Regarding the Most Hated Woman in America
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- This was my speech on Madalyn Murray O'Hair for American Atheists' 50th anniversary national convention at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Austin, Texas on 2013/03/29. There were more than 900 people in that audience.
Sadly not all schools gave up mandatory prayer right a way. I attended a high school in Indiana during the 68-69 school year and one of my teachers insisted that her classes did a mandatory prayer before every class. She further stated that anyone who refused to participate would get a failing grade in her class, regardless of academic achievements. For a student who came from a western school that was in adherence to the Court's ruling, it was my first experience in such. Needless to say I finally had to challenger her class and get a transfer so I could get graded on my performance not on someone's religion.
A quote from AronRa: It is easier to maintain your own delusion when more people believe it too.
See Also: Confirmation Bias. I grew up in Utah, where 50% of the population is Mormon. Because they are constantly surrounded by people who tell them they're right, most of them never doubt it for a second...and many of them are quite arrogant in their faith. I suspect the same is true of Catholics in Ireland, Protestants in the Bible Belt, and Muslims in Saudi Arabia. Mandating conformity is a way for those who live in a bubble to make the bubble bigger...and thus more comfortable for themselves, even at the expense of others.)
Melissa Sahagun heathen Yeah I know right, atheists are too delusional to find Jesus Christ, the way the truth and the Life.
I swear, half of what this man says is quotable.
Interesting statement. So we have atheists trying to convince others when in fact they have not convinced themselves.
So AronRa maintains his delusion by getting others to believe in his lies?
Thank you for keeping her name alive Aaron. She was an amazing human and had the heart that a man only dreams of.
She was an abusive mother. Not an hero just because she was an Atheist doesn't make her good person.
I grew up being inundated with the conclusions Madalyn Murray O'Hair was evil incarnate. I now have great respect for her courage and rationality.
Doug, ever read what her oldest son William said about growing up in that house? It is a sad & pathetic story! She took his daughter Robin after he was 4 years in the army & fighting in Vietnam(1965-1969)! He became a Christian in 1980 at 33 years of age! He had another daughter born in 1977 & about that same time he had a big falling out with his mother!
@@RonSafreed - Family issues are not unheard of in a prominent public figure. What I refer to is the message and position of MMO on the hypocrisy and danger of religionists. On that, MMO is spot on.
@@dougrasmussen5444 she also was homophobic & gay atheist know this fact about her & online there is a picture of a typed letter she wrote to some gay group dated May 20 1976 & it is quite hostile calling gays c-ck suck--- marxists!
@@RonSafreed - You are intent on smokescreening the message. I do NOT have to find MMO was a great wife, NOR do I have to agree with the entirety of her life's positions. I can and do agree with her position on the hypocrisies and dangers fostered by religionists. Within this arena, she has my respect.
@@dougrasmussen5444 Christian missionaries have over church history helped to bring literacy to many people groups giving them a Bible & a dictionary of their language & then setting up schools! BTW Sunday school started in mid 18th century England & for 100 years was a means to teach illiterate folk how to read & write before church service! When literacy became well established in the mid 19th century, then Bible study took the place of the 3 RRR's !
Thank you for your service to making sure america is able to remain secular in both government and in schools. I, as a youth of this generation, am sincerely appreciative of your work. Thank you.
Well spoken, concise, and loaded with logic. Nicely done, sir. I recently heard a local radio personality named Bob Lonsberry talking about his 29 year old son coming home for Thanksgiving. His son is in the military (Army) and he's bringing his girlfriend home to meet the family. Lonsberry said that when his son and his son's GF come home, they will not be allowed to sleep in the same bed, and not even in the same room. I was perplexed when I heard him say that. For a bit of perspective, Lonsberry is a pretend Mormon currently married to his third wife. He and his first wife divorced and his second marriage was annulled. Here's the thing...It's okay for his son to join the army and to possibly be shipped off to some armpit country to kill people, but if his son wants to make sweet love to his possible future wife, that is forbidden. What filthy heathen would want that to happen under THEIR roof?! Oh the horrors! Ya gotta love the lack of logic with Christians!
Take a Mormon fishing and he'll drink all your beer. Take 2 Mormons fishing and you get your beer all to yourself.
@@sparky7718 That's so smart , I love it ! :)
Explain "venerial disease" that is the result of multiple sex partners like syphilis & gonoreah e.c.t.?
RonSafreed Who said anything about multiple partners? Also, you know condones are a thing, right?
He is the amazing father/uncle we all need I love the sense of humor and actual smarts like my dream is to meet him one day
I grew up in Salt Lake City, so with regard to your lifelong LDS exposure, I feel your pain. When debating Theists, I'm always faced with Bible quotes that claim all men inherently know in their heart and soul that God exists, and the *arrogance* of that notion infuriates and sickens me. I love the way you clarify, "Religion is make believe," because I was recently contemplating John Lennon's "Imagine", and it occurred to me that all one has to do to, "Imagine there's no Heaven," is to simply STOP imagining Heaven. While descriptions of God, Heaven, and Hell exist in various literary and other media sources, the fact is that, in the absence of objectively observable and testable evidence, they are all figments of individual and/or collective fantasy.
Exactly !!
And talking about anything Theists do and claim, which can drive any rational person up the wall, i would like to quote AronRa himself about that word which seems to have a different meaning for Theists than us.
TRUTH
'' How would you define what truth is?Truth is typically defined as “that which is concordant with reality”.
If we don’t know whether it is concordant with reality, then we don’t know whether it is truth, and we should be honest about that.
We should not assert as fact that which is not evidently true, because that is dishonest.
Logically then, truth is whatever statement can be shown to be true.
The truth is what the facts are because the facts can be objectively verified.
There are many facts that we know and can show to be true of evolution, for example, but there is not one fact that is positively indicative of or exclusively concordant with gods or magic or mythology.
So when I challenge religious believers to show me the truth of their religious belief, they can’t, because there’s literally no truth in it.''
You can use your imagination for good or evil. John Lennon did not live long after he said: "Imagine there's no Heaven".
@@JohnR77 John Lennon's death was caused by a bullet fired by a mentally unstable former fan, not by irreligion. And regarding the song "Imagine," it was a very positive song. What issue do you take with a "brotherhood of man"? It's a song that talks about doing away with the elements that divide us, such as materialism and borders, for example. And what has divided humanity more than religion?
That was the most beautifully worded secular argument I've ever heard.
I am glad there was no prayer in school when I was a kid, the ostracisation I endured because I didn't know, and then later wouldn't say the pledge of allegiance was bad enough.
I had Christian friends in school who would pray in front of everyone, because they said their parents told them that is what god wanted. The lengths this religion will go to indoctrinate other people seems infinite.
Can you imagine how bad things would be if Mike 'zap the gay out' Pence was president? We would be half a step away from a full blown Christian theocracy...the white Saudi Arabia. It gives me nightmares tbh.
thank you aron ra , i had no idea how that happened . i'm new at being an 'out' atheist . seems i've missed alot in the last 43yrs. keep the logic coming :)
My textbooks in my Christian high school demonized her so much.
I did community service at the Arlington food bank a while back. They tried to pressure everyone there to pray, holding hands. I dont pray with people I dont know, and I certainly do not hold strangers hands. The head of the organization became enraged with me when I asked her if I could wash, disinfect and label the food bins so that they were not used for non food storage. My concern was cross contamination and the spread of germs. She told me to never come back. I told her it would be my pleasure to never see her face again.
He's like a muggle Hagrid.
HEATTHHEEEENNN!!! HARRY POTTER IS THE DEVIL SPAWN!!!!!!!
herp derp to hell you go!
MrOnionterror a smart Hagrid for you
Your right! Can't believe I never noticed.
Well damn. I see it.
I don't understand. Why would you think Aron was a muggle?🤣
Im 48 and my mom, born 1934, told me how the teachers forced the children to learn to recite whole chapters in the bible when she was a kid. She never became religious
Imagine the very concept of praying to an evidendly cruel god who invented alzheimers and stillbirth, who operates an endlessly big universe, and who apparently has some 'divine plan' for everything. Why do you think he'd give two shits and alter the order of the universe to accomodate YOUR needs?
thatsnotwhatiasked .... it’s the result of sin.... you are informed and don’t know why you are talking about
@@jimgreco6279 In other words, God didn't invent Alzheimer's and stillbirth?
If God invented stillbirth and miscarriages, is He not as staunchly pro-life as some of His believers since He's basically performing abortions?
@@jimgreco6279 what a moron you are it was bad magic from the magic apple
I'm a Christian ~ Yet this man makes an excellent point ~
Dawn, teachings about modern Isreal being fulfilment of Bible prophecy, stopped me going agnostic as a teen in the seventies & soon they will have a temple/priesthood & animal sacrifice something they have not had in nearly 2000 years since 70 A.D. when the second temple was destroyed by Rome!!!!!!
@@RonSafreed I don't know why you people accept the bible as a historical text. There was no Moses. There was no exodus. There was no king Solomon, and there was no temple. These are all allegorical mythology, and modern archeology will tell you this if you do actuall research instead of just believing your preacher(who knows what I'm saying is true). Yet you insist on believing that a modern temple in Israel and daily blood sacrifices of cattle and sheep are a good thing? What the fuck is wrong with you? Killing in the name of a nonexistent god? you need break out of your conditioning man. Do your own thinking. Dont let others do it for you.
Dawn back in the seventies when I was a teen, I was going agnostic with thoughts of atheism However teachings about the modern nation of Isreal being fulfilled Bible prophecy stopped me Dawn before 1948 atheist did not believe modern Isreal would become a nation though a number of Christians said it was going to happen & even books were written by atheist saying modern Isreal was not going to happen. BTW Dawn Isreal & the Jews are soon to have a temple/priesthood/animal sacrifice, something they have not had in nearly 2000 years since the second temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. by emperor Titus of Rome!!!!!! This will be another Bible prophecy fulfilled soon!!!!!
@@1N2themystic back before 1948 most if not all atheist did not believe modern Israel was going to be though many Christians said it was going to happen! BTW N2 The Mystic in the occult & satanism/luciferians, many are into human blood drinking/human cannabalism & human sacrifice yet you atheist ignore this fact!!!! Also now 10% of the population are into the occult/satanism/voodoo & back in 1980 it was less than 2% of the population! The occult/satanism/voodoo is growing everyday! They hat e & despise Christians but also laugh at & mock you atheists in their covens & grottos!!!!!
@@RonSafreed when did I claim to be an atheist?
Am I the only one who thinks almost all of his arguments apply to the pledge of allegiance as well?
No, you're not.
they *should* apply to the pledge of allegiance.
Under God needs to be omitted.
T SexyRexy I meant the whole thing actually
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maxcoseti: No you're sure as HELL not the only one.
pun intended.
This question is for all religious people; why do you cherry pick the parts of the holy books and discard all of the horrible things in these books. If the bible is your frame of reference, you have to believe the whole book. Why when confronted with all the evil things in the bible, you find a way to justify it. The bible condones slavery, rape, murder, torture, killing your kids, and war. Why is it that most religious people's world view is that all of the above is wrong...so why is it right because god says it is. Right is right and wrong is wrong; regardless who says it....Why is that so difficult to understand?
We don't cherry pick the Bible. We simply understand it, and you don't.
Christians believe those things. But those evils are descriptive, not prescriptive. Notice that in the early Christian church, none of those things were "condoned."
mrtadreamer Actually I understand the bible..it is why I became an atheist. What is so hard to understand that snakes can't talk, virgins don't give birth, men can't live in the belly of a fish ad your god got the math wrong in the " Noah Story"..the bible is not difficult to understand..it is called bullshit.
Darien Simon Your unbelief has no bearing on the events chronicled in God's written word.
mrtadreamer Which god? Since there are so many different religions and holy books; which one? It you are a Christians, there are about 33000 different sects..which one are you referring to? Are we talking about the more modern god or those that per-dates all the current gods. How do you know which one is right? They can't all be right, but the can all be wrong. The odds of your god being the right god is about one percent...so I guess you just pick one and believe?
State authored prayer. There's a horrifying thought.
+Juxtavarious and it just sounds like a north corean text about Kim Jong Il, Un or however that new guy is named... Hey, one wonders why they want to bring back such a mindset.... ;)
+Urs F (Feno3000) "Korean" and "Jung", I can understand misspelling a name, but a country? Wow, our schools have failed.
If Alabama is your true geographical location i've not been educated by "your schools" as i'm from Europe and English is only my third language...
Do you have any real argument against my snarky statement or is grammar/spelling the only thing you're interested in or respectively can find fault with?
Urs F
I hail from Alabama, raised and taught in Wisconsin, and that is a HUGE difference, for in Wisconsin, they don't just pass a student for no reason(like they do in AL, poor AL). And just because someone pokes a lil fun at your grammar, you don't have to get your panties in a bunch, instead have a smile! Learn to laugh at your faults, then correct them, instead of turning it into something else. Because there is absolutely one thing they teach in all USA schools; Sarcasm. Roll Tide.
What about that american pledge thing? That's basically a state authored credo, recited in unison by children. No different really from any communist school room indoctrination.
Even when I was a Christian I approved of taking required prayer out of schools for the reasons you mentioned. My fellow believers argued with me often on that. I remember saying the Lord’s Prayer every day at the start of class at least in 3rd grade, which was 1972. Now as a former believer I am certain you are right.
Aron, I just have to say. Your voice is very easy to listen to, and your hair is beautiful.
Keep rocking :)
He does have beautiful hair.
I am grateful for people like Madalyn Murray O'hair
Up until junior high school I was raised in a average household. my mother being full Italian made sure I was baptized right after I was born. I was born in New York but my father was a auto mechanic, and was a transmission specialist. he was trained by Chevrolet for six years after being honorably discharged from the Korean war. so when I was quite young we moved out west. because mechanics with his experience were needed out west. so the first part of my young life was spent as a Catholic. but after we moved out west I had experienced several religious sexts. from Baptist, to Free Methodist, to Nazarene, to Mormon, and others. but when I was junior high age I ended up in a boys home. which was run by devout Free Methodist. and all of us boys who were in the boys home. went to a healing that was held the imperial four hundred motel. and I saw a spectacle that made me change my view of religion. and from that point on I was an agnostic. until somewhat more recently when I was introduced to an Atheist community. and the people I met were amazing they told me about being an Atheist and it fit perfectly for me. there was no obligation to be an Atheist which after forced religion was incredible. so I learned more and more about being an Atheist. untill I have reached the point I'm at today a confirmed Atheist. and it was hands down the best decision I have ever made.
God, really. Keep him out of our government and schools. Read the constitution. Then read your bible it is the path to atheism.
I have read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, guess what no one it hasn't meant shit since January 16 1919.
According to statistics secular countries and nations are much more profitable, peaceful Etc. Lower rates of teen pregnancy, Lower murder rates. Lower rates of divorce. Higher rates of income. Better Medical Care. And the list goes on and on. It seems like countries who are predominantly religious have some sort of Court curse on them at least according to how religious fanatics think. More than a hundred million people have been killed due to religious crimes and the majority of those crimes come from monotheistic religions.
you and Matt are the best at keeping her vision alive today!!!
Aron Ra for president!!! Another amazing speech! Logical and incredibly eloquated
I hate it when anyone forces me to pray, whether that is in a public, school or anywhere else. If u feel the need to pray do that in private. Even tho I realize Madelyn had her flaws, our country is now a secular society because, people like her took a stand against the religious extremism in this culture
Really, how secular do you think your society is? E pluribus unum got replaced by In God We Trust. How many politicians, on the federal level, are openly atheist? It is more acceptable for a politician to be a Muslim than to be an atheist - there have been two Muslims in Congress, but the only one to declare himself atheist lost his next election. At best, they can avoid the question and say they have no religious affiliation, but declaring yourself an atheist is political suicide. Evangelical Christians influence public policy - like the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel (a move which evangelicals believe bring us one step closer to Armageddon and the second coming). Evangelical support played a big part in getting Trump elected. There are constantly politicians proposing or enacting things like "religious freedoms" legislation to allow people to discriminate in the name of their religion - like not having to issue a marriage license to gays, or being allowed to remove birth control from the things covered by your employees medical insurance.
I love this man's rhetoric, especially his use of alliteration.
So you adore Aron’s alliterative assertions?
Phil Donuhue: "I never heard a single person ever say they love her"....
Me as a Christian: I love Madalyn Murray O'hair she has a heart better than any Christian I have ever known.
Me as a non Christian:
I love Madalyn Murray O'hair I wish she was my mother or my grandmother cause I would have lived with her just as Robin did.
Thank you Madalyn
Ever read her son William's account of growing up in that house & Madylin as his mother? It is a sad & pathetic story! Also Madylin went to court & won custody over Robin to raise her as her own! William remarried & had Jade born to him in 1978, all this before his 1980 conversion to Christianity!!!!! People Magazine June 2 1980 & its online
You know that she is in hell for what she did!
@@patsaxon5284 what a disgusting fuckign thing to say!
@@patsaxon5284 sad how your religion has poisoned your mind so much you wish eternal torture on her!
Excellent points made. The whole speech I was wondering if he will ever make the connection to " what if religions other than your own did this ?" and he got to it at 11:00. Great vid.
I knew Madalyn Murray O'Hair before she was assassinated--a great women and thinker who published two of my books and had me address the American Atheist Convention (three times). She spoke the truth.
If my 29 year old military son wanted to bring his girlfriend home to meet the family, I'd want them to arrive safe and sound. That would be my thought of priority, and I can't imagine fretting over what they might do together once the lights are turned off. Maybe being comforted in the arms of a woman would make most men less willing to run off to war to fight and kill some trumped up enemy.
We are our own worst enemy. It is to easy for people to project that out onto others rather then have to deal with our own issues.
@@JohnR77 Truth!
For being "the most hate woman in America" she doesn't seem to be very well known. I knew of her, but I didn't think that she deserved such a title.
Otherwise, another good video!
Google it. That's what she was called, on television, repeatedly. She appeared on Phil Donahue's show as that.
The same thing happened to me; In high school my mom was reading the "National Inquirer", she said this lady wanted to get "In God We Trust" off our money. I thought, what a great idea. I was hooked ever since. I even sent Madelyn a letter offering to be 'security' for her about 24 months before she was hate crime murdered. Can you imagine what would happen if the top three Jews in America were murdered?
I too saw the Manson women protesting in front of the courthouse. My family had just relocated to Long Beach when my dad drove by the courthouse. I had never seen a bald-headed woman! :)) I was too young to fully understand what was going on, but when I grew up, it creeped me out that I witnessed the protest.
make believe = make them believe...
Christian here....I think it is best for all parties involved to keep religion out of schools and out of government.
+blind poet38 And out of my life please
Just know how they still insult you no matter how much you kiss up to them. Aron ra would insult you. Madeline disowned her own son for becoming Christian. I'll never understand why Christians are so concerned with pleasuing atheists instead of doing what the bible says and sharing the word.
This man speaks the truth, he is a savior of reality.
I love this man! I've learned a lot from him in the little time that I've known about him. I'm pleased that I've had the chance to meet him.
Go Aron! Doing a great job!
Hello Christians from U.S.A. !! It's VERY important you watch this whole video.
Loved her program. Watched it “religiously”!
thank you, Aron....keep up the good work.....
When I read "Most Hated Woman in America", I thought Sarah Palin lmao
+Don MMA Palin is not a woman..she is a piece of shit...lol
+Don MMA LOL..I was almost certain it was her too
I was thinking Hillary Clinton
Steward of Autumn She'd be an excellent contender as well lmao
Have you heard Doug Stanhope on Sarah Palin? So wrong yet so right. Only watch if you're not easily offended, funny as fuck!
I grew up in Britain ,and went to a private school , where we had to engage in compulsory religious meetings every morning . It didn`t do me any harm , and I managed to get stoned and be a guitarist, instead of joining the Army . Not everyone was as fortunate , and some of them are still working for banks . One of them was really messed up by it , and fell into drumming .
I just had a "laughed so hard I might have given myself a hernia" moment when you ended your great comment with a drummer dig. Brilliant!
Now it makes sense, as a guitarist I was always told that drummers are crazy.
Could have been worse, he could have been a Bass player.
@@tarsxenomorph8845 "Nobody wants to hear a bass solo" Frank Zappa
How can anyone dispute this man...his rationality and fairness ?
There's something about Madalyn that has completely infatuated me in a way that's difficult to accurately express. I want to have been born sooner and I want to have known her. I want to be at her side when often there were very few who were. I relate to her fervent passion and her unwavering focus on advancing atheism. ❤
I distinctly recall when I was in 2nd grade, around 2005 or so, and we HAD to lray with the teacher, and yes it was a PUBLIC school. We had one kid in the whole school who was openly atheist and my teacher openly advocated that he was wrong and everything he says is a lie because of it. That's ridiculous.
Man, I'd love to hear this man speak.
Come up to him afterwords, offer him some fine kind weed, and get lifted with one of the brilliant minds of our times!
Wow, this man is superintelligent 👍... to question what you were brought up with as being a fact is a huge accomplishment in itself... not to talk about his knowledge of the bible and anthropology, zoology, archeology, dendrochronology, mythology, geology... oh and of course physics and astronomy... I'm so glad I came across his channel, now I won't have to die stupid... (only he talks so fast for me... )
Here in the UK, we don't really have separation of church and state, so in primary school we had to sing hymns, pray, write prayers and read the Bible. It sucks!
So much for 'The Land of the Free'...
The religious folk who wished her hell after death , eternal torture?!?! That is just fucking disgusting beyond words!!!!
No no, that's "humility and tolerance"...
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, loved to listen to her speeches, shame shes no longer with us.
Interesting quote, from the phsyiatric unit at a major Sydney (Australia) hospital. "When man talks to God, it's prayer. When God talks to man, it's scitzofrenia.
"I meant having been to Egypt."
So what, so have I? And? You think just being there magically transferred knowledge of ancient Egyptian culture, society and religion into your head? And please look up what secular means.
We have faith in Facts, Real Truth, Reason, Knowledge, etc... 8)
I don't. I have reasonable expectations.
"I knew I could still pray in school in secret -- like the Bible tells you to."
I am 45 and started to school at the age of 6 I live in Alabama and I remember having to pray in school up until I was in 3rd or 4th grade it was ridiculous I never bought in to any of the beliefs that were pushed upon me lucky for me it wasn't my mother who raised me it was my grandmother on my father's side and I only had to deal with them twice a month
50 years old with such a gorgeous hair?
She was a great woman.
Ever read William Murray's account of growing up in that house as a kid & also in 1969 Madylin refused to give back Robin born in 1965 to William & took her son to court & won custody over Robin! What an evil mother that would do anything to steal a grand-daughter from her son& raise her as a daughter????? William had another girl in 1978named Jade & this was before his 1980 conversion! People Magazine June 2 1980 & it is online!!!!!
Yeah that's why she was murdered , because she was a great woman NOT !!!
16? Good on you, buddy. Keep up the good work; I was never that thoughtful at your age!
It is scary how some people not only stunt their own progress but also force other people (especially kids) into a black-hole of learning. Just try to remember that spirituality and physical science are two separate things. You can allow a theist a lot of slack as long as they're keeping the two distinct in their mind.
I admire your commitment to learning! All the best, mate.
Clicked this vid thinking Aron was singing lead and synths based on the thumbnail. Of course, I stayed since I'm intrigued by the topic. 👌
Not Hillary? Oh well.
+William Thompson Yes, it's Hillary.
louderwithcrowder.com/new-q-poll-even-women-hate-hillary-clinton-like-a-lot/
now who is this woman im supposed to hate? just joking
The last two decades have really shown the reality of getting close. However, no one knows to any degree when. All I can say is we are one day closer than yesterday.
Still relevant, still an ongoing battle. I live in wv and my 9 year old's first vocab list this year included the words sin, pulpit and sermon. A couple of years ago, a friend and his 12 year old were harassed for exposing a woman teaching biblical lore instead of class work. They ended up moving out of the state because of it.
Aronra rocks!
And now, he's STILL in a religious community: Feminism.
+Roger McKay How does that work ?
ZER0 Basically they're so terrified that they won't be able to repress women anymore that they'll do anything they can to prevent gender equality. Akin to a toddler wailing when told that they can't pull their little sister's hair.
Virtuoso Joel I hate political "ism"s. What is 3rd wave feminism? I must have missed part 2. Isn't feminism just feminism? I thought it was all about women being equal to men (which I never thought otherwise). I met a feminist once, (and after she castrated me for being a man), I said (In a high pitched voice), "I treat everyone the same". She replied " That's a start". To me that's the beginning middle and end. I treat everyone with respect regardless. Btw my joke was just that. Many "ism" people get so serious. You need to be able to accept a joke about your self. I'm a sarcastic sod, and would be very confused if I didn't get a ribbing too. My only "ism" is don't think your better than those around you, and accept peoples piss takes and praises in equal measures. We all stupid fools who are trying make sense of it all whilst heading to an end which, lets face it, means it was all just a waste of fucking time (sorry, but I told you I was sarcastic). Anyway its all good, and I am talking too much. Laters x
AronRa you are wonderfully eloquent, and I hope you keep this up.
I remember the first time I heard the name Madeline Murray O'Hair. I was just a little kid and her name was quickly followed up with something like "Oh that horrible woman."
Yes, o’hair was derided and spoken of with disgust and fear by my father (a baptist pastor). I now admire her intellect and leadership
@@avroe1 Well, she didn't say things the way people wanted to hear them but she tended to be right about what she said.
She ruined the image of atheism for decades
No, she didn't. She was defamed.
+Aegis Nova Yes she did by trashing gay men calling them child molesters etc It is print as she wrote the letter .
+Clem Interesting. My apologies.
+Aegis Nova Its ok I think I have the letter on my wall. Julia Gillard was another feminist Atheist that hated gays Its very sad coming from genrations of atheist where even the men accepted us
+Aegis Nova She shook her fist in Gods face, and reaped what she sowed.
Q: What would be different about reality if God didn't exist?
A: No difference.
Q: If God has no determinable existence, then why believe that God is real?
A: Because I'm scared to death of dying.
Okay, now that you gave me one-half of these stories, please provide the other half. Thanks.
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Holy crap. That was only 3 years ago and Islam is being promoted in US schools already. Aron, you are a prophet!!!!!
The thing that frustrates me is I had to do a program when I broke the law ( was locked up fairly for my crime) and the program made me pray when I didn't believe. If I didn't I failed the program and would go back to jail. Like wtf?
In my country, It is said that cops hold two glasses of water next to their bed, one empty and one full. The full one is there in case they get thirsty, while the other is there in case they don't.
Whoever gave this video a thumbs down is going to hell.
it truly never ceases to astonish me how many people are unable to see the difference between banning mandatory prayer and banning prayer all together.
People always thought their days were the "last days". I bet those that wrote those "prophecies" thought the same, yet here we are, some thousands of years after, and the world still didn't ended.
I got so excited when he mentioned BionicDance! I love that girl!
In the thumnail for this, AronRa looks like he;s standing in front of a big blue keyboard or synthesizer, and I was like "I didn't know this dude played keys."
The point he makes at the end of the video is fucking beautiful. Good on you Sir.
Glad you mentioned Bionicdance. She makes really interesting points in regards to atheism. Nice speech.
I love the CE. It demonstrates evolutions power better than any other period. The advent of "Hard bits" which was such a phenomenal advantage giver that literally all offspring possessing this capability were guaranteed survival. There were no problems for the 3 headed monsters, or the gnarled & twisted of limb, torso or jaw. So long as there was room to evade similarly equipped attackers, successful breeding of virtually every sort of variation was assured. Events like that are rare.
I fully expected this video to be about Casey Anthony
As an athiest I applaud and couldn't agree more
The truth is wen Madalyn Murray O'Hair, founder of the American Atheists, disappear, along with their son and granddaughter, the organization didn't do anything, not even press charge on a police station about her disappearing. It was 2 journalist that started to dig, and one other son that she had, that gave up on atheism, and that she disown years before, that ask for the police do their job. You can check any docs from different sources here on YT, some of them posted by atheists.
Born Madalyn Mays
April 13, 1919
Offed September 29, 1995
The problem with calculation of victimisation is that it's recorded differently in differently countries, or differently is any one country in different years. The murder rates suffers no similar complication and direct comparison is possible where it's not with victimisation.
You are right ... and as i already pointed out somewhere below: abiogenesis is not an accepted theory in the field for exactly that reason. Some would argue that the Miller-Urey experiment for example would suggest that the idea is at the very least plausible, even if we don't have a complete scientific theory about it YET. And it for sure is much more scientific than talking about a supernatural creator of some kind, right?
There is basic behavior that we call moral today that is seen in many group animals, such as protecting your young, forming bonds, friendship, keeping order in the group etc. in order to ensure survival. On that we build bigger societies with more rules, laws, culture etc. and religion also incorporated some of those laws.
It's interesting how they never insist that stock brokers open the market with prayers? 🤔
Lol exactly. Poor old kev. In the words of Tyrion Lannister: "And so my wait begins". Sadly remain unconvinced our little kev shall ever graduate from "pilot episode".
Aron, thank you for sharing your thoughts and your gift of reason. As the song goes.."what the world needs now is love sweet love" and less irrational beliefs.
Yes and John Lennon all you need is Love, and look what happened to him!!
Madeline Murray a heroic pioneer. We owe her so much.
Excellent video. Well done.
As for beneficial mutations and evolutionary traits, we have that amongst humans as well:
lactose tolerance - allow for better survivability in cold climates, Sickle cell anaemia- in response to Malaria, Immunity to HIV, Apolipoprotein AI-Milano - resistance towards heart disease.
The list is just becoming longer and longer.