God is I Am & Playing with Words | Uber - Florida | Atheist Experience 21.14
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- The Atheist Experience 21.14 for May 9, 2017 with Matt Dillahunty and Tracie Harris.
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Matt: Why do you believe?
Caller: Well first, let me tell you about myself.
Matt: Okay. Now, why do you believe?
Caller: Well first of all, you should only believe if you have proof.
Matt: Okay, what's your proof? Why do you believe?
Caller: Well, incidentally, I'm an artist...
@Ronald Rylan awesome. i contacted the fbi
Yes con artist !
A mindis a terrible thing to lose on cheap drugs, hippy philosophy, and ... what was my point?
I can see why this person believes in God. His powers of logic and deduction are virtually nonexistent.
_"There's nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept."_ ~Ansel Adams, Photographer
Fifth Ape - this is a very profound comment! I love when people think critically, and use logic when involved in thoughtful discussions 👍
Lol. Reminds me of this similar quote -
"There's nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all" - Peter Drucker.
- What convinced you to believe in a God?
- Uhmm... I'm an artist.
*Matt facepalms*
Biggest proof that the god idea is only in the mind.
I'm an artist and the paints I sniff are beautiful, all those amazing colors prove god exists.
@@newmove4378 silver is the color of god. Want proof? Look at any paint huffers mugshot.
@@Ouja LOL Yep!
I love Matt, he is a fantastic thinker, but when it comes to rethoric and patience, damn, Tracie IS ❤️❤️❤️
rethoric???????????hahahaahhaaahahaah
@@tc1817 I’m sure you’re the second coming and never spell a word wrong. Cnut.
@@mmc1086 I'm an atheist, so I don't believe there was a first coming, let alone a second one. I make spelling mistakes sometimes. Spellcheck prevents me from posting them.
@@tc1817 And I fight with Spellcheck so I can post things like god with little letters and Atheist with capital letters. And it doesn't want me to.
“Do you believe the earth is round”
Person in audience: “OH GOD”
If I worked in a restaurant I'd hate to be the one to take Uber's order, every time he was asked a direct question he'd come out with a bizarre statement that had absolutely zero relevance.
"what would you like for your starter"?
"Well Yesterday I bought a minivan".
"I'll order what I'll order...
..hold the ketchup"
Later, to dining partner:
"That meal was"
So the steak is from an animal? How do we define life? Diet coke, what kind of diet is that for? Is it moral? I'm a writer..
I'll be your server, what can I get you?
You can get me what I ask for.
What are you asking for?
The thing that you're going to get.
24magiccarrot there is a term for that. that's called a non sequitur xD
@ 24magiccarrot - your comment here made me laugh out loud in an otherwise calm & quiet room… bravo sir! :-)
The laughter in the background is killing me! XD
Tracey is the best panelist to sit alongside matt.
El Gringo there are many who agree with you.
She's arguably better than Matt cuz she can keep calm and better get through to people in a way that they can understand without the distraction of being humiliated.
@@technomage6736 sometimes Matt is needed, sometimes he isn't.
She is the one from this show I would want know personally the most. Not only she's very intelligent, she also has a great way to express ideas and translates what the caller is saying. She's kind of a diplomat between brains.
@@technomage6736 I don't think Matt is doing the show for the callers. Its for people like me who are questioning and looking for other viewpoints. Well, I'm not religious anymore. Thanks Matt
Caller: "I'm an artist, I make art for fun".
Dillahunty: "face palm*".
8:30
A true artist doesn't make art for fun.
"I was atheist for awhile"
NO, YOU WERE NOT.
"I was a hardcore atheist,
...I was an anti•theist"
NO, NO YOU WERE NOT.
He was just a dormant believer.
@@christinabeard222 or maybe a door mat believer
This is really a terrible argument. People can be atheists for bad reasons. Saying someone "wasn't a real atheist" is just as inane as when Christians say "you were never a REAL Christian."
@@BlGGESTBROTHER except we know lying for Jesus is a thing
@@petermirtitsch1235 Yes, but that doesn’t mean every Christian is lying when they say they used to be an atheist. That’s a “no true Scotsman” fallacy.
I love that Matt looks at the hangup button every time this guy is spitting nonsense :')
When people like Goober say “I was atheist for a while” I take it to mean they “tried it on” without really examining the reasons behind it, or developing their own take on it, and then defaulted back to some version of whatever magic was most prevalent in the culture they were raised in.
That was hammered into his brain when it was still in almost a liquid state, and now he can't get it out of his head. That's why the church wants kids under 5 years old. They're more plyable.
yeah for those people that basically just means “I listened to metal for a couple years in high school” haha
When a Theist becomes an Atheist, people ask, why did you lose your faith? When an Atheist becomes a Theist, I ask, why did you lose your reason?
I yam what I yam... Popeye is God.
Joe
Sorry Joe, I jumped it too quick, you beat me by a bunch.
"Great minds...etc"
Joe Mama That is the first thing I thought of.
I thought the same thing when he asked about if somebody walked up to you and said I am I say dang that must be Popeye hahaha
Joe Mama I was thinking the same thing :)
I yam what a yam is a potato 🥔
Omg does this guy ever shut up😂 having a regular conversation with him must be so painful. "What's your favorite color?" "Well you see... I think it's, you know, in my experience it's just, I think it's because what I've seen, in my lifetime, I'm an artist so, what I think is... Wow that question hurts my brain, I really don't know."
I almost had a stroke listening to him talk
It's just not him is most Christians in general
Hey what's your name?
Well you see, my name is the word my parents decided to call me after they had sex and waited for me to be born.
lol
His girlfriend must have a great time with him. Oh, she is as non-existent as his God.
@@ishmaelkelly6686 well it's certainly the ones that call here, that's for sure
This guy is exhausting.
Hey now....hes an artist. A wordsmith at that! Hahaha
@@Thornspyre81 a bullshit artist 🤣
You guys are so fucked up. No one in there right mind can prove that anything written in the Bible is real.
And you let these people constantly embarrassed themselves trying to.
Uber seems like the type of guy who stays up all night watching sacred geometry and illuminati documentaries.
AKA Spirit Science and InfoWars 🤔😉😅😂🤣
What convinced me, uh
What convinced me, was...
But, but, what.. what it was was... Uh..
@sweet puddin right. Me too.
@Paul Crosley agreed.
When one has nothing say or a good way to defend their position, they tend to stutter and spout bullshit. This guy is a perfect example.
Why do you love your mother? “Because she’s my mother”? That’s not good reason.. “Because I see what she’s done for me and I’m where I am because of her”? Right well that’s exactly why he does because he’s on his moral path and he sees how he actually has value because of it
I believe in god because I tried shrooms. Wow.
And i believe in shrooms because i tried god!
Reminds me of a line from a Cheech & Chong sketch.
"One day I played Black Sabbath at 78 speed."
"And then what happened?"
"I saw God."
I believe that there is NO individual god, but more of a essence that is everywhere. That is what shrooms taught me.
I believed a lot of things whenever I took shrooms, but I knew I was high on shrooms
@@flick3837 A dead fungal organism's fruiting body conveyed ideas to you? How did it do this and how have you independently verified said ideas? In short, how do shrooms convey info and why is it accurate? The only thing shrooms "taught" me was to have a trip sitter nearby.
I've heard a lot of people throw up words salads but this by far is one of the most tossed up salads have ever heard
Tagential and circumstantial.
I eat what I eat, I go where I go, I say what I say, I am what I am...
= None-ya.
Their answer is to "why do you believe" always comes down to "because I believe".
I love the way they make fun of the call right after they hung up.
Lol when he said shrooms it was all over. Props for the honesty
Nope , it's not all over. To just disregard someones experience because they were on shrooms is dismissive. I think shrooms open up your 3rd eye allowing you to see the true nature of this world.
I saw an ocean suspended in the sky. Consistent with ancient Hebrew cosmology. "The Ocean of Heaven". Every ancient culture depicted the earth as flat. A flat stationary plane with a firmament above. I've seen this with my own two eyes. The sun and moon are local luminaries which rotate around and above the earth. Search- Flat earth model.
Astronots pretend to go to space. They cannot go to space. It's a closed system. They do backflips on harnesses. "Space walks" in underwater studios wearing deep dive suits with a cgi globe on a green screen.
Iss livestream looks real to you? If so, you have serious issues.
@@truman5838 it was a joke, and after having my own experiences with them I agree.
"God is a noun?!"
"And sometimes a pronoun."
Damn Tracie! You should have said interjection! Sometimes God's an interjection!
Wouldn't God be a proper noun?
Or an improper adjective?
A verb, or an adverb?
Ah, a preposition.
Oh god! He ejaculated!
And sometimes... Sometimes... God is an insurrection.
13:35 On mushrooms I had a tree tell me to go out and stop hiding inside all the time, having social anxiety at the time it was really life changing. Got my shit mostly together and anxiety doesn't complete control my life.
That said tree spirits don't exist. That in no way takes away what that moment ment to mr
I thought this was Jordan Peterson the way he was dancing around questions.
😂
You must not listen to Jordan Peterson. Either that or you have a very low IQ because he answers questions very carefully and very specifically.
@@shinobi-no-bueno not really lol
Ethan Porter lmao no.
That's funny you mention him. There's a video of Peterson talking about an experiment done at Johns Hopkins where researchers gave different groups of cancer patients different doses of shrooms. The findings are very interesting, but the most impressive thing was that the people given shrooms who had what they called a "profound spiritual experience" had far less anxiety about dying than those who didn't. Jordan Peterson even brought up this study during a debate with Matt Dillahunty, as though it were some kind of valid evidence for god. The kinds of experiences people have, on drugs or otherwise, are very much influenced by their previously held beliefs about the universe.
It urks me when these type of people say " I used to be an Atheist..."
When your bush is burning you have a real problem.
In this case it seems more likely Uber's brain is burning, and not his bush.
If your bush is burning you should see a doctor.
i am what I am. On the other hand, I ain't what I ain't. And whatever will be will be. Que Sera, Que Sera. And somebody please call this guy an Uber.
He needs an Uber because he is drunk on the koolaid!
UBER!
there
Logical absolute prooven
Never drive under the influence of shrooms. Uber crashed, burned, and died.
"I did shrooms once". I think he was still feeling the effects.
About half an hour before this call
You can't experience God with your senses, literally the only things we are able to experience things through. Awesome.
He keeps hedging cuz when he tries to tell Matt what the reason is that he believes in god because he realizes there IS NO GOOD REASON..... Therefore there probably is no god.. but doesn't want to admit it...
Yeah, for someone who supposedly used to be an atheist because there's no good reason to believe in something which can't be proven, he should be throwing away his god belief.
He must like hearing himself talk, because he goes on and on and doesn't say anything.
W,C,
Caller, like many theists, believe because "I had an experience."
I've had 85 years of all kinds of experiences, am an artist, mechanic, teacher, words are important to me in many levels.
All told, not a gob in sight.
But bullshit by the TON.
JOHN L OPPERMAN good sir, 85 years is long time. I would assume lifetime of 85 years would be long enough time for all mighty God to get his message delivered, but I guess he has something better to do, eh?
@@alkestos
As did I.
This is by far the funniest ep of Atheist Experience I’ve seen thus far
It was thoroughly entertaining.
I laughed for 10 minutes after it was over,
And I don't care what anyone says I see a budding M. Night Shyamalan.
What a shocker, a theist that stumbles, mumbles and makes no sense. What a surprise! Matt and Tracy went through Uber like a hot knife through butter.
god is food. I worship food.
Dude literally got the tilt angle of the Earth exactly right 9:27
This dude isn't a moron, he just suffers from a serious case of Petersonism, unable to hold a discussion without falling in the rabbit hole of semantics.
(not saying that you're implying that he is)
He's a TH-cam flat earther who has heard the arguments trotted out by "big globe". Yep, it really is that bad.
@@xebek
He's a flat earther? How did your train of thought end up at that station, or did you just miss the train and jump on the wrong one?
I noticed that too. Then he says he doesn't know and hasn't researched and can't prove it to himself. This guy is an absolute train wreck.
DaEpicFace he literally said he can’t prove that the earth is round to himself. The guy doesn’t believe the earth is shaped like anything, apparently.
Surely Uber realises he is speaking out loud
🤣
16:01 "he's still on shrooms" in the background lmao
Matt's face is like, "Oh god, not this again....'experiences'...."
This is the third episode in a row that I have watched with Matt and the co-host precisely color coordinated.
Therefore God.
AE: What is the reason you believe in God?
Caller: *Gives long, boring, useless backstory about what led to belief without actually saying the reason they believe in God.*
Because he doesnt! He wants to believe, but knows its not sensible to.
The first time I tried shrooms I OBSERVED that all of the pine trees around me did not have trunks.
This guy does exactly what he did as a Baptist minister. "Give me your money, and I will do your thinking for you."
This dude was high as shit in this call too lol
09:45 I love the woman in the audience saying “OH GOD” from the gut wrenching fear that this guy doesn’t think the Earth is round. 😂
I saw the comments first...I was not expecting her to sound so utterly distraught. Fucking hilarious
21:20 Matt: "what is god" Uber: "logic" Audience "aww hell no" Matt: alright were done!
Shrooms. Therefor god exists. ROFLMAO
The best evidence so far??? :)
Lol
Enjoy the last second of your life
"The reason i believe is because proof and experience"
Wheeeeen will they ever learn....
I was raised believing in Santa Claus, and then I didn't believe in Santa Claus. So, I began looking into everything, "educating" myself even more, and then decided that I do believe in Santa Claus again. Santa is lord.
I never believed in santa,infact I went and used my logic to find out the toys hidden in the closet.
I didn’t believe in Santa but then I consumed shrooms and I saw Santa in the sky so now I believe in him.
Cant help listening to the person laughing in the back, hilarious!
Uber is high on something right now
Lol
I know t he best words!
God is a noun , now i believe
It would certainly make Sunday school pretty interesting 🍄
'You're breaking my brain"
I ate shrooms and LSD and smoked dmt...made me NOT believe in God. Fight me.".I'm an artist, I write.." can't find the right words to explain stuff 😂😂🤣🤣
You did all that at once?
LOL @ Matt’s face after dude starts answering the ? Of why he believes with “well I’m an artist” lmaooo
Probably the best part of this show? Hearing the live audience cackle in the background at some of the stuff these callers say.
"You're breaking my brain at this point"
I think your brain was already broken.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I WAS REWATCHING THIS AND HAD THE EXACT SAME THOUGHT.
I've started watching these videos and so many of these conversations are either circular or just break down into people not being able to clearly articulate what they actually believe in (probably because they don't actually know). It's insightful and frustrating to see people literally unravel as they have these conversations yet are not aware of the unravelling process - it's quite astonishing.
If you can't or won't answer a yes/no question with either of those answers and have to try go into some long diatribe ( though an "I don't know" would also be valid to a yes/no ) then I suspect your ego already knows where the question is going and is trying to protect you from having to admit you are wrong …….. Like Matt says sometimes, if there was a winning argument that proved this stuff true it would already have been trotted out ( and no doubt atheists , and other faiths , unless in denial , would have to accept what is true )
s1sters118 absolutely right with your comment - I do believe that if you can’t answer a direct question, then you have already lost the argument! This is why religious people never win these debates - all the tap-dancing they do just proves that they know deep-down that they have no legit reasons to believe, but they don’t want to admit that as it will show that they have wasted so much time on complete nonsense
if you have to keep saying "I guess..." while explaining why you believe something, you probably need to examine your beliefs more thoroughly.
They are so good at keeping arguments on point
That phrase "l am that I am" opens up a big hole that you can fit whatever you want into it
He was an atheist, and then he wanted to bang a Christer chick.
I have to admit, I did let two Jehovah's Witnesses into my house once and let them go through their whole spiel because one of them was smoking hot. The other lady was only marginally attractive but pleasant enough and I wanted to fantasize about myself nailing the two of them as long as possible. And although it was unlikely to happen , I hoped that given enough time I could convince one of them to go out with me on a grown-up naked and sweaty date. The hotter of the two asked if she could come back sometime and speak with me again. I'm thinking hells yeah, I'm in!
4 days later, she knocks on my door and introduces me to her husband who will be guiding us in our Bible study this evening! This 5 o clock Shadow looking dude who was probably 20 years older than her and hit every branch falling out of the ugly tree. Total bait and switch! I don't let them in the house anymore. Thinking I was going to get anywhere with a Jehovah's Witness chick, who tend to be long odds anyway when it comes to shaking the bad if you're not married to her, was pure delusion on the level of believing in their God. But she sure was nice to gaze upon for the short time we did have! I can only hope someday she finds her way out of that cult and into the arms of a man who will give her the oral sex she deserves. A Boy Can Dream.
Uber: well... I tried shrooms.
Tracies face: Aaah, now THAT makes sense.
Matt if you ever read this. My father gave me good advise. "Never argue with someone who doesn't have the capacity to argue ".
I listened to you callers and not a single one have any capacity to argue about his /her religion mostly because they don't know their scriptures
They also don't have a good reason for their belief
And this guy, the caller, takes the prize for best show ever!
Oh, hello mr tautology.
I'm an artist, but I do drawings. I work with colors. I know about colors. I have never experienced God while drawing or using colors.
I also believe the Earth is round, or at least spherical shaped, and spins on it's axis.
Not including this sentence I've used 42 words.
Pause....
I got nothing, no God, no experiences, no logic.
What a bummer.
However if God was logic, that would be something. At the very least it would be a step up.
Hey, Uber. Thanks for reinforcing my atheism!!!!
His lack of an education is both relevant in his words and his name/job - Uber.
But... but... don't you see? "Logic IS power!"
Tracy is so cool and intelligent, she has to be my favourite presenter.
I'm sorry she's gone! And so is Phil and Jen. They will be missed after they left ACA.
"I asked allot of questions, nobody likes that"; his statement says everything about religious beliefs. The honest answer to 'why believe?' is faith.
I had up to this point been previously unaware that this was a comedy show. I laughed so hard at this conversation. Other callers ha d made funny comments. This guy is hilarious!
" *Im convinced god is real cause Shrooms* "...Yep works for me!!!
Florida" Why am I not surprised 😒
Great Video
The last few minutes had me rolling
Seems to me that instead of worshiping a god, he ought to be worshiping a Dictionary!
Great comment! I am still laughing!
12:46 ,,I mean... I can poor chemicals on myself and they will react... with my body."
Random guy in the audience: Do it xD
Great logic Matt and Tracie!
Florida, the gift that just keeps giving.
Many cultures believe knowing someone's name gives power over the named person. I've always thought this is the reason God would't reveal His name.
Something that doesn't exist can't reveal itself....think about that.
And the devil is "I a'int"?
I loved the "oh hell nah!" In the backround when he said god is logic. 😂😂
"I don't even know if God is, let alone is is" 😆 That's great!
He is trying to explain Bullshit and it's not easy!.
How do you believe this man when he says "I Guess" after every sentence ?
I remember when I had my first beer....
This is just a kid (mentally) and every new experience is some mind-blowing discovery. After you accumulate decades of them, as I have done...as you have done, each one loses its ranking and all of life is more complex and has much vaster contours than a single experience with mushrooms.
I love the giggling in the background
He's an artist, he writes.
But he's COMPLETELY unable to articulate why he believes in a God. 😂
I have observed an Adam 🤗
"Uber" is a great tap dancer.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
Tracie is a sweetie 😀
She was much more patient with him. The caller was not as obnoxious as many others and I thought Matt was overly harsh with him and just seemed pissed off from the outset. I think this call would have gone better with just her speaking to the caller
This is the kind of nonsense I used to spout 20 years ago after reading a bunch of Robert Anton Wilson books. I'm glad I got out of that mindset.
It's a nice feeling