I'm a 75 yr old farmer in S. Saskatchewan and I have never yet figured out how to keep my cows from working on the sabbath. Those udders just won't stop storing milk after day 6 and restart on day 1. Too confusing for the cow!
My mother gave me several commandments that are not found in the Bible. For example...."Thou shalt tidy thy room and doest thy homework henceforth !" And... "Thou shalt not pull thy sister's hair for pain of a wack with yonder coat hanger".
@@blackice9088 If someone wrote a book today of men walking on water, talking bushes and a giant boat with two of every creature on it, they'd either be asked to take that book to the fiction shelf or asked what substances the authors were taking. Yet here we are, in 2023, still having grown adults believing a book with exactly those claims in.
Many feel fundamentalism is dangerous and if you read the Old Testament as literal words from God in all circumstances it is scary to those who have read it very closely.
What kind of all-knowing, all-powerful, loving, compassionate God would be jealous of anyone or anything? That doesn't sound like a god; that sounds more like an angry, paranoid, petty, spiteful old man....
Why would any real god need to threaten his own creations? Why if he hates them ,does he continue to make 1/10 of all animals species homosexuals? Why would he allow so many gods to be invented,if again he dislikes them being worshipped? How did our morals get to better than this religion’s leader ? (Slavery) Had a small amount of luck making a couple or people think better with these questions…
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Because your think your such a bad ass, you might try to make yourself into god and slip into an abyss. Daddy has to catch you little boy and keep you safe.
@@wizardofdepression4080 Somethimes a name says it all. The 'wizard of depression' sitting up in the middle of the night trolling for people to call gay. Pathetic.
HE's not worried about other gods for HIMSELF - He's worried about YOU, you silly twit - as He's well aware of the inclination of people to enslave themselves to money, sex, betting on football, and chocolate.
But you'd have to wait til the day after the sabbath to stone the guy working on the sabbath or you'd be working on the sabbath..... or not? Maybe stoning doesn't count as work.
The punishment for breaking the Sabbath seems to be a form of labor that appears to be allowed in the Bible. In the Old Testament to re-enforce the Sabbath a man set up guards around the city wall to kill any that attempted to approach the city to trade on the Sabbath.
@@mekelreen9869 And since all those guards were on, well, "guard duty", which is a form of labor, they would have to be stoned to death. The next day, I suppose.
Tekhartha Zenyatta actually killing those who break the sabbath is the only thing in the Old Testament that is permitted to be done on the sabbath, ironic isn’t it? Well more that doing the lords work, there was the prophet who was ordered to make a fire with goat or sheep shit on the sabbath, some kind of symbolism of the shit storm god was about to send to the people for not observing the sabbath, stuff like that.
In the reading of #4, keeping the sabbath, the list of those prohibited from doing work on the sabbath is fairly extensive, including your children, your beasts of burden, your servants and those visiting with you. I guess the reason your wife is omitted is because either, well, somebody gotta look after all those having a day off, or she’s included in one of the other categories.
The only way you'd think of your wife as not included would be if you had so little respect for her as to think that she wasn't worthy of reading the commandment as applying to herself, "Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt not do any work..."
I think our species had developed an innate sense of equity, reciprocity, and respect for others long before the writers of the Bible, Quran, Torah, etc. took their attempts at codifying it, because that sense was necessary to our species’ survival on a planet where 99% of all species that have come into being are extinct. We had already evolved that sense to the point where codifying it was not really necessary. The best attempt I’ve heard to date at codifying that sense is “Do unto others as they would have you do unto them.” I like this version because it requires an equitable investment by both parties in the relationship. If one follows that maxim, there’s no real need for a list of “commandments” - a word, by the way that doesn’t seem to connote equity and reciprocity in a relationship.
The only benefit of the first commandment is that it proves the existence of other gods, according to god. That's black and white, as plain as it gets. And any cultists of Abraham who disagree deny their god's statement, claiming they know better than it. Q.E.D. That sounds like hubris of the highest order. They're going to get spanked!
"Thou shalt not cut people off nor make an illegal turn, especially, not without a turn signal. Thou shalt also actually use thyn turn signal to commit a turn, and thou shall not do this at the last second, but thou shalt turn on thyn signal, at least, 500 ft before the turn, thus sayeth the Lord!"--- Would have saved many.
Joshua L and Yugi, you folks are very fortunate people. The only life problem that comes to your mind is the people in front of you who don't use their turn signal.
@@omega0195 Have you ever bothered to read the things christians quote? they do take it out of context 99% of the time cause they dont hold to that whole. Don't bare false witness thing, or that whole all lies are sins thing.
@@gamergodofjustice they try to make God look bad but they dont even have a standard on right and wrong. And if we Christian's quote the bible out of context the one who is gonna be harmed is actually the Christians lol so we dont take the bible out of context. U just dont know what the Christians believe.A 10 year old guy can answer those verses they quoted.
@@yonasfesseha4900 Every religious bafoon thinks they got it right. Your no exception every last one of you can quote the same verse and it wouldnt mean a thing. why because relious people just have an imaginary friend backing what they already believe. Try doing that with science like idk gravity does your version of gravity mean anything againest reality how about your ideas of if world war 2. sure thousands of years from now ww2 wont be important to people in the future but they wont think the nazi's had magic powers unless they watch science fiction movies and took them to be a documentory, but even then they would still be wrong about hitler having magic powers no matter their thoughts on the matter. also more christians are in prison than atheists, and countries that behave on humanist stands have way less violent crimes then religious nut bags who get to forgive themselves by talking to a invisible sky daddy. Atheists dont have to quote the bible out of contest because the entire thing is an abomination.
@@jandrews6254 They build churches, painting, making images..instead of helping people in need, oh only the left over are good for the poor, also the clothes we don't need anymore 😏
It Is Jesus That Said To Wash Your Hands Before You Eat. To Pray Before You Eat And To Love Your Enemies As They Wish To Hate You. No Other Person In History Has Been Able To Accomplish What Jesus Yeshua Has Accomplished. Satan Created Catholicism And It Was The Roman Jesuit Vatican Church That Persecuted Many Early Christians And Apostles Of Christ. Basic Christians Who Believe The Bible Are The Godhead Of The Church. Sunday Is Not The Sabbath. Sunday Sabbath Is A Worldly Tradition Of Men.
By definition the quote "god hates faggots" violates two commandments. The second "thou shalt not use god's name in vain" - supposedly god made everything, so he also made homosexuals, and why would he hate what he made. Plus, god does not hate, but love each and everyone. And for the same reason, the quote is also a violation of the ninth commandment "though shalt not bear false witness ..."
@@BogartSlap I’m not taking moral instruction from god: If god ever DID appear as a human on earth, he would promptly be arrested, tried in The Hague for crimes against humanity, war crimes, accessory to child rape, inflicting plagues, genocide, infanticide, murder, ethnic cleansing etc. He would be found guilty, and put against the wall and shot. I’d happily pull the trigger.
What's funny about what Aron Ra says about Texas liquor stores (and the ones in my state as well) being closed on Sundays is that I was raised as a Jew and we spent the entire Shabat (From Friday at sunset to Saturday at sunset,) drinking wine. Sure we prayed but every prayer was finished with a drink of temple wine. I was allowed to do this even as a child. It wasn't enough to get drunk, or even a buzz tho'.
I think I will make up ten better commandments just off the top of my head... 1.Thou shall care what thy believes is true and know why it is true. 2. Might makes right is not a virtue. 3. All individuals shall be treated as a God and respected as such, you would never kill God would you? 4. Man is perfect, loving, intelligent and reasonable. *See pygmalion effect studies for the reason why. 5. thou shall reject being told what to think and instead understand how to think. 6. There is no virtue in a sacrifice, but much virtue in finding permanent cures and methods of prevention. 7. Science, reason, critical thinking is a necessity if one is to hold an honest relationship with reality. 8. Believing without evidence is self dishonesty, it means you are a liar and you have lied to yourself. 9. There is no virtue in being an unthinking follower, having an externally guidable mind, this is what makes wars possible. 10. Science is the only tool we hold to discern real facts from fiction, that a tool is only as good as the philosophy a majority holds, holding an objective rational philosophy is the highest virtue. Corrupt men using a tool does not mean the tool is corrupt.
Sorry MyITR, but these are just highly refutable platitudes with enumerable exceptions to each one, which is exactly why the relativist scholars like Hitch etc wont even try to put a real concrete list of 10 cogent thoughts together. They know they cant. The original still stands as a preeminent monument, a beacon, untouched and unconcerned by the desperate flurry of dead mortals. Like a vapor they are gone.
@@cheliooceanstrength4657 They also know the original doesn't. I never heard any of those scholars pretend/claim what you do about the original. But anyone is free to idolize it.
What is meant by not having représentations of things spiritual is an incentement to develop one's intuition of things, to understand subtil realities, a way to fight stereotyping, prejudice, catégorisations, dogmas. What is meant by one God is an incentement to totalise reality, to see it as one. Historically it is the reflection of centralised societies through states also. What is meant about hateyourbrother, sister, etc is not to rely on anyone or anything besides life. Life provides us spiritually with what we need. I have come before Mohammed which was the last prophet.
Im an atheist but the commandment "dont use gods name in vain" means when you swear falsely. Example: when you say i swear to god it wasn't me but it was actually you
Hello, why don't you have a personal relationship with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ? The Son of The One and Only Living God. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. - Romans 10:9
"Makes me proud" - Ah, yes, the Original Sin - Pride. Just out of curiosity, exactly how do you derive being "proud" of that? I mean, assuming that your chosen philosophical stance is one of atheism, managing to not be a punchline to some religion-related joke would appear to be a very, very minor "accomplishment" - about on the level of taking pride in your ability to tie your own shoes.
How many of you have known of a child with cancer, or dying of a disease, of how could any God allow such a thing if he was real??? Why would God, (if there is one) allow this???
@@daveberry5901 well, according to the Bible, god did sent people to kill children by crushing their skulls against rocks, so I guess we can't expect the christian God to have any sympathy for babies who are born with cancer
1st COmmandemnt- I have given you a mind to think with. Use it and do not merely submit to or believe whatever is told to you without carefully investigating whether it is or is not true.
Hitchens is brilliant and eloquent. It's hard to imagine that he lowered himself into the cesspool of religion by even so effectively debunking it. There's an old saying that "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"; well, it's more aptly that "religion" is. The absurdity of the bible and all religions is enough to negate everything contained in the holy texts. Religion is the cause of suffering, not relief from it. Thank the universe that there is no god.
on aron-ra's point, the don't draw anything of anything rule is a very strict rule. A good example of it is shown in Chiam Potok's novel "My name is Asher lev" the main character is a hasidic jew but he's also a natural artist. there is contention over this in the book and the sequel after it
Imagine if the government had the power of a god. There would be no need for bus lanes, traffic wardens, police, lawyers, judges and guns. Likewise, if God had the power of a god, there would be no need for the Ten Commandments. You only need commandments if you lack power.
@@BogartSlap My car requires "commandments", otherwise it would do nothing. If it had been made by a god, it would anticipate my travel needs. It wouldn't need a steering wheel, a gas pedal or a brake pedal. And I certainly wouldn't want it to have free will !
@@tedgrant2 What? - You don't have one of the new driverless cars? :) "If it had been made by a god, it would anticipate my travel needs." That is not necessarily true. Your conclusion does not necessarily logically follow from your preposition. And, for example, the Corvette was OBVIOUSLY made by God, but it doesn't anticipate your travel needs. :)
A truly enlightening talk. Wish more religious people would open their eyes, grown up and start thinking for themselves. They can begin with this talk.
Interviewer: Are there other examples like this? Dr. Parker: Lots of them. One concerns the word “paraconformity”. In The Genesis Flood, I heard that paraconformity was a word used by evolutionary geologists for fossil systems out of order, but with no evidence of erosion or over-thrusting. [Plate tectonics] My heart really started pounding when Para- conformities and unconformities came up in geology class. What did the professor say? Essentially the same thing as Morris and Whitcomb. He presented para- conformities as a real mystery and something very difficult to explain in evolutionary or uniformitarian terms. We even had a field trip to study para-conformities which only served to emphasize the point. So again, instead of challenging my creationist ideas, the geology I was learning in graduate school was supporting it. [Genesis Flood] I even discussed a creationist interpretation of para-conformities with the professor, and I finally found myself discussing further evidence of creation with fellow graduate students and others. Interviewer: What do you mean by evidence of creation? Dr. Parker: All of us can recognise objects which man has created, whether paintings, sculptures or just a coke bottle. Because the pattern of relationships in those objects is contrary to relationships that time, chance and natural physical processes can produce, we know an outside creative agent was involved. [Intelligent Design] I began to see the same thing in a study of living things, especially in the area of major interest, molecular biology. All living things depend upon a working relationship between inheritable DNA/RNA and proteins, the chief structural and functional molecules. Just as phosphorus, glass and copper will work well together in a television set only if properly arranged by human engineers, so DNA and protein will only work in productive harmony if properly ordered by an outside creative agent [intelligent design]. I presented the biochemical details of this DNA argument to a group of graduate students and professors, including my professor of molecular biology. At the end of the talk, my professor offered no criticism of the biology or believe there was anything out there to create life. But if your faith permits belief in a creator you can see the evidence of Roman’s C 1:18-20.biochemistry I had presented she didn’t believe it creation in the things that have been made [as Paul implies in. She just said that
What’s amazing is that the Golden Rule (Matthew 7: 12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets) is the only commandment a supposedly all-knowing god would need. Unless that god created billions of morons.
Jesus tells his people , Behold I am giving you a new commandment; love one another , by this people will know that you are my disciples if you love one another , but this one can be harder to keep than the law of Moses , the other 10
@@revjim77 yes , this is the new commandment that Jesus gave his people , love one another , it’s not for the world , the world will not receive it, but it is for the people who love God
Indeed, and this has afforded the opportunity for a number of studies that found that religious people and people who are prayed for, whether religious or not, are significantly more likely to recover, and at a faster rate, than non-religious people with the same health circumstances.
The tradition of the Sabbath led to Saturday night being the "party night" and all those church hangovers. (I swear one of the churches I went to actually had little "barf bags" in the pews.)
Sir, you are the only one who can damn yourself to hell. Interesting thing to consider: your passive/aggressive comment is the act of a weak and insecure little person.
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From Evolution to Creation- Professor Gary Parker’s Testimony. Gary Parker is an example to all those who have been hoodwinked. Professor Gary Parker is a biology teacher who received his PhD in biology with geology at Ball State University, USA, in 1973. He has been admitted to Phi Beta Kappa, an American scholastic honorary, and was elected to the American society of Zoologists and also holds a fellowship from the National Science Foundation. He has written five textbooks on biology over the years. Professor Gary Parker’s amazing story from an evolutionary biologist perspective to a creationist has been condensed from four radio talks where he reveals his astonishing journey of discovery. Interviewer: Dr. Parker, I understand that when you started teaching college biology you were an enthusiastic evolutionist. Is that so? Dr. Parker: Yes, indeed. The idea of evolution was very satisfying to me. It gave me a feeling of being one with the huge, evolving universe while continually progressing towards grander things. Evolution was really my religion, a faith commitment and a complete world-and-life view that organised everything else for me, and I got quite emotional when evolution was challenged. As a religion, evolution answered my questions about God, sin, and salvation. God was unnecessary, or at the very least had no more involvement than to originally create the particles and processes from which all else mechanically followed. ‘Sin’ was merely the result of animal instincts that had outlived their usefulness, and salvation involved only personal adjustment, enlightened self-interest, and perhaps one day the benefits of genetic engineering. With no God to answer to and no purpose for mankind, I saw humanity’s destiny as being in our own hands. Tied in with the idea of inevitable evolutionary progress, this was a truly thrilling idea and the part of evolution I liked best. Interviewer: Did your faith/trust in evolution affect your classroom teaching? Dr. Parker: It certainly did. In my early years of teaching at the high school and college levels, I worked hard to convince my students that evolution was true. I even had some creationist students crying in class. I thought I was teaching objective science, not religion, but I was very consciously trying to get students to bend their religious beliefs to evolution. In fact, I had a discussion with high school teachers in a graduate class in which I was assisting to encourage them to aim at persuading students to adapt their religious beliefs to the concept of evolution! Interviewer: I thought you weren’t supposed to teach religion in the American public school system. Dr. Parker: Well, maybe you can’t teach the Christian religion, but there is no trouble at all teaching the ‘evolutionary religion’! I have done it myself, and I have watched the effects that accepting evolution has on a person’s thoughts and consequent life. Of course, I once thought that this effect was good-liberating the mind from the shackles of revealed religion and making a person’s own opinions supreme.
Notice is ALLOWED to work on the Sabbath: the WIFE. Everyone else gets to rest EXCEPT the WIFE. Gee, thanks, God. And this, and other such nonsense, is why I am an atheist.
Interviewer: Such as? Dr. Parker: One of the tensest moments for me came when we started discussing uranium-lead and other Radio-Metric Dating Methods used for estimating the age of the earth. I felt sure that all the silly creationistic arguments would be shot down, but just the opposite happened. In one graduate class, the professor told us we didn’t have to memorize the dates of the geologic systems since they were far from certain and riddled with contradictions. Then in geophysics we went over all the assumptions that go into Radio-Metric Dating. Afterwards, the professor said something like this, “If a fundamentalist [creationist] ever got hold of this stuff [criteria], he would make havoc out of the Radio Metric Dating System. So, keep the faith. [I wonder how many classes he had said and taught this to.] “I WAS SHOCKED! If it was a matter of keeping faith, I had another faith I preferred to keep.
Words have different levels of meaning. If you dont believe in the true God you will almost certainly, ultimately make yourself your god. God assumes you are capable of understanding that simple distinction.
@@cheliooceanstrength4657 So Moses assumed that if the Hebrews did not believe in Yahweh they would start to worship themselves as their gods, (divine) beings with superhuman qualities? Assuming some of those Hebrews would continue, or start again, believing in other "true" gods was more likely to be the real problem.
@@marcvanec8526 not really sure what Moses assumed or what you are exactly trying to say. There is only one true God. 'other gods' are expressions we use, of things we revere, serve and worship; figures of speech.
it is very hard to understand what you have written, but I think I get most of your reasoning and don't say you are wrong. But I do not really see your overall point. I think that you complicated the issue way too much. Language is an art, filled with nuance and complexity, symbolism, allagory and metaphor. We often don't know the motive of the speaker, or the listener. Because of this, it is usually important to simplify it as much as possible by stating your overall point and then building the argument to support it. To a believer it is usually clear when we have replaced or diminished our love for God with other things. This is because we have what is called 'Special Revelation' from God through his Word, both Old and New Testament, and 'General Revelation' through his creation and the marvelous wonders around us. Both of these are discerned by us through the Holy Spirit who Christ promised would come from the Father in Christ's name, to teach us all things and to remind us of what we already have learned. So no one will have an excuse when we are held to account by Him. So we constantly search oiur own soul for what is right and true. Yet when we fail, even in our earnest searching for the truth, we have Gods love in the form of grace, unmerited by us, a gift from our loving God. Our part? Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind, as gratitude to Him.
Instead of science and mathematics? What should be taught are the various believed interpretations as far as theology classes go and general education should include theology classes, not the atheists strawmen of them. Neither belongs in a science class.
"That's what it says and that's what it means" Atheist 10 commandments. 1. Make a joke 2. Read everything literally 3. Misread the Bible 4. Make up sh*t you think Theists might say 5. Group all Christians in to one group. Listen to the audiance laughter. This video sounds more like it should be coming from a set of comedians rather than those claim to be concerned with Ethics. Example. You say.. "I brought you into this world, I can take you out".. therefore honor parents? Except that the binding of Issac is an indicted of NOT allowing parents to do as they please with their children. Which is the opposite of what you just implied.
Hmm...I think that's rather a far jump to an unwarranted conclusion. Could just as easily be the case that all the passing "thumpers" felt that the arguments presented by the atheists are so ridiculously pitiful, they're not worth bothering to reply to. Just a thought. (wink)
@@BogartSlap What's pitiful is watching fanatics use the "context" defense a few dozen times to try to explain away their god's brutality, incompetence, ethnocentricity, pettiness, insecurity, genocides, misogyny, prorape & proslavery laws, child abuse, land-stealing,... Yeah, not worth replying to Jack. Seen theists squirm and blow smoke enough. The existence of apologetics proves you believe in a wicked and incompetent deity, and defend horrible policies and behaviors.
@@BogartSlap You could have left the wink out. Just the fact that the OP speaks of the bible as if it were a book rather than a library, which is the literal meaning of the word "bible', containing several books led me to that conclusion already. It's like having kids of the age of 8 not understanding how to add number claiming that differential equations are an invalid application of mathematics. He simply doesn't even has a clue what he is talking about and didn't even bother to familiarize himself with the basics yet claims to understand the more advanced stuff enough to invalidate it. Obviously the idea of not making claims one can't substantiate doesn't fare that well in the atheists community. There is nothing to defend for me here, a strawman argument against someones position doesn't require a defence, merely a dismissal. Or as Hitch used to say: "claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence", if that's more to your liking. The result is the same: dismissal.
@@GuitarDog_atx How exactly does the existence of aplogetics prove ones believe in a wicket and incompetent deity? Claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. So I'd either like to see your evidence for this claim or it should just be dismissed.
@@GuitarDog_atx Yet another comment that reflects the thought, "It's not that I'm really an atheist - I'm just hypercritical of how God chooses to run things and, all modesty aside, believe that I would do a much better job of it". :)
AronRa must be too young to remember that it was indeed against the law to run any kind of business for profit on Sunday in a number of states prior to the year 2000. In the early 70s, I lived in Massachusetts, controlled in large measure by the Catholic Church, where it was prohibited to make money on Sunday. (Hospitals could be open, for example, on the old idea that hospitals existed to take care of the injured and ill.) He does mention at one point, speaking of the sabbath, that it was illegal to sell alcohol in Texas on Sunday, so maybe he does understand that it was the law.
Lying is intentional, misinformation could be I intentional or just a person being an idiot or ignorant ie; there is a god, that is just ignorant not lying
@nataliepapolis Try again, Natalie. Look up the word pretend and I want you to see if the definition is consistent with lying. Certainly it doesn't have the same "vibe" Like I could pretend that I'm not in a bad mood, that I m not dragging you in these comments because of it. But that would be a lie. I am being mean because i'm in a bad mood. And I won't pretend otherwise
An never ending roundabout!! The "individual" is vastly more important than the group, for in dialog we can find "harmony", the diversity of ideas or views lubricate the thinking "machine", give up self, lose same.
As a Catholic, this is quite amusing! It's a if the language of the ancient Israelites was English, and the only part of the Judeo-Chrisian scripture, that is to say there's no other way of making sense of them, like history, and I have no idea where Jesus says that you don't have to wash before eating. I think we should try interpreting the foundation of the last Japanese empire in English and American/European context only; it should also be a good laugh.😉
*is false hope a good thing?* Does it prevent one from taking measures to educate or protect oneself? Then potentially, yes. The false hope that prayer can cure afflictions has led to the painful, often excruciating deaths of children and adults who could have been saved by the intervention of modern medicine and trained doctors.
Hmm...I'd say it likely depends on the circumstances. For instance, if you're stuck in a "dead for sure" situation in the middle of a war, it might be helpful to have hope of getting out alive, even if that hope is ill-founded.
@@KalibreSteelblast That would be a false hope going against the first commandment in Christianity. (not to be confused with the first commandment in Judaism)
I've always wondered why God couldn't just breathe life into Jesus like he did with Adam instead of knocking up that poor virgin. Plus Gof seems to send others to do his dirty work- the holy spirit to impregnate Mary and then he couldn't be bothered to come to Earth himself to save us choosing to create and send his son. And if Jesus only comes into existence in the New Testament that means the concept of God as the Trinity didn't exist in the Old Testament. He was a duo. And what's with Jesus dying dying at 33 - Christ was he a free Mason as well ?
@Alpha Omega When you say God is fictional, you are saying He does not exist in reality. That is just you saying God is not real, which is you positively asserting a negation. This is a logical fallacy only used by people who cannot argue logically from reason. Care to try again?
@Alpha Omega I actually did read what you said. And I replied to it. Simply making the claim that I did not read it does absolutely nothing to further the conversation. A better tactic might be to read my reply to what you wrote, and reply to it. Your statement that God is fictional, "but there may be some sort of higher power," was one complex assertion, and one of us understood what you were saying. You were saying that, while God is not real, that fact does not exclude the possibility of a "higher power." Logically, the absence of the existence of Thing A does not preclude the existence of Thing B. That is true. But, your full thought was that Thing A is not true, but that does not rule out Thing B being true. Taken as a whole, it is false, as the necessary first part is a logical fallacy, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration. The possibility of God not existing does not rule out the possibility of a million other possibilities from being possible, naturally. That is so true, it is not worth saying. Fact is, however, that God is real, and He loves you, even though you hate Him.
@Alpha Omega Ok. It's the internet. I'll see the notification when you feel like engaging in a conversation. I check at least once every couple of days...
All religions that stick to the ten commandments should also be vegetarian, because the command clearly says 'thou shalt not kill' it doesn't say thou shalt not kill humans! It's says 'thou shalt not kill' ...which clearly states, not killing at all!
actually, by failure to read these commandments in a world view several thousands of years old it is easy to make fun of them, but the fun is earned at the expense of really understanding them. They addressed real issues for the Jewish people.
Dog owners do not give their dogs "free will". When I say "SIT" I want my dog to sit. Giving someone free will AND giving them commandments is silly. One or the other, not both !
@@BogartSlap P.S. The bible is clear, there is NO freewill. You should try reading it sometime if you are going to troll atheists channels Proverbs 16:4 The LORD works out EVERYTHING to its proper end. [Not just some things..."EVERYTHING."] Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but THE LORD ESTABLISHES THEIR STEPS. [God even determines our very steps!] Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its EVERY DECISION IS FROM THE LORD. Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person's heart, but IT IS THE LORD's PURPOSE THAT PREVAILS. Proverbs 20:24 A person's steps are DIRECTED BY THE LORD. John 6:44 No one can come to me UNLESS the Father who sent me draws them. [That means only God decides who will be saved and who won't.] Acts 13:48 and ALL WHO WERE APPOINTED for eternal life believed. [Those who come to believe in God were appointed to do so.] Romans 8:7-8 Because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for IT IS NOT EVEN ABLE TO DO SO, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:20 For the creature WAS MADE subject to vanity, NOT WILLINGLY, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope. Romans 9:19-21 "You will say to me then, 'Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?' On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, 'Why did you make me like this,' will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, TO MAKE FROM THE SAME LUMP ONE VESSEL FOR HONORABLE USE AND ANOTHER FOR COMMON USE?" Ephesians 1:11 In him we were also chosen, having been PREDESTINED according to the plan of him who works out EVERYTHING in conformity with the purpose of his will. * Ephesians 1:4 God chose us in Christ to be holy and blameless in Gods presence before the creation of the world. 5 God destined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ because of his love. This was according to his goodwill and plan Jeremiah 10:23 LORD, I know that PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE NOT THEIR OWN; IT IS NOT FOR THEM TO DIRECT THEIR STEPS. Jeremiah 43:11 He will come and attack Egypt, bringing death to those DESTINED FOR DEATH, captivity to those DESTINED FOR CAPTIVITY, and the sword to those DESTINED FOR THE SWORD. Isaiah 14:27 For the LORD Almighty has PURPOSED, and who can thwart him? Isaiah 37:26 Have you not heard? LONG AGO I ORDAINED IT. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass. Amos 3:6 Does disaster come to a city, unless THE LORD HAS DONE IT? [People don't cause disaster unless God makes them do it.] Job 42:1-2 Then Job answered the LORD and said, "I know that You can do all things, And that NO PURPOSE OF YOURS CAN BE THWARTED." Psalm 37:23 A MAN'S STEPS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE LORD, and the LORD delights in his way. [Only an evil God would delight in establishing a man's steps to take the wrong path.] Psalm 139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; ALL THE DAYS ORDAINED FOR ME WERE WRITTEN IN YOUR BOOK BEFORE ONE OF THEM CAME TO BE. Proverbs 22:6 "Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. "
They give them free will enough not to have to give them instructions how to raise each foot in sequence and every instruction for each step , then making them puddle. Do your kids need any guidance by grown ups to become functioning adults? Atheists obviously think they don't, because when adults refuse to be adults, all hell breaks loose. So, aren't commandments rules for how to rein in "Free will?"
@@GuitarDog_atx so, Stephen hawking agreed with the Bible, that free will does not exist? Did S.H. have the free will to decide to say so, or not? Atheist, are you a meat robot which merely progresses forward 1 femtosecond at a frame, with the illusion you are making choices?
@@glenliesegang8935 Your questions are stupid and irrelevant. The bible explicitly shows NO FREE WILL, Xtians use the bible as their guide and claim it is holy and the infallible word of god. Again, no free will. Stick to the topic.
When God's first comendmant was "Thou shall NOT have other gods before me", I had the feeling that God sounds like somebody's jelaous and extremely possesive ex spouse.
The jews have a book in which describes over 350 rules or laws governing how jews are supposed to live their lives. The book is considerably older than the story of Moses and his supposed 10 commandments. In addition the with in all the more than 350 rules or laws, one will find the ten commandments that Moses was supposed to have received by his GOD. Thus Moses is a plagorist.
Simple primitive Master/Slave religions - a slave may serve only One Master, hence the One God These ideas came about when Kings/Dictators/Strongmen ruled with an iron fist - demanding obedience and loyalty(belief - thou shalt have no Gods before me) and rewarding or punishing accordingly(Heaven and Hell) Made absolute sense to those living back in the day But to see these same ideas in the 21st century is disturbing and questions the whole idea of what an education is all about
"But to see these same ideas in the 21st century is disturbing" All that statement really says is that you don't understand it - nothing about the validity of the ideas.
Unpack the first 2 with an open mind, and there is tremendous wisdom. The Ultimate, the Best, the Highest deserves respect. Eliminate the crass, degrading use of obscenity, and show the world and your kids that your "self" shouldn't run the show without mindfulness and thoughtfulness. Dont make anything your God but the highest - do not live for football, sex, drugs, rock and roll,worshiping accumulating wealth, gratifying selfish desires, living to ridicule and destroy believers out of your arrogant pride. The atheist stuffs the Infinite into a box called science. Those who have met Love Itself , (not blow them up) know His reality, and humbly live as if God exists ( not those who misuse pruning shears to damage others in His name) show Love far greater than the self can produce. Hate God's rule and hate rightful authority. See how that goes if you teach your kids they are the highest authority, and disrespecting what is holy, desecrating a church, is ok. How will that work out for them and for you?.
The atheist who stands up like a professor (must be AronRa) doesn't seem to be critiquing the Ten Commandments per se, but only the idea that the Ten be codified into American law.
1- Thy shall be a nihilistic trash 2- Thy shall stay stuck in your cognitive dissonance 3- Thy shall stay stuck in your confirmation biases 4- Thy shall ostracise anyone who doesn't believe like you even tho you are wrong in the first place 5- Thy shall use appeal to ridicule and other rhetorical devices everywhere you go 6- Thy shall prevent people from learning true critical thinking 7- Thy shall poison the mind of the youth 8- Thy shall pervert all fields of science for your egoistic purposes 9- Thy shall never question your own beliefs 10- Thy shall claim victory in all places of life
Great compilation. If anyone can please mention to Aron Ra that his slide with the quotation from ‘Revelations 21:8’ should have the reference changed to ‘Revelation 21:8’. Just a minor oversight.
Actually, that sounds kind of paradoxically cool and likely to be true to me. The VISIBLE gods aren't really gods (are you arguing that they are?), while the INVISIBLE one IS. That's the plot line of a good movie if I ever heard one.
His rivals were Mallech which chose babies be thrown on a hot altar. Baal who allowed sextuplets promiscuity. Thus causing STD. Worship of animals. What can so for you. Idols made from your own hands. Really smart. They cannot save. False prophets who tell you what you want to hear. They just came out of Egypt where all this nonsense was. They had to be shown what was right. They had to be shown the wickedness that was in their own heart.
One commandment should have been, as George Carlin said, "Thou shalt keep thy religion to thy self."
That's the Best one
Amen!
Jesus says something similar in the new testament about praying, then later contradicts himself...
Then you would be robbing, raping and murdering at will.
@@blackice9088he never contradicted himself
“Thou shalt always be honest and faithful to the provider of thy nookie.”: George Carlin.
Thall shall try really hard not to kill anyone unless of course they pray to a different invisible man than you do
Thou shall use your turn signal
King Yami I own a BMW I can’t
Unless you live in Miami, apparently....
@@BrennahAdrianna Bayerishe Motoren Werk ...................
YESSS!!!!! I fully agree! Thank you.
Thou shall pour thy cereal before thy milk
I'm a 75 yr old farmer in S. Saskatchewan and I have never yet figured out how to keep my cows from working on the sabbath. Those udders just won't stop storing milk after day 6 and restart on day 1. Too confusing for the cow!
You have to stone your cows to death!
The sabbath ended 2 millenniums ago
"Don't be a dick".
That covers everything.
Pretty much. That one phrase pretty much sums up moral philosophy.
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My mother gave me several commandments that are not found in the Bible.
For example...."Thou shalt tidy thy room and doest thy homework henceforth !"
And... "Thou shalt not pull thy sister's hair for pain of a wack with yonder coat hanger".
Wtf😂😂
@@emmanuella2960
I stopped pulling my sister's hair.
What really convinced me was the threat of no presents at Christmas.
Your mom is a goddess, she knows what she’s saying and I concur with her.
George Carlin does the best 10 commandment analysis out there!😂
And generally the best analysis of religion in general!
@@blackice9088 If someone wrote a book today of men walking on water, talking bushes and a giant boat with two of every creature on it, they'd either be asked to take that book to the fiction shelf or asked what substances the authors were taking. Yet here we are, in 2023, still having grown adults believing a book with exactly those claims in.
Religion is sewage poison
@@upturnedblousecollar5811
Excellent point, well said👍
Many feel fundamentalism is dangerous and if you read the Old Testament as literal words from God in all circumstances it is scary to those who have read it very closely.
What kind of all-knowing, all-powerful, loving, compassionate God would be jealous of anyone or anything? That doesn't sound like a god; that sounds more like an angry, paranoid, petty, spiteful old man....
The greed for money...
Why would any real god need to threaten his own creations?
Why if he hates them ,does he continue to make 1/10 of all animals species homosexuals?
Why would he allow so many gods to be invented,if again he dislikes them being worshipped?
How did our morals get to better than this religion’s leader ? (Slavery)
Had a small amount of luck making a couple or people think better with these questions…
How about "Thou shalt wash your hands before eating and after the restroom" would have saved millions of lives smh
Thou shalt surely take care of thy teeth, or thou shalt suffer excruciating pain and death.
Couldn't have said it better at this time.
pretty sure washimg before eating is part of the law
@@lightmaze7738 My thought as well. Wish I would have said that.
you do realise that theres a law in the bible to wash your hands before you eat? given in the same time frame as the ten commandments..
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Sam Harris is a legend!!!
Only on your mind. Do you know any apologists? Rev gene kim, non thieme, Mike Winger et al.
Who needs apologists?
If he was the biggest badass god why worry about other gods?
Because your think your such a bad ass, you might try to make yourself into god and slip into an abyss. Daddy has to catch you little boy and keep you safe.
@@wizardofdepression4080 Somethimes a name says it all. The 'wizard of depression' sitting up in the middle of the night trolling for people to call gay. Pathetic.
@@cheliooceanstrength4657 I think its beautiful... ; - ;
HE's not worried about other gods for HIMSELF - He's worried about YOU, you silly twit - as He's well aware of the inclination of people to enslave themselves to money, sex, betting on football, and chocolate.
Thou shall think..which most people do not.
Being Scottish, I take exception at not being allowed to fry all of my food! Battered Mars Bar anyone?
But you'd have to wait til the day after the sabbath to stone the guy working on the sabbath or you'd be working on the sabbath..... or not? Maybe stoning doesn't count as work.
You would have to wait until the day after the sabbath to arrest the man working on the sabbath by which time he would have run for his life.
The punishment for breaking the Sabbath seems to be a form of labor that appears to be allowed in the Bible. In the Old Testament to re-enforce the Sabbath a man set up guards around the city wall to kill any that attempted to approach the city to trade on the Sabbath.
@@mekelreen9869 And since all those guards were on, well, "guard duty", which is a form of labor, they would have to be stoned to death. The next day, I suppose.
Tekhartha Zenyatta actually killing those who break the sabbath is the only thing in the Old Testament that is permitted to be done on the sabbath, ironic isn’t it? Well more that doing the lords work, there was the prophet who was ordered to make a fire with goat or sheep shit on the sabbath, some kind of symbolism of the shit storm god was about to send to the people for not observing the sabbath, stuff like that.
@@mekelreen9869 Awesome! "Thou shalt not kill.....except for those bastards who don't like resting."
In the reading of #4, keeping the sabbath, the list of those prohibited from doing work on the sabbath is fairly extensive, including your children, your beasts of burden, your servants and those visiting with you. I guess the reason your wife is omitted is because either, well, somebody gotta look after all those having a day off, or she’s included in one of the other categories.
I like that one, actually. It's the only one that makes sense.
We all need a weekly repast, and any excuse will do.
The only way you'd think of your wife as not included would be if you had so little respect for her as to think that she wasn't worthy of reading the commandment as applying to herself, "Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt not do any work..."
I think our species had developed an innate sense of equity, reciprocity, and respect for others long before the writers of the Bible, Quran, Torah, etc. took their attempts at codifying it, because that sense was necessary to our species’ survival on a planet where 99% of all species that have come into being are extinct. We had already evolved that sense to the point where codifying it was not really necessary. The best attempt I’ve heard to date at codifying that sense is “Do unto others as they would have you do unto them.” I like this version because it requires an equitable investment by both parties in the relationship. If one follows that maxim, there’s no real need for a list of “commandments” - a word, by the way that doesn’t seem to connote equity and reciprocity in a relationship.
"Thou shal not take the name of the Lord God in vain," This is almost literally all that God is useful for, goddamnit.
Hexx: Good god, you're SO right.
Hexx Bombastus. what does in vain mean
It's useful for the concept it produces and the problems it may engender which makes it somewhat circular so still effectively useless.
@@iamthatiamiamthatiam2942 Good question. I think vain means useless. Hexx finds useless things to be useful. Hexx is one of those other gods.
It’s not God translated it’s Helohim, plural word.
The only benefit of the first commandment is that it proves the existence of other gods, according to god. That's black and white, as plain as it gets. And any cultists of Abraham who disagree deny their god's statement, claiming they know better than it. Q.E.D. That sounds like hubris of the highest order. They're going to get spanked!
The Bible also described how God slew the gods of Egypt, which even more clearly illustrates that they believed other gods were real.
Corn Pone Wow! Good point!
No, he didn't slay them at all. Only the people who worshiped them, and as a display of power, regardless of who it hurt.
"I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD."
Big words for such an insecure deity.
The whole thing screams of insecurity.
"Thou shalt not cut people off nor make an illegal turn, especially, not without a turn signal. Thou shalt also actually use thyn turn signal to commit a turn, and thou shall not do this at the last second, but thou shalt turn on thyn signal, at least, 500 ft before the turn, thus sayeth the Lord!"--- Would have saved many.
Joshua L and Yugi, you folks are very fortunate people. The only life problem that comes to your mind is the people in front of you who don't use their turn signal.
@@katrand5357 I have more problems than traffic problems. I was just being goofy.
Christians: "your taking it out of context!"
@Jin p : Thank you.
When a Christian criticizes atheism
Atheists: you're taking it out of context
@@omega0195 Have you ever bothered to read the things christians quote? they do take it out of context 99% of the time cause they dont hold to that whole. Don't bare false witness thing, or that whole all lies are sins thing.
@@gamergodofjustice they try to make God look bad but they dont even have a standard on right and wrong. And if we Christian's quote the bible out of context the one who is gonna be harmed is actually the Christians lol so we dont take the bible out of context. U just dont know what the Christians believe.A 10 year old guy can answer those verses they quoted.
@@yonasfesseha4900 Every religious bafoon thinks they got it right. Your no exception every last one of you can quote the same verse and it wouldnt mean a thing. why because relious people just have an imaginary friend backing what they already believe. Try doing that with science like idk gravity does your version of gravity mean anything againest reality how about your ideas of if world war 2. sure thousands of years from now ww2 wont be important to people in the future but they wont think the nazi's had magic powers unless they watch science fiction movies and took them to be a documentory, but even then they would still be wrong about hitler having magic powers no matter their thoughts on the matter. also more christians are in prison than atheists, and countries that behave on humanist stands have way less violent crimes then religious nut bags who get to forgive themselves by talking to a invisible sky daddy. Atheists dont have to quote the bible out of contest because the entire thing is an abomination.
Strange how many idols in the form of art were allowed to be in the Temple of Solomon.
The Vatican and each and every Catholic Church everywhere in the world.
@@jandrews6254 They build churches, painting, making images..instead of helping people in need, oh only the left over are good for the poor, also the clothes we don't need anymore 😏
"Solomon was the wisest of all men" until he gave in to too many women. Yeah that was his frigging downfall alright.
The 10 commandments were made to be broken Just ask Moses .
I get it. hehe :)
har de har har har!.Nice
Okay, that's genuinely funny. :)
Literally.
Joke of the year in my opinion
The graven images commandment has been broken by every church I've ever seen, catholic and otherwise....
"Boil thy water before using it" would have saved a LOT of lives... More than any mixed fabrics or milk and meat bullshit.
Well done. Looking forward to part 2.
Dear God, no! No seconds version of the ten commandments
Thou shalt wash thy hands before eating.
And they kept that one... Until Jesus.
It Is Jesus That Said To Wash Your Hands Before You Eat. To Pray Before You Eat And To Love Your Enemies As They Wish To Hate You. No Other Person In History Has Been Able To Accomplish What Jesus Yeshua Has Accomplished. Satan Created Catholicism And It Was The Roman Jesuit Vatican Church That Persecuted Many Early Christians And Apostles Of Christ. Basic Christians Who Believe The Bible Are The Godhead Of The Church. Sunday Is Not The Sabbath. Sunday Sabbath Is A Worldly Tradition Of Men.
Jesus is no better...simply because HE didn't condemn those atrocities!!
IOW, Jesus is an ACCESSORY to those crimes!
Thou shall not piss on your hands, then no need to wash your hands before eating, unless you’re an employee
W Harris is that the longest book title on earth, with the capitalisation of Every Single Word?
By definition the quote "god hates faggots" violates two commandments. The second "thou shalt not use god's name in vain" - supposedly god made everything, so he also made homosexuals, and why would he hate what he made. Plus, god does not hate, but love each and everyone. And for the same reason, the quote is also a violation of the ninth commandment "though shalt not bear false witness ..."
"The current laws are based on the 10 commandments"
I have yet to see one based on the first five ones.
The second five are themselves based on the first five. There's your answer.
But sleeping with more then one woman is fun! Especially in the old testament. Variety is good at the buffet.
@@EdMcCornhole Smoking's fun, too...but not necessarily good for you or a wise behavioral choice.
@@BogartSlap I’m not taking moral instruction from god: If god ever DID appear as a human on earth, he would promptly be arrested, tried in The Hague for crimes against humanity, war crimes, accessory to child rape, inflicting plagues, genocide, infanticide, murder, ethnic cleansing etc. He would be found guilty, and put against the wall and shot.
I’d happily pull the trigger.
What's funny about what Aron Ra says about Texas liquor stores (and the ones in my state as well) being closed on Sundays is that I was raised as a Jew and we spent the entire Shabat (From Friday at sunset to Saturday at sunset,) drinking wine. Sure we prayed but every prayer was finished with a drink of temple wine. I was allowed to do this even as a child. It wasn't enough to get drunk, or even a buzz tho'.
I think I will make up ten better commandments just off the top of my head...
1.Thou shall care what thy believes is true and know why it is true.
2. Might makes right is not a virtue.
3. All individuals shall be treated as a God and respected as such, you would never kill God would you?
4. Man is perfect, loving, intelligent and reasonable. *See pygmalion effect studies for the reason why.
5. thou shall reject being told what to think and instead understand how to think.
6. There is no virtue in a sacrifice, but much virtue in finding permanent cures and methods of prevention.
7. Science, reason, critical thinking is a necessity if one is to hold an honest relationship with reality.
8. Believing without evidence is self dishonesty, it means you are a liar and you have lied to yourself.
9. There is no virtue in being an unthinking follower, having an externally guidable mind, this is what makes wars possible.
10. Science is the only tool we hold to discern real facts from fiction, that a tool is only as good as the philosophy a majority holds, holding an objective rational philosophy is the highest virtue. Corrupt men using a tool does not mean the tool is corrupt.
MyITRcom 💜💆👍
That's nice, ITR, except that you can't account for evidence, reason, love, etc without God.
Beautiful
Sorry MyITR, but these are just highly refutable platitudes with enumerable exceptions to each one, which is exactly why the relativist scholars like Hitch etc wont even try to put a real concrete list of 10 cogent thoughts together. They know they cant. The original still stands as a preeminent monument, a beacon, untouched and unconcerned by the desperate flurry of dead mortals. Like a vapor they are gone.
@@cheliooceanstrength4657 They also know the original doesn't. I never heard any of those scholars pretend/claim what you do about the original. But anyone is free to idolize it.
When Aron Ra speaks a commandment it sounds extremely badass.
What is meant by not having représentations of things spiritual is an incentement to develop one's intuition of things, to understand subtil realities, a way to fight stereotyping, prejudice, catégorisations, dogmas. What is meant by one God is an incentement to totalise reality, to see it as one. Historically it is the reflection of centralised societies through states also. What is meant about hateyourbrother, sister, etc is not to rely on anyone or anything besides life. Life provides us spiritually with what we need. I have come before Mohammed which was the last prophet.
@@garystevenson5560 : Explain "spiritually" intelligently.
Caring for others and onself.
Spoken with authority
When he speaks, you listen
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Please keep them coming.
Im an atheist but the commandment "dont use gods name in vain" means when you swear falsely. Example: when you say i swear to god it wasn't me but it was actually you
It isn't possible to break God's commandments.
So relax. You are not going to Hell.
Excellent video. Makes me proud to know that I am not the punchline to the colossal joke that is religion.
Thank you Louis
Hello, why don't you have a personal relationship with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ? The Son of The One and Only Living God. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. - Romans 10:9
@@בןדוד-ג5ק saved against from?
You should check out Mircea Eliade. His novels tey to explain why we humans have obsession to believe some higher force of nature.
"Makes me proud" - Ah, yes, the Original Sin - Pride. Just out of curiosity, exactly how do you derive being "proud" of that? I mean, assuming that your chosen philosophical stance is one of atheism, managing to not be a punchline to some religion-related joke would appear to be a very, very minor "accomplishment" - about on the level of taking pride in your ability to tie your own shoes.
This video is like a rap group with all my favorite rappers in it lol
Rap group of all white guys and one looks like a drummer for Metallica lol
How many of you have known of a child with cancer, or dying of a disease, of how could any God allow such a thing if he was real???
Why would God, (if there is one) allow this???
@@daveberry5901 well, according to the Bible, god did sent people to kill children by crushing their skulls against rocks, so I guess we can't expect the christian God to have any sympathy for babies who are born with cancer
I only need 3. 1: don’t be a dick. 2: don’t put up with anybody who is a dick to you. 3: leave the campsite tidier than you found it
Thank you for putting this together. Great video!
1st COmmandemnt- I have given you a mind to think with. Use it and do not merely submit to or believe whatever is told to you without carefully investigating whether it is or is not true.
Hitchens is brilliant and eloquent. It's hard to imagine that he lowered himself into the cesspool of religion by even so effectively debunking it. There's an old saying that "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"; well, it's more aptly that "religion" is. The absurdity of the bible and all religions is enough to negate everything contained in the holy texts. Religion is the cause of suffering, not relief from it. Thank the universe that there is no god.
everything that Jesus said would happen before his return is happening just as he said , Trust Jesus , he cares for you
on aron-ra's point, the don't draw anything of anything rule is a very strict rule. A good example of it is shown in Chiam Potok's novel "My name is Asher lev" the main character is a hasidic jew but he's also a natural artist. there is contention over this in the book and the sequel after it
Indeed, Aron keeps conflating Judaism with Christianity.
I can't help but say it, but Aron Ra does the ten commandments the best.
Aron Ra sounds like flatulence when he speaks.
@@Kenneth-ts7bp Very typical coming from someone that can't speak at all.
Imagine if the government had the power of a god.
There would be no need for bus lanes, traffic wardens, police, lawyers, judges and guns.
Likewise, if God had the power of a god, there would be no need for the Ten Commandments.
You only need commandments if you lack power.
Respectfully suggest you misunderstand the purpose of the commandments. It's not to ensure the enforcement of law.
It’s a book ffs, a shite one at that.
@@BogartSlap
My car requires "commandments", otherwise it would do nothing.
If it had been made by a god, it would anticipate my travel needs.
It wouldn't need a steering wheel, a gas pedal or a brake pedal.
And I certainly wouldn't want it to have free will !
@@tedgrant2 What? - You don't have one of the new driverless cars? :)
"If it had been made by a god, it would anticipate my travel needs."
That is not necessarily true. Your conclusion does not necessarily logically follow from your preposition.
And, for example, the Corvette was OBVIOUSLY made by God, but it doesn't anticipate your travel needs. :)
@@tedgrant2 P.S.
"Corvette...It's what Jesus drives."
A truly enlightening talk. Wish more religious people would open their eyes, grown up and start thinking for themselves. They can begin with this talk.
Translation of "start thinking for themselves": "I wish more people thought just like MEMEMEMEME!" :)
@@BogartSlap ? Well if he thinks for himself why its bad that everyone to have his characteristic?
"Dave Allen's Thought's about Adam and Eve" for anyone who wants a good giggle.
Thou shall honor the name of George Carlin in the name of Joe Pesci.
LMAO.....love it
Pesci has a bat and gets things done.
amen
Warship the sun and pray to Joe Pesci. Because Joe Pesci seems to get things done.
Interviewer: Are there other examples like this?
Dr. Parker: Lots of them. One concerns the word “paraconformity”. In The Genesis Flood, I heard that paraconformity was a word used by evolutionary geologists for fossil systems out of order, but with no evidence of erosion or over-thrusting. [Plate tectonics] My heart really started pounding when Para- conformities and unconformities came up in geology class. What did the professor say? Essentially the same thing as Morris and Whitcomb. He presented para- conformities as a real mystery and something very difficult to explain in evolutionary or uniformitarian terms. We even had a field trip to study para-conformities which only served to emphasize the point.
So again, instead of challenging my creationist ideas, the geology I was learning in graduate school was supporting it. [Genesis Flood] I even discussed a creationist interpretation of para-conformities with the professor, and I finally found myself discussing further evidence of creation with fellow graduate students and others.
Interviewer: What do you mean by evidence of creation?
Dr. Parker: All of us can recognise objects which man has created, whether paintings, sculptures or just a coke bottle. Because the pattern of relationships in those objects is contrary to relationships that time, chance and natural physical processes can produce, we know an outside creative agent was involved. [Intelligent Design] I began to see the same thing in a study of living things, especially in the area of major interest, molecular biology.
All living things depend upon a working relationship between inheritable DNA/RNA and proteins, the chief structural and functional molecules. Just as phosphorus, glass and copper will work well together in a television set only if properly arranged by human engineers, so DNA and protein will only work in productive harmony if properly ordered by an outside creative agent [intelligent design]. I presented the biochemical details of this DNA argument to a group of graduate students and professors, including my professor of molecular biology. At the end of the talk, my professor offered no criticism of the biology or believe there was anything out there to create life. But if your faith permits belief in a creator you can see the evidence of Roman’s C 1:18-20.biochemistry I had presented she didn’t believe it creation in the things that have been made [as Paul implies in. She just said that
We only need to obey one commandment. ''Be good, don't be bad''.
And give church money. You forgot that part🙂
Jesus gave his people a new commandment , Love one another
BE KIND thats all you need
You will notice in the first commandment that God actually acknowledges the existence of other gods.
What’s amazing is that the Golden Rule
(Matthew 7: 12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets) is the only commandment a supposedly all-knowing god would need.
Unless that god created billions of morons.
We have innate knowledge of this. No commandment needed.
Jesus tells his people , Behold I am giving you a new commandment; love one another , by this people will know that you are my disciples if you love one another , but this one can be harder to keep than the law of Moses , the other 10
@@jwsanders1214 Why? An all-knowing, all-powerful god should be able to account for this.
@@revjim77 yes , this is the new commandment that Jesus gave his people , love one another , it’s not for the world , the world will not receive it, but it is for the people who love God
@@jwsanders1214 Why would an all-knowing, all-loving god need to change plans and require virgin sacrifice to implement the golden rule?
It makes me laugh every time AronRo says, "The lord, THY GOD...."
Considering how powerful religious people think praying is there seems to be a lot of religious people in hospitals
Indeed, and this has afforded the opportunity for a number of studies that found that religious people and people who are prayed for, whether religious or not, are significantly more likely to recover, and at a faster rate, than non-religious people with the same health circumstances.
Did Moses and the gang also stone the guy who had to collect the stones, on Sabbath, for stoning the man who collected sticks on Sabbath?
Yeah I thought of that too maybe it was the next day and got time off work .
For your answer go to the stoning of Stephen in the book of Acts CH 7 54-60
Miss you Hitch.
The tradition of the Sabbath led to Saturday night being the "party night" and all those church hangovers. (I swear one of the churches I went to actually had little "barf bags" in the pews.)
So happy there's no thumpers in the comment section damning us all to hell.
Why, it could be quite comical ...................
Sir, you are the only one who can damn yourself to hell. Interesting thing to consider: your passive/aggressive comment is the act of a weak and insecure little person.
@2Fine2Be Humble NO ! ..............
The power of echo chamber culture.
I just want TITS and BEER for all eternity.
Hi again, I have not watched your channel in a while, just watched this to the end, firstly I understand your position I apologise i asked, i was just thinking of my self. Put the comment i made. where the videos have gone in to context. All I can say is do what you want now, try everything you want, xx honestly I understand you, your not on or owne even when you feel alone, you provide a life line to so many. My self including. Christopher hitchens properly explains it better then I have ever heard. Xxx love you lots xx and thank you so much. You made a difference in my life
Well done.
Thank you
From Evolution to Creation- Professor Gary Parker’s Testimony. Gary Parker is an example to all those who have been hoodwinked.
Professor Gary Parker is a biology teacher who received his PhD in biology with geology at Ball State University, USA, in 1973. He has been admitted to Phi Beta Kappa, an American scholastic honorary, and was elected to the American society of Zoologists and also holds a fellowship from the National Science Foundation. He has written five textbooks on biology over the years.
Professor Gary Parker’s amazing story from an evolutionary biologist perspective to a creationist has been condensed from four radio talks where he reveals his astonishing journey of discovery.
Interviewer: Dr. Parker, I understand that when you started teaching college biology you were an enthusiastic evolutionist. Is that so?
Dr. Parker: Yes, indeed. The idea of evolution was very satisfying to me. It gave me a feeling of being one with the huge, evolving universe while continually progressing towards grander things. Evolution was really my religion, a faith commitment and a complete world-and-life view that organised everything else for me, and I got quite emotional when evolution was challenged. As a religion, evolution answered my questions about God, sin, and salvation. God was unnecessary, or at the very least had no more involvement than to originally create the particles and processes from which all else mechanically followed. ‘Sin’ was merely the result of animal instincts that had outlived their usefulness, and salvation involved only personal adjustment, enlightened self-interest, and perhaps one day the benefits of genetic engineering. With no God to answer to and no purpose for mankind, I saw humanity’s destiny as being in our own hands. Tied in with the idea of inevitable evolutionary progress, this was a truly thrilling idea and the part of evolution I liked best.
Interviewer: Did your faith/trust in evolution affect your classroom teaching?
Dr. Parker: It certainly did. In my early years of teaching at the high school and college levels, I worked hard to convince my students that evolution was true. I even had some creationist students crying in class. I thought I was teaching objective science, not religion, but I was very consciously trying to get students to bend their religious beliefs to evolution. In fact, I had a discussion with high school teachers in a graduate class in which I was assisting to encourage them to aim at persuading students to adapt their religious beliefs to the concept of evolution!
Interviewer: I thought you weren’t supposed to teach religion in the American public school system.
Dr. Parker: Well, maybe you can’t teach the Christian religion, but there is no trouble at all teaching the ‘evolutionary religion’! I have done it myself, and I have watched the effects that accepting evolution has on a person’s thoughts and consequent life. Of course, I once thought that this effect was good-liberating the mind from the shackles of revealed religion and making a person’s own opinions supreme.
Notice is ALLOWED to work on the Sabbath: the WIFE. Everyone else gets to rest EXCEPT the WIFE. Gee, thanks, God. And this, and other such nonsense, is why I am an atheist.
Kay Allen. you being an atheist just proves to me God does exist .
I Am That I Am I Am That I Am Then you really need to read the manual for your brain.
Because that's not how it works.
Antediluvian Atheist that's not how what works,.????????
I Am That I Am I Am That I Am your brain.
Antediluvian Atheist you are not an atheist. there's no such thing.
Interviewer: Such as?
Dr. Parker: One of the tensest moments for me came when we started discussing uranium-lead and other Radio-Metric Dating Methods used for estimating the age of the earth. I felt sure that all the silly creationistic arguments would be shot down, but just the opposite happened.
In one graduate class, the professor told us we didn’t have to memorize the dates of the geologic systems since they were far from certain and riddled with contradictions.
Then in geophysics we went over all the assumptions that go into Radio-Metric Dating. Afterwards, the professor said something like this, “If a fundamentalist [creationist] ever got hold of this stuff [criteria], he would make havoc out of the Radio Metric Dating System. So, keep the faith. [I wonder how many classes he had said and taught this to.] “I WAS SHOCKED! If it was a matter of keeping faith, I had another faith I preferred to keep.
Thank you, that 2nd one about the Have no other gods did always confound me also because it also said that there is only one god. Crazy talk.
You are very welcome
Words have different levels of meaning. If you dont believe in the true God you will almost certainly, ultimately make yourself your god. God assumes you are capable of understanding that simple distinction.
@@cheliooceanstrength4657 So Moses assumed that if the Hebrews did not believe in Yahweh they would start to worship themselves as their gods, (divine) beings
with superhuman qualities? Assuming some of those Hebrews would continue, or start again, believing in other "true" gods was more likely to be the real problem.
@@marcvanec8526 not really sure what Moses assumed or what you are exactly trying to say. There is only one true God. 'other gods' are expressions we use, of things we revere, serve and worship; figures of speech.
it is very hard to understand what you have written, but I think I get most of your reasoning and don't say you are wrong. But I do not really see your overall point. I think that you complicated the issue way too much. Language is an art, filled with nuance and complexity, symbolism, allagory and metaphor. We often don't know the motive of the speaker, or the listener. Because of this, it is usually important to simplify it as much as possible by stating your overall point and then building the argument to support it. To a believer it is usually clear when we have replaced or diminished our love for God with other things. This is because we have what is called 'Special Revelation' from God through his Word, both Old and New Testament, and 'General Revelation' through his creation and the marvelous wonders around us. Both of these are discerned by us through the Holy Spirit who Christ promised would come from the Father in Christ's name, to teach us all things and to remind us of what we already have learned. So no one will have an excuse when we are held to account by Him. So we constantly search oiur own soul for what is right and true. Yet when we fail, even in our earnest searching for the truth, we have Gods love in the form of grace, unmerited by us, a gift from our loving God. Our part? Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind, as gratitude to Him.
This is what should be taught in schools
Instead of science and mathematics? What should be taught are the various believed interpretations as far as theology classes go and general education should include theology classes, not the atheists strawmen of them. Neither belongs in a science class.
I'm a Grey Alien, and I have no need for your God - period.
Wow, you're 0-for-2 there - mistaken about both your own identity and God's, too. The upside is, you can only improve your score from this point. :)
Hey, Gray! Who wrote your DNA?
"That's what it says and that's what it means"
Atheist 10 commandments. 1. Make a joke 2. Read everything literally 3. Misread the Bible 4. Make up sh*t you think Theists might say 5. Group all Christians in to one group.
Listen to the audiance laughter. This video sounds more like it should be coming from a set of comedians rather than those claim to be concerned with Ethics.
Example. You say..
"I brought you into this world, I can take you out".. therefore honor parents?
Except that the binding of Issac is an indicted of NOT allowing parents to do as they please with their children. Which is the opposite of what you just implied.
Weird, there's no thumpers in here defending their rediculous book, I guess the video makes perfect sense.
Hmm...I think that's rather a far jump to an unwarranted conclusion. Could just as easily be the case that all the passing "thumpers" felt that the arguments presented by the atheists are so ridiculously pitiful, they're not worth bothering to reply to.
Just a thought. (wink)
@@BogartSlap What's pitiful is watching fanatics use the "context" defense a few dozen times to try to explain away their god's brutality, incompetence, ethnocentricity, pettiness, insecurity, genocides, misogyny, prorape & proslavery laws, child abuse, land-stealing,...
Yeah, not worth replying to Jack. Seen theists squirm and blow smoke enough. The existence of apologetics proves you believe in a wicked and incompetent deity, and defend horrible policies and behaviors.
@@BogartSlap
You could have left the wink out. Just the fact that the OP speaks of the bible as if it were a book rather than a library, which is the literal meaning of the word "bible', containing several books led me to that conclusion already. It's like having kids of the age of 8 not understanding how to add number claiming that differential equations are an invalid application of mathematics. He simply doesn't even has a clue what he is talking about and didn't even bother to familiarize himself with the basics yet claims to understand the more advanced stuff enough to invalidate it. Obviously the idea of not making claims one can't substantiate doesn't fare that well in the atheists community.
There is nothing to defend for me here, a strawman argument against someones position doesn't require a defence, merely a dismissal. Or as Hitch used to say: "claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence", if that's more to your liking. The result is the same: dismissal.
@@GuitarDog_atx
How exactly does the existence of aplogetics prove ones believe in a wicket and incompetent deity? Claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. So I'd either like to see your evidence for this claim or it should just be dismissed.
@@GuitarDog_atx Yet another comment that reflects the thought, "It's not that I'm really an atheist - I'm just hypercritical of how God chooses to run things and, all modesty aside, believe that I would do a much better job of it". :)
AronRa must be too young to remember that it was indeed against the law to run any kind of business for profit on Sunday in a number of states prior to the year 2000. In the early 70s, I lived in Massachusetts, controlled in large measure by the Catholic Church, where it was prohibited to make money on Sunday. (Hospitals could be open, for example, on the old idea that hospitals existed to take care of the injured and ill.) He does mention at one point, speaking of the sabbath, that it was illegal to sell alcohol in Texas on Sunday, so maybe he does understand that it was the law.
Pretending to know things you don't know would be covered by lying.
Lying is intentional, misinformation could be I intentional or just a person being an idiot or ignorant ie; there is a god, that is just ignorant not lying
@nataliepapolis Try again, Natalie. Look up the word pretend and I want you to see if the definition is consistent with lying. Certainly it doesn't have the same "vibe"
Like I could pretend that I'm not in a bad mood, that I m not dragging you in these comments because of it. But that would be a lie. I am being mean because i'm in a bad mood. And I won't pretend otherwise
An never ending roundabout!! The "individual" is vastly more important than the group, for in dialog we can find "harmony", the diversity of ideas or views lubricate the thinking "machine", give up self, lose same.
Great video
Thank you Adam
Awesome video.
Thank you.
As a Catholic, this is quite amusing! It's a if the language of the ancient Israelites was English, and the only part of the Judeo-Chrisian scripture, that is to say there's no other way of making sense of them, like history, and I have no idea where Jesus says that you don't have to wash before eating. I think we should try interpreting the foundation of the last Japanese empire in English and American/European context only; it should also be a good laugh.😉
is false hope a good thing?
*is false hope a good thing?*
Does it prevent one from taking measures to educate or protect oneself? Then potentially, yes.
The false hope that prayer can cure afflictions has led to the painful, often excruciating deaths of children and adults who could have been saved by the intervention of modern medicine and trained doctors.
Hmm...I'd say it likely depends on the circumstances. For instance, if you're stuck in a "dead for sure" situation in the middle of a war, it might be helpful to have hope of getting out alive, even if that hope is ill-founded.
@@KalibreSteelblast
That would be a false hope going against the first commandment in Christianity. (not to be confused with the first commandment in Judaism)
@@BogartSlap
Even in war, the odds are not exactly 0. Hence it's not false hope no matter how slim the chance as long as the chance is greater than 0.
I've always wondered why God couldn't just breathe life into Jesus like he did with Adam instead of knocking up that poor virgin. Plus Gof seems to send others to do his dirty work- the holy spirit to impregnate Mary and then he couldn't be bothered to come to Earth himself to save us choosing to create and send his son. And if Jesus only comes into existence in the New Testament that means the concept of God as the Trinity didn't exist in the Old Testament. He was a duo. And what's with Jesus dying dying at 33 - Christ was he a free Mason as well ?
When it comes to fictional immortals, I much prefer Connor McCloud over Yahweh.
For me, it's Hercules and all the other Olympians.
Saying God is fictional makes you a logic denier. You are positively asserting a negation, and that is just plain stupid.
@Alpha Omega When you say God is fictional, you are saying He does not exist in reality. That is just you saying God is not real, which is you positively asserting a negation. This is a logical fallacy only used by people who cannot argue logically from reason.
Care to try again?
@Alpha Omega I actually did read what you said. And I replied to it. Simply making the claim that I did not read it does absolutely nothing to further the conversation. A better tactic might be to read my reply to what you wrote, and reply to it.
Your statement that God is fictional, "but there may be some sort of higher power," was one complex assertion, and one of us understood what you were saying. You were saying that, while God is not real, that fact does not exclude the possibility of a "higher power." Logically, the absence of the existence of Thing A does not preclude the existence of Thing B. That is true. But, your full thought was that Thing A is not true, but that does not rule out Thing B being true.
Taken as a whole, it is false, as the necessary first part is a logical fallacy, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration.
The possibility of God not existing does not rule out the possibility of a million other possibilities from being possible, naturally. That is so true, it is not worth saying.
Fact is, however, that God is real, and He loves you, even though you hate Him.
@Alpha Omega Ok. It's the internet. I'll see the notification when you feel like engaging in a conversation.
I check at least once every couple of days...
Video killed the radio, internet killed religion and supernatural things.
I like the Pastafarian commandments.
All religions that stick to the ten commandments should also be vegetarian, because the command clearly says 'thou shalt not kill' it doesn't say thou shalt not kill humans! It's says 'thou shalt not kill' ...which clearly states, not killing at all!
In order to obey even a fraction of the Bible, you must first turn off your own inner senses of morality, justice, logic, and empathy.
actually, by failure to read these commandments in a world view several thousands of years old it is easy to make fun of them, but the fun is earned at the expense of really understanding them. They addressed real issues for the Jewish people.
Dog owners do not give their dogs "free will". When I say "SIT" I want my dog to sit.
Giving someone free will AND giving them commandments is silly.
One or the other, not both !
P.S. We're not God's pets, so the analogy doesn't fit.
@@BogartSlap P.S. The bible is clear, there is NO freewill. You should try reading it sometime if you are going to troll atheists channels
Proverbs 16:4 The LORD works out EVERYTHING to its proper end. [Not just some things..."EVERYTHING."]
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but THE LORD ESTABLISHES THEIR STEPS. [God even determines our very steps!]
Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its EVERY DECISION IS FROM THE LORD.
Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person's heart, but IT IS THE LORD's PURPOSE THAT PREVAILS.
Proverbs 20:24 A person's steps are DIRECTED BY THE LORD.
John 6:44 No one can come to me UNLESS the Father who sent me draws them. [That means only God decides who will be saved and who won't.]
Acts 13:48 and ALL WHO WERE APPOINTED for eternal life believed. [Those who come to believe in God were appointed to do so.]
Romans 8:7-8 Because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for IT IS NOT EVEN ABLE TO DO SO, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:20 For the creature WAS MADE subject to vanity, NOT WILLINGLY, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope.
Romans 9:19-21 "You will say to me then, 'Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?' On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, 'Why did you make me like this,' will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, TO MAKE FROM THE SAME LUMP ONE VESSEL FOR HONORABLE USE AND ANOTHER FOR COMMON USE?"
Ephesians 1:11 In him we were also chosen, having been PREDESTINED according to the plan of him who works out EVERYTHING in conformity with the purpose of his will.
* Ephesians 1:4 God chose us in Christ to be holy and blameless in Gods presence before the creation of the world. 5 God destined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ because of his love. This was according to his goodwill and plan
Jeremiah 10:23 LORD, I know that PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE NOT THEIR OWN; IT IS NOT FOR THEM TO DIRECT THEIR STEPS.
Jeremiah 43:11 He will come and attack Egypt, bringing death to those DESTINED FOR DEATH, captivity to those DESTINED FOR CAPTIVITY, and the sword to those DESTINED FOR THE SWORD.
Isaiah 14:27 For the LORD Almighty has PURPOSED, and who can thwart him?
Isaiah 37:26 Have you not heard? LONG AGO I ORDAINED IT. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass.
Amos 3:6 Does disaster come to a city, unless THE LORD HAS DONE IT? [People don't cause disaster unless God makes them do it.]
Job 42:1-2 Then Job answered the LORD and said, "I know that You can do all things, And that NO PURPOSE OF YOURS CAN BE THWARTED."
Psalm 37:23 A MAN'S STEPS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE LORD, and the LORD delights in his way. [Only an evil God would delight in establishing a man's steps to take the wrong path.]
Psalm 139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; ALL THE DAYS ORDAINED FOR ME WERE WRITTEN IN YOUR BOOK BEFORE ONE OF THEM CAME TO BE.
Proverbs 22:6 "Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. "
They give them free will enough not to have to give them instructions how to raise each foot in sequence and every instruction for each step , then making them puddle. Do your kids need any guidance by grown ups to become functioning adults? Atheists obviously think they don't, because when adults refuse to be adults, all hell breaks loose.
So, aren't commandments rules for how to rein in "Free will?"
@@GuitarDog_atx so, Stephen hawking agreed with the Bible, that free will does not exist? Did S.H. have the free will to decide to say so, or not? Atheist, are you a meat robot which merely progresses forward 1 femtosecond at a frame, with the illusion you are making choices?
@@glenliesegang8935 Your questions are stupid and irrelevant.
The bible explicitly shows NO FREE WILL,
Xtians use the bible as their guide and claim it is holy and the infallible word of god. Again, no free will.
Stick to the topic.
When God's first comendmant was "Thou shall NOT have other gods before me", I had the feeling that God sounds like somebody's jelaous and extremely possesive ex spouse.
Which is how that god behaves throughout the whole old testament.
I'm doomed. I make graven images all the time and I bloody love coveting my neighbor's ox.
Jesus Christ! Your doomed to dwell in hell forever then! God dammit that's terrible, I'm sorry for you!
@@cathemeraltheenby6840 Don't be ridiculous, there is no hell. You've been fed a lie and now you live in fear.
I know, i was just mocking the 3rd commandment.
@@cathemeraltheenby6840 Oops. I had a sense of humour bypass. 😊
No problem at all mate.
The jews have a book in which describes over 350 rules or laws governing how jews are supposed to live their lives. The book is considerably older than the story of Moses and his supposed 10 commandments. In addition the with in all the more than 350 rules or laws, one will find the ten commandments that Moses was supposed to have received by his GOD. Thus Moses is a plagorist.
Blind leading the blind as they walk towards the edge of the parapet, mockingly laughing.
My one and only commandment:
Thou shall not believe in the NONSENSE that is god!!😁
Sam Harris is a true wordsmith. Hands down.
Hi apologies for asking, I just realised where have the other christopher best hitchslap gone. Miss them
Nailed it, 666th like
Don't fry bacon naked??
I think that should be a great rule of wisdom.
Don't fry sausages might be more useful since an obvious and painful confusion could occur and change the way you walk for a week or two.
@@bluegtturbo
That's easy to solve by letting only women fry the sausages naked.
Simple primitive Master/Slave religions - a slave may serve only One Master, hence the One God
These ideas came about when Kings/Dictators/Strongmen ruled with an iron fist - demanding obedience and loyalty(belief - thou shalt have no Gods before me) and rewarding or punishing accordingly(Heaven and Hell)
Made absolute sense to those living back in the day
But to see these same ideas in the 21st century is disturbing and questions the whole idea of what an education is all about
"But to see these same ideas in the 21st century is disturbing"
All that statement really says is that you don't understand it - nothing about the validity of the ideas.
If we are all God's children, then what's so special about Jesus?
He's sinless, this made him special
@@logicalapproach oh you sorry delusional fool. Proof required. And I mean proof, not an unsupportable collection of fairy tales
COMMANDMENT 1: thou shall not talk about commandments.
COMMANDMENT 2: THOU SHALL NOT talk about commandments.
Unpack the first 2 with an open mind, and there is tremendous wisdom.
The Ultimate, the Best, the Highest deserves respect. Eliminate the crass, degrading use of obscenity, and show the world and your kids that your "self" shouldn't run the show without mindfulness and thoughtfulness.
Dont make anything your God but the highest - do not live for football, sex, drugs, rock and roll,worshiping accumulating wealth, gratifying selfish desires, living to ridicule and destroy believers out of your arrogant pride.
The atheist stuffs the Infinite into a box called science. Those who have met Love Itself , (not blow them up) know His reality, and humbly live as if God exists ( not those who misuse pruning shears to damage others in His name) show Love far greater than the self can produce.
Hate God's rule and hate rightful authority. See how that goes if you teach your kids they are the highest authority, and disrespecting what is holy, desecrating a church, is ok. How will that work out for them and for you?.
, not Blow Them Up In My Name)
"I bring you these 15-"
CRASH!
"10! 10 Commandments!"
The atheist who stands up like a professor (must be AronRa) doesn't seem to be critiquing the Ten Commandments per se, but only the idea that the Ten be codified into American law.
1- Thy shall be a nihilistic trash
2- Thy shall stay stuck in your cognitive dissonance
3- Thy shall stay stuck in your confirmation biases
4- Thy shall ostracise anyone who doesn't believe like you even tho you are wrong in the first place
5- Thy shall use appeal to ridicule and other rhetorical devices everywhere you go
6- Thy shall prevent people from learning true critical thinking
7- Thy shall poison the mind of the youth
8- Thy shall pervert all fields of science for your egoistic purposes
9- Thy shall never question your own beliefs
10- Thy shall claim victory in all places of life
Well done. You should include it in your next book.
Great compilation. If anyone can please mention to Aron Ra that his slide with the quotation from ‘Revelations 21:8’ should have the reference changed to ‘Revelation 21:8’. Just a minor oversight.
An INVISIBLE Hebrew god forbids the worship of his rivals - the evil VISIBLE gods.
Get outa here.
Actually, that sounds kind of paradoxically cool and likely to be true to me. The VISIBLE gods aren't really gods (are you arguing that they are?), while the INVISIBLE one IS. That's the plot line of a good movie if I ever heard one.
His rivals were Mallech which chose babies be thrown on a hot altar. Baal who allowed sextuplets promiscuity. Thus causing STD. Worship of animals. What can so for you. Idols made from your own hands. Really smart. They cannot save. False prophets who tell you what you want to hear. They just came out of Egypt where all this nonsense was. They had to be shown what was right. They had to be shown the wickedness that was in their own heart.