And you think that a demon posssed person is there for a little entertainment why don’t you go to real life exorcism my friend and when you see it for urself and you will wonder why people don’t believe say that your lying about it and you have seen it for yourself be opened minded my friend don’t shut down before you have chance to properly go over the problem this stuff happens for real I’ve seen people myself demon possessed it’s horrible not a game there is no Hollywood lights camera action this stuff is for real my friend god bless you in Jesus name.
...If I recall ...wasn't the "Source"- the reports of Health Care Workers?...who I might add are generally considered highly credible in our society...
@@matthewgoddard5088 I'm tryna be open minded and hear from all sides, that's why I watched this video. But I think that there are way better explanations than "a demon possessed him/her".
@@bernardobila4336 ... I have no Idea ...frankly that never dawned on me..I assumed aforehand if the accounts of the police in the case were suspect, I imagine Shermer would have naysay'd...if you find anything do tell...apparently Mike's only response in the case was he thinks some witnesses were influenced by "the Exorcist"...and that's a Hard one to swallow on both sides of Hell...and also Shermer acknowledged its "okay to not know"- you don't have to abandon your skeptical sunglasses, even if there is no explanation suitable to a skeptic...I appreciate that but it does seem a bit intellectually smothering nonethelesss...I suppose the evidence its all documented in the Bill "happy" Hallowell's paperback demonological Tome (...one must admit...that is an awesome name for Demonologist, ?)...I confess I have not read it...but there is so much recorded evidence of this sort of thing...going back centuries...yet, its only the modern reports we postmoderne' find remotely credible...
For a ouija board, why would you touch anything anyway, if it's all spirits? If spirits can throw chairs across the room, they can interact with the board directly lmao
From my understanding, it's much more common for demons to function/manifest in humans rather than move a stand alone object like a chair. My theory is that it takes a different level of power or demonic ability/environment to move a stand alone object. As an illustration: it's possible for a human to shoot a basketball into a hoop 15 yards away but it's rare. It might take the correct wind current, position on a hill or the person needs to have a lot of practice in that skill.
...simply because..., if the Ouija board moved by itself...that would scare the curious away far too soon...the board is just an initial entry meant to suck them into occultism...that is the case at the very first.. however I have known dozens of ex-Ouija enthusiasts, what finally broke the habit for most of them, was when they claim the board began move by itself... Other's, more secular minded, are actually stunned by this new reality...A very common Olde Truth that was entirely denied them by our current agnostic education...this discovery inspires them to decide to dig in deeper toward true Devil worship...meanwhile the full gamut of historical human experience, and all traditional world religions consistently acknowledge these intelligent, but malevolent entities do exist...and are to be avoided like spiritual vermin... as Shakespeare so succinctly stated..."There are more things on heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”...
Michael's radio story is really amazing, it really made me think! How likely it is that something like that would happen... The fact that a broken radio would suddenly turn itself on, play the right station, with the right romantic music, at the right time just after his fiancée's father died, a very touchy moment for both of them, moreover, not only a radio but! something with a high emotional value directly connected to his father! and after that moment, the radio would never work again... if Michael had been alone, and this would have happened, the story would have been hard to believe, but then there was his fiancée, another witness... in order of probabilities such an event is really difficult to happen, almost impossible... and not only that... the fact that it happened to Michael, a committed skeptic, with varied scientific knowledge, also owner of a magazine, and not just any magazine, a magazine for skeptics, a person who also has a past related to faith, who has spent the last decades talking about it from a naturalistic point of view, which gives him enough credibility to talk about it... That's really so unlikely to happen.... that it's surprising! if I hadn't seen Michael talk to the camera about it I wouldn't have believed it... all that makes me think... maybe if this had happened to a common citizen, maybe this would be finished differently, possibly in an anecdote, a legend among the friends of the bar, some story of the hallway, we would be branded as liars even if this had happened to a person who is not a scientist or with recognition, possibly very few would be believed with doubts... we would argue that he had a hallucination, that it was an effect Mandela... it was all imagination and that it was all in his head, even that he is lying to us to become popular, controversial or to draw attention to himself. But... yes, we believe Michael, because well... he is Michael. That's what makes testimonies so difficult, to believe or not to believe .... but certainly, that story is surprising! men...
@@karlazeen Obviously it's not the best argument, not that I expect anyone to decide on that basis alone, but the context of Michael's life gives his story a little more attention than other stories, now, whether we believe him or not, that's up to us.
This is one of those things that should be so obvious but for some reason kind of mind blowing when you think about it. Very true and important to know/remember.
whenever Billy is given a non-Christian example that fulfils criteria he accepts, his response begins with ‘Ok..putting on my Christian hat..’ and proceeds to explain one mystery by referring to another. For example, when asked about the relatively higher number of demonic occurrences in other cultures, he says its because they are ‘outside the Christian realm and don’t have that protection’. Or he doesn’t answer it at all (e.g. Sathya Sai Baba)
Good discussion. I would like to ask Shermer: when does it become more reasonable to believe the supernatural over the natural? To use an extreme example, you saw someone shot to death, and buried for years, then he dropped by your house one day. Is it *reasonable* to say, "he must have just fallen asleep, survived for a while underground, then dug himself out"?
It’s probably most reasonable to think that that person’s death was faked or or they were cloned until they could prove to you the person you’re talking to really is the exact person that was killed. To assume resurrection before ruling those out would be a big leap.
@@alessiobemelmans9539 True. Same goes for the Republican Media. But in this case, they are debating. Specific to what I wrote, He is indicating his findings will support his Religion whether by ignoring facts that do not go with his worldview or skewing others. Just like most of the scientists on YEC payroll. They sign a Statement of Faith and can only present findings that go along with what the organization holds to be true.
I don't think this was an actual "debate" but more of a discussion. On top of that, I think he states that he's a Christian because maybe he wanted to acknowledge his viewers/listeners about his faith?
@@MultiBigAndy Ahh. I could not listen very long so I did not really know his positions. I just saw the Shot Glasses and had to make a comment. It still applies. I will take the word of a Christian with a Shotglass background over one with books and a guitar any day.
Yes they would know. There is a book written by the ex catholic priest who was outcasted and knew much. . Read John J Robinson "Born In Blood: The Lost Secrets of FMry"
I would love to get in on that gig. How much money can you extract from the victim is my first concern. My next thought is, would you need to buy magic candles and a few tinkling bells, capes ( or would a bit of white cardboard stuck in the front of a black shirt do the job) and a colourful wand from a magic supply store or a Christian bookshop?
This was lovely, tho I sadly missed the beginning (I'll catch up). Prof Shermer used to make me so cross, as I questioned his motives, being a 'believer' in many of the things he (perhaps religiously) expends so much effort debunking. He is now seems like the agreeable cousin I disagree with on details of reality but agree with on methods of exploration. I'm not familiar with your other guest, but I think I lean in the direction of his very competently argued position, I will, no doubt, be familiarising myself with his work soon. Much gratitude to you for this one, I was heartened greatly by it.
@J wCopied from Wikipedia: Los Angeles Times reviewer Noel Murray called the film "hooey".[11] According to skeptical investigator Kenny Biddle, the film has been characterized as a pseudo-documentary, "meaning it is filmed in a documentary style but doesn’t portray real events".[12]
I 100% agree with Shermer about the free speech issue and big props for writing a book calling out the cancel culture. However with his argument about these unexplained anomalies, where he says no one knows for sure and some might jump the line and say that's paranormal or supernatural and he's willing to just say I don't know and I'll wait till we know for sure.I think that's closing himself off to the possibility. Because by the very definition of supernatural or paranormal, if it exist, your not going to be able to explain it with normal or natural explanations. So if the supernatural exists and your waiting for a natural or material explanation, you are setting a standard for evidence that you will never get. I haven't watched the whole thing yet. I paused after the hell house story to write this. But I hope they ask him what would be acceptable as evidence for him. If a government worker and hospital staff (people we generally trust to safeguard kids and remove them from bad parents if necessary) can't be trusted as eye whiteness what does it take? If Shermer himself observed a person walking up a wall in a hospital room, would he say that he was mis remembering or conflating his memory with a movie? And if his own observation of an event like that wouldn't be good enough then I think that he really is closed off to the idea and not really a sceptic at all.
Wow, I think I just became a better skeptic listening to Michael. I loved his point regarding the resurrection. I’ve never quite heard it out the way he did though. There is definitely evidence for the resurrection, yes, but there is simply no evidence which reaches to the level of the claim.
That sounds like a very contradictory statement. Your pass will be evidence and then it doesn’t reach the level of a claim. Currently with all the historical information that we have which is very little in the first century the resurrection seem like a most likely account.
The Gospels were written by Jesus's Disciples / Apostles (eye witnesses, men who lived and traveled exclusively with Jesus for the 3 years of His ministry before His crucifiction, death, and Resurrection OR those who knew these people personally) beginning approx. 20 to 50 years after Jesus's Death and Resurrection. In those first years after, the first-person witnesses to His Ressurection ( Jesus's mother Mary, the Disciples and Mary Magdalene as well as OVER 500 others who saw, touched, and spoke with Jesus BODILY ) and those who knew the first hand witnesses, spread the Gospel by speaking to people personally. As they all aged and started dying off, they began recording those historical events. We have over 5,200 documents of the Gospels ( the Books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John ) or portions of the Gospels written in Greek ( the common trade language of Jesus's time, of which He and His disciples spoke and wrote, and there is evidence Jesus and others could speak and write Hebrew or Aramaic ). The Gospel accounts are the largest number of historical documents for ANYTHING in antiquity. They were later directly translated to English from the original Greek -into our current New Testament- and from English, they were translated to World Languages.
What Hallowell isn't appreciating here is that there's what we could call _Anecdotal Natural Selection_ at work when he speaks of compelling accounts (memes) about spooky Ouija Board experiences. I've also used a Ouija Board as a teenager & would you believe... _nothing interesting happened!_ If 99.9% of stories are just as boring as mine is there much chance it's going to be repeated? _Nope!_ Professor Richard Feynman has a similar account to this. He'd talk about a bad feeling he had about his mum for no discernable reason but it worried him enough to phone he up to see if she was okay &... she was fine! Who's going to recount a story as boring as that one? No one, so it doesn't get repeated to counter balance all the far more extraordinary stories in the memosphere!
The good spirits do something ~similar, but they call it "puddle jumping". Not like possession, but more an influence. They can feel and see like the person or animal and influence thoughts and movements. I guess maybe a light version of possession. "Bad" spirits use the same mechanism, but they are not constraining themselves to rules or regulations. They pay a high price for doing this sort of thing when it is not approved for a reason. The "bad" ones are unredeemable - they say.
Why would anyone go to the Catholic Church for help? Demons must have a good laugh with that. Why would evil cast out evil? God have mercy and protect us.
Since exorcism is rarely discussed I really wanted to watch this debate, but nothing came out of it... It was like two persons meeting to find out what treatment is the best for a specific illness and one part just says that illness doesn't exist! Of course there won't be a fruitful talk? It's like discussing a certain smell with someone who can' t smell anything. How do you convince that person that it really is a strong smell present? Or even that smells exist? I believe all genuinelly christians some time in their lives need a wise and experienced priest/pastor to ask for guidence and help in possibly occult matters. How can we talk about this openly without inviting to an unhealthy curiousness for the occult? If satan doesn't exist and causes evil ,why did Jesus have to die? To save us from whom/what?
Satan exists, but Jesus died to save us from ourselves. Our hearts are deceitfully wicked above everything else. Yes Jesus did also die to destroy the spiritual powers that hold people captive, but we are very responsible for our sins. There is no "the devil made me do it" kind of teaching in the Bible. Instead the Bible says "All have sinned and fallen short of God's glorious standard."
@@joshuaWECNot true. A demon/spirit entered Judas. Then when he had betrayed Jesus, then the spirit/demon left him. Not saying Judas couldn't have done anything to stop it or was not responsible in some way, but they can influence us. Of course we can resist the demons. Most are not even aware of them though. I guess you will be one of those kinds of people.
I studied Muy Thai...does that help? 😆 Besides, why would an all-powerful god need a mortal to pray against evil? 1. God could just shake his deity dick and rid of evil spirits 2. Prayer has been demonstrated to work at the rate of chance and worse. Soooo....there's that.
@@Джонатан-р8д lol, nice try troll. But I’ll pray for you too. Knock on prayer all you want, as I’m sure you’re the type who changes their profile pic cuz that helps 🤷🏻♂️ But I’ll pray you for you too! 🙏
@@tonybinder9392 I've had this pic for years lmao so Idk what you mean. And I definitely wasn't trolling. Look up the Harvard Prayer Experiment - Templeton Foundation. 2 groups were told they may or may not be prayed for, one was and one was not. The third group was told they were to be prayed for and they were. Not only did prayer not work, but group 3, had a higher percentage of people get worse results. Sooo....prayer is actually the opposite of helpful.
Michael Shermer admits the walking up a wall backwards would have to be supernatural. So that convinces him. He just refuses to believe that it happened even if he saw it happen.
@@knowledgeispower2787 I would not feel the need to tell anyone, so being believed does not matter. I have seen some things I keep to myself, and having someone believe I did not see the phenomenon could be in my best interest. As you know, eyewitness evidence is relatively reliable, except when proposed for ancient myths. Take, for example, the myth of the alleged 998 people (all only possessing one eye) and the two women possessing two eyes, but their evidence is deemed half the value because they are second-class people. I supposedly saw something 2000 and a bit years ago. There are no names and zero opportunity to cross-examine the claim. The documents for Joseph Smith are more compelling. ⋀ Ⅰ Digital manipulation will make ~EW~ claims even more unreliable. Thanks for your interest and contribution, and I look forward to your video of sending someone up the wall.
Interesting that this came out right after Cameron Bertuzzi's (Capturing Christianity's) interview with Fr. Lampert. I recommend any sceptic to have a watch of that interview. Peace.
That interview was hilarious- "I saw someone pick up an office-chair with ONE ARM... and ONLY possesion by a demon could be the cause of such a display of supernatural strength!!" Notice how all the dramatic stuff the priest mentioned- "levitation", "people climbing walls", etc, was what he's HEARD, but when asked about what he'd SEEN, it was all explicable, non-supernatural stuff like "picking up office-chairs" and "writhing on the ground"? Interesting to hear him claim that exorcism "isn't magic", though- He literally claims that he reads out specific phrases (ie "magical spells"), and carries out specific actions, with objects like crucifixes, bible, rosary, etc, (ie "magical rituals") which he believes will have a supernatural effect ("driving out demons")- That perfectly fits the most basic, textbook definition of magic- Speaking certain words, and/or doing certain rituals, with the belief it will effect the real world, via supernatural mechanisms. If you swapped the latin, for Sumerian, and swapped the "the power of Christ compells you!!" for "the power of Baal compells you", and switched the rosary for some OTHER religion's prayer-beads in those rituals, I wonder if he'd claim THAT "wasn't magic"? Or, does he think that whether it's an attempt at "magic" or not, depends on which specific magical, invisible occult entity you're invoking? "It's not occultism/magic if you invoke MY god.... It's only occultism/magic, if you invoke SOMEONE ELSE'S god!!!!" It's amazing how the people who are the most paranoid about "occultism", can't recognize REAL, LITERAL occultism, when it's right in front of them... or even when THEY are ones practicing occultism...
@@baconsarny-geddon8298 You of little faith. Cheats like you spoil all the fun by looking behind the magic curtain turning on the harsh fluorescent lights and speeding up the weird sound system, so the ghost sounds like a chipmunk cartoon. You really should let the kids keep pretending, as that, in the words of the great Saint Doug-of-Pine-Creek, is where they get their hope, meaning, purpose and PinePoints if they are on time.
I absolutely love when people say "from a Christian perspective" because it is an automatic admission that it is their subjective opinion and that it is not in fact objective truth. No one cares about your opinion. If you have no facts, you have no place in the conversation.
@James Thompson Only as labels we put on things we like or dislike; if you mean a supernatural intelligence that interacts with the natural world, then no.
Yeah....we are getting the nuts and bolts down. It'll take a bit longer to figure out more abstract concepts such as the supernatural. So landing a tin can on another rock is an indication that we're beyond "demons" etc? The other side of the coin is that it's before it.
Bless you beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation ( LIVING FOUNTAIN ORPHANAGE FOUNDATION.) in Lagos state Nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details. Here their official email (livingfountainorphanage07@gmail.com) tell him I sent you. For it is not by might nor by in power but of the spirit saith the lord (zechariah 4:6). You shall testify to the Glory of God in your life. God bless you.
If you think ouija board is a motor response, you have not used it while connected to real spirits. You can close your eyes and go one handed and have a 3rd party write down the letters. It will still work. It is not the board, it is the spirits doing the work. IMO, do Not ever ask for anyone besides your spirit group/guides only. Do an opening and closing prayer.
When Satan appeared to Jesus in the desert he did not try to spook him or even physically harm him. Satan tried to make Jesus doubt what the Father had just spoken over him. "This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased". Immediately after this Jesus is taken into the wilderness and Satan directly attacks what the Father said was true. Satan repeatedly says to Jesus "If you are the Son of God". This is also what Satan did to Adam and Eve. He did not try to scare them, he deceived them by tempting them to doubt God's word. This is Satan's main area of attack, his second area of attack being our attitudes and how we treat people. Jump scares are not in the Bible.
So you say. Were you there? Who was taking notes. Try this. Go outside on your own and say something to a tree, then go inside and ask a person to write what you said to the tree. You will discover that you need a note-taker to record these solo events. Oops, if they are solo, there is nobody else to write. Now look at the wholly fable and you will see heaps of these claims where the invisible (non-existent) narrator makes comments that are speculation.
Acts 19:13-16 The seven sons of Sceva attempted to cast out a demon, the demon answered them by asking "I know Jesus and I know Paul, but who are you?" He then leaped on them (1 against 7) and they fled naked and badly injured. Scary enough?
I was there having a beer with Jesus and Satan was a welcome visitor as he brought more beer, ice, salted peanuts and a truckload of wayward Christian apologists as firewood. They contributed the warmth as it was a chilly night and as they are usually full of hot air, they brought rounds of laughter as each one exploded and blasted hot coals everywhere. You know that if I was not there, nobody was around to spin that tale.
Demons are superstitious beliefs within conscious experience, not unlike normal experiences or dreams... ultimately, all is Consciousness. Please, if curious, read Alan Watts, Bernardo Kastrup and or Advaita Vedanta.
To be honest, given the amount of abuse that the victims of mental illness have gone through over the centuries, anyone positing that demons are responsible is guilty of a profound moral lapse.
Incorrect. They have been abused precisely because people have not believed it is down to demonic activity. Instead they have been tortured, lobotomised, electrocuted and so on. When they could have had an exorcism or whatever other spiritual remedies would be appropriate. Nowadays they get similar treatment, but just through vile psycho-pharma drugs that are very harmful, and will permanently damage or at least change the brain so that those people will never properly recover.
We got woke up in middle of night with loud music. I said what is that ? ....and a loud high pitched male voice said "just somebody playing the music" then it all stopped. What was that ?
@@DivaDeb1234 and you run your security video tape and did not see a car outside your house with a drunk singing to his car radio..or a clock radio has a momentary power surge and clicked on and off. And you asked every neighbour in close proximity. I heard a baby crying outside my bedroom window about 2am a few nights ago. It would not surprise me because there is a family in my street that gets numerous community service visitors and regular police attendance with flashing red/blue lights at all hours with of day and night. I decided that household are probably being awarded well earned medals of honour bestowed on them by council and the police. The donors are so keen to deliver ASAP that they often send 3 police cars illuminating the whole area with spotlights and sometimes the barking dog unit. A few times the ambulance has come and that us probably because the recipient of the gold medallion swooned due to being overcome with emotion at being selected as the nation's honoured citizen. Well that is what I believe and it's true. I will not consider any other possibilities. Well back to that howling baby. My security video the next day showed it was two cats "playing mothers and fathers" shall we say. And sure enough the replay was them making babies... I mean baby crying sounds. You may have experienced an unusual event and I think my suggestion of a fellow having his ... Twisted to help him hit that falcetto (spell?) level. BTW the police sometimes collect my video for "awards night" presentations at the magistrates courts.
The question is flawed. Not everyone who might believe in demons necessarily believe in possession or exorcism. Also, can we all just be honest here and admit this is nonsense that only exists in art and literature? Geeeez.
Billy has sort of a "salesman" vibe about him, for my taste anyway. I don't think it's a sign of good journalism to call one self "a storyteller" and "a christian first, journalist second". His bias and wishful thinking seems pretty noticeable even explicit.
@@paradisecityX0 I know, It's strange isn't it? Yet Billy seems pretty excited to me. Though he was careful to draw a straight line of causality he pretty much said it at the beginning: The more people lose faith the more they seem to be possesed and need holy help. Making the link so simply is unwarranted but even if the rise of demand is true, there are hundreds of different probable explanations. But Billy wishfuly "as a Christian" thinks possessions are a sign / a symptom of people needing Christanity and basicly varify his own beliefs. That's what it looked like to me.
I find it weird how everyone seems to question a priest’s until lifestyle as a joke I’m sure they love human foaming from the mouth and demons in people attacking them to many people they have helped
Not when your doing an exorcism they don’t science rejects what they don’t understand foolishness of man Bible sees my people are destroyed through lack of knowledge of this world scientists think they know everything that’s what makes them foolish in a lot of ways with respect.
These nut cases are holding back human progression. I would say to not give them a platform, but the more of them who make content, the more skeptical thinkers will know fantasy from reality. The louder the religous shout, the faster they will eliminate themselves.
Bless you beloved, I don't know you in person but God knows you. God ministered to me in a revelation when I was on your profile to see things around you,I saw blessings but spiritual attacks holding onto them,in prayers,i saw a woman in the realm of the spirit monitoring and plotting delay in your life, with an evil mirror, and with motive to destroy. But as I speak to you now her time is up, Render hand of favour with Anything you can afford or give to these motherless foundation ( LIVING FOUNTAIN ORPHANAGE FOUNDATION.) in Lagos state Nigeria before 2DAYS with faith, as I Rise my hands towards heaven and pray for you they shall serve as point of contact wherever you are, you will receive double portion of grace to excel and total restoration of breakthrough in your life and in the life of your family. Ask for their acct details and help them call the MD in charge of the orphanage to get their details. Here their official email (livingfountainorphanage07@gmail.com) tell him I sent you. For it is not by might nor by in power but of the spirit saith the lord (zechariah 4:6). You shall testify to the Glory of God in your life. God bless you.
I think the point about miracles is that it is not a systematic effect or one that is consistently repeated by natural laws. Instead, it is the (temporary) suspension of natural law that is considered a miracle. Since continuous suspension of natural law would result in a completely different reality from life as we know it, and that a continuous suspension would be a systematic effect its own right, the occurrence of a miracle must by definition be a non-systematic rare occurrence. As such, the probability of encountering a miracle event by random chance should be ridiculously small.
No one ever should. The Bible never instructs anyone to, and with very good reason. Satan is not a human being. Satan was in the immediate presence of God and is a spiritual being himself. This means there is no doubt in Satan about whether God exists or whether the spiritual world exists. He is apart of that world. Satan also actively worked to destroy Jesus and the gospel from ever happening. He has full knowledge of who Jesus is and what the gospel message is and not only rejects it but activity works against trying to turn all people he can from it. There is no further revelation Satan can have that would bring him to repentance, he has seen it unveiled. This is true blaspheme of the Holy Spirit.
Here is how the "Extraordinary claims requires extraordinary evidence" sounds to the rest of us. Stupid. It sounds stupid. The reason I don't require evidence for the bike ride is either A) I don't care, B) I am too distracted by the claim of the UFO, or C) both. It has nothing to do with it being "mundane". The truth is claims require evidence, the claim of the claim being "extraordinary" also requires evidence and is only used to push the bar so high that you can ignore the claim. Using the bicycle as my example, let me tell you how this dumb argument sounds to everyone else. Person A) Hi mate, how are you? I went on a bike ride today. Person B) Did you? I lack belief that you went on a bike ride. A) You don't believe me? B) No, I didn't say that. I just lack belief that you did. A) Well I am still in all my gear. B) that isn't evidence you cycled, that you might have just decided to wear them. A) Well, my Bike is over there. B) That just proves you know where Bikes are kept, or borrowed a bike. It isn't proof you cycled. A) I am still sweating, I have my helmet here. What more can I show you? B) you might have done some other kind of exercise. It doesn't prove you rode here. A) What can I possibly do to prove it to you? B) If you have really cycled here, you would know. Bike riders claims require bike rider evidence. See how stupid it sounds.
Ironically, in her later life- Mother Theresa declared herself absent of Christian belief. Christopher Hitchens had some very interesting criticism of the good mother. She was not a wholly altruistic person.
Multiple eyewitness testimonies corroborating each other and absolutely no personal benefit by giving it, if anything negative personal impact as was said... How much more "extraordinary" evidence do you need? If there were video or photos Michael would say it could have been doctored. If he saw it himself, He would have said, I hallucinated. I admire his faith in nothing besides the physical. He would make a great Christian.
23:08 "Are they misremembering" "are they conflating their memory with the movie they saw" Someone walking up a wall is not exactly something you would make a mistake about or forget in any way! Ridiculous argument.
Christians don't have to debate with skeptics like Michael if they know something is true. They can just tell people it is true. We don't have to be 'playing with skeptics'. With some of these people you can probably say as many words as you can but they still will not believe. Words are not what will persuade though - seeing/experiencing the actual reality might, although they might still believe it is a trick of some kind. Really what those people need to do is to read the Bible and pray and get closer to God.
It is not what God designed any human being for. It is extremely objectifing and demeaning to humans to be treated that way, as though all we are good for is our bodies. God has so much more for people. Real relationships without selfish desires and objectifing. That are not just built on sex but every part of the person. I'm not trying to sound holier-than-thou. Porn has been my biggest weakness my whole life. The more I get to know God though, the more disgusting I see porn is, even on the most basic level of being so far from what he wants us to be doing.
@@joshuaWEC to each their own. As with anything there can be issues and problems with certain fields of work. But given consent, agreed compensation, and safety, there’s nothing inherently wrong with it. An actor’s French kiss is fine but another organ in another orifice is a bridge too far? A bare arm is ok but a butt check isn’t? A man’s nipple is acceptable but a woman’s....? We are “designed” unintelligently via evolution. Evolution is the most evidenced consensus in science. If being a sex worker offends you or otherwise, don’t do it or watch it. The non stigmatization of it would better promote safety and likely improve conditions. I do believe violence against women has decreased since pornography has been more readily accessible via the internet. Given ideal conditions of sex workers as mentioned, wouldn’t this fact be beneficial to society? This is not to say I’m not all for real meaningful mutual relationships with actual people.
@@zach2980 I am sorry you need real people. What about getting an imaginary friend in the clouds to talk to. You will never get in an argument and it saves the cost of phone calls.
@@zach2980 Came IN, on this occasion. It would seem that it was a case of a teenage rape in the middle of the night the believers celebrate. Sick bunch to think this is a good thing. We have bad Friday in a week, and it is a good one in the eyes of the gullible. I can only put it down to twisted thinking.
Shermers points were awful and not in the least bit convincing he was constantly going of on a tangent without staying on the main point and the first case billy mentions shermers argument against it were dreadful.....
@James Thompson its an interesting comment from him and a bit of a cop out from him imo james as i guess what he is saying is well this particular thing might be true or have some substance to it but instead of saying this ill cover it by ignoring it or just file under i dont understand that way i can still remain a sceptic ....but thanks for your reply james
@James Thompson If I was on the apologist payroll, I would make a spurious claim and pretend the info was revealed to me. Shameful to say "I don't know," if you are in their trade.
@@worldofenigma1 Yes! Wish I talk about it with u I’ll do my best! I’m a Bodyguard /Caregiver for a wealthy family . I was hired to take care of there youngest Adult son. After about a year I started to notice shadows, banging on the walls, etc…. After he passed of liver failure things got crazy. Saw something levitating, white apparitions, black things floating around, physical attacks, etc…. Not just me either. In the middle of the activity there were UFO’s over the property. No lie!! I know how this sounds please trust me!! The important thing to remember here is a Christian Minister came on the property and in the name of Jesus Christ shut it all down! It stopped Immediately!!! Thank God!! I’ve been there a long time and this is a condensed version. Jesus Christ is real and I pray more people figure that out!!!
@@worldofenigma1 Short version is the A Wealthy family I worked for was into Black Magic . I didn’t know it. I experienced one of the sons Eye 👁️ rolling in the back of the head, objects Levitating, Shadows, Physical attacks, the whole deal. Believe it or not While this was going on UFO’s would appear over their Property. I was in shock 😳!!!!! It wasn’t until a minister came onto the property and Pled the Blood of Jesus Christ over it all and it stopped for the most part Praise God! It’s all true!!! So much more I could tell u!! God is Good!!!
No he doesn't, stop your bullshit. He Gets on him a bit for a second over a certain point while Dr. Shermer was arguing with Graham. Other than that they all had an amicable conversation. Joe didn't "trash" anyone. You're just a dullard.
This guy calls himself a "journalist?" Lmao I remember the days when "journalists" could speak their native language properly. The "T" in "often" is silent there Jethro.
Funny, that with everyone in the world having a smartphone movie camera in their pocket, none of this ever shows up on TH-cam.
@@nickright7747 193 million smartphone owners in the US alone. Something would have shown up by now.
@@nickright7747 and the nurses who supposedly saw stuff also?
@@mauricehalfhide3982 Does being a nurse give one's testimony in supposed supernatural matters more credibility?
@@soslothful I wasn't suggesting that at all. Just wondering why we don't hear from them.
@@mauricehalfhide3982 Ah. Well, that's fair then. Perhaps there are legal restrictions concerning discussing patient's cases?
"A boy walked up a wall backwards"
Source: trust me bro
And you think that a demon posssed person is there for a little entertainment why don’t you go to real life exorcism my friend and when you see it for urself and you will wonder why people don’t believe say that your lying about it and you have seen it for yourself be opened minded my friend don’t shut down before you have chance to properly go over the problem this stuff happens for real I’ve seen people myself demon possessed it’s horrible not a game there is no Hollywood lights camera action this stuff is for real my friend god bless you in Jesus name.
...If I recall ...wasn't the "Source"- the reports of Health Care Workers?...who I might add are generally considered highly credible in our society...
@@matthewgoddard5088 I'm tryna be open minded and hear from all sides, that's why I watched this video. But I think that there are way better explanations than "a demon possessed him/her".
@@anarchorepublican5954 we don't even have access to the first hand account of the officers. Is it available somewhere?
@@bernardobila4336 ... I have no Idea ...frankly that never dawned on me..I assumed aforehand if the accounts of the police in the case were suspect, I imagine Shermer would have naysay'd...if you find anything do tell...apparently Mike's only response in the case was he thinks some witnesses were influenced by "the Exorcist"...and that's a Hard one to swallow on both sides of Hell...and also Shermer acknowledged its "okay to not know"- you don't have to abandon your skeptical sunglasses, even if there is no explanation suitable to a skeptic...I appreciate that but it does seem a bit intellectually smothering nonethelesss...I suppose the evidence its all documented in the Bill "happy" Hallowell's paperback demonological Tome (...one must admit...that is an awesome name for Demonologist, ?)...I confess I have not read it...but there is so much recorded evidence of this sort of thing...going back centuries...yet, its only the modern reports we postmoderne' find remotely credible...
I love how open Billy Hallowell is about his faith.
For a ouija board, why would you touch anything anyway, if it's all spirits? If spirits can throw chairs across the room, they can interact with the board directly lmao
From my understanding, it's much more common for demons to function/manifest in humans rather than move a stand alone object like a chair. My theory is that it takes a different level of power or demonic ability/environment to move a stand alone object. As an illustration: it's possible for a human to shoot a basketball into a hoop 15 yards away but it's rare. It might take the correct wind current, position on a hill or the person needs to have a lot of practice in that skill.
@@sarahpfeuffer1396 what is your theory based on ? Just tour personal thoughts by the side of it
...simply because..., if the Ouija board moved by itself...that would scare the curious away far too soon...the board is just an initial entry meant to suck them into occultism...that is the case at the very first.. however I have known dozens of ex-Ouija enthusiasts, what finally broke the habit for most of them, was when they claim the board began move by itself... Other's, more secular minded, are actually stunned by this new reality...A very common Olde Truth that was entirely denied them by our current agnostic education...this discovery inspires them to decide to dig in deeper toward true Devil worship...meanwhile the full gamut of historical human experience, and all traditional world religions consistently acknowledge these intelligent, but malevolent entities do exist...and are to be avoided like spiritual vermin... as Shakespeare so succinctly stated..."There are more things on heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”...
Michael's radio story is really amazing, it really made me think!
How likely it is that something like that would happen...
The fact that a broken radio would suddenly turn itself on, play the right station, with the right romantic music, at the right time just after his fiancée's father died, a very touchy moment for both of them, moreover, not only a radio but! something with a high emotional value directly connected to his father! and after that moment, the radio would never work again...
if Michael had been alone, and this would have happened, the story would have been hard to believe, but then there was his fiancée, another witness...
in order of probabilities such an event is really difficult to happen, almost impossible... and not only that... the fact that it happened to Michael, a committed skeptic, with varied scientific knowledge, also owner of a magazine, and not just any magazine, a magazine for skeptics, a person who also has a past related to faith, who has spent the last decades talking about it from a naturalistic point of view, which gives him enough credibility to talk about it...
That's really so unlikely to happen.... that it's surprising!
if I hadn't seen Michael talk to the camera about it I wouldn't have believed it...
all that makes me think...
maybe if this had happened to a common citizen, maybe this would be finished differently, possibly in an anecdote, a legend among the friends of the bar, some story of the hallway, we would be branded as liars even if this had happened to a person who is not a scientist or with recognition, possibly very few would be believed with doubts... we would argue that he had a hallucination, that it was an effect Mandela... it was all imagination and that it was all in his head, even that he is lying to us to become popular, controversial or to draw attention to himself.
But... yes, we believe Michael, because well... he is Michael.
That's what makes testimonies so difficult, to believe or not to believe .... but certainly, that story is surprising! men...
"But... yes, we believe Michael, because well... he is Michael."
That has to be some of the worst reasoning I've ever heard for accepting a claim.
@@karlazeen Obviously it's not the best argument, not that I expect anyone to decide on that basis alone, but the context of Michael's life gives his story a little more attention than other stories, now, whether we believe him or not, that's up to us.
Fun fact if you misremember something you can't tell that you misremembered it. It feels just like all your other memories
Yoooo this is so important to realize, like one of the most important things imo.
This is especially important when several people misremember the same exact thing, I had that a couple of times, if I remember correctly
That phenomenon is known as the Mandela effect
@@bladesxf I seem to remember that's something _very different!_
This is one of those things that should be so obvious but for some reason kind of mind blowing when you think about it. Very true and important to know/remember.
whenever Billy is given a non-Christian example that fulfils criteria he accepts, his response begins with ‘Ok..putting on my Christian hat..’ and proceeds to explain one mystery by referring to another. For example, when asked about the relatively higher number of demonic occurrences in other cultures, he says its because they are ‘outside the Christian realm and don’t have that protection’. Or he doesn’t answer it at all (e.g. Sathya Sai Baba)
@@billyhallowell9065 reported for spam. I mean what the hell
Well checkout Abu Tharr Ruqya ( prayers from Holy Quran)who is a spiritual person and carries out exorcism and he happens to be a Muslim in UK.
That’s circular argumentation. He’s assuming Christianity is true and then interpreting these non Christian examples from a Christian perspective.
Good discussion. I would like to ask Shermer: when does it become more reasonable to believe the supernatural over the natural? To use an extreme example, you saw someone shot to death, and buried for years, then he dropped by your house one day. Is it *reasonable* to say, "he must have just fallen asleep, survived for a while underground, then dug himself out"?
Did you witness this happen?
It’s probably most reasonable to think that that person’s death was faked or or they were cloned until they could prove to you the person you’re talking to really is the exact person that was killed. To assume resurrection before ruling those out would be a big leap.
Would have loved this discussion to be longer. Thank you! 🙂🙌🏻
"I'm a Christian first, then a journalist." Maybe not the best argument for truth. Image Shermer saying "I'm and atheist first, then a skeptic."
Just like the American mainstream media you mean? I'm a democrat first, then a journalist.
@@alessiobemelmans9539 True. Same goes for the Republican Media. But in this case, they are debating. Specific to what I wrote, He is indicating his findings will support his Religion whether by ignoring facts that do not go with his worldview or skewing others. Just like most of the scientists on YEC payroll. They sign a Statement of Faith and can only present findings that go along with what the organization holds to be true.
I don't think this was an actual "debate" but more of a discussion.
On top of that, I think he states that he's a Christian because maybe he wanted to acknowledge his viewers/listeners about his faith?
@@MultiBigAndy Ahh. I could not listen very long so I did not really know his positions. I just saw the Shot Glasses and had to make a comment. It still applies. I will take the word of a Christian with a Shotglass background over one with books and a guitar any day.
There is no non-subjective human
For me, the concept of _'super natural'_ has become a misnomer and I reject using it altogether.
Naturally :)
@@VaughanMcCue 🤣🤣
I just watched ASK AN EXORCIST ANYTHING just yesterday lol
me too
Yes they would know. There is a book written by the ex catholic priest who was outcasted and knew much. .
Read John J Robinson "Born In Blood: The Lost Secrets of FMry"
Super interesting topic! Cam from Capturing Christianity had a couple recent videos on this topic lately too!
What is interesting now about demons? Are you joking? It's 2021!
I would love to get in on that gig. How much money can you extract from the victim is my first concern. My next thought is, would you need to buy magic candles and a few tinkling bells, capes ( or would a bit of white cardboard stuck in the front of a black shirt do the job) and a colourful wand from a magic supply store or a Christian bookshop?
@@evanskip1 Thank youuuuu
@@evanskip1 '"It's 2021!" In 2021 the number of people who ask for exorcisms is raising... So what's your point?
@@anaarkadievna on the other hand,, christianity is plumatting in 2021, (FACT),, so who then are seeking exorcism?
I love these talks,thanks!
This was lovely, tho I sadly missed the beginning (I'll catch up). Prof Shermer used to make me so cross, as I questioned his motives, being a 'believer' in many of the things he (perhaps religiously) expends so much effort debunking. He is now seems like the agreeable cousin I disagree with on details of reality but agree with on methods of exploration.
I'm not familiar with your other guest, but I think I lean in the direction of his very competently argued position, I will, no doubt, be familiarising myself with his work soon.
Much gratitude to you for this one, I was heartened greatly by it.
@J wCopied from Wikipedia:
Los Angeles Times reviewer Noel Murray called the film "hooey".[11] According to skeptical investigator Kenny Biddle, the film has been characterized as a pseudo-documentary, "meaning it is filmed in a documentary style but doesn’t portray real events".[12]
@@georgemoncayo8313 To presuppose the existence of the God, to account for it's existence is logically incoherent."
“There was some levitating.” 😂 side note?
Man i appreciate and enjoy Mike Shermer but dude goes on and on if you let him lol
Short answer: No, much like gods, it lacks strong evidence and there are better explanations.
I 100% agree with Shermer about the free speech issue and big props for writing a book calling out the cancel culture. However with his argument about these unexplained anomalies, where he says no one knows for sure and some might jump the line and say that's paranormal or supernatural and he's willing to just say I don't know and I'll wait till we know for sure.I think that's closing himself off to the possibility. Because by the very definition of supernatural or paranormal, if it exist, your not going to be able to explain it with normal or natural explanations. So if the supernatural exists and your waiting for a natural or material explanation, you are setting a standard for evidence that you will never get. I haven't watched the whole thing yet. I paused after the hell house story to write this. But I hope they ask him what would be acceptable as evidence for him. If a government worker and hospital staff (people we generally trust to safeguard kids and remove them from bad parents if necessary) can't be trusted as eye whiteness what does it take? If Shermer himself observed a person walking up a wall in a hospital room, would he say that he was mis remembering or conflating his memory with a movie? And if his own observation of an event like that wouldn't be good enough then I think that he really is closed off to the idea and not really a sceptic at all.
Wow, I think I just became a better skeptic listening to Michael. I loved his point regarding the resurrection. I’ve never quite heard it out the way he did though. There is definitely evidence for the resurrection, yes, but there is simply no evidence which reaches to the level of the claim.
That sounds like a very contradictory statement. Your pass will be evidence and then it doesn’t reach the level of a claim. Currently with all the historical information that we have which is very little in the first century the resurrection seem like a most likely account.
@@webslinger527 Absolutely not
@@oraziopt yes it absolutely is
The Gospels were written by Jesus's Disciples / Apostles
(eye witnesses, men who lived and traveled exclusively with Jesus for the 3 years of His ministry before His crucifiction, death, and Resurrection OR those who knew these people personally) beginning approx. 20 to 50 years after Jesus's Death and Resurrection. In those first years after, the first-person witnesses to His Ressurection ( Jesus's mother Mary, the Disciples and Mary Magdalene as well as OVER 500 others who saw, touched, and spoke with Jesus BODILY ) and those who knew the first hand witnesses, spread the Gospel by speaking to people personally. As they all aged and started dying off, they began recording those historical events. We have over 5,200 documents of the Gospels ( the Books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John ) or portions of the Gospels written in Greek ( the common trade language of Jesus's time, of which He and His disciples spoke and wrote, and there is evidence Jesus and others could speak and write Hebrew or Aramaic ).
The Gospel accounts are the largest number of historical documents for ANYTHING in antiquity. They were later directly translated to English from the original Greek -into our current New Testament- and from English, they were translated to World Languages.
Would be good to discuss the relationship with the demonic and aliens, drugs and the occult
What Hallowell isn't appreciating here is that there's what we could call _Anecdotal Natural Selection_ at work when he speaks of compelling accounts (memes) about spooky Ouija Board experiences. I've also used a Ouija Board as a teenager & would you believe... _nothing interesting happened!_ If 99.9% of stories are just as boring as mine is there much chance it's going to be repeated? _Nope!_ Professor Richard Feynman has a similar account to this. He'd talk about a bad feeling he had about his mum for no discernable reason but it worried him enough to phone he up to see if she was okay &... she was fine! Who's going to recount a story as boring as that one? No one, so it doesn't get repeated to counter balance all the far more extraordinary stories in the memosphere!
The good spirits do something ~similar, but they call it "puddle jumping". Not like possession, but more an influence. They can feel and see like the person or animal and influence thoughts and movements. I guess maybe a light version of possession. "Bad" spirits use the same mechanism, but they are not constraining themselves to rules or regulations. They pay a high price for doing this sort of thing when it is not approved for a reason. The "bad" ones are unredeemable - they say.
To answer the question..... NO .
Anecdote isn’t data
I know this may not be persuasive to you, Michael, but let me just change the whole subject and give a Christian sermon.
So in short, they could be, or they might not be.
Thank me later.
Cool talk. Could have easily been another hour or so.
Why would anyone go to the Catholic Church for help? Demons must have a good laugh with that. Why would evil cast out evil? God have mercy and protect us.
The moderator let billy talk way more than Michael
Try listening to Russ Parker on "Generational healing and the importance of names" on YT.
Since exorcism is rarely discussed I really wanted to watch this debate, but nothing came out of it... It was like two persons meeting to find out what treatment is the best for a specific illness and one part just says that illness doesn't exist! Of course there won't be a fruitful talk?
It's like discussing a certain smell with someone who can' t smell anything. How do you convince that person that it really is a strong smell present? Or even that smells exist?
I believe all genuinelly christians some time in their lives need a wise and experienced priest/pastor to ask for guidence and help in possibly occult matters. How can we talk about this openly without inviting to an unhealthy curiousness for the occult? If satan doesn't exist and causes evil ,why did Jesus have to die? To save us from whom/what?
Satan exists, but Jesus died to save us from ourselves. Our hearts are deceitfully wicked above everything else. Yes Jesus did also die to destroy the spiritual powers that hold people captive, but we are very responsible for our sins. There is no "the devil made me do it" kind of teaching in the Bible. Instead the Bible says "All have sinned and fallen short of God's glorious standard."
@@joshuaWECNot true. A demon/spirit entered Judas. Then when he had betrayed Jesus, then the spirit/demon left him. Not saying Judas couldn't have done anything to stop it or was not responsible in some way, but they can influence us. Of course we can resist the demons. Most are not even aware of them though. I guess you will be one of those kinds of people.
I will send the photo as soon as I think your the real person who can explain this picture!!!!!!
Neither of the guests web site links work. Good video, thanks.
Looking forward to this one!
Spiritual warfare is real! We need those who can fight.
Jack Daniels vs Sthn Comfort
@@VaughanMcCue Lmao
I studied Muy Thai...does that help? 😆
Besides, why would an all-powerful god need a mortal to pray against evil?
1. God could just shake his deity dick and rid of evil spirits
2. Prayer has been demonstrated to work at the rate of chance and worse.
Soooo....there's that.
@@Джонатан-р8д lol, nice try troll. But I’ll pray for you too. Knock on prayer all you want, as I’m sure you’re the type who changes their profile pic cuz that helps 🤷🏻♂️
But I’ll pray you for you too! 🙏
@@tonybinder9392 I've had this pic for years lmao so Idk what you mean. And I definitely wasn't trolling. Look up the Harvard Prayer Experiment - Templeton Foundation.
2 groups were told they may or may not be prayed for, one was and one was not. The third group was told they were to be prayed for and they were. Not only did prayer not work, but group 3, had a higher percentage of people get worse results.
Sooo....prayer is actually the opposite of helpful.
Michael Shermer admits the walking up a wall backwards would have to be supernatural. So that convinces him. He just refuses to believe that it happened even if he saw it happen.
I mean...there are cameras. If it happened EVER we would know about at least one.
Can you do the wall walk for me. I would like to see it.
If a photograph was taken it would just be disputed as a fake
@@VaughanMcCue So let's say you were granted your wish. Since "no one" would believe you, you might as well had not seen it at all.
@@knowledgeispower2787
I would not feel the need to tell anyone, so being believed does not matter.
I have seen some things I keep to myself, and having someone believe I did not see the phenomenon could be in my best interest.
As you know, eyewitness evidence is relatively reliable, except when proposed for ancient myths.
Take, for example, the myth of the alleged 998 people (all only possessing one eye) and the two women possessing two eyes, but their evidence is deemed half the value because they are second-class people.
I supposedly saw something 2000 and a bit years ago. There are no names and zero opportunity to cross-examine the claim. The documents for Joseph Smith are more compelling.
⋀ Ⅰ Digital manipulation will make ~EW~ claims even more unreliable. Thanks for your interest and contribution, and I look forward to your video of sending someone up the wall.
I had experiences so I believe the stories.
Could you please share
The Catholic tradition on exorcism, can be found by listening to Fr Ripperger at Sensus Fidelium on TH-cam. Ne timeas.
@Liam McCann Any connection to Jack the Ripper?
Interesting that this came out right after Cameron Bertuzzi's (Capturing Christianity's) interview with Fr. Lampert. I recommend any sceptic to have a watch of that interview. Peace.
Not doubt a juicy interview!
Why do you recommend any skeptic to watch it?
That interview was hilarious- "I saw someone pick up an office-chair with ONE ARM... and ONLY possesion by a demon could be the cause of such a display of supernatural strength!!"
Notice how all the dramatic stuff the priest mentioned- "levitation", "people climbing walls", etc, was what he's HEARD, but when asked about what he'd SEEN, it was all explicable, non-supernatural stuff like "picking up office-chairs" and "writhing on the ground"?
Interesting to hear him claim that exorcism "isn't magic", though- He literally claims that he reads out specific phrases (ie "magical spells"), and carries out specific actions, with objects like crucifixes, bible, rosary, etc, (ie "magical rituals") which he believes will have a supernatural effect ("driving out demons")- That perfectly fits the most basic, textbook definition of magic- Speaking certain words, and/or doing certain rituals, with the belief it will effect the real world, via supernatural mechanisms.
If you swapped the latin, for Sumerian, and swapped the "the power of Christ compells you!!" for "the power of Baal compells you", and switched the rosary for some OTHER religion's prayer-beads in those rituals, I wonder if he'd claim THAT "wasn't magic"? Or, does he think that whether it's an attempt at "magic" or not, depends on which specific magical, invisible occult entity you're invoking? "It's not occultism/magic if you invoke MY god.... It's only occultism/magic, if you invoke SOMEONE ELSE'S god!!!!"
It's amazing how the people who are the most paranoid about "occultism", can't recognize REAL, LITERAL occultism, when it's right in front of them... or even when THEY are ones practicing occultism...
@J w I don't believe you. But I have moon cheese in stock- in case you need some.
@@baconsarny-geddon8298 You of little faith. Cheats like you spoil all the fun by looking behind the magic curtain turning on the harsh fluorescent lights and speeding up the weird sound system, so the ghost sounds like a chipmunk cartoon.
You really should let the kids keep pretending, as that, in the words of the great Saint Doug-of-Pine-Creek, is where they get their hope, meaning, purpose and PinePoints if they are on time.
we exist inside the story that the the brain tells itself,its all in the brain.Joscha Bach.
I absolutely love when people say "from a Christian perspective" because it is an automatic admission that it is their subjective opinion and that it is not in fact objective truth. No one cares about your opinion. If you have no facts, you have no place in the conversation.
We are landing robots on Mars.
Meanwhile...are demons and exorcism real?
Sighhhhhhh
@James Thompson Only as labels we put on things we like or dislike; if you mean a supernatural intelligence that interacts with the natural world, then no.
I agree. That sums it up nicely
Yeah....we are getting the nuts and bolts down. It'll take a bit longer to figure out more abstract concepts such as the supernatural. So landing a tin can on another rock is an indication that we're beyond "demons" etc? The other side of the coin is that it's before it.
Never any video. Ever.
And with smartphones in every pocket. That should be the end of the discussion for so many of these paranormal/supernatural claims.
Yuh. It makes a dope fiction, but that's it.
Ummm have you not seen all of the horror movies made in the last couple of decades!? Those are videos!! Thus, demons are real.
(This is a joke)
@@Iamwrongbut Damn it. You killed it with the clarification.
@@Iamwrongbut How dare you joke about such things!
(This is a joke as well)
Boy, Billy just completely ducked that point about Sathya Sai Baba's well documented miracles, huh?
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If you think ouija board is a motor response, you have not used it while connected to real spirits. You can close your eyes and go one handed and have a 3rd party write down the letters. It will still work. It is not the board, it is the spirits doing the work. IMO, do Not ever ask for anyone besides your spirit group/guides only. Do an opening and closing prayer.
Jack Daniels or Candian Club are good spirits to open with and pray you don't run out.
Even the rather woolly C of E perform the odd exorcism, which is rather sweet of them. Next weeks debate, ' do oxen go to heaven?'
Like they say, "all oxen go to heaven"...
Can it even be heaven without them?
@@joshuaWEC Not in my heaven
@@Джонатан-р8д For sure, that is how apologists get their inspiration ...from the BS falling from heaven.
When Satan appeared to Jesus in the desert he did not try to spook him or even physically harm him. Satan tried to make Jesus doubt what the Father had just spoken over him. "This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased". Immediately after this Jesus is taken into the wilderness and Satan directly attacks what the Father said was true. Satan repeatedly says to Jesus "If you are the Son of God".
This is also what Satan did to Adam and Eve. He did not try to scare them, he deceived them by tempting them to doubt God's word.
This is Satan's main area of attack, his second area of attack being our attitudes and how we treat people. Jump scares are not in the Bible.
So you say. Were you there? Who was taking notes. Try this. Go outside on your own and say something to a tree, then go inside and ask a person to write what you said to the tree. You will discover that you need a note-taker to record these solo events. Oops, if they are solo, there is nobody else to write. Now look at the wholly fable and you will see heaps of these claims where the invisible (non-existent) narrator makes comments that are speculation.
Acts 19:13-16 The seven sons of Sceva attempted to cast out a demon, the demon answered them by asking "I know Jesus and I know Paul, but who are you?" He then leaped on them (1 against 7) and they fled naked and badly injured. Scary enough?
I was there having a beer with Jesus and Satan was a welcome visitor as he brought more beer, ice, salted peanuts and a truckload of wayward Christian apologists as firewood. They contributed the warmth as it was a chilly night and as they are usually full of hot air, they brought rounds of laughter as each one exploded and blasted hot coals everywhere.
You know that if I was not there, nobody was around to spin that tale.
Shermer was more likeable in this conversation
Demons are superstitious beliefs within conscious experience, not unlike normal experiences or dreams... ultimately, all is Consciousness. Please, if curious, read Alan Watts, Bernardo Kastrup and or Advaita Vedanta.
To be honest, given the amount of abuse that the victims of mental illness have gone through over the centuries, anyone positing that demons are responsible is guilty of a profound moral lapse.
Incorrect. They have been abused precisely because people have not believed it is down to demonic activity. Instead they have been tortured, lobotomised, electrocuted and so on. When they could have had an exorcism or whatever other spiritual remedies would be appropriate. Nowadays they get similar treatment, but just through vile psycho-pharma drugs that are very harmful, and will permanently damage or at least change the brain so that those people will never properly recover.
We got woke up in middle of night with loud music. I said what is that ? ....and a loud high pitched male voice said "just somebody playing the music" then it all stopped. What was that ?
Lucid dream or sleep paralysis?
@@JagnaLesna no. We both heard it !!
Maybe the male voice was having his dangles crushed to reach high notes in his song, then he fainted. See castrato singing on the wiki - its nuts!
@@VaughanMcCue This was real
@@DivaDeb1234 and you run your security video tape and did not see a car outside your house with a drunk singing to his car radio..or a clock radio has a momentary power surge and clicked on and off.
And you asked every neighbour in close proximity.
I heard a baby crying outside my bedroom window about 2am a few nights ago. It would not surprise me because there is a family in my street that gets numerous community service visitors and regular police attendance with flashing red/blue lights at all hours with of day and night.
I decided that household are probably being awarded well earned medals of honour bestowed on them by council and the police. The donors are so keen to deliver ASAP that they often send 3 police cars illuminating the whole area with spotlights and sometimes the barking dog unit. A few times the ambulance has come and that us probably because the recipient of the gold medallion swooned due to being overcome with emotion at being selected as the nation's honoured citizen. Well that is what I believe and it's true.
I will not consider any other possibilities.
Well back to that howling baby. My security video the next day showed it was two cats "playing mothers and fathers" shall we say. And sure enough the replay was them making babies... I mean baby crying sounds.
You may have experienced an unusual event and I think my suggestion of a fellow having his ... Twisted to help him hit that falcetto (spell?) level. BTW the police sometimes collect my video for "awards night" presentations at the magistrates courts.
The question is flawed. Not everyone who might believe in demons necessarily believe in possession or exorcism.
Also, can we all just be honest here and admit this is nonsense that only exists in art and literature?
Geeeez.
In that sense philosophy can be considered to be arts and literature too. What does mean then, we shouldn't have conversation?
@@BenjaminOommen Yeah, I never said that lmao
Billy has sort of a "salesman" vibe about him, for my taste anyway. I don't think it's a sign of good journalism to call one self "a storyteller" and "a christian first, journalist second". His bias and wishful thinking seems pretty noticeable even explicit.
Why would anybody wishfully think that demons possess people? What a stupid thing to say
@@paradisecityX0 For loving God, perhaps? It's a small price to pay in relation to the big picture.
@@maxxu8 And God condemns lying on all counts so that's a non sequitur.
@@paradisecityX0 Believing, even without evidence, is not lying.
@@paradisecityX0
I know, It's strange isn't it? Yet Billy seems pretty excited to me. Though he was careful to draw a straight line of causality he pretty much said it at the beginning: The more people lose faith the more they seem to be possesed and need holy help. Making the link so simply is unwarranted but even if the rise of demand is true, there are hundreds of different probable explanations. But Billy wishfuly "as a Christian" thinks possessions are a sign / a symptom of people needing Christanity and basicly varify his own beliefs. That's what it looked like to me.
I find it weird how everyone seems to question a priest’s until lifestyle as a joke I’m sure they love human foaming from the mouth and demons in people attacking them to many people they have helped
@Matthew Goddard Mental health issues and rabies sufferers foam at the mouth- like some apologists.
Not when your doing an exorcism they don’t science rejects what they don’t understand foolishness of man
Bible sees my people are destroyed through lack of knowledge of this world scientists think they know everything that’s what makes them foolish in a lot of ways with respect.
Exorcist 4: The Rise of the Nones.
“Avoid it” you can turn out like the skeptic! that doesn’t look bad enough? Well it can get worse. Avoid the thingy board
Are elves and unicorns real?
If Halliwell is a sceptic I'm royalty.
Doesn't have to be a christian priest. Could be a pagan shaman. Christians always have to claim exclusivity.
@@georgemoncayo8313 That's epic, and metal, but like, what else you got to say?
@@georgemoncayo8313 those are good choices. Do you think good and evil run along religious sectarian lines?
@@georgemoncayo8313 IDK if I want to have him as m'lord tho
@@georgemoncayo8313 Couldn't there be more than only one option tho?
That's quite a long winded way of claiming exclusivity ;p
These nut cases are holding back human progression. I would say to not give them a platform, but the more of them who make content, the more skeptical thinkers will know fantasy from reality. The louder the religous shout, the faster they will eliminate themselves.
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Billy is always squirming and reacting nervously when Shermer talks. Chill dude...
I think the point about miracles is that it is not a systematic effect or one that is consistently repeated by natural laws. Instead, it is the (temporary) suspension of natural law that is considered a miracle. Since continuous suspension of natural law would result in a completely different reality from life as we know it, and that a continuous suspension would be a systematic effect its own right, the occurrence of a miracle must by definition be a non-systematic rare occurrence. As such, the probability of encountering a miracle event by random chance should be ridiculously small.
Billy: If you already believe in miracles it is more likely for the miraculous exist.
Fuck my ass. Talk about circular reasoning.
Pornstars are not happy with what you did there....lol
Who prays for the sinner who needs it most? Satan.
No one ever should. The Bible never instructs anyone to, and with very good reason.
Satan is not a human being. Satan was in the immediate presence of God and is a spiritual being himself. This means there is no doubt in Satan about whether God exists or whether the spiritual world exists. He is apart of that world.
Satan also actively worked to destroy Jesus and the gospel from ever happening. He has full knowledge of who Jesus is and what the gospel message is and not only rejects it but activity works against trying to turn all people he can from it. There is no further revelation Satan can have that would bring him to repentance, he has seen it unveiled.
This is true blaspheme of the Holy Spirit.
@@joshuaWEC To pray for Satan’s salvation is the unforgivable sin?
@@edwardtbabinski I will forgive you
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I'ee can't even?
Forget exorcism, bring back trephination!
BRING
BACK
MY
GIRLS
Bloodletting!
Billy “Mareacle” Hallowell
Shermer isn't a psychiatrist, please bring someone actually CERTIFIED next time.
Far Out.
Read Dr Richard Gallaghers latest book. His credentials and experience are compelling.
Here is how the "Extraordinary claims requires extraordinary evidence" sounds to the rest of us.
Stupid. It sounds stupid.
The reason I don't require evidence for the bike ride is either A) I don't care, B) I am too distracted by the claim of the UFO, or C) both. It has nothing to do with it being "mundane".
The truth is claims require evidence, the claim of the claim being "extraordinary" also requires evidence and is only used to push the bar so high that you can ignore the claim.
Using the bicycle as my example, let me tell you how this dumb argument sounds to everyone else.
Person A) Hi mate, how are you? I went on a bike ride today.
Person B) Did you? I lack belief that you went on a bike ride.
A) You don't believe me?
B) No, I didn't say that. I just lack belief that you did.
A) Well I am still in all my gear.
B) that isn't evidence you cycled, that you might have just decided to wear them.
A) Well, my Bike is over there.
B) That just proves you know where Bikes are kept, or borrowed a bike. It isn't proof you cycled.
A) I am still sweating, I have my helmet here. What more can I show you?
B) you might have done some other kind of exercise. It doesn't prove you rode here.
A) What can I possibly do to prove it to you?
B) If you have really cycled here, you would know. Bike riders claims require bike rider evidence.
See how stupid it sounds.
Hi mate; how are you? I went on a winged horse ride today.
@@JagnaLesna good for you. Honestly couldn't couldn't care less. Hope it was fun.
@@debatingchristian Much more fun then riding a bicycle! XD
30:22 The supposed miracles that led to Mother Teresa's canonization were cures of cancer, not MS.
Ironically, in her later life- Mother Theresa declared herself absent of Christian belief. Christopher Hitchens had some very interesting criticism of the good mother. She was not a wholly altruistic person.
Yes we need to understand the devil and hell is real
Hard cringe.
Multiple eyewitness testimonies corroborating each other and absolutely no personal benefit by giving it, if anything negative personal impact as was said... How much more "extraordinary" evidence do you need?
If there were video or photos Michael would say it could have been doctored.
If he saw it himself, He would have said, I hallucinated.
I admire his faith in nothing besides the physical. He would make a great Christian.
23:08 "Are they misremembering" "are they conflating their memory with the movie they saw" Someone walking up a wall is not exactly something you would make a mistake about or forget in any way! Ridiculous argument.
Christians don't have to debate with skeptics like Michael if they know something is true. They can just tell people it is true. We don't have to be 'playing with skeptics'. With some of these people you can probably say as many words as you can but they still will not believe. Words are not what will persuade though - seeing/experiencing the actual reality might, although they might still believe it is a trick of some kind. Really what those people need to do is to read the Bible and pray and get closer to God.
I have PROOF DEMONS EXISTS!!!! I AM SCARED TO DEATH, I NEED A PROFESSIONAL ON DEMONS!!!°
Way to go Billy.. that Christian hat you keep donning...are you sure it's not a dunce hat?
What’s wrong with being a porn star?
It is not what God designed any human being for. It is extremely objectifing and demeaning to humans to be treated that way, as though all we are good for is our bodies. God has so much more for people. Real relationships without selfish desires and objectifing. That are not just built on sex but every part of the person.
I'm not trying to sound holier-than-thou. Porn has been my biggest weakness my whole life. The more I get to know God though, the more disgusting I see porn is, even on the most basic level of being so far from what he wants us to be doing.
@@joshuaWEC to each their own. As with anything there can be issues and problems with certain fields of work. But given consent, agreed compensation, and safety, there’s nothing inherently wrong with it. An actor’s French kiss is fine but another organ in another orifice is a bridge too far? A bare arm is ok but a butt check isn’t? A man’s nipple is acceptable but a woman’s....?
We are “designed” unintelligently via evolution. Evolution is the most evidenced consensus in science.
If being a sex worker offends you or otherwise, don’t do it or watch it. The non stigmatization of it would better promote safety and likely improve conditions.
I do believe violence against women has decreased since pornography has been more readily accessible via the internet. Given ideal conditions of sex workers as mentioned, wouldn’t this fact be beneficial to society?
This is not to say I’m not all for real meaningful mutual relationships with actual people.
@@zach2980 I am sorry you need real people. What about getting an imaginary friend in the clouds to talk to. You will never get in an argument and it saves the cost of phone calls.
@@VaughanMcCue It's hard to create a family by just thinking or waiting to be came on by a lord. Although it apparently worked once 😉.
@@zach2980 Came IN, on this occasion. It would seem that it was a case of a teenage rape in the middle of the night the believers celebrate. Sick bunch to think this is a good thing. We have bad Friday in a week, and it is a good one in the eyes of the gullible. I can only put it down to twisted thinking.
Shermers points were awful and not in the least bit convincing he was constantly going of on a tangent without staying on the main point and the first case billy mentions shermers argument against it were dreadful.....
@James Thompson its an interesting comment from him and a bit of a cop out from him imo james as i guess what he is saying is well this particular thing might be true or have some substance to it but instead of saying this ill cover it by ignoring it or just file under i dont understand that way i can still remain a sceptic ....but thanks for your reply james
@James Thompson If I was on the apologist payroll, I would make a spurious claim and pretend the info was revealed to me. Shameful to say "I don't know," if you are in their trade.
Someone should try to cast the legion out of Shermer
With Biden as president, more supernatural events will happen! Lol
The Demonic is all true. The only thing that makes them tremble is Jesus Christ! Unfortunately, I found this out the hard way!
May I ask what happened?
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I’ve tried to reply to u and it keeps being erased somehow! Weird!!!
@@worldofenigma1 I’ll keep trying!
@@worldofenigma1 Short version is the A Wealthy family I worked for was into Black Magic . I didn’t know it. I experienced one of the sons Eye 👁️ rolling in the back of the head, objects Levitating, Shadows, Physical attacks, the whole deal. Believe it or not While this was going on UFO’s would appear over their Property. I was in shock 😳!!!!! It wasn’t until a minister came onto the property and Pled the Blood of Jesus Christ over it all and it stopped for the most part Praise God! It’s all true!!! So much more I could tell u!! God is Good!!!
YES - Most of Fallen-Humanity - "Inspired" & "Energized" By DEMONS - EPHESIANS 6:12 & No Thank YOU ROMANS 1:18-32 🙏😇🙏
Yes true, God protect us With His Blood
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Joe rogan trashes this clown last he went on the podcast.
No he doesn't, stop your bullshit. He Gets on him a bit for a second over a certain point while Dr. Shermer was arguing with Graham. Other than that they all had an amicable conversation. Joe didn't "trash" anyone. You're just a dullard.
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This guy calls himself a "journalist?" Lmao I remember the days when "journalists" could speak their native language properly. The "T" in "often" is silent there Jethro.
No it's not.
@@thecannibalrobot Yup, sure is.