The last caller, David from Canada, hit hard. My wife got a message from God...He promised that she would beat her cancer...He promised that she would live to raise her young children. She was absolutely convinced. She died angry. She died feeling betrayed.
I'm sorry for your loss. This is a good example of how religion can be harmful, even when it is used for comfort. My wife is a believer also, and I fear that something like this could possibly happen. I'm really sorry that you and your family suffered through this.
If you want a good laugh look up “James Randi exposes James Hydrick.” When that idiot gets exposed on national TV for lying and scamming people, Hydrick makes all of these excuses on how styrofoam is “blocking the energy from him.” The best part is Randi brings on a panel of three scientists to test the reliability of Hydrick’s claims and surprise surprise they all fail.
My father passed away in June. He requested cremation so no funeral but we held a memorial service for him at the Unitarian Universalist church he attended for over 40 years. The service was very casual (and small, limited to immediate family and closest friends only due to the pandemic so we livestreamed it for everyone else) but we mainly told stories that celebrated his life and his humanist values. We also had a slideshow with pictures, comments from family and friends plus stuff he wrote about life on his Facebook page all set to one of his favorite pieces of music. It was a wonderful positive experience.
Claritey Sorry for your loss.... Yes, a "Celebration of Life" for a loved one is always a special moment. I'm sure it was lovely. When you think of him..... know he's thinking of you, at that very moment. Jesus said "The Kingdom of Heaven is INSIDE you." So now, your father is with you..... where ever you go.
If I wasn't clear about the point of my original post..a caller asked what an atheist's funeral would look like so I explained what we did for my father. We made it about celebrating his life rather than focusing on the loss. @Tammy Orton Thank you for the condolences but I believe my father continues on in my memories only so I am very thankful for the precious time we had together while my father was still alive. He was a gentle thoughtful man.
@@tammyorton5885 Well yes, a *Unitarian* *Universalist* church....important distinction. It is very common for atheists and other nonreligious people to attend this church because it fulfills the social aspects and support system a church provides but doesn't have any of the religious dogma or god beliefs. And yes, I attended frequently as a child, they taught me about all the different religions people have believed in throughout history as well as some critical thinking skills. Basically they taught me how to think, not what to think. I was expected to make up my own mind...which is why I never adopted any God beliefs. They were all equally implausible to me. I've been atheist my whole life. My father was raised Lutheran and went to seminary school for a masters in divinity because he wanted to become a minister. However, after studying the origins of the bible and how Christianity came to be he lost his faith and became an atheist. He went on to get a masters in library science and became a librarian at a local university. He started attending the Unitarian Universalist church because back in the early 70s that was the only organization he could find for atheists but ended up falling in love with their openness to objectively discuss what had previously been to him controversial religious topics.
About coveting, I live abroad and I married a man who grew up poor. Sometimes I feel bad that we live in a home that’s not as nice as the one grew up in and that all my friends live in. I can afford a nicer home but my husband who grew up without a toilet inside the home and even running water inside for some of his childhood, thinks it’s a waste of money to live in a home that just looks nicer and is slightly more comfortable. Mismatched furniture, scratched up walls, old fashioned appliances are all ok with him. Its been hard for me to accept because I feel embarrassed if people see my home in the background of a Facebook photo or a video chat. But it’s only because of covetousness. My home provides all I need to live and by living cheaply, I have been able to save, which I never did before I got married. I really have to fight my American middle class upbringing to accept my situation but the reward has been savings that I can use in the future to better or protect the wellbeing of my family. Meanwhile I see my sisters back home struggling with money while continuing to make large purchases that are not necessary for their survival but are considered normal and “necessary” in middle class America.
It might surprise you that many rich people drive beater cars, have mismatched furniture and appliances, don't buy all the new electronics. Many people who want to look rich have the new fancy things. I would rather actually be rich than appear to be. The poor try to hide their poverty, and the rich try to hide their wealth (paraphrased quote I liked).
And then you think about how all of this effort to not waste money is really a matter of timing. When you start at the bottom, just getting where you make a tiny bit more than you must spend requires all your effort and isn't guaranteed, but the more money you can accrue, the easier it gets, until you reach a point where you have real choices. At that point you can make decisions that would've been absolute ruin before and just shrug off any consequences. And most of us go through our lives thinking that's about it, that if we could just scrimp and save a bit more we'd be rich, but we really know it's not true. Wealthy people just don't have to worry about whether their stove matches their refrigerator, as it's just never going to be a significant amount of their money. They can take those things for granted. Not to say that there aren't self-made wealthy people, or that all wealthy people do take matching appliances and such for granted, but those who don't would be the exceptions. It's an option for them. Not to hold it against them, but it's a fundamental difference between classes.
@@benpeterson7530 For me my observation is an about rich people. I grew up middle class and my friends are all some level of the middle class. It has been difficult for me to except a style of living that is not middle class. It’s even harder because I earn middle class but I am living at a lower standard. Sometimes I feel a little bad but then I look at my bank account where I have a lot of savings and I’m grateful that I married a man who grew up poor.
@Binh Thuong What are you talking about? I have a very high educational level, I’m more than halfway through a doctorate and I have a good job and a good salary. I just live at a lower standard of living than I grew up. My point is I sometimes feel embarrassed by my home because of this but then I feel happy that I have savings.
Dear Atheist Experience. I'm just dropping in to say THANK YOU for all of the years of wonderful content. Not only has your show kept me sane and confident in my position as an Atheist, but, it has also helped me tremendously the last four years of law school. Your show gives me a weekly refresher on the importance of logic and critical thinking and it has helped me in school with my essays and arguments. Simply put, I think you are all wonderful and you are doing great work for a lot of people out here in the world. Take care and stay safe out there!
@Thomas What follows has been taken from another TH-cam comment thread: Atheist Tom, after 70 years, I hear the same arguments and proposals of nonsense . . . regardless of the person's education or devotion. I cannot imagine a situation where a theist submits anything logical, or for that matter anything interesting. The more intelligent the theist claims to be . . . the weaker their arguments are. (the fundamentalist is so wrong it's sometimes entertaining but only for a while.) I see the reason for you staging these encounters and I support that. But time is short and we're still outnumbered. Nothing would, or could, ever cause me to consider that some god exists. No event or situation has the ability to offer any evidence of The HAIRY THUNDERER. Theist to Atheist God has been described as spaceless and timeless and science has shown how it is possible to be spaceless and timeless. In Einstein’s special theory of relativity (SR) it has been shown that at the speed of light time totally stops and that even infinite distance becomes zero for light. The first one is the scientific explanation for timelessness and the second one is the same for spacelessness. If a certain volume of space (say, a room) is filled up with light only, then due to these properties of light the volume of that space will be zero, and time will also stop there. If the entire universe is filled up with light only, then the volume of the entire universe will also be zero. As zero volume means no space, so in this way, a spaceless and timeless state would obtain. So, it can in no way be denied that science has shown how it is possible to be spaceless and timeless. On the basis of the above, it can be said that spacelessness and timelessness are not the attributes of an imaginary being or an imaginary thing; rather, they are the attributes of a real being or a real thing. This is because science will never give an explanation for anyone or anything that is purely imaginary and non-existent because in that case, science will lose all its reliability. So, here we can say that there are three possibilities altogether: 1) Science is fully reliable and so, there is a spaceless and timeless being; 2) Science is fully reliable and so, there is a spaceless and timeless thing; 3) Science is not reliable at all, at least in this particular case. If we cannot accept possibilities 1) and 2) as true, then we will have to accept that science is not reliable in one particular case. SR has provided an explanation for someone or something that does not exist at all. The story does not end there. In the 21st century, physicists have come to the conclusion that spacetime is not fundamental and that it has emerged from something non-spatiotemporal. 'Non-spatiotemporal' is the new scientific term for the old term 'spaceless and timeless'. This word is an adjective form of no-spacetime. That means physicists are now saying that there is a region in nature where there is no spacetime and from where our known spacetime has emerged. Now, it is yet to be seen whether this no-spacetime region has got consciousness or not. Then only it can be said that there is a God. Atheist to Theist Wow . . . you've convinced me. Finding a word that fits your neurotic beliefs isn't proof of anything. Quit pulling stuff out-of-your-ass . . . it's smellin' up the place. Theist to Atheist Can you show by any direct quote where in my comment I have asserted that there is a God? In my comment, first I have stated that God has been described as spaceless and timeless. Then I have stated what science has shown so far. Up till now, science has shown two things: 1) In SR science has shown that at the speed of light time totally stops and that even infinite distance becomes zero for light; 2) In the current century, physicists have come to the conclusion that there is something non-spatiotemporal in nature from where spacetime has emerged. Can you deny all these findings of science? Are you anti-science? Finally, I have stated that if this non-spatiotemporal thing is found to be conscious, then only it can be said that there is a God. So, please tell me where I have asserted that there is a God. So why are you so upset that you use such filthy language as this: ‘Quit pulling stuff out-of-your ass... it's smellin' up the place'? The Atheist could not make any further reply.
@Rebecca Leeman It might also be the case that the atheist was really an intelligent person. Being intelligent he has correctly understood that he won’t be able to answer the question posed to him by the theist: ‘Can you show by any direct quote where in my comment I have asserted that there is a God?’ Being intelligent he has also understood that he has overreacted by using some filthy language. So, he has preferred to remain silent. If you think that you are really an intelligent person, then can you show by any direct quote where in his entire post the theist has asserted that there is a God?
@@udaybhanuchitrakar8812 Supposing that the conversation actually happened, because that comment has all the marks of a made up story (like replacing the names of the participants when youtube already has an anonimity function with the usernames). First- The assertion that einstein's theory proves "has been shown that at the speed of light time totally stops and that even infinite distance becomes zero for light" is completely BS. Time doesnt stops at the speed of light (it is just the theoretical lowest posible point the flow of time can get, aka time doesnt stop) and distances doesnt becomes zero for light (a lightyear is a measure unit about how much light traveled in a year, aka light is not instantaneous). Second- The answer for the redherring the theist in your story asked about '‘Can you show by any direct quote where in my comment I have asserted that there is a God?’ is answered when the theist previosly claimed that "God has been described as spaceless and timeless and science has shown how it is possible to be spaceless and timeless" therefore "it can be said that spacelessness and timelessness are not the attributes of an imaginary being or an imaginary thing; rather, they are the attributes of a real being or a real thing". So even if it were true the atheist in your story didnt continue, the theist is still wrong with his red herring AND wrong with his main assertions (aka he presented a weak argument). If you really are a really intelligent person, you should present actual evidence for your actual position instead of silly made up anecdotes that doesnt prove anything at the end.
Catholic Traditionalist: If you're carrying water for a useless clown like Darth Dawkins, you might want to consider that your life choices have brought you to a really bad place. That call was beyond pathetic, bro.
@map 529 He's a weird guy who spends all his time on Discord repeating the same presuppositionalist spiel. He did a couple of "debates" on Modern Day Debates that resulted in him throwing a tantrum and storm out. He gets a lot more attention than he should because people get fascinated by his bouts of rage.
At no place in the Bible, nor in any church pulpit over the last several hundred years has anyone ever seen fit to put forth these tortuous word games to attempt to prove a god of any kind. It’s only since religion in general and Christianity in particular started suffering under the onslaught of reason, logic, and scientific discovery that some felt it necessary to turn to these arcane routes. As for ‘don’t speak to me like that. I’m a Christian....’ give me a break pal.
I remember seeing The Great Randi on TV debunking Geller back in the70's. His prize of one million dollars to anyone that can prove supernatural powers has gone unclaimed for decades and i suspect it will never be claimed. His TED Talk is both informative and hilarious. He was a great showman, magician and a wonderful human being.
RIP James Randy, a brilliant, critical mind. His performances exposing all kinds of mystics remain some of the most entertaining and impressive exercises in skepticism, and I hope his work remains an influence for new generations as huge as it was for me. You'll be sorely missed sir.
*Darth Dawkins whispers in the background* "W-why won't you take Darth Dawkin's calls?" Because I'm afraid of wasting the viewers time "A-audience notice he isn't a-answering the question" He answered the question you homunculus, you just didn't like the answer
Why is it I as an atheist could answer the 10 commandment questions easier than Ray? Oh wait, maybe because I read the bible, which why I don't believe it.
Adam in Romania - the experience you describe is shared not only by Johnny but also by me and many others. You're not in it alone. I struggle in that moment, but it typically has the positive effect of refocusing me towards "living my best life" and taking my chances to make this world a better place. Best of luck as you deal with it :)
Before i even saw one second of todays episode, i read a couple of comments....... ''Craziest Atheist experience ever'' ''This episode is legendary'' I have to see this ........................
I also work around plenty death and birth at the 3rd largest hospital in Canada...the main building was built when I was 4 years old and I will be 60 in March. Well over half a million people have died in our facility and a similar amount have entered life within the building and you would think it must be full of spirits?...after 12 years of working there I can confidently say it is just a very big busy hospital and that ALL attempts to find ghosts or spirits fail completely on a daily basis.
@@r.scottmacleod4564 "3rd largest hospital in Canada" In T.O.? "ALL attempts to find ghosts or spirits fail completely on a daily basis." I'm sure someone's got a good "reason" for that. It's part of their narrative. It's funny how the dead never talk to you on the beach in Brazil. It's always a basement in the dark.
As much as I love every host/co-host on this show, Johnny might be a new favorite. No-bake cookie is one of the best nick names for someone with a bad argument I've ever heard. Fantastic.
One of the best episodes in a long time! Callers were not bad, Matt was great as always, and Johnny is an amazing co-host, would love to see him back again.
Mr Meta physics checks list........answer my question or I’ll keep sayin answer my question because DERP!!!!! Does he still have his minions of DERP!!!!
I was an oncological nurse for many years. Telling a patient it's a 'miracle' they survived cancer empowers them. It motivates them to strive. A positive attitude is key. Also, most every doctor I ever met, if they are telling you your recovery is miraculous, they're likely bragging.
I guess it shows how we should be careful with our words. "You have made an extraordinary recovery" is better than "miraculous" which implies external divine intervention.
I posted this on Matt's Atheist Debates video on "extraordinary claims, and I'll post it here too in case Heath is going through the comments: "An extraordinary claim is any claim that would be paradigm-shifting to some extent. That is, any claim of truth that would change the very nature of something (we think) we understand sufficiently to build entire model of reality with." I go into more detail on exactly what is meant by this, but in the context of Heath's call, and the whole idea of ghosts, it's an extraordinary claim because it would fundamentally change our understanding of what happens after death, the nature of consciousness, and even the nature of matter and energy, if it was legitimately a ghost in the classical sense. As Matt says, a claim of "I own a dog" doesn't change any fundamental understanding we have, since we know dogs exist, we know humans have dogs as pets, and we know people love to tell other people "hey, I own a dog". There's no change in anything we believe we understand with that claim. The same cannot be said about a claim about ghosts.
I'm playing gods advocat here, but wouldn't your description fit on every claim like "there are no ghosts, spirits, gods, prophets..." as well, as long as it would be a paradimshift to what a certain society already believes? The claim "Mohammed was not the last prophet of the one true god" or "Joseph Smith was a fraud" would fit your description in a society of believers. It only works if we agree on reality as the basis of all our arguments.
@@jitakyoei4548 Well, the concept is conceived in the process of creating epistemology, which is reliant on the agreement on the use of reality as the basis of our arguments. Epistemology just doesn't work within the realm of blind faith.
@@Leafsdude oof... Now my next reply would somehow be about out perception of reality and what reality is (and I already feel dirty stepping onto those appologistic grounds), but I am now way out of my capabilities to argue the epistemology in my third language therefore I thank you, for the nice exchange.
The funeral question was interesting. Last year a friend of mine passed away & it was a totally non religious funeral. People met at his favourite pub, they hired a bus to the crematorium with a bottle of his favourite beer on every seat. The ceremony featured tributes & songs he had chosen. We all wore hockey jerseys as that was his big interest. It's about the person but more importantly what their family feels is right.
I'll admit, I forgot Darth Dawkins was even a thing. It's been a while since any of the folks I follow have had him on or talked about him and that he wasn't a blip on their radar anymore. Briefly watching some of his shit to refresh my memory it was easy to see why no one thinks he's worth the time.
Normally, i just listen to the show. I occasionally glance at the video. Today i saw something funny. Johnny would swap hats everytime he was cut from the video. Then he wore the cowboy hat. Which caused matt to wear a boonie when he was cut briefly. You guys are great. Keep doin what you do. I enjoyed that little bit of camera magic lol.
I think an extraordinary claim is a claim that is largely not understood by the claimant and not supported by anything we know through scientific, natural means.
@@applecore8978 haha, i was thinking, how about a "superficial claim" It has the word "super" in it. Perhaps superficial claims require superficial evidence lol.
"I'm about to own you like a slave." "I would have phrased that differently." This really felt like one of the "best of" clip videos they used to do. 😀
Any doctor: Our evidence-based treatment for a known and well understood problem in medical science, that we developed and tested extensively using countless tireless and highly educated man-hours and a whole bunch of resources appears to be working again. Any religious person: MIRACLE THANK GOD!!! - they call that being humble o.O
A once again enjoyable show, however what a bummer, still no god. Just rambling apologetics, inane dribble and further insight into dishonest god botherers. Go Matt!
Why is it that every time a believers claims that they can prove god existence they end up looking extremely bad? It’s evident that their god has no interest in helping them defend their belief. The first question they should ask their god after calling the show should be; Why didn’t you help me when I needed you? Doesn’t their black book say that “god” will tell you what to say in Luke 12-12? And every time someone calls they prove that this is not true.
And it's the all that tapdancing right after they are asked the first question that ends up looking like the Rockettes at Radio City Music hall by the end of the call.
Not getting the answers that he expects/wants is not the same as someone not answering his questions. "What colour is your car?" "Blue." "This only works if it is red." "Well, that's a shame my car is blue." "You are not answering my question." "Pretty sure I did."
One of the big problems with the "extraordinary claims" is that the legitimately extraordinary becomes ordinary to people because of a very low bar they have for epistemology to begin with. So, eg, if you have no rigorous epistemology, and you have a weird experience, and someone says "oh, that's ghosts," and then they tell you about how ghosts can do all these things, it may sound reasonable to you because you've never heard any other possible explanation and having a reasonable-sounding explanation is better (psychologically speaking) than having none. So once you get there ghosts become ordinary even though you didn't arrive at that belief with any sound epistemology. So for those people it may seem weird to think they're making an extraordinary claim because they've already accepted the claim on bad epistemology. If they'd been using sound epistemology in the first place they never would've believed. This is why it's importance to stress how crucial predictive empiricism is. It should never just be "OK, that sounds reasonable," but it should always be "OK, if this is the case, then what can I predict given that hypothesis is true?" If your belief makes no predictions then you don't have any real understanding of it even if you happen to be right (of course, the more probable explanation is that the hypothesis is simply wrong). The importance of this "if -> then" predictive/empirical reasoning is why science works as well as it does and works so much better compared to almost every other epistemic method out there. This isn't to say that reasoning without predictive empiricism doesn't have a place, but even then we should be much more rigorous (maybe even more so) than what most people are. Let me give a good example of how this works in practice. Sunday while watching football I read on ESPN that a college game ended with a field-goal that hit the upright four times before falling out. Now, that's an extraordinary claim as I've never seen it happen in my 30+ years of watching football, but ESPN is always reliable, so I PREDICTED that if I got on TH-cam and looked it up I'd see a video of it, and, sure enough, I did. So in one sense the claim was extraordinary, but if it was true I would expect to see a video of it, and that's what I saw. Even though this is a somewhat banal example I still think it's a good illustration of the general point.
So glad to have listened to Adam from Romania. Up till then, I thought I was the only one who feels miserable thinking about dying especially at night in bed. Not just my own mortality but also my elderly parents. Anyway, it is somewhat comforting to discover that I am not the only one.
The Ray dude blew me away. I can't quote the 10 Commandments verbatim, but I feel like anybody that so much as looked at a Christian should be able to tell you the first commandment is some paraphrase of "I am thy Lord, your God. You shall have no other gods before me."
I love that one with James Randi where he talks about alternative medicine, I think it was on TED but I'm not sure. Any way he starts by downing a whole bottle of "sleeping pills". So funny.
My cancer went away, it was a miracle.
Child at the same time in hospital bed dies in miserable pain.
Magic 👍🏻
MySTeRiOuS WaYs!
The last caller, David from Canada, hit hard. My wife got a message from God...He promised that she would beat her cancer...He promised that she would live to raise her young children. She was absolutely convinced.
She died angry. She died feeling betrayed.
Damn. That hit me hard.
How tragic and sad.
I'm sorry for your loss. This is a good example of how religion can be harmful, even when it is used for comfort. My wife is a believer also, and I fear that something like this could possibly happen. I'm really sorry that you and your family suffered through this.
I'm so sorry about what happened.... ...I'm just so sorry.
Extraordinary hats require extraordinary people. Well done gentlemen.
Randi was THE Key character who changed my life. I love you randi. Thank you
“I’m getting ready to own you like a slave”.
Damn that’s tough.
I literally just saw this comment 3 seconds after he said that.
Ha! That was great!
Just as long as you let them go after the 7th year Matt, unless you trick them into being your slave forever...
Well, their buybull allows it.
Hopefully the caller wasn’t black 😕
RIP James Randi, you were a beacon of reason and rational thought. You will be missed!
If you want a good laugh look up “James Randi exposes James Hydrick.” When that idiot gets exposed on national TV for lying and scamming people, Hydrick makes all of these excuses on how styrofoam is “blocking the energy from him.” The best part is Randi brings on a panel of three scientists to test the reliability of Hydrick’s claims and surprise surprise they all fail.
Who is that?
"I'm getting ready to own you.... Like a slave."
Savage Matt is the best.
My father passed away in June. He requested cremation so no funeral but we held a memorial service for him at the Unitarian Universalist church he attended for over 40 years. The service was very casual (and small, limited to immediate family and closest friends only due to the pandemic so we livestreamed it for everyone else) but we mainly told stories that celebrated his life and his humanist values. We also had a slideshow with pictures, comments from family and friends plus stuff he wrote about life on his Facebook page all set to one of his favorite pieces of music. It was a wonderful positive experience.
@@nah-y4e You are so rude!
Claritey
Sorry for your loss....
Yes, a "Celebration of Life" for a loved one is always a special moment. I'm sure it was lovely.
When you think of him..... know he's thinking of you, at that very moment.
Jesus said
"The Kingdom of Heaven is INSIDE you."
So now, your father is with you..... where ever you go.
If I wasn't clear about the point of my original post..a caller asked what an atheist's funeral would look like so I explained what we did for my father. We made it about celebrating his life rather than focusing on the loss.
@Tammy Orton
Thank you for the condolences but I believe my father continues on in my memories only so I am very thankful for the precious time we had together while my father was still alive. He was a gentle thoughtful man.
@@claritey
You had stated he attended church for 40 years?
Did you go with him? When did you become a non believer?
@@tammyorton5885 Well yes, a *Unitarian* *Universalist* church....important distinction. It is very common for atheists and other nonreligious people to attend this church because it fulfills the social aspects and support system a church provides but doesn't have any of the religious dogma or god beliefs. And yes, I attended frequently as a child, they taught me about all the different religions people have believed in throughout history as well as some critical thinking skills. Basically they taught me how to think, not what to think. I was expected to make up my own mind...which is why I never adopted any God beliefs. They were all equally implausible to me. I've been atheist my whole life.
My father was raised Lutheran and went to seminary school for a masters in divinity because he wanted to become a minister. However, after studying the origins of the bible and how Christianity came to be he lost his faith and became an atheist. He went on to get a masters in library science and became a librarian at a local university. He started attending the Unitarian Universalist church because back in the early 70s that was the only organization he could find for atheists but ended up falling in love with their openness to objectively discuss what had previously been to him controversial religious topics.
About coveting, I live abroad and I married a man who grew up poor. Sometimes I feel bad that we live in a home that’s not as nice as the one grew up in and that all my friends live in. I can afford a nicer home but my husband who grew up without a toilet inside the home and even running water inside for some of his childhood, thinks it’s a waste of money to live in a home that just looks nicer and is slightly more comfortable. Mismatched furniture, scratched up walls, old fashioned appliances are all ok with him. Its been hard for me to accept because I feel embarrassed if people see my home in the background of a Facebook photo or a video chat. But it’s only because of covetousness. My home provides all I need to live and by living cheaply, I have been able to save, which I never did before I got married. I really have to fight my American middle class upbringing to accept my situation but the reward has been savings that I can use in the future to better or protect the wellbeing of my family. Meanwhile I see my sisters back home struggling with money while continuing to make large purchases that are not necessary for their survival but are considered normal and “necessary” in middle class America.
It might surprise you that many rich people drive beater cars, have mismatched furniture and appliances, don't buy all the new electronics. Many people who want to look rich have the new fancy things. I would rather actually be rich than appear to be. The poor try to hide their poverty, and the rich try to hide their wealth (paraphrased quote I liked).
@@benpeterson7530 You don't get rich by spending money. Hence why i will never be rich.
And then you think about how all of this effort to not waste money is really a matter of timing. When you start at the bottom, just getting where you make a tiny bit more than you must spend requires all your effort and isn't guaranteed, but the more money you can accrue, the easier it gets, until you reach a point where you have real choices. At that point you can make decisions that would've been absolute ruin before and just shrug off any consequences. And most of us go through our lives thinking that's about it, that if we could just scrimp and save a bit more we'd be rich, but we really know it's not true. Wealthy people just don't have to worry about whether their stove matches their refrigerator, as it's just never going to be a significant amount of their money. They can take those things for granted. Not to say that there aren't self-made wealthy people, or that all wealthy people do take matching appliances and such for granted, but those who don't would be the exceptions. It's an option for them. Not to hold it against them, but it's a fundamental difference between classes.
@@benpeterson7530 For me my observation is an about rich people. I grew up middle class and my friends are all some level of the middle class. It has been difficult for me to except a style of living that is not middle class. It’s even harder because I earn middle class but I am living at a lower standard. Sometimes I feel a little bad but then I look at my bank account where I have a lot of savings and I’m grateful that I married a man who grew up poor.
@Binh Thuong What are you talking about? I have a very high educational level, I’m more than halfway through a doctorate and I have a good job and a good salary. I just live at a lower standard of living than I grew up. My point is I sometimes feel embarrassed by my home because of this but then I feel happy that I have savings.
Dear Atheist Experience.
I'm just dropping in to say THANK YOU for all of the years of wonderful content. Not only has your show kept me sane and confident in my position as an Atheist, but, it has also helped me tremendously the last four years of law school. Your show gives me a weekly refresher on the importance of logic and critical thinking and it has helped me in school with my essays and arguments. Simply put, I think you are all wonderful and you are doing great work for a lot of people out here in the world.
Take care and stay safe out there!
@Thomas
What follows has been taken from another TH-cam comment thread:
Atheist
Tom, after 70 years, I hear the same arguments and proposals of nonsense . . . regardless of the person's education or devotion. I cannot imagine a situation where a theist submits anything logical, or for that matter anything interesting. The more intelligent the theist claims to be . . . the weaker their arguments are. (the fundamentalist is so wrong it's sometimes entertaining but only for a while.) I see the reason for you staging these encounters and I support that. But time is short and we're still outnumbered. Nothing would, or could, ever cause me to consider that some god exists. No event or situation has the ability to offer any evidence of The HAIRY THUNDERER.
Theist to Atheist
God has been described as spaceless and timeless and science has shown how it is possible to be spaceless and timeless.
In Einstein’s special theory of relativity (SR) it has been shown that at the speed of light time totally stops and that even infinite distance becomes zero for light. The first one is the scientific explanation for timelessness and the second one is the same for spacelessness. If a certain volume of space (say, a room) is filled up with light only, then due to these properties of light the volume of that space will be zero, and time will also stop there. If the entire universe is filled up with light only, then the volume of the entire universe will also be zero. As zero volume means no space, so in this way, a spaceless and timeless state would obtain.
So, it can in no way be denied that science has shown how it is possible to be spaceless and timeless.
On the basis of the above, it can be said that spacelessness and timelessness are not the attributes of an imaginary being or an imaginary thing; rather, they are the attributes of a real being or a real thing. This is because science will never give an explanation for anyone or anything that is purely imaginary and non-existent because in that case, science will lose all its reliability.
So, here we can say that there are three possibilities altogether:
1) Science is fully reliable and so, there is a spaceless and timeless being;
2) Science is fully reliable and so, there is a spaceless and timeless thing;
3) Science is not reliable at all, at least in this particular case.
If we cannot accept possibilities 1) and 2) as true, then we will have to accept that science is not reliable in one particular case. SR has provided an explanation for someone or something that does not exist at all.
The story does not end there. In the 21st century, physicists have come to the conclusion that spacetime is not fundamental and that it has emerged from something non-spatiotemporal. 'Non-spatiotemporal' is the new scientific term for the old term 'spaceless and timeless'. This word is an adjective form of no-spacetime. That means physicists are now saying that there is a region in nature where there is no spacetime and from where our known spacetime has emerged.
Now, it is yet to be seen whether this no-spacetime region has got consciousness or not. Then only it can be said that there is a God.
Atheist to Theist
Wow . . . you've convinced me. Finding a word that fits your neurotic beliefs isn't proof of anything. Quit pulling stuff out-of-your-ass . . . it's smellin' up the place.
Theist to Atheist
Can you show by any direct quote where in my comment I have asserted that there is a God? In my comment, first I have stated that God has been described as spaceless and timeless. Then I have stated what science has shown so far. Up till now, science has shown two things:
1) In SR science has shown that at the speed of light time totally stops and that even infinite distance becomes zero for light;
2) In the current century, physicists have come to the conclusion that there is something non-spatiotemporal in nature from where spacetime has emerged.
Can you deny all these findings of science? Are you anti-science?
Finally, I have stated that if this non-spatiotemporal thing is found to be conscious, then only it can be said that there is a God.
So, please tell me where I have asserted that there is a God. So why are you so upset that you use such filthy language as this: ‘Quit pulling stuff out-of-your ass... it's smellin' up the place'?
The Atheist could not make any further reply.
Congrats, and be aware of christian trolls, they dont like to know that people can get free of their dogmatic baseless assertions.
@@Julian0101 but also if we want to help them we need to be mindful that many are scared
@Rebecca Leeman
It might also be the case that the atheist was really an intelligent person. Being intelligent he has correctly understood that he won’t be able to answer the question posed to him by the theist: ‘Can you show by any direct quote where in my comment I have asserted that there is a God?’ Being intelligent he has also understood that he has overreacted by using some filthy language. So, he has preferred to remain silent.
If you think that you are really an intelligent person, then can you show by any direct quote where in his entire post the theist has asserted that there is a God?
@@udaybhanuchitrakar8812 Supposing that the conversation actually happened, because that comment has all the marks of a made up story (like replacing the names of the participants when youtube already has an anonimity function with the usernames).
First- The assertion that einstein's theory proves "has been shown that at the speed of light time totally stops and that even infinite distance becomes zero for light" is completely BS. Time doesnt stops at the speed of light (it is just the theoretical lowest posible point the flow of time can get, aka time doesnt stop) and distances doesnt becomes zero for light (a lightyear is a measure unit about how much light traveled in a year, aka light is not instantaneous).
Second- The answer for the redherring the theist in your story asked about '‘Can you show by any direct quote where in my comment I have asserted that there is a God?’ is answered when the theist previosly claimed that "God has been described as spaceless and timeless and science has shown how it is possible to be spaceless and timeless" therefore "it can be said that spacelessness and timelessness are not the attributes of an imaginary being or an imaginary thing; rather, they are the attributes of a real being or a real thing".
So even if it were true the atheist in your story didnt continue, the theist is still wrong with his red herring AND wrong with his main assertions (aka he presented a weak argument).
If you really are a really intelligent person, you should present actual evidence for your actual position instead of silly made up anecdotes that doesnt prove anything at the end.
Johnny's a master at this...hope we see more of him.
Agreed
34 minutes in with Johnny talking to Adam and I couldn’t agree more he is fantastic
@@jakeholmes9296 Very competent indeed...i think that's why Matt just sat back for a lot of the time and just let Johnny control things. Good stuff.
Ya he was pretty funny.
I thought he was fantastic 😄
I really like him and Jim
Catholic Traditionalist: If you're carrying water for a useless clown like Darth Dawkins, you might want to consider that your life choices have brought you to a really bad place. That call was beyond pathetic, bro.
@map 529 He's a weird guy who spends all his time on Discord repeating the same presuppositionalist spiel. He did a couple of "debates" on Modern Day Debates that resulted in him throwing a tantrum and storm out. He gets a lot more attention than he should because people get fascinated by his bouts of rage.
At no place in the Bible, nor in any church pulpit over the last several hundred years has anyone ever seen fit to put forth these tortuous word games to attempt to prove a god of any kind. It’s only since religion in general and Christianity in particular started suffering under the onslaught of reason, logic, and scientific discovery that some felt it necessary to turn to these arcane routes. As for ‘don’t speak to me like that. I’m a Christian....’ give me a break pal.
I loved the ‘how dare you talk to me like this, I’m a Christian.’ I was at work and I literally LOL’d.
@map 529 do yourself a favor and don't look him up. I did, and I instantly regretted it.
@@jckensway2956Exactly. God was just assumed.
I've listened to literally hundreds of your shows Matt, but this is one of the most feisty I've heard. Bang-bang-bang - Brilliant !
Great show! I'd never seen Johnny P. Angel before: Johnny, you rock sir! He also has a pretty nice selection of hats as well.
34 minutes in and Johnny is a wonderful addition to the show.
Yeah they make a great good-cop/bad-cop duo and don't step on each other's toes. Not to knock the other guest hosts by any means, though.
I think he channeled the 22 year old memester too much.
I remember seeing The Great Randi on TV debunking Geller back in the70's. His prize of one million dollars to anyone that can prove supernatural powers has gone unclaimed for decades and i suspect it will never be claimed. His TED Talk is both informative and hilarious. He was a great showman, magician and a wonderful human being.
The $1M challenge (first issued in 1964) was terminated in 2015. Unclaimed :-)
@@thomulcahy All of the psychics of course, knew it would go unclaimed
@@thomulcahy aww, no takers. i wonder why?
@Jim Merrilees I saw the one where Randi did the test at a university in fornt of students. All the tests were passed....it was April 1st.
Hats off to you gentlemen, an excellent show.
Hearing Matt absolutely destroy the Ray guy was the most satisfying thing I’ve experienced this week. 10/10
RIP James Randy, a brilliant, critical mind. His performances exposing all kinds of mystics remain some of the most entertaining and impressive exercises in skepticism, and I hope his work remains an influence for new generations as huge as it was for me. You'll be sorely missed sir.
Also, RIP Ray. He called, he tried, he died.
This was a really great episode. Johnny P is a a great cohost and Matt was in rare form.
*Darth Dawkins whispers in the background*
"W-why won't you take Darth Dawkin's calls?"
Because I'm afraid of wasting the viewers time
"A-audience notice he isn't a-answering the question"
He answered the question you homunculus, you just didn't like the answer
@Dungeon Master Eli Aieee I try to forget FMA, you bastids! x'D
Great show!! Really liked Johnny...great combination... ideas, empathy, and arguments! See you next week...
I love how he's changing his hats
would be funny if they both have 2 hats and inconspicuously switching them several times just to mess with the viewers.
@@Kikunosuke777 54:45
"Your ideas are bad, and you should feel bad." Are words worthy of gratitude. So, thank you.
Matt and Johnny P's dragging Ray's lying deflecting ass through the mud when going though the 10 commandments was classic..
I was laughing so much during that call 😂
Yeah, this is one for the compilation videos. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen one of these!
Is the work “FLICK” in the bibble?
Why is it I as an atheist could answer the 10 commandment questions easier than Ray? Oh wait, maybe because I read the bible, which why I don't believe it.
LOL "Thou Shalt Not Park Between The Hours Of 1pm to 5pm, Monday To Friday, April to November"
Adam in Romania - the experience you describe is shared not only by Johnny but also by me and many others. You're not in it alone. I struggle in that moment, but it typically has the positive effect of refocusing me towards "living my best life" and taking my chances to make this world a better place. Best of luck as you deal with it :)
Before i even saw one second of todays episode, i read a couple of comments....... ''Craziest Atheist experience ever'' ''This episode is legendary''
I have to see this ........................
Fantastic show. Keep up the good work guys!
I love Johnny's passion about Star Trek TNG. Such a great show ❤️🌟
I love how Ray wanted only Yes or No answers from Matt, which he gave by the way, and apparently can't return the favor.
I work around death...i have found that people who see ghosts are people who alreaady believed in them
Yeah, pretty much. Or they are inclined to want to believe. God forbid you'd be skeptical and ask for proof.
I also work around plenty death and birth at the 3rd largest hospital in Canada...the main building was built when I was 4 years old and I will be 60 in March. Well over half a million people have died in our facility and a similar amount have entered life within the building and you would think it must be full of spirits?...after 12 years of working there I can confidently say it is just a very big busy hospital and that ALL attempts to find ghosts or spirits fail completely on a daily basis.
Sorta like how no atheists have ever been demonically possessed
@@r.scottmacleod4564
"3rd largest hospital in Canada"
In T.O.?
"ALL attempts to find ghosts or spirits fail completely on a daily basis."
I'm sure someone's got a good "reason" for that. It's part of their narrative.
It's funny how the dead never talk to you on the beach in Brazil. It's always a basement in the dark.
@@SamIAm-kz4hg ghost have been proven not to exist you got that right when you believe in them you see them there a myth
"Do you even lift, bro?"
Epic!
More Johnny P. Angel please!
One of the best AXP I have watched. A great duo. Come back Johnny.
Johnny did an outstanding job.
I agree ☝🏽
As much as I love every host/co-host on this show, Johnny might be a new favorite. No-bake cookie is one of the best nick names for someone with a bad argument I've ever heard. Fantastic.
I heard Eddie and I suddenly have flashbacks of his previous calls. Damn it.
Yeah that guy has an unforgettably aggressive voice. And they didn't even start debating lmao
One of the best episodes in a long time! Callers were not bad, Matt was great as always, and Johnny is an amazing co-host, would love to see him back again.
for the record, Matt owning Darth's puppet was not a waste of time. i really enjoyed that
😂 Darth Dawkins 😂 that dude is such a joke.
I laughed when he suggested that Matt was afraid of Darth D. Yeah, we are all afraid of being bored to death by him. DD is the worst caller.
You don’t know the power of the dark side.
Don't give jokes a bad name
@@MsArtemis64 you bet ya...he gets owned terribly in a lot more debates then anything else.
Mr Meta physics checks list........answer my question or I’ll keep sayin answer my question because DERP!!!!! Does he still have his minions of DERP!!!!
All of Johnny's hats killed me.
The hats are killing me! Great video, as always!
I was an oncological nurse for many years. Telling a patient it's a 'miracle' they survived cancer empowers them. It motivates them to strive. A positive attitude is key.
Also, most every doctor I ever met, if they are telling you your recovery is miraculous, they're likely bragging.
I guess it shows how we should be careful with our words. "You have made an extraordinary recovery" is better than "miraculous" which implies external divine intervention.
Hats off to you guys on this one.
Matt destroying Dartndawkins dude made my year!
I can't find it.. What's the timestamp?
@@thingsandstuff3710 yeah I wanna know too
1:09:44 Catholic Traditionalist
How you guys miss this?
@@mustachemac5229 Oh I thought it was supposed to be Darth Dawkins himself.
👏👏👏
Amazing show this week!!
"Ray, your ideas are bad, and you should feel bad."
Haha! Hahahahaha!
Drugs are bad, mkay
Damn, that commandment rundown was great, I will certainly remember this for future "christian nation" debates. :)
I posted this on Matt's Atheist Debates video on "extraordinary claims, and I'll post it here too in case Heath is going through the comments:
"An extraordinary claim is any claim that would be paradigm-shifting to some extent. That is, any claim of truth that would change the very nature of something (we think) we understand sufficiently to build entire model of reality with."
I go into more detail on exactly what is meant by this, but in the context of Heath's call, and the whole idea of ghosts, it's an extraordinary claim because it would fundamentally change our understanding of what happens after death, the nature of consciousness, and even the nature of matter and energy, if it was legitimately a ghost in the classical sense. As Matt says, a claim of "I own a dog" doesn't change any fundamental understanding we have, since we know dogs exist, we know humans have dogs as pets, and we know people love to tell other people "hey, I own a dog". There's no change in anything we believe we understand with that claim. The same cannot be said about a claim about ghosts.
I'm playing gods advocat here, but wouldn't your description fit on every claim like "there are no ghosts, spirits, gods, prophets..." as well, as long as it would be a paradimshift to what a certain society already believes?
The claim "Mohammed was not the last prophet of the one true god" or "Joseph Smith was a fraud" would fit your description in a society of believers.
It only works if we agree on reality as the basis of all our arguments.
@@jitakyoei4548 Well, the concept is conceived in the process of creating epistemology, which is reliant on the agreement on the use of reality as the basis of our arguments. Epistemology just doesn't work within the realm of blind faith.
@@Leafsdude oof... Now my next reply would somehow be about out perception of reality and what reality is (and I already feel dirty stepping onto those appologistic grounds), but I am now way out of my capabilities to argue the epistemology in my third language therefore I thank you, for the nice exchange.
@@jitakyoei4548 Twas my pleasure.
Just here to thank timestamp guy. You are a godsend.
Their take down of Ray using the 10 commandments is priceless.
That was a really entertaining episode tonight. Great show!
I love Matt! He takes no shit, is very clear and swear as much as I do. You are great!!
The funeral question was interesting. Last year a friend of mine passed away & it was a totally non religious funeral. People met at his favourite pub, they hired a bus to the crematorium with a bottle of his favourite beer on every seat. The ceremony featured tributes & songs he had chosen. We all wore hockey jerseys as that was his big interest. It's about the person but more importantly what their family feels is right.
why, why, why can't the theists just all pray together for god to call in?
Or even "two of you together" is supposed to work.
"God" called in a few weeks ago. Matt hung up on him after he refused to prove he was God.
@@boblangford5514 🤣👍
Johnny’s advice at 1:46:40 is the best advice I’ve ever heard given to a believer!
I'll admit, I forgot Darth Dawkins was even a thing. It's been a while since any of the folks I follow have had him on or talked about him and that he wasn't a blip on their radar anymore. Briefly watching some of his shit to refresh my memory it was easy to see why no one thinks he's worth the time.
I think this is the same dude who now goes by Dunkin' Atheism. He is truly insufferable.
This was my favorite episode by far
Normally, i just listen to the show. I occasionally glance at the video. Today i saw something funny. Johnny would swap hats everytime he was cut from the video. Then he wore the cowboy hat. Which caused matt to wear a boonie when he was cut briefly.
You guys are great. Keep doin what you do. I enjoyed that little bit of camera magic lol.
Couldn't simply listen with headphones... had to watch the show to see all the hats on display ! Thanks guys
No lie..was visually glued so i could catch right when they’re changed lol interesting though
johnny changing his hats is cracking me up. Every time I look up he has another one.
The world is better off with your existing Matt and Johnny thank you for being alive
I think an extraordinary claim is
a claim that is largely not understood by the claimant and not supported by anything we know through scientific, natural means.
Wow!
might as well call it an "unsupported claim"
@@Ignirium
Yeah basically.
Extraordinary claims do not require extraordinary evidence.
They require sufficient evidence, like everything else.
@@applecore8978 haha, i was thinking, how about a "superficial claim" It has the word "super" in it. Perhaps superficial claims require superficial evidence lol.
To: Eddie, Meerkat and Borat
Thanks for the wonderful gifts of laughter you brought me this week. It's not even Christmas yet! Please come again...
"Do you even lift bro"! Best line of the evening.
"I'm about to own you like a slave."
"I would have phrased that differently."
This really felt like one of the "best of" clip videos they used to do. 😀
35:34 love Johnny's seamless transmission to a new hat off screen
35:57
Christian doctor too patient. "It's a miracle"
Atheist doctor too patient. "You're in remission".
Any doctor: Our evidence-based treatment for a known and well understood problem in medical science, that we developed and tested extensively using countless tireless and highly educated man-hours and a whole bunch of resources appears to be working again.
Any religious person: MIRACLE THANK GOD!!!
- they call that being humble o.O
"Christian doctor to me. "It's a miracle""
Me: So you won't be billing me then.
@@cnault3244
Nice one.
@@cnault3244 Yeah that's one for the life book.
@@cnault3244😂
kudos matt for the last caller, I couldn't follow his thinking at all and you just kept asking questions which somehow were completely on point ^^
A once again enjoyable show, however what a bummer, still no god. Just rambling apologetics, inane dribble and further insight into dishonest god botherers. Go Matt!
Yes, and a show like this HAS to attract a good number of lunatics, which wouldn't lend itself to moving the discussion forward.
To be frank, I'm glad there's still no God. He's a bit of an arsehole.
Dont worry next week god will surely call in and if not then at some undetermined point in the future..Have faith, beer or maybe both?
Johnny...great job.
Y'all's "hat game" was strong this episode lol
CT just doesn’t like Matt’s answers. Just like Darth. Ef off both of them!
I know! During the conversation, I kept thinking, "How many questions was it supposed to be, CT?"
Darth Douchebag trolls the sewers, cant have an argument he cant control with his imbecile script.
Hmm. Sewers and float in the comments? Do I smell pennywise?
Hahaha darth cant even call in himself, what a coward.
Yeah unless the wife beater can control the conversation like he can on his server he can't have a conversation with his ultimacy bs
How many hats do you guys have!? hahaha love it! so smooth!
Why is it that every time a believers claims that they can prove god existence they end up looking extremely bad? It’s evident that their god has no interest in helping them defend their belief. The first question they should ask their god after calling the show should be; Why didn’t you help me when I needed you? Doesn’t their black book say that “god” will tell you what to say in Luke 12-12? And every time someone calls they prove that this is not true.
And it's the all that tapdancing right after they are asked the first question that ends up looking like the Rockettes at Radio City Music hall by the end of the call.
@@casparuskruger4807 Matt, "Easy yes/no question"
Caller, " uhhh, ummm, well, because, uhhh, you see, uhhh, ummmm. Ect ect.
I love that Johnny uses Star Trek references all day. Can we just fast forward to the future of star trek.
Not getting the answers that he expects/wants is not the same as someone not answering his questions.
"What colour is your car?"
"Blue."
"This only works if it is red."
"Well, that's a shame my car is blue."
"You are not answering my question."
"Pretty sure I did."
The episodes of the hats. lol. i gotta find my hat now. :-D
Please please please can we get more Darth Dawkins calls?!!! That was some old school AE!!
MORE JOHNNY PLEASE!
“I’m getting ready to own you like a slave.”
Welp, my v-gina just melted all over the floor.
Hell Yes. Watch this, Jesus! 😈
Matt’s Zen only lasted a few short weeks 😂 - that was a blast this week!
"I'm getting ready to own you like a slave." At least it lines up with what is in the bible, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
😅
Love you guys
Johnny P to Catholic Traditionalist/ Darth slave.....Do you even lift bro... PERFECT timing.
I learned more from matt than I did at school or college!
One of the big problems with the "extraordinary claims" is that the legitimately extraordinary becomes ordinary to people because of a very low bar they have for epistemology to begin with. So, eg, if you have no rigorous epistemology, and you have a weird experience, and someone says "oh, that's ghosts," and then they tell you about how ghosts can do all these things, it may sound reasonable to you because you've never heard any other possible explanation and having a reasonable-sounding explanation is better (psychologically speaking) than having none. So once you get there ghosts become ordinary even though you didn't arrive at that belief with any sound epistemology. So for those people it may seem weird to think they're making an extraordinary claim because they've already accepted the claim on bad epistemology. If they'd been using sound epistemology in the first place they never would've believed.
This is why it's importance to stress how crucial predictive empiricism is. It should never just be "OK, that sounds reasonable," but it should always be "OK, if this is the case, then what can I predict given that hypothesis is true?" If your belief makes no predictions then you don't have any real understanding of it even if you happen to be right (of course, the more probable explanation is that the hypothesis is simply wrong). The importance of this "if -> then" predictive/empirical reasoning is why science works as well as it does and works so much better compared to almost every other epistemic method out there. This isn't to say that reasoning without predictive empiricism doesn't have a place, but even then we should be much more rigorous (maybe even more so) than what most people are.
Let me give a good example of how this works in practice. Sunday while watching football I read on ESPN that a college game ended with a field-goal that hit the upright four times before falling out. Now, that's an extraordinary claim as I've never seen it happen in my 30+ years of watching football, but ESPN is always reliable, so I PREDICTED that if I got on TH-cam and looked it up I'd see a video of it, and, sure enough, I did. So in one sense the claim was extraordinary, but if it was true I would expect to see a video of it, and that's what I saw. Even though this is a somewhat banal example I still think it's a good illustration of the general point.
Who else just loves Johnny?omg
Ray's problem is that he doesn't understand that America is not a christian nation.
but kanye is running
That call was fucking awesome! Hahaha
@@ta0softhe's not a Christian
@@digbycrankshaft7572 that's why he wrote multiple songs about jesus
I loved Matt owning Ray, that was a thing of beauty.
you two need more hats. Maybe a showgirl headdress with lots of feathers? Floppy hippie hats...
1:12:19 "do you even lift bro?". 😂😂😂💀
One of the best episode. Totally destroyed the theist callers
RIP the Amazing Randy I loved his work as a skeptic.
So glad to have listened to Adam from Romania. Up till then, I thought I was the only one who feels miserable thinking about dying especially at night in bed. Not just my own mortality but also my elderly parents.
Anyway, it is somewhat comforting to discover that I am not the only one.
This may be the best episode of AXP I've ever seen. The way Matt eviscerated the Christian nation caller was incredible.
That call from Ray was rough....he was so confident that he could trap Matt with yes/no questions and he ended up trapping himself....
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD. AND SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
@@Nissenov Blood For the Khorne Flakes. For he cares not from whence the blood flows.
The Ray dude blew me away. I can't quote the 10 Commandments verbatim, but I feel like anybody that so much as looked at a Christian should be able to tell you the first commandment is some paraphrase of "I am thy Lord, your God. You shall have no other gods before me."
Wow. Matt is savage. And I love it.
Is _savage_ not a bad word to use? You Better Watch out for the Twitter cancel crowd ;)
@@Nissenov Thanks. I refuse to use Twitter. People are too weird on there.
god damn I love this show
I love that one with James Randi where he talks about alternative medicine, I think it was on TED but I'm not sure. Any way he starts by downing a whole bottle of "sleeping pills". So funny.