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- The Atheist Experience 25.39 for September 26, 2021 with Matt Dillahunty and Jim Barrows.
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Millions of Christians have lived and died believing that the Rapture would occur during their lifetimes. That includes lots of my older relatives.
Every generation thinks it circumstances are special……. Yeah because it’s happening to them
How sad is that? By the time they realize they wasted their life on bullshit, it's already too late.
It can never be disproven because it can always be claimed that it's still coming! Absolutely no way to falsify it. Pathetic!
@@coffeetalk924 then prove it
@@mistylover7398 : Prove what?!?
Sean stated it's unfalsifiable.
If I had a nickel for every time I heard "Oh my gawd we're livin in the end times!" from a Christian I would be incredibly rich.
There all evilgelicals and wouldn't recognise Christianity if it stabbed them in the eye.
I have religious family members who have been talking about the end times since I was a baby. I'm over 50 now, they still talking about it. Apparently, it's been a topic of conversation for more than a few thousands of years.
2000 years of "end of days"! Maybe it's time to find another obsession? Lol
Have family members like that and even friends of family. They are obsessed and almost like their own life is super boring.
@@TheHomeinspections I have learned that it is a marketing trick to sell anything. Just tell people that the end of times are coming and tell them the cure (aka join a cult) to be saved. Has worked for 2000 years and still works today. Churches are the most profitable businesses in the world ... especially since they sell a non falsifiable proposition. People basically pay money to listen to entertainers. Entertainment is the product.
yes it should be a topic of conservation. it is written that we should be watchmen for no man knows the day or the hour of the Lord's return.
@@trehcrap why should anyone care?
THEA, you're a breath of fresh air, keep questioning, stay safe, stay well.
I was ask not to come back to confirmation class for asking too many questions. That was confirmation enough for me.
"Seek and ye shall find" children, just make sure I approve and you won't get expelled! Lol
Wait, what's that?
@@codex988 That's right. Jesus, who created you in his image, died for your sins and loves you...unless you don't believe in him...in that case you will burn in hell forever. Any questions?
@@zap... that's not what I asked 😂, I asked what is confirmation class? And yes, I'm well aware that if God were real, I'm most likely going to Hell 😭💀
@@codex988 It's basically a more rigorous religious indoctrination performed by a church to middle school and high school kids. It's very formalized and you graduate and there's a whole big production. They're really trying to seal the deal before you go off to college and learn what life is really about.
I love when god got pissed off and drowned everyone, because he loves us so much.
@@BossyPine MCD is a troll who thinks they have a god creature... 🤦♂️
Well bad guy angels were breeding with bad guy humans producing bad guy hybrids, what do you expect? Lol
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 "The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish."
-Albert Einstein
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 Yes I think you missed the point Don was making. He was
pointing out the contradiction in the story. Why did you chose an ad hominem attack rather than address the argument ?
I really... REALLY want to engage with a specific someone in this thread. But I am having a tough time finding a point in doing it... other than for my own entertainment. I just doubt it would be entertaining for very long.
With that said... calling atheism a cult is like the actual color black becoming sentient just to call a kettle black. It is supernaturally wrong.
Atheists are the ones saying "No thanks, I'll pass." to cult membership.
Revelations … muddled ravings of ancient lunatics
The only people I’ve ever known who claimed to understand that book were coincidently also certifiably insane
Yup lol
So crytic in fact that no one denomination agrees with the next regarding interpretation. Yet, the bible claims that the Judeo Christian god is "not a god of confusion"! What book has caused more confusion than revelation?
@@coffeetalk924 Oh, I know this one! It’s the Chilton’s Guide for the repair and maintenance of the Dodge Charger, 1973. The text says there is a flange bolt under the carburetor, but no such thing is shown in any of the illustrations.
Er… I mean… you were speaking theologically, right? Oops.
Revelations was so nutty that even the Catholics debated for years whether or not to include it.
@@ooloncoluphid1942 😂😂😂😂😂 I found a blatant anomaly regarding the cam timing of an 83 Pajero ,one manual said one thing and another said something else so I was totally confused .
The end of times: Coming to a theater near you since the beginning of times!
Will there be an End Times 2 ?
Lol
@@johnd.shultz7423 there's always a sequel to these bad Christian movies.
And stay tuned for all the sequels lol
So is this Jesus guy lol.
When I was a Christian lad in 99 the end times were upon us. 20 years later as an atheist I look at that young me and I think "what a gullible idiot I was", it's a scare tactic to keep Christians in line so yes it's always the end times.
IKR
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 still delusional 😆🤪. No he's not. RA is.
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 She didn’t say Ra. She said RA. Rheumatoid Arthritis. So Jesus is an inflammatory condition.
While we can’t cure Jesus, there are effective therapies to keep it under control. Jesus is quite painful, often causing sufferers to say its name, but, sadly, in vain.
The problem is that the church is being taught by the kkk society indoctrination , and evil minds cannot comprehend the scriptures , much less teach it .. You want to experience the end times in your soul , it is the most rewarding experience and your most valuable treasure ..
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 what's a "master creature"
I was bought up constantly being told its the end times. The magazines we'd study had pictures of demons and scenes from revelations, I was constantly scared. I've not been in the religion for over 20 years now but when bad things happen my kind of instinct is to have that same fear until my rational self can calm down me down.
I can relate to that. I was raised in a Seventh day Adventist family that puts a huge emphasis on "end of days" propoganda! The whole church survives by inducing fear to get converts! Disgusting how many of my family members have been duped! They all think I'm going to Hell too, so that's always sweet and pleasant! Lol
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 Gotta ❤️ 🧂🧂 🙏 😊
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 Sooo in a roundabout way your telling me that I should be spending almost every moment in fear? The rest of the time I should spend praising my tormentor.
Why thanks how terribly kind of you!
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 Ohhhh… I get it! I see clearly now, thank you!
You don’t know what “rational” means. It makes perfect sense, now.
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 "please stop trying to make atheism rational..." Reply: I'm not convinced by your positive claims is irrational? What's truly irrational is offering no evidence for a god, and then calling someone irrational for not being convinced by mere claims!
I only wish that this show existed when I was a kid, because I could have sure learned so much from this. But, I believed and trusted my parents, family, and superiors. Glad kids now don't have to and can learn so much from people who genuinely care for them -- like Matt and Jim and other TAE guests.
I am glad to not grow up with the internet.
@@kevinbossick8374 uh suuure
I love this caller. Great observation.
These end of the world people make me laugh as every time they are wrong they just double down on their loony beliefs😂
Agreed. Lol
Especially nowadays.
So prove theism wrong
@@walnutoil100
Theism is a concept. You cannot prove or disprove a concept.
@@kinglyzard how does that work or even make sense? Contraction much? It can't be proven while at the same time not disprove? Then what is it then can't be both
I'm glad she called. She makes sense. These issues have happened for centuries.
"Well, it's not quite the conflagration I'd been banking on. Never mind lads, same time tomorrow! We must get a winner one day."
Temporary layoffs
END TIMES
Easy credit ripoffs
END TIMES
Ain't we lucky we got 'em
Burnt my hand on the stove - END TIMES!
I got kicked in the balls- END TIMES! Plus it hurt like hell too 😬
The morning after the party - END TIMES
A cold front came through and the storm front blew down the old ramshackle outbuilding that nearly blew down in the previous three storms - END TIMES!
@@ookeekthelibrarian And a month ago my xbox one decided to blow its brains out- DEFINITELY THE BLOODY END TIMES!!!!!
I'm not a Bible scholar, but isn't it said that when the End Times occur, the living faithful will be "raptured" into Heaven without having to die, whereas the "dead faithful" will be resurrected?
This hope of an imminent "End Times" has always sounded to me like an overwhelming fear of dying. As an antitheist, I REALLY appreciate having no such fear.
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 🥱
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 🥕
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 ...Magical Delusional Daddy. jesus never existed. Therefore, your religion is based on a lie, and quoting from a book of fairy tales (Buy Bull) only makes you look dumb.
It all depends on which of thousands of Christian denominations and interpretations you want to accept. Welcome to the cafeteria!
to die in the scriptures means mental , emotional , not physical death , and to be renewed in mind and spirit receiving the fruits and character of the holy spirit .. The rapture is now in your daily life , and the second rapture is when you leave your physical body being hole and without sin .
I questioned predestination in a religion class in a parochial school and was summarily told to shut up and sit down. That was the straw that broke this camels back.
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 Oh, I love research! Which resources do you use? Peyote? Drano? Pepto-Bismol with a cocaine chaser?
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 What the F do you know about research Calvin, your usual shtick is that “creature” bullshite.
Don't worry, it was meant to be!
So you're giving up & going to hell over that? Sounds right; God weeds out the wimps. He only wants to present the best of humanity to his son.
@@borthwrenblanston6632 One would have to believe your god and hell existed in order to be concerned. I went for many years not even thinking about it. Now I have done a lot of reading, including the Bible, and a lot of research. Have seen numerous lectures and debates from both perspectives. Have found the atheist viewpoint to be the most valid of any. IF anyone can come up with any proof at all, it can change my mind.
FYI: the story book called the Bible is not proof.
To be sure we’re on the same page: 1. atheist, one who is not convinced there is a god. 2. Hard atheist, denies any god exists. There is a difference and I fall under #1.
Got kicked out of Sunday School? Good for you, Thea! ❤
That is a wicked accomplishment! Damn that’s epic!
The only way “wars and rumours of wars” could make sense is if the god of the bible is a regional god with no understanding about the size of the world and the number of people in it.
Most people I talk about population and associated numbers with have no clue of the scope of the Earth or large numbers in general. They're just incapable of conceiving these things.
Or the shape. When Satan takes Jesus to a “very high place” where he could see every kingdom on earth, it only makes sense if the earth is flat.
@@TheDizzleHawke or if all the earth's kingdoms are small and near each other? Then it could be any shape.
@@paulcook2961 there were civilizations in China, the Americas and Australia at the time.
True most of the religions are regional. Especially Christianity which revolves around a small part of middle East.
Part of her question, which wasn't really answered at all, was why is there always this "end times" thinking in the US whenever something bad happens, but in the rest of the world where quite often even worse things happen those things rarely cause people even to take much notice.
You know how a conversation is going to go when someone says how ya'll doin.
And the conversation with well.
I suffered end times every Sunday morning when I was a kid.Understanding finally this was all BS was my salvation.
LOL The End Times.
I have been hearing this BS since 1970s.
1980's for me.
Before I was born or existed for me
@@mistylover7398 😂👌
@@nuffflavor wonder what's taking Thor so long to return?
Got you beat!
First heard of the End Times in the early 60's.
The 60's were the REAL DAYS for the end of days! ☠💀👍
It has been the 'end times' since the beginning of time.
No, just since Jesus.
@@borthwrenblanston6632 Gee, thanks a lot, Jesus. You screwed it up for everybody.
Nice to see Matt being his normal self again. The past couple of vids he seemed to get too easily triggered by callers and the convo was not very productive. He barely let them speak and was just raging. Seemed like he needed to take a break. I'm nearly always on Matt's side but I felt he was out of line recently. He needs to let them say whatever crazy ideas they have and address those claims, instead of nitpicking trivial things.
He got laid?
@@jrobdickson8498 Lol possible. :)
Matt's earliest videos showed an amazing willingness to listen and be patient. I can't believe he has endured the endless parade of contradictions and wild claims forced on children and vulnerable adults by religious communities against all logic and evidence without growing angry.
I could not take that much abuse without suffering damage to my mental faculties.
When was the last time any caller brought a new and honest apology for any religion? I'm 73 this month and have been listening to their views all my life. They have nothing new to add and reason is beyond most of them. There's always a point where Matt and all of us just say no.
@@Johnboy33545 yes but for every dumb theist argument there are a million other believers who hold the same view. Don't get me wrong I've also often been frustrated and angry at theists for their refusal to listen, but the point is that it's a call-in show and the hosts should hear those arguments and shoot them down with logic.
Getting mad, yelling, swearing achieves little-they probably see an image of their dad yelling at them and their mind shuts down even more than before. We got into our beliefs by 'logic' and that's what it takes to get out of religion. Once I realized as a teen that religions were a pile of horseshit, I was angry at being lied to and at myself for believing, that's how you de-brainwash them.
I grew up with constant end-time fears and expectations, Hal Lindsay etc.
After my deconversion I studied this topic again and saw that JC clearly promises the end-time and his return in the 1st century! See for instance Mat.24-28, the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem, persecution and then his return during the lives of some of his disciples of that time (!). Didn't happen.
Almost every culture, religion and generation has its own end-time experience when things get rough.
No, he didn't. Jesus said "THOSE THAT SEE THESE THINGS" - that generation shall not pass til all be fulfilled. You're no theologian.
@@brantsonoverton1367 Exactly: the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem around 70 AD. And of course: "some of you *standing here*... etc.".
Just be honest: you would never ever accept that crap from any other religion.
@@brantsonoverton1367 You’re certainly no theologian NEP, or “doctor”, or “surgeon” or “retired CIA” or “retired National Guard”..
@@brantsonoverton1367 am going to assume you're christian and ask you this question, do you seriously believe Jesus coming back?
I remember in 1999, a crazy Christian woman around my age, arguing with me that the world was going to end on new years. She said that it was obvious because we had advanced scientifically as much as possible. There were no new things to discover or invent. I tried to explain that people had claimed that same thing for at least the last 1,000 years. But she insisted that while they were wrong, it was true this time. So everyone ignore everything that has been discovered or invented in the last 20 years, because they couldn't have happened.
She also talked about how she cringed every time her husband touched her, but would not divorce him, because she said that if God wanted her to get divorced, he would have the holy spirit take her over and file for divorce. I argued that she should go and file for divorce, and if God DIDN'T want her to get divorced, he would have the holy spirit take her over and stop her.
Stay alive to '75 says "Yea. WE do NOT talk about that. It really, was not a good time."
Stay Alive til 75 should mean 75 yo.
You must have been a JW at some point to make that statement. JWs also said that the generation of 1914 will pass away. Well, that generation did pass away.
During the "War of the Roses" they have letters from the troops where they believed it was the end times war.
The end of christianity surely would be fkn awesome
IKR
Ex boyfriend believed in the end times, and that was in the 1990s. He said that I should not save a pension as I wouldn’t see it. I cashed it in four years ago. I learnt that the ex boyfriend retire very early as he was waiting for Christ to come back. He died of cancer three years ago. So he wasted his life waiting for Christ.
Seeing possible signs of the endtimes gives you a rush. You get excited because the rapture sounds exhilarating and exciting. You suddenly fly up into the sky. They see signs because of that rush. Plus it gives them confirmation their beliefs are true. Pointing out that someone is jumping the gun is being a kill joy, raining on their parade. The last thing an end times believers wants to hear is the rapture is more like 30 years from now. They are constantly pinning for it to be tomorrow.
Are you talking about rushed sex for the fun of getting caught?
I've lived through countless end of the worlds. Covid is the latest. Keep em coming lol
Covid God Correlation?
End times for anti vax anti mask people maybe.
And the Darwin Award goes to...
They've been saying Jesus is going to return for thousands of years, you'd think they'd question their beliefs at this point but the delusion continues.
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 do you ever get tired of being the worst troll in the world besides the republican party?
They'll probably still be saying it in another 2000 years!
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 You have delusions regardless of your denial. You should change your name to Magical Delusional Daddy.
@@fredbohm4728 lol yup
Yup 🤷♂️
Matt and Jim, I really enjoyed this discussion. Thanks for enlightening me on so many things.
When I was a Christian, I thought that if one sin by Adam and Eve was enough to damn all of humanity, then Jesus' sacrifice on the cross should have been enough to save all of humanity- automatically. But that is referred to as universalism and apparently is wrong.
Nope, the bible says all you need is faith. It also says that you must uphold all of the law.
It seems yahweh changed its mind a lot.
Thankfully, there's not much to change.
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 Interesting how you can use so many words and say nothing of value.
Must be a gift.
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 Adam didn’t cause anything, he’s fictional.
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 one myth caused sin, so one myth will undo it? Splendid!
Adam speaks about the entire population of people , and not just one individual person , even though one individual person is capable is destroying and cursing an entire population .. Adam means , male and female , Eve means the lust of the heart ...
Ah the end times, something that Jesus promised would happen in his follower's lifetime...
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919
Yes, it is biblical.
Unfortunately for you Christians, it ain't _real._
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 I think it’s hilarious that you think endless repetition of an empty claim makes it more credible.
Here’s a thought: find some objective, verifiable evidence to support your claim, and post THAT.
@@BossyPine Yes! Thank You!
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919
What is a "God regardless creature" and when did I obtain it?
Society needs to hurry up and collapse. I don't want to go to work tomorrow. Plus it's really not worth saving.
And we can all stop paying our bills. Live it up.
Spoiler alert: No, we are not in the end times. Additional spoiler alert: the Bible is complete bullshit. The only Rapture you need, is the 1981 single by Blondie.
Hey!
It's gonna happen in 1996! No wait 1999! Errr... I mean 2012!
@@mike5556 No one with halfway decent scriptural understanding predicts the return of Christ, as Jesus Himself said, no one, even Himself when He was on earth, knows but the Father in heaven.
Mark 13:32 “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.”
The last days are from Christ's coming, to His return, not just the second coming. Common theological misunderstanding. Don't let such ignorance come between you and God's offer of salvation from death and hell and gift of eternal life instead!
@@braydynniewiadomski5454 Sorry. Not buying this BS from any huckster.
@@mike5556 I didn't sell you any line of rubbish. I told you what the Bible actually says that proves they were not speaking for God. I am not selling anything, nor being dishonest, therefore the label huckster does not apply to me.
God bless you in Jesus' name to have salvation from death and hell and eternal life in the kingdom of heaven. All you have to do is repent and believe in Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross, burial and resurrection according to the scriptures and you will have ETERNAL LIFE! This is not a lie or a sales pitch, it is the free, eternal promise of God Almighty! Hallelujah! I'm free from death and you can be too, please don't lose your life for this atheist foolishness.
Religion gives people a means and ways to: con, threaten, bully, antagonize, harass and annoy people. Religion gives people a means and ways to: use, abuse and manipulate people--emotionally, mentally, physically, verbally and financially.
@Diana Hill
Most definitely agree. Systems constructed around lies and concentration of power are meant to do all that. It is either their explicit purpose, or these are their tools to achieve a purpose.
@Deren Lernsten Obviously you do not know what religion is, nor do you understand what atheism is.
This is not meant to be accusatory, but this fundamental lack of understanding and knowledge is what we very often encounter in theists.
The ignorance on the side of theists makes things very difficult.
@Deren Lernsten "Atheism is a religion."
No it is not. Not believing in an invisible magical god-daddy friend never can be a religion and never will be.
The term religion has a specific meaning, which is not applicable to atheism.
If you just want to make up your own words, then be my guest, but it comes across as very immature.
"I always win the game & score all the points"
Very immature indeed. How old are you?
"STOP the stupidity."
That would be a good advise to the person that is looking back at you from the mirror.
"We should be able to discuss what we believe & why we believe it and explore the facts together."
With that I agree. I will start, staying within the context of atheism:
I don't believe in god, nor gods, nor anything supernatural.
Why? I have never encountered a shimmer of proof, not even a glimpse of convincing evidence.
The only thing I encountered are men/women making absurd claims, and presenting me with laughable theologies.
"You also believe that evolution is the "controlling power" over life, instead of God. THAT is religion."
Is the science of gravity, or electromagnetism religion?
Do I attend the gravity church to pray to the god of gravitation?
Neither do I anything like that concerning biological evolution.
So no it is not a religion. Evolution is simply a scientific discovery with mountains of evidence to support it from many different scientific branches.
That is why I accept it. But it has no religious implications whatsoever. It just is what it is, just like gravity is what it is, or magnetism.
I do not see evolution as a controlling power. Saying that shows you do not understand biological evolution at all.
"Why do you cling so desperately to an asinine atheist cult that's INFAMOUS the world over for having ZERO ANSWERS?"
Atheism is not supposed to have answers. It is just the disbelief in these god things you theists made up. You do not have answers either. You just make shit up and call them answers, but in reality it is meaningless babble about invisible magical god-daddy-friends.
"Atheist logic: Artificial intelligence requires a designer, but human intelligence doesn't"
You seem to have difficulty understanding words.
What does the world ARTIFICIAL mean?
There is biological/natural intelligence and there is artificial intelligence. What proofs about biological intelligence do we have? Is there any way to relate biological intelligence to an invisible magical biological intelligence designer? No there is not!
You can claim your magical invisible designer exists, but there is not a single proof it does!
That is why I have no reason to accept your claim.
"Einstein called atheism "a religion formed to reject other religions. How cute and desperate they are.""
Nope, He never said that. But he did say the following:
"The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this."
Yep... Einstein was an atheist.
Apocalypse stuff
2012:"Hi someone mentioned me?"
Everyone;"No go back from where you came, you had your time to shine!"
2012:"Ok."
Everything in the Bible is circular.
It keeps coming and going but never arrives.
How sad.
That is so true my friend
Being right is the most important thing for a christian - next is avoiding death...so, every christian is drawn to this fantasy.
DO all religious people suffer from the Dunning-Kruger syndrome? The christian story makes absolutely no sense and the 'end time' stuff is patently incomprehensible..
Probably not I'd say. Many are just overt liars who know exactly what they're up to. Effectively it's a game, and the hypocrisy is all part of that preposterous, unnecessary little game
"The Lord will smite thee with the botch, emerods, scab and itch, but he loves you !"
(Deuteronomy 28:27)
I love preacher Matt!
Lol you fools, RAMEN!!!!
Even when I was a Christian, I kind of disagreed with others' assessments that humanity was getting "worse." We're making incredible scientific advancements, we haven't had any two major countries go to war with each other in decades, we're more educated than ever before, crime is considerably lower than in the past (in the US, at least), and global malnutrition/poverty is declining. In many ways, life is pretty awesome. Heck, if we can make it through two World Wars without God returning, then I'm inclined to believe he isn't returning.
It's like they never learned history. We have it pretty darn good.
Is it the end times...again?
An invented metaphysical placebo.
Of course, there are prophecies that have come true!
Here for example one of the atheistic author Arthur C. Clarke from 1969 in which he predicts the Internet.
watch?v=wC3E2qTCIY8
Clarke predicted the Internet under divine inspiration.
God needed the Internet as a means to let EVERYONE GLOBALLY know that we are NOW living in the End Times!
Now...is it starting to make sense? 🤣
@John Wood Yes! And Stanislaw Lem predicted 1961 the iPhone & touch-screen technology.
@@l.wolfm.7006
The Internet is where religion comes to die.
Star Trek predicted flip phones.
@@kinglyzard exactly, in due time tho 🤣
Everyday is the end time for someone.
Its always been end times. I had a workmate totally convinced the world was going to end in 1996 because of the pyramid inch. Still waiting
Jim’s clouds are hilarious.
Religion tells us we shouldn't sin. But logically speaking if we never sin then jesus died for nothing.
End times is just part of the sales pitch.
That's the Jehovah's Witnesses sales pitch. It's like a never-ending going-out-of-business sale.
I hope not I've just put a new fence up and it's guaranteed for 10 years. If only i'd known.
Best call quote ever!
"If he [Jesus] died for our sins, why are we going to hell anyway?" -Thea -NC
Say, them End-Times sure are a slow burn. But have faith, Christians, Jebus went up after cigarettes, but he'll definitely come back real soon.
Thanks for the laugh😁, that really brightened up my day 👍
@@donbeadling5426 He better! Considering he is taking his sweet time!
Making up a reason for existing then turning it into waiting for it to end. Absurd at the least.
Why is there evil in the world? Why couldn't God (Yahweh) defeat/eliminate Lucifer when Lucifer and "his" (?) supporters rebelled against God's rule of Heaven? Did God leave Lucifer around so people would go to hell? Is this entire situation the fallout of a bet Yahweh and Lucifer made during a drinking game while they were watching stuff disappear into black holes? "Let's create a contest, we'll make some gullible animals and see what we can make them believe, then see which of us can attract the most adherents". There's some questions I think we humans deserve answers for.
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 Oh! A zombie account! 😂 In the truest sense of the word. Have all your newer accounts been deleted again, or is today Retro Day?
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 ...Magical Delusional Daddy. The Buy Bull is a book of superstition and mythology mixed with fairy tales and nonsense written by Bronze Age goat herders that didn't even know where the sun went at night. Of course, you are still delusional despite your denial.
Agreed
@@fredbohm4728 agreed. He's everywhere 🤨 wonder if this almighty God creator has finally returned in disguise as this guy?
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 Call it what you will, that fairy tale book is nothing but poorly written. poorly edited superstitious nonsense.
The world is insane but I don’t think it’s last days.
The bible is and was the first book of criminology...Bad book..I!m glad it made it!s way to me..
Religion is to adults what pacifiers are to babies. Hell is the monster under the bed.
I think there's a "sheep gene" for want of a better word...
There are people who are born to be led... to not think for themselves and so they love to be told what to do, how to behave, how to conform...
The bible has so many references to sheep, flocks,shepherds, lambs... that it can't be by accident...
I think it's why they try to label atheists as a cult, or religion, or any other denigrating group concept as they cannot imagine the idea of individuality...
Then there are people who will always think, lead, and change the rules...
I am not a herd animal...
Bible says "the Lion will lay down with the lamb." A reference to paradise on earth. Woody Allen once said, "Yes, but one of them won't get much sleep!" Take a guess which one! If theists are lambs, we are lions! Don't fall asleep! Lol
A/theist is a cult .. Nothing individual about them .. their teachings comes from the belly of the kkk ..
We are all herd, or pack animals. (Social). There are leaders, or alpha and there are followers, or beta and gammas.
So is the hierarchy structure of most higher social animals.
So you are not a follower; you are either a leader or an independent.
@@jjsniper3000
FYI, the KKK is a _gigareligious_ white supremacist organization whose members believe that God made White man above all races and that the races should never mix.
If God would have wanted comixture of the races, he wouldn't have put them on DIFFERENT CONTINENTS.
Or so is their fucked up belief system.
@@kinglyzard Obviously the Scandinavian kkk gigareligious A/theist Organization was never complacent with their situation in life since they had to leave their continent to find refuge with other ethnic groups for a better future .... unfortunately they took their mentality of savagery with them , to become a plaque to the very said people who helped them .
but then again nothing they do or believe ever makes sense ...
That past part made me laugh harder than I have in awhile watching Matt😅 “No! And now bc you don’t know how the trick works, I’m gonna kick your ass” lol ded
*last part
We just had an earth quake in Melbourne Australia. It felt like my house was going to fall down. Theists say that the atheists will start praying to god, but it did not enter my mind to pray. I just thought a natural apocalypse was starting. It was weird and scarey then I wondered if it really happened. I then went out to the street but no one was there but I would have been scared to ask if it happened in case it didn't happen. Then it was on the news that it was real.
Liar! You were on your belly calling for Allah!
@@louisbarrow4671 Allah is the one that's perfectly ok with pedophilia, right?
@@TrettinR
Anything Allah is ok with is good!
@@louisbarrow4671 Good ol' Islam, full of rape apologists who pretend to have the moral high ground.
@@TrettinR
I love what Allah loves and hate what Allah hates!
Jim the wiseman.
The Apocalypse of John, known as the Book of Revelation, is by far the most widely and profoundly misunderstood book in the entire bible.
The most important thing to understand is that the events described were set in the author's timeframe and immediate future. It is not a group of prophecies set thousands of years in the future.
And yet we're told that god is "not a god of confusion". Which book of the Bible has caused more confusion than the book of revelation?
drignedre: If that were true, Jesus would have already come back for the Church believers represented in the Church of Philadelphia in Rev 3 and for the Second Coming at the end of the Tribulation, the present heaven and earth would be gone and the New Heaven would have come down from Heaven 'like a bride' - The book of Revelation has already seen fulfillment of Revelation 12:1 in 2017 and is about to see Rev. 12:4-5 and 13 and 14. Have a look at today's world events and line them up with the last Generation Jesus spoke of, which begins with the fig tree putting out its leaves. Jesus rose very early on the 3rd day - a day is like a thousand years to God - The resurrection is nearly at the end of the 2nd day and beginning of the 3rd. John 3 16 invites you to know God's love, the desire of His heart and His promise to you. Have a good day.
@@wwlib5390 we've gone over this already. Thousands of Christian denominations all have different interpretations of the book but somehow your brilliant ass got it right huh? Lol You're also doing what people have been doing for centuries, looking around at world events and saying, "Ah ha...dot connected there.. dot connected here...my God, it all adds up!" And in another century someone else will be saying the same thing! You're more than merely boring, you're harmful to society!
@@wwlib5390 i was polite yesterday, and your only response was "thanks for your thoughts". You weren't thankful in the slightest! You were hoping I'd STFU so you could continue preaching! Well preacher, from here on out I won't be so polite. This isn't the place for you to come and preach to atheists who require evidence. So get some actual evidence and come back, or STFU!
@@coffeetalk924 "i was polite yesterday, " and "This isn't the place for you to come and preach to atheists" . I'm not a preacher - and my only hope is that by bringing the gospel message to these sites, SOME may actually hear it and see that Jesus is the answer to every situation in their lives, as He is in mine. I'm happy to answer some questions, if asked, as I am able, tho I don't have the corner of the 'answer market', but at some point if what I have to invite you to know is repeatedly rejected, it's best to say thanks, ciao. I don't come here to shove my beliefs down your throat. Leaving at the particular time is all that I did. If you are offended, I'm sorry. You're free to pass any comment by and not respond, just as I am free to leave a comment. Have a good day.
Great episode. Great conversation
God sacrifices his son never made sense to me either, guess I just think too much!
Bruh I question my mom on this one day (she's extremely religious btw) and even she couldn't properly explain how it made sense then ended up getting angry at me. She kept on telling me "Cuz God loves you"!!!
Hello Harry and Codex9, man CANNOT be perfectly moral as God is thus the reason for Jesus he was perfect even though he was in human form he did not sin therefore perfect in that he could be sacrificed instead of animals which was how sins were taken care of before Jesus was crucified the ultimate sacrifice that was not less than humans as the animals were of the past. Read John chapter 3.
@@darinb.3273 what does this have to do with what we were talking about?
@@darinb.3273 God isn't perfect and neither is he moral so plz explain how Jesus sacrifice made any common sense?
@@codex988 You make the claim against God that he is not perfect or moral. This requires a more detailed explanation of what and why you think this about God. I'm certainly willing to discuss this with you, if you desire to do so.
I reject the concept of an innocent man suffering and dying for my sins . I will atone for them myself . The concept is morally offensive.
Not only that my sins are minor and few, I reject them being forgiven with the same ease true evil is . For god it seems does not care if my sin was minor or if it was say murder, it can all be forgiven in the same way with the same ease . For a Christian you might as well sin big- the cost is the same , and as long as you are forgiven before you die , there is no cost at all .
The whole concept is morally wrong and in fact encourages moral transgressions because you can get absolution for free with no consequence . .
Seems to me that some deluded people either:
A) have a delusional made up belief in something weird that is going to happen and then they read the book of Revelations and find a passage they twist to make fit their delusion
or
B) they read the book of Revelations and invent a made up delusion to fit what they think they are reading
or both...
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 Bullshit. Your delusions are not commensurate with observable reality, and your baseless ASSertions are premised on your delusions.
@@magicalchemicaldaddy3919 ...Magical Delusional Daddy. Seems to me that you are delusional which means you are delusional regardless of your denial.
Both.
@Neal Fernan You are making up *LIES,* Neal, and you still have *NOT* proven that you are *NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF SATAN, THE BIGGEST LIAR OF THEM ALL!*
@Neal Fernan The reason you are here posting outright *LIES* is obvious to everybody except *YOU,* Neal! It is because Satan has deceived you so thoroughly!
The End Times refers to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 CE.
The event was used as a "prophecy" which was woven into the stories of the New Testament.
In the stories a New Kingdom of Jeruselem will come down from Heaven to replace the old one.
Some early Christians thought that Jesus would be King (Matthew 2:2, 26:61 and Revelation 21:2).
The Second Coming of Christ: 2000 years of any day now.
Yes, "a day is as a 1,000 yrs" the Bible says. Jesus died 2,000 yrs ago & therefore THESE ARE THE LAST 2 DAYS.
@@brantsonoverton1367 😂 Here’s a 🍪, go play and let the adults talk NEP.
@@brantsonoverton1367
Oh wow Dense Lester, you mean today is the last day? Wanna bet?
@@thomaswigfield7623 Nah. It’s the last 2 days. Two thousand years. Because in the Bible they didn’t have watches.
@@ooloncoluphid1942
Surely, since Branston Pickle made his declaration two days ago, this is it today? No requirement to lay off the drink and drugs tonight, there’s no work to go to tomorrow!
Thank you Thea, yes exactly, why are all these things, that happen all the time, and have been happening forever, a sign that the world is going to end, even though there's no physical way it could? But more pertinently, isn't it better to just live, maybe interact and make other people's lives a bit better, than just wait for everything to be destroyed? Why does God need to destroy the world to save his believers?
When our sun goes nova you will know, for the briefest of moments, that the end times have arrived.
When will the sun go Nova ?
What about a planet size meteorite ?
@@nuffflavor The point is it wouldn’t matter if it’s a meteorite or a nova, you would only know it for a brief second. Unless you survive!
In the case of the nova bit, or more accurately red giant stage, of the sun at least we know with some accuracy that we will have to wait about 5 billion years for that, presumably the god bothers will have got tired of waiting by then and given up hope.
@@AngryCrypto True, but it would not have any to do with the BS they are preaching.
@@edwardparker760 5 billion years !?!?! Then why are they *acting* like it is going to happen tomorrow!?!? 🤣🤣
I've noticed a lot of theists in the comments constantly arguing and it makes me laugh how triggered and annoyed their life is.
If i don't like something i don't watch it 🤣
Sit with this: it's never the "end times."😆
Not even close. "A day is as a 1,000 yrs" the Bible says. Jesus died 2,000 yrs ago & therefore THESE ARE THE LAST 2 DAYS.
@@brantsonoverton1367 "The Bible says?" A fellow human primate quoting an ancestor's old book is not convincing. Why should anyone believe what "the Bible says?"
@@29008000 We are not animals. No animal can split the atom or build a space shuttle w/ 250k moving parts & walk on the moon. Monkeys can't think/reason until they have an idea. Chickens can't cry. We PURPOSELY cook w/ fire, while animals are scared of fire. Animals don’t send their daughter to college, worship God or produce technology & explain it to paying students! Name an animal that can do any of these things? I rest my irrefutable case.
@@wrencestondwanson3437 "We are not animals?" How did you determine that?
@@29008000 By the evidence above & God's Word explaining that we ALONE are created in his image:
“Then God said, “Let us (Trinity: Father, Word, Holy Spirit) make mankind in our image, in our likeness…” - Genesis 1:26
When they tested the Trinity device, there were bets on that the sky would catch on fire. That'll would be a world ending event!!
I appreciate the work you guys do ,but honestly I just can’t stand the phone calls. The complete brainlessness, arrogance, repetitiveness, obliviousness, and disrespect from some of them boils my blood so much that I have to take my mind off it. I’m truly shocked you guys haven’t gone insane from listening to them. Still like your show though.
😎 hell ya.
Rube Goldbergian ! Wonderful.
Many people throughout history have died so that others can live. The difference is that they stayed dead
Jesus gave up his weekend then went back to heaven.. some sacrifice huh
one of the best callers
The rapture™ - It's always next week!
Thea is awesome.
If Jesus died for our sins and then came back three days later, is that like putting a coin in a vending machine with a string on it? Did Jesus rip off god?
kinda
the End of Times happen each time a person dies. so, the end of times is everyday.
Good point. I never thought about it that way.
Love this channel
She sounds so adorable!
We could be in an ancestor simulation, created with science, set up as last days
Wouldn't it be nice to be a part of the most special event in history? Wouldn't it be great to have all your beliefs confirmed? Wouldn't it feel good to proof to all those nay-sayers how wrong they are for doubting you? And show them how morally superior you are?
In short: ego
It isn't a gift, it's a gift-with-purchase.
Thea is awesome. What a lovely lady.
Thea is awesome!!
Yes.....a very very slow 🔚...an end that takes thousands of years to "start"
Never understood the point of Jesus anyway, god can forgive sin so Jesus is surely somewhat redundant!
Good call..I liked her
If you spend 100,000 years perfecting a con game its gonna work...
It will be a long delay to his coming, because of my behavior.