope he's doing much better now.
Matt is the best debater and realistic currently I believe today! He has incredible knowledge and intelligence with the utmost honesty. He will trap you and your nonsense ideas and beliefs with precision. Unbeatable today
I honestly didn't expect them to spend so much time on Alvin
Matt was surprisingly chill for the amount of nuts on today lol, good show as usual
Happy Birthday Jim. Thank you for serving to help educate and inspire.
Crazy mix of callers this week, lol. Oh, and happy B-day Jim!
The first sentence of Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming Vol. 1 Second Edition has 37 words. So that's both 3 and 7, making it extra magical. I wonder how many other patterns I can find in that.
Great job, Matt!
Kept his cool the entire time.
The surprise magic trick was amazing.
Matt watches countdown!!!! I didn’t think I could love him more. How cool
As a Brit, I absolutely loved when Matt mentioned countdown and then even 8 out of 10 cats does countdown, what a legend 😆😆
I don’t want to sound like a fan boy, but in my humble opinion, Matt is one of the best thinkers we have today, and is a tireless warrior for humanity and truth. Regardless of his style or presentation. P.S waaaay to much time on Alvin.
I'm just thrilled that Matt watches 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
Happy Birthday, Jim! Lots of love from Australia!❤🎉🎂
Kitty, Crew, Matt and Jim....You Rock !!!
Happy birthday Jim. You guys work well together.
holy crap... Alvin's resource is his own website, where he advocates for some unexplained "patterns" in the bible's wording, and we should trust this coming from a guy who can't even spell in English
WHAT GETS ME IS THEY FIND ALL THESE PATTERNS IN THE BIBLE BUT IT WASN'T WRITTEN IN eNGLISH (sorry caps lock was on)
@@nickydaviesnsdpharms3084 well, he claims he's doing this in Hebrew... but it's still just confirmation bias
@@Fraterchaoraterchaos confirmation bias is one of my favourite fallacies cos it's so common but folk don't see it when it's them. Must encounter it many times a day.
@@nickydaviesnsdpharms3084 yep... it's so pervasive that we all do it, even me... I try to be constantly on guard against it, but it's really difficult
Has anyone went to website ? The way he sounds I bet that site is all cracked up
Love for Countdown! Yeyyyyy! What a show.
Alvin's patterns in numbers in the bible site is so funny. Thanks, Alvin, it really cheered me up. Can you make a site that finds patterns in the Lord of the Rings books? That would probably make more sense...and it will still be funny.
Can you find patterns in his website? There are definitely a lot of „0“ and „1“.
I see patterns everywhere.
Probably is something to do with using lsd when I was a young fella.
Wasn't Gandalf like Jesus....died and resurrected? And doesn't Gandalf start with a "G".......omg...what are the odds?
@@alangarland8571 Or autism. People on the autism spectrum are obsessed with finding patterns. I reckon I could start a website about patterns in washing hanging on people's clotheslines.
@@JenniB123 You are Syd Barret, do I get a fiver now?
8 out of 10 cats does countdown is just the best show ever! Good for hours and hours of youtube time!
Happy Birthday Jim. 😊
Great show guys, very zen... Oh and I just loved the card analogy, what a great way to relate a point.
Hi Alvin! Did you know that the first semantic break of Genesis 1:1 ("In the beginning God created the heavens") = 666 + 666 + 666? What does that tell you?
Nothing. It means absolutely nothing. Besides, most Christians are blissfully unaware that there are no single texts of "The Bible" as "written" just after Jesus's death. Instead, what we have are copies of texts that are themselves translations into Greek and Latin. Commonly, there are 3 different sources for what most Christians accept as "The Bible".
Two of those sources, the Greek Manuscripts and the Byzantium Manuscripts, clearly identify the number as 666 (χξς:). Two Papyrus scraps from untranslated sources state ἑξακόσιοι δέκα ἕξ, hexakosioi deka hex, 616.
And so what? Well, if you are a normal "I go to church now and then but don't really look for a 2nd coming" type of Christian, it's just an interesting fact about the nature of the Bible and how it was translated. If, however, you are trying to predict the End Of The World, or assign Anti-Christhood to particular people, or groups of people and you believe that the Bible is inerrant, it suddenly matters a lot.
The Latin for "Caesar Nero" can correspond to the number 666 in Hebrew, while the Greek for the name of "Emperor Caligula" can represent the number 616. The Emperor Domitian's name can also fit into the number 666, and it goes without saying that every word in the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan is 6 letters long.
Nero died in 68 CE and no worldwide cataclysm followed. The other Roman Emperors and Ronald Reagan died similarly without the world falling apart.
@@AC-gb7do yeah it's all silly. My favorite is, if you apply the Hebrew numbering system to the English alphabet, "Make America Great Again" = 586, and Q (ie QAnon) = 80; add them together and it's 666.
I think what Alvin really needs to ask himself is, is it possible to find anything in a passage like Gen 1:1 that would demonstrate it was written by a human? If not, he has an unfalsifiable hypothesis and is just wasting his time finding things in support of an idea that he's already decided must be correct
@@AC-gb7do silly?! Are you saying that you can't prove a book about a magic genie who had a carpenter wizard baby using the first 7 words and pie?!! Good day sir.
@@AC-gb7do well yes and no :D
It tells me 1,998?
All shows being great to begin with, this one was extra great imo 👍🏻 smart hosts and brillant crew!!
Happy 🎂 Birthday @JimBarrows ! I hope you had a great day!😁🎈
This show actually helped me!
Nobody can break Matt's Zen.
He is the calm Golden Buddha of Atheism.
Yes, but anyone who challenges Matt on the issue of slavery gets his ass owned, so to speak.
Make sure you rub his big atheist Buddha belly for good luck.
So proud of Dillahunty.
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No. Hes more like an entertainer/educator for me. Like Bill Nye.
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Matt is my god. All praise Matt!
This show definitely has changed me for the better when it comes to religion and scepticism. I just wanted to tell that I am one of those people.
This is on his (Alvin in NC) website:
"I feel confident in saying that the United States Supreme Court will rule in "FAVOR" of this theory in government owned public schools with the condition that teachers are not allowed to say that God did it, but can only prove mathematically that the '37 primary patterns of Genesis 1:1 ' are extremely mathematically significant."
"Dr. Kent Hovind does an exellent job explaining the creation proof."
The man is mad! I read so much of it, and it is just insanity-.-
I like me some crazy ramblings, I'll look this guy up :P
Happy belated birthday to Jim! :)
David was the most interesting caller. I never knew it was possible to kick yourself in the nuts.
Aaaaaaahahahaha
Mental gymnastics 🤸♂️ can make one so flexible.
That David caller sounds very familiar. I believe he's called before and gotten hung up on for being a troll.
Or over 40@anti-anti-intellectual x . Gravity doesn't just make tits sag 🤔🙄😳🤪
Happy birthday Jimbo....have a great day man!!!!!!
Matt saying family isnt neccesarily blood or by law was what I needed. ❤
Greatest ending! Keep it up ACA!
Also happy birthday Jim!
Fanaticism is overcompensation from doubt. People tend to be toxic when they know they are on shaky ground.
Yup. It's a defence mechanism in response to the validity of their religion being eroded.
Countdown. A gentle Sunday church version. 8 out of 10 cats does countdown ,a deep dark pits of hellfire damnation. I love it
I definitely prefer damnation 😂
Cats does countdown is brilliant
would somebody PLEASE ask Alvin to define "patterns"
He keeps talking about these "patterns" but frankly, I have no actual idea what he means by that. He's never once explained what a "pattern" is.
I would define it as "fabricated numerical connections”. Check out his website. He connects the number of the devil to Joe Bidens campaign text message number as an example-by arbitrarily dividing 2020 by 666 and then cutting the number off where he needs to. Yeah, it’s that bad.
Nothing worse than an idiot with an agenda.
8 out of 10 cat's does countdown, love it!! Great show, I highly recommend it to all!! 😂😂
*Happy "Just Another Day," Jim!*
I had a quick look at Alvin's website. 'Incoherent batshittery' pretty much sums it up.
Someone call the cops, poor Alvin was slaughtered.
Lmao 🤣🤣
I'm glad he was so receptive though, He was respectful and listened to matt and jim's point of view, that was probably hard for him to do with his belief structure.
Very happy Birthday, Jim Barrows.
Did Matt steal that cup from a '90s Pizza Hut?!
I thought the same thing 🤣 do they even sell those outside of catalogs for restaurants? Lol
I bought bunch of those just BECAUSE they reminded me of Pizza Hut.
I'm impressed that Matt stayed mellow with Kim. I'm surprised Jim didn't. I loved the way Jim ended the call.
"How does Genesis 1:1 make pi?"
"It bakes it, obviously"
And Goob said "let there be light, flakey pastry". And there was. And it was good.
On the Second Day, Goob said "let there be fruit filling..."
Okay Matt you said you would give Jim the show and the callers,but yet you did most of the talking. Love the show soooooo much and its common sense about the real world not the fantasy world.
My grandma used to create pie.
Just another James West.
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Lmao 😂😂😂
What kind of pie?
@@jameswest4819 "Just another James West."
Notice you hardly ever see just another Artemis Gordon.
Hey Al in Poland, I transitioned to atheism at age 57 by myself. After that, I discovered this channel.
happy bdy jim, id smoke a joint with ya if u smoked ...and i lived in texas,..n if we actually hung out haha happybday
Happy Birthday Jim. My favorite program.
"I'm hungry".... "Well, that's the same thing Hitler said"
Hitler had a moustache!!!
he even breathed and ate bread!
And he was a Catholic 👎
Well... Matt breathes air.... And Hitler breathed air.... Coincidence?
Lololol
1:31:33 was the highlight of this show for me :D
Happy B-day Jim
Not being a citizen of the usa, I can’t vote in your election. But I really hope that you guys over there get out of the chaos. Good luck!
👊🏽
Thanks, we need it. There is too much propaganda being spread by the mainstream media here, that clearly biases one side, which is emboldening people to go out to riot and cause said chaos.
Thanks.
It is crazy over here, with no good federal response to Covid, white nationalists gleefully wanting a civil war and a president who never learns from his many mistakes and who denies science.
Hopefully the rational folks will vote!
@@yarnpower "with no good federal response to Covid" - You should learn more about your government. Those with the ACTUAL power to do anything about the virus are the STATES. Perhaps you should be asking "Why are the state governors not doing more to help people." The tenth Amendment gives any powers not explicitly stated in the Constitution to the states. They are not doing anything because it fuels the narrative and fools the uninformed.
"white nationalists gleefully wanting a civil war" - Im sorry but you are misinformed. The BLACK supremacists are the ones that have duped the American people, by projecting their racism onto others, and are the ones rioting and destroying property.
Also, it is just you asserting these people are "white nationalists". There is no indication that any of the people opposing the radicals are anything other than "Americans". They have not claimed to be white nationalists, and the actual white nationalist groups are not involved.
Why are you lying?
Matt your an absolute star i just wish i had your knowledge keep up the good work .
Could we stop wasting time with Alvin the patterns clown? That guy isn't reachable and there's probably a very insignificant number of people even swayed by that nonsense. Also I'm pretty sure he doesn't understand what a pattern is.
Hope you had a great birthday Jim!
The first chapter of The Holy Book of Penguin gives us a recipe for Dutch Apple Pie. ;-)
Matt whipping that 7 of Diamonds out, like a BOSS!
Poor Alvin... He just got his a$$ handed to him. That is a voice of a man that just got his proposition tossed into the scrap head of nonsensical ideas.
To be fair, despite the misplaced cognitive bias I believe he suffers, his personality may simply be laid back, undemanding. Some are simply not arguers by nature.
@@SkeptiQuest This is a man that is fixated on concept and when challenged his scheme collapsed. He voice shift and tone is that of a man that realizes his work has huge holes and may well be worthless. Laid back? Probably. Undemanding? Questionable as he attempted to poorly defend his efforts. Flawed concept, execution fail, deflated man.
Well, Alvin's obviously not that laid back and undemanding: this is his SECOND time calling in to prove his number theory.
@@llongone2 Good point.
Can his process be used backwards?
8 out of 10 cats does countdown 😍😍
It's great that Matt loves 'Countdown'!
Brilliant episode - love the references to countdown and 8 out of 10 cats does countdown and Alan Carr 😎✌️🇬🇧 almost as good as the time Matt referenced Oasis 😎✌️🇬🇧❤️🎶
Yes, yes, no ;)
Matt's referenced Terry Pratchett, Monty Python and Douglas Adams on various occasions. Really quite clued up on UK culture.
Isn't it Jimmy Carr?
@@andrewlockett4569 yes.
@@andybeans5790 Oasis were one of the greatest bands to have ever come out of Great Britain and the 90's!!! X Google it \-/ ;-)
Happy belated birthday Jim!
happy birthday Jim
Matt, you rocked. Good zen and good job.
Alvin = Confirmation bias all over the place...
Have you red his site? The man is insane O.o
Humans are pattern-seeking, story telling animals.
@@Nissenov Do you remember the name of his site?
Yay Happy Birthday to you Jim Barrows !
"Science proves the order of Creation"
What kind of "Science" are you using?
"Creation Science"
Why am I surprised?
Barrows for the Win!! Alvin is now a disciple of Sauron!
Pareidolia can be a tricky part of the human brain that leads to some degrees of mental disorders and issues.
Be honest throughout your entire life. And if people don't ask don't tell. But if they ask be honest. That's exactly how I live my life. When it comes to politics Life religion blah blah blah and yes I am an atheist
Like the caller was saying, Matt can get aggressive at times. But also like Matt was saying, they're justified most of the time.
I became an atheist largely because of Matt. I didn't know about Matt when I was searching stuff about religions and I was watching Christopher Hitchen's debates and fell in love with him to only find out after a few weeks that he passed away 5 years prior. I felt loss that I may not be able to find someone else like him. Then I got Matt as a suggestion, I watched a few videos of Matt in the AXP and I found my home.
I love his logical mind, his confidence and he's not wrong very often.
So there are different styles to convey messages, his is one of them and I like it. So keep it up Matt!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM !! 🥳🥳🥳